Chapter 252: Assisting in Tribulation Crossing: The Arrival of the Era of Becoming Gods

After forging and then engraving the arrays, the various attributes of the weapons underwent a truly earth-shattering change.

Jerry had seen divine artifacts a few times, but he had never gotten his hands on any weapon-type divine artifacts, so he didn't have any. The only divine artifact he had on hand was the Vast Sea Universe Cover; it was barely enough to use as a tool for a sneak attack, but its other functions were truly mediocre.

It seemed the previous idea for forging was feasible; Jerry gifted this weapon directly to Lou Gao, as it was quite decent as a weapon for controlling objects.

After receiving this weapon, Lou Gao was even more grateful to Jerry.

Next was to forge defensive equipment; traditional defensive equipment was armor, and to add an extra layer of security, a shield had to be added as well.

With Lou Gao's help, Jerry produced twenty sets of armor and shields at once.

Besides the weapons and equipment for the Tribulation Crossing, Jerry also had Lou Gao forge a batch of weapons; after all, this kind of weapon was much more powerful than other Soul Guidance Devices.

When others were using soul guidance weapons, he would take these out, and they would absolutely kill them in seconds.

The equipment for the Tribulation Crossing was a full set of armor, which had more surface area and could have more arrays engraved on it.

The armor was primarily for defense, and Jerry did not intend to add any other messy functions; just pure defensive arrays, ensuring the armor's defense value reached its maximum.

The Firm Array—this array was very important, and every component had to be engraved with it.

The Anti-Injury Array—this was a rather interesting array that could reflect up to 40% of an attack.

Jerry had put a lot of thought into researching this array at the beginning, but unfortunately, it could only achieve 40% reflection.

That 40% was only for elemental attacks; physical attacks could not be reflected.

After trying a few times, he realized that force in this world was mutual, so he still hadn't figured out how physical reflection actually worked.

Moreover, the ceiling for this array was very high and needed further improvement; it would require focused research in the future.

The Light Shield Array—activating the array would form a light shield barrier outside the body to defend against various types of damage.

The Gathering Thunder Array—rather than defending against thunder and lightning, it was better to absorb it and provide it to other arrays for use, recycling it without waste.

In addition to these, Jerry considered it and added a Healing Array and a Recovery Array to the armor.

As for the shields, aside from not having the Healing Array and Recovery Array, Jerry added several more layers of Gathering Thunder Arrays to the shields.

The Tribulation Crossing weapons were set for now; the clone in the Small World sent a message to Jerry that many hundred-thousand-year herbs had been cultivated, and he could attempt to refine the Tribulation Pill.

Among the numerous medicinal materials, Jerry finally researched a pill formula that was theoretically problem-free.

The main ingredients of the pill formula were Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, Wind Thunder Red Spirit Grass, Nine-Grade Injury Recovery Flower, and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Sealing Grass.

Enhancing defense, increasing Thunder Attribute resistance, healing injuries, and replenishing soul power—the functions of these four herbs were the strongest among their kind.

At first, Jerry thought about making four types of pills, but the Thunder Tribulation was quite fast, and the medicinal effects needed time to take hold; although they were also fast, the time for four pills was not as fast as the Thunder Tribulation.

It was clearly impossible to exert all four functions to the extreme at the same time.

Finally, focusing on enhancing defense and increasing Thunder Attribute resistance, with healing injuries and replenishing soul power as secondary, he finally refined the 1.0 version of the Tribulation Pill.

Jerry ate one directly to feel it; it was not bad, and all the effects were there. Next, it would depend on the results during an actual Tribulation Crossing.

The weapons and pills were prepared, and the Tribulation Crossing Site was also repaired; the arrays on it were arranged according to the previous layout.

However, he had specially designed the Tribulation Crossing Site this time; the ground was entirely built with Star Heaven Iron—when you have plenty of materials, you can be that willful.

At the bottom, he placed over ten thousand pieces of thunder attribute energy storage equipment. Jerry went deep underground and built a pipe directly connecting to Wuhun City, so there would be no need to move things back and forth in the future.

He sent a message to Bibi Dong and the others, and they all arrived in less than three minutes; this speed was truly fast—he had never seen them this quick when doing other things.

He explained the usage of the weapons and pills to them, and then Jerry led them to the Tribulation Crossing Site.

"Who among you will go first?"

Jerry said with a playful tone; it was easy to say, but when it came to the actual Tribulation Crossing, one would still be nervous. The fourteen people, including Bibi Dong, were all a bit hesitant at this moment.

Jerry was not in a hurry and just watched them quietly; they had reached the final step, and if they couldn't overcome this mental hurdle, even if they became gods, they would likely remain at that level for life.

Bibi Dong understood Jerry's intention: one was to let everyone overcome their own mental barriers, and the other was that he wanted to see a joke.

Bibi Dong thought for a moment and stepped out directly; Jerry had said before that the God Tribulation was just that, and since her own daughter had crossed it, she could not fall behind.

"I'll go first, Jerry. What do I need to do?"

As expected, Bibi Dong was definitely the first; although her God Trial was gone, the God Trials she had completed previously had caused a great change in Bibi Dong's mentality and state of mind—not to say it changed in a positive direction, but her will had become firm.

"Put on the armor, sit in the Tribulation Crossing position, and I will transmit Faith Power to you!"

With the transmission of Faith Power, Bibi Dong's body began to transform into a God Body. Bibi Dong already had quite a bit of Faith Power, and she wasn't lacking much; not long after, her body transformed into a God Body.

At this moment, dark clouds began to gather in the sky, and the God Tribulation began.

After giving Bibi Dong a final word, Jerry left directly.

This God Tribulation was indeed strengthened; the arrays on the ground were pierced through directly, and the shield and armor only blocked a portion, with some energy striking Bibi Dong directly.

However, this energy was very little, and Bibi Dong withstood it herself.

For the subsequent nine God Tribulations, Bibi Dong withstood them by relying on herself, without taking any pills at all.

Having crossed the God Tribulation, Bibi Dong broke through to the Hundred Level, finally achieving her long-held wish.

While Bibi Dong was stabilizing her cultivation, Darkness Attribute Rules flickered beside her body. Jerry checked them; these Darkness Attribute Rules were at about 70%. He had to admit that Bibi Dong's talent was truly good.

After becoming a god, those with good talent would directly enter the threshold of the Rules.

Like his master Chrysanthemum Douluo, after becoming a god, his Wood Attribute Rule reached 65% directly; after Qian Renxue became a god, her Light Attribute Rule also reached 60%. The others, except for Xue Ke, all reached 30%; only Xue Ke's talent was a bit weak, at only 1%.

According to Xue Ke's talent, if not for Jerry, it would be impossible for Xue Ke to become a god in this lifetime.

After Chrysanthemum Douluo became a god, his mastery of the Rule reached 65%, even higher than Qian Renxue's; he was worthy of being an Immortal Herb martial soul—even the Angel martial soul could not compare.

But now that Bibi Dong had broken through, her Darkness Attribute was directly at 70%; this twin darkness-type Soul Beast martial soul talent was truly powerful. It seemed there was a reason why the Rakshasa God chose Bibi Dong.

Because Bibi Dong withstood a portion of the God Tribulation's power herself, her God Body transformed significantly; if he were to transmit Faith Power to Bibi Dong again, she would soon be able to break through to the God Body Second Layer.

The God Body First Layer was just the exterior; the Second Layer was the transformation of bloodlines and the interior; the Third Layer was total conversion into an energy-like state.

Only when one truly reached the Third Layer could one be considered immortal; although one could be resurrected in the first two layers, there were too many restrictions.

After Bibi Dong safely crossed the God Tribulation, it gave everyone confidence. Then, the Twelfth Elder and others all succeeded in their Tribulation Crossing; only Hu Liena was still a bit afraid, perhaps because she was young.

Because Jerry changed the development of Wuhun City, Hu Liena had been cultivating in the academy and had not gone on several major trials, so her personality had not changed much relatively speaking.

"Hu Liena, are you afraid? If you are afraid, just say so; I won't laugh at you!"

Jerry said to Hu Liena; though he said it this way, he could not stop the smile on his face.

Hu Liena, who had been a little afraid, suddenly felt offended. Was this Jerry looking down on her?

Looking at Jerry's mocking expression, Hu Liena's mindset suddenly firmed up. Ignoring Jerry, she stepped directly into the place of the tribulation.

"She is about to undergo the God Tribulation, is it okay for you to provoke her like this?"

After all, Hu Liena was Bibi Dong's disciple, so Bibi Dong began to stand up for her.

"If I don't provoke her a little, given her temperament, I reckon she wouldn't know how long she'd hesitate. Don't look at how tsundere she is usually; in fact, her heart is still somewhat soft."

Hu Liena's mindset was considered superior, but there were still some deficiencies, which was why Jerry provoked her slightly.

"Oh, how do you know? When I was in seclusion, what did you do to my disciple?"

How do I know? Can I tell you that I know because I read the novel in my past life?

Hu Liena was just a little girl with a bit of a "love brain," otherwise she wouldn't have been used by Tang San.

But he couldn't say it like that, so he immediately opened his mouth to say:

"I have read Hu Liena's files. Perhaps because of her unfortunate childhood, she lacks a sense of security and has always hoped to meet someone who treats her sincerely. Before meeting this person, she could only hide these thoughts, so she appeared rather tsundere; this is just her disguise."

"Jerry, you even read this?"

Bibi Dong looked at Jerry in confusion; clearly, she did not believe the reason Jerry gave.

"After you went into seclusion, Master pushed the responsibility of managing the Spirit Hall onto me. At that time, there was no one available, so I had to research everyone in the Spirit Hall to see who could be won over."

Being stared at by Bibi Dong made him feel a bit guilty, but his momentum could not be weak, so Jerry pretended to be righteous and said.

Bibi Dong wanted to say something more, but Jerry did not want to answer, so he directly interrupted:

"Hu Liena's God Tribulation has begun."

Hearing Jerry say this, Bibi Dong turned her head to look in the direction where Hu Liena was undergoing the tribulation and did not continue to ask. Jerry also breathed a sigh of relief.

Actually, Bibi Dong had always had a question in her heart: since Jerry was so old, why didn't he get married? Moreover, the outstanding women in the Spirit Hall who were of similar age to Jerry were also not married.

On the Douluo Continent, under normal circumstances, one could get married at fifteen or sixteen.

Look at Jerry again; he was almost twenty-seven, and his senior and junior sisters were about the same, yet none of them were married.

It would be one thing if they weren't married, but her own disciple Hu Liena wasn't either. Her brother Xie Yue's child was already in elementary school, and Yan's child was about the same.

The former Golden Generation, except for Hu Liena, had basically all married and had children.

Hu Liena had been brought by her side since she was very young, and their relationship was better than that with her own daughter; of course, she hoped she could have a good destination.

When did this trend of not getting married spread in the Spirit Hall?

Now that they had become gods, it was even harder to talk about marriage. Previously, Bibi Dong wanted to probe whether there were feelings between Jerry and Hu Liena; if there were, she would poke through this window paper.

However, Jerry was unwilling to talk about this topic, and her disciple wouldn't say anything either. Bibi Dong felt there must be something going on.

This also stirred up Bibi Dong's Eight Trigrams heart, and she would have to observe carefully in the future.

Bibi Dong didn't manage affairs now, and besides Cultivation, it was inevitably boring. Usually, Qian Renxue would bring the senior and junior sisters to see her, chattering away, and every time she could hear a lot of Eight Trigrams; gradually, Bibi Dong was influenced.

Bibi Dong herself was unfortunate; she hoped her disciple and daughter would be happy, but now neither of them was getting married. Before, she could still say a few words, but after today, they were all gods with long lifespans—how could she say anything now?

Besides the matter of her disciple and daughter, there was one more thing that gave Bibi Dong a headache: the Spirit Hall had no successor.

Bibi Dong had long wanted to abdicate, but she hadn't found a suitable candidate, so she had always kept the title of Pope.

Jerry had long since become a god and didn't want to be the Saint Son or the Pope; Bibi Dong couldn't control this.

Qian Renxue didn't want to be Pope either; every time this was mentioned, Qian Renxue would run away.

She could only choose Hu Liena, but now that Hu Liena had become a god, she probably wouldn't care for the position of Pope either.

Thinking about it made her head ache; the vast Spirit Hall had no successor for the next generation—if she told others, they wouldn't believe it.

Previously, Bibi Dong had even thought about throwing the Pope position to Qian Daoliu so she could relax. Carrying the title of Pope every day was quite tiring; now she didn't want it anymore, so Qian Daoliu could take it back.

Qian Daoliu was with Poseidon every day now; although there was no substantial breakthrough, Qian Daoliu liked it—he was an old "lick-dog"—so where would he have time to manage other things? He refused immediately.

While Bibi Dong was still thinking, Hu Liena had already successfully passed the God Tribulation. After recovering slightly, she said directly to Jerry: "Jerry, thank you!"

She also understood that Jerry provoking her earlier was to help her overcome the fear in her heart.

The next thing was to arrange for a few people to absorb their Spirit Rings.

Not to mention, the Spirit Ring of the Tianmeng Iceworm was truly good; everyone who used it said it was good.

Moreover, this little thing, the Tianmeng Iceworm, was eating and playing in Wuhun City every day now, very carefree. There was just one thing: every time he saw Jerry, he would ask Jerry to take him to the Extreme North once, but Jerry never had the time, so this matter had been shelved.

Just now, when Hu Liena was undergoing the tribulation, Jerry felt a trace of the Nine-Tailed Fox's aura; it was very weak.

What happened? How did the Nine-Tailed Fox get herself into this state?

After Hu Liena finished absorbing the Spirit Ring, he would see what was going on.

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(End of this chapter)