Chapter 188: Tribulation Qi Envelops the Human World, a Battle That Will Go Down in History!

"To extract the Essence Refining from one's entire body and manifest a river of vitality—could it be that it is not for the sake of the Heavenly Human Gu's own descendants, but for the sake of... us???"

One by one, those who had attained Heaven and Earth Enlightenment, and one by one, the Quasi-Supremes, were all staring fixedly at that figure above the firmament.

If it were not for the fact that the one coming forward was the Heavenly Human Gu's own son, Gu Nianmo, these powerhouses between Heaven and Earth would likely have felt as if someone were playing a joke on them! After all, after all, that was a river of vitality manifested from the Heavenly Human's own extracted Essence Refining!

And listening to the words of the Heavenly Human Gu's son, that person actually intended to gift this river of vitality to everyone in the world who dared to fight against a Heavenly Human? This Heavenly Human Gu's son even said he wanted those three ancient Supremes to adjust themselves to their peak state? This, this, this...

At this moment, Canglan City was clamorous; countless powerhouses could not suppress the shock in their hearts, and subsequently, they gazed greedily at that river of vitality above the firmament.

Yet, these powerhouses were also pondering in their hearts, pondering whether that Heavenly Human Gu could truly possibly ascend to become an Immortal!

As such thoughts rippled through the hearts of those who had attained Heaven and Earth Enlightenment, those ancient Supremes, and even the Quasi-Supremes, their breathing inevitably became rapid.

Ascending to become an Immortal!

In this world, after that ancient era that could no longer be traced, was there actually another person about to attempt to ascend to become an Immortal?

Even if they did not believe that Heavenly Human Gu truly had the possibility of ascending to become an Immortal, what if? If that Heavenly Human Gu really did ascend to become an Immortal, how much good fortune could they, these people who assisted the Heavenly Human in ascending, obtain?

Even if that Heavenly Human Gu failed to ascend to become an Immortal, this was the first person to attempt ascension since the ancient era; such a rare event in Heaven and Earth, even as time changes, even as the seas turn into mulberry fields, as long as someone can survive, this will surely be a matter that goes down in history! Not to mention, that Heavenly Human Gu had already staked everything, directly extracting his own vitality and Essence Refining to manifest a river.

Going down in history was within reach, and extended lifespan was within grasp; if by the grace of Heaven that person could truly attain the Immortal Realm, perhaps they too could crave the Heavenly Human Realm a few times in the future! Thoughts lingered in the hearts of those powerhouses; no one doubted Gu Jiangming's determination.

Even the Heavenly Human Gu's son himself had said that the Heavenly Human Gu was holding the mindset of "succeed or perish" this time!

"Ascending to become an Immortal..."

"Ascending to become an Immortal!!!"

Above the firmament, the three ancient Supremes, including Long Ao, who had been standing there, did not place their gaze on the river of vitality at all.

They were merely chanting Gu Nianmo's words, their eyes filled with endless craving and hope.

If it could be said that a Heavenly Human only made Heaven and Earth wary, then a true ascension to become an Immortal, even if it were just an attempt, would inevitably invite the Heavenly Tribulation.

When the Heavenly Tribulation descends, it must be a time when all the principles of the entire Heaven and Earth are in chaos and the Dao Principles are overturned and disordered.

At that time, they, these ancient Supremes who had already seen no hope, would truly have a glimmer of opportunity—a glimmer of opportunity to climb to the Heavenly Human Realm and roam the world for hundreds of thousands of years! "In this battle, my entire Gu family will also participate!"

"My father has reached an extremely critical juncture; only with the combined efforts of all living beings can my father feel pressure."

"Therefore, I ask the various enlightened powerhouses of the Human Race and the enlightened ones of the Dragon Race to come and assist."

"My father has already clearly investigated the path to ascending to become an Immortal; all that is missing is the final leap of climbing!"

"If there are Immortals in the world, then for all living beings, it means there is a path ahead."

"Perhaps even in the era we are in, we can achieve the grand era where many Heavenly Humans rose together, just like in the ancient Heaven and Earth!"

When Gu Nianmo looked around, he spoke in a clear voice.

He had already pointed out all the pros and cons; he even took the initiative to invite the Human Race, the Dragon Race, and even those enlightened powerhouses of Heaven and Earth who were on good terms with the Human Race to come to this Canglan City to serve as the final Human Tribulation before Gu Jiangming's ascension.

Gu Nianmo truly felt that Gu Jiangming had the certainty to ascend to become an Immortal.

After all, according to Gu Jiangming's conception, Gu Nianmo could not think of any possibility of Gu Jiangming failing.

The Qilin Grotto-Heaven formed an independent Heaven and Earth, and within that Heaven and Earth, Gu Jiangming was the Heavenly Lord.

Even if that Heaven and Earth were weak, as long as the Qilin Grotto-Heaven could become independent, it would have the same status as Heaven and Earth; the Heavenly Lord should naturally be able to attain the Immortal Realm! Gu Nianmo also understood clearly that the path to ascending to become an Immortal that Gu Jiangming envisioned could not be that simple.

Not to mention that when Gu Jiangming attained the Heavenly Human Realm, there were existences like the Day Armor to serve as the Human Tribulation; if Gu Jiangming wanted to ascend to become an Immortal, Gu Nianmo guessed there might be Heavenly Disasters, Earthly Difficulties, and finally, the Human Tribulation.

Gu Nianmo did not know how to guard against Heavenly Disasters and Earthly Difficulties, but he felt that the Human Tribulation could still be manipulated to some extent.

Even in Gu Nianmo's view, Gu Jiangming extracting his own vitality and Essence Refining to manifest a river of vitality was likely also an act of actively controlling the Human Tribulation.

In fact, it was not just Gu Nianmo who thought of this; following the revelation of Gu Nianmo's words, the eyes of those enlightened ones and Supremes also began to flicker.

Especially the Changyu Supreme, who had never shown his face; after hearing Gu Nianmo's words, the shock in his heart was no less than anyone else's.

He had lived long enough, had a good father who was a Pseudo-Heavenly Human, and had walked out of that ancient era.

Not to mention anything else, the family learning of the Changyu Supreme was absolutely long-standing.

According to what the Changyu Supreme himself knew, when his father fell, he was also in the midst of the Human Tribulation of a Five Decays Heaven and Human.

The only difference from Gu Jiangming was that the Changyu Supreme's father had entered the tribulation voluntarily.

A Heavenly Human must pass through Heavenly Disasters, Earthly Difficulties, and the Human Tribulation to have a glimmer of Opportunity to climb upward, and to break through the barrier of the Heavenly Human, one must also pass the Human Tribulation.

In the view of the Changyu Supreme, Gu Jiangming was truly blessed with great fortune.

It was clearly an era where the Dao Principles of Heaven and Earth were perfect, yet it happened to give birth to two Pseudo-Heavenly Humans.

Those two Pseudo-Heavenly Humans served as each other's Human Tribulation; for ordinary Supremes, it was so difficult to find a Human Tribulation, yet they passed it so easily! But the Changyu Supreme's father, that Pseudo-Heavenly Human, did not have such good luck.

In that ancient era, the Changyu Supreme's father dared not provoke the strongest Heavenly Humans, but without passing the Human Tribulation, one could not enter the Heavenly Human Realm.

In the end, a Pseudo-Heavenly Human like the Changyu Supreme's father chose that Five Decays Heaven and Human as his Human Tribulation.

It was just a pity that the Changyu Supreme's father ultimately failed.

But before that person fell, he did leave a message for the Changyu Supreme: they treated that Five Decays Heaven and Human as their Human Tribulation, and that Five Decays Heaven and Human likewise treated them as his Human Tribulation.

That Five Decays Heaven and Human even passed the Earthly Difficulty after passing the Human Tribulation, only to be defeated before the Heavenly Disaster.

"The same Five Decays Heaven and Human, the same Human Tribulation..."

"Red Lotus Demon Venerable..."

"I believe you truly want to ascend to become an Immortal, but, but I dare not touch this muddy water anymore!"

"Although the Red Lotus Demon Venerable's Human Tribulation was self-determined, who knows if this Human Tribulation is enough?"

"If that Red Lotus Demon Venerable feels that the combined efforts of all living beings cannot cause him too much pressure, and subsequently invites many enlightened powerhouses to a life-and-death battle to force their limits to the maximum, what then?"

"The vitality of a Heavenly Human is good, but I dare not take even a fraction of it!" The Changyu Supreme looked at the high-spirited Gu Nianmo in the distance, and after a moment of silence, he flew away along the path he had come without even looking back.

He did not want to die yet, and he did not believe that Gu Jiangming could truly break through to the Immortal Realm.

He dared not stay here any longer; after all, once the Human Tribulation began, even his True Spirit would be obscured, and at that time, whether to participate in the battle would no longer be up to him.

Even in the view of the Changyu Supreme, that Red Lotus Demon Venerable might be bringing about his own destruction and the scattering of his family for the sake of ascending to become an Immortal this time.

After all, in the classics that the Changyu Supreme had read, many ancient Heavenly Humans had cultivated disciples to the Supreme Realm, or even the Pseudo-Heavenly Human Realm, and then became Five Decays Heaven and Humans who actively controlled their Human Tribulation.

Those Five Decays Heaven and Humans would only discover when the time came that the Tribulation Qi was still not enough.

At such moments, they can only force their own descendants, their own disciples, and their own close friends to fight to the death with them, so as to thoroughly perfect their own tribulation Qi.

"You are so like me, yet not quite like me!"

"I only hope you can survive!"

"After the fall of Long Ao and this group of ancient Supreme beings, when I return to the mortal world once more, perhaps the only one I will be able to see is you, Gu Nianmo!"

"Of course, there is also a high probability that I won't even be able to see you!"

"In this world, I am ultimately the only one who can linger on through one era after another."

"Until I live to the era when the Immortal Lord is born!"

Supreme Changyu flew away toward the desolate Heaven and Earth without looking back, but listening to the words of this Supreme Changyu, it seemed he still had a way to continue lingering on, or even, to wait until he lived to the era where the Immortal Lord resided?

Above Canglan City, Gu Nianmo also sensed the departure of Supreme Changyu.

Gu Nianmo naturally did not know the reason for Supreme Changyu's departure; he simply did not understand why the opportunity to recast the ancient era of rising Heavenly Humans was right before his eyes, yet that Supreme Changyu had instead left.

After Gu Nianmo pondered to no avail, he did not continue to dwell on such questions.

Standing above Canglan City, he held nothing back, distributing the river of vitality evolved from Gu Jiangming's own Essence Refining spirit entirely to the Heaven and Earth Enlightenment present, to the ancient Supreme beings present.

Accompanied by this immense vitality entering their bodies, the aura above Canglan City was already vast and mighty, like a vast ocean.

That originally decaying old dragon was recovering the powerful claws and teeth of the Dragon Race, and that originally rotting divine bird was once again blooming with divine splendor.

And that Ziwu Supreme, who was originally able to maintain a human form, had an even more immense aura, surpassing that of dragons and phoenixes, gestating within his body.

On Wanglin Mountain, Gu Jiangming could also feel it; he could feel the tribulation Qi on his own body slowly gestating.

His divine ability was the Merit Karma Fire, so he naturally had a slight touch regarding the existence of tribulation Qi.

In Gu Jiangming's perception at this moment, the tribulation Qi on his body clearly carried a trace of the flavor of the origin of Heaven and Earth; it was, it was the origin of Heaven and Earth entwining around his body, marking him as an existence that must be erased.

"Not only me, Jiu Jiu and the others also have strands of tribulation Qi entwined upon them..."

"This thing seems to also have the effect of obscuring the True Spirit?"

Gu Jiangming frowned as he looked at Jiu Jiu and the others not far away; his time was running out, and in these final moments, Jiu Jiu and the others were naturally staying by Gu Jiangming's side.

But at this moment, Gu Jiangming clearly saw that Jiu Jiu and the others were also entwined with tribulation Qi.

"If I really want to break through to the Ascension Realm this time, this tribulation Qi might become the straw that breaks me at a critical moment!"

"However, I didn't intend to break through to the Ascension Realm this time!"

"Heavenly Disaster, Earthly Difficulty, and Human Tribulation; I have already gained a slight understanding of Human Tribulation, but I am completely unclear about Earthly Difficulty and Heavenly Disaster."

"As long as I strike the Qilin Grotto-Heaven into the Void before the tribulation Qi erupts, this attempt of mine will be considered a success!"

"As for the true Ascension Realm..."

"No rush; the opportunity for Ascension does not lie in this era, perhaps it still lies in the previous era!"

"After all, in this era, the rules and Dao Principles between Heaven and Earth are truly too complete; wanting to break through to the Ascension Realm with such complete rules and Dao Principles is no different from seeking one's own death!"

Gu Jiangming did not go to resolve the tribulation Qi entwined on Jiu Jiu and the others.

He could see that this tribulation energy was still beneficial to Jiu Jiu and the others; perhaps even Liu Moxuan and Wang Qinghe, who should have had no room for further progress, could advance further within these three years.

As for Gu Nianmo, with the help of this wisp of tribulation Qi, and with the gift Gu Jiangming had already prepared, Gu Jiangming felt that Gu Nianmo should be able to touch the edge of a Pseudo-Heavenly Human.

"Then, let us rest for these last three years of time!"

Gu Jiangming closed his eyes, and infinite Heavenly Human Dao Rhyme surged around him; amidst the surging Dao Rhyme, the place where Wanglin Mountain stood had infinite scenery changing unpredictably for a time.

That feeling was as if Gu Jiangming was sitting on Wanglin Mountain, engaging in a contest with Heaven and Earth? Above Canglan City, over the course of three years, Heaven and Earth Enlightenment had successively ascended to the firmament; these Heaven and Earth Enlightenment first refined a portion of the vitality Gu Jiangming practiced, and subsequently sat on the dome of the sky, closing their eyes to cultivate amidst the interweaving of those tyrannical Dao Principles.

It is no exaggeration to say that at this moment, above Canglan City, it is feared that ninety-five percent of the Enlightenment experts in the world have gathered.

As these Enlightenment experts gathered, they learned from the three of Long Ao, learned from the three siblings of Gu Nianmo, and learned from the Supreme beings like Jiu Jiu, all blooming their own Dao Principles together.

Infinite Dao Principles intertwined and gathered, turning the space above Canglan City into a rare cultivation holy land in the world.

In three years, with tribulation Qi entwined, and coupled with the Heavenly Human Dao Rhyme gathered in Gu Jiangming's river of vitality, in just three years of time, there were actually two more Supreme existences in the world.

One of these two additional Supreme beings was Jiao Qing, whom the Longhu Mountain Daoist Master had mentioned earlier.

As for the other, it was another representative from the Enlightenment Assembly; that person originated from a medium-sized ethnic group, and under the close-range perception of Supreme Dao Principles, and even with the help of tribulation Qi, this Quasi-Supreme named Yu Ming also stepped into the Supreme Realm.

One city, thirteen Supreme beings, over sixty Quasi-Supremes, and four-digit numbers of Heaven and Earth Enlightenment.

With so many experts gathered in one place, the purpose was merely to fight against one person.

Such a scene, perhaps only by looking back a million years, could Heaven and Earth have such a prosperous scene.

As the sun rose and the moon set, three years had passed...

(End of this chapter)