Chapter 981

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

First tribulation of the Three-Origin Tribulation, the Flesh Body Tribulation.

This is the flesh body trial of a Void Refining cultivator; an ordinary Earth Spiritual Root cultivator, relying on their own Earth Law and aided by the power of spiritual veins, can smoothly endure it.

Yet at this moment, the Purgatory Fire surrounding Lu Chen Yuan burned with utmost intensity.

Every inch of flame frantically gnawed at his flesh body and the origin of his Earth Spiritual Root.

Initially, Lu Chen Yuan was quite composed.

Not to mention how long he had plotted for this day.

The key was that he still had many means he had not yet deployed.

Moreover, he had squeezed the laws and Dao resonance of all cultivators in the Tianyuan Realm, even overdrafting the origin power of the Tu Soil God without hesitation.

By rights, he should have been able to easily endure the first tribulation.

However, Xu Zhangqing's Deification Heavenly Tribulation pressed down layer upon layer from above, and the difficulty of the Three-Origin Tribulation's first tribulation was actually forcibly raised several times over; the Purgatory Fire clung like a gangrene, scorching his meridians and bone marrow, every inch of flesh and blood cracking and then forcibly knitting back together.

A full incense stick's time passed before Lu Chen Yuan endured past the first Flesh Body Tribulation.

Around him, his magic-treasure-grade garments had long since burned charred black, his magic power depleted nearly three-tenths, and even the Dragon Pearl had dimmed by three parts.

At the same time, Xu Zhangqing above smoothly passed the first tribulation of his Deification Heavenly Tribulation.

After the six spiritual roots gathered, his cultivation broke through to the peak of Extreme Grade Nascent Soul, and with the Chaos Dharma Aspect protecting him, magic treasures, pills, and spirit talismans layered buffs around him.

The Five-Colored Banner hovered around him, the Qing Emperor Spirit Robe stabilized his flesh body, the Nine Heavens Thunder Seal finger guards warded off the thunder tribulation, and the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Talisman Formations isolated external impacts.

Xia Fang, Lu Chen Yuan was even drawing the heavenly tribulation, even sharing more than half the pressure.

Therefore, Xu Zhangqing not only avoided backlash from law failure, but actually borrowed the heavenly tribulation's impact to further stabilize his cultivation, his aura growing ever more condensed.

"Lu Chen Yuan endured the Flesh Body Tribulation!"

Xuan Yan stood before the Xingqiong Hall, his aura slightly disordered; seeing this scene, his face couldn't help but darken slightly: "Only... the first tribulation required consuming this many means and resources?"

Immortal Maiden Qing Yue gripped the Moon Soul Sword, her pure moonlight dim and lusterless; she gazed at Lu Chen Yuan standing in the purgatory below, her eyes full of dead silence: "We joined forces to obstruct him, originally thinking we could drag him down, yet never expected this wretch would endure the first tribulation.

If so, do we still have any chance of victory against the second and third tribulations?"

Zhao Tianxiong's Mountain-Suppressing Heaven-Fixing Dragon Venerable had nearly dissipated; he panted heavily, his voice slightly hoarse: "Once Lu Chen Yuan succeeds in his tribulation, the entire Tianyuan Realm, along with all its cultivators, will be destroyed by his hand."

The World Tree branches of the Qingmu Sect drooped low, the Nine-Layer Divine Fire Furnace of the Danding Sect dimmed... experts of every faction all wore faces like dead ash.

The originally faint hope was shattered once more, leaving only boundless despair.

Only the Wu Sheng Chong Mu, still driving the Primordial Heavy Water, deadlocked the Tu Soil God, becoming the sole existence in this Zai Yuan Ni Zhao unaffected.

The current Xu Zhangqing had no leisure to mind others; as Chaos Qi surged around him, the Chaos Dharma Aspect began to swell, dragon-shaped illusions and Kui Ox illusions alternating and shifting.

The next second, the second tribulation of the Deification Heavenly Tribulation descended.

Law Assimilation!

Formless Heaven and Earth Laws poured down from the tribulation clouds like a surging torrent, carrying the might to devour everything, sweeping toward Xu Zhangqing.

This torrent had no substance, yet carried a will to devour all, attempting to assimilate Xu Zhangqing's divine soul and consciousness, making him lose his self and degenerate into a Law Puppet that only knows attack.

In an instant, countless law fragments emerged around Xu Zhangqing; golden blades sliced at his divine soul, water arrows pierced his Qi Sea, wood thorns stabbed into his spiritual roots, flames burned his consciousness, earth rocks crushed his foundation, thunder blasted his will.

Every kind of law fragment carried lethal erosive force, trying to make his divine soul lose its way.

Fortunately, Lu Chen Yuan's Three-Origin Tribulation second tribulation, the Divine Soul Tribulation, resonated with Xu Zhangqing's Deification Heavenly Tribulation second tribulation; Lu Chen Yuan bore doubled heavenly tribulation pressure and once again shared half of the Law Assimilation force for Xu Zhangqing.

Above the purgatory, negative emotions surged into a boundless sea of suffering.

And within the sea of suffering emerged illusions of Lu Chen Yuan's regrets over these thousands of years.

There was the anxiety of lurking ten thousand years yet failing to break through to the Unity Stage, the unwillingness of plotting for years only to have his plans repeatedly disrupted, the resentment of harming countless living beings yet still failing to control the Tianyuan Realm, the stifling frustration of being sabotaged by the Wu Sheng Chong Mu and restrained by the Hundred Dragons Patrol.

These illusions brimmed with boundless pain and torment.

Lu Chen Yuan gazed at the illusions, his mood gradually sinking, his mind wrapped in negative emotions, growing ever more listless, nearly losing himself in the illusions.

The Tu Soil God was affected, its body trembling; as black mist churned ceaselessly, it too was eroded by negative emotions; its originally ten-thousand-zhang body now showed dense cracks, even the low roars from its mouth turning hoarse.

Cultivators below were all caught in the spillover; black mist seeped into the Zai Yuan Ni Zhao, negative emotions drilling into their consciousness seas like venomous snakes.

Nascent Soul Stage cultivators clutched their skulls in pain, falling heavily into the Zai Yuan Ni Zhao, each tormented by illusions into endless wailing, divine souls near collapse.

Deification powerhouses propped up their tottering Dharma Aspects to ward off the black mist, yet still many were bewildered by illusions, eyes turning hollow, then waving magic tools at companions beside them.

"Lu Chen Yuan's second Divine Soul Tribulation is actually terrifying to this degree?!"

Xuan Yan's pupils shrank sharply; he hurriedly activated the Xingqiong Hall, laying down a barrier to try to isolate the black mist, but never expected the black mist could actually penetrate the barrier and drill straight into the divine soul.

He only felt a burst of dizziness; scenes of past guarding the Dongting Immortal Sect and repelling foreign enemies kept appearing in his mind, nearly making him lose himself.

Immortal Maiden Qing Yue's frost power surged, cold moonlight dispelling the black mist, yet she was entangled by illusions, scenes of the past flashing one after another, her whole person nearly shedding tears.

Zhao Tianxiong's Mountain-Suppressing Heaven-Fixing Dragon Venerable deity operated at full force, mountain peak power protecting his divine soul, yet negative emotions transformed into his youthful regrets, factional strife pains, scenes of disciples perishing; his Dharma Aspect dimmed another three parts, his aura growing ever more listless.

If one says the Tianyuan Realm cultivators were passively sharing the heavenly tribulation pressure brought by Lu Chen Yuan.

Then Lu Chen Yuan was passively sharing more than half of Xu Zhangqing's Deification Heavenly Tribulation pressure in turn.

The doubled Divine Soul Tribulation brought pain that intensified like a tide, every inch of divine soul tortured and eroded by illusions.

Lu Chen Yuan instinctively mobilized Tu Soil power, frantically extracting the laws and Dao resonance of cultivators below to replenish his own losses.

Even so, the Tu Soil God's origin power was being consumed more and more heavily.

"Damn it!"

"How is this Three-Origin Tribulation second tribulation so difficult?"

"Resources, means — consuming far more than imagined!"

Lu Chen Yuan let out a roar, he forcibly tore apart the illusion, allowing the cracks in his Divine Soul to expand, then forcibly stitched them back together with Impure Earth Power.

However, with every stitching, a wisp of origin was lost from within his body.

On Xu Zhangqing's side, because of Lu Chen Yuan's sharing, the law assimilation power suddenly dropped by more than half.

His Chaos Dharma Aspect operated at full force, Chaos Qi surged into his Divine Soul and protected his Consciousness Sea, the power of the six Spiritual Roots intertwined into a Chaos Barrier, firmly resisting the remaining law Cosmic Tide.

Unknown how much time passed, the law Cosmic Tide slowly receded, Xu Zhangqing's Divine Soul and Consciousness were not only not assimilated, but instead borrowed this Calamity crossing, the Divine Soul's solidity greatly increased, the Consciousness Sea also became increasingly stable.

Almost at the same time Xu Zhangqing stabilized his Divine Soul, Lu Chen Yuan also endured the terrifying erosion of the Divine Soul Calamity, then together stepped into the Third Tribulation!