Chapter 283: The Gift of Heaven and Earth

After enduring this unprecedented Heavenly Tribulation, the entire small world looked as if a layer had been scraped away from it out of thin air.

True Monarch Guilingzi stood in the air, his body charred black and his Primordial Spirit manifestation unrecognizable; however, as the purple light mist continuously merged into him, his body and Primordial Spirit were constantly repairing themselves while his aura climbed steadily, the spirit light around him flickering like the light of the sun, moon, and stars, shining upon heaven and earth as if a deity had descended into the world.

The three giant Demon Beasts were also riddled with holes from the tribulation lightning and had long been on the verge of death; at this moment, they all lay on the ground motionless, but under the shroud of the purple light mist, their auras were also rising like a tide, their shattered physical bodies rapidly repairing to their original state, and their auras releasing a terrifying pressure like mountains and seas.

As for Chen Yang, Zhong Hui, and Lu An, they had survived this supposedly inescapable Heavenly Tribulation like mere bystanders, receiving the gift of the Heavenly Dao; each of them began to radiate the aura only possessed by Golden Core powerhouses, and three Golden Core light manifestations of different colors emerged from their bodies respectively.

As for Wang Daolin, he was a true bystander; he had neither endured the tribulation lightning nor felt the terror of the lightning tribulation, because from the very beginning, he had been knocked unconscious by that giant bear Demon Beast, his skin torn and flesh mangled, with no telling how many bones broken, and even his Soul had nearly been blasted into ash.

However, he had actually received the care of the Heavenly Tribulation in the end, sharing a wisp of the purple light mist, and after his Soul and physical body were repaired, he slowly woke up.

Although the Heavenly Tribulation is a tribulation, it is also an opportunity.

Whether human or beast, as long as one survives it, one will certainly receive unprecedented benefits.

That is exactly the case right now; after everyone and the three Demon Beasts forcibly diverted nearly seventy percent of the tribulation lightning's power while Xu Chen was completely unaware, they finally survived this death tribulation together.

A full two quarter-hours later.

The Tribulation Cloud in the sky finally disappeared without a trace.

And after undergoing the baptism of the lightning tribulation and the grace of the purple energy, this great tribulation finally came to an end.

True Monarch Guilingzi's aura could no longer be suppressed, his Spirit Qi surging throughout his body, releasing a spirit light phantom that shrouded a radius of a thousand miles, and his Primordial Spirit, which had originally been suppressed at the early stage of the Shenling Realm, had also successfully completed its transformation, truly reaching the Great Perfection of the Shenling Realm.

The three Demon Beasts had also fully recovered by this time, each releasing a terrifying aura; although they were slightly inferior to True Monarch Guilingzi, a single movement from them would trigger a disturbance in the laws of heaven and earth, with colorful halos erupting around their bodies, making them as terrifying as divine beasts.

"What is that?"

Lu An and Zhong Hui, who had already awakened and retracted their Golden Core light manifestations, gathered together and looked at the phantom of a stone stele radiating light that reached the heavens and the earth in the distance, their faces full of bewilderment and fear.

When the Tribulation Cloud formed, both of them had a premonition of certain death, and after the first bolt of tribulation lightning fell, the two of them had already suffered heavy injuries.

They both knew they absolutely could not withstand a second bolt of tribulation lightning.

However, no more tribulation lightning fell after that, though the terrifying pressure formed by the Heavenly Tribulation had still completely suppressed the two of them into unconsciousness.

And upon waking up, not only had the Heavenly Tribulation disappeared, but they also seemed to have successfully formed their Golden Cores, truly becoming bona fide Danyuan Realm cultivators, from now on able to look down upon other cultivators.

They had only learned the Ghost Cultivation Technique from True Monarch Guilingzi out of necessity; with their cultivation at only the Zhenyuan Realm and Kaiyuan Realm, they would have had their Souls completely eroded by the Underworld Qi and turned into walking corpses within two years in that place that had almost no Spirit Qi or Spirit Medicine.

Including True Monarch Guilingzi, everyone knew what they would face upon returning to the Mortal World, but everyone wanted to die in the Mortal World even if it meant death.

It was driven by this belief of returning to one's roots that everyone was determined to follow Xu Chen to find a way out.

Wang Daolin was already a Danyuan Realm powerhouse, and his profound knowledge told him that once he practiced the Ghost Dao Technique, there would definitely be no way to survive, so he insisted on not changing his cultivation method, even if his cultivation level kept regressing and falling.

Of course, he succeeded, but in reality, he ended up with the smallest harvest.

The gift received after surviving this unprecedented and terrifying Heavenly Tribulation could be called unparalleled.

In the land of Shenzhou, I fear no one else will ever be able to receive so many purple energy blessings while undergoing tribulation.

True Monarch Guilingzi ascended in one step from the early stage of Spirit Transformation, completing the goal that all True Monarchs could never reach or accomplish in their entire lives, reaching the Great Perfection of Spirit Transformation.

Chen Yang, Zhong Hui, and Lu An also saw their cultivation levels surge, each reaching the middle to late stage of the Danyuan Realm.

Wang Daolin received the least amount of the gift, still remaining at the early stage of the Danyuan Realm.

The most unfathomable one was Xu Chen.

He himself could not figure out what stage his cultivation had reached.

Right now, he was still immersed in his own self-realization.

From the moment the purple energy fell, his Divine Sense had already withdrawn from the Heaven-Suppressing Stele where the lightning had vanished.

A continuous stream of purple energy was injected into his body through the Heaven-Suppressing Stele; at this moment, his Sea of Consciousness was already surging with purple energy, forming a vast sea of purple clouds shrouding the area around the Heaven-Suppressing Stele.

If he guessed correctly, this was the Purple Mansion that only a Spirit Transformation Great Cultivator could open, which meant he now possessed the realm of a Spirit Transformation Great Cultivator.

But unfortunately, he had not formed his own Nascent Soul through Spirit Transformation.

However, what he found strange was that after the broken lower dantian was plugged by that large pearl, a Thunder Bead the size of a foot had condensed inside it, not only fusing all the Yuan Qi of the dantian into it but also completely fusing the extremely powerful life force originally hidden deep within the pearl, turning it into something like a half-gold, half-purple inner core.

If this were truly an inner core, then he could now be considered a Danyuan Realm cultivator.

But how could a Danyuan Realm cultivator open a Purple Mansion?

What baffled him the most was that he could not feel the state of his Three Spirits at all, which should have merged with the Blue Jade Bead to become the Blue Light Treasure Bottle.

Now that the Blue Light Treasure Bottle had merged with the Heaven-Suppressing Stele, he had no idea what his Soul looked like at all.

If the Three Spirits could not be separated from these two strange things, then how was he supposed to undergo Spirit Transformation and form a Nascent Soul?

In other words, he was currently in an extremely chaotic state of realm, and he estimated that even a True Immortal would be confused upon seeing it.

However, Xu Chen had slowly grown accustomed to the various bizarre changes in his body.

Ever since his dantian inexplicably shattered and leaked, he had already begun to have a "break the jar" attitude.

He decided to take it one step at a time and practice as far as he could.

After all, no matter how his Soul and physical body changed, he felt very good about himself and did not feel like he was about to kick the bucket at any moment, and as he continued to change, his own strength was still growing rapidly, even faster and stronger than others.

That was enough.

For a cultivator, strength was still the top priority.

As long as one has enough strength, fighting across realms and crushing those of higher tiers is the most satisfying and awesome thing.

At this moment, he felt that the unique purple-gold inner core in his dantian contained extremely terrifying energy, definitely no less than the aura of a late-stage Danyuan Realm powerhouse.

According to his own judgment, his realm should have already stepped into the Danyuan Realm, his cultivation should have reached at least the late stage of the Danyuan Realm, and his strength was a bit hard to estimate, but he could probably put up a fight against an ordinary Fourth-Rank Demon Beast.

Because he now felt that his essence, energy, and spirit were so full that he could punch a Third-Rank Demon Beast to death, and he had an urge to break the heavens.

I wonder how Senior Guilingzi and the others fared during the tribulation?

As soon as he thought about the situation outside, Xu Chen's mind suddenly withdrew from his state of intense concentration, and the thousand-foot-tall stone stele phantom outside his body flashed lightly and retracted into his body, disappearing.

At the same time, an extremely powerful Divine Sense swept out, instantly reaching a thousand miles away like lightning.

"Damn, my Divine Sense is actually this powerful!"

For a moment, Xu Chen opened his mouth wide and was stunned for a long time.

Because with this burst of Divine Sense, he could see this enclosed space clearly, not missing a single corner, and it was as clear as if it were right before his eyes.

"It seems that with this Heavenly Tribulation, I have also made a fortune along with it."

Xu Chen was incomparably excited; he could see clearly at this moment that Guiling True Monarch, Lu An, and the others were still hundreds of miles away.

However, the aura radiating from each of them had also become much stronger.

Especially Guiling True Monarch, whose entire body radiated spiritual light and a formidable Soul aura that made him feel a sense of horror, as if a deity had descended to the world, scattering the Divine Sense he had released into disarray.

Of course, there were also three massive Demon Beasts whose auras were equally terrifying; under the stimulation of his Divine Sense, they could not help but have their fur stand on end and their scales bristle simultaneously, releasing a terrifying aura that shook the heavens and earth.

Xu Chen withdrew his Divine Sense, stood up, turned his head to look at Chen Yang who was standing dozens of feet away, and said, "Fourth Senior Brother, are you alright?"

Chen Yang's body jolted as he came back to his senses; he looked at Xu Chen with some lingering fear and shook his head, saying, "I, I am fine. Little Junior Brother, are you alright too?"

Xu Chen smiled and shook his head, saying, "I am fine. Congratulations to Fourth Senior Brother for successfully passing the Golden Core Tribulation. From now on, our Taiyuan Sect has gained another Elder in the Danyuan Realm."

Chen Yang's face instantly flushed red as he said, "If it weren't for you, Junior Brother, I fear I would not have escaped this Tribulation. Since this is already the Mortal World, can we return to the sect soon?"

Xu Chen nodded and said, "That is correct, but this is not yet the true Mortal World; it is a hidden, special space. Let us first go and rendezvous with Senior Guilingzi and the others, then leave together. Let's go!"

As Xu Chen spoke, the illusory Shell Light appeared behind him, and with a gentle flap, it wrapped around Chen Yang and vanished from the spot.

(End of this chapter)