Chapter 176: [Three Disasters and Nine Calamities, you are not right] (First update, begging for votes)

"Fellow Daoist Lv has disappeared, but it cannot be assumed that he is dead. Karma cannot be calculated, and life or death cannot be determined, so we will announce to the outside world that he is missing."

Mingtuo Immortal said.

This suggestion was good; if it were directly said that Lv Gong died in battle, for the human race, losing such a peerless genius would undoubtedly be a huge blow.

But if it were said that he was missing, then there was still hope of seeing him again.

However, everyone here knew clearly that in this battle, Lv Gong and the Profound Ice Dragon Emperor had probably already turned into flying ashes.

In the extreme cold, they became nothingness.

Hong Zeyu took the cold ice flying sword and said in a deep voice:

"The news of Elder Lv will be released by our Tianyu Immortal Sect; fellow Daoists, I will take my leave first."

Although Hong Zeyu's age was more than two thousand years older than Lv Gong, he was indeed a Land Immortal cultivated by Lv Gong himself, so he had a feeling for Lv Gong that was different from ordinary people.

Seeing that Lv Gong's life or death was unknown at this time, and even mostly dead, made him feel very painful in his heart.

Bringing the cold ice flying sword, the only relic, back to the sect, Hong Zeyu told everyone the news that Lv Gong and the Profound Ice Dragon Emperor had fought a great battle and both disappeared.

The result naturally caused a shock throughout the Tianyu Immortal Sect.

Lv Gong was a shocking talent, whose name as a genius had suppressed Donghua Zhenzhou for a thousand years, dominated the genius list, was invincible in the world, cultivated two Land Immortals for the Tianyu Immortal Sect, and pushed the Tianyu Immortal Sect to a prosperous state of three Immortals in one sect.

And at this time, such a genius had fallen.

Everyone understood words like missing; it was just a comfort.

Self-deception.

Lv Gong's death caused the Tianyu Immortal Sect to wail; the Yuxuan Peak where he was located was listed as a forbidden area, and that cold ice flying sword was inserted into the mountain peak, and the cold ice true intent it contained turned the entire mountain peak into an ice sculpture.

This year was recorded in history; at least in the history of the Tianyu Immortal Sect, this day would be remembered.

In the eyes of the human race, the Profound Ice Dragon Emperor was already dead, so the tense nerves of everyone finally relaxed; in each sect, those Land Immortals whose lifespan was about to end no longer hesitated and ascended to the upper realm to explore the immortal and indestructible Great Dao.

And among the demon race, there was a different saying.

The Green-Quiet Demon Immortal brought back the broken horn of the Dragon Emperor and said:

"The Dragon Emperor's incarnation in this realm is destroyed, but the true self is still in the upper realm, waiting for you all to go and defect; you all should work harder, ascend as soon as possible, and repay the Dragon Emperor!"

The Green-Quiet Demon Immortal said so, and she did the same.

Only thirty-seven years later, she ascended and headed to the upper realm to look for the Dragon Emperor.

Lu Runping learned that she was so persistent and could only sigh; this woman was really infatuated; logically speaking, snakes are lustful and shouldn't be unrestrained, but it seemed that except for responding enthusiastically when having sex with him, she was usually high and mighty.

Thinking back, it should be so.

After all, if she hadn't controlled her ability well, she couldn't have cultivated to the Land Immortal level step by step on her own.

It could only be said that we will meet again if there is fate.

Within ten thousand years, Lu Runping's true body didn't plan to ascend.

From the memory of the True Immortal primordial spirit Xuantongzi in the Immortal Mansion Secret Realm, he learned that after a Land Immortal sheds their mortal body and achieves True Immortal, they directly obtain endless lifespan that is the same as heaven and earth.

Theoretically speaking, as long as they don't leave the upper realm, they can live forever.

However, Immortals have three disasters and nine calamities.

The True Immortal realm has three disasters.

The so-called 'three disasters' refer to fire, wind, and water.

After becoming an Immortal, after the first thousand years, heaven sends fire to burn you. This fire is not heavenly fire, nor is it ordinary fire; it is called 'Yin Fire'. It burns from the Yongquan acupoint below, straight through to the Niwan Palace, turning the five internal organs into ash and the four limbs into decay, turning a thousand years of hard practice into illusion.

Another thousand years later, wind disaster descends to blow you. This wind is not the southeast, northwest wind; it is called 'Bi Wind'. It blows from the fontanelle into the six internal organs, passes through the dantian, pierces the nine orifices, bones and flesh dissolve, and the body disintegrates on its own.

Three thousand years later, water disaster is welcomed. This water is not the Heavenly River water, nor is it the ground water; it is called 'Weak Water'. It surges from all directions, submerging the soles of the feet, passing the waist and abdomen, drowning the heavenly spirit, drowning the primordial spirit, breaking and destroying the soul, and dissolving in the water.

Three thousand years to pass the three disasters, and then the three disasters cycle, once every thousand years, until the cultivation base steps into the Mysterious Immortal realm.

If the luck is insufficient and the merit is not enough, the power of the three disasters is huge, and if one cannot resist, it is the ending of body and soul destruction.

After stepping into the Mysterious Immortal realm, there are nine calamities.

Nine calamities are Heavenly Thunder Calamities, once every three thousand years; the first is called the Three-Three Heavenly Tribulation, the second is called the Three-Five Heavenly Tribulation, the third is called the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, and so on until the ninth time, the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation descends.

Passing the nine calamities is a Nine-Calamity Mysterious Immortal; many great beings stay at this level and cannot go further.

Going further is the Golden Immortal realm.

Achieving Golden Immortal not only requires condensing one's own Golden Immortal Dao fruit but also passing the Golden Immortal Inner Demon Tribulation.

If one can pass it safely, one has become a great being of one side.

Whether it is achieving Taiyi Golden Immortal or Daluo Golden Immortal, they are all famous giants in the Immortal world.

Lu Runping was actually very curious; if he became an Immortal and his lifespan was endless, did it mean that he could use the 【Nail-Head Seven Arrows】 supernatural power without limit?

If that were really the case, wouldn't he be directly invincible?

Just worship a Daluo Golden Immortal and try it; wouldn't it be easy to kill one?

But this was just a guess; he felt that everything had a price; if lifespan was no longer a limitation, then there might be other feedback.

We'll talk about it then.

Anyway, he didn't plan to go up and accept the test of three disasters and nine calamities; in this underground, at least he could still be carefree for ten thousand years—oh, now there were only nine thousand-plus years left.

But that was better than experiencing the test of three disasters once every thousand years.

If he really needed the level of the upper realm to help him obtain insights and consolidate his cultivation, he would also send an incarnation up.

Moreover, the premise was to obtain a True Immortal Dao fruit.

With the test of three disasters, although those ascenders had supernatural powers in hand, it was unlikely that they would all pass safely.

So Lu Runping felt that the probability of him obtaining a True Immortal realm Dao fruit within three to five thousand years was still very high.

Lv Gong disappeared, the Dragon Emperor fell, these two identities were hidden for the time being, and Lu Runping took back the incarnation.

Now there was one long-term identity, which was Duanmu Lin, the Supreme Elder of the Ice Soul Divine Palace who slaughtered the Double-headed Profound Ice Flood Dragon race.

Speaking of which, the Ice Soul Divine Palace had also been terrified these years.

After all, Duanmu Lin slaughtered the Double-headed Profound Ice Flood Dragon race back then, and the Dragon Emperor who unified the ocean demon race was also a flood dragon and mastered cold ice true intent; this might be a close relative of the Profound Ice Flood Dragon race.

So the elders of the Ice Soul Divine Palace who learned about Duanmu Lin slaughtering the flood dragons were all very worried.

Some even felt that Duanmu Lin should be expelled.

But the Palace Master Murong Hanying resisted all the pressure alone; no matter what everyone said, she never mentioned these things to Lu Runping; these contents were still heard by Lu Runping himself.

Now that the Profound Ice Dragon Emperor was dead, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Regarding the Ice Soul Divine Palace, Lu Runping actually had nothing to be nostalgic about; he came here back then for the sake of peace, and later to help the development of the Immortal Clan; now the Lu Immortal Clan had developed and become a behemoth.

There was no meaning here.

However, Murong Hanying was indeed good to him, so before leaving, he decided to help Murong Hanying once.

On this day, the two were in the same room.

"Elder Duanmu, if you have any needs, just speak up, and I will definitely obtain them for you. That ten-thousand-year clam pearl, I will definitely urge the Sea Spirit Clam race to produce it as soon as possible."

Lu Runping waved his hand and smiled:

"That clam pearl, just give it to the Palace Master. I am leaving."

Murong Hanying stood up suddenly and said in astonishment:

"Why does Elder Duanmu want to leave? Did you hear any rumors? You don't need to pay attention to these; I will handle them well."

Hmm, there was indeed a rumor that Murong Hanying and he had an affair; otherwise, why were the two so cooperative?

It was all slander!

He, Lu Runping, had been fighting with female demons in the sea for more than a hundred years; where did he have any entanglement with Murong Hanying?

Lu Runping smiled:

"It is not so; some idle gossip, the Palace Master is a woman and doesn't care, so how could I take it to heart. It's just that I feel my bottleneck, and it is also an opportunity; if I leave this time, if I can go smoothly, I can ascend within a hundred years. To tell you the truth, I have long since achieved the Land Immortal realm, but I have never revealed it."

Saying this, Lu Runping released the aura of the Land Immortal level.

Murong Hanying was even more shocked.

"All these years, I have observed that you have only been in seclusion, or reading, and have never fought or discussed the Dao, yet you have passed two Heavenly Tribulations in one fell swoop and achieved Land Immortal?!"

Lu Runping chuckled and said:

"So-called stability and knowing the new; with a foundation, reading and realizing the Dao, why not? This is not important; I am really leaving. Thank you for your care, Palace Master; please keep this matter secret for me; I don't want too many people to know."

Murong Hanying sat back on the cushion, looked at Duanmu Lin's ordinary and dusty face, and sighed.

"Since this is the case, then you can leave on your own; I will explain it to everyone. It is just a pity that my Ice Soul Divine Palace has not had a Land Immortal for tens of thousands of years; now that there is finally one, he is leaving again."

As she spoke, a look of indescribable reluctance and complexity appeared in her eyes, making Lu Runping's eyelids jump.

Palace Master, your look is a bit wrong!

Clearing his throat, Lu Runping continued:

"Today I called the Palace Master to talk about this matter. To tell you the truth, the reason I can have such a fast cultivation speed is because I once obtained a Dao seed given by a fellow Daoist with the Dao title Xuanjizi, which allowed me to obtain a great supernatural power called 【Taiyin True Water】. He once said that in the future, a flood dragon mastering cold ice true intent might appear in the world. Therefore, back then I came here to cultivate silently, and later slaughtered the Double-headed Profound Ice Flood Dragon race, actually because of this prophecy. It wasn't until the Profound Ice Dragon Emperor appeared that I realized my judgment back then was wrong. Unfortunately, the Dragon Emperor's strength was already invincible in the world, so I had no confidence to deal with him and had to continue cultivating. I didn't expect that the genius Lv Gong would actually perish together with the Profound Ice Dragon Emperor. Recalling Lv Gong's means, it should be the same as mine, also a backup left by fellow Daoist Xuanjizi back then; it is I who seem useless. However, it is good; now that the danger of the Dragon Emperor is removed, I can also ascend with peace of mind." ===== CHAPTER 177 =====

"I called the Palace Master here today to discuss this matter. To tell you the truth, the reason I have such a fast cultivation speed is that I once obtained a Dao Seed gifted by a fellow Daoist with the Daoist name Xuanjizi, which allowed me to acquire a great supernatural power called 【Taiyin True Water】.

He once said that in the future, a flood dragon mastering the Cold Ice True Intent might appear in the world.

Therefore, when I came here years ago, I cultivated silently, and later exterminated the Double-headed Profound Ice Flood Dragon clan; in fact, it was also because of this prophecy.

It was not until the Profound Ice Dragon Emperor appeared that I realized my judgment back then was wrong.

However, the Dragon Emperor's strength was already invincible in the world, so I was not confident in dealing with him and had no choice but to continue cultivating.

Unexpectedly, the generation's heavenly pride Lv Gong actually perished together with the Profound Ice Dragon Emperor.

Recalling Lv Gong's methods, they should have been the same as mine—also a backup plan left behind by fellow Daoist Xuanjizi back then; it is I who appeared useless.

However, it is fine; now that the danger of the Dragon Emperor has been removed, I can also ascend with peace of mind."