Chapter 615 - 614: Seeing Through the Fog, So That’s How It Is

The sudden change caught Chen Yuran by surprise as she was in the middle of crossing the tribulation.

If the scholar and the other three could think of the possibilities, how could she, with her sharp mind, not think of them?

It’s just that the tranquility of nearly a month had made her somewhat wishful.

At the same time.

She and Li Jing could not do nothing just because the big picture hadn’t moved.

That.

Is wasting their lives.

Now facing this sudden change, Chen Yuran quickly realized that the stagnant big picture seemed to have been artificially pushed.

And the person crossing the tribulation was herself.

It was an opportunity that the other side had caught.

Why?

Why wait for this time?

Chen Yuran was puzzled.

If the scholar and others thought that the person behind the scenes was wary of Li Jing, who accidentally joined the game, she could naturally think of that too.

But she didn’t understand.

Was Li Jing really worth the worry of the layout master to this extent?

After all, Chen Yuran used to be an inspector.

Her mind is nimble.

And she won’t think she’s right because of her temporary "belief", and she knows how to think inversely.

Without a doubt.

If this current situation were to be pushed by the planner of the Upper Three Realms, they wouldn’t have to wait for this moment.

An entity like that would not be wary of Li Jing.

If it were someone else.

How could he be so wary of Li Jing if he had never interacted with him?

Neither possibility would make them wary of Li Jing, so the conclusion would be easy to come by.

Perhaps the stagnation of the big situation has something to do with Li Jing.

But it is not him that really makes the pusher of the big picture wary, but other reasons that urge them to wait for the opportunity.

However, why the timing is now, Chen Yuran can’t figure it out no matter how hard she thinks.

Subconsciously, she turned her head to look at Li Jing, who was standing not far from the outside of the tribulation cloud and looking up at the sky.

Just then, a certain person looked over.

The two met eyes.

Li Jing smiled gently and transmitted a message.

"Don’t worry, just focus on crossing the tribulation, I’ve got everything."

The calm words were like a soothing pill, Chen Yuran nodded silently, sat cross-legged in the air and cleared her chest of stray thoughts.

She knew.

Her guesses wouldn’t change anything.

The only thing that matters now is to cross the tribulation well, so that Li Jing won’t worry.

Over here.

Seeing Chen Yuran enter the tribulation crossing process, Li Jing looked up again.

What Chen Yuran thought of, he also thought of.

And he had also considered it in advance.

Chen Yuran’s crossing the tribulation could be the trigger for the sudden change.

But the same.

He did not understand why.

Why was it when Chen Yuran was crossing the tribulation?

At present, this.

It is certainly the planner of the Upper Three Realms who interfered directly.

It’s not because Li Jing was arrogant.

In such a large Immortal Realm, no one could break his double eternal reincarnation.

Even if someone as powerful as Nangong Qingshan takes action, there’s no reason to break his double seal without showing his face.

After all, as long as one is within this Immortal Realm, the actual cultivation level is bound by the lack of rules.

His seal was set up a long time ago, not currently being deployed, and has long been solidified.

The person who made the move, the cultivation level is definitely more than just surpassing his realm.

And also has a deep understanding of the core Taoist methods and knows how to break them.

If the realm surpasses him.

It could only be a full-fledged Return to Origin.

Just this point can conclude.

The possibility of someone from the Immortal Realm is zero.

This includes all the people in the game.

It can be confirmed that someone from the Upper Three Realms took action.

What he fears is indeed a bit intriguing.

The key is that all this is related to Chen Yuran’s tribulation crossing.

If not, Li Jing might think about the Heavenly Taoist of the Big World.

But Chen Yuran’s crossing the tribulation obviously had nothing to do with the Heavenly Taoist of the Big World...

While he was thinking, one after another silhouettes incessantly crossed space and arrived in the rift space, and in a blink of an eye, many people came in.

The entrance to the rift space has been blocked for more than half a month.

The seal suddenly disappeared.

Who among the people waiting outside weren’t rushing to get inside?

Not to mention those who are in the game, those "treasure hunters" who come for the possible treasures are also waiting for an opportunity to enter.

After entering the rift space, everyone quickly discovered that someone was crossing the tribulation at the entrance.

Who the hell is this?!

Do they have to be so unkind!?

Under the tribulation cloud, all beings are equal.

No matter how big the difference in cultivation level is.

As long as one steps into another person’s tribulation cloud, one will naturally face Thunder Tribulation, and the incoming tribulation thunder will definitely match one’s own realm.

Here it is.

Just after the first batch of people came in and had just cursed in their hearts, Chen Yuran’s tribulation cloud power, which returned to the level of the eleven realms due to Li Jing’s retreat, increased rapidly.

In the blink of an eye.

The awe-inspiring heavenly power transmuted to make the people coming in feel their hearts leap.

Without thinking, most people chose to retreat as fast as they could.

But some people.

They chose different paths.

"A mere Eleven Realms getting in the way, seeking death!"

An old hag with a sinister expression and a withered complexion, presumably achieved through some evil cultivation, sneered coldly and swung her palm across the air.

"Boom!"

A massive palm print like a ghost claw materialized in mid-air, causing a tremor in the tribulation clouds in the sky and descending devastatingly towards Chen Yuran, who was seated in mid-air.

The next second.

Li Jing moved horizontally in an instant, pointing and shattering the palm print.

The old hag’s face changed dramatically at the sight.

It was a joke.

She was at the latter stage of Venerable cultivation.

The figure on the other side effortlessly shattered her attack, what level might he be?

The old hag was wicked.

And she was a quick coward.

Seeing Li Jing calmly casting his gaze over, she hurriedly saluted him.

"This protector of the Dao, it was all a misunderstanding. I was momentarily confused..."

Before she could finish speaking, she let out a shriek.

A blaze of Phoenix Heavenly Fire engulfed her.

And then...

There was no then.

She didn’t even leave ashes behind...

This guy, he scared the hell out of the other treasure seekers on the spot.

This was a latter-stage Venerable!

Just a look.

And she was burned to death...

The insiders hiding in the crowd didn’t care.

A mere Venerable.

In their eyes, it was no more than an ant.

Even though they were bound by the rules and could only possess a half-step Return to Origin level, killing a Venerable was no different from killing a chicken.

What was surprising was that this person in front of them could easily do this. Could he be an insider as well?

Just as they thought of this.

"Boom!"

A Thunder Tribulation of Return to Origin level fell from the sky, its thunderous power smashing on someone’s head and not even lifting a corner of his clothes.

This nearly dislodged the jaws of the insiders.

Holy smoke!

Where did this monster come from?

As a half-step Return to Origin person.

Facing the Returning to Origin Heavenly Tribulation and not even making any precautions, he was directly hit and didn’t even frown.

This move.

Even those who were physical cultivators with Return to Origin level bodies, or monsters, couldn’t say they could do it.

Crucially.

The person didn’t even have a corner of his clothes fluttering.

As they watched someone’s head smoking and maintaining a calm expression, all the insiders were startled and dared not stay any longer.

They have been lurking for countless years.

They had finally waited for this day.

To get to this point.

There was no need to linger for some unrelated matters.

If they weren’t careful and lost their lives, it would be more than worth it.

For a while, whether they were insiders or treasure seekers, they hastily dispersed and left, so as not to linger too long to be plainly struck by the tribulation thunder, and to stay away from Li Jing, who was like a harbinger of doom.

Why there would be someone crossing the tribulation in the sealed space that had been sealed for a month, they were too lazy to worry about.

The entrance had already opened.

Why bother worrying about these things?

The woman crossing the tribulation had such a formidable protector by her side, they didn’t have the right to intervene.

On this side.

Li Jing watched the crowd enter the rift space and disperse, distinguishing silently.

This wave was quite convenient for him.

People from different paths, faced with his killing of the old hag, showed different attitudes.

Who was an insider, who was here for treasure hunting.

It was clear at a glance.

Those who obstructed the entrance, Li Jing did not consider.

The grand scheme had already been set in motion, stopping these people had no meaning.

He alone could not possibly stop so many people, he couldn’t just indiscriminately kill all of them.

To ensure that Chen Yuran wouldn’t be disturbed.

Li Jing stood firmly within the scope of the tribulation clouds.

The tribulation cloud also showed "respect".

As if feeling that the thunder tribulation falling on him couldn’t even make a corner of his clothes flutter, wave after wave of increasingly powerful thunder tribulations called at his head aggressively, their frequency higher than Chen Yuran’s, who was a real crosser of the tribulation.

This "spotlight" was instantly snatched away by Li Jing.

The people who came later saw this man getting struck in various ways but remained unaffected.

Everyone felt their scalps tingle and hastily left.

In no time.

Those waiting outside had all entered the rift space, and then all left.

Li Jing observed the crowd coming in and quickly dispersing throughout. After everyone had left, he turned his head and glanced to the west.

In the crowd that had just come in.

He saw a few familiar faces.

The half-demon Kong Zhi.

The ancient demon Ximen Hong.

And the Emperor of Heaven he first sought for, Nalan Que.

Among them, Kong Zhi, who was less affected by rule restrictions, met his gaze, but did not detect anything wrong, and quickly left.

Ximen Hong also left in a hurry.

But before leaving, this guy stared suspiciously at him for quite a few times.

Kong Zhi and Ximen Hong had not seen Li Jing’s true face.

But the latter had seen the unreasonable seal technique of Eternal Reincarnation, a Taoist method.

When he escaped from the Confucian Seal, did he not stumble directly into the Eternal Reincarnation?

The only difference was that the Eternal Reincarnation blocking the entrance of the rift was double-layered, while he was only faced with a single layer.

When he was outside.

Ximen Hong had speculated more than once that the "Taoist Master" was "blocking the door" inside the rift. He didn’t want to come in, but it wasn’t.

However, he felt that the two must be somehow connected.

After all, they both employ the same Taoist sanctions affiliated with the starry sky.

There were no such coincidences in the world.

However, facing the bone in front of him, Ximen Hong didn’t bother to contemplate too much.

That day.

He had waited too long.

Now was not the time to be curious.

Li Jing took note of the arrival of Kong Zhi and Ximen Hong.

After all, they were old acquaintances.

But what he cared about most.

Was undeniably Nalan Que.

Li Jing originally thought.

The Emperor of Heaven with thick eyebrows and big eyes entered early because of his connection with the Nalan family, yet surprisingly, he was still outside.

This point wasn’t really important.

What was important.

Most people in the game were moving towards the east as the scholar told him, but Nalan Que was heading west as soon as he entered.

Not to mention his clear purpose, there were also several people accompanying him.

Aside from this, Li Jing also noticed.

There were small clusters of people heading both north and south.

At that moment, he had to admit that he was a bit confused.

Wasn’t the Candle Dragon sleeping to the east?

What are the people heading in the other three directions doing?

Looking back at Chen Yuran who was undergoing the tribulation, Li Jing chose to retreat.

Although there were many questions in his heart, he didn’t have the time to seek answers from anyone now.

Chen Yuran was undergoing tribulation.

He must stay by her side.

The Heavenly Tribulation.

It was not only a trial that cultivators must go through, but also an important factor that could determine their future potential. It could not be delayed, and even less so, neglected.

Ling Jing left the tribulation cloud range and stood on a cliff, only to suddenly freeze.

Wait.

This matter...

Something seemed wrong.

Chen Yuran was going through a tribulation, and of course, he would stand by her side.

Could it be possible that the ones influencing the situation were waiting for this to happen?

Damn!

Thinking about it, it did seem very likely.

It was confirmed that Chen Yuran was not the chosen one.

Thus, she was also not the key figure.

If...

If her cause and effect were tied to him.

Wouldn’t everything make sense?

Xiaochenchen suddenly "giving in", this matter was a bit unusual indeed.

True.

Chen Yuran had always been obsessed with getting stronger.

But Liu Sisi told her about the corresponding situation a long time ago.

The key was that both of them entered the Zhenyuan Tower to not chit-chat, but to cultivate.

The two of them had no reason to sit together and talk nonsense.

If Chen Yuran had the idea of powering up a long time ago, she wouldn’t have waited until now.

Coming back to the present.

If there wasn’t Chen Yuran’s tribulation to bind him, he wouldn’t have stayed in place.

With all kinds of thoughts during that period, the only word lingering in Li Jing’s heart was "damn it".

Even if it was speculation, it made everything make sense.

What’s more crucial.

It also explained why Chen Yuran, who ascended from the Blue Star and was just over twenty years old, was involved in it...

Her cause and effect.

It wasn’t arranged in advance.

It was because of him, the unexpected entrant, that she was "temporarily" arranged.

This.

How could Li Jing not be furious?

However, he did not allow his rage to cloud his judgment.

After all, what he could do at this moment was to rage helplessly.

The person behind the scenes was in the Upper Three Realms.

Not to mention that he was no match for them, he had no way to go to the Upper Three Realms.

Cooling down, Li Jing began to analyze quietly.

Chen Yuran being "arranged" at the last moment indicates that those from the Upper Three Realms had been paying close attention to him.

What does this imply?

This means that he, the aberration, could severely influence the direction of the situation...

Did he have that ability?

Li Jing didn’t think so.

In front of that strange cause and effect mystic technique, he was being led by the nose.

The people from the Upper Three Realms went to great lengths and waited for a long time to bind him to Chen Yuran. It wasn’t because he personally could influence anything.

It was mentioned before.

He, wasn’t worthy of such individuals being wary.

Therefore, it is not difficult to draw a conclusion.

The people, things, and matters related to him, made the people from the Upper Three Realms wary.

On this thought.

There seemed to be quite a few things.

Like saints who are half-dead.

Like that primal being from the Ancient Fairyland who isn’t quite dead.

And like the original demonic spirit...

All of these entities, once they reveal themselves, could ruin all the arrangements.

Perhaps even the unassuming Nangong Qingshan possesses such an ability.

But after some thought, Li Jing still believed that the real influence on the puppet master came from his connection with Big World’s Heavenly Taoist.

Pondering this, Li Jing couldn’t help but frown.

The Big World’s Heavenly Taoist is probably bound by certain elements as he had guessed before. Otherwise, the orchestrator of the Upper Three Realms might not dare to take action.

He personally lacks the ability to contact the Big World’s Heavenly Path directly.

But the orchestrator of the Upper Three Realms values him so much, as to even "set up a special arrangement" for him.

This...

It doesn’t make sense.

Could it be...

Big World’s Heavenly Taoist has some sort of contingency in place for him!?

Damn!

Why didn’t you tell me about this arrangement, Big Sister Heavenly Path?

Li Jing was both frustrated and perplexed as to what Big Sister Heavenly Path would have done to him without his knowledge.

But, that’s not the point.

The point is...

This present situation is unspeakably awkward.

He doesn’t worry about the fate of the Heavenly Path.

The Big World is unique and extraordinarily special.

What could he, a Half-step Return to Origin, do if some capable person truly threatened Big World’s Heavenly Path?

The crux of the matter is that if he doesn’t make a move, the plot of certain people in the Upper Three Realms will succeed.

Without a doubt, that’s something he doesn’t want to see.

Especially because they, himself and Chen Yuran, have taken an incredibly important step in their life due to the manipulation of the causal magic technique, yet they aren’t aware of the external interference.

Although it doesn’t cause any substantial harm...

Stepping out is good.

But being manipulated by others, isn’t that annoying?

Li Jing has always been petty.

He cannot tolerate this.

Taking a deep breath, Li Jing turned his head and took a step forward.

The next second...

He appeared next to Chen Yuran, picking her up horizontally.

???

Chen Yuran opened her eyes with a confused look.

What does Li Jing mean by picking her up while she’s in the middle of her tribulation?

"Yuran, you just focus on passing the tribulation and don’t worry about anything else. We can talk more about it later."

Li Jing stated.

While speaking, he lifted Chen Yuran, allowing her to sit on his shoulders.

"..."

Chen Yuran.

She understands the reasoning.

There must be something going on with Li Jing.

But this...

Before she had time to comprehend what was going on, a Returning to the Origin Heavenly Tribulation aimed at Li Jing came crashing down, which he shattered with one punch.

Then...

Her own tribulation descended.

Enduring the baptism of heavenly tribulation, the corners of Chen Yuran’s mouth twitched uncontrollably.

Because Li Jing was already taking her westward, while casually shattering another thunder tribulation that was aimed at him.

What next...

Is she supposed to complete her tribulation like this?

This joke seems a bit too far-fetched!

Eleven realms tribulation...

At the very least, it has to persist for half a month...

With mixed feelings of humour and annoyance, she pinched Li Jing’s ear irritably before closing her eyes again.

There’s no choice.

She had to go along with whatever Li Jing had planned.

She also had to successfully complete this tribulation.

She only hoped that he wouldn’t disregard propriety.

Really, to carry her for half a month as a moving cloud of tribulation...

...

Because he was carrying his little girlfriend who was going through a tribulation, Li Jing dared not fly too fast.

But he had previously been very cautious and quietly left a spiritual seal on Nalan Que, who was heading west.

Why Nalan Que?

One reason is that he always takes the road less travelled.

Another is that the loss of his independent world left him at a Half-step Return to Origin level, but his condition was significantly weaker than those at the same level with an independent world.

Simply put, he’s weak.

If it was someone with an independent world, they could detect an anomaly within themselves in just a minute.

But Nalan Que can’t.

That’s one of the many advantages of having an independent world.

Even if you’re not adept at some sneaky tactics, the power of the world would alert you of any incongruity in your body as long as you’re within your independent world.

With Nalan Que being tracked, Li Jing obviously wouldn’t choose to find Kong Zhi or Ximen Hong.

If he encountered either of them, they might not even speak to him.

Nalan Que is different, though.

If he doesn’t say anything...

Just give him a beating, that’s all.

In a frenzy, Li Jing doesn’t mind letting him die another time.

Nalan Que’s life was given by him.

Taking it back shouldn’t be considered excessive, should it?

...