Who triggered the Pure Yang Lightning Tribulation?
Under the tyrannical pressure of the world, no one was able to enter the range of the Heavenly Tribulation. Naturally, no one knew that there was actually no one at the place where the Heavenly Tribulation Lightning landed!
The Tribulation Lightning fell towards the sea, but in reality, it pierced through the void and landed on the edge of Fei Ling Island that was tens of thousands of feet under the sea.
The Sword of True Spirit, Mo Li, hung above Lu Ping's head. This time, Mo Li did not hide behind Lu Ping like when he summoned the first Heavenly Tribulation Lightning. Almost all of the Heavenly Tribulation Lightning was blocked by Lu Ping alone.
According to Mo Li, the reason why it could take the initiative to help Lu Ping share the power of the Heavenly Tribulation Lightning was mainly because it came from the Water Ape artifact spirit of the Qiankun Wine Cauldron. This greatly improved the quality of the Sword of True Spirit.
And what Lu Ping had said to Tianlu Laozu about the reason for cultivating a supreme sword art was not a lie. Among the 20 pieces of Chiming Divine Stones that Lu Ping had obtained in the Dao Altar world, there were a few that recorded Jiao Daoren's mantras. Lu Ping seriously pondered the meaning of these mantras, especially after refining the broken stone of the Dao Altar foundation, he had obtained the will of Jiao Daoren that could directly nurture the dragon-shaped relief. This allowed Lu Ping to have a further understanding of the Heaven Opening Swordsmanship that he controlled.
The Heaven Opening Swordsmanship had three sword techniques: the "Battle" Formula, the "Kill" Formula, and the "Death" Formula. These three sword techniques came from the same origin. Only by cultivating the "Battle" Formula to a certain degree could one touch the edge of the "Kill" Formula. Only by cultivating the "Kill" Formula to a certain degree could one touch the edge of the "Death" Formula.
Lu Ping could use the Sword of True Spirit to derive the "Battle" Formula to create three flood dragons. After spending a year in the Dao Altar world, he was able to fuse the three flood dragons into one to form the "Kill" Formula.
However, if Lu Ping wanted his Heaven Opening Swordsmanship to further touch the edge of the "Death" Formula, he would have to undergo the second Heavenly Tribulation Lightning. More specifically, he would have to use the Sword of True Spirit to undergo the second Heavenly Tribulation Lightning and become a Second Tribulation Spirit Treasure. Only then would he be able to successfully derive the "Death" Formula.
Bolt after bolt of Heavenly Tribulation Lightning fell, its power growing stronger and stronger. This caused the cultivators who were observing from hundreds of miles away to turn pale. They were even more certain that this Heavenly Tribulation was a Pure Yang Heavenly Tribulation!
However, the cultivators of the North Sea were all confused as to which Almighty Master was undergoing the Heavenly Tribulation again. Because this news was so shocking, the various sects had to use spies or connections they had left in other sects to investigate each other. The most likely suspects were Xuan Ling Sect's Dao Sheng Laozu and Zhenling Tian Xiang Laozu. Both of them had already appeared in their respective sects and clearly requested their disciples to invite this Almighty Master to their sects once they successfully passed the Heavenly Tribulation. Even if they couldn't, they had to express their goodwill.
In that case, Zhenling Jiang Tianlin could also be ruled out. More and more cultivators began to believe that the person undergoing the Heavenly Tribulation in Fei Ling Island must be a Almighty Master from outside the North Sea.
It was not that no one had connected this Heavenly Tribulation with Fei Ling Island, which had sunk tens of thousands of feet deep into the sea. However, this only made them more certain that the person undergoing the Heavenly Tribulation must be from outside the North Sea. There was no reason for this. Which North Sea cultivator would choose to undergo the Heavenly Tribulation in Fei Ling Island? This was an eye-catching place, and only outsiders would choose this place without any scruples.
Nine bolts of Heavenly Tribulation Lightning fell in a row. Apart from the cultivators who were observing from hundreds of miles away, their faces turned ashen from the power of the Heavenly Tribulation. When the thunderclouds dispersed, there was nothing left on the sea.
Was the tribulation a success or a failure?
No one knew, but one thing they understood was that even if the Almighty Master had succeeded in his Heavenly Tribulation, he was Pure Yang Laozu. If he did not want others to see him, no one would be able to find him.
Naturally, the various sects would not take such a major event lightly. Although they did not find anything, the cultivators of the various sects still left many scouts in the open and in the dark, hoping to see the Almighty Pure Yang cultivator. However, an entire year had passed, and the sea was still calm. There were no other unusual occurrences.
Even if the Pure Yang cultivator needed to stabilize his cultivation after the Heavenly Tribulation, such a long period of time was enough for him to recover. It seemed that the Almighty Pure Yang cultivator had really left.
At this time, some people once again thought of Fei Ling Island. Could it be that the Almighty Master had originally come for Fei Ling Island?
Although Fei Ling Island was tens of thousands of feet deep in the sea, it was not easy for a late Dharma adept to dive tens of thousands of feet deep. Even if one used various methods to reach the periphery of Fei Ling Island, there was nothing they could do against the Forbidden Formation that protected the entire island.
When Fei Ling Island sank, there were people who had set their sights on Fei Ling Island, but in the end, all of them returned in failure. It was even rumored that the Pure Yang cultivator from the Crystal Palace had secretly dived tens of thousands of feet deep into the sea in an attempt to break through the Forbidden Formation and enter Fei Ling Island, but in the end, he did not succeed.
There were also cultivators who dived thousands of feet deep into the sea to check on the teleportation formation on the cliff at the bottom of the sea. The teleportation formation was still not activated. Later, there were even people who saw Xuan Ling Sect's Dao Sheng, Laozu, personally diving into the sea to check. Although the results were unknown, after that, the Xuan Ling Sect's cultivators who had stayed near this area of the sea had all retreated.
Another year had passed, and the North Sea was still calm. It was said that another Dharma adept had appeared among the third generation of Zhenling's disciples, causing the various sects in the North Sea to lament that the rise of Zhenling was becoming increasingly difficult to stop.
It was not that the other sects in the North Sea did not have any third generation disciples who had advanced to the Dharma stage. Even the first direct disciple of the Xuan Ling Sect, Ouyang Weijian, who had been traveling in the East Sea, had successfully passed his first lightning tribulation after returning to the North Sea and had advanced to the mid Dharma stage. However, compared to the speed at which the third generation of Zhenling's disciples had advanced, it was still a far cry.
Even in the training of the fourth generation disciples, Zhenling was far ahead of the various sects in the North Sea. Today, it was said that nearly ten fourth generation disciples of Zhenling had advanced to the late Core Forging stage. As for the other sects in the North Sea, it was said that only the fourth generation disciples of Xuan Ling, Cang Hai, Shui Yan, and Hai Yan had advanced to the late Core Forging stage. The fourth generation disciples of the other sects were still lingering around the mid Core Forging stage.
Although Zhenling did not sail across the Stormy Ocean with great fanfare like the various sects in the North Sea had imagined, it also did not have conflicts with the various sects in the North Sea because of its wanton expansion of power in the North Sea.
However, Zhenling used the name of the trial voyage of the treasure ship to travel around the North Sea, which was a huge deterrent to the various sects in the North Sea. Many of the sea areas, islands, and even some neutral areas that Zhenling had disputes with the various sects previously chose to give way to Zhenling as the treasure ship passed by. Zhenling's sphere of influence had quietly expanded.
At the same time, the expansion of its sphere of influence had also increased Zhenling's control over the cultivation resources of the North Sea. More and more cultivation resources were gathered in Tian Ling Mountain, which also supported the cultivation of Zhenling cultivators, forming a good cycle.
On this day, in the deep sea where Fei Ling Island had sunk, a space passage opened, and Lu Ping took a step out. As Lu Ping injected a stream of spiritual essence, the Water-Repelling Moon Pearl, which was originally dim due to the heavy water pressure, suddenly became dazzling. It pushed away all the seawater around Lu Ping, forming a light shield that was three meters in size.
For the sake of caution, Lu Ping did not come out from the transmission stone platform on the cliff at the bottom of the sea. Instead, he chose to come out from the deep sea passage that he had used when he first entered Fei Ling Island.
Compared to the difficulty of entering this place back then, Lu Ping now appeared to be much more relaxed, even though the deep sea still made Lu Ping feel a trace of pressure.
Lu Ping's divine sense spread out in all directions, but the pitch-black seabed didn't pose much of a hindrance to his divine sense. A smile appeared on his face, but he didn't just float up. Instead, he swam in the deep sea and headed northeast.
Currently, Huang Li Island had a circumference of 70 to 80 kilometers. Although it was not a medium-sized island, its status, prosperity, and importance far surpassed any medium-sized island under Zhenling's jurisdiction.
Lu Ping's return to Zhenling did not alarm anyone else. He only greeted Sixth Brother Lei, who was on the island, before returning to Tingtao's cave abode.
Black Fox, who was cultivating, was naturally pleasantly surprised to see Lu Ping return. The two of them had an intimate moment, and Spiritual Master Black Fox then asked Lu Ping if everything had been smooth for the past two years.
Black Fox naturally knew what Lu Ping had been doing for the past two years, but she still did not know anything about Fei Ling Island. However, over the past two years, Deng Xuanming had complained to Lu Ping several times that breaking the restrictive formation on Fei Ling Island was an extremely huge task. Even if he had used the external force from Lu Ping's tribulation to greatly reduce the time needed to break the formation, it would still be an extremely long process.
One of the important reasons why Lu Ping had secretly left Fei Ling Island this time was to ask the Sect Leader for permission to bring Black Fox to Fei Ling Island to help Deng Xuanming break the restrictive formation.
Currently, in terms of the cultivation of formations in Zhenling, apart from Spiritual Master Xuanchen and Deng Xuanming, Black Fox's attainments in formations could be ranked first. She was only one step away from becoming a Formation Grandmaster. If she participated in this important task, she would be able to take this last step.
Seeing that Black Fox was not in a good mood, as if she had something that she could not say, Lu Ping smiled and asked, "Is there something on your mind?"
A bright red flash across Black Fox's face, as if she was extremely embarrassed. However, under Lu Ping's gaze, she still spoke with 30% resentment and 70% coquettishly, "Zhong Jian and Ma Yu already have two children, a boy and a girl. Their eldest daughter has already reached the Core Forging stage, and Junior Sister Xuanling is also pregnant with Senior Brother Tianyong's child …"
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