For practitioners, the Dharma Ending Tribulation was the most terrifying tribulation in an era. It was even more terrifying than the World-ending Tribulation.
Because the Dharma Ending Tribulation only targeted practitioners who had cultivated Dharma power. Although the World-ending Tribulation was the end of an era, those who could truly transcend had already transcended during the Dharma Ending Tribulation. Those who could not transcend had all died in the Dharma Ending Tribulation. Perhaps there were one or two who had escaped the Dharma Ending Tribulation and lingered on with their last breaths, but they were not of much use.
It could be said that every era was equivalent to the life of the World Tree. Every living creature was absorbing nutrients from the tree. Ordinary living creatures were like ants and insects living on the tree. They were muddle-headed and did not know the changes of the tree. Even if the tree began to wither and die, it did not affect them much. Among all living creatures, the practitioners absorbed the most nutrients and were the most dazzling. They were different from ordinary living creatures. Long-term cultivation had made them inseparable from the tree. They had become a part of the tree, just like the branches and leaves of the tree. The tree provided them with the best and most nutrients. When the tree declined, the practitioners who had the closest relationship with the tree could not stop it. This was their fate. The Celestial Immortals stood at the top of all the practitioners. They were like the fruits of the tree, especially the ancient Celestial Immortals. They had already become seeds and had left the scope of the tree. They no longer needed to have anything to do with the tree. They could even grow into a tree by themselves. Therefore, even if the tree died and was destroyed, it had nothing to do with them.
The position of the Earthly Immortals was a bit awkward. They might have the opportunity to become seeds, or they might have already become seeds. However, they still needed the support of the tree. Once the support of the tree was cut off, some immature fruits would also wither, while some more mature ones might escape this fate.
The Dharma Ending Tribulation was like the whole process of the tree's decline. It was a long and cruel process, and also a process that made people despair. Except for the Celestial Immortals, the only thing all the practitioners could do was to find hope in this desperate process.
Those who found hope were the lucky ones. Those who could not find hope would die along with the tree.
This was the Dharma Ending Tribulation. For practitioners, it was equivalent to doomsday.
What happened to Red Tiger would also happen to thousands of practitioners. Now, it was just the beginning.
However, even the beginning was enough to cause some panic and unrest.
Zhou Bao felt this panic and unrest, but it was not in the Immortal Realm, but in the Azure Big World. The Azure Big World was already a complete macro world. In theory, it was already equivalent to a fruit of the World Tree. The problem was that this fruit had not yet ripened. When the tree began to wither, this fruit would inevitably begin to decline. In the Azure Big World, some of the most powerful practitioners had already begun to show signs of the Deva's Five Decrepit Phenomena.
The Azure Big World was his world. The Earthly Immortals with the highest cultivation were, of course, the people closest to him. After feeling that they had begun to decline, Zhou Bao did not hesitate to throw the sapling of the Tree of Seven Wonders in his Dantian into the Azure Big World. Overnight, in the depths of the Azure Spirit Sea, a towering giant tree rose from the ground, emitting colorful light. It gradually integrated into the essence of the world and spread to every corner of the Azure Big World, restoring the declining Azure Big World to its original state. Seeing that the Tree of Seven Wonders really worked, Zhou Bao heaved a long sigh of relief.
After obtaining the Heaven and Earth Secret Technique and trying to practice it, Zhou Bao had a clearer understanding of the mysteries of the universe. Of course, he also understood that the so-called Tree of Seven Wonders was just a projection of the World Tree. It was precisely because the Tree of Seven Wonders was a projection of the World Tree that it had such a terrifying function. After all, even the Five-colored Divine Light was just an ability evolved from the World Tree. The so-called 'wiping everything in the world' was only brushing things of the five elements. The Seven Wonderful Techniques were even better. They could break all methods and block the power of the Deva's Five Decrepit Phenomena.
However, Zhou Bao did not feel the slightest joy in his heart. On the contrary, his doubts increased. If it was a heaven-defying method, no one had ever practiced it completely since the beginning of this era. But he had. Was he really one of the legendary Heaven's Fates, the real Tribulation Taker among all the Tribulation Takers? Was he also the Omnipotent Sage who carried the last fate of this era?
The Omnipotent Sage!!!
In every era, some Celestial Immortals would be born. Sometimes, there would be hundreds or thousands of Celestial Immortals, while other times, there would only be a few. In every era, there were two Celestial Immortals who were the most special. One was the first Celestial Immortal born in the era, known as the Primeval Sage, who represented the beginning of an era. The other was the last Celestial Immortal of the era, known as the Omnipotent Sage, who represented the end of an era. There was another type of Celestial Immortal, who rarely appeared even after countless eras. They were the only Celestial Immortals born in an era.
The Sage Pangu was just a legend. The Primeval Sage and the Omnipotent Sage were born in every era. These special Celestial Immortals were also the best among all the Celestial Immortals. Once they were born, they could even be comparable to some ancient Celestial Immortals, such as Taoist Jin, Taoist Reincarnation, and Taoist Zhen Yuan. Although they were extremely powerful, they generally did not dare to provoke such special Celestial Immortals.
Zhou Bao wanted to become a Celestial Immortal, and now it seemed that he was very likely to become the Omnipotent Sage of this era.
Because after the Deva's Five Decrepit Phenomena, practitioners could be said to be extinct in this era. Why?
Only Celestial Immortals could survive the Deva's Five Decrepit Phenomena unscathed. Would Celestial Immortals appear in front of ordinary people? It was meaningless for them. Those powerful Earthly Immortals and some lucky practitioners who escaped the Dharma Ending Tribulation by various special means would also seize the time to improve their cultivation and meditate in closed-door training. Who would have time to care about the affairs of ordinary people?
Before the Dharma Ending Tribulation, practitioners might have to use ordinary living creatures to find and collect resources between heaven and earth. To some extent, controlling enough resources could improve the speed of practice. But after the Dharma Ending Tribulation, this no longer existed. The Dharma Ending Tribulation was not only a tribulation for practitioners, but also for all Natural Treasures. After the Dharma Ending Tribulation, there would be no Natural Treasures between heaven and earth. All the Spiritual Qi and pneuma of Natural Treasures and Spiritual Objects would disappear completely and become ordinary things. For practitioners, they were useless. Even the essence of the world would become ordinary air that could only support ordinary living creatures. Just like in Zhou Bao's so-called previous life, how could it still be used for practice? Who would care about the mortals?
In this way, only those practitioners who had not yet become Celestial Immortals but had survived the Dharma Ending Tribulation by various means could achieve the Omnipotent Sage Body. Among these practitioners, those who had been seriously injured in the Dharma Ending Tribulation could not. In the final analysis, Zhou Bao and the other Tribulation Takers were the ones who were not affected by the Dharma Ending Tribulation and had the potential to become Celestial Immortals. For example, Zhou Bao had the Seven Wonderful Techniques, Kong Ti had the Five-colored Divine Light, and Young Sword King had the Immortal-eliminating Sword Qi and could cut off the Dharma Ending Qi.
Only such people could achieve the Omnipotent Sage position.
Of course, there was also the possibility of other practitioners hiding in the river of time appearing. These practitioners were often the antiques from the previous era, or even the era before that. They had reached the peak of Earthly Immortals, but they lacked an opportunity to become Celestial Immortals. These practitioners had accumulated a lot of experience and had survived the Dharma Ending Tribulation and the World-ending Tribulation. The two tribulations of the new era would not cause too much trouble for them. For example, Tai Sui, the subordinate of the Jade Emperor Sage, was said to be an ancient Earthly Immortal who had lived through three or four eras and possessed unpredictable strength.
Such practitioners could also become Celestial Immortals.
But it was also because of this that achieving the Omnipotent Sage position required luck that was close to going against the natural order. Individual efforts could only ensure that one could become a Celestial Immortal, but could not manipulate others to do so unless one killed all the practitioners who had the potential to become Celestial Immortals after becoming a Celestial Immortal.
Perhaps this was the idea that the Jade Emperor Sage had at the beginning, but he had miscalculated because the Netherworld Sage suddenly appeared and became a Celestial Immortal.
He immediately lost his chance. If from now on, when the World-ending Tribulation arrived and no practitioners became Celestial Immortals, then the Netherworld Sage might become the Omnipotent Sage of this era.
But from the few times he had met the Netherworld Sage, he did not seem to be interested in the position of the Omnipotent Sage.
What were the benefits of the position of the Omnipotent Sage?
Zhou Bao did not know much about this. He only knew that once he became an Omnipotent Sage, he would be blessed with the last fate of an era. He would have an advantage in improving his strength, which was comparable to that of some ancient Celestial Immortals. But apart from this, Zhou Bao did not know what other tricks there were.
"Maybe the Netherworld Sage doesn't want to help me, but is training me to help him get rid of other people who can become Celestial Immortals. Finally, when I become a Celestial Immortal, he will kill me. Then, he will naturally become the Omnipotent Sage!" A thought flashed through Zhou Bao's mind. For Zhou Bao, this was also a very big possibility. He did not believe that the Netherworld Sage did not help him with other purposes.
"Now it seems that I can only practice hard and become a Celestial Immortal as soon as possible. As for whether I can become the Omnipotent Sage or not, it doesn't matter. Once I become a Celestial Immortal, I can really live freely between heaven and earth!" (If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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