Two days passed quickly. During this time, Gu Zheng was preparing for the 99 Heavenly Tribulations. Gokusen had also prepared the food cultivator for him.
"Go, my disciple. I believe you will definitely become a Quasi-Saint!"
After leaving the 33 Heavens, Gokusen's words still echoed in Gu Zheng's mind.
The 33 Heavens was not a suitable place for tribulation transcendence. If Gu Zheng wanted to do so, he had to return to the Heavenly Court.
Gokusen did not come with Gu Zheng. As he said, he believed Gu Zheng could become a Quasi-Saint.
After returning to the Palace of Storms, Gu Zheng immediately went to the back garden, where Gokusen had specially prepared a place for him to undergo tribulation.
The Tribulation Transcendence Ground in the back garden looked like a square. The ground was tidily paved with square bricks that were engraved with mysterious runes. When Gu Zheng underwent tribulation here, the formation runes would form an immortal formation called Taotie's Power. It was allowed by Gokusen to give Gu Zheng a little help.
Sitting cross-legged, Gu Zheng opened the jade box containing the Bottleneck Food Cultivator. A strange fragrance wafted into his nostrils.
Gokusen's culinary skills were impeccable. The food cultivator looked like a Taotie and was only two inches long.
Although it was very small and could only be swallowed in one mouthful, Gu Zheng could see that 17 kinds of ingredients were used in this special food cultivator. Among them, 10 were immortal grade ingredients and 6 were heavenly treasures! As for the last one, he could not sense it now. He could only sense some different Sage Immortal Power in the finished food cultivator!
The effect of the Bottleneck Food Cultivator was very strong. Not only could it help Gu Zheng break through the bottleneck, but it could also help Gu Zheng gain enlightenment in the mysterious realm! However, this epiphany wasn't like Le Xian's Four Seasons Immortal Music that could enlighten others. It only allowed Gu Zheng to gain something and reach the standard of ascension to the Quasi-Sage Stage. Even so, the food cultivation at the bottleneck had the effect of stealing the fortune of heaven and earth! After all, the Mystical Realm did not necessarily allow one to comprehend the Dao. It was possible that the cultivator would not gain anything from the Mystical Realm. It was also possible for the cultivator to comprehend something from the Mystical Realm, something that could not be considered the Dao! For example, Gu Zheng had repeatedly comprehended the Dao in the Mystical Realm. It could only be said that he had great fortune.
"Master, you're also about to advance to the Quasi-Saint Realm!" Standing beside Gu Zheng, Die Ling smiled.
"Yes, this day has finally come!"
Gu Zheng smiled ruefully and put the bottleneck food cultivator into his mouth.
As he chewed, his mouth was filled with fragrance. The food turned into a warm current that flowed into Gu Zheng's body.
According to Gokusen's instructions, Gu Zheng calmly channeled the Gokusen Technique. The energy of the food cultivator also circulated along with the circulation of the Gokusen Technique.
A wondrous feeling arose in Gu Zheng's heart. After the thirty-sixth cycle of the Gokusen Technique, Gu Zheng felt an explosion in his mind. He entered the mystical realm brought about by the food cultivation.
It was a chaotic mystical realm. Gu Zheng floated in the air and looked at the somewhat familiar surroundings. He waved his hand and a grey mist quickly condensed into a taiji ball in the air.
Looking at the huge taiji ball, the sense of familiarity in Gu Zheng's heart disappeared. He felt that there was something in the ball that was attracting him, but he didn't know what it was.
Time passed bit by bit. After an unknown amount of time, Gu Zheng, who was originally standing, sat down cross-legged. He no longer used his eyes to look at the taiji ball. Instead, he used his heart to feel the huge ball.
When Gu Zheng used his heart to feel the taiji ball, the taiji ball started to spin. The Yin fish on it grew bigger and bigger until the Yang fish completely disappeared.
Gu Zheng, who was sitting cross-legged, seemed to have sensed something. He frowned slightly and the huge black ball started to spin in the opposite direction. The white that originally disappeared reappeared on the ball and slowly grew bigger until it completely swallowed the black ball.
Gu Zheng, who was sitting cross-legged, frowned again. He channeled the Gokusen Technique and the huge white ball also started to spin in the opposite direction until it turned into the original taiji ball. Then, it stopped.
Gu Zheng waved his hand and the taiji ball started to spin again.
This time, the taiji ball's spin was a little strange. When it was spinning in the opposite direction, the Yang fish on it flashed. The sky and the sun were born in the Mystical Realm. When it was spinning in the opposite direction, the earth and the moon were born in the Mystical Realm! When the Yin fish and Yang fish spun together, more and more things appeared in the Mystical Realm. The originally empty Mystical Realm was gradually filled with mountains, rivers, flowers, trees, birds, and beasts.
Suddenly, the taiji ball stopped moving in the air. Everything in the space instantly turned into fine powder and crazily flew towards the taiji ball that was spinning again. Then, it was swallowed by the Yin and Yang sides of the taiji ball.
"Bang!"
The entire Mystical Realm shattered.
Gu Zheng, who was in the real world, opened his eyes. A wave of energy was emitted from his body. His Yin Yang Immortal Ball also exploded and turned into fine powder.
The explosion of the Yin Yang Immortal Ball wasn't a bad thing. It would explode once at the peak of every realm. Then, there would be a qualitative change during the reorganization.
Gu Zheng had broken through! The Yin Yang Immortal Ball exploded into fine powder and began to condense in his body. Heaven and Earth phenomena also appeared at this time.
Following Gu Zheng's Gokusen Technique, a brand new Yin Yang Immortal Ball condensed in his body. Compared to the previous Yin Yang Immortal Ball, it was smaller in size. However, it felt more solid and unshakable.
The Yin Yang Immortal Ball was completely condensed. Gu Zheng's next step was to face the tribulation. Only by truly passing the tribulation and receiving the blessings of Heaven and Earth would he become a true quasi-sage! At this time, he could only be said to have one foot in the quasi-sage realm.
"Master!"
Seeing Gu Zheng finally open his eyes, Die Ling immediately called out happily.
"Prepare to receive the blessings of Heaven and Earth!" Gu Zheng rubbed Die Ling's head.
"Master, you don't need me to help you resist the tribulation?" Die Ling asked with wide eyes.
"No need!" Gu Zheng smiled faintly.
Previously, Gu Zheng had indeed thought of asking Die Ling to help him resist the tribulation. After all, when he advanced to become a Great Overarching Golden Celestial, the heavenly tribulation he encountered was the rare Five Elements Heavenly Tribulation!
When he became a Daluo Jinxian, if he encountered an abnormal tribulation, then it was almost a rule that he would encounter an abnormal tribulation when he became a quasi-sage. Under such circumstances, Gu Zheng thought of asking Die Ling to help him resist the tribulation. This was a wise decision. After all, the 99 Heavenly Tribulations were incomparably powerful!
However, although Gu Zheng didn't gain enlightenment in the Mysterious Realm this time, the insights he gained were still very impressive! It was because of this that he felt that he could easily deal with the 99 Heavenly Tribulations on his own.
"Master, you must have comprehended something incredible in the Mystical Realm!"
Die Ling wasn't worried because of Gu Zheng's rejection. Instead, she became excited because she knew that Gu Zheng wasn't a reckless person. He naturally had his reasons for making such a decision.
"Why don't you take a guess?"
Gu Zheng kept them in suspense. With a wave of his hand, he shut down the Tribulation Transcendence Immortal Formation prepared for him.
"Master is so mighty!"
Seeing Gu Zheng deactivate the tribulation transcending immortal formation, the already excited butterfly spirit cried out. She couldn't help but imagine Gu Zheng's heroic figure when he transcended the tribulation by himself.
"Mighty? I don't think so! "Gu Zheng smirked.
"Rumble …"
As if it felt that Gu Zheng was very arrogant, the voice of the tribulation thunder resounded.
The tribulation cloud changed color. It quickly turned from its original jet-black color to a dark red color. It looked like dried blood. Even standing on the ground, Gu Zheng could feel the terrifying aura of the tribulation thunder brewing within the tribulation cloud.
"Artifact Spirit, what kind of tribulation lightning is this?" Gu Zheng asked.
"You're so lucky, this is the legendary Immortal Slaying Lightning Tribulation. No cultivator has survived it before!"
Artifact Spirit smiled wryly and said nervously: "Since I've said so, you should be able to imagine how powerful it is! If you're not absolutely confident, I suggest you open the formation and let Die Ling go through the tribulation with you. It's not something to be embarrassed about! "
"There's no cultivator that can't be killed by the Immortal Slaying Lightning Tribulation? Then I, Gu Zheng, will be the first! I don't think I can't handle it, I just feel that I'm very lucky. Just how much blessings will this give me! "
Gu Zheng licked his lips and looked at the tribulation clouds as if he was looking at a delicacy. Indeed, there were two sides to everything. The stronger the tribulation lightning, the more blessings a cultivator would receive. This was also a part of the laws of heaven and earth.
The tribulation lightning was about to fall, and the originally peaceful Heavenly Court became lively. Almost all the cultivators were paying attention to the tribulation clouds in the sky. Some of their faces even changed color! After all, the tribulation lightning that was about to fall was the Immortal Slaying Lightning Tribulation!
"Who's going through the tribulation?"
"I don't know, I can't deduce it at all."
"Looking at the direction of the tribulation clouds, it should be above the House of Storms."
"The House of Storms? Isn't the House of Storms empty? "
"Including the House of Storms, the nine new Immortal Palaces all have owners in the past few days!"
"Heavenly King Li, who are the owners of these new palaces? Are they the disciples of the Sage Immortals? "
"That's right, but I don't know who exactly lives in each palace."
Somewhere in the Heavenly Court, Taibai Jinxing, Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li, and a group of veteran Immortals gathered together to discuss.
However, discussions and curiosity were just that. This was the Heavenly Court, and the Heavenly Court had its own rules. No matter how curious they were, when someone was about to undergo the tribulation, they wouldn't go nearby to see who was going through the tribulation.
But then again, even if they did go over, they wouldn't see anything at all. After all, tribulation transcendence could be said to be a special period of time for one to completely reveal one's strength. Although Gu Zheng didn't need to conceal his identity now, it was best if he didn't expose his strength if he could. No matter what, there would still be scheming and scheming between tribulation transcendence disciples and life and death battles! Therefore, Gokusen had already set up restrictions in the House of Storms to prevent Gu Zheng's strength from being completely exposed when he was undergoing the tribulation.
"The House of Storms lord is Sage Kui's disciple, Gu Zheng. This kid is incredible, and his cultivation time is shockingly short!"
"None of those who can trigger the Immortal Vanquishing Thunder Tribulation are ordinary people, but no one has ever been able to withstand the test of the Immortal Vanquishing Thunder Tribulation. This is not an exception just because he is Sage Kui's disciple."
In the Lingxiao Palace, the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother were also paying attention to the tribulation clouds in the sky.
"Wasn't the House of Storms given to Gu Zheng?"
In the Gushing Spring Palace, Xiao Qi, who was attracted by the tribulation clouds, secretly gritted her teeth.
"Hehe, the Immortal Slaying Lightning Tribulation, not bad!"
Xiao Qi laughed happily, as if she had already seen Gu Zheng's body and soul being destroyed by the Immortal Slaying Lightning Tribulation.
The Heavenly Court had become very lively, and it was the same outside the Thirty-three Heavens. The Saint Immortals who were originally cultivating were all paying attention to the Immortal Slaying Lightning Tribulation.
"Kacha …"
The first bolt of the Immortal Slaying Lightning Tribulation fell.
The blood-red tribulation lightning was only as thick as an arm, but the aura it exuded was very domineering. The moment it emerged from the tribulation clouds, it had already formed an extremely strong lock on Gu Zheng! Moreover, this kind of lock was not as simple as locking on Gu Zheng himself. It also had the effect of locking on space, so under such a tribulation lightning, it was simply impossible to use space-related divine abilities to dodge it! Divine abilities like teleportation and shooting stars catching up with the moon could not be used at all under the pressure of the tribulation lightning.
The tribulation lightning had a very strong sealing power, but to Gu Zheng, he did not even think of dodging this tribulation! When the tribulation lightning reached a suitable distance from him, he threw a punch at the tribulation lightning in the sky.
Five different colored rays of light, under Gu Zheng's punch, formed a huge shadow of a fist, and heavily collided with the tribulation lightning.
"Bang …"
A loud sound was heard in the sky. The impact of the collision between the shadow of the fist and the tribulation lightning was as spectacular as fireworks. The first tribulation lightning was easily dispersed by Gu Zheng.
It seemed that he had easily dispersed the first tribulation lightning, but Gu Zheng's punch was not simple.
In order to deal with this tribulation, Gu Zheng had made preparations. During the two days in Zhenxiu Palace, he had stored the external energy absorbed by the Five Elements Immortal Ball and the Yin-Yang Immortal Ball to the limit, so that he could offset the tribulation lightning at this time.
However, although Gu Zheng could also use the absorbed energy back, he could only use one type each time. He could not use five types at the same time like now!
The reason why Gu Zheng could use five types of energy now was related to the divine abilities he had comprehended in the Mysterious Realm. This kind of divine ability to use the absorbed Five Elements energy was called "Five Elements Transformation" by Gu Zheng. Its power was completely dependent on the degree to which Gu Zheng released the absorbed Five Elements energy! For example, Gu Zheng's punch had only used up a tenth of the total Five Elements energy he had absorbed. However, it had the effect of dispersing the first tribulation lightning! If he didn't hold back in this punch, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he had the power to kill a quasi-sage with one punch!
"Kacha …"
The second tribulation lightning fell. It was thicker than the first and emitted a stronger aura. Moreover, each tribulation lightning would be stronger than the last. This was a rule of the heavenly tribulation.
Gu Zheng smiled. He already had a detailed understanding of the power of the second tribulation lightning.
He lifted his leg and kicked towards the tribulation lightning. Gu Zheng used the "Chaotic Wind Dragon Leg Technique" that he hadn't used in a long time.
A two-meter-long wind dragon roared as it flew towards the tribulation lightning.
"Master is mighty!"
Die Ling couldn't help but cry out. The way Gu Zheng kicked out the wind dragon was indeed too cool. Moreover, the wind dragon wasn't the same as before. It was surrounded by five-colored light and combined with Gu Zheng's "Five Elements Transformation", it looked very majestic.
"Peng …"
The wind dragon collided with the second tribulation lightning and exploded into resplendent flames.
However, thirty percent of Gu Zheng's Five Elements energy reserves had already been used up.
"Kacha …"
The third tribulation lightning fell. It was even stronger than the first two.
Gu Zheng used the "Mad Demon Blade" and also used the "Five Elements Transformation". The third tribulation lightning turned into flames in the sky.
At this point, sixty percent of Gu Zheng's Five Elements energy reserves had already been used up.
"Kacha …"
The fourth tribulation lightning fell. Gu Zheng used the "Mad Demon Blade" and the "Five Elements Transformation" to deal with it. His Five Elements energy reserves were also used up after the fourth tribulation lightning.
"Kacha …"
The fifth tribulation lightning fell.
Five and nine were extreme numbers. In the nine-by-nine heavenly tribulation, the fifth tribulation lightning was much stronger than the fourth. Gu Zheng planned to use a different method to deal with this tribulation lightning.
The Yin Yang Immortal Ball in Gu Zheng's body trembled. The black side of the ball flashed and a burst of black darkness energy was pushed out by Gu Zheng. It turned into a black phoenix and pounced towards the fifth tribulation lightning.
Gu Zheng's Yin Yang Immortal Ball also stored the energy he had absorbed. Even though the power of the lightning tribulation had increased by quite a bit, he felt that the energy he had absorbed from the Yin Yang Immortal Ball was enough to deal with two lightning tribulations.
The black phoenix collided with the fifth tribulation lightning and both turned into flames in the sky. However, eighty percent of Gu Zheng's Dark Element energy reserves were used up.
"Kacha …"
The sixth tribulation lightning fell.
Gu Zheng pushed his hands forward. Twenty percent of his dark energy mixed with one hundred percent of his light energy, forming the shape of a Tai Chi ball that was overflowing with Yang energy and overflowing with Yin energy. It collided with the sixth tribulation lightning.
"Bam …"
Flames once again blossomed in the sky. Gu Zheng had easily passed through the first six bolts of tribulation lightning.
"Kacha …"
The seventh tribulation lightning fell. Gu Zheng stood there motionless, allowing the tribulation lightning to strike his head.
However, Gu Zheng did not fall to the ground. His body did not emit black smoke. This was because the Five Elements Immortal Ball in his body produced a strong devouring power the moment the tribulation lightning touched his body.
One of the most important reasons why the Immortal Annihilating Thunder Tribulation was so powerful was that the energy that formed the tribulation lightning was not single! The normal tribulation lightning was of the Wood attribute. The abnormal tribulation lightning sometimes had two attributes, such as Wood and Fire, or Metal and Water. However, the Immortal Annihilating Thunder Tribulation Lightning could be said to have all five elements. This was very similar to Gu Zheng's Five Elements Transformation! They were the perfect combination of the five elements' engendering and restraining each other to form a violent energy!
"It's really terrifying!"
Even though he knew in advance that the energy of the seventh tribulation lightning would be turbulent, Gu Zheng could not help but feel shocked when he felt it fill up the empty space of the Five Elements Immortal Ball.
Previously, outside the 33 Heavens, in order to absorb the energy of the five elements, Gu Zheng had asked Sora Aoi, Die Ling, and some of Gokusen's servants to take turns to attack him. Only then was the external energy of the Five Elements Immortal Ball filled up! But now, just one tribulation lightning had filled up the external energy storage space of the Five Elements Immortal Ball. If this was not terrifying, then what was?
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