When the fifth bolt of tribulation struck, the strange barrier around Xiong San's body shattered, and the residual power of the tribulation was absorbed by his immortal robe, so he didn't suffer any injuries.
Before the sixth bolt of tribulation struck, Xiong San's body once again formed a strange barrier, but the power of each tribulation was stronger than the last, and this sixth bolt of tribulation caused cracks to appear all over his body.
"Snore …"
As if he was having a bad sleep, Xiong San turned over, and the cracks on his body instantly disappeared, causing Gu Zheng and Lan Yue to click their tongues in amazement. After all, it was very difficult to use immortal energy to maintain a barrier that could protect the whole body with such strong resistance.
When the seventh bolt of tribulation struck, Xiong San's intact barrier was destroyed, and the residual power of the tribulation set his high-grade immortal robe on fire.
The flames were extinguished by Xiong San's snoring, but his immortal robe was no longer of any use. Moreover, he didn't have any other protective immortal tools other than his immortal robe, so when the eighth bolt of tribulation destroyed his barrier, the residual power of the tribulation would injure his immortal body.
However, Gu Zheng and Lan Yue's eyes widened in shock. Facing the eighth bolt of tribulation, Xiong San's strange barrier didn't appear again. This could only mean that his strange barrier couldn't be maintained forever.
"Ah!"
When the eighth bolt of tribulation struck Xiong San, Fairy Fei Yu cried out in surprise. She seemed to have already seen Xiong San's flesh being torn apart. However, the scene that Fairy Fei Yu imagined didn't happen. After the lightning struck Xiong San's body, it strangely didn't produce any effect.
"Damage absorption?"
Lan Yue couldn't help but ask Gu Zheng.
"No!"
Gu Zheng was an expert in damage absorption, and he had an extraordinary understanding and perception of damage absorption. He didn't feel the power of tribulation being absorbed from Xiong San's body.
"This is damage transfer! Third Senior Brother must have transferred the power of the heavenly tribulation into his dreamscape! "Gu Zheng said.
"Amazing!"
Lan Yue's eyes lit up as she praised from the bottom of her heart. Regardless of whether it was damage absorption or damage transfer, these were remarkable abilities that could make others die of envy.
"Crack!"
The last tribulation lightning of the 9-by-9 Heavenly Tribulation descended. Just when Lan Yue and Gu Zheng thought that Xiong San would still be able to transfer the damage, a wave of flames accompanied by the smell of burnt flesh appeared at the same time.
"It hurts!"
Xiong San, who was originally sleeping, immediately jumped up from the ground. Immortal energy seeped out of his body, trying to extinguish the thunder fire on the surface of his body.
However, the lightning fire on the surface of Xiong San's body was the fire of the 9-by-9 Heavenly Tribulation. How could it be extinguished so easily? The surface of his body was instantly covered in flames. He screamed and jumped around.
Gu Zheng and the rest really wanted to help, but this was a part of Xiong San's heavenly tribulation. Interfering would only produce the opposite result. They could only watch him put on a painful performance.
Fortunately, the lightning fire was resisted by Xiong San's immortal energy. It only lasted for a dozen breaths of time before it was extinguished. However, it was also during this time that Xiong San's appearance was too horrible to look at.
His immortal body was charred black and covered with deep cracks. The color of his flesh was no longer pure, and his hair was completely burnt. The only part of Xiong San's body that could be considered intact was his pair of eyes that couldn't be closed. Fortunately, Xiong San was already half a step into the door of Sage-to-be. If it was a cultivator at Jin Xian's level, such surface burns would be fatal, not to mention the damage caused by the electric current to the internal organs.
The lightning fire on the surface of his body was extinguished and the electric current in his body was suppressed. This meant that Xiong San's tribulation was over. The dark clouds in the sky were also changing into auspicious clouds. The wind swept up the immortal energy and condensed it around Xiong San's body.
Xiong San didn't have time to talk to Gu Zheng and the rest. He took a bottle of Herb Recovery Cultivation and poured it into his mouth. Fairy Fei Yu directly took action. She placed her palms on Xiong San's back. A green mist spurted out from her palms and spread over the surface of Xiong San's body, helping to speed up the recovery of his immortal body.
Gu Zheng and Lan Yue also wanted to help, but seeing Fairy Fei Yu's anxious look, they smiled at each other and didn't do anything. Anyway, Xiong San had already passed the test of the 9-by-9 Heavenly Tribulation. Although he was seriously injured, it wasn't fatal. Moreover, the blessing of heaven and earth that followed had an extremely strong recovery ability for his immortal body. The two of them didn't need to join in the fun.
After receiving the blessing of heaven and earth, Xiong San finally became a Sage-to-be. The original injuries on the surface of his body had healed, and all his hair had grown out. He looked at Gu Zheng and the rest with a smile, as if the person who was injured just now wasn't him.
"Xiong San, what Dao did you comprehend in the Dao Preaching Palace? What's with the shield on the surface of your body just now? "
Lan Yue's question was also what Gu Zheng wanted to ask.
"Senior Brother, what I comprehended in the Dao Preaching Palace was the Dao of Nightmare."
Xiong San's voice paused, and then he said excitedly, "I feel that the Dao Preaching Palace was tailor-made for me. I have some foundation in illusion techniques, and this fulfills the requirements of the Dao of Nightmare. When I comprehended the Dao of Nightmare, my Dao of Illusion went from intermediate to advanced. The bottleneck of my realm also broke through when my Dao of Illusion increased! As for the shield that appeared during my tribulation, it was a kind of Divine Ability that I created after mastering the Dao of Nightmare and the Dao of Illusion! "
Lan Yue frowned and smiled, "Xiong San, your Dao is really 'mixed'!"
When Lan Yue said 'mixed', she meant 'complicated'. This was because Xiong San's Dao of Illusion was originally not pure. It was a Divine Ability created by the combination of the Dao of Illusion and the Dao of Dual Cultivation. It was also because of this wretched Divine Ability that he had such a past with Fairy Fei Yu and Jiang Lanshan.
"Third Senior Brother, tell me in detail what happened after you entered the Dao Preaching Palace!"
Gu Zheng was curious. From what he knew, the Dao Preaching Palace No. 6 taught the Dao of Nirvana, but when it came to Xiong San, how did it become the Dao of Nightmare, which was related to illusion techniques? If that was the case, it could only mean that the person who left behind the Divine Consciousness Shadow in the Dao Preaching Palace back then had used some method to deceive the Star Void Mountain, causing the Star Void Mountain to mistakenly think that the Dao technique he taught was the Dao of Nirvana. At the same time, it also showed how powerful Gokusen's deduction ability was.
Xiong San told Gu Zheng about his experience in the Dao Preaching Palace. The truth was just as Gu Zheng had guessed. The Dao technique taught in the Dao Preaching Palace No. 6 was the Dao of Nightmare, and not the Dao of Nirvana at all.
Gu Zheng's understanding of the Dao Preaching Palace was based on the large amount of information that surged into his mind when he became the owner of the Star Void Mountain. However, since an abnormal situation had occurred, he decided to personally investigate the remaining Dao Preaching Palaces to see if there were any other abnormalities. After all, whoever entered the Dao Preaching Palace was something that had already been arranged. It was best not to make any mistakes in this aspect. Otherwise, it was very likely that the opportunity to use the Dao Preaching Palace would be wasted. Not everyone would be as lucky as Xiong San.
As the owner of the Star Void Mountain, Gu Zheng did not need to personally enter the Dao Preaching Palace to investigate. This was something that could be done with just a thought. It also did not affect the conversation between the senior and junior brothers.
The results of the investigation did not show any abnormalities. This meant that Xiong San's experience this time was just an exception. Gu Zheng was relieved because of this. After all, he wanted the angry man and Die Ling to enter the Dao Preaching Palace tomorrow to gain enlightenment. It was best that nothing went wrong.
This was a day worth celebrating. The three brothers were gathered together happily. Lan Yue had gained enlightenment yesterday, and Xiong San had advanced and gained enlightenment today. This was why Gu Zheng and the others had to drink to their hearts' content.
With Gu Zheng preparing the banquet, Xiong San and the others could only wait to eat.
After looking at the various ingredients in the storage and realizing that there was not much immortal wine left, Gu Zheng decided to find an opportunity to brew some more immortal wine.
Gu Zheng had brewed immortal wine before, but that was on Earth. However, when he was on Earth, whether it was cultivation or resources, they could not be compared to now. The quality of the immortal wine that he brewed was naturally average. This time, Gu Zheng decided that since he wanted to brew wine, he would brew good wine. He would brew wine that was better than the Jade Lake Immortal Wine!
Recently, Gu Zheng's cooking had been leaning towards cooking ingredients that could improve his Eye of Dao. After cooking these ingredients in large quantities, the feeling of touching the 'egg yolk' was getting closer and closer.
Gu Zheng believed that just the ingredients that he had stored outside of the circle were enough for him to use until he touched the 'egg yolk'. At that time, the realm of his Eye of Dao would increase again! Regarding this, Gu Zheng was not particularly anxious. Moreover, he had many things to do, so he did not have time to cook these things.
However, it was not that Gu Zheng did not have any thoughts about increasing the realm of his Eye of Dao. He was prepared to wait until this trip to the Poison Swamp was over, then take some time to cook ingredients from outside of the circle. This would allow the realm of his Eye of Dao to increase quickly.
Gu Zheng made a total of twenty-four dishes for this banquet. There were many people in attendance. Besides the three of them, there were also Fairy Fei Yu, Die Ling, the angry man, and Sun Cheng.
The atmosphere at the banquet was very good. Everyone toasted each other, and there was endless laughter and chatter.
The next day, Gu Zheng sent off Lan Yue and the others. After returning to the Star Ruins Mountain, he brought Die Ling and the angry man to the Dao Preaching Palace.
"Angry man, go to Dao Preaching Palace Number Two.
Die Ling, go to Dao Preaching Palace Number Eight. "
Gu Zheng instructed the angry man and Die Ling to go to the Dao Preaching Palace Number Eight and then began to prepare the ingredients for the immortal wine outside.
Gu Zheng wanted the angry man and Die Ling to go to Dao Preaching Palaces Number Two and Number Eight because he was considering their chances of comprehending the dao.
The person who had left behind a Spiritual Will projection in Dao Teaching Palace No. 2 was a Demonic Cultivator. What he imparted was the Dao of Blood Qi. Among the people in Gu Zheng's heart, only the angry man with 18 Inner Cores was suitable to cultivate this Dao technique. As for whether the dao of demonic cultivators would reignite the evil aura in the angry man's inner core, Gu Zheng was not worried about this. The Dao of Blood Qi only sounded a little evil in name. In fact, one didn't need to do anything evil to aid in cultivation. It was a dao that developed one's own blood qi.
The spirit sense projection in Dao Preaching Palace Number Eight taught the Dao of Space! Die Ling was skilled in the Dao of Space. This was a God Art that she had already displayed. However, this God Art had yet to reach Dao Preaching Palace Number Eight. It was a very suitable choice for her.
"Do you think the two of them can comprehend the Dao?" The spirit asked.
"What do you think?" Gu Zheng asked.
"I think Die Ling can comprehend the Dao, but the angry man can't." The spirit said.
"Why do you say that?" Gu Zheng asked.
"Die Ling is smart and has a certain foundation in the Dao of Space. Her chances of comprehending the Dao are naturally higher. As for the angry man, compared to Die Ling, he is a little stupid. His foundation in the Dao of Blood Qi is only barely passable because of his inner core. Therefore, I think his chances of comprehending the Dao are lower. "The spirit analyzed.
"Do you want to make a bet?"
Gu Zheng smiled. He hadn't made a bet in a long time.
"Bet on what?"
The artifact spirit's eyes also lit up with a competitive light.
"I bet that both of them can comprehend the Dao. If I win, you have to make good use of your time to cultivate!"
Gu Zheng's voice paused, then he sighed, "In the past, you always told me to make the best use of my time to cultivate. You also saw my hard work. But why is it that when it comes to you, your cultivation has slacked off?"
"I …"
The spirit wanted to say something but didn't in the end. She just stuck her tongue out at Gu Zheng.
"Then what if I win?"
The spirit chuckled. She wasn't angry at Gu Zheng's preaching.
"Say it!" Gu Zheng smiled.
"Actually, I don't have many things that I can win from you. But since there's a wager, then if I win, you'll let me whip you with my immortal vine. I haven't whipped you for so long, I actually miss that feeling!"
The spirit laughed as if she found something fun.
"Change it. I don't accept this bet!"
Gu Zheng rolled his eyes at the artifact spirit. He only wanted to make a bet. He wasn't particularly confident about Die Ling and the furious man being able to comprehend the dao. If he accepted the artifact spirit's bet and lost, then it would be very embarrassing.
"Okay, I can change it. Then don't urge me to cultivate in the future, okay? I'm already working very hard! "The spirit said pitifully.
"Okay, I accept!"
Gu Zheng obviously understood that the spirit didn't work hard because she was always distracted by his matters.
"Hehe, then let's see who the loser is!" The spirit laughed.
After a while, Gu Zheng, who was processing the ingredients, smiled. The angry man, who the spirit thought was unlikely to comprehend the Dao, had comprehended the Dao.
"The angry man has comprehended the Dao. You've already lost half of the bet!" Gu Zheng laughed.
"Isn't there still the other half?" The spirit said stubbornly.
Almost as soon as the spirit spoke, a breeze appeared on Star Ruins Mountain.
"Heaven and Earth Phenomenon!"
The spirit gritted her teeth. This time, she didn't need Gu Zheng to remind her. She knew that the butterfly spirit had comprehended the Dao because the breeze was the embryonic form of the Heaven and Earth Phenomenon.
"You have to cultivate well in the future!"
Gu Zheng looked at the spirit and said in an old-fashioned tone.
"I know!" Butterfly Spirit gritted her teeth.
"Master!"
The angry man came out of the Dao Preaching Palace with a face full of joy.
"Not bad!"
Gu Zheng nodded at the angry man.
"Master, I've comprehended the Space Dao!"
Butterfly Spirit also came out of the Dao Preaching Palace. She didn't care that the angry man was standing beside her and didn't care if the spirit would blame her. She excitedly jumped onto Gu Zheng.
"Haha …"
Gu Zheng hugged Butterfly Spirit and laughed. He knew that Butterfly Spirit wasn't excited because she had comprehended the Space Dao, but because their fortune and misfortune were interdependent. She had comprehended the Space Dao and Gu Zheng could share her blessings.
"Unfortunately, I've only comprehended the elementary Space Dao. The amount of blessings won't be too great. It would be great if I could directly comprehend the intermediate or advanced Space Dao!"
Butterfly Spirit knew when to stop and obediently jumped down from Gu Zheng's body.
Gu Zheng pinched Butterfly Spirit's nose and said, "It's already not bad. You should be content!"
Dense immortal energy lingered around Butterfly Spirit and Gu Zheng as the blessings of the world turned into rain and fell on them.
When Gu Zheng went through the 99 Heavenly Tribulations, the amount of blessings he received from the Heavens and Earth was so great that his Gluttony Celestial Technique, which had just entered the seventh level, was upgraded to 30% of the seventh level. As a result, Die Ling's realm also rose from the early Demon Emperor realm to the middle Demon Emperor realm.
Although the amount of blessings this time couldn't compare to the blessings Gu Zheng received after the tribulation, it was still a blessing for those who had comprehended the supreme dao. Therefore, Gu Zheng's Art of Gokusen's Art rose from the seventh level to the seventh level. In terms of cultivation, he was already a cultivator in the intermediate Quasi-Saint realm.
As for Butterfly Spirit, although her cultivation rose at a godly speed, the higher her cultivation, the more immortal energy she needed to advance. Now, her cultivation was still at the intermediate Demon Emperor realm.
The angry man and Butterfly Spirit sat cross-legged and absorbed what they had comprehended. Gu Zheng was still processing the ingredients for brewing wine. However, in the Western Heaven District of the Heaven Realm, some people couldn't remain calm.
In the Buddhist Kingdom where immortal energy lingered, a magnificent temple flickered with golden light. In the main hall of the temple, Venerables, Buddhas, and Bodhisattvas sat cross-legged in rows. All of them were looking at the Buddha sitting on a huge golden lotus.
"In two days, two Quasi-Saints were born on the Star Ruins Mountain!"
The prayer beads in the Buddha's hand rolled as he spoke like thunder.
"Amitabha, the Star Ruins Mountain should belong to us Buddhists!"
Kasyapa, one of the ten great disciples of the Buddha, spoke.
"Wenhi, Pouncing Elephant, and Calamity all died for the Star Ruins Mountain. The karma between the Star Ruins Mountain and the Buddhists must be settled."
The prayer beads in the Buddha's hand stopped rolling. He had already made his decision.
"How do you want to settle this karma, Buddha?" Merciful Bodhisattva asked.
"Send someone to the Star Ruins Mountain to ask for two quotas to preach the Doctrine Palace," the Buddha said with a smile.
"Buddha, do the two Sect Masters know about this matter?" Benevolent Bodhisattva asked again.
"The two leaders didn't instruct me. I made this decision on my own," the Buddha said.
"As the disciple of a Saint who underwent tribulation and dared to contradict the Shala Fern Demon Lord in the Eight Visions Palace, I don't think Gu Zheng will agree to this," Merciful Bodhisattva said.
The Buddha's eyes flashed. "This is a way to settle the karma. If he wants to block this way, no one can save him."
Merciful Bodhisattva frowned slightly. "Buddha, let me go then!"
The Buddha shook his head. "Let the sarira go!"
At the same time, in the Zhenxiu Palace outside the Trayastrimsa Heaven.
"Junior sister, why are you hesitating?" Gokusen smiled as he looked at Le Xian who was holding a white chess piece for a long time.
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