Above the Great Dao

Chapter 485: Heavenly Tribulation


Chen Shi returned to Huangpo Village and sat silently under the old willow tree.

Dragon Traveling Wanderer, Lady Shao, Mu Daozi, and Pei Sanren were currently on Yellow Earth Slope, listening to Liu Daoist lecture on the teachings. Their cultivation was deep and unfathomable, seeming to be in the mortal world, yet actually residing in the Yin Yang Two Realms, simultaneously guarding Lady Houtu's temple in both realms.

The cultivation of these four individuals was extremely profound, and after learning Chen Shi's Yin Yang Dojo, they could barely suppress the evil qi within, preventing further corruption.

Having reached their level of cultivation, even a slight progression is a major enhancement, bringing them a step closer to the Immortal Realm.

However, completely mastering the Yin Yang Dojo remains quite difficult. Their talent and comprehension are extraordinary, but the principles contained within the Yin Yang Dojo are too profound, challenging to fully understand. Liu Daoist, however, is well versed and loves imparting knowledge, so they linger here to listen.

Dragon Traveling Wanderer laughed, "Little Master, why not come listen? Liu Daoist's Daoist Skills are profound and unfathomable, greatly beneficial to us."

Chen Shi shook his head and said, "I want to become an Immortal, listening to Liu Daoist's lectures is useless—I must comprehend it myself."

Dragon Traveling Wanderer and the others looked at one another.

"The Little Master might have lost his mind," Lady Shao whispered.

At this moment, Little Dun Fairy came by, sat next to Chen Shi, and said, "I've examined that skeleton you brought; he should be the Master of my Great Shang."

Chen Shi inquired, "What is a Master?"

"It's the First Great Witch."

Little Dun Fairy explained, "The Master differs from the Sacrificial Wine, as the Sacrificial Wine is responsible for the sacrifices, while the Master handles the Witch Sacrificial heritage. Before the upheaval, Shang Dynasty's first Great Witch named Wu Qi did not only practice my Great Shang's Witch Sacrifice Method but also cultivated Immortal Law, achieving in both. Unexpectedly, when the disaster erupted, he perished alongside the culprit."

Chen Shi was slightly moved in his heart: "Wu Qi practiced both Witch and Immortal cultivation?"

Little Dun Fairy continued, "After my Great Shang was defeated, we did not repel Immortal Law. The cultivation speed of Immortal Law is slow, but it allows one to live longer, achieving higher cultivation. The Witch Sacrifice Method speeds up cultivation, significantly elevating cultivation strength through bloodline awakening in a short time. Wu Qi was a Great Grandmaster in this, transforming Immortal Laws into Witch Sacrificial Dao Patterns, creating the Undying Immortal Method, blending the strengths of both Immortal and Witchcraft."

Chen Shi pondered with fascination, "Dual cultivation of Witch and Immortal, creating the Undying Immortal Method, truly a Great Grandmaster. No wonder he could perish alongside the villain."

The Undying Immortal Method was incredibly powerful, highly appealing.

Chen Shi was eager to start cultivating Wu Qi's Undying Immortal Method now but remembered Yang Bi's words and restrained himself.

Although the Undying Immortal Method was strong, the Blood Lake Scripture was equally potent.

His achievements in the Blood Lake Scripture already reach their peak; further development leads directly to the Immortal Realm, making it impossible to switch to other techniques now.

Little Dun Fairy said, "Black Pot looked utterly wrong at Master Wu Qi; when you were delivering Yang Bi, it dragged Master Wu Qi away and buried him in the ground."

Chen Shi shook his head, "Black Pot meant no harm, merely wanted to use Wu Qi's bones to relieve its itchy teeth. You should be cautious of Uncle Five and my grandfather, as well as Granny Sha and Qing Yang; they are the real villains."

Little Dun Fairy blinked in surprise, confused: "Granny Sha is a very kind person, not to mention Uncle Du, who is a truly good man. Uncle Yang and Uncle Hu are not bad either. Most gentle of all is Uncle Qiao Zhuo; how could they be bad people?"

Chen Shi glanced around then whispered in her ear, "They are good people, but when gathered with my grandfather, they become bad."

Little Dun Fairy's ears tingled from his breath, soon blushing.

Chen Shi complimented, "You have beautiful ear lobes, I want to touch them."

Little Dun Fairy shyly replied, "Then touch it."

Chen Shi touched them, soft and fleshy, then touched them again.

Disheveled strands hung by her temples; Chen Shi smoothed them behind her ear, noticing her cheeks were flushed, involuntarily saying, "I want to kiss your ears."

Little Dun Fairy bowed her head and said softly, "Then kiss them."

Chen Shi kissed her ear lobe; Little Dun Fairy sensed a tingling spread through her body, overwhelmed, feeling as if she fell into madness with weakness.

She hurriedly stood up and ran away as if escaping, her voice trailing in the distance: "I'll go take care of Master Wu Qi, lest Black Pot drags him off!"

In the distance, Black Pot heard her voice, looked this way mournfully, then piled a bit of soil under the tree.

While Little Dun Fairy was looking for Chen Shi, it had dragged Master Wu Qi out and buried him under the tree.

Chen Shi calmed himself, silently admonishing, "I am cultivating immortality, not indulging in wild thoughts, or letting my mind wander."

Freeing his heart and mind, with the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Saber placed across his lap, the Blood Sea Hell behind his brain began to churn, pushing the Blood Lake Scripture to its zenith.

Meanwhile, in Heavenly Pond Capital's Royal Palace, Chen Shi's Skull Body also sat upright, activating the Blood Lake Scripture, where likewise a Blood Sea Hell emerged behind his brain.

"Wu Qi transformed Immortal Skills into Witch Sacrificial Dao Patterns, creating the Undying Immortal Method; I comprehend the Blood Lake Scripture using Witch Sacrificial Dao Patterns. Can I reverse this, transforming the Witch Sacrificial Dao Patterns of the Blood Lake Scripture entirely into Immortal Laws?"

He closed his eyes, focused, and meticulously pondered the Yin Yang Qi of the Blood Lake Scripture and Blood Transformation Divine Saber from the beginning, then restored the Witch Sacrificial Dao Patterns of the Blood Lake Scripture into talismans.

Seemingly motionless sitting there, his Sea of Consciousness roiling with waves, divine lights continually rising, transforming into talismanic runes, whereby different runes combine and reconstruct, concealing the ultimate truth of heavens and earth within their patterns.

On the first day, the divine lights talismanic runes in the Sea of Consciousness grew in number. On the second day, the number gradually diminished. In the following days, they became increasingly fewer.

By the seventh day, only a single talisman remained.

Chen Shi sat upright, his aura ever more profound and distant; the talisman gradually shifted from flat to three-dimensional, revealing an exceedingly complex and enigmatic cultivation route map.

This is precisely the cultivation technique transformed into Immortal Law from the Blood Lake Scripture!

At this moment, Chen Shi opened his eyes, gently caressing the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Sword, and said, "Today, I entrust myself to you, my friend. In the days to come, I will surely let you feast on the blood of immortals and demons!"

He stood up, took out an incense stick, lit it, and bowed to the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Sword.

The Blood Transformation Divine Sword slightly vibrated, clanging softly. Suddenly, with a whoosh, it transformed into a red light, tore through the air, and flew into Qianyang Mountain, disappearing in an instant.

In the Heavenly Pond Royal Palace, the skeleton of Chen Shi reached out its hand, and the red light flew in and landed in its grasp, becoming the Blood Transformation Divine Sword.

Skeleton Chen Shi sat in a lotus position, activated the Immortal Law, and the blood energy from the Blood Sea Hell circulated and flowed into its body. Within moments, a Blood Gold Core was condensed.

Within a single breath, the Gold Core went through seven returns, eight transformations, nine reversals, and after the ninth turn, the Gold Core transformed into a Nascent Soul.

The Nascent Soul was refined and grew, soon becoming equal-bodied, transforming into Divinity Transformation.

The primordial spirit of Skeleton Chen Shi absorbed the power of the Blood Sea Hell, growing ever stronger, quickly expanding from an equal-bodied form to six zhang, three zhang formed a Daoist Field, eighteen zhang formed Three Corpse, and a hundred zhang completed Refining God!

After reaching a hundred zhang, the speed gradually slowed down.

Yet, compared to other cultivation techniques, it was still incredibly fast!

Beyond this lays the Returning Void Realm!

Skeleton Chen Shi drew the sword, uniting the primordial spirit with the skeleton, wielding the Blood Transformation Divine Sword, slashing with all its might. The blade light left the void, as the Daoist Field surged into the void, filling the space cut open by the long blade.

In his Daoist field, the power of the Great Dao fused with the void, solidifying.

In the sky, there was a blood sun, blood moon, and a blood-colored star river.

The Blood Sea Hell behind his head continued to shrink, while his own Void Great Realm grew, swallowing rainbow-like streams to draw power from the Blood Sea Hell.

The skeleton body of Chen Shi had long cultivated the Blood Lake Scripture to its peak, comparable to the Mahayana Realm of the New Methods and the Ascension Realm of the Old Methods. Cultivating the Immortal Law of the Blood Lake Scripture at this moment was like water flowing naturally, without any obstacles!

His Void Great Realm continued to expand, stretching a thousand miles and still expanding.

In the Blood Sea Hell behind his head, one after another, souls cut down by the blade involuntarily flew into the Void Great Realm, becoming part of it.

Skeleton Chen Shi accelerated the Blood Lake Immortal Scripture, refining with increasing speed, as the Void Great Realm underwent nine expansions and nine refinements, transforming into an arc of light, hanging behind his head.

Gradually, the arc of light curved, forming a blood-colored halo.

This was a sign of the Great Accomplishment of the Mahayana Realm!

At the same time, Skeleton Chen Shi's Blood Sea Hell was completely absorbed by the Blood Lake Immortal Scripture, as the Blood Sea Hell formed by the Blood Transformation Divine Sword was drawn, with blood energy continually flowing into the Void Great Realm, bolstering the power of the Great Dao of this realm.

When this Void Great Realm reached its pinnacle, Chen Shi, far in front of the Houtu Temple, suddenly sensed the aura of a Heavenly Tribulation.

Meanwhile, in the Heavenly Pond Capital, people of various Ghost Clans were busy, suddenly feeling an unease and panic. They raised their heads, staring blankly at the sky.

In the sky above the Royal Palace, blood mist swirled, growing denser and denser, with clusters of Yin Thunder exploding within, thickening the mist and forming a blood cloud that covered an ever-growing area.

In the underworld, one Yama Palace after another, layer upon layer of hells, the experts from the Twelve Families, high lords of the blue sky, and various ghost gods all raised their heads in confusion, looking in the same direction.

In the underworld, someone is crossing a tribulation.

But this is the underworld!

In Despair Slope, the True God Dojo, the Heavenly Venerate had just begun meditation and was startled awake.

At that moment, all Heavenly Dao Immortals showed expressions of shock.

At this moment, the Heavenly Dao of the West Bull New Continent was alerted, revealing the power of this world's Heavenly Dao for the first time in ten thousand years!

The voice of Autumn Fairy Qiu Ning echoed through the True God Dojo: "Who is practicing the Old Methods, stepping into the Tribulation Crossing Realm? Are you not afraid of evil transformation, endangering all living things?"

Fairy Kou then flew outside the Tianyuan Palace, bowed, and said, "Heavenly Venerate, a demon is cultivating the old methods and crossing a tribulation. It will surely transform into evil. I implore you to use the True God's power to eliminate it!"

The Heavenly Venerate sat with solemnity, saying, "First, investigate who is the demon stirring trouble? The True God is exceedingly weak; let the world deal with this demon first. After a hundred days of evil transformation, we'll use the True God's eyesight to destroy it."

Fairy Kou said, "I abide by the decree."

He went to the altar of the Universal Sacrifice, stepping on the stars to borrow the eye of the True God, observing the movements of the fifty states of the West Bull New Continent, searching for the source of the Heavenly Tribulation.

"Not on the West Bull New Continent! Could it be... in the underworld?"

Fairy Kou's heart shivered, hastily activating the copper mirrors around the altar, inspecting the movements in the underworld.

Yet, after searching throughout the underworld with the copper mirrors, he found no trace of the Heavenly Tribulation source.

Sweat trickling down, Fairy Kou hurriedly went to seek the Heavenly Venerate.

The Heavenly Venerate, upon hearing this, smiled and said, "I know where his tribulation is happening. It is in the underworld of the Great Shang Era, the second layer of hell. The copper mirrors of the Universal Sacrifice cannot reach there. You all need not concern yourselves with this matter; I will handle it personally."

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