Chapter 484

Chapter 484: Shangguan’s True Tribulation

On the podium.

Shangguan Huanling passionately recounted the horrors of the dark turmoil. She also detailed the reactions of various Great Emperors and Celestial Lords.

As for whether there would be any repercussions?

If they had the ability, why not break through the shackles of the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens and come down to kill her!?

Although this wasn’t Sun Ruowei’s first time hearing it—she couldn’t even remember how many times she had listened—every time she would sit in the front row, completely engrossed as the best audience, focused on the tales of the previous life.

In reality, for many people on the Fifth Heaven, hearing about the future from the previous life brought no benefits, as it was too distant for them, and with the butterfly effect, the future would definitely change.

Yet, they still wanted to listen.

Not to mention anything else, just hearing about the situations in the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Heavens vastly broadened their horizons.

Before hearing Shangguan Huanling’s narration, did they even know that there was the Pleasure Sect in the Eighth Heaven?

Before hearing Shangguan Huanling’s tales, did they know all the fascinating stories from the Seventh Heaven? Did they know that those powerful figures up there were pretty much just like them?

Wasn’t that just life in all its complexities, full of love and hatred?

Besides, the ticket wasn’t expensive!

Spending a few spirit stones to hear about the grandeur of those in higher realms was definitely worth it.

Thank the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens; if it weren’t for the Great Sage, there would probably be a tribulation lightning bolt striking down over here as Shangguan Huanling spoke.

After half an hour, she finished her speech.

Shangguan Huanling clapped her board.

“Fellow Daoists, today will be my last lecture. Soon, I will ascend to the Sixth Heaven; from now on, the heavens are high, roads are distant, let us meet again if fate allows!”

Upon hearing this, everyone congratulated Shangguan Huanling.

Indeed, Shangguan Huanling’s strength had already reached the peak of the Imperishable Realm.

She had now become a practitioner of the Ultimate Emotion Dao, but she didn’t cultivate the Supreme Emotion Immortal Sutra; instead, she continued to cultivate the Origins Devouring Heaven Sutra.

The cultivation speed of the Supreme Emotion Immortal Sutra was definitely unmatched for normal people; otherwise, the Forgetful Emotion Celestial Palace wouldn’t be overflowing with talent.

But the crux was that Lu Ye wasn’t normal.

His cultivation progress was terrifying; what would take others hundreds of years to cultivate, for Lu Ye, would only take a few decades, at most a hundred years, to perfect a realm.

Under such circumstances, if she were to cultivate the Supreme Emotion Immortal Sutra, by the time she ascended to the Sixth Heaven, Lu Ye might already be reaping in the Seventh Heaven.

Shangguan Huanling had a clear plan.

She wasn’t a competitive person nor did she enjoy battles.

In this life, she just wanted to follow Lu Ye, hoping that he would forgive her and they could be together again.

Yes, Shangguan Huanling didn’t believe that Lu Ye didn’t love her anymore; she only felt that he hadn’t forgiven her yet.

Apart from Yue Hongling, others like the Vermilion Bird and Sun Ruowei could ascend.

The Vermilion Bird was one of the Four Spirits of Heaven, and once its bloodline activated, its cultivation speed was a piece of cake.

Sun Ruowei was enjoying the show, her Dao rising dramatically; in terms of cultivation speed, she could actually rival Lu Ye, of course, that was because Sun Ruowei wasn’t that harsh on herself—a solid foundation was all she needed, when it was time to break through, she would.

Yue Hongling was still struggling.

Having wrapped up this round of business.

The three women began their final preparations for crossing the tribulation.

Time passed by each second.

The first to cross the tribulation was the Vermilion Bird.

The Vermilion Bird was feeling quite confident about the tribulation; its true flames were incredibly powerful, plus it had countless innate talents.

As the energy of the Vermilion Bird soared, the Heavenly Tribulation came as expected, and it was clearly quite a formidable one.

The Vermilion Bird unveiled its true form, with towering flames shooting up into the sky, clashing fiercely with the tribulation lightning.

With each bolt of lightning metered out in an orderly fashion and without error, the Vermilion Bird successfully crossed the tribulation.

Not even a serious injury, just a few singed feathers.

If even the Four Spirits of Heaven, the Vermilion Bird, couldn’t get through the tribulation, then very few people could succeed.

Once the Vermilion Bird finished, it didn’t ascend right away, still waiting for Shangguan Huanling and Sun Ruowei to cross.

Sun Ruowei was the second to cross the tribulation; she felt a certain familiarity with the tribulation lightning, almost like they were old friends.

Yes, it felt quite similar to the aura of the Melon King.

However, while familiar, the Heavenly Tribulation showed no mercy.

The bolts of tribulation lightning still struck Sun Ruowei mercilessly, charring her flesh all over, causing injuries.

Overall, though, it wasn’t too severe.

Both their gazes turned to Shangguan Huanling.

Shangguan Huanling took a deep breath.

“Don’t worry, my tribulation lightning is particularly weak; it’s no problem at all!” she confidently declared.

Her previous tribulation was so weak that it was almost shocking.

What could she do? Throughout history, few people had crossed tribulation under such weak circumstances.

If you were weak, you simply couldn’t progress!

The weakness of True Essence made it impossible for you to break through the bottleneck, leaving you to stay in a realm until you died of old age.

Many experienced this phenomenon, which is why a solid foundation is crucial in cultivation.

It can be said that the Origins Devouring Heaven Sutra was just too powerful.

Even with a weak foundation… even without a foundation, one could still break through.

As Shangguan Huanling’s energy surged, just as she was about to unleash the Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations, a thunderclap suddenly sounded in the sky!

Along with that, dark clouds rolled in.

Shangguan Huanling was instantly dumbfounded.

No, what’s going on this time?

She hadn’t even released the Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations, why had the tribulation lightning already been attracted?

And judging by the scale of those tribulation clouds, it was clearly different from before; the previous tribulation clouds were barely there.

“Not good!”

Yue Hongling’s expression changed dramatically upon seeing this.

This was a true Heavenly Tribulation.

Looking at the scale of the clouds, even though it was among the weaker Heavenly Tribulations, it was indeed a true Heavenly Tribulation. With Shangguan Huanling’s feeble fighting strength, there was no way she could pass such a tribulation.

In that moment, Shangguan Huanling’s complexion turned pale.

The reason she wasn’t interested in battles was precisely because her Heavenly Tribulation was far too weak.

But what was going on now?

“It’s because Huanling’s Dao has taken shape, so the Heavenly Tribulation thinks Shangguan Huanling has truly become a practitioner and hence descends a real Heavenly Tribulation,” the Vermilion Bird inhaled sharply and said.

“What do we do? A Heavenly Tribulation like this, Huanling will definitely not be able to survive,” Yue Hongling said anxiously.

The Vermilion Bird fell silent.

Sun Ruowei remained silent too.

What to do?

What can be done about crossing the tribulation?

Should they, just like in the previous life, let Lu Ye substitute for Shangguan Huanling in crossing the tribulation?

Don’t even talk about the fact Lu Ye isn’t here now; even if he were, watching Shangguan Huanling perish right before his eyes, he probably wouldn’t even blink.

What do we do?