Under the bright moon and starry sky, a huge rune formation disk flashes and rotates in the sky above the imperial city. On the formation disk, twelve mysterious formation eye diagrams are engraved on the formation eyes, shining with mysterious light.
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In the eyes of the rune formation, eleven zodiac animals were tightly bound by rune chains in the eleven formation eyes, struggling in vain and roaring. There was only one Yinhu formation eye left, which was empty.
Nothing.
For a moment, endless calamity aura suddenly appeared in the entire imperial city, and a mysterious force forced Xie Heng and Xiaobai to retreat from the Daming Palace.
"Brother Calabash, what is going on? Why do I feel that there is an inexplicable power suppressing my own Tao and Dharma?"
Staring at Shu Cang, who was sitting cross-legged on the twelve-level lotus platform in the center of the array, Xie Heng's face was solemn, and his heart felt irritable for no reason.
"Shu Cang, who was stimulated by your holy sword of humanity, actually tried to use the power of the eleven zodiac animals to break through the cultivation barrier, step into the third step of the path of integration, and achieve the realm of Hunyuan."
At this time, Ling Yun Gourd no longer had the relaxation and comfort of the past, and its crisp voice was full of surprise and heaviness. If you distinguish it carefully, there seems to be a trace of schadenfreude in it.
"Boy, the power of the Dao Law that you just felt suppressing you is the Dao Tribulation Qi under the Heavenly Tribulation."
"Heavenly tribulation?"
"Brother Calabash, are you saying that Shu Cang, the evil obstacle, is preparing to overcome the tribulation?"
Xiaobai, who was hiding behind Xie Heng, looked frightened when he heard the word "crossing the tribulation" and asked cautiously.
"Hey, little white crane, you are also a demon clan. Don't you know that since ancient times, the demon clan has had a hard time cultivating, and every time it crosses a realm, it must pass the test of heaven and earth?"
The clear glow of the spiritual gourd flew in front of Xiaobai, rising and falling, as if there were a pair of eyes full of wisdom, constantly looking at Xiaobai, which made Xiaobai's heart tremble.
Just listen to Ling Yun Gourd continue:
"I observe that your foundation has been perfected, your Taoist practice has reached the peak of the fusion realm, and your Taoist heart can be regarded as enlightened."
Listening to what Ling Yun Gourd said, Xiao Bai swallowed a mouthful of saliva, pulled out a smile that was uglier than crying, and asked:
"Hey, brother Calabash."
"you……"
"What do you want to say? Why didn't Xiaobai understand?"
"Hey! Little one, are you pretending to be confused with me?"
With that said, the Ling Yun Gourd floated to Xie Heng's side again, and a slightly plain voice sounded in the ears of Xie Heng and Xiao Bai.
"Haven't you been suppressing your own cultivation? Haven't you felt the trace of calamity in yourself?"
Hearing this, Xie Heng was stunned for a moment, then he seemed to understand something and looked at Xiao Bai with an excited expression.
"Xiao Bai, are you ready to survive the tribulation?"
"No."
"How is that possible?"
"Not me."
"Xiao Daojun, don't listen to that damn gourd's nonsense."
Looking at Xiaobai's shaking like a rattle, Xie Heng couldn't help but frown slightly and didn't understand what was going on for a while.
"Hey, the little guy is scared."
Xie Heng and Xiao Bai heard the slightly mocking and teasing voice of Ling Yun Gourd, which made Xiao Bai jump up immediately.
"Dead gourd, don't talk nonsense? When did I, Xiaobai, fear a catastrophe?"
Listening to what Xiaobai said, Xie Heng suddenly understood something in his heart.
At this time, the sky was already shrouded in thick dark clouds, drowning the stars and the bright moon. There was also a faint sound of thunder, resounding in the calamity clouds.
At this moment, the aura of calamity between heaven and earth became more and more abundant, mixed with the aura of blood and the aura of human destiny, which made Xie Heng even more surprised.
"Brother Calabash, why is Shu Cang going through a tribulation with the smell of blood and the smell of human destiny permeating the air?"
"Hey, kid. Nowadays, the sky is covered with calamity. Although this Rat Cang is an ancient beast, at its root, it still belongs to the lineage of the demon clan."
As if he was preparing to watch a joke, Xie Heng felt a hint of schadenfreude in the voice of Ling Lun Gourd.
"The trace of bloody aura you feel is the karma that Shu Cang has suppressed in the innate soul for many years. Now, it is guided out by this rich calamity aura of heaven and earth."
"Just watch, God is ruthless, and this boundless karma will be settled tonight."
"As for the breath of human destiny..."
Having said this, Ling Yun Gourd paused slightly, and his voice unconsciously became a little solemn.
"It is the human race's zodiac animal, which carries the destiny of humanity."
Looking at the eleven zodiac spiritual objects on the huge array under the calamity cloud, Xie Heng always had a strange feeling lingering in his heart, which he couldn't get rid of.
Suddenly, a thunder exploded in the calamity cloud, overwhelming the roaring sounds of the zodiac animals, and rumbled in everyone's minds.
"Ancestor, this..."
"Shu Cang, are you preparing to survive the tribulation?"
Xuanyuan Zhi looked at the thick clouds of calamity, where the thunder kept flashing, and his heart was shocked beyond words. He subconsciously asked the ancestor Xuanyuan beside him.
Hearing this, Xuanyuan Ren and others all looked at Ancestor Xuanyuan. They were all a little uneasy by the scene in front of them.
"Probably, right."
For a long time, Patriarch Xuanyuan slowly uttered these words, and then there was no more sound.
Sensing the boundless oppressive atmosphere between heaven and earth, Patriarch Xuanyuan felt even more bitter and unspeakable. He murmured to himself:
"Since the ancient times, the immortal way has no longer appeared in the wilderness human race. As of now, our human race has not seen such a scene for a hundred thousand years."
"Now our human race is only left with martial arts, and we can hope to see the glory at the end of the road."
Recalling the previously re-opened Avenue of Martial Arts, Patriarch Xuanyuan thought to himself:
"However, after all, the Avenue of Martial Arts has just been opened. Once the avenue is established, it will definitely be extremely weak. I don't know when, when we, the warriors, break through, will the Avenue of Martial Arts be able to withstand such a powerful catastrophe?"
Thinking that his strength at the third level of martial arts seemed so weak compared with the aura that Shu Cang naturally exuded when he was crossing the tribulation, Patriarch Xuanyuan felt even more bitter in his heart.
At this time, Shu Cang, who had been sitting cross-legged on the twelfth-grade lotus platform, suddenly opened his blood eyes, and a somewhat illusory ancient beast, the Fengyun Blood Thunder Rat, jumped out from his head and rushed into the sky.
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At the same time, a thunderbolt as thick as a bucket suddenly descended from the calamity cloud, completely submerging Shu Cang's innate soul in an instant.
Rumble~
Roar~
Amidst the roar of thunder, the screams and roars of Shu Cang's ancient beast echoed over the Imperial Capital.
Listening to this miserable roar, Xiaobai was so frightened that his face turned white and his body trembled involuntarily.
Hearing Shu Cang's roar, Xie Heng and the others seemed to feel the terror and danger of the catastrophe, and they couldn't help but feel a sense of fear in their hearts.
Before Shu Cang's roar could end, several more thunderbolts surged out from the calamity cloud, all blasting towards Shu Cang's soul, as if they were going to completely kill him under the calamity.
"Brother Calabash, why is it that this heavenly calamity only targets Shu Cang's soul, but his physical body doesn't move at all? Why is this?"
Xie Heng said doubtfully as he stared at the rat-cang soul that was constantly struggling to resist in the thunder.
"Haha. Boy, the demon clan is different from the human clan. Now the soul of Shu Cang is going through the three or nine heavenly tribulations of the innate soul."
"Three Nine Heavenly Tribulations?"
Hearing this, Xiao Bai and Xie Heng both looked startled and looked at the spiritual gourd floating in the air.
Seeing that both of them looked confused, Ling Yun Gourd couldn't help but sigh slightly.
"The Hunyuan realm of the demon clan must go through the baptism of six or nine heavenly tribulations before it can successfully break through the barriers to its cultivation."
"The so-called six-nine heavenly tribulations are when the innate soul undergoes the three-nine heavenly tribulations to wash away the evil karma in the soul, wash away the original demonic body of the soul, and transform in the direction of the Tao body."
"Only after the soul has passed through the training of these twenty-seven heavenly thunders, the next thing to prepare for the tribulation is the physical body."
"After the physical body has experienced the baptism of the twenty-seven heavenly thunders, the physical legal body will transform into the acquired Taoist body. Finally, through a long period of practice, the soul and body will finally be combined, achieving the true Hunyuan realm."
After listening to Ling Yun Gourd's explanation, Xie Heng suddenly understood. Looking at the rat in the sea of thunder, Xie Heng raised his eyebrows.
"Brother Calabash, what will happen if you don't survive the catastrophe?"
Hearing this, Xiaobai looked at the Ling Yun Gourd nervously.
"Hey, if you don't make it through, your body will die and your spirit will disappear, and your soul will return to heaven and earth."
"As for the physical body..."
"How about the physical body?"
Xie Heng asked.
"Of course it was taken away by others and used as materials for refining magic weapons or elixirs."
"Ah, it's so miserable."
As soon as the voice of Ling Yun Gourd fell, Xiao Bai's slightly crying voice sounded in Xie Heng's ears.
Seeing Xiao Bai's pitiful look, Xie Heng was a little helpless and comforted softly:
"Don't worry, Xiaobai. When you go through the catastrophe, I will protect you and I will definitely let you pass through the catastrophe of transformation safely."
"But, but."
After taking a look at Shu Cang's soul that had shrunk several times under the calamity, Xiao Bai was even more frightened. There was even a hint of fear in his voice.
"But, Xiaodao Lord, Xiaobai heard the Enlightened Beast Lord say that the natural disaster can only be overcome by oneself, and no one else can step in to help?"
Looking at Xiaobai's innocent eyes, Xie Heng suddenly cursed in his heart:
"Damn Enlightenment Beast, it's okay. Why are you trying to scare a kid? Now it's up to Xie to comfort this little guy."
Just when Xie Heng was about to comfort Xiao Bai, Shu Cang's angry roar came from the sky. The calamity between heaven and earth seemed to boil at this moment.