Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 317 - 185 The Invincible Belief

Chapter 317: Chapter 185 The Invincible Belief

"Yes, the so-called Nine Refinements of Sword Tribulation means that every once in a while, cultivators will fall into a state of ’Five Decays of Heaven and Man.’

In that state, fighting power and everything else fall to their lowest and worst condition. In the worst of times, as if the roof leaking coincided with continuous night rain, the Heavenly Tribulation is about to descend.

At this time, facing the tribulation, the strength of the original body has already been wasted by eight or nine parts, while the Heavenly Tribulation is often three to five times the intensity of a cultivator’s prime. With the decrease and the increase, how can one survive?

And this situation is not just once, but nine times!

Each time one survives, the realm experiences an enormous improvement.

Only after nine times can one become a Dao ancestor.

Now, I, Bai Ying, am merely at the Three Refinement Sword Tribulation Realm, and this third time, is inevitably beyond my ability to surpass.

You restored me to one-tenth of my strength, which fits the state of ’Five Decays of Heaven and Man,’ so shortly, the Sword Tribulation will come again.

Fortunately, my soul is now in a Residual Soul state, so even if the Sword Tribulation comes, it won’t be too strong. And if I survive the Sword Tribulation, I will also be considered to have failed the breakthrough.

When the soul isn’t shattered at the time of failure, the result is a decline of one level in realm, falling from the very peak to the very beginning of this level. But now, my realm won’t fall any further, so I can only wait for death."

White Fox didn’t hide anything and told Zhou Yan everything she knew.

And at this time, Zhou Yan learned of White Fox’s name, Bai Ying, and understood the immense difficulty of cultivation.

Nine Changes of Sword Void!

Nine Refinements of Sword Tribulation!

Each realm behind these was more terrifying than the last!

And it was no longer calculated in the manner of the Three Realms, but directly divided by the extreme number ’nine’!

Clearly, it was an extremely terrifying realm.

And each advancement within this realm was earth-shattering!

Imagine, during the tribulation, one’s life state is precisely the ’Five Decays of Heaven and Man’... The more enemies one has, the more likely it is that once your situation is known, not to mention surviving the tribulation, you might be killed by a chaotic sword before you can even face it.

Although White Fox Bai Ying did not intentionally emphasize the difficulty, her narration made Zhou Yan shiver with cold.

"Bai Ying senior, don’t worry. Perhaps there’s still a way, as long as one is alive, there is hope."

Zhou Yan hesitated slightly before sincerely offering comfort.

"I’m not worried about anything. I have lived for who knows how many years, I can’t even remember myself anymore, how could I not understand these things? But you don’t need to call me senior, as meeting is fate. Besides, you are his descendant, so I can’t be considered your senior."

Bai Ying spoke softly again.

"My name is Zhou Yan, so Bai Ying, you don’t have to address me as ’young master,’ just call me ’Zhou Yan.’"

Seeing that Bai Ying had no airs and didn’t mind about seniority, Zhou Yan felt a sense of goodwill in his heart and spoke.

"Mm, that’s good as well. The fewer formalities the better, I suppose. After all, I am a demon beast, and I don’t really like the human way of doing things."

White Fox spoke straightforwardly.

Zhou Yan nodded his head.

As they spoke, the thunders in the heaven and earth started converging once again; indeed, the Heavenly Tribulation was coming.

But at this moment, Zhou Yan had an indescribable feeling, as if the thunders had changed, no longer feeling so fearsome.

He thought about it and his heart grew alarmed; then he remembered the Purple Flame Void Gate that he hadn’t collected yet.

Previously, affected by Yanyan’s ’illusion’ and then distracted by White Fox Bai Ying, he had completely ignored the Purple Flame Void.

Now, as he sensed the Purple Flame Void again, Zhou Yan’s body shook!

This time, Zhou Yan saw the vanished Purple Flame!

He saw the vanished lotus seeds!

They had returned, all were back!

The excitement in his heart was simply indescribable and unimaginable.

But while excited, he couldn’t help but worry about Yanyan, for in that so-called ’illusion,’ Yanyan seemed to be burned by purple flames, about to vanish into smoke.

"Zhou Yan, what’s wrong?"

White Fox Bai Ying seemed to notice Zhou Yan’s change and couldn’t help but ask.

"The Heavenly Tribulation isn’t very strong, after all, I am only in a Residual Soul state, not strong enough to attract a powerful thunder strike. I’ll block it; it won’t hurt you, don’t worry."

Bai Ying reassured Zhou Yan, thinking he was worried about the thunder of the Life Tribulation.

"It’s not that... Bai Ying, if you trust me, let me help you bear this thunder."

Zhou Yan said earnestly.

"It’s impossible, not because I don’t trust you, but because your soul is intact and it will add to my Life Tribulation. Besides, you should possess the Emperor Qi Sword Body, and the Heavenly Dao Life Tribulation for the Emperor Qi Sword Body is tens of thousands of times stronger than for ordinary cultivators. If you were to intervene, it would be incredibly terrifying, and the consequences unimaginable."

White Fox spoke gravely.

"What? My Life Tribulation is also tens of thousands of times stronger than for ordinary cultivators?!"

Zhou Yan blurted out in shock, almost without thinking.

At that moment, Zhou Yan truly wanted to go mad. The difficulty of being a Sword Soul was already like a nightmare, but to think there was an even more horrifying path ahead.

"The Emperor Qi Sword Body is the first of ancient and modern times, even more powerful than any other strong constitutions, which makes it reasonable for the Emperor Qi Sword Body to be the first under heaven. Withstanding a Life Tribulation tens of thousands of times stronger means the foundation for growth will be a hundred million times stronger, which is frightening growth.

If I had a choice, I would hope for a stronger Heavenly Tribulation, the stronger, the better.

Actually, it’s a good thing."