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Chapter 571 - 500: The Imperial Family Visits: The Ancient Divine Kingdom?

Chapter 571: Chapter 500: The Imperial Family Visits: The Ancient Divine Kingdom?

Hint: Those who have skyrocketing reputation are often favored by the Feng Shui.

’Is this... a blatant exorcism of demons? As a heterodox monk, I am expected to shout and wage war against Devil Cultivators? This feels like a fool’s errand...’

Seeing the task displayed before him, Zhuo Xiaokuan was momentarily stunned.

"Oh, it’s rather rare to receive such a tribulation task! How intriguing!" Yun Zhongzi’s voice suddenly resounded with an air of surprise.

"Tribulation? Is there anything special about this task?" Zhuo Xiaokuan asked, puzzled.

"The struggle for power during the Great Tribulation can determine the fate of an era," Yun Zhongzi replied as he waved his hand casually.

Zhuo Xiaokuan lapsed into a daze. The next moment, images of celestial gods filled his mind, accompanied by a narrative from "Feng Shen Bang" that played out like a historical secret merged with an old story.

"This... this..." As the dust settled, Zhuo Xiaokuan was taken aback. His face registered pure shock. "Is this an ancient secret?"

Without answering Zhuo Xiaokuan’s question, Yun Zhongzi commented, "Your visions depict the struggle for power at the beginning of an era. It determines whether the future belongs to the orthodox Profound Sect or the ascendant Devil Gate."

"Although you are not Jiang Shang, and can’t become a tribulation candidate through a prophetic dream, receiving this task signifies that you are a man of destiny."

Listening to Yun Zhongzi’s words, Zhuo Xiaokuan’s face lit up with excitement.

In his mind, vague scenes and bits of information that had flashed by earlier kept reverberating, leaving him in a state of unrest.

"Now that the task has been revealed, would you like to receive your reward in advance?" Yun Zhongzi asked.

"I would like to receive it in advance," Zhuo Xiaokuan immediately replied.

"Very well."

With these words, Yun Zhongzi waved his hand and Zhuo Xiaokuan once again slipped into a daze.

When he came to, he found himself back on his reclining chair. His previous experiences seemed like a dream.

However, before he could do anything, a familiar voice rang out next to his ear.

"A quarter of an hour from now, be ready to go through the Nascent Configuration Tribulation!"

The casual tone of the announcement left Zhuo Xiaokuan dumbfounded.

"The Nascent Configuration and tribulation in a quarter of an hour? This..."

Even though he was the one who would undergo the Nascent Configuration, being notified made it feel surreal. But considering everything that had happened that day, absurdity was to be expected.

Adding a bit more absurdity to the mix didn’t seem impossible at this point!

Not daring to waste any time and not caring about hiding his presence anymore, Zhuo Xiaokuan dashed into his house. After all, he had no major crimes hanging over his head.

Staying hidden was nothing more than professional conduct for a heterodox monk!

After grabbing a few items, he rushed to the largest market in the Eastern suburbs of the Imperial Capital, Beijing Mountain Market.

...

A quarter of an hour later, Zhuo Xiaokuan, risking exposure of his identity, managed to rent a Fourth Grade Cave Mansion on Beijing Mountain in a timely manner.

There was hardly any time for anything else as the appointed moment arrived.

As he sat nervously in the courtyard, both expectant and fearful, a basic pill suddenly appeared out of thin air, along with a message.

"The Hundred Tribulations Nascent Pill may help one form the Nascent Configuration; effects may vary from person to person!"

Staring at the pill, Zhuo Xiaokuan was momentarily stunned before swallowing it.

The next moment, he was shocked to discover that his body was filled with various spiritual items. In the midst of a few dozen auxiliary spirit objects, two portions of universal spiritual items were the main components.

Even if these items were not dedicated to his Gu Dao path, weren’t all breakthrough elixirs supposed to be universally applicable?

Without any hesitation, he began his hasty breakthrough.

Upon initiating the process, he was even more startled to discover that the elixir could actually consolidate his Dao Consistency. A lot of miscellaneous things kept falling away, leading to a rapid condensation of the core inheritance until it reached Great Mastery.

Despite this, his path for Nascent Configuration was still quite challenging. After all, although there were many spirit objects, they were merely basic ones. After his Rune Seed had cracked and was full of fissures, there were no signs of the Nascent Configuration forming yet.

He could clearly feel that when the seed was shattered, it would mark the moment of the extinction of his Dao.

"Have I failed?" he pondered.

Just when despair was taking hold in his heart, the next instant caused his eyes to widen. Under the influence of an unknown force, he found himself back at the point before his breakthrough.

"This... this elixir..."

Without any time to contemplate, Zhuo Xiaokuan immediately embarked on his second attempt at a breakthrough.

Fueled by the experience from his first attempt, this time went much smoother.

Despite some difficulties, when the Rune Seed eventually shattered, a somewhat unstable Nascent Configuration began to form.

"Boom!"

The following moment, tribulation clouds started gathering in the sky.

"Huh, someone is undergoing the tribulation on Beijing Mountain?"

"Is it someone from the Imperial family?"

"We haven’t heard anything recently!"

"Look over there, it’s towards the market Cave Mansion!"

"Um... Did somebody rent a Cave Mansion and is now undergoing the tribulation inside it?"

"Isn’t that a bit reckless?"

"..."

While the crowd watched and speculated, Zhuo Xiaokuan’s Thunder Tribulation had already begun. Realizing that it was just a two-ninth tribulation, Zhuo Xiaokuan breathed a sigh of relief while also feeling a slight sense of disappointment.

Suppressing his mixed feelings, he began his Crossing Tribulation.

Meanwhile, within his burgeoning Sea of Consciousness, Wang Zijia had begun to siphon and refine the tribulation force.

With every bit of tribulation force shared by Wang Zijia and the other Nascent Configuration in the process of being refined, Wang Zijia was finally certain that when his Sea of Consciousness was formed, he would be recognized by the Heavenly Dao as one of the Nascent Configurations, even if he had a twin soul.

Even if it was a case of two yolks in one egg, it would still be considered a single egg and would not lead to a Heaven Tribulation Alteration.