Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 506 - 490: Divine Intent’s Tribulation (2/3)

Chapter 506: Chapter 490: Divine Intent’s Tribulation (2/3)

Zhou Heng was also drenched in cold sweat, astonished at how disgusting the Black Donkey could be.

This was too much for any man to handle!

"Is that all you can take? I have a total of eighty-one grand moves, and this was just the first one!" the Black Donkey said, looking as if he had hardly begun.

"Quick, pull it out!" Linghu Xuan shook his pale buttocks furiously, with the stick sticking out strikingly like a marker.

"What’s the rush?" The Black Donkey looked on with satisfaction at his "creation," extending a hoof towards Linghu Xuan.

Linghu Xuan felt utterly aggrieved, wondering how this despicable donkey could conceive such a vicious plan! But the situation was stronger than him, so he gritted his teeth and summoned the space artifact from his Dantian Space, placing it into the Black Donkey’s hoof.

"Ew, it smells!" The Black Donkey grimaced with disgust but still clutched the space artifact tightly.

Linghu Xuan felt like banging his head against a wall. This was taken from his Dantian Space, not his butt... Moreover, wasn’t the Black Donkey the instigator of all this!

"I’ve already given it to you, let me go now!" he cried out in anguish.

"Let me check the goods first!" the Black Donkey had Zhou Heng erase the divine sense imprint from the space artifact as it had just reached the Divine Infant Realm and couldn’t do this alone, but for Zhou Heng, it was a piece of cake.

The two of them, man and donkey, delved their divine sense into it and saw that the internal space of the space artifact was vast, easily ten zhang in height, width, and length, divided into many compartments, and stocked with a lot of items.

The majority were spirit stones, emitting a rich spiritual energy!

"These aren’t Spirit Stones; these are Immortal Stones!"

The man and donkey quickly noticed something was amiss; even Upper Grade Spirit Stones couldn’t possibly have such rich spiritual energy. That was just terrifying, Zhou Heng’s current level of spiritual power could only barely endure it, and if the Black Donkey were to hold it for cultivation, the only result would be blowing itself up!

"Great stuff!" The Black Donkey immediately grinned. Treasures were not just called treasures because they were useful, as long as they ended up in one’s own pocket, that was enough.

Zhou Heng and the Black Donkey divided the spoils, showing no courtesy between them; they fought noisily, faces flushed, and it was a long while before both were satisfied. In truth, if Zhou Heng really wanted to fight, he could have easily blown the Black Donkey away with a single punch, but he was just fooling around with the Black Donkey, messing about and having fun with each other.

As they were having a blast, Linghu Xuan was miserable, with a foreign object still inserted in his buttocks, giving him a tingling, crisp sensation, and an odd kind of pleasure that made his flesh crawl; he did not want to be a pervert.

"Just one space artifact?" the Black Donkey began to press again.

"Just one!"

"And you call yourself the Ninth Young Master? So poor you only have one space artifact! Look at Donkey Master—" the Black Donkey lifted its front hoof, which was covered with rings, bracelets, and necklaces, radiating a strong nouveau riche vibe.

Linghu Xuan sneered internally. Those Mortal Realm space artifacts couldn’t be stored in the Dantian Space and were the most inferior, could they compare to his? Besides, it was because he was the Ninth Young Master of his family that he was granted one. If it were to be sold, it could easily fetch tens of thousands of Lower Grade Immortal Stones, and they were hardly available on the market!

Of course, now he was not going to provoke the Black Donkey since his butt was still in the latter’s hands!

"Can you let me go now?" Linghu Xuan said resentfully, never having suffered like this before in his life!

This enmity, he definitely had to avenge!

"Look at that attitude of yours. Since you’re a prisoner, you should have a prisoner’s awareness. Why the yelling!" As the Black Donkey dragged Linghu Xuan away, it turned back and asked, "How long will the seal you added to this guy last?"

Zhou Heng thought for a moment and said, "If no one helps him, at least three years!"

"Hehe!" the Black Donkey mischievously laughed. "Let’s have this guy marinate in a dung pit for three years!"

"What, what!" Linghu Xuan nearly fainted again; that was just, just... utterly despicable! If he really had to stew in a dung pit, forget three years, even one day would make him die of anger!

"You can’t do this!" he genuinely panicked, his face turning green.

"Spit, why can’t I do this? Are you commanding me? Hmph; well, I intend to do just that!" The Black Donkey grunted displeasedly, continuing to drag Linghu Xuan forward, the stick still standing tall and trembling slightly, causing Linghu Xuan to keep making strange noises.

After a good while, the Black Donkey returned, looking utterly relaxed and delighted.

"...You didn’t really dump him in a dung pit, did you?"

"Eh, you didn’t object, so I thought you were also eager, and I specifically picked a big and deep one!" the Black Donkey said, looking utterly innocent.

Zhou Heng was speechless; he had only thought the Black Donkey was scaring Linghu Xuan, but that damned donkey really went and did it!

Well, it’s done; anyway, he had no plans to form any relationship with Linghu Xuan. Hmm, besides, for a Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate, half an hour or three years was hardly any different; just one closed-door cultivation session would pass it.

In three years, he was supposed to enter the Immortal Realm; with the vastness of the Immortal Realm, where could the Linghu Family find him?

However, he couldn’t possibly take everyone to the Immortal Realm, so he needed to arrange for those left behind to act low-key and not expose his connections, to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Zhou Heng soon pushed Linghu Xuan’s issue aside and got up to find Ying Mengfan and others. As for Linghu Xuan’s fate, naturally, it wasn’t mentioned; who wouldn’t feel repulsed hearing about it? Only a scoundrel donkey would gleefully do such things.

With Zhou Heng’s arrival, the Dragon River Continent instantly lost thirteen top battle powers, sparking a massive conflict for territory as no faction was willing to be subordinated.

As the instigator of it all, Zhou Heng was completely unaware of what was happening, his entire mind focused on the divine ordeal of the Deities.

To become an Immortal, one must first overcome the Three Tribulations of the Deities, otherwise, one wouldn’t be able to tear through the void and leave.

The growth of a Deity is not only a process of understanding the Dao but also a completion of one’s state of mind, a life experience!

Zhou Heng had an epiphany, and after spending three months marking time, he decided to go out and walk.

This time, he didn’t bring anyone with him, nor did he utilize any spiritual power in his body; he simply traversed the world on his feet. A month later, he built a wooden hut on a high mountain and settled down there, living like an ascetic monk, subsisting on wind and dew.

Looking down upon the mortal world, he lent a helping hand to the righteous and struck down the wicked.

Insights formed in his heart, these were life experiences, unrelated to the Great Dao, but pertaining to the way of being human.

Each path interconnects and generates the next!

By the ninth month, Zhou Heng began his seclusion.

It wasn’t really a retreat; he merely sat on a huge rock on the mountain, exposed to the mountain wind, drenched by heavy rain, buried by snowfall, pondering the differences and connections between the Heavenly Dao and the human way.

In the Sea of Consciousness, the golden figure was dignified and solemn, with sacred glows of holy light circulating, giving a sense of enlightenment and sainthood.

He lost all signs of life, including the pacing of his heart, the flowing of his blood, the breathing through his nose, yet a mysterious and unfathomable aura circulated within him, attracting nearby wild animals to rest beside him.

Under the exposure to the wind and rain, his entire being was obscured by dust, and over time, he seemed to have turned into a stone statue.

This caused quite a stir among the local mountain people, who thought some mountain spirit had transformed into a Seductive Woman; many people came with hoes and picks, wanting to dig up this "foreign object" to sell later.

But those with ill intentions could not come within ten feet of Zhou Heng—once they entered this range, they would have difficulty breathing, and if they stayed, they would suffocate to death!

As time passed, the name of the Divine Statue became well-known among the local mountain people; many women even brought offerings to worship it, praying for safety, for wealth, and there were even those who prayed for children!

If Zhou Heng knew this, he would certainly be quite frustrated, as he had not yet managed to have Ying Mengfan or any of them conceive; indeed, his prowess in this aspect was quite limited.

By the twelfth month, the golden figure appeared more stable and solid.

From the Divinity Transformation Realm upwards to the Moonlight Realm, one must create a Bright Moon in this Inner World to make this Dantian World more genuine.

Unlike any other Realm, all of which started forming out of the Chaos in the Gathering Spirit, the Moonlight Realm is created from nothing, needing to bring forth a Bright Moon.

Forming one Bright Moon is the initial period of the Moonlight One Layer Heaven, three Bright Moons is the middle period, five is the latter period, and seven Bright Moons is the peak. The Bright Moon of this Layer Heaven is the Waning Moon, while in the Second Layer Heaven it is the Half Moon, and in the Third Layer Heaven, it is the Full Moon; a total of twenty-one Bright Moons are needed to lay sufficient groundwork to strike towards the Sunshine Realm!

Creation, this is the fundamental difference between Immortals and mortals.

Zhou Heng kept recalling the Old Swindler’s words in his mind; these were all details about the Immortal Realm which were common knowledge in the Immortal Realm but were exceedingly precious in the Mortal Realm.

The ordeal of the Deities was to comprehend the power of creation!

Life is also a form of creation.

Zhou Heng saw newborn infants, sprouting seedlings and suddenly realized, the Deity began its rapid growth.

Boom!

His realization was complete, and instantly, heaven and earth resonated; dark clouds covered the mountaintop, and lightning streaked across, dancing like silver serpents.

In an instant, a terrifying aura enveloped the entire Dragon River Continent, and everyone could sense the supreme aura, powerful enough to make their spirits tremble!

A Heavenly Venerate is about to break through to be a Tribulation Immortal! some privileged individuals murmured to themselves.

In Zhou Heng’s Inner World, the golden figure was literally shaken apart by the Power of Heaven and Earth, dispersing into countless streams of golden light dancing about; this was the ordeal of the Deities, from life to death, and from death back to life, only then is it considered to have gone through one tribulation.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Creature after creature formed in Zhou Heng’s Sea of Consciousness, disturbing his Dao heart to hinder the reformation of his Deity.

If they succeeded, then the Deity would die, and even if Zhou Heng survived, he would be forever hopeless to reach the Great Dao again.

"Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!" Zhou Heng shouted in his Divine Sense, innumerable streams of golden light gathered at the center, striking creatures one by one into ash in the process of flight.

Boom!

His Deity solidified instantly, reforming into a golden figure. (To be continued. If you like this work, we invite you to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)

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