Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 515 - 499 Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal (2/3)

Chapter 515: Chapter 499 Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal (2/3)

Even the toughest men couldn’t withstand the ruffian’s temperament of Black Donkey!

Deng Bufe surrendered completely and was very straightforward in handing over the Space Artifact, with no intention of bargaining.

The current state of the Immortal Realm took Zhou Heng by surprise.

He had greatly underestimated the destructiveness of the spectacular war that occurred a million years ago!

It could be said that the entire Immortal Realm nearly collapsed in that war. All planets were destroyed, numerous broken continents floated in the universe, and not a single inhabitable planet remained!

Just as the Immortal Realm was about to be obliterated, a powerful being intervened and constructed forty-nine Immortal Cities, providing a place for the inhabitants of the realm to dwell.

Although each of the forty-nine Immortal Cities contained the word "city" in their names, their scale was incomparable to the small city Zhou Heng had seen on the Fairy Continent in the past. In the Immortal Realm, the size of any single Immortal City exceeded the Heavenly Dragon Empire and was even several times larger than the Xuanqian Star!

These forty-nine Immortal Cities were not scattered across the Immortal Realm but were clustered together.

The structure was like four sticks divided into east, west, north, and south directions, coming together upside down. On each "stick," there were twelve Immortal Cities, making a total of forty-eight. Adding the one where all four sticks met, there were forty-nine Immortal Cities.

Firstly, the Immortal Cities were divided by the four "sticks" into east, south, west, and north, and further classified by the twelve Earthly Branches, such as Dongzi City, West Shen City, North You City. Dongzi City referred to the topmost Immortal City in the east, while Hai Immortal City was the furthest in the west.

And the forty-ninth Immortal City, where all Immortal Cities from east, west, north, and south met, was called Juexian City!

The status of each Immortal City differed depending on its location.

The four Hai Immortal Cities of east, south, west, and north were where the lowest levels of martial cultivation within the entire Immortal Realm were situated. Theoretically, one could enter as long as they reached the realm of the Moonlight King. Then came the Xu Immortal Cities, which only the Moonlight Sovereign could enter.

The twelve layers of Immortal Cities corresponded to the twelve realms from Moonlight Realm to Sunshine Realm, Sublimation Realm, and Creation Realm.

However, because once one ascends, their kin ascends as well, even within the four main Zi Immortal Cities, there were mortals. However, people without any background could not just barge in arbitrarily one can only advance to the levels of Immortal Cities that matched their realms.

Each Immortal City had extremely strict guards, and it was fundamentally impossible to bluff one’s way through!

But it’s still the same Immortal Realm, why bother climbing upwards so desperately?

It’s still because of the war a million years ago.

In the dark universe where there was no spiritual energy, the same was true even in the Immortal Realm. The forty-nine Immortal Cities, however, wrested the essence of nature and functioned like planets, gathering a vast amount of spiritual energy.

Moreover, the higher one went, the richer the spiritual energy became. This was also why martial artists sharpened their heads to climb upwards.

Relatively speaking, the Immortal Realm was still fair. As long as you had enough strength, you could climb upwards; otherwise, why would you deserve a better cultivation environment?

Like the Deng Family, they were a powerful family in North You City, and there were about a thousand such powerful forces in North You City. Considering that North You City was in fact even more extensive than Xuanqian Continent, they truly ruled over a not insignificant territory.

Land meant population, and population meant wealth.

Immortals weren’t truly uninterested in worldly pleasures; they also needed cultivation resources, including Immortal Stones and Spiritual Medicine!

And as for things like Realm Gates, there were none in North You City or North Xu City, but there was one in North Hai City, controlled collectively by all forces. It led directly to the Dragon River Continent. If you wanted to visit other planets, you had to rely on Star Gates to travel through the universe.

In this regard, the Great Eternal Emperor had made a precise choice in the past.

Zhou Heng had also asked about the Great Eternal Emperor, but Deng Bufe did not know much, only hearing that two ten-thousands of years ago, indeed, a fierce figure had directly entered Juexian City, causing turmoil among all Immortal Cities, but what happened later suddenly became unknown.

This fierce person, who was known as Eternal, but the name of Great Emperor was no longer used in the Immortal Realm because it wasn’t sufficient!

— Limited by levels, that was all Deng Bufe knew.

It seems, the Old Ancestor of the Zhou family was truly fierce, actually having made it into Juexian City, that was the highest hall of the Immortal Realm!

Awesome!

All of a sudden, Zhou Heng lost his interest in Juexian City, thinking that if the Great Eternal Emperor was trapped there, then he too would go to create a massive disturbance and rescue this ancestor!

Even if the Great Eternal Emperor was no longer there, he was going to make a move anyway!

All because of the thrill of it!

Of course, this would have to wait until his strength was greater—committing such an act without sufficient strength wasn’t bravery, it was stupidity!

Although he couldn’t kill Deng Bufe, Zhou Heng had no intention of letting him go for free. Just like what he did to Linghu Xuan, he threw him into a dung pit. Without waiting for the power that Zhou Heng had imposed on him to dissolve in three years, he could only keep struggling below.

"Zhou, you truly have an evil nature!" Black Donkey summarized.

"I learned it from you!" Zhou retorted.

Zhou Heng didn’t leave with everyone, during the battle in the square, his mind had reached a breakthrough, and he had potentially glimpsed the secrets of the Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal. Now, at any moment, he might take this final step.

Before setting off, he had already anticipated this scene. Thus, he had bid farewell to his parents and caught up with friends, with all necessary arrangements made. However, he couldn’t meticulously plan every step for everyone around him like a nanny.

One must still walk the path using their own legs; he had already laid the foundation and paved the way for everyone.

What he needed to do now was ascend to the Immortal Realm and establish a base to lead everyone up!

In that case, the sooner he advanced into the Immortal Realm, the better.

What was he waiting for, then? Begin!

Zhou Heng released the suppression of his own realm and began to break through to become a Three Tribulations Immortal.

In his Sea of Consciousness, thousands of demons appeared, madly lunging at the golden figure, attempting to tear it apart and devour it. But with a quickening of his mind, the golden figure casually swung its arms and legs, sweeping across the demons with beams of golden light, turning them into nothingness.

This process quickly ended, and Zhou Heng’s already immensely powerful aura forcefully ascended, with supreme might sweeping across the entire Dragon River Continent. At this moment, Zhou Heng had undeniably reached the peak of the Mortal Realm; with just a thought, he could decree death to anyone in any corner of the Dragon River Continent!

And now, the true test begins!

Under the influence of the Heavenly Dao, the golden figure crumbled without a doubt, turning into countless golden dots. Although this process was extremely quick, it was immensely painful, almost making Zhou clench his neck and shout out loud!

Then, countless evil consciousnesses formed, eroding toward Zhou Heng.

These were the grudges of the world.

When a creature dies filled with reluctance and anger, they leave behind grudges, which are extremely evil and can influence one’s nature! They are the greatest enemy of the Deities.

The Deities represent the essence of a Martial Artist’s consciousness, but if other people’s thoughts merge into that consciousness... is it still oneself?

Zhou Heng’s mind was resolute, facing the third tribulation of the Deities. The surge of grudges was far more abundant than the previous two tribulations, but what of it? His determination was not something that mere grudges could shake.

The golden figure quickly reassembled, and within three feet of it, dazzling golden light spread, turning any encroaching evil thoughts instantaneously into nothingness.

Like hot soup melting snow!

As the golden figure was about to reform, the grudges came faster, seemingly trying to restrain Zhou Heng’s enlightenment by all means.

"My path, how could it be obstructed by you all!"

Zhou Heng declared inwardly, his entire being surged with Spiritual Power, releasing supreme golden light, making his whole person bathed in Divine Radiance, an invincible stance.

Ying Mengfan and the ladies were standing in the distance, their hearts throbbing at this sight, wishing they could immediately rush into Zhou Heng’s embrace to experience his tender love. And those like Lin Fuxiang, Mei Yixiang, Feng Lianqing, and the Moon Shadow Saintess, who had not yet been intimate with Zhou Heng, had misty eyes and blushed cheeks, filled with indescribable discomfort and longing.

Huo Tian, standing at the farthest distance, hesitated for a long time before muttering, "Forget it, I’ll give you a chance!" With a point of her finger, a pink halo flickered and quickly entered Zhou Heng’s body.

Zhou Heng’s body trembled slightly, noticing a complex pattern appearing atop his head, which made his head spin just by glancing at it.

Bone Talisman!

Zhou Heng was aware of Huo Tian’s actions and knew this was a gift from the Peerless Heavenly Maiden, but this Bone Talisman was too high-tier. No sooner had it reached his bones than it began to fade, about to disappear immediately!

Just then, the golden figure completely finished reassembling, holding the Star Core and taking in a mad gulp.

Instantly, the Spiritual Energy within miles dried up!

Without sufficient nature’s Spiritual Energy, it had to rely on the Star Core for replenishment.

The golden figure held the Star Core, greedily absorbing the Spiritual Energy, and during this process, the quickly vanishing Rune actually stabilized, beginning to solidify bit by bit.

Zhou Heng was overjoyed. He had witnessed the power of this Bone Talisman himself; if he could also leave a Rune on his bones, then activating it later would obliterate any enemy, wouldn’t it?

Even a being from the Creation Realm couldn’t withstand the might of the Bone Talisman. With this, he had gained one more super move.

In the Star Core, Spiritual Power furiously swirled, along with other forces Zhou Heng couldn’t detect, which precisely stabilized the Bone Talisman; otherwise, it would have been impossible to maintain.

However, these forces were still not enough; they had only just completely solidified a corner of the Bone Talisman before being exhausted, leading to the disappearance of all other parts of the Rune except for this solidified corner.

That left only one percent!

Zhou Heng couldn’t help but express regret, as the process of absorbing the Star Core wasn’t yet complete, why did this outcome occur?

But at this critical moment, where did he have the time to be preoccupied, as the golden figure devoured Spiritual Energy, rapidly growing, radiating the supreme Divine Radiance.

After half a day, the critical point was reached, Zhou Heng’s form trembled, and he once again unleashed a wave that swept across the entire Dragon River Continent.

Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal, achieved! (To be continued. If you like this work, we welcome you to vote on recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)