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Chapter 625 - 623: Major Heavenly Tribulation (Extra update, please subscribe)_1

Chapter 625: Chapter 623: Major Heavenly Tribulation (Extra update, please subscribe)_1

Regarding the overture from the Profound Mystery Trade Association, the Wang family accepted it gladly, putting the strategy that refused Kong Sang Market behind them, and Fang Xi’s life once again sank into tranquility.

After all, where would so many disasters come from in the Earth Immortal Realm?

Even the Tri-clan War wouldn’t break out every day, but rather occasionally led to minor frictions at major choke points.

A full-scale war that would consume the strength of an entire clan might occur only once in tens of thousands of years.

Recently, his main body ascended to the mid-phase of the Transcendent God stage, finally creating an opportunity for the heterodox incarnation to continue his cultivation.

However, those ’True Blood Pills’ that were obtained through sheer luck naturally went to the main body.

In the blink of an eye, another dozen years had passed.

...

On this day.

Atop Mount Sang Qing.

Fang Xi’s expression suddenly changed, and he flew out of the array.

He saw that above a Dongfu not far away, countless dark clouds gathered, and bolts of lightning danced wildly, affecting a range of a hundred li and carrying an immensely grand momentum.

"Infant Condensation Phenomenon?"

"Is Zuo Xiaoxuan about to condense her Nascent Soul? This speed of cultivation... is indeed passable."

He wasn’t one hundred percent trusting of his subordinates; he had many puppets supervising them and would periodically inspect their affairs.

Since her loyalty, Zuo Xiaoxuan had been diligent and honest, without any embezzlement or skimming.

Therefore, Fang Xi placed great reliance on her and had previously rewarded her with an ’Infant Transformation Pill’.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the woman achieved Perfect Core Formation, she immediately tried to condense the Nascent Soul.

’Well... being able to start facing the Heavenly Thunder at least indicates she has passed the Heart Demon Tribulation. She is indeed worth cultivating.’

Even within the Earth Immortal Realm, those who could successfully condense a Nascent Soul were not considered low-level cultivators.

...

Almost at the same time.

Ten Thousand Dragon Ridge.

The Dragon Controlling Sect’s sect gate.

When the Ancestral Founder of the sect chose Ten Thousand Dragon Ridge to establish the gate, there was naturally profound significance in it.

This place not only possessed a Spiritual Vein rich in spiritual energy but also held the advantage of terrain.

The Ten Thousand Dragon Ridge was named so because in the eyes of the Earth Immortal Realm’s ’Array Taoist’, the area’s dragon veins crisscrossed, with dragon lairs almost everywhere, eventually forming a pattern of ’Ten Thousand Dragons Bowing in Worship.’

The Dragon Controlling Sect’s sect gate, located on ’Dragon Head Mountain,’ sat in the head position of Ten Thousand Dragon Ridge, reaping the benefits of geographical advantages with profound blessings, enveloped in dragon Qi, and was extremely suitable for cultivating Flood Dragon-like Spiritual Beasts.

And the ’Ten Thousand Dragon Ancestral Grand Array’ of the Dragon Controlling Sect also had a resounding reputation in the entire Star Domain, never having been activated fully for ten thousand years.

Until this day.

Boom!

Suddenly, above the Dragon Controlling Sect, clouds shaped like fish scales converged, spanning ten thousand li, causing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy to roar and turn into a violent tidal wave!

Countless lightning serpents entwined, transforming into stark white Thunder Dragons.

With the descent of Heavenly Might, those Thunder Dragons gradually turned into a pure gold color!

Generally, the Heaven Tribulation from Nascent Soul to Transcendent God was mostly characterized by blue, with perhaps a hint of gold at most.

But when it reached the color of pure gold, it indicated a genuine Returning to Emptiness Heaven Tribulation!

A single bolt of golden thunder could make even those in the Returning to Emptiness stage retreat three feet away, with the slightest carelessness leading to serious injury!

As Heavenly Might descended, all of the cultivators of the Dragon Controlling Sect suddenly felt a panic in their hearts, a premonition of impending disaster.

Within the dragon nests, numerous abyssal waters, terrified Dragon fish gathered together and dived into the mud to hide.

And those Dragon Beasts that were previously clamorous and roaring within the cave cliffs now laid low submissively, shivering without needing reprimand from their Beast Controlling Masters.

"Pure gold Thunder Tribulation?!"

Within a Dongfu, Qin Longzi looked at the sky, his face expressing an indescribable complexity.

Outside the Dongfu, a thousand-zhang-long, crimson, five-stage Flood Dragon of the Transcendent God level coiled around the entire mountain, its huge dragon eyes fixed on the thunder in the sky above, revealing a hint of awe...

"It must be the sect master!"

"The sect master has long reached Perfect Transcendent God and previously obtained the ’Mixed Origin Heavenly Umbrella.’ Could he finally be aiming to break through to the Returning to Emptiness realm?"

Many disciples, with Nascent Soul and Core Formation cultivation, looked up at the Returning to Emptiness phenomenon with a proud expression on their faces.

If their sect master truly became a great power in the Returning to Emptiness stage, combined with that Returning to Emptiness Flood Dragon, their strength would not be at the bottom among those at the same level, allowing them to claim new territories around.

Then everyone would benefit!

Boom!

The clouds in the sky piled up to their limit, pressing down inch by inch.

Suddenly, countless golden thunderbolts intertwined, forming a gold thunder orb with endless dense, silver array patterns roaming within, smashing down to the rear of the Dragon Controlling Sect’s sect gate.

Behind the Mountain of Ten Thousand Dragons, there lay an incredibly vast lake, which had always been a forbidden ground, the dwelling of a six-stage Flood Dragon at the Returning to Emptiness level.

Now, it seemed the sect master of the Dragon Controlling Sect had chosen it as the place to transcend his tribulation!

...

"It’s starting!"

As the Returning to Emptiness phenomenon appeared, Lord Hei Miao stood high above, tens of thousands of feet in the air, staring at that expanse of golden thunder, his eyes filled with viciousness: "Want to return to emptiness? Dream on... Settle the countless blood debts of my Black Water Sect first!"

Beneath his figure, the vast Mechanism City, akin to a city in the sky, suddenly parted the clouds and appeared, its many Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy streams coiled into currents, forming a great tide rushing mightily toward the Dragon Controlling Sect.

This city was the masterpiece of generations of Mo Sect’s masters and apprentices.

The Mo Sect was renowned for its puppet and mechanism skills, specializing in crafting various large-scale puppets, and this Mechanism City was the sect’s most important accumulation and foundation, constructed with numerous middle to high-grade materials into puppets. Many puppets were joined as one, achieving an effect similar to the ’Origin Soul Artifact’ of the Nine States.

Unlike the ’Origin Soul Artifact,’ the power of this Mechanism City had already reached the Returning to Emptiness level!

"I hope this time, our sect has not chosen wrongly."

An ink-robed, silver-haired Ink-Silver Flood Dragon stood atop the city gate tower of the Mechanism City, his Perfect Transcendent God aura overflowing, as commands were efficiently passed down.

At this moment, the Mechanism City itself was like a giant hive or anthill, ragingly coming to life.

Next to a furnace the size of a small hill below ground.

"Master... Furnace A is ready, and we can insert the ’Heavenly Sun Gold’ at any time..."

An excited Foundation Establishment Apprentice of the Mo Sect looked at a Nascent Soul Puppet Master in front of him.

In the Mo Sect, the master and apprentice duo were primarily responsible for researching ’smelting furnaces’, considering how to provide continuous and stable power to puppets.

The master, with grizzled hair and bulging red-glowing muscles, laughed scornfully, "Why use ’Heavenly Sun Gold’ today? Throw all the stored ’Great Sun Flame Crystals’ into it... You’re lucky. Many disciples spend their whole lives in Mechanism City and never see our Mo Sect’s war puppets go all out!"

...

Above the streets of Mechanism City.

With the shrill sound of alarms, buildings suddenly descended automatically into the ground.

Li Ruoling, who had recently reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, was inside the Fu Family Old Shop, looking at this scene with a sudden intense perplexity on his face.

He turned his head and looked at the shopkeeper.

He found that even the normally sharp-tongued shopkeeper had a trace of bewilderment on his face.

"Shopkeeper... what... what’s going on?"

Li Ruoling asked.

"How would I know why Mechanism City is fully activating its wartime posture..." the shopkeeper said, somewhat sheepishly, and then he, along with Li Ruoling and a few other apprentices, entered a secret chamber.

This secret chamber was very simple, with no decorations, but many array patterns were engraved on the walls, and in the center was an Array Disk.

The shopkeeper muttered to himself while looking at the activated Array Disk, then turned around, and with a very serious expression, said to the apprentices, "We signed a contract upon entering Mechanism City, and now the time has come to offer up our lives... You and I must continue to channel our magic power into that Array Disk until the requirements are met. Otherwise, the Mo Sect enforcement team will regard us as traitors and execute us directly!"

Li Ruoling immediately felt bitter inside, as if he had boarded a bandit ship...

But now there was no choice. He could only follow the shopkeeper and silently sit cross-legged, his magic power continuously flowing out...

...

One furnace after another roared!

Countless Immortal Cultivators living in Mechanism City supplied magic power!

In the void, lines of dark green runes appeared, condensing into chains that seemed to link the entire Mechanism City as one.

Eventually, the layers of authorization moved up to the hands of the Ink-Silver Flood Dragon.

Even as a Perfect Transcendent God cultivator, he was still shocked by this power.

"The power of Returning to Emptiness..."

The Ink-Silver Flood Dragon murmured. Although he was not a cultivator in the Returning to Emptiness stage, he could, through the ’Ten Thousand Puppets Grand Array’ condensed by ’Mechanism City’, obtain a might comparable to that of Returning to Emptiness!

Yes!

What granted the giant puppet city a power comparable to Returning to Emptiness was the array!

A movable sixth-tier array!

Everyone thought Mechanism City was a city of puppets, but in reality, its true essence was a city of arrays!

As the foremost among the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation, Array Taoism could enable cultivators to gain the powers of higher realms at the least cost!

"The enemy is at the Dragon Controlling Sect!"

With a loud shout from the Ink-Silver Flood Dragon, array patterns emerged, and the entire ’Mechanism City’ seemed to ’breathe’!

As it inhaled and exhaled, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy within tens of thousands of miles fluctuated violently, being absorbed by Mechanism City.

Then, it transformed into a terrifying stream of light, and with a burrowing speed that far surpassed that of a Transcendent God cultivator, it suddenly descended onto Ten Thousand Dragon Ridge!

Humming!

On the walls of Mechanism City, giant stone warrior statues raised their weapons, emitting radiant lights of various colors.

Each radiance was comparable to a full-force strike from a Nascent Soul cultivator!

Countless lights converged into a flood, slamming down fiercely onto the Dragon Controlling Sect!

Roar Roar!

Around Mountain of Ten Thousand Dragons, numerous dragon veins roared and suddenly rose up, transforming into countless white cloud dragons, surrounding and defending the gate of the Dragon Controlling Sect.

The Ten Thousand Dragon Ancestral Grand Array!

Even without anyone in control, this sixth-tier array, which was originally more than enough to withstand the Mechanism City of the Mo Sect, now faced a challenge.

Above the sky, another golden thunderball condensed into being.

Amid flashing runes, the golden thunderball crashed down, hitting the Ten Thousand Dragon Ancestral Grand Array.

Spurt!

Countless golden thunders danced wildly, and each white cloud dragon was wiped out.

The might of the Ten Thousand Dragon Ancestral Grand Array suddenly diminished greatly.

Taking advantage of this, a ruthless look appeared on the face of the Ink-Silver Flood Dragon, "Position to the east, Azure Dragon, heed my command!"

Among Mechanism City’s four great puppet sacred beasts, the Kylin, Xuanwu, and Phoenix were all less lethal than the Azure Dragon!

The Azure Dragon puppet skill was also the most powerful offensive puppet skill of the Mo Sect!

The East City Gate of Mechanism City swung open, and an Azure Dragon puppet, made of Green Rock, with eyes flickering, suddenly let out a roar that disturbed the land for miles!

All the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy nearby funneled in, causing the Green Rock surface to shed its layers, revealing the true azure dragon scales beneath.

A ten-thousand-meter Azure Dragon suddenly took to the sky, turning into a beam of azure Mysterious Light, breaking through the obstruction of the Ten Thousand Dragon Ancestral Grand Array, and flew straight towards the back hill of the Dragon Controlling Sect!

Puff Puff!

Wherever it passed along the way, every prohibition was shattered, and the obstructing cultivators—whether they were in Core Formation, Nascent Soul, or even Transcendent God stages—were all turned to dust!

A fifth-tier black Flood Dragon that couldn’t dodge fast enough was touched by the azure Mysterious Light, and terror appeared in its dragon eyes as it was reduced directly to ash!

Boom!

The ten-thousand-meter azure Mysterious Light pierced through the Dragon Controlling Sect, almost penetrating Dragon Head Mountain, and revealing a pitch-black passage!

The Ink-Silver Flood Dragon and Lord Hei Miao transformed into several streaks of light, arriving above the boundless lake. They saw mist rising from the lake, where a huge azure umbrella spanned the sky, nearly covering the sun.

That gold thunderball was slowly dissipating on the surface of the umbrella.

Beneath the umbrella, a giant purple dragon claw firmly gripped the handle.

A purple dragon head slowly lifted, and the vertical pupils in its dragon eyes looked at the people from the Mo Sect, seemingly with a mocking color...