Urban Undying Lord
Chapter 132 - 132 132 The Immortal Tribulation is Easy to Cross but the Human Heart is Hard to Escape

132: Chapter 132: The Immortal Tribulation is Easy to Cross, but the Human Heart is Hard to Escape 132: Chapter 132: The Immortal Tribulation is Easy to Cross, but the Human Heart is Hard to Escape The world was in an uproar, with discussions running rampant.

This beast tide tugged at everyone’s hearts.

Soldiers who survived the battlefield could return home, while those who died were listed as heroes, to be remembered by future generations.

The Ministry of Justice of Xia Country confirmed the crime of treason for the Martial Arts Heavenly Mansion, and its leader, the Tyrant Blade, had already been punished by law, with the rest of the people from the Martial Arts Heavenly Mansion being dealt with as rebels.

Suddenly, everyone was crying out against the Martial Arts Heavenly Mansion.

The branches all over the country were sealed by the Suspended Mirror Department, and a large number of martial artists left the Martial Arts Heavenly Mansion.

Among them, seven Vice Mansion Masters disappeared without a trace, as if evaporated from the human world.

An extraordinary power that had just risen quickly disintegrated under the thunderous strike of Xia Country, sounding an alarm for many other extraordinary powers in the country.

Yet that wasn’t the end.

Martial artists and superpower users who had shrunk back during the beast tide invasion were successively captured by the Wu’an Office and all sentenced to death.

When everything was settled and Xia Country appeared slightly more stable, people turned their attention to one person.

Ye Xuan!

A simple pair of words, yet well-known by the people because without his arrival, perhaps all the citizens of the capital would have succumbed to the slaughter of the beast tide.

The tone of the world shifted; the previous slander against Ye Xuan turned to guilt.

Various internet forums and television news broadcasts issued apologies, expressing their regret towards Ye Xuan.

Various ancient martial families and extraordinary powers alike stepped up to the doors of the Ye Family, hoping to invite Ye Xuan to attend some events, even lowering their stance extremely low.

However, just as they were all searching for Ye Xuan’s whereabouts, he seemed to have vanished from the human world, never appearing before the public eye again.

The Wu’an Office, the Suspended Mirror Department, the Military Department of Xia Country; it was not just these powers searching for Ye Xuan.

Jixia Academy, the Demon Extermination Alliance… even overseas powers were investigating Ye Xuan’s location, but to the disappointment of these forces, three months had passed, and Ye Xuan had yet to appear before the public eye.

…

The sky was high, and the clouds were sparse, with fierce winds howling.

A streak of light tore through the clouds, the terrifying shockwave booming and roaring, yet unable to make Ye Xuan feel anything.

His eyes were gloomy and icy, his face alternately flushing and pallid, he was hurtling at unimaginable speeds toward the south.

Boom!

Boom!

Thunder rumbled, a heavenly might pressed down, and deep within the vast heavenly vault, a blue thunder light flickered in and out of sight, as if chasing Ye Xuan’s figure, never dissipating.

Heavenly tribulation!

A simple phrase yet carrying an extremely terrifying implication.

When Ye Xuan absorbed the qi and blood of tens of thousands of blood beasts, solidifying his mid-Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivation, it should have been trivial.

Yet a feeling of restlessness and unease emerged in his heart.

Ye Xuan knew his thunder tribulation had arrived; this was the reason he had left the capital so hastily.

Transcendance Tribulation Stage, as the name implies, is a tribulation for cultivators—a process of transforming from human to immortal.

Upon entering the mid-stage of Transcendance Tribulation, one would face the human tribulation.

If one passed, they would transform into a Demi Immortal body; if one failed, they would die completely, without even the chance of reincarnation.

Regarding the subsequent Immortal Tribulation, which is even more terrifying and signifies the process of transcending from mortal to immortal, there is no need to elaborate.

Ye Xuan, originally at the early stage of Crossing Tribulation, had refined the Six Paths Law in Yama Hell, propelling himself into the mid-stage.

The impending human tribulation was also clear to him.

Devouring the qi from the beast tide had solidified his mid-Transcendance Tribulation Stage firmly, which made Heaven and Earth take notice, bestowing upon him his first tribulation.

Ye Xuan was not afraid of the so-called human tribulation, relying on the Forbidden Chapter of the Undying Immortal Scripture, he considered the human tribulation to be a minor issue.

What truly troubled Ye Xuan’s heart was the Heart Demon Tribulation.

While he faced the human tribulation, if the Heart Demon Tribulation struck, he would endure an extremely brutal test.

It is easy to surpass the Immortal Tribulation, but hard to escape human nature!

Those simple eight characters were as weighty as mountains and laid bare the rugged path of a cultivator.

Cultivators seek to master their fate and defy Heaven.

They comprehend the heart of Heaven and grasp the Dao of Heaven and Earth.

They remain untainted by the mortal world, sparing in bloodshed—not because they lack desires or wishes, but for fear of accruing the causal consequences of slaughter that could invite the terrifying Heart Demon Tribulation.

From this, one can see how dreadful the Heart Demon Tribulation is.

Ye Xuan’s cultivation was attained by devouring blood essence, countless beings had died at his hands.

His own were steeped in fresh blood, his very being reeking of lethal, soaring hostility.

The resentments of those dying beings still enshrouded him.

Ye Xuan could be considered a Demonic Cultivator, and since ancient times, such practitioners seldom met with a good end.

The vast majority perished during the Heart Demon Tribulation.

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Vast mountains stretched endlessly, a desolate, uninhabited expanse, an untouched Primordial Forest.

The lush vegetation thrived rampantly, with birdsong and animal cries intermittently piercing through, giving off an unsettling vibe.

Beneath the high skies, within the void.

Ye Xuan’s expression flickered; he knew he could go no farther.

The thunder tribulation in the Heavenly Vault had locked on to him, and the boundless mountains below were undoubtedly the best place for his tribulation.

He transformed into a streak of light, diving down!

With a solemn facial expression and a hint of madness in his eyes, Ye Xuan sat cross-legged atop a mountain peak.

Enshrouded in surging, extreme blood light, an immensely fearsome momentum erupted from him towards the eight directions of Heaven and Earth.

Boom!

Rumble!

The mountains quaked and the Heaven and Earth roared.

As Ye Xuan fully unleashed the power of the Transcendence Tribulation Stage, the endless skies grew dark, shrouding the boundless mountains.

Within the dense black clouds, tens of thousands of thunders rampaged wildly.

“The tribulation comes!”

Like thunder from the Nine Heavens, akin to the waves of a vast sea, when Ye Xuan let out a thunderous voice, the skies churned with wind and cloud, with nine-colored thunderclouds shining in brilliant, otherworldly hues, floating amidst the heavenly vault.

Crack!

A streak of blood-red lightning cleaved through the Heavenly Vault, illuminating Heaven and Earth, swooping down towards Ye Xuan with unimaginable Heavenly might.

…

Duanchang Mountain, Blood Sea Battlefield!

The Primordial Spirit stood with hands clasped behind his back, his eyes profound as though peering through the Blood Sea Battlefield to a distant place.

The black, enigmatic mist around him pulsed ceaselessly, unknowable thoughts coursing through his mind.

“He’s undergoing tribulation!”

The Blood Sea churned as phantoms took form.

A specter of blood quietly appeared behind the Primordial Spirit.

“It’s easy to overcome the human tribulation, but the Heart Demon is difficult to escape.

He reached the Transcendence Tribulation Stage in just four years, which is a defiance of the heavens.

To pass this tribulation will be incredibly hard,” said the Primordial Spirit, his voice deep.

“He has recognized the Heavenly Punishment Halberd as his master and harbors the incomplete Six Paths Law within him.

Can he really not overcome this Heart Demon Tribulation?” asked the figure in blood-red doubtfully.

“The Heart Demon Tribulation is unrelated to cultivation; it’s a trial of one’s own soul.

If he truly lacks desire and emotion, he should be able to pass this tribulation.

But you must know, since the Sky Opening of the cosmos, who dares claim they are without desire or emotion?

“Even those of the Earth Immortal Realm who have become immortals and ancestors would not dare to make such a boast,” the Primordial Spirit uttered with a heavy sigh.