Chapter Fifty-Five: Senior Brother Li's Adventure in the Southern Sea

Chapter Fifty-Five: Senior Brother Li's Adventure in the Southern Sea

The thunderous roar echoed for miles, and lightning cascaded through the sky like waterfalls.

Within a thousand miles of the sea, a fierce storm raged, and within the hundred-mile radius of the tribulation crossing, the waves were terrifyingly high.

The spiritual energy of the heavens and earth within thousands of miles converged towards Li Changshou's crossing site, transforming into the "original fluid" of thunder in the thunder pool within the tribulation clouds, pouring down time and time again.

The nearby islands were already halfway destroyed. Fortunately, when Li Changshou chose the crossing site, he picked desolate islands with few living creatures...

And those marine creatures had long fled...

Thunderbolts struck one after another, and the storm grew more intense.

What was supposed to be a relatively minor tribulation for a cultivator to ascend to immortality unexpectedly brought about the reputation of a great demon being condemned by the heavens.

The ascension tribulation, among many types of heavenly tribulations, was relatively mild, after all, becoming an immortal was just a minor matter in the vast wilderness.

The truly formidable tribulation should be when reaching the pinnacle of the heavenly immortals. If one's karmic obstacles outweighed their merits too much, and the heavenly dao did not permit their immortal longevity, they would face the "longevity tribulation."

It was a tribulation capable of killing golden immortals, with clouds of tribulation covering an area of thousands of miles, not just a single type of thunderbolt like the lightning tribulation.

Boom!

At the same time, thirteen hundred miles southeast of the crossing site.

"Master, why did we stop again?"

On the cloud drifting southwards, a girl named Hanzhi asked softly;

The old Daoist furrowed his brows lightly and used his formidable immortal consciousness to observe the sea hundreds of miles away.

Even with the strength of a quasi-Golden Immortal, this old Daoist still couldn't see through the heavily tribulated area;

There, the power of the heavenly tribulation was overly concentrated.

But based on the continuous trembling and shaking of the tribulation clouds, it could be inferred whether a thunder tribulation had descended.

"This heavenly tribulation seems unusual. It's already the seventh one, yet it hasn't dissipated!"

The old Daoist calculated with his fingers, then suddenly turned around, staring at the crossing site even farther away.

"It seems that besides the heavenly tribulation, there is something else..."

Hanzhi asked curiously, "Master, why don't we go over and take a look?"

"If we get too close and witness such an ascension tribulation, I'm afraid you'll develop a fear of heavenly tribulations in the future," the old Daoist furrowed his brows, "We'll wait here and see if he can withstand the eighth one. Logically, he shouldn't be able to..."

Boom!

At the same time, the earth shook again, and the eighth heavenly tribulation descended, with lightning visible in the sky hundreds of miles away!

The tribulation clouds hadn't dissipated yet?

"The person undergoing the tribulation can withstand the eighth one? Could it be a reincarnation of some ancient powerhouse? Hiss— Let's go, Hanzhi, let's go take a look together!"

This old Daoist was astounded for he didn't know how many times. Holding his disciple, they flew towards Li Changshou's crossing site, the white cloud beneath their feet speeding up.

But shortly after they set off, a huge silver-purple thunderball emerged from the tribulation clouds hundreds of miles away!

As if a thunderous god had risen from the sea, adding another sun to the world!

The thunderball crashed down, reaching the peak of the heavenly tribulation's power, causing thousand-layered angry waves to erupt from the sea below!

The old Daoist continued flying forward. Over a thousand miles away, even for someone at his level, it was still a considerable distance.

Whoosh—

Suddenly, gusts of wind appeared on the sea, and the spiritual energy within thousands of miles surged towards the crossing site.

The convergence of spiritual energy was so fast that one could even see colorful strands of aura in the air.

"Master, the wind is picking up!" Hanzhi exclaimed in amazement, "That person must have overcome the tribulation!"

"Correct! This is absorbing spiritual energy after overcoming the heavenly tribulation!"

The old Daoist's expression also showed some excitement, "Let's go, this person must be a great figure reincarnated. With the amount of spiritual energy, this person... no, this immortal is about to ascend directly to the heavenly immortal realm! Quick, let's go and make acquaintance! If we can recruit him to our sect, it would be a great thing!"

However, before the old Daoist finished speaking, a purple thunderbolt suddenly appeared in the sky, descending from the heavens and piercing through the tribulation clouds, landing on the island below!

The old Daoist's eyes widened, and his red face turned pale as the purple thunder illuminated it...

What was happening to him today?

He didn't have a good feeling about the other party, yet the other party successfully crossed the tribulation;

Just when he thought the other party had safely crossed the tribulation, suddenly another divine thunder descended...

By the leader's command, this was truly not due to his words!

"Hanzi, this is a true heavenly punishment," the old Daoist said solemnly, "The heavenly dao considers him an anomaly. Even if he overcame the heavenly tribulation, he will still be subjected to heavenly punishment. It's over, this person is undoubtedly doomed. Heavenly punishment is not something to be taken lightly..."

Before the old Daoist finished his words, as soon as the words "undoubtedly doomed" fell, strong winds rose again, and boundless spiritual energy converged towards the crossing site once more.

"Ah! My big mouth!"

The girl's hand reached over, quickly covering her master's mouth, "Master, stop talking. Let's go and take a look quickly."

The old Daoist smiled and shook his head, pointing forward with his finger, and the white cloud beneath their feet sped up even more.

They were still eight hundred miles away from the crossing site. Below, a cloud in the shape of Lingzhi appeared over the crossing site.

The tribulation clouds in the sky turned into clouds, then quickly condensed into funnel shapes, with the tribulation-crosser at the bottom.

Streams of pure spiritual energy rushed towards the figure below, blending into the figure that was now vaguely visible.

A golden light shone from the sky, enveloping the figure within.

Within this beam of light, there were illusions of immortal maidens dancing with celestial music, and they scattered petals of flowers as they pleased.

There were also white-haired elders riding cranes, offering congratulations to the figure below.

These were all signs of heaven and earth.

—At this point, the power of the heavenly tribulation had greatly diminished.

When the old Daoist and his disciple were six hundred miles away, the myriad of phenomena had not yet dissipated. The figure that had absorbed all the tribulation clouds suddenly turned around and leaped towards the sea below...

Old Dao was taken aback, quickly activating his celestial powers and shouting loudly, employing his Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission:

"Friend! My master and disciples are cultivators from the Jin'ao Island, specially here to congratulate you!"

However, a flash of celestial light in the sea, and that person had vanished without a trace.

"Master, why did he run away?" Hanzhi frowned, "It's like he thinks we're villains."

"Sigh, how does he know if we're good or bad?"

Old Dao looked thoughtful, then tried to divine using his calculations, but after a while, he gained nothing.

"Avoiding fate? He must be the reincarnation of some important figure, otherwise he wouldn't be so cautious. Although I'm skilled in divination, I can't find even a trace of him. He must have practiced cultivation in ancient times, knowing well the dangers of the world. Hanzhi, do you still want to go over and see? He's already gone."

"Let's go see, Master. I also want to see the power of his heavenly tribulation."

"Good," Old Dao's eyes were full of indulgence as he took his disciple and flew forward on the clouds.

After a short while, the two figures finally stood above the tribulation site, but on the charming face of the girl...

there were black lines.

Only half of the small island below remained, and on the destroyed half, beneath the sea, appeared a square-shaped deep pit.

"Master, is this the tribulation of becoming an immortal?"

"Don't worry," Old Dao chuckled, staring at the blood-stained tattered clothes floating on the sea, and casually said, "Your heavenly tribulation definitely isn't this strong, at most it's one-tenth of this."

Hanzhi's mouth twitched a bit. How did that sound...

Old Dao pointed his finger, and the tattered clothes below were immediately enveloped in flames, quickly turning into ashes.

"This person left in haste, leaving behind such items," Old Dao smiled, "It's a good deed to eliminate some hidden dangers for him, also considered to be building a good karma. Let's go, or else more experts will come to watch the excitement later, and explaining will be troublesome."

Hanzhi nodded lightly and glanced down at the dark pit under the sea, then followed her master as they flew southeast.

...

"I wonder if the blood-stained clothes left behind were discovered by anyone."

Li Changshou calculated in his heart, at this moment, relying on his celestial powers, he fully activated his water escape technique and hurried westward.

He noticed the old Dao and the girl rushing to his tribulation site, which made him abandon his healing in place and hastily absorb the last breath of spiritual energy and run away.

That piece of blood-stained clothing was peeled off from a dead mortal soldier while he was walking in the mundane world. After soaking it in spiritual energy for a while, it should be able to interfere with those who wanted to track him.

That soldier recited the salvation scriptures he personally gave, and reincarnation in the underworld was quite rapid.

"Cough!"

The water flow transformed by the water escape technique trembled slightly, with traces of blood oozing out, but before these traces could spread, they were carried away again by the returning water flow.

At this moment, Li Changshou's whole body was shining with colorful celestial light, but from his chest to his abdomen, his celestial body had cracks like spider webs.

Actually, the celestial body could still be seen, but the celestial infant was more miserable. It lay weakly in the middle of the Dantian, unable to move at all...

We all understand the reason, but why...

Would there be a tenth heavenly tribulation after the ninth thunder tribulation?

"Cough! Cough!"

Li Changshou couldn't help but cough again, severe pain all over his body was nothing, but constantly spitting blood was too difficult to deal with.

Throughout history, how many people succeeded in their tribulations and ended up as miserable as him?

He stopped in the sea, checking the 'Fire' character fragmented jade on his body and several other 'trinkets' he had taken off earlier.

His vision was a little dizzy, and his figure began to sway in the sea.

Li Changshou naturally knew that the last purple divine thunder was the heavenly punishment, which was the punishment from the heavens due to his previous manipulation of celestial fate...

And most of the injuries on his body were caused by this heavenly punishment.

But fortunately, Li Changshou reacted quickly at the moment when he felt the heavenly punishment was coming, taking out the few defensive treasures he had.

The heavenly tribulation couldn't be resisted with treasures, but the heavenly punishment could be partially resisted with treasures.

Although these treasures were of poor quality, they also buffered some of the power of the heavenly punishment for Li Changshou, which gave him the chance to escape...

After the purple divine thunder fell, Li Changshou felt somewhat relieved.

He didn't owe the karma of the heavens and the earth.

"Poof!"

A mouthful of blood surged up, which Li Changshou pressed down firmly with his hand.

The celestial infant was too severely injured and needed to find a place to recuperate quietly, otherwise, the realm he broke through by absorbing spiritual energy after his tribulation would probably fall...

There were countless insights produced during the tribulation, which were the foundation for his continued 'ascension' and must be accepted as soon as possible.

Li Changshou's divine consciousness spread out, frantically searching in the vast sea. Soon, a faint smile appeared on his face as he swiftly fled toward the deep south.

Not long after, there came low roars from the depths of the sea, and a giant fish over twenty feet long left the sea area where it had lived for hundreds of years and swiftly swam westward.

On the hump of this fish, there were faint celestial lights flashing, occasionally accompanied by a white jade lotus floating out...

But inside the strange fish, Li Changshou showed no sign of breath leakage.

Even when severely injured, Li Changshou never forgot to operate the Turtle Breath Technique.

Originally, Li Changshou wanted to heal inside the strange fish, but after a few days, his injuries had stabilized, and his celestial body and celestial infant could slowly recover on their own.

He relaxed his mind, and those insights rushed in, pulling Li Changshou's consciousness into that mysterious celestial realm...

This door is named Numerous Wonders, and this realm is called Profound Profound.

Li Changshou fell into a strange realm, feeling the changes in the surrounding environment, also sensing the approximate direction in which the strange fish was swimming, but he couldn't wake up on his own.

Swimming in that mysterious celestial realm, he didn't feel the passage of time at all;

But a strand of divine consciousness kept drifting around the strange fish, like a warning.

The strange fish kept swimming westward, gradually passing three to five months, and one day, two huge iron spines suddenly protruded from the sea surface, piercing through the fish's chest and abdomen.

Li Changshou was startled at first, but because he didn't feel any danger, he didn't leave the mysterious celestial realm;

He just stayed quietly on the back of the fish, continuing to comprehend and understand that celestial realm.

Afterward, Li Changshou was dragged ashore by two large ships along with the strange fish. He was taken back to a not-so-small village by a group of primitive-looking fishermen who were strong and robust.

After barely releasing a strand of divine consciousness to scan the outside, he found that most of the people here were ordinary folks, with only a few having the strength of Qi refining and Nascent Soul.

The strange fish was dissected, and Li Changshou felt himself slipping out from the back of the fish.

Then, a dramatic scene unfolded.

This group of remote fishermen mistook Li Changshou for a sea god, kneeling and bowing around him, performing dances of prayer, and holding a celebration for several days and nights, treating him as their deity...

When he slipped out of the fish, celestial light shimmered around him, and he was completely free from dirt, looking quite... heroic.

For the next two months, Li Changshou remained in this mysterious state, being worshipped by the villagers; A twelve or thirteen-year-old girl was chosen as his maid, guarding beside Li Changshou day and night.

Half a month later, Li Changshou finally fully accepted those insights, broke free from the mysterious realm, and saw that it was midnight. He closed his eyes to rest and began to inwardly examine himself until the morning when the girl in the next room woke up...

Hearing the light footsteps, Li Changshou also opened his eyes and got up, ready to thank the girl and leave.

The girl tiptoed toward the door, and Li Changshou had already spoken:

"Thank you, miss..."

The curtain was lifted, and a pair of arms as thick as Li Changshou's thighs reached in.

Li Changshou blinked.

Did he perceive it wrong? Wasn't the girl a boy?

He quickly changed his words, "Thank you, sir, for saving me!"

"Huh?" A burly figure emerged from behind the curtain, first a charming face, then a sturdy but short body, and those three thousand green silks fluttering down...

A rough voice came from the girl's mouth: "Oops! Immortal, why are you awake?"

Immortal? Li Changshou keenly caught this detail, and a slight vigilance rose in his heart. According to the previous appellations of those fishermen, shouldn't they call him the Sea God?