Chapter 763
I Can See Through Everything – Chapter 763
Chapter 763: Breakthrough Again, True Meaning of Tribulation, Six Soul Tribulations!
“Looks like the resources Ah Qing needs for cultivation are even more enormous than we expected.”
Old Canglong sighed at that moment.
It suddenly felt a bit guilty.
Earlier, the few of them had even discussed how to use the remaining resources in the Guixu Immortal Palace to help Lu Qing rapidly raise his cultivation.
By Old Canglong’s estimate, the resources in the Immortal Palace should have been enough to support Lu Qing all the way to grand completion of the Dao-Integration realm.
But now, seeing that Lu Qing was only at the Five-Tribulation Nascent Soul stage and had already almost squeezed Lingxu Peak’s spiritual energy dry…
Old Canglong no longer had any confidence.
If things kept going like this, whether the Immortal Palace’s remaining resources could even supply Lu Qing until the Dao-Integration realm might become a problem.
“Old Canglong, this doesn’t feel good. If this continues, I’m afraid we won’t be able to afford the cultivation resources Ah Qing needs,” the Black Savage Bull also realized the issue and said worriedly.
“We can only take it one step at a time.” Old Canglong let out a sigh. “I never thought there’d come a day when our Immortal Palace would be troubled over cultivation resources. It’s a pity our true bodies can’t leave the Immortal Palace. Otherwise, we could go out and gather a batch of resources for Ah Qing.”
“Don’t even think about it!” Ming Feng said decisively. “Master said it himself—unless a great calamity appears, we are not to leave the secret realm!”
“Of course we know. It’s just a hypothetical. Ming Feng, don’t get so worked up,” Old Canglong hurriedly soothed.
“You’d better keep it in mind!” Ming Feng said coldly.
Everything else was fine, but when it involved Master’s command, it would not allow the slightest carelessness.
“Then what about Ah Qing’s cultivation?” the Black Savage Bull asked.
Ming Feng said, “Didn’t Ah Qing switch to a different cave dwelling? Then do it this way for now. There are so many cave dwellings in the second-layer space—short term, there’s no way he can squeeze them all dry. Even if he really does, once he’s opened most of them, the earlier cave dwellings on Lingxu Peak should have recovered by then.”
“Right. If we cycle them, there’s no need to worry,” Old Canglong nodded.
And so, although Old Canglong and the others noticed that Lu Qing had changed cave dwellings, they did not disturb his cultivation. They only watched his movements in secret.
In any case, those cave dwellings in the second-layer space had been left vacant for so many years. Keeping them served no purpose.
If they could use them to nurture a peerless powerhouse, that would be an extremely worthwhile trade.
Then, three months later, Old Canglong and the others discovered that Lu Qing had left Lingming Peak, activated another immortal mountain beside it, and entered its cave dwelling to cultivate.
Lingming Peak, meanwhile, became like Lingxu Peak before it—its spiritual energy dropped drastically, barely one part in ten remaining.
“One cave dwelling can only support Ah Qing’s cultivation for three months at his current level?”
Sensing this, Old Canglong and the others couldn’t help sucking in a cold breath.
Lu Qing was only at the Five-Tribulation Nascent Soul stage. A cave dwelling that was originally able to sustain continuous cultivation for a Nascent Soul Nine Tribulations expert had only lasted three months before its spiritual energy became thin.
What a terrifying rate of spiritual energy absorption!
More crucially, Lu Qing had drained nearly an entire cave dwelling’s spiritual energy, yet his cultivation still hadn’t broken through.
He was still at major completion of the fifth tribulation, not even reaching fifth-tribulation perfection.
The spiritual energy accumulated in a single cave dwelling hadn’t even allowed Lu Qing a minor breakthrough!
Old Canglong and the others didn’t dare imagine that after he passed one or two more tribulations and reached the late Nascent Soul stage…
How vast the spiritual resonance required for each realm breakthrough would become.
Could these immortal mountain cave dwellings in the second-layer space really keep supporting his cultivation?
Under their watch, another three months passed, and Lu Qing appeared again.
This time, however, his cultivation had advanced to fifth-tribulation perfection.
Activating a fourth immortal mountain, Lu Qing entered its cave dwelling and continued secluded cultivation.
But this time, the duration grew even shorter. Just one month later, he emerged and activated the next immortal mountain.
Seeing this, the hearts of the three lurched.
They knew it—what they feared had come true.
As Lu Qing’s cultivation advanced, the time each cave dwelling could sustain him would grow shorter and shorter.
They just hadn’t expected his spiritual energy intake to be so monstrous.
At fifth-tribulation perfection, a cave dwelling could only support one month of cultivation.
At this rate, whether the entire second-layer space of immortal mountain cave dwellings could even form a cycle was hard to say.
Lu Qing did not know of Old Canglong and the others’ worries. When he entered the cave dwelling on the seventh immortal mountain to cultivate…
He finally honed every aspect of himself to peak condition. Without hesitation, he drew upon the faintly perceived aura of tribulation.
In the next instant, the might of the Great Dao appeared in a sudden surge. A terrifying Nascent Soul tribulation descended, and boundless Death Energy and tribulation qi began to drown Lu Qing.
Even more frightening, beyond the Death Energy and tribulation qi, there were tribulations formed from various laws, seeking to completely grind away his body and primordial spirit.
A law millstone woven from five-colored laws, radiating the aura of the five elements, crushed toward Lu Qing.
There were also endless blade lights and sword lights hidden within the Death Energy and tribulation qi, striking to kill him.
It even extended into his primordial spirit—countless illusions arose within it, as if to drag his mind into an endless illusion realm and make him sink into oblivion.
“So that’s how it is. Once you reach the fifth tribulation, the later Nascent Soul tribulations aren’t just Death Energy and tribulation qi anymore.
The Great Dao laws a cultivator has comprehended will also manifest as tribulations.
If you can pass them, your control over those laws advances further.
If you can’t… then both form and spirit are destroyed, body gone and Dao extinguished.”
Feeling the many tribulations pressing upon him, a flash of understanding rose in Lu Qing’s heart.
No wonder the vast majority of Nascent Soul experts, once they stepped into the fifth tribulation, only focused on comprehending a single Great Dao law.
It turned out the tribulations after the fifth tribulation would evolve tribulations from the laws a cultivator had comprehended, tempering them.
The deeper the comprehension, the more terrifying the tribulation.
If one cultivated multiple laws at once, the tribulations would stack, and the difficulty of passing them would multiply.
Just like Lu Qing right now—tribulations manifested from many laws were simultaneously trying to erase him.
Only because it was Lu Qing. If it were a weaker Nascent Soul expert, even someone like Mo Tushan—an eight-tribulation Nascent Soul—would likely have already had his flesh melted away and his primordial spirit extinguished.
“Tribulations…”
Lu Qing carefully sensed the law-formed tribulations around him. Yet in his mind flowed the profound formula principles and meanings of the Heavenly Witch Body of Ten Thousand Tribulations, along with the cultivation essentials of the sixth tribulation of the Perfect Divine Soul Technique that he had created and deduced himself.
Slowly, an understanding of the true meaning of “tribulation” began to surface within him.
The moment Lu Qing drew down the tribulation, the three great exotic beasts reacted at once.
This time, even without Old Canglong’s reminder, the Black Savage Bull and Ming Feng also sensed the vast aura of tribulation.
“Old Canglong!” Ming Feng shouted immediately.
Old Canglong did not hesitate. With a sweep of its claw, a power of space wrapped the three of them and teleported them into the second-layer space.
“It’s Ah Qing undergoing tribulation!”
Seeing the location from which the tribulation aura came, the three immediately understood what was happening.
In fact, before coming over, they had already guessed it was Lu Qing undergoing tribulation.
After all, aside from Lu Qing, there were no other living beings in the second-layer space.
It was just that this time the tribulation aura was so exaggerated that it drew their attention.
“What kind of tribulation is Ah Qing facing? Why does it feel even more terrifying than when an eight-tribulation Nascent Soul breaks through to Nascent Soul Nine Tribulations?” the Black Savage Bull’s expression changed as it felt the faint Great Dao might leaking from the cave dwelling.
Even when it had stepped into Nascent Soul Nine Tribulations back then, the tribulation’s power didn’t seem this outrageous.
“There are multiple different law fluctuations within the tribulation. It’s probably because Ah Qing’s comprehended laws are too diverse. With multiple law tribulations stacked together, this Nascent Soul tribulation looks so strong,” Old Canglong said heavily.
As one who was proficient in the Dao of Space, it could sense more clearly than the Black Savage Bull and Ming Feng.
Even with the cave dwelling’s formation blocking, it could still guess most of what was happening inside.
Hearing that, the Black Savage Bull and Ming Feng immediately understood.
They were both at the Dao-Integration realm, and they had all walked the path from the Nascent Soul realm.
Naturally, they knew what the Nascent Soul tribulations after the fifth tribulation involved.
Aside from the boundless Death Energy and tribulation qi, what was truly more terrifying was the law tribulation.
“It seems Ah Qing has comprehended quite a few laws. With a tribulation this strong, can he endure it?” the Black Savage Bull’s face showed worry.
“Hard to say. Now we can only hope Ah Qing’s comprehension of the other laws isn’t that deep,” Old Canglong said with a grave voice.
The deeper the comprehension of laws, the more violent the law tribulations during tribulation crossing.
This was one of the reasons Old Canglong and the others had opposed Lu Qing cultivating other paths at the start.
Originally, they thought Lu Qing had not been in the fifth tribulation for long, and shouldn’t have had time to comprehend too many laws.
Now it seemed they were wrong.
Judging by the tribulation aura leaking from the cave dwelling, he had likely comprehended many laws to a rather deep level.
Otherwise, the Great Dao might would not be so overwhelming.
Recalling the many abilities Lu Qing had displayed in the battle with Mo Tushan, even Old Canglong felt a surge of unease.
Lu Qing’s talent was dazzling beyond compare.
But extreme brilliance can be easily damaged. Talent that is too astonishing can also attract greater trials—perhaps even the jealousy of heaven.
If he were to fall within a mere Nascent Soul tribulation because he had comprehended too many laws, it would be far too great a loss.
Unfortunately, no matter how worried they were, they could only wait.
A Nascent Soul tribulation was the manifestation of the Great Dao’s heavenly might—something they could not interfere with.
Not to mention the Dao-Integration realm— even a Daoist of Transcendence would not dare to casually meddle.
Otherwise, if it provoked the Great Dao’s wrath, even a Daoist of Transcendence would face enormous trouble.
“So this is what ‘tribulation’ is…”
While Old Canglong and the others were anxious, inside the cave dwelling, Lu Qing slowly opened his eyes.
At this moment, under the tempering of various tribulations, his body was riddled with wounds, nearly shattered, almost too miserable to look at.
Yet Lu Qing did not mind much. Instead, joy appeared in his eyes.
His injuries were deliberate—the purpose was to experience the feeling of tribulation more directly.
Just now, after personally sensing the “tribulations” formed from various laws, his comprehension of the true meaning of “tribulation” had finally deepened another level.
The Heavenly Witch Body of Ten Thousand Tribulations left behind by that supreme existence of the ancient Wu Clan was created through comprehending many tribulation beasts.
Its fundamental essence lay in understanding “tribulation.”
Only by grasping the true meaning of the world’s many tribulations could one devour them, transform them into one’s own power, endure ten thousand tribulations without perishing, and achieve the supreme Heavenly Witch body!
Although Lu Qing’s main cultivation method was the self-created Perfect Divine Soul Technique…
His technique had been formed by comprehending the true meanings of countless techniques he possessed, extracting their most essential parts, fusing them into one, and ultimately deducing the result.
Naturally, the essence of the Heavenly Witch Body of Ten Thousand Tribulations was included within it.
Moreover, because of the mystique of the grey mana within him, his Heavenly Witch body could still be displayed at any time.
“Comprehend the true meaning of tribulation, then devour it to strengthen oneself.”
As various realizations surged in Lu Qing’s heart, the circulation of the mana within him shifted accordingly.
He began to circulate it primarily along the technique pathways of the Heavenly Witch Body of Ten Thousand Tribulations.
At once, a terrifying suction erupted from within his body.
The various law tribulations pressing upon him inside and out, along with the boundless tribulation qi and Death Energy, all halted for an instant.
In the next moment, as if beyond control, they poured into his body.
“With my current realm, I still can’t grasp the essence of the world’s endless tribulations, but dealing with these law tribulations before me is not a problem.”
Lu Qing sat cross-legged on the ground and circulated the technique with all his might.
The law tribulations he drew into his body, along with the boundless tribulation qi and Death Energy, began to be forcibly devoured and refined, then transformed into his own power.
But soon, Lu Qing frowned, feeling that the refining speed was a bit slow.
With a thought, the Yin-yang Five Elements Gourd that the tiny primordial spirit figure held in its left hand within the brow acupoint flickered and leapt into his dantian qi sea.
Immediately, a suction came from within the gourd as well, devouring vast amounts of law tribulations into it.
With the help of his life-bound artifact, the Yin-yang Five Elements Gourd, Lu Qing’s speed of refining the law tribulations greatly increased.
As large amounts of law tribulations, Death Energy, and tribulation qi were refined and turned into his own energy, the terrifying wounds on Lu Qing’s body continuously healed.
Thus, after several days, there was no trace of tribulation qi left in the cave dwelling. It had all been devoured into Lu Qing’s body.
Several more days passed. As Lu Qing refined the last thread of tribulation qi, the Great Dao heavenly might shrouding above his head trembled again.
In the next instant, the Sea of Laws surged with boundless, wondrous spiritual resonance energy, completely submerging Lu Qing.
After tribulation comes the turn of fortune.
This boundless, wondrous spiritual resonance energy was the Great Dao’s reward to those who succeeded in crossing tribulation.
Lu Qing accepted it all without refusing. His technique continued to circulate as he rapidly absorbed this gift of the Great Dao, wasting not the slightest bit.
His realm truly stepped into the Six-Tribulation Nascent Soul stage.
Whether mana, body, or primordial spirit, all of him began a new round of transformation.
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