The Fifth Heavenly Tribulation
The entire space trembled slightly.
[The Buddha Palm Cliff ahead of you resembles some ancient behemoth that has slumbered for tens of thousands of years, now splitting the earth and breaking free of its shackles.]
[The bluish-gray rock on the surface of Buddha Palm Cliff is beginning to crack.]
[The weathered moss and accumulated mountain soil instantly turned to ashes under some terrifying pressure.]
[You saw what was under the rock strata clearly; it was a hand.]
[The giant hand was covered in Dark Gold patterns, yet it felt like human flesh!]
[The skin and flesh even revealed coarse textures, each line flowing with a chilling power of will.]
[The so-called "Buddha Palm Cliff," well, Tom's, it really is a Buddha's palm!]
[The moment the giant hand appeared, a tremendous force descended, instantly sealing off the heavens and earth.]
The wind stopped, the clouds condensed, and even the air felt thick as mercury.
[The protective aura surrounding you was instantly forced back into your body, freezing you in place like a tiny insect trapped in amber.]
[This familiar feeling of suffocation and despair reminds you of the scene in the last simulation when you faced the Li Ling Lifeless Lord deep within the Lifeless Plain.]
[It's the same difference in absolute realm, the same suppression of rules that even resistance cannot sway.]
[A realization flows through your heart.]
[This is your fifth tribulation, the Karma Tribulation.]
[In the Palm-Center Buddha Kingdom, you took away the Great Sun First-Emptiness Seal and an Origin Fragment.]
This move has likely disrupted some kind of balance.
[You're reminded of a saying, "Every gift of fate comes with a hidden price."]
[How powerful and domineering is this backlash of cause and effect from the Unseen!]
[The inner demons, following this invisible force, climb onto your Primordial Spirit.]
[A faint wisp of Devil Qi rises from beneath the feet of your Primordial Spirit.]
[This Karma Tribulation, along with a Heart Demon Tribulation, is truly a blessing from Heavenly Dao.]
Lu Ping: "..."
System, do you want to see what you're saying?!
[Salty Fish, in effect.]
[Your Dao Heart is as indestructible as diamond, untouched by a speck of dust.]
[Your Primordial Spirit trembled slightly, and the wisp of Devil Qi vanished without a trace, without even causing the slightest ripple.]
[You scoff.]
To hell with fate's gifts!
We cultivators strive to defy fate and change our destiny!
[Last time you faced Li Ling, you were just a Nascent Soul cultivator who had just entered the Nascent Soul stage. In the Void Domain of the Body Integration Realm, you didn't even have the right to struggle.]
[But now, you have shattered the Nascent Spirit Transformation and transformed into a true Primordial Spirit!]
[Your gaze darkened slightly, but the eyes of the primordial Primordial Spirit within its Primordial Spirit Mansion suddenly snapped open, beginning to mobilize the Power of Principle at any cost.]
[Click--]
[A silent cracking sound came from inside your body.]
[You actually managed to break free of the blockade!]
[The moment you regain your freedom, you ruthlessly strike at this newly reborn ancient behemoth!]
You opened your mouth and uttered those four words.
I’ll Make Three Points!
[I’ll Make Three Points, and they will take effect.]
However, the newly formed giant hand only paused for a moment.
That meal was extremely short, so short that it was almost imperceptible to the naked eye.
[But for you, that's enough!]
[The Thousand Mechanisms Falling Blossoms Instruction is activated!]
Tens of thousands of Spirit Stones rained down like a storm, leaving afterimages in the Void as they densely struck the deathly aura emanating from the giant hand.
[I'm the Client, this agreement is effective.]
[The damage your enemies take is increased tenfold, while the damage they deal to you is reduced tenfold.]
[Work from Home, effective.]
[Office Trait are valid regardless of the environment.]
[Bully at Home, effective.]
[Your damage has been increased to fifteen times.]
"Star River Myriad Blades, go!"
[Silver light exploded within your Dantian, unleashing 10,800 flying blades in a swarm; the Fire Crow Seed flashed, igniting the entire galaxy.]
[This raging, world-destroying galaxy tore through the Void, carrying an overwhelming force capable of annihilating everything, and crashed into the giant hand!]
However, the giant hand didn't even flinch, not even scratching the skin.
[It didn't even glance at you the entire time.]
[The next instant, the backlash surged forth from the Star River Myriad Blades!]
[Several Star River Myriad Blades shattered, their mournful cries echoing endlessly.]
[Your physical body disintegrated inch by inch in an instant, your entire being instantly shattered into a cloud of blood mist.]
Even your Primordial Spirit instantly dimmed and lost its luster.
[You once again channeled your Primordial Spirit Power, forcibly gathering your scattered vital Qi and Blood and life force.]
[Your physical body is reformed in the blood mist.]
[By overdrawing your essence to reshape your physical body, your Primordial Spirit has dimmed further, even becoming somewhat ethereal and transparent.]
[You take out a Small Taiyi Origin-Returning Pill, swallow it, and sit down cross-legged.]
[Exclusive Workstation, activated.]
[Quality Sleep, effective.]
[Once the Pills entered the stomach, its medicinal power spread throughout the body at an eleven-fold increase.]
[Your breathing has stabilized completely at a speed visible to the naked eye.]
[You sighed inwardly, "Like an ant trying to shake a tree." The mere recoil from the attack had instantly brought you to the brink of death.]
[The severed giant hand, seemingly unaffected, rose above the Great Forest Temple in the blink of an eye.]
The terrifying aura emanating from between the giant hand's fingers materialized into tangible chains, completely sealing off the entire space of Luxuan Mountain.
On Great Forest Peak, 100,000 Mystic Spirit Peaches instantly turned into dust.
[Just then, from the direction of the Five Elders Peak, five beams of spiritual light broke through the sealed Void.]
[The five abbots of Great Forest Temple, who had been in seclusion for many years, simultaneously emerged from their retreat.]
These five individuals are all powerful beings at the Body Integration Realm.
[The five Integrated Body Great Talent, now at the combined level, jointly unleashed a section of peach branch.]
The vibrant green of life intertwines with the ashen gray of death on the peach branches, forming a Karma Barrier stretching for thousands of miles.
This barrier, like a canopy in the sky, attempted to suppress the giant hand back into the earth.
[The world changed color; the Void began to flow backward under the impact of this force, and countless tiny spatial cracks spread outwards.]
[Great Forest Temple has finally revealed its terrifying secrets as Sacred Ground with a history of ten thousand years.]
However, the giant hand simply reversed its grip and gently pressed downwards.
That was a crushing force that surpassed the limits of what this world could contain.
[The peach branch let out a mournful cry, its surface vitality abruptly extinguished, and it was snapped into three pieces on the spot!]
[The five Body Integration Realm experts simultaneously coughed up blood. They were sent flying backward like kites with broken strings, crashing through the five main Main Peaks below.]
The roar of the landslide echoed throughout Great Forest Temple, and dust blotted out the sky.
[Although your level of cultivation is not high, you are someone who has seen all kinds of grand occasions.]
[You personally killed Gu Wusuan at the peak of the Great Perfection of Spirit Transformation, and you've also witnessed the power of Song Fuan's attacks.]
[In the last simulation, you even died directly from the aftershocks of the combined attack of Li Ling and Chunwu on the White Tiger Sword Lord.]
[But the hand in front of you feels like it's on a completely different level.]
[It has exceeded the Body Integration Realm.]
Is it Mahayana? Or something higher?
[As far as you know, the highest combat strength of cultivators in this world is openly at the Body Integration Realm. This hand shouldn't even exist in this world.]
[Options pop up.]
[A: The situation is completely out of control, run!]
[B: A tiny severed hand...]
[C: Shout "Buddha Lord mercy!", then take off your clothes, revealing your golden body gleaming from the Hundred-Forged Medicine Body Formula, pretending to be a Golden-Body Arhat, and try to infiltrate the enemy camp.]