Heavenly Gifted Nine Tribulations (Part 2)

Boom!

A deafening sound erupted from the sky. But what descended wasn't the Lightning Tribulation Ximen Qing had imagined...

Instead, it was a massive pillar of golden light.

The pillar, reaching straight into the heavens, enveloped Xiao Feng...

Could it be that this isn't a Heavenly Tribulation? Was I mistaken? Ximen Qing's heart filled with doubt.

Just then, he saw that a Lightning Tribulation had descended upon the Dragon's Roar Mountain Range, hundreds of miles away...

Though he didn't know why this was happening, a smile spread across his face.

It seems this Heavenly Tribulation wasn't caused by Xiao Feng...

But just as he was about to step forward...

Boom!

A purple lightning bolt suddenly struck down from the sky, hitting fiercely in front of him. Ximen Qing, startled by the sudden strike, stumbled back repeatedly.

He never imagined that the lightning would strike him instead of Xiao Feng! In his terror, he couldn't keep his footing and ended up sitting squarely on the ground.

He then focused his gaze forward, and a massive, deep pit appeared before him...

"Damn it, what is going on?" Ximen Qing couldn't help but roar out in anger.

The world-overturning lightning tribulation brought by the World-Overturning Black Cloud struck towards the Dragon's Roar Mountain Range.

In contrast, a towering pillar of light enveloped Xiao Feng.

And if he got even a little closer to Xiao Feng, the Heavenly Dao Tribulation Lightning that was supposed to strike the Dragon's Roar Mountain Range would instead blast towards him!

It felt like a new mother, extremely irritable at the moment, protecting her child, and anyone who approached would set off her wrath...

What in the world was happening?

Ximen Qing's heart was filled with countless doubts, but under the threat of the lightning tribulation, he dared not approach further. The power of the Heavenly Dao Tribulation Lightning was not something he could withstand.

As the golden pillar of light descended, there was a momentary pause, blocked by the barrier surrounding Xiao Feng. But the instant the light pillar touched it, the azure barrier enveloping Xiao Feng instantly dissipated and returned to the pendant...

The golden pillar of light completely enveloped Xiao Feng. In just an instant, he felt his entire body, including his internal organs, as if wrapped in a warm current...

Is this... a Lightning Tribulation? Xiao Feng's heart questioned.

But clearly, no one answered him.

Under the warm current, he felt as if he was undergoing a cleansing... a cleansing that would transform him completely.

His bones creaked and cracked, his blood seemed to be sublimating, his hair, his skin, his eyes... were undergoing a transformation, an inner and outer metamorphosis...

He felt a special power surge within his damaged Mystic Veins, this power coursing throughout the veins...

At this moment, a pagoda appeared above his body...

It was the Buddha Relic Tower!

Xiao Feng felt his Spiritual Sense was incredibly sharp at this moment...

His muscles, his meridians... began to expand and contract...

He felt the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth continuously surging towards him...

This was a divine art from the ancient Desolate God – the Great Path Buddha Relic Art!

This Mystic Art specialized in cultivating the physical body. The Great Path Buddha Relic Art had a total of 12 realms. The first six realms were the limit that "humans" could cultivate, while the latter six realms were domains that only "gods" could touch.

This divine art did not rely on Mystic Force but instead depended on the soul and the power of heaven and earth.

Perhaps because he had never suffered any serious injuries before, even though his understanding of the Great Path Buddha Relic Art was profound, he had only reached the third realm.

And now, the Great Path Buddha Relic Art, which had been a bottleneck for him for 12 whole years, was actually starting to break through?

As the Buddha Relic Tower spun frantically, the terrifying injuries all over his body began to gradually heal.

The Buddha Relic Tower above his head began to emit a faint golden light – the fourth realm of the Great Path Buddha Relic Art was achieved!

The golden pillar of light began to dissipate...

Is it over...? Xiao Feng's soul murmured, What was this?

Seeing the gradually disappearing golden light, just as Ximen Qing was about to step forward, another purple lightning tribulation struck down fiercely!

Ximen Qing...

He could only continue to wait, his eyes never leaving Xiao Feng for a moment...

At this moment... the second golden light began to shine down slowly from the heavens. The warm aura once again enveloped Xiao Feng's entire body. This time, he felt his Soul Sea undergoing changes.

The Soul Sea, as the name suggests, was the location of a Mystic Practitioner's "soul."

Anyone who stepped into the Initial Mystic Realm, upon internal observation, would find it like a boundless ocean, without end, just like human thoughts, without boundaries...

His Soul Sea began to ripple...

At this moment, he felt every drop of water within his Soul Sea being cleansed and purified again and again...

becoming even purer, more translucent...

An indescribable tingling sensation spread from his spine throughout his entire body...

"Pleasurable" was no longer enough to describe Xiao Feng's current feeling... His body trembled involuntarily with the tingling...

As that intoxicating tingling sensation disappeared, the second layer of golden light covering Xiao Feng's body began to vanish...

This time, Ximen Qing had learned his lesson...

Just as he expected... the third golden light, piercing straight into the heavens, once again enveloped him.

Golden mystic light began to shroud him. The golden Buddha Relic Tower above his head reappeared...

The Buddha Relic Tower spun frantically, drawing the surrounding power of heaven and earth into Xiao Feng's body, continuously strengthening his flesh, meridians, and bones...

The fifth realm of the Buddha Relic Tower was achieved!

At this moment, Xiao Feng's external injuries had completely healed...

And within his damaged Mystic Veins, a dazzling radiance began to shine under the illumination of the third wave of golden light.

His damaged Mystic Veins started to heal bit by bit...

At this point, Xiao Feng felt a massive breakthrough in another divine mystic art...

The God-Demon Forbidden Canon, also known as... the Evil God Art!

Xiao Feng had been comprehending this mystic art for a full 18 years, but it was as if a shackle had firmly jammed his progress, leaving him just one step away from breaking through, yet unable to do so...

Now, under this heavenly bestowed golden light, was it finally going to break through?

The core incantation of the God-Demon Forbidden Canon echoed in Xiao Feng's mind... The mystic art, so familiar it couldn't be more so, was actually changing in this current situation...

A completely different understanding began to stir within Xiao Feng's heart and soul...

The Mystic Veins within the human body were like a flourishing tree, with numerous branches. Each branch corresponded to one of the 54 mystic acupoints within the human body...

And for a tree, the trunk was undoubtedly the most crucial part. At the position of the "trunk" at this moment, a sudden, abrupt mark appeared.

This mark was like a mystic acupoint. Its color was dim now, but when Xiao Feng looked inward, he could see the deep crimson light contained within it, as if a ferocious Demon God was sealed within this mark...

As the first mark emerged within his Mystic Veins, the third round of golden light finally dissipated...

And as Xiao Feng had predicted, the fourth layer of golden light began to descend...

At this moment, Xiao Feng had already discovered that something was amiss. He was currently undergoing a Lightning Tribulation, because he could feel that the shackle that had confined him for 12 years had been broken, and his Mystic Force level had officially entered the God Spirit Realm...

It was even continuously growing at this moment.

The power accumulated over 12 full years was now becoming the "fuel" for his continuously increasing Mystic Force...

Although it should have been a Lightning Tribulation carrying destructive power, what descended was not heavenly lightning to annihilate him, but golden light that allowed him to continuously break through shackles...

It was like a gift?

When the heavens bestow a great mission, they must first temper the will... All the grievances, unwillingness, and pain endured... will definitely... definitely be rewarded, they will be.

Xiao Ling'er's words surfaced involuntarily.

Was this the reward for me?