Sect Master Tongtian did not even know what to say anymore. He knew Li Er would definitely come up with some strange and bizarre things.
But he had not expected Li Er to refine Treasure Distribution Cliff into a living being. That was somewhat unreasonable...
Moreover, this Black Dog felt extraordinarily unusual. He could not sense any cultivation from it, yet it could cross through space and arrive at his feet.
For it to evade even his senses was downright strange.
One had to know that he was a mighty Saint!
"Can it carry providence? Or suppress providence?" Sect Master Tongtian asked curiously, reaching down and directly lifting up the Black Dog that was darting around at his feet.
Most transformed beings had originally been innate objects. Treasure Distribution Cliff was no longer an innate object, yet it had actually transformed into a living being through refinement.
Li Er spread his hands somewhat awkwardly. "I don't know either. I had just wanted to study it when you came back."
Sect Master Tongtian held the Black Dog by the neck and looked it over from side to side. "By the way, did it attract a lightning tribulation? Or did any merit descend?"
"A lightning tribulation? No. Uh, could it be because we set up too many concealment formations here? Did they block the lightning tribulation?" Li Er asked uncertainly, reaching over to pinch the Black Dog. It indeed felt somewhat like flesh and blood.
Sect Master Tongtian: ...
"Why don't you take him out to undergo his tribulation and come back afterward? The records say that transformation tribulations are quite powerful. Can you withstand it?
"If you can't, I'll carve a few more formations to conceal heavenly secrets onto him. Anyway, it seems like he can still carry more formations," Li Er said seriously, reaching out to take the Black Dog and intending to set up more formations on it first.
"There's no need. I am a mighty Saint... no, a mighty Quasi-Sage. How could I possibly fail to withstand a transformation lightning tribulation?" Sect Master Tongtian snatched the Black Dog back, sliced open space, and left.
"Not steady enough again. He ran off before even reaching ninety-eight percent certainty.
"By the way, where's Fat Zhao?
"Ah!! My eyes!! It burns my eyes!!" Li Er swept out with his divine sense and immediately felt his eyes had been polluted.
A completely naked Fat Zhao was charging and killing everywhere within the formation, making quacking noises with his mouth. Most eye-searing of all, the thing between his legs was constantly writhing.
Li Er immediately summoned a stream of clear water and continuously washed his eyes.
"Oh no! He took the wrong pill." Li Er instantly understood why this had happened. He immediately opened up space and tossed out several formation discs, instantly suppressing Zhao Gongming.
Then he pierced through space and threw several pills directly into Zhao Gongming's mouth.
"Mm, record this. The medicinal power of Passion Surge can make even a peak Golden Immortal unable to resist... Looks like I need to add something..."
Meanwhile, elsewhere.
Sect Master Tongtian brought the Black Dog to the East Coast. The moment he removed the concealment around it, dark clouds began gathering in the sky.
"Not bad, Great Luo Golden Immortal level. Huh? Why did it downgrade? Human Immortal level?" Sect Master Tongtian stared dumbfoundedly as the lightning tribulation suddenly weakened.
How could it downgrade? Under normal circumstances, shouldn't it be upgrading?
When he looked at the Black Dog, he was immediately speechless. Formation after formation began operating, continuously concealing its aura. Could this even deceive the Heavenly Dao?
When he saw the Steadiness Sutra inscribed within the Black Dog's body, he was completely convinced. What exactly had Li Er been thinking? Was this something a supreme treasure should have?
Wisdom gleamed in the Black Dog's eyes. Looking at the still-unfinished lightning tribulation above, it instantly assumed the form of Heaven and Earth and swallowed it in a single bite.
Afterward, it slowly released its aura again. Sensing that aura, the void began gathering lightning once more. It was still a Great Luo Golden Immortal transformation tribulation.
A moment later, it descended again, becoming a Mystic Immortal transformation tribulation.
The Black Dog again assumed the form of Heaven and Earth and swallowed every bolt of lightning above, then slowly released its aura once more.
Sect Master Tongtian sighed toward the heavens. Truly, whatever kind of person refined whatever kind of treasure. Even the living being he refined had exactly the same personality as him.
Damn it, it was even fleecing the heavenly tribulation. There was really no one else like it.
It kept devouring and storing those lightning tribulations, using them to slowly transform itself. This was such a dog-like move.
Rumble—
After being fleeced more than a dozen times, the heavenly tribulation became enraged. The lightning tribulation erupted with the power of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, and even the Eye of Heavenly Dao opened.
Sect Master Tongtian was greatly alarmed and prepared to help the Black Dog. But the thing withdrew all its aura, and the heavenly tribulation immediately could no longer see where it was.
Unable to find it, the heavenly tribulation circled above for a while. Just as it was preparing to slowly disperse, that damned dog leaped up and swallowed all the tribulation's energy in another bite.
Sect Master Tongtian: ...
Most crucially, Sect Master Tongtian saw that damned dog grin, raise one of its paws, and make a contemptuous gesture toward the sky.
Sect Master Tongtian felt that this could not continue. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable. He immediately flew to the damned dog's side, grabbed it by the neck, tore through space, and left.
In any case, it had devoured enough energy to meet the requirements for its transformation—or perhaps it did not need that energy at all.
Just after Sect Master Tongtian left, another figure slowly emerged, stroking his chin as he spoke in confusion.
"I calculated that there was a living being here fated to me, and it was just undergoing tribulation. Why can't I see it?
"The aura of the lightning tribulation just vanished. Could it have been struck to death?" Saint Zhunti said in disbelief, his eyes full of confusion.
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He had just felt a sudden impulse and calculated with his fingers, learning that there was a living being here fated to him.
He had been in the East for some time, and this was the first time he had sensed a living being fated to him. Yet he had actually missed it just like that.
"Something is wrong. More than one living being underwent tribulation here. There was a Golden Immortal lightning tribulation, a Great Luo Golden Immortal lightning tribulation, a Great Luo Golden Immortal lightning tribulation?
"And it happened repeatedly, nearly dozens of times. How is that possible?
"Then why isn't there even a trace of lightning strikes on the ground below?" Saint Zhunti was somewhat bewildered. This was far too bizarre.
At that moment, the lightning tribulation gathered once more, and the Eye of Heavenly Dao had already developed a trace of intelligence.
When it saw Saint Zhunti searching everywhere below, a rare flash of anger passed through the Eye of Heavenly Dao, and it poured down the power of lightning upon Saint Zhunti.
"Not good!! What is going on! Purple Firmament Divine Lightning? Has it gone mad? Why is it striking me!
"Could I be interfering with this living being's tribulation now??"
Saint Zhunti was immediately stunned by the strike, but he had no choice but to resist. After all, Purple Firmament Divine Lightning was descending now. Though Saints were imperishable through myriad calamities, being struck still hurt.
The lightning tribulation continued striking for six full hours before slowly dispersing.
Saint Zhunti sighed toward the heavens. Whom had he provoked? He had come here only to be struck by lightning for no reason.
"No, this living being is fated to me. I blocked this calamity for him, so karma should have formed between us.
"Let me calculate." Saint Zhunti immediately began calculating with his fingers, and the more he calculated, the tighter his brows became.
Not only was this living being connected to the rise of the West, it was also connected to the West's destruction.
"Before great prosperity comes a great calamity. If it can overcome it, it will soar to the heavens. Therefore, it must belong to my Western Sect!"
Saint Zhunti immediately gritted his teeth, spat out a drop of Saint's essence blood, and began calculating.
Within a secret realm on Mount Buzhou.
After Sect Master Tongtian returned, he directly threw the Black Dog down. That damned dog was too dog-like.
At that moment, he saw Zhao Gongming lying face-down on the ground. His lower body twitched involuntarily from time to time, while the aura around him was continuously condensing. He had clearly already broken through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
Yet for some reason, he remained unconscious, with a strange smile on his face.
Li Er was continuously refining pills and tossing them onto Zhao Gongming, stabilizing his aura.
The Black Dog immediately began circling around Li Er. Then it suddenly barked, its face revealing an anxious expression, looking as though it needed to pee but could not find a place.
"You stupid dog, refine your hyoid bone and speak directly if you have something to say. Stop disturbing me here," Li Er said impatiently, swatting the Black Dog aside with one slap.
Could it not see that Fat Zhao had played himself into ruin? If Li Er did not save him soon, he would be finished.
Light immediately flashed from the Black Dog's neck, and its hyoid bone was instantly refined. It immediately spoke. "Little Master, save me! Someone is plotting against me. Lend me the sword inside your body."
Li Er froze for a moment, then turned to Sect Master Tongtian and asked curiously, "Third Brother, where did you go? Didn't you say you were going to undergo tribulation? Why is this stupid dog saying someone is plotting against it?"
As he spoke, Li Er took Qingping Sword from within his body and tossed it to the Black Dog, completely unconcerned that it might act recklessly. When he had refined it, while it had still been a treasure artifact, he had already made the Black Dog acknowledge him as its master.
Nor did he find it strange that the Black Dog possessed such intelligence. After all, when he had refined it, he had incorporated the framework of intelligent systems from his previous life and constructed it all through formations.
It was equivalent to installing a CPU into the treasure, and one layered multiple times over. Its processing power was absolutely sufficient for intelligence.
After all, it was quite good for a treasure to have its own processing ability.
And now, he also knew why this treasure had turned into a dog. When he refined it, all he had thought about were those robotic dogs.
Sect Master Tongtian did not hide anything this time and directly explained the Black Dog's lightning tribulation to Li Er.
At that moment, the Black Dog gripped Qingping Sword and immediately stood up. Its eyes turned sharp as it shouted.
"One sword opens Heaven's Gate."
Crack...
Within the void, it was as though something had been severed.
The Black Dog immediately looked as though it had found a utility pole and took a leak, its expression as relieved as could be.
Sect Master Tongtian's brows immediately furrowed. He had seen a Karma Thread severed by the Black Dog, proving that it had truly been plotted against.
What shocked him most was that the Black Dog actually possessed such an ability.
"Damn it, someone wants to tie up the dog I raised with a rope! They even chased it all the way to my home." Li Er immediately flew into a rage, a flash of killing intent passing through his eyes.
No matter what, he had spent considerable effort refining the Black Dog. Before he had even had time to study what was going on, someone had wanted to take it away.
That was right. In Li Er's eyes, that Karma Thread was a rope, and one as thick as an arm.
Then Sect Master Tongtian saw Li Er leap into the air and grab that Karma Thread. Before his astonished eyes—
Li Er crushed several poison pills and smeared them over the Karma Thread. The Karma Thread immediately turned black.
"Let's see if I don't poison you to death!"
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