The Second Requirement for Bloodline Ancestral Return

The last time at Wuzhuang Temple, it had triggered the descent of a Heavenly Tribulation. Was this time a breakthrough in cultivation? Yet it also felt like a Form Transformation Heavenly Tribulation!

The last person to appear was Primordial Heavenly Lord.

He and Tongtian both instinctively turned their gazes toward Taishang.

But before they could speak,

Taishang's voice spread throughout Kunlun.

"Everyone, leave Kunlun Mountain at once!"

Feeling that terrifying pressure and receiving Taishang's command, all the living beings immediately bowed.

"Yes!"

All living beings left Kunlun Mountain as quickly as they could.

They were filled with doubt. Though they did not understand why Taishang had issued such an order, they still obeyed.

Bixiao, however, was extremely anxious. She cupped her hands and bowed before hurriedly saying, "Great Martial Uncle, Senior Brother Niu Ben is still in seclusion!"

Taishang smiled faintly. "No matter. This Heavenly Tribulation was triggered by your Senior Brother Niu Ben."

"Leave at once!"

The moment he said this,

Primordial Heavenly Lord and Tongtian were both suddenly shaken.

This Heavenly Tribulation had actually been triggered by their elder brother's mount?

The disciples were equally incredulous. What had happened to Senior Brother Niu Ben?

He had actually triggered the descent of such a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation?

At this moment, inside Niu Ben's cave dwelling,

his aura suddenly erupted. Within his body, three thousand Earth Fiend Spirits roared in unison.

At the same time,

one of the Three Flowers of Heaven, Earth, and Man upon Niu Ben's body—the Human Flower—

quietly took shape, gradually condensing into a ninth-grade form.

He had achieved the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, and his flower had bloomed to the ninth grade.

Before reaching the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, cultivation depended on one's opportunities, comprehension, and perseverance. But after reaching the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, it depended on the grade of one's Three Flowers.

Once the Three Flowers of Heaven, Earth, and Man had all bloomed, one could reach the peak of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.

Upon entering the Daluo realm, one's Three Flower grades would become apparent.

Back then, the Three Pure Ones had only achieved ninth-grade flower blooms, yet they possessed the potential to become Saints.

Upon reaching the Grand Luo Golden Immortal level, one would condense the Three Flowers above one's head and begin nurturing the Grand Luo Dao Fruit.

From then on, one would transcend the Five Elements and live as long as heaven and earth.

Barring any accidents, one's lifespan would be endless.

"Phew!"

Niu Ben exhaled a breath of foul air.

He was immensely excited. After transmigrating into the Primordial Wilderness for countless ages, he had finally become a Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

Although Grand Luo cultivators were everywhere in the current Primordial Wilderness and Golden Immortals were nothing special, making his strength insignificant in the greater Primordial Wilderness, he at least possessed the basic ability to protect himself.

But just as that excitement surfaced, his expression froze the very next second.

The system's voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

[ Ding! ]

[ Detected that the host's cultivation has reached the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, fulfilling the second requirement for Bloodline Ancestral Return! ]

[ Warning! ]

[ The Ancestral Return Heavenly Tribulation is about to descend! ]

Hearing the system's warning, Niu Ben froze for a moment. His smile vanished completely, and his expression grew increasingly grim.

Damn!

He could not help but curse inwardly.

How had he forgotten about this?

He had not made any preparations, and more importantly, he was on Kunlun Mountain.

If the Heavenly Tribulation descended now, its power would increase a hundredfold!

At the site where a Heavenly Tribulation descended, aside from the one undergoing tribulation, any other living beings present could cause its power to stack directly.

He knew better than anyone how many people were on Kunlun Mountain.

If all that tribulation power stacked onto him, the first Heavenly Tribulation alone could reduce him to ashes.

He was extremely anxious.

Those people had better not be so curious that they came over to watch.

He hurriedly swept the area with his divine sense.

But he was immediately stunned to discover

that Kunlun Mountain was completely empty within his perception.

A smile then appeared on his face without his control.

He had worried for nothing. Taishang must have noticed that his Heavenly Tribulation was about to descend and deliberately ordered everyone to leave.

Taishang naturally understood the terror of stacked Heavenly Tribulations.

Niu Ben was deeply moved and filled with gratitude toward Taishang.

Since he no longer had any worries,

then come on!

Niu Ben rose and took a step forward. The instant he appeared outside the cave dwelling,

he transformed directly into his true form.

He threw back his head and roared.

"Come! Let me see your power!"

The moment his true form appeared on Kunlun Mountain,

his massive figure blotted out the sky and covered the earth, as though all of Kunlun Mountain had been engulfed by his shadow.

His roar toward the heavens carried overwhelming might, forming an opposing force against the Heavenly Tribulation.

Above, the Tribulation Cloud flickered with violet lightning. The Thunder Tribulation had already begun to brew.

Outside Kunlun Mountain,

the disciples of Primordial Heavenly Lord and Tongtian stared at the enormous body coiled around Kunlun Mountain, all of them rooted to the spot. The shock in their hearts lingered for a long time.

They simply could not believe it.

This was Senior Brother Niu Ben?

Tongtian and Primordial Heavenly Lord were equally stunned.

Though Niu Ben was only a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, the aura emanating from him was exceedingly strange. This did not feel like power a Grand Luo Golden Immortal should possess.

Moreover, that aura was like a seed about to break from its shell.

It seemed to be brewing something.

Yet they could not sense what it was, and their divinations revealed only a sea of mist.

They had not yet reached the Saint realm, where a single thought allowed one to comprehend past and future and roam the river of time.

Only Taishang remained calm.

Within his eyes seemed to flow an endlessly profound river of Dao.

Others did not understand Niu Ben.

But he understood him very well.

At first, he had thought Niu Ben was merely an ordinary Azure Ox. Then Niu Ben had encountered a Heavenly Tribulation at Wuzhuang Temple, and his bloodline had unexpectedly advanced.

From the moment living beings were born in the Primordial Wilderness, their innate foundations were predetermined.

He had never heard of any living being capable of improving its own innate foundations.

For a living being to improve its innate foundations, it would need exceedingly precious and rare Innate Spiritual Roots. Even the Three Pure Ones did not possess such treasures.

What the Primordial Wilderness had always accepted as fact was broken by Niu Ben.

Taishang was filled with anticipation as well.

What changes would happen to the ox?

Would it be as he had imagined, with its innate foundations and bloodline continuously improving?

If it evolved again, it would very likely attain the innate foundations of an Innate Demon God.

Could it truly evolve into an Innate Demon God?

Once this thought arose in Taishang's mind, it became like a seed taking root and sprouting. Even he felt a sense of urgency, wanting to see the result as soon as possible.

Primordial Heavenly Lord and Tongtian gazed at Niu Ben's figure.

Each had different thoughts.

But the disciples beneath them could only look up in awe.

He was merely Great Martial Uncle's mount, yet his strength had reached such a terrifying level.

He had only just entered the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, yet he had triggered such a terrifying Thunder Tribulation. Even outside Kunlun Mountain, they could clearly feel the horrifying pressure of the Heavenly Tribulation.

If they had been the ones facing such a Heavenly Tribulation,

the pressure alone would likely have been enough to rob them of any will to resist.

When the first bolt of Thunder Tribulation fell, they would probably perish on the spot.