Zhou Yang was beside himself with anxiety.
Some top-tier Innate Deities, such as the Three Pure Ones formed from Pangu's Primordial Spirit, attained Great Luo the moment they transformed. But what an immense blessing of heaven and earth's Luck that required!
In the Primordial Wilderness, as long as an Innate Deity had sufficient foundations and possessed an Innate Dao Body, once the time came, transformation would naturally follow.
Before Hongjun became a saint, aside from Innate Spiritual Roots and spiritual treasures, almost nothing else underwent Transformation or Thunder Tribulation.
They said that the timing of Transformation mostly depended on the depth of one's foundations and the timing of one's birth.
Take East Prince and Queen Mother of the West. They had been formed from Innate Yin-Yang Origin Qi, yet they had cultivated in seclusion until reaching Great Luo before transforming.
But Top-grade Innate Spiritual Roots were different! In the end, their true bodies could not absorb spiritual qi or comprehend laws as efficiently or smoothly as an Innate Dao Body after Transformation.
For a spiritual root, Transformation was the crucial step toward truly breaking free of its shackles and setting foot upon the broad path of seeking the Dao!
The sooner one transformed, the sooner one could cultivate in a Dao Body, travel the world, and contend for opportunities.
"Fortunately..."
The Banana Tree swayed gently, and the seven-colored radiance flowing across its leaves accelerated.
"Not only did I grasp the Four Symbols Origin of earth, water, fire, and wind after transmigrating here, but over these years, I have continuously evolved them, forcibly opening up and deriving the three symbols of yin, yang, and lightning from those origins!
"If I had not appeared, they would only have been forcibly separated to refine treasures. The Banana Tree itself could not have fully evolved these seven symbols into perfection either."
At this moment, Zhou Yang's origin had already surpassed the original "Four Symbols."
It had reached the number of "Three Talents, Four Symbols, Seven Extremes"—yin, yang, and lightning, combined with earth, water, fire, and wind—subtly aligning with the mysteries of the Heavenly Dao's operation.
After an unknown number of Kalpas had passed, spiritual qi suddenly fed back into the heavens and earth of the Primordial Wilderness. A tremor from the deepest depths of life's essence erupted within the Banana Tree's core like a volcano dormant for billions of years!
The Form Transformation Opportunity had finally arrived!
Boom—!!!
The sky above the once tranquil and peaceful valley changed abruptly! Boundless black tribulation clouds, heavy as ink, appeared from nowhere and instantly blanketed the vast skies at the foot of Buzhou Mountain.
Within the tribulation clouds, hundreds of millions of purple and golden lightning serpents darted, entwined, and converged wildly, releasing deafening roars that made even primordial spirits tremble!
A vast, majestic, indifferent will of the Heavenly Dao, containing both Destruction and rebirth, firmly locked onto the radiant Banana Tree swaying in the depths of the valley.
The terrifying pressure of thunder descended as though tangible, instantly spreading throughout the Primordial Wilderness!
On Kunlun Mountain, three extraordinary Daoists were discussing the Dao.
The elderly man at the forefront held a Jade Purity Duster, his features ancient and austere. The man to his left held the Qingping Sword, his sharpness fully exposed, while the man to his right cradled a Jade Ruyi, his expression gentle and refined.
Rumble—!
That heart-pounding thunder pierced through space. Daoist Tongtian, holding the Qingping Sword, abruptly rose to his feet, his eyes blazing as he stared toward Buzhou Mountain.
"Eldest Brother! Second Brother! What a terrifying Thunder Tribulation! Such power could never be from an ordinary treasure appearing or a living being transforming!
"It must be a world-shaking great opportunity! We must go and see at once!"
Taishang Laojun, holding the duster, frowned slightly. His fingers moved in calculation as though deducing the heavenly secrets. A moment later, a trace of surprise and confusion flashed through his eyes.
"Hmm? How strange."
"Just now, my intuition stirred. I actually sensed that my Luck had been touched. In the unseen, it seemed that a trace of...
"An opportunity that should have belonged to me was appearing at the source of that Thunder Tribulation, yet it was blurry, as though something were missing?"
He had always practiced Purity and Non-Action, yet even his tone now carried a rare fluctuation.
"There must be something strange at work. Go!"
Before he finished speaking, Taishang Laojun had already transformed into a streak of Pure Light, tearing through space as he sped away.
"Haha, Eldest Brother truly seems anxious!
"Second Brother, let us hurry over as well and see what sort of opportunity could move even Eldest Brother!"
Tongtian laughed loudly, his bold spirit soaring to the heavens. He transformed into sword light and followed close behind.
"Good."
Primordial Heavenly Venerate held the Jade Ruyi, his expression solemn. He too transformed into an auspicious golden light and pursued them through the air.
The Dao rhythms of the Three Pure Ones pointed straight toward the valley at Buzhou Mountain.
Jade Capital Mountain, Purple Sky Palace.
Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who had been sitting with his eyes closed and regulating his breath while healing the primordial spirit wounded by Rahula's God-Slaying Spear, suddenly opened his eyes.
Those eyes, containing endless Dao laws, seemed to pierce through time and space as they instantly fell upon the gathering thunderclouds at the foot of Buzhou Mountain.
"Hmm?"
A rare trace of gravity and incomprehension appeared on Hongjun's face. He silently activated a fragment of the Jade Disk of Creation, attempting to deduce the heavenly secrets.
"Strange... This Thunder Tribulation was clearly sent by the Heavenly Dao and contains the potential of Creation and Destruction. Its might even far surpasses an ordinary living being's transformation tribulation.
"Yet... regarding its origin, Karma, and every aspect of its future... there is only utter chaos! Have the heavenly secrets been completely obscured?
"Or... does this thing, this being, simply not abide by the ordinary principles of the Heavenly Dao?"
"Forget it. The Tribulation has only just passed, and the heavenly secrets are already obscure and difficult to discern. My primordial spirit was gravely wounded by the God-Slaying Spear and has yet to recover, so I should not force the matter.
"Whether fortune or calamity, there is its own ordained fate."
With a light wave of his duster, he dispelled the doubts in his heart, closed his eyes again, and focused on healing his wounds, gathering strength for the impending tribulation of attaining the Dao.
Deep within a palace amid the surging Blood Waves of the Blood Sea, Ancestor Minghe sat atop the Twelve-Petaled Karma Fire Red Lotus.
His scarlet eyes abruptly opened, firing two blood-red beams that pierced through layer after layer of the Blood Sea and shot toward Buzhou Mountain.
"Why... has my intuition stirred? Why do I sense an inexplicable absence?"
Minghe frowned deeply, his fingers unconsciously tapping the petals of the Karma Red Lotus with dull thuds.
"An opportunity that should have belonged to me has been veiled in mist... and perhaps... someone may even seize it before me?"
"Hmph! Whatever you are, to draw such a Thunder Tribulation, you must be no ordinary thing! You are fated with me!"
A flash of blood-red light appeared, and Ancestor Minghe vanished from the depths of the Blood Sea along with the Karma Red Lotus beneath him, racing toward Buzhou Mountain.
On Phoenix Perch Mountain, the great deity Fuxi lightly plucked the ancient and profound strings of the Fuxi Qin. Wave after wave of mysterious ripples spread outward as he deduced the source of the Thunder Tribulation.
A deep layer of confusion and gravity clouded his handsome face.
"Feng Xi, this Thunder Tribulation... is no trivial matter.
"The Power of Heavenly Punishment within it faintly carries the intent of the Primordial Chaos opening and origins being established!
"What is even stranger is... when I attempted to deduce its foundations and opportunity, I found only a hazy chaos. I could not calculate anything at all!"
Feng Xi's beautiful eyes flashed with astonishment.
"Even you cannot discern its true nature, Brother? This thing truly seems extraordinary.
"To invoke a Thunder Tribulation of such power and throw the heavenly secrets into chaos, it is worth seeing no matter what.
"It may even be an opportunity for us siblings."
"Go!"
Fuxi put away the qin and exchanged a glance with Feng Xi. Two streams of light shot into the sky, streaking across the heavens toward Buzhou Mountain.
For a time, Primordial Great Powers throughout the Primordial Wilderness who sensed this unusual Thunder Tribulation, whether near or far, gathered toward the nameless valley at the foot of Buzhou Mountain, each harboring curiosity, greed, confusion, vigilance, and countless other thoughts.
An invisible undercurrent quietly began to surge amid the roaring thunder of the tribulation.
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