Heavenly Retribution

Every household brought out their most treasured possessions, whether magical artifacts or spiritual roots and earthly materials. They all fought to give them to Luo Xuan.

Luo Xuan naturally could not accept them. After he refused, all the humans became even more grateful to him, moved to tears.

"Big brother, this Plowing Cloud Hoe is your ancestral treasure. I really can't accept it."

As Luo Xuan continued refusing, he sent the last burly human out of the courtyard.

After the burly man left in disappointment, Luo Xuan suddenly noticed that the elixir inside his body had begun spinning rapidly on its own.

Luo Xuan was still somewhat confused.

Yet in the next instant, he felt something surging toward him from all directions.

After the human race's fortune increased, another wave of fortune headed toward Luo Xuan!

The boundless fortune seemed to gather beneath his feet before rushing straight to the crown of his head.

Under the elixir's devouring, Luo Xuan's cultivation rose from the mid Taiyi stage to the late Taiyi stage in the blink of an eye.

Yet this was not the end.

Under the immense amount of fortune, the bottleneck between Taiyi and Grand Unity seemed not to exist at all.

Golden flowers suddenly emerged above Luo Xuan's head.

The mighty beings who had just been preparing to disperse instantly gathered their divine senses again and looked toward Luo Xuan in unison.

"This is..."

"Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown!"

Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown meant attaining Grand Unity.

Those mighty beings had naturally witnessed such a scene before.

Even so, they trembled as they counted the golden flowers above Luo Xuan's head again and again.

One, two, three...

A full twelve golden flowers!

"Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, with the flowers blooming to twelve petals!"

Laozi cried out repeatedly, his pupils trembling violently.

As one of the top mighty beings in the Primordial World, Laozi, along with the other two members of the Three Pure Ones, had only reached nine petals when they attained Grand Unity.

Laozi had never expected that someone in the Primordial World could truly reach the legendary twelve petals.

Heavenly Court.

One enormous demon beast after another gathered at the edge of the Heavenly Court.

There were pangolins as large as hills, their thick armor gleaming with a metallic luster; white foxes with six or seven tails, cunning light flashing in their eyes; and centipedes whose hundred legs were as large as small trees in their eyes. Their forelegs rubbed at their mouths and noses as dark green saliva dripped down, giving off a foul, fishy vapor that revealed their deadly poison...

Every demon beast was a renowned great demon in the Heavenly Court.

At a rough count, more than a dozen had gathered here.

"Tap, tap, tap..."

After all the demon beasts had arrived, the sound of footsteps came from the woods in the distance.

A figure walked over at an unhurried pace.

His steps were small, yet every step carried him several meters.

When they saw him, all the demon beasts lowered their heads and spoke in human language.

"Greetings, Demon Master!"

Kunpeng nodded in satisfaction and said, "Do you know why I summoned you here?"

"We do!" all the demon beasts shouted.

Kunpeng nodded and continued, "Let's hear it."

"Go to Shouyang Mountain and hunt the human race!"

As they spoke, bloodthirsty, savage light emerged in the eyes of all the demon beasts.

Heavenly Retribution

Although the crowd had long since dispersed, the human race continued to watch Luo Xuan's every move.

Many people noticed Luo Xuan's abnormality at once.

"What beautiful golden flowers."

A human child saw the golden flowers emerging above Luo Xuan's head, and stars instantly appeared in his eyes.

The crowd gradually gathered together again, though they did not dare approach too closely.

The child's mother hurriedly grabbed his hand. The human race's foundation was simply too shallow, and no one had ever witnessed such a scene before.

"This is Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown!" someone in the crowd finally shouted.

"It's mentioned in the Golden Elixir method. No matter what method one cultivates, as long as one achieves Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, one can attain Grand Unity!"

Even Suiren Shi and the others flew down into Luo Xuan's courtyard, watching as Luo Xuan slowly opened his eyes.

Suiren Shi laughed heartily and looked at Luo Xuan in astonishment. "Luo Xuan, I never thought you'd be able to attain Grand Unity so quickly."

Excitement and relief filled his eyes, along with a faint trace of disappointment.

He had only just broken through to Grand Unity Golden Immortal and had not even had time to celebrate before Luo Xuan became a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

It had happened far too suddenly.

Even so, Suiren Shi was genuinely happy for Luo Xuan.

Luo Xuan smiled, but his eyes grew solemn. "Ancestor, we can discuss this later."

Suiren Shi and the others were stunned for a moment before noticing that Luo Xuan's gaze was faintly directed toward the sky.

What was in the sky?

Suiren Shi raised his head in confusion, then saw the heavens covered in dense, oppressive tribulation clouds that continued to spread.

Although tribulation clouds could be seen at every moment on Shouyang Mountain these past few days, Suiren Shi still came to a realization.

These were Luo Xuan's tribulation clouds.

Ziyi Clan gazed at the tribulation clouds, surprise and confusion in her eyes. "What kind of tribulation clouds are these?"

Thunder flashed within the tribulation clouds, but every bolt that appeared was entirely different from the one before it.

The humans on Shouyang Mountain were also confused.

They had seen far too many lightning tribulations over the past few days, but this was the first time they had witnessed one like this.

"Eight-Nine Lightning Tribulation!"

Nuwa was still the first to recognize it, thanks to her broad experience.

Among the myriad races of the Primordial World, quite a few cultivation methods were accompanied by lightning tribulations when one advanced.

The Eight-Nine Lightning Tribulation, as its name implied, consisted of eight layers with seventy-two bolts of lightning descending.

Every layer of tribulation was completely different.

"It's actually the Eight-Nine Lightning Tribulation! Does this lightning tribulation descend when one reaches Grand Unity Golden Immortal?"

Before long, quite a few mighty beings also recognized the nature of the tribulation.

"Eight layers of lightning tribulation, each one capable of stripping flesh from bone. How could a human summon something like this?"

Seeing the worry in Nuwa's eyes, Fuxi smiled and said, "That kid is a monster. His talent is extraordinary. Why are you still worried about him?"

Nuwa's beautiful eyes shifted as she said, "This is not a lightning tribulation for the Grand Unity realm. Even a quasi-sage might not be able to survive the Eight-Nine Lightning Tribulation, let alone him."

Hearing the solemnity faintly present in Nuwa's voice, Fuxi fell silent for a moment before sighing.

"Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, with the flowers blooming to twelve petals. Luo Xuan accomplished something none of us could. This is the first time such a sight has appeared in the Primordial World."

Nuwa stroked her slender jade fingers and said, "Even so, such a tribulation should not have descended."

Nuwa had watched Luo Xuan's rise step by step. She could not quite describe her feelings toward this human.

What was more, Luo Xuan had increased the human race's fortune and helped advance her cultivation.

At the thought of such a young man about to perish beneath the Eight-Nine Lightning Tribulation, she could not help sighing.

Witch Clan.

The Ancestral Witches, who had just been organizing their various tribes, immediately gathered once more at Pangu Temple.

Zhurong chuckled. "Luo Xuan is pretty impressive. Little sister, that might is so powerful. If Luo Xuan withstands it, you won't object to us going to find him for a fight anymore, right?"

Hou Tu said irritably, "What nonsense are you talking about? At a time like this, you're still bringing that up."

Even she felt somewhat shaken by the lightning tribulation over Shouyang Mountain.

In the Heavenly Court, Di Jun stood atop the roof of the main hall.

He looked toward Shouyang Mountain with schadenfreude.

"Heaven is truly helping me! Strike him, strike him! It would be best if you blasted Shouyang Mountain to nothing. That would save my Heavenly Court the trouble of dirtying its hands."

"No, that's not right. Luo Xuan, you'd better withstand it. At the very least, you can't let the human race's essence be destroyed by the lightning tribulation. As for you, I'll personally extract your essence. It will surely be the strongest essence among the entire human race."

A moment later, Di Jun spoke again, but there was not the slightest trace of pity in him. Instead, he laughed wildly and recklessly.

Those who bore grudges against the human race and Luo Xuan also watched Shouyang Mountain with schadenfreude.

In their eyes, Luo Xuan clearly had no chance of surviving the lightning tribulation. Even all of Shouyang Mountain might be destroyed by it.

Meanwhile, Duobao's mood on Kunlun Mountain was far more complicated.

He had just entered seclusion when Tongtian informed him that Luo Xuan was undergoing his tribulation.

"Luo Xuan, you can't die. Even if you have to die, you must first lose to me..."

Duobao looked toward Shouyang Mountain with a complicated expression.

"But how could the Eight-Nine Lightning Tribulation have descended? Could it be that Luo Xuan violated some taboo?"