Shaping Tribulation

In the vast Primordial Era, all living beings naturally killed and devoured each other to grow stronger, advancing through slaughter and consumption.

The powerful devoured all things and became ever mightier.

While the weak could only serve as rations for the strong, meat to fuel their ascent.

Thus, finding a powerful protector was an invaluable stroke of fortune.

So these small creatures truly submitted to Li Xuan from the depths of their hearts.

Li Xuan, now accustomed to this, waved a hand at the beings and said calmly, "Rise, all of you! Cultivate diligently! As long as you don't leave... hmm, don't leave the three-thousand-li radius of Mount Taixuan, my grand array will keep you safe! Now, cultivate!"

With that, Li Xuan flew up to the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform, crossed his legs, and resumed his cultivation.

Fivefold cultivation speed—not a single moment could be wasted.

And since he had already chosen to cultivate for ten thousand years, it all linked together seamlessly.

Seeing their lord enter meditation atop the peak again, the beings rose quietly and dispersed with light steps.

Only Bright Rabbit watched from below the mountain for a long while, then took a deep breath, his eyes firm with resolve.

Finding a spot with excellent spiritual energy, he too closed his eyes and began to cultivate.

Fivefold speed, ten thousand years of time.

As the clouds of the Grand Profound Illusory Realm Array slowly churned, another ten thousand years passed.

"Mystic Immortal, achieved!"

On this day, the last day of the fivefold cultivation speed boost, Li Xuan suddenly opened his eyes and formed a hand seal.

Instantly, the surrounding spiritual energy howled in, turning into liquid-like substance that poured into Li Xuan's body.

His True Immortal Level 10 cultivation took another step forward, entering the Mystic Immortal Realm!

When a Primordial Being steps into the Mystic Immortal Realm, the laws of heaven and earth detect them, and they must undergo a Shaping Tribulation. If they survive, they can take human form.

But Li Xuan... his original body was already human-shaped, so he had no need to transform.

Yet the Shaping Tribulation seemed to care nothing for that.

The Shaping Tribulation was neither great nor small.

For Primordial Beings, it was a tribulation of half life and half death.

Those who failed were naturally blasted to ash; those who passed became Mystic Immortals and could take form.

But today, the sky above the entire Mount Taixuan, spanning tens of thousands of li, suddenly darkened.

"This, this, this..."

Even if Li Xuan were dense, he knew what the Shaping Tribulation was.

Now, looking up at the black clouds covering the entire sky, he cursed outright: "The hell is this a Shaping Tribulation!?"

An ordinary being's Shaping Tribulation only brought a few li or a dozen li of dark clouds. If it reached several dozen li, that already meant the being was exceptionally powerful.

But tens of thousands of li...

"Is it trying to directly smite me dead? Did the Heavenly Dao discover I'm a transmigrator and want to use this chance to kill me?"

Watching the purple lightning churning within the black clouds, with thunder dragons several zhang thick and a hundred zhang long roaring endlessly but not yet descending—clearly still gathering energy—Li Xuan's eyes nearly popped out.

At the same time, this spectacle drew the attention of every being within the three-thousand-li radius of Mount Taixuan.

The pressure from the tens-of-thousands-of-li tribulation clouds had already thrown them into panic.

"A tribulation! This is a great tribulation!"

"Is this... the lord about to undergo a tribulation!?"

"Could it be the legendary Six-Nine Tribulation? If the lord survives it, he'll become a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal!"

"No, it might be the Nine-Nine Tribulation! If the lord survives that, he'll become a Quasi-Saint, legendary and second only to the Great Dao!"

"Wow, the lord is so amazing! So amazing!"

"We should get away quickly! Otherwise, when the tribulation falls, the lord can easily withstand it, but we'll die on contact!"

"Hurry, hurry!"

"Go, lord! We're leaving first!"

"Go, lord!!"

"Go!!"

Watching the spirits shout in admiration as they rapidly fled the range of Mount Taixuan, Li Xuan could only force a bitter smile: "Go..."

Then he looked up at the sky and said calmly, slowly: "Then let's go. It's only death, after all."

Boom, rumble!!

The thunder dragon writhed, seemingly angered by Li Xuan's attitude. In an instant, it descended—a body nearly a thousand zhang long!

Li Xuan closed his eyes slightly, as if he had already resigned himself to despair.

"Crack!!"

A thunderous explosion rang out, and Mount Taixuan seemed to tremble for a moment before quickly returning to normal.

At the peak of Mount Taixuan, the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform stood unmoving.

A small, thin, transparent barrier surrounded it, appearing extremely fragile—yet utterly indestructible!

"Ahahahaha!"

Then...

A wild, arrogant laugh echoed across the sky.

Inside the barrier, Li Xuan slapped his thigh, threw his head back, and laughed, shouting triumphantly at the heavens: "Idiot! Moron!! Do you have any idea what I'm sitting on? This is the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform! The number one defensive treasure in heaven and earth! And you thought you could strike me dead? I was just being polite, and you actually believed you could kill me!?"

The dark clouds churned and rumbled without end, as if enraged by Li Xuan's taunts. Immediately, three or four more thunder dragons crashed down.

But attacks of this level were nothing more than an itch to the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform.

The thin barrier remained utterly still as the thunderlight dissipated completely.

After the five bolts of lightning struck, the dark clouds, however unwilling, could only gradually disperse. The Shaping Tribulation was, for Li Xuan, considered passed.

"Ding."

"Choice System activated."

"Choice One: Continue the Three-Nine Tribulation. Upon completion, receive a five-thousand-year cultivation experience scroll and one random Innate Spiritual Treasure."

"Choice Two: Continue the Six-Nine Tribulation. Upon completion, receive a fifty-thousand-year cultivation experience scroll and one random Innate Supreme Treasure."

"Choice Three: Continue the Nine-Nine Tribulation. Upon completion, receive a million-year cultivation experience scroll and one random Primordial Supreme Treasure."

"Choice Four: Stop tribulation and continue cultivating for ten thousand years. Upon completion, receive: Cloning Technique (Enhanced)."

No sooner had he passed the Shaping Tribulation than the system presented its choices. Li Xuan looked at the four options before him, uncertain which to pick.

With the defensive power of the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform, even Choice Three should probably be defendable, right? Let alone One or Two.

"Could this be another freebie?"

Li Xuan muttered to himself, raising his hand to select Choice One. Choices Two and Three went without saying, but One was definitely a free five-thousand-year cultivation and an Innate Spiritual Treasure.

But just as his finger was about to tap down, Li Xuan suddenly stopped. Then he revealed a cold smirk. "Hmph, trying to trick me? I'm not falling for it!"

With that, he casually tapped Choice Four.

Play it safe! Never get cocky!

This was the unwavering conviction in Li Xuan's heart!

Having advanced to Mystic Immortal cultivation, Li Xuan could clearly feel a deeper understanding of the Dao.

Especially the originally blurry perception of the surrounding laws—now they were much clearer.

"Thunder, come!"

With a thought, Li Xuan pointed a single finger forward. Instantly, a bolt of lightning as thick as a thumb descended from the sky with a resounding boom.

"Fire, come!"

He gave another low shout. The Five Elements True Fire roared to life, pulling out a chain of flames dozens of meters long that burned for a moment before slowly dissipating.

"Grand Unity Palm!"

Rumble!

A massive palm print over a hundred zhang wide roared outward, pushing the spiritual energy into rolling waves that surged forward like mountains toppling and seas overturning—an unmatched display of power.