Mystic Immortal

Rumble~

Thunder roared as dark clouds blotted out the sky.

Li Xuan rested his cheek in one hand, tilting his head as he stared up at the sky, completely baffled.

He just couldn't make sense of it...

All he'd done was break through from Mystic Immortal to Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

So why had a tribulation come for him?

Looking at the enormous Tribulation Cloud covering an area of roughly a hundred thousand miles, Li Xuan was at a loss for words.

"Even if you're targeting me, you can't go this far, can you?"

Li Xuan muttered, then sighed.

After cultivating for another three thousand eight hundred years,

Li Xuan had finally comprehended the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Dao that very day.

He was about to advance from Mystic Immortal to Grand Unity Golden Immortal!

Ordinary Primordial Beings didn't face a tribulation when breaking through from Mystic Immortal to Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

Only when a Grand Unity Golden Immortal broke through to Golden Immortal would he draw the Three-Nine Tribulation.

When a Grand Unity Golden Immortal broke through to Grand Unity Golden Immortal, he would draw the Six-Nine Tribulation.

When a Primordial Golden Immortal broke through to Quasi-Saint, he would draw the Nine-Nine Tribulation.

But when it came to Li Xuan, that pattern didn't seem to apply...

He was breaking through from Mystic Immortal to Grand Unity Golden Immortal, yet a Three-Nine Tribulation had come for him?

And that Tribulation Cloud stretching across a hundred thousand miles looked far fiercer than the Three-Nine Tribulation!

This had to be the Six-Nine Tribulation!

The terrifying tribulation also filled every living being within the bounds of Mount Taixuan with dread.

They didn't even have time to speak to Li Xuan.

One by one, they fled Mount Taixuan like stray dogs, escaping the area beneath the Tribulation Cloud.

This was a world-ending terror!

And Li Xuan...

He sat upon the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform, then suddenly looked up at the Tribulation Cloud and sneered. "What, you want to save face after last time? Come on, come on! Here's my head. Can you even hit it?"

As he spoke, he actually stretched his head forward, looking like some old turtle that had gained sentience.

BOOM!!

As if deeply insulted and provoked, the Tribulation Cloud spanning a hundred thousand miles suddenly began to churn violently!

Countless bolts of lightning converged in an instant, forming a thousand-zhang-long thunder dragon. It roared as it descended.

Li Xuan remained seated on the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform, without even changing his posture. He looked perfectly calm.

But on closer inspection, his buttocks had clearly clenched tight in that instant...

Lightning flashed, visible for a thousand miles, while its thunderous roar shook all of Mount Taixuan.

"Hahaha!"

Yet amid the endless thunder and lightning, a triumphant laugh rang out, brimming with smugness.

The Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform stood firm, still radiating a hazy glow.

The glow formed a shield that protected Li Xuan within, leaving him completely unharmed and untouched by the tribulation.

As expected of the greatest defensive treasure between heaven and earth.

Even after the Thirty-Six Petaled Creation Green Lotus split apart into three twelve-petaled lotus platforms, each one would still be an immensely powerful defensive treasure. And that was nothing compared to what it was before the split.

It was a treasure that rivaled a Primordial Supreme Treasure.

Even the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Yellow Pagoda, a supreme defensive treasure born of the primordial world, or the Eastern Emperor Bell could only match its defenses at best. Neither could surpass it!

So what if this mere Three-Nine Tribulation was no weaker than an ordinary Six-Nine Tribulation? How could it possibly harm Li Xuan?

Li Qing slapped his thigh and laughed uproariously, his face full of arrogance. He pointed at the Tribulation Cloud and shouted, "It's been more than twenty-three thousand years, you idiot! When are you going to learn? I told you, you can't do a thing to me!"

"Rumble..."

The Tribulation Cloud seemed to have been embarrassed by Li Xuan's scolding. Its rumbling fell silent, and the whole cloud contracted by around ten thousand miles.

Seeing that, Li Xuan chuckled. "Good, you know how to be shy. Now go on and disperse. I don't blame you. You're still young... Uh..."

But the Tribulation Cloud didn't disperse. Instead, a patch of purple gradually formed at its center.

It changed from blue to purple!

"Motherfu—"

Li Xuan stared at the purple patch and muttered a curse. "Purple lightning? You really think I'm facing the Six-Nine Tribulation? You're actually using Purple Firmament Divine Thunder to strike me..."

BOOM!!

As if fusing the remaining bolts of lightning into one, it formed a purple bolt no thicker than a child's arm.

Yet the moment it appeared, it pressed down on the void until it shuddered. Fine black cracks, thin as strands of hair, even began to appear!

Purple Firmament Divine Thunder!!

Li Xuan watched the purple light flicker in the sky. The next instant, the bolt was already right in front of his face!

It made his scalp tingle with fright, and his whole body broke out in a fine sheen of cold sweat!

But...

The Thirty-Six Petaled Creation Green Lotus was the Thirty-Six Petaled Creation Green Lotus.

A soft sound rang out.

Purple light flashed, then disappeared.

The thin shield remained completely unmoved.

No matter what rank of lightning it was, the result was the same when it struck...

"Ke ke ke ke ke ke..."

An owl-like laugh instantly echoed across Mount Taixuan.

Li Xuan stroked a petal of the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform, looking thoroughly smug.

Then he stared at the Tribulation Cloud overhead and raised both fists. He waggled his left hand, while the middle finger of his right hand slowly extended...

In the end, the Tribulation Cloud dispersed.

All its energy had coalesced into a single bolt of Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, one that would leave even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal at the peak of his power with only the slimmest chance of survival.

Yet it still couldn't do a thing to Li Xuan. What else could the Tribulation Cloud do?

The sunlight returned, and the world-ending pressure and terror vanished completely.

Most of the living beings that had fled cautiously made their way back.

But a small number, once they were outside, realized that the spiritual energy beyond Mount Taixuan seemed much richer than within it.

They understood then that Mount Taixuan was a barren place, so they simply decided not to return.

Li Xuan didn't care about any of that.

He was only sticking to the choice he'd made.

Since those beings had left of their own accord, rather than being driven out by him, their departure didn't violate his choice at all.

Besides, their natural talents were nothing special.

In all these tens of thousands of years, only Little Blue, Little Purple, and Bright Rabbit had taken human form.

The rest couldn't take human form. No matter how hard they cultivated, they still wouldn't manage it, and would eventually die of old age.

They were better off venturing out. If they found and ate some immortal herb or Spirit Fruit, it might even give them the chance to take human form.

After all, if they stayed in Mount Taixuan, they'd get a little safety, but not a single opportunity.

So Li Xuan felt neither sad nor happy about their leaving. To him, it was just an ordinary occurrence.

"Grand Unity Golden Immortal!"

Atop the mountain, the Tribulation Cloud dispersed and the laws entered his body. Li Xuan had finally advanced to Grand Unity Golden Immortal!

With the words "Grand Unity" added to his title, he was now on an entirely different level.

Grand Unity was a term for a certain number; simply put, it meant fortune.

So he could also be called a Fortune Mystic Immortal.

With fortune bolstering him, he still held the rank of Mystic Immortal.

But the power of his every gesture was now dozens, even a hundred times greater than that of a Mystic Immortal who hadn't advanced to Grand Unity!

And when his fortune reached its peak, he would attain the rank of Saint!

With a casual gesture, he could shatter the Primordial Wilderness.

That was what a qualitative transformation meant!

So every qualitative transformation would stir the world's destiny, bringing down a tribulation in response.

Other beings received so little fortune when advancing from Mystic Immortal to Grand Unity Golden Immortal that they couldn't possibly draw a tribulation.

Only Li Xuan was an exception...

Li Xuan murmured to himself, then formed a hand seal.

Rumble!

A bolt of lightning appeared in an instant and shot down toward the mountain valley.

The bolt was as thick as a water vat, practically on par with the Shaping Tribulation from back then!

In an instant, a hundred-meter stretch of scorched earth appeared in the valley.

And that was just the most ordinary version.

Lightning Summoning Technique.