Golden Immortal

"Nine-Nine Tribulation...!"

Bright Rabbit, Little Purple, and Little Blue stared at the massive tribulation clouds that seemed to press the very sky down upon them.

Hearing Qi Ying say this, their bones went weak with terror on the spot.

They were already stammering, unable to form words.

In all their lives, they had never seen such a vast and dreadful tribulation!

Back when they broke through from Mystic Immortal to Golden Immortal, they crossed a mere Three-Nine Tribulation—only a dozen miles of tribulation clouds, a few wrist-thick bolts of lightning crashing down.

And even that nearly struck them to the point of wishing for death.

But now...

These tribulation clouds stretched beyond a million miles...

And purple thunder dragons, hundreds of feet thick and tens of thousands of feet long, coiled within...

At this moment, Qi Ying finally knelt to Li Xuan in his heart.

He understood completely now—the lord before him! A true lord!

A lord on the same level as Grandfather Prime Kirin!

Li Xuan saw them trembling like sieves, their souls seemingly frightened out of their bodies.

He just smiled and said, "That thing isn't striking you, so what are you afraid of? If you're really scared of being caught in the blast, then just stay far away and watch."

Hearing Li Xuan's words, the four felt as if pardoned from death.

They immediately staggered and wobbled as they flew down into the valley.

Fleeing thousands of miles away, their hearts finally settled a little.

As for Li Xuan, he looked up at the tribulation clouds in the sky, rubbed his chin, and muttered, "I just crossed the Three-Nine Tribulation—why does this feel like I'm about to attain the Dao?"

Li Xuan himself was somewhat baffled.

He could only chalk it up to the Heavenly Dao targeting him.

After all, what living being's transformation tribulation was fiercer than a Three-Nine Tribulation?

What living being, upon entering Mystic Immortal, faced a tribulation fiercer than a Six-Nine Tribulation?

Besides, other people entering Mystic Immortal didn't even have a tribulation at all.

And now, entering Golden Immortal...

But was this really a Golden Immortal's Three-Nine Tribulation?

Its power was practically chasing a Nine-Nine Tribulation!

This was an outright attempt to kill him!

"A cheater is unforgivable by heaven's laws... sigh..."

Li Xuan grumbled, then sneered as he looked at the sky and said, "When I enter Primordial Unity Golden Immortal in the future, you'll probably just drag the full Nine-Nine Tribulation—the entire sky full of Purple Firmament Divine Thunder—right over here, won't you?"

"Boom!!"

As if enraged by Li Xuan's contemptuous attitude, the tribulation clouds roared again.

The massive, howling purple thunder dragon, fully several thousand feet long, that had been brewing for a while, crashed down with a thunderous roar!

In an instant, the entire world seemed to turn purple.

Qi Ying, Bright Rabbit, Little Purple, and Little Blue, thousands of miles away, watched the scene as if a purple heavenly river was pouring down onto Mount Taixuan.

They were utterly numb, their mouths agape.

So terrifying...!

Milord...

Please don't let anything happen...

Qi Ying's face was especially pale. His grandfather, Prime Kirin, had once said

that when he crossed the Nine-Nine Tribulation to enter Quasi-Saint, it was a narrow escape from death!

As for the summit of Mount Taixuan...

"Put some strength into it, put some strength into it—did you come without eating again this time?"

Inside the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform, Li Xuan lay on the lotus seat, legs crossed.

He watched the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder crashing down endlessly from above, finding it utterly dull.

Too dull, too boring.

Li Xuan shook his head and sighed.

The calamity cloud was thoroughly enraged by these words, and with a sudden roar, it thundered once more.

This time, nine equally massive thunder dragons came howling directly!

For a moment, even the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform began to tremble.

The hazy barrier seemed to show signs of instability.

Li Xuan jolted awake with a start, sat up, and craned his neck nervously to look around.

But he found the lotus platform only slightly shaking, with nothing else amiss.

"Heh heh heh heh~"

For a moment, Li Xuan let out an awkward laugh, then reached out to stroke the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform, declaring proudly, "I believe in you! You're the strongest! You, are the most badass defensive treasure under heaven!"

The Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform naturally did not respond to him.

Instead, he lazily flopped back down, rolling around on the lotus platform while cackling, "That's right! That's right! I am the most badass defensive treasure under heaven! Trash calamity! Come again!"

Crash! Boom!

The calamity roared, nine bolts falling together, the spectacle immensely grand.

Even with the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform neutralizing ninety-nine percent of the power.

The remaining destructive force still shook Mount Taixuan, causing its slopes to collapse and suffer considerable damage.

But ultimately, the great mountain relied on its earth veins, and since the source was ninety-nine percent nullified, the mountain did not collapse.

The Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, pouring down like a heavenly river, lasted a full half-incense stick's time before finally beginning to wane.

The million-mile-wide calamity cloud had also consumed most of its energy.

With no power left, the cloud let out a reluctant roar and slowly dissipated.

The sky once again returned to brightness.

Qi Ying, Bright Rabbit, Little Purple, and Little Blue felt, for the first time, that this sunny weather was utterly enchanting!

Atop Mount Taixuan, Li Xuan sat cross-legged, while countless rules around him manifested almost physically, madly burrowing into his body.

In the dantian of his qi sea, that single point of golden light grew unceasingly!

Like a speck of dust, like a grain of rice, like a mung bean, like a soybean!

Until finally, it transformed into the size of a goose egg!

This golden core radiated a blazing golden light from its entire surface.

Upon it were carved endless inscriptions and the ultimate principles of the Dao.

It appeared profoundly mysterious, exquisitely marvelous!

After over two hundred thousand years of cultivation, comprehending chaotic scriptures like the Profound Creation Marvelous Art, Li Xuan had finally condensed a golden core—his own!

From then on, his lifespan became infinite.

Unless he faced a tribulation or was killed by someone, he could live forever.

And such a golden core—blazing gold, goose-egg-sized, containing the rules of the Dao—

if any other Golden Immortal were to see it, their eyes would likely pop out.

Because others' golden cores were at most the size of a peanut.

Though also golden all over, they were a bright yellow, perfectly round and smooth.

Let alone having any inscriptions carved or Dao imprints.

Only a Golden Immortal of the Origin at great perfection, on the verge of breaking through to Quasi-Saint, would understand what this golden core truly was!

This was a Dao Pill!

With this pill, one could break through and enter the Dao! It was called the Quasi-Saint Dao Fruit!

And all of this, Li Xuan did not know...

He only assumed this was normal, that everyone's golden core was the same.

That he could only be strong within this one-acre patch of the great formation.

Outside this one-acre patch, he was just trash...

As for why his tribulation was different from others?

He was a cheater, so being targeted by the Heavenly Dao was normal.

Li Xuan could understand, fully understand...

"Ding."

"Choice System generated."

"Choice One: Go to the Primordial Wilderness, stop the Dragon and Phoenix from leading the feathered and scaled beasts into battle, end the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity. Completion reward: ten thousand years of hundredfold cultivation speed, divine ability: Telepathy, Innate Supreme Treasure: Five Directions Banner."

"Choice Two: Go to the Primordial Wilderness, fully escalate the conflict between the Dragon and Phoenix clans, drive the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity into its final slaughter. Completion reward: fifty thousand years of hundredfold cultivation speed, divine ability: Telepathy, divine ability: Indestructible Vajra Body, Innate Supreme Treasure: Pangu Banner."

"Choice Three: Go to the Primordial Wilderness, observe the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity until its end. Completion reward: ten thousand years of twentyfold cultivation speed, divine ability: Samadhi True Fire."

"Choice Four: Continue cultivating for thirty thousand years until the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity is completely over. Completion reward: one thousand years of cultivation experience scroll."

Having stepped into the Golden Immortal realm, the system's choice prompt once again rang in Li Xuan's ears.