Li Xuan watched the winged
coin
slowly fly before him.
The corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl upward.
Compared to the junk Lingbao the system had given him after his previous choices—
things like the Fire-Tipped Spear, the White Jade Ring, and even the Jade Pure Bottle—
this time, the system
had finally randomly given him something good!
The Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin!
Li Xuan reached out happily.
The Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin obediently landed in his palm.
Never look down on it just because it was only an Innate Spiritual Treasure.
And never assume it was useless, with only a single function,
and therefore a trash magic treasure.
It was an extraordinary treasure capable of bringing down even an Innate Supreme Treasure!
It countered almost every magic treasure except weapon-type ones!
He just didn't know whether it could bring down a Primordial Supreme Treasure...
Li Xuan cheerfully brought the coin before his eyes.
After examining it carefully,
he tucked it away close to his body.
This thing was sure to come in handy someday.
Then Li Xuan took a deep breath.
Gradually settling his mind, he began meditating once more.
Five thousand years of tenfold cultivation speed—
he couldn't waste it.
Time in the Primordial Wilderness was hard to grasp.
After several thousand years,
the ocean dividing the western and eastern lands began to take shape.
But the land still hadn't been completely severed.
So many places in the eastern and western continents were still directly connected.
The entire western Primordial Wilderness, which would later become the Western Ox Continent,
was now depleted of spiritual energy, with deserts covering the land.
Scorching heat, deadly poison, and silence had become the norm here.
Only scattered oases could sustain living beings...
As a result, the countless beings fortunate enough to survive the great battle and the aftershocks of the self-detonation
began migrating eastward
and to the southern lands of the Primordial Wilderness.
Thus, the beings in the eastern and southern regions of the Primordial Wilderness grew ever more numerous.
Moreover, with the Primordial Wilderness fully matured,
the most powerful generation of innate beings—terrifying, fierce, and formidable—finally began to emerge!
The Three Pure Ones...
The Two Sages of the West...
The Twelve Ancestral Witches...
Di Jun and Tai Yi... Nuwa and Fuxi...
Hong Yun... Zhen Yuanzi...
Minghe... Kun Peng... Countless others!
Li Xuan knew all this, but he didn't care.
These powerful beings
had nothing to do with him.
Another twenty thousand years passed.
Under the tenfold cultivation speed,
Li Xuan's cultivation began to stir.
Then, at last, he broke through!
Rumble!
On that day, the sky suddenly changed.
Endless purple clouds came rushing in.
Li Xuan opened his eyes and looked up.
Pointing at the purple clouds, he burst into laughter. "Hey! Old friend! We haven't seen each other in over a hundred thousand years! Did you miss me?"
The purple clouds rumbled.
As if replying,
I missed you so damn much!
This time, the pure-purple Tribulation Cloud stretched only ten thousand li across.
It was far smaller than the black clouds that had once spanned millions of li.
But the terrifying power it contained
was countless times greater than that of the previous Tribulation Clouds!
As Purple Firmament Divine Thunder flashed,
even the void shattered!
Black, web-like cracks spread across the sky.
As always,
ordinary Primordial Beings faced no tribulation when advancing from Golden Immortal to Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
Only those breaking through from Grand Unity Golden Immortal to Grand Unity Golden Immortal would face the Six-Nine Tribulation.
Then, when Primordial Golden Immortals broke through to Quasi-Saint, the Nine-Nine Tribulation would descend.
But none of those rules
applied to Li Xuan.
He was only breaking through to Grand Unity Golden Immortal,
yet, judging by the purple clouds and Purple Firmament Divine Thunder filling the sky,
this was damn well the Nine-Nine Tribulation!
"Not even bothering to hide that you're targeting me..."
Li Xuan sighed, then chuckled. "But what does it matter?"
Rumble!
The ten-thousand-li-wide Purple Firmament Tribulation Cloud didn't waste time either.
As soon as it had taken shape, it let out a thunderous boom.
Nine bolts of purple lightning, each ten thousand zhang long and as thick as a barrel, tore through the void in an instant.
Carrying boundless, murderous power, they came crashing down!
The three thousand li of clouds conjured by the Great Profound Illusory Realm were instantly dispersed by more than half.
The Purple Firmament Divine Thunder came straight down upon Li Xuan!
The Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform instantly manifested.
Its thirty-six petals seemed to come alive, folding inward
and enclosing Li Xuan within!
This time, it wasn't just a thin protective barrier!
Clearly, the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform
was finally taking its defense seriously!
What an utterly terrifying tribulation!
Li Xuan's brows lifted, and his mind tensed.
The nine bolts of lightning struck the lotus petals!
Mount Taixuan trembled violently.
The Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform swayed slightly.
The nine bolts of Purple Firmament Divine Thunder shattered the void,
but couldn't tear the lotus platform apart.
Instead, the platform absorbed much of their power.
The Green Lotus Platform took on a faint purple sheen.
Seated cross-legged inside it, Li Xuan let out a breath, finally relaxing.
It looked like the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform could withstand the tribulation.
It was, after all, an Innate Supreme Treasure, transformed from the lotus platform of the Primordial Green Lotus.
A mere Purple Firmament Divine Thunder was nothing to worry about.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!
Nine bolts! Another nine! Then another nine!
The Tribulation Cloud seemed to have gone mad, giving Li Xuan no chance to catch his breath!
All eighty-one bolts of Purple Firmament Divine Thunder struck without pause!
In just two breaths, they had all finished.
At the peak of Mount Taixuan, the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform was giving off wisps of white smoke.
A faint purple glow spread across its surface.
It seemed it really had absorbed a great deal of the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder's power.
After unleashing its full barrage, the Tribulation Cloud didn't even bother checking whether it had worked.
It simply wrapped things up and
dispersed completely in a matter of moments.
The world returned to clarity.
The lotus platform slowly opened, revealing Li Qing's mysterious figure.
"How could a mere tribulation possibly harm me? Ha, ha, ha, ha..."
Li Xuan gazed up at the sky with an inscrutable expression that looked like he was constipated, then sighed softly.
Then he gave a quiet chuckle and slowly raised his hand.
A flame of Samadhi True Fire appeared in his palm!
Grand Unity Golden Immortal! Samadhi arose naturally!
But Li Xuan's Samadhi True Fire
seemed somewhat different from that of other Grand Unity Golden Immortals.
Because his Samadhi True Fire
was unmistakably tinged with a rich purple hue!
"What would you call this...?"
Li Xuan stared at the flames, utterly puzzled.
He murmured in surprise, "Could it be Fourfold True Fire? I've never heard of such a thing..."
After thinking it over, Li Xuan could only attribute the purple hue to the Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi.
It seemed that because he had five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi suppressed and refined within him,
the Samadhi True Fire he summoned had also undergone a change.
Li Xuan shook his head and waved his hand.
The Samadhi True Fire vanished at once.
He sat down cross-legged.
He still had two thousand years of tenfold cultivation left. He couldn't waste them...
Li Xuan closed his eyes again and continued to comprehend the Great Profound Dao.
Though he had now entered the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm,
his understanding of the Great Profound Dao still felt like a drop in the ocean.
An incomprehensibly vast path lay ahead,
waiting for him to comprehend it bit by bit.
But he had barely been meditating for the time it took to burn a stick of incense
when Li Xuan suddenly opened his eyes again and turned toward the south.
By his perception,
a powerful—no, an extremely powerful presence
was heading straight for him!
The aura was unfamiliar. It definitely wasn't Kong Xuan.
Li Xuan's brow furrowed slightly.
His relaxed, peaceful expression took on a hint of gravity.
Who was it? Who would come to a barren place like Mount Taixuan?
Could they have been drawn here by the commotion of his tribulation?
That aura was so powerful that its owner was at least a Primordial Golden Immortal.
"I don't go looking for trouble... but... I'm not afraid of it, either. I hope you're not here to pick a fight... or else... Hmph!"
Li Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly.
A faint killing intent slowly radiated from him.
His gaze turned impassively toward the distant south!
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