The Couple Sure Knew How to Play Their Cards
High above, the Heavenly Dao Eye finally absorbed all the power of will and underwent another change.
A purple beam of light descended, piercing through the body of the West Queen Mother, and the Heavenly Dao Eye lowered its gaze.
This is Heavenly Inquiry, and a test of Heavenly Dao's will!
To establish divine punishment for all living beings, it is essential to ensure fairness and impartiality. Therefore, the Heavenly Dao requires examining one's conscience to see if everything one does is in accordance with one's true intentions and whether one can uphold the Way of Heaven on behalf of Heaven.
If the Heavenly Inquiry are not answered, all of the West Queen Mother's efforts will be in vain, and Heavenly Dao will not allow her to establish West Queen Mother Punishment.
They will only wait for the next destined person, or for Heavenly Dao to choose a destined person and bring about divine punishment.
Therefore, divine punishment is inevitable!
A purple pillar of light enveloped the West Queen Mother, while the Heavenly Dao Eye shone upon her.
Donghua watched this scene with great concern. All preparations were complete, and only this final hurdle remained, the most difficult one. Only the West Queen Mother could help them overcome this challenge; no one else could.
As time passed, the Heavenly Dao's Questioning of the Heart continued. Donghua didn't know what the West Queen Mother had gone through, but he could see that she was forcing herself to endure something; beads of sweat were even appearing on her forehead, which showed how difficult it was for her.
One day!
Two days!
Three days!
Nine Heavens!
As the ninth day approached, the Heavenly Dao's test of conscience continued. At this point, everyone became worried, and the people of West Kunlun clenched their fists, fearing that something unexpected might happen.
Even Donghua lost his previous confidence, fearing that the West Queen Mother would fall at this hurdle.
But just as everyone was worried, the West Queen Mother suddenly opened her eyes and softly uttered:
"I do!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the purple divine pillar disappeared, the Heavenly Dao Test of the Heart ended, and the West Queen Mother successfully passed the test. Donghua, seeing this, also smiled with joy.
At this moment, as the purple pillar of light disappeared, the Heavenly Dao Power transformed into a layer of ripples of rules, spreading throughout the Primordial World and the Myriad Worlds.
Under this rule, those who wish to take human form must first overcome the Shaping Tribulation in order to achieve a human Dao Body.
At this moment, the voice of the West Queen Mother rang out again.
"When sentient beings are born into this world in human form, they must undergo the Heavenly Tribulation of Shaping Heavenly Tribulation. The power of the Heavenly Tribulation varies depending on one's cultivation level, merits, and karma. The greater one's karma, the stronger the Heavenly Tribulation; the more merit one has, the weaker the Heavenly Shaping Tribulation can achieve Dao Body and cultivate various paths."
"This is the Shaping Tribulation!"
"Those who wish to become immortals, gods, or demons must undergo the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulations. Depending on their cultivation, merits, and karma, they may experience different degrees of tribulation, which are divided into nine levels: the First Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, the Second Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, and so on, up to the Ninth Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation!"
"This is the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation of Becoming Immortal!"
The Heavenly Dao instantly sensed this and formed a corresponding Heavenly Dao Rule Power, which descended between heaven and earth, forming a rule that encompassed all those who had not yet attained the Dao Fruit.
Upon seeing this, some people who had attained the acquired state could no longer contain their anger and fear, and they began to curse loudly, saying things like, "You people who have attained the innate state have already eaten your fill, but when it comes to them, you smash the pot."
Donghua could hear these words, but it didn't matter. Whether you liked it or not, the Heavenly Tribulation had been completed and the rules had been established, and no one could change them.
At this moment, the West Queen Mother seemed not to hear these voices and continued to speak:
"Those who have attained immortality must successively undergo the three calamities of thunder, fire, and wind at the realms of Mystic Immortal, Spirit Immortal, and True Immortal Realm. Thunder is Heavenly Thunder, fire is Yin Fire, and wind is Bi Wind."
"These are the Three Disasters of Immortals!"
The Heavenly Dao once again acknowledged that the power of the rules of Heaven and Earth formed the three calamities of thunder, fire, and wind, which manifested between Heaven and Earth.
At this point, everyone thought it was all over, because reaching the Golden Immortal meant achieving immortality, and the golden nature was immortal. Although the Three Calamities were powerful, they were useless against Golden Immortal.
But the West Queen Mother did not stop, but continued to speak:
"Those who are Golden Immortal or above, but below the Grand Unity, and who are burdened by great karmic debts, have no way to repay Heaven and Earth, or are entangled in immense negative karma, will all be subject to the Five Woes of Heaven and Man. When the Five Sorrows arrive, their immortal lifespan will end, but they can be reincarnated to cultivate again!"
"These are the Five Woes of Heaven and Man!"
Upon hearing this, the world fell silent, and even the Heavenly Dao seemed to pause for a moment before forming streams of rule power that acknowledged the Five Woes of Heaven and Man.
The Five Woes of Heaven and Man have been expressed, Heavenly Punishment has truly taken shape, and the Heavenly Dao has begun to reorganize the Heavenly Tribulations from the beginning, forming a complete system.
With the approval of Heavenly Dao, everyone could no longer contain their anger. Some Golden Immortal and Grand Unity Immortals disregarded their image and began to curse loudly.
In an instant, curses filled the air!
Although everyone knew that the Heavenly Punishment was inevitable, they did not expect it to be so ruthless. The appearance of the Five Woes of Heaven and Man and Man meant that those who did not become Grand Unity beings would have their lifespans limited.
Moreover, how many Grand Unity experts are there in the world? Very few!
Don't be fooled by the large number of Lich and Purple Mansion; these are the three major powers in the world, gathering almost seven or eight tenths of the Grand Unity in the Primordial World. How could they not be numerous?
Moreover, the beings of the Primordial Wilderness world did not know what lifespan was. After all, those who cultivated to become Golden Immortal already lived as long as Eternal Life with Heaven and Earth, and shone as brightly as the sun and moon.
But the West Queen Mother turned a deaf ear, calmly sensing the birth of the heavenly punishment, immersed in the Heavenly Dao Power.
Finally, at a certain moment, the Heavenly Dao completed its sorting, and a complete set of rules descended upon the Primordial World and Myriad Worlds.
The Heavenly Dao Eye vanished from the heavens!
Instead, a huge cloud of merit appeared, which was Heavenly Dao's reward for the West Queen Mother of setting up heavenly punishment.
The merit was divided into three parts and descended!
The largest ball landed on the West Queen Mother and was absorbed by her. Her cultivation level instantly broke through to the Late Stage Quasi-Saint, but she still had a lot of merit left.
Another portion of merit fell upon the Heavenly Tribulation Banner instantly vanished, transforming into a grand road that stretched across the Sky Vault.
It then transformed into a Dao seal, descended upon the West Queen Mother, and adhered to her brow, forming a silver vertical line.
As the Dao Seal descended, the West Queen Mother's Heavenly Punishment Great Dao instantly reached perfection, and her cultivation once again achieved a comprehensive breakthrough.
His cultivation in all aspects has broken through to the Late Stage Quasi-Saint. In the future, he only needs to digest this Great Dao to achieve the Peak Quasi-Saint, and may even be able to glimpse the Hun Yuan.
But the final merit ended up going to Donghua, something he truly hadn't expected.
Although I proposed the idea of divine punishment, I have never implemented it. How can I expect to receive merit for this?
However, he didn't mind having too much merit, so he readily accepted the merit that was bestowed upon him and incorporated it into his Purple Mansion World.
Thus, Heavenly Punishment was born, and the merits were fulfilled!
Just as all living beings were worrying about the heavenly calamity, the voice of the West Queen Mother rang out again, but this time without the blessing of the Heavenly Dao, it could not spread throughout the entire Primordial World.
"The Great Dao is fifty, the Heavenly Evolution is forty-nine, and one is hidden away. The Heavenly Tribulation is only to test all living beings, but it also leaves a glimmer of hope for them."
"Those who consume products derived from top-tier Innate Spiritual Root or Great Dao Golden Core pills can mitigate the power of the Heavenly Tribulation and avoid the suffering of reincarnation."
Upon hearing this, instead of gratitude, the people began to curse and swear again. After all, how many top-tier Innate Spiritual Root were there in the entire world?
Moreover, those with top-tier spiritual roots inevitably produce rare items, which are even useful to Daluo Golden Immortal. How could those who haven't yet reached the Grand Unity realm possibly obtain them?
The Great Dao Golden Core is a golden elixir refined using the Great Dao Power. Not only are the materials scarce, but it is also impossible for anyone other than Quasi-Saint to refine it.
Even Grand Unity can refine Great Dao Golden Core, but most of the time what they refine are just ordinary Golden Cores. To refine Great Dao Golden Core, one must have a very deep understanding of the Great Dao or be proficient in the Dao of Alchemy.
So what's the use of this glimmer of hope?
No, it seems that there is a type of Innate Spiritual Root that produces more of these things, namely the Peach Spirit Root bestowed upon Donghua by the Dao Ancestor.
Nine-thousand-year-old Flat Peach are still rare, but aren't three-thousand-year-old and six-thousand-year-old Flat Peach plentiful?
Upon realizing this, everyone instantly understood: so you two, one a good person and the other a bad person; wielding both the stick and the benefits, are trying to recruit all the talents in the world.
You two really know how to have fun!
Above the Heavenly Court!
Eastern Emperor Taiyi sighed and said, "The Purple Mansion is truly cunning. Not only did it establish Heavenly Punishment and gain the favor of the Heavenly Dao, but it also used the Flat Peach Immortality to make a big fuss about the Heavenly Tribulation. It is truly despicable."
Seeing this, Bai Ze could only say helplessly, "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will gather many Grand Unity Quasi-Saint to refine the Great Dao Golden Core to help my Heavenly Court overcome the Heavenly Tribulation."
Taiyi waved his hand and said helplessly, "There is no other way. The appearance of heavenly punishment is the trend of the Heavenly Dao, and it is unavoidable. Otherwise, I would have taken this opportunity to destroy Donghua and West Queen Mother."
It wasn't that Taiyi himself wanted to act only once, but rather that he could only act once. This was a test for all living beings, a test of humanity. How could Taiyi represent all living beings?
Eastern Emperor Taiyi didn't ask any more questions about it. He turned around and said in a deep voice, "Now that the new Demon Saint and Star God have been chosen, it's time to declare myself emperor, and it's also time to eliminate those traitors."
Bai Ze: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, everything is ready. Your Majesty only needs to Heavenly Dao to ascend the throne and proclaim it to the entire Primordial Wilderness world!"
Eastern Emperor Taiyi slowly nodded. He knew that becoming emperor was a hurdle, and someone would definitely try to stop him. He just didn't know who would make the move.
Buzhou Mountain!
"Brother, Donghua is too strong. Our combined all-out attack was easily withstood by him."
Zhu Jiuyin, standing to the side, had a gloomy expression. At this moment, he truly felt a sense of powerlessness. That terrifying strength was beyond human capability to deal with, leaving him feeling hopeless.
Dijiang's expression was also unpleasant. Finally, he said disdainfully, "The Dao Ancestor is just being biased. He actually bestowed the Jade Plate of Creation upon him for cultivation. Let alone Donghua, even a pig could take off with the Jade Plate of Creation."
The Jade Plate of Creation contains the Three Thousand Great Daos and the power of the Great Dao's origin; even a pig could take flight.
The words may be rough, but the principle is sound!
Zhu Jiuyin sighed and said, "Elder brother, the Dutian Great Formation has been practiced almost perfectly, so I will no longer participate. I need to go into seclusion to cultivate and break through to the Late Stage Quasi-Saint. Otherwise, I will have no chance against Donghua!"
The other Ancestor Witch also spoke up, saying they all wanted to go into seclusion to cultivate. After all, no matter how powerful the Heavenly Emperor was, it was just an external force, and it was not as good as breaking through one's own strength.
Dijiang nodded in agreement, as he too was about to go into seclusion to cultivate.
Donghua's move this time has spurred all the Great Powers in the Primordial Wilderness to a sense of urgency.
For a time, the Primordial Wilderness fell into an unprecedented silence, with everyone either in seclusion cultivating or on their way to seclusion cultivating.
Meanwhile, those below the Grand Unity were all preparing for their tribulations, pondering how to accumulate merit, reduce their karmic burdens, and avoid dying under the heavenly tribulation.
After all, the tribulation of lightning is merciless, but they also believe that the heavenly tribulation is fair, otherwise the West Queen Mother would not have Heavenly Inquiry.
It can truly be said that:
The divine punishment was unleashed, and all living beings were terrified!
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