Incense Burns, Godhood Smolders: Dao Body Forged! Tribulation Qi Seized! Was I the Great Tribulation All Along?

The Phoenix Dao Fire can burn anything, and its destructive power against Yin Spirit Body like the soul is beyond doubt.

Many cultivators who die become spirits that even fear sunlight. The midday sun can be extremely damaging to these spirits, except for those spirits that have reached the level of Sun Traveling God.

Chen Dengming's soul was naturally unafraid of sunlight, nor of many fire-attribute Technique Method; even the Phoenix True Fire might not be able to cause much damage to his soul now.

However, the difference between Phoenix Dao Fire and True Fire is extremely significant.

At this moment, as Chen Dengming's soul came into contact with the Phoenix Dao Fire swirling around his body, he felt an intense, searing pain, as if his heart were being burned by raging flames, even though he had only touched a small part of it.

He quickly withdrew his soul, as if he had only scratched the surface.

However, the Phoenix Dao Fire was like a maggot clinging to his bone, impossible to get rid of. After igniting his soul, it contracted along with his soul, and even grew stronger by using the burning of his soul as nourishment.

A searing pain instantly engulfed his entire soul.

Chen Dengming's spiritual power immediately began to weaken, causing him immense pain. The danger of being annihilated, both body and soul, that had occurred in the past was about to descend once again.

This time, however, it was a crisis he created himself.

Such a bold move was enough to shock even someone as resolute as Dongfang Huayuan, making him break out in a cold sweat for Chen Dengming's audacity.

He could see the meaning behind Chen Dengming's actions, but honestly, he knew he would never have dared to take such a risk if he were in Chen's shoes.

This kid Chen can be ruthless at times; he's like a wolf, even ruthless to himself.

However, as the saying goes, "A deep river is silent, and a skilled person is bold."

Based on his understanding of Chen Dengming, his decision to do this was likely made with some preparation and confidence.

And it turned out just as he had predicted.

At this moment, although Chen Dengming's soul was being continuously consumed by the Phoenix Dao Fire, as a blessing gathered and formed a lucky star hanging high, the Phoenix Dao Fire burning his soul gradually extinguished.

This is an extremely low probability event that the Phoenix Dao Fire might collapse after being blessed – it also has a chance of going out, and the weaker the Phoenix Dao Fire, the greater the probability of it going out.

At this moment, the Phoenix Dao Fire Chen Dengming ignited in his soul was relatively weak. After he used the Fortune Shines Brightly Blessing technique, which reduced the probability of the event to a low probability, the Dao Flame was immediately extinguished.

"Fortunately, the protective effect of the Fortune Shines Brightly still applies to the Phoenix Dao Fire. Otherwise, I would have had to enter the Seven Absolute Realms to avoid it, which would have been much more troublesome."

Chen Dengming breathed a sigh of relief, then waved his hand, summoning many Soul Flower from his Storage Bag. He crushed them into juice and supplied it to the Soul Body for absorption, helping the Soul Body to quickly recover its Soul Power.

Ten days later, after his Soul Power had recovered to a considerable extent, Chen Dengming once again attempted to contact the Phoenix Dao Fire with his divine soul.

The second time, his soul was able to endure the burning of the Phoenix Dao Fire for a longer period of time, and the pain of being burned was also reduced, proving that his attempt was effective.

Seeing that Chen Dengming was in a stable state and methodically reshaping his Dao body, Dongfang Huayuan felt relieved, knowing that Chen was confident. After protecting him for a period of time, he left.

Time passed.

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

The number of disaster-stricken areas in the three realms has increased over the past three years, which will not be discussed here.

Over the course of three years, Chen Dengming's soul underwent hundreds of refinements by the Phoenix Dao Fire, resulting in the loss of countless Soul Flower and Soul-Strengthening Treasures.

Even when resources are insufficient, they still need to rely on the Little Array Spirit and Zhu Xun Xingluo to continue the search.

However, to Chen Dengming's surprise, when he needed resources this time, the Nine Nether Ghost King and other Ghost Lord from the Nine Netherworlds came to him on their own, bringing a large amount of resources to help him and solving a large part of his resource problem.

After a moment's thought, Chen Dengming realized that the reason these Ghost Lords and kings were actively trying to curry favor with him was most likely for the sake of the Ghost Immortal Orthodox Lineage.

He readily accepted this offer; the need for the Ghost Immortal Orthodox Lineage among the many Ghost Lords and Ghost Lords was a matter for the future.

He will pass on the entire Ghost Immortal Orthodox Lineage to the little Little Array Spirit, who will then preach the Ghost Realm.

In this way, the Ghost Realm will enter a new era, no longer belonging to the Ghost Emperor, but to the Empress You.

Three years and hundreds of soul-refining sessions have given Chen Dengming's soul a complete and transformative baptism.

Now, if he only gets a little bit of Phoenix Dao Fire, the damage to his soul from being burned by the Dao Fire is already very small.

The initial, excruciating pain has diminished to a very slight degree, now equivalent to the feeling of being immersed in very hot water—not unbearable.

In this state, Chen Dengming tried dozens more times and found that it was difficult to improve further, even the slightest improvement was difficult to achieve. He then knew that it was time to continue shaping his Dao body.

With the current resistance of his divine soul to the Phoenix Dao Fire, although he cannot remain completely unharmed, he is already much stronger than before.

With the protection of Fortune Shines Brightly, if he were to encounter Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable again in the future, it wouldn't be so easy for the latter to incinerate his soul with the Phoenix Dao Fire.

"Three years of arduous struggle, enduring hardship and biding our time, now we can move on to the next step."

Chen Dengming's soul returned to his transformed body and looked at the Dao body that was quietly burning in the River Styx.

After three years of continuous burning of the Dao Fire, the Water of the Underworld River could no longer approach within a radius of several dozen feet around the Dao Body. It had become an extremely dry and cracked sandy land, no longer gloomy, but filled with scorching heat, as if a Gobi Desert had appeared at the bottom of the Styx River.

Taking advantage of the suppression of Non-Self Dao power by the Ghost Realm, the Phoenix True Blood has also closely merged with the Dao Body formed by the five Great Inheritance Immortal Palace.

The Dao Body is now perfect. The Phoenix True Blood is like a series of vibrant Flesh and Blood meridians, spreading throughout the entire body, full of power and beauty.

At this moment, Chen Dengming raised his hand and waved.

With a buzzing sound--

The Great Enlightenment Tree Branch, which had been soaking in the river beside him for a long time, broke through the waves, creating large swathes of water and bubbles as it swept towards the Dao body.

As he approached the sandy ground several dozen feet outside the Daoist temple, Chen Dengming made hand seals and unleashed the <Water Yin Wood Lush Poison Gu Art>.

In an instant, the Great Enlightenment Tree Branch trembled violently. Its surface, which had been weakened by two years of soaking in the River Styx, collapsed, and a section of its branches burst open, turning into a large clump of mycelium-like substance that flew toward the Dao Body.

After being burned to ashes by the Dao Fire, these mycelia were then applied to the surface of the Dao body, mixed with Chen Dengming's Dao power, and integrated into the Dao body. They quickly formed the outlines of energy veins, and then gradually gave birth to some pores like acupoints, with lightning accumulating and blooming inside the pores.

These energy channels gradually intertwined with the nascent Spirit Vein in the spine of the Dao body, further optimizing the Spirit Root.

The five great Inheritance Immortal Palace form the skeleton of the Dao body, laying the foundation for the Dao body.

Using the Phoenix True Blood as the Flesh and Blood of the Dao body, it is endowed with Life Force.

Using the Great Enlightenment Tree Branch and the power of Tao as the energy channels of the Tao body, it endows the Tao body with vitality.

The process went smoothly and quickly.

However, after a dozen days, the entire branch of the Great Enlightenment Tree Branch was completely burned to ashes, which, mixed with Chen Dengming's Dao power, formed the Qi channels of the Dao body.

"Just one last step!"

Although Chen Dengming felt mentally exhausted, he was very excited and joyful as he saw that his Dao body was about to be perfected.

He roused himself, his eyes gleaming with spiritual light. With a tap of his Storage Bag, the Nether River Soul Lamp Grass flew out, merging into his soul and illuminating it like a ghostly lamp, forming a protective barrier.

Then his soul, along with the Incense Clone, flew towards his physical body.

The final step was for him to personally imbue the Dao body with consciousness.

This consciousness is primarily based on his Dao of Celestial Person's Life and Death, while the Dao of Incense Godhood Path is a secondary path.

This step is also the most dangerous, because his soul enters the Dao body filled with the Phoenix True Blood, and will be burned by the Dao fire generated by the flow of the true blood at all times.

The amount of that Dao fire was comparable to the sum of all the previous hundreds of attempts.

In just one instance, the danger was perhaps comparable to the perilous situation caused when Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable attacked him before.

However, after surviving this wave, his soul will completely reside deep within his Dao body, and he will no longer suffer from the invasion of the Dao fire throughout his body, thus achieving complete stability.

Therefore, this final step, also the final sublimation, is like a fish leaping over the dragon gate—dangerous yet full of opportunities, and it is something that must be taken.

With a "boom," the Incense Clone was burned into a fire figure the instant it rushed toward the Dao body, and then spread onto the Dao body.

Instantly, a large amount of water vapor evaporated.

The Incense Clone were burned into the original forms of two Heart of the Ocean, and countless layers of Incense and Faith surged within the Heart of the Ocean.

But soon, the two Heart of the Ocean were also burned, turning into a large amount of scalding liquid that covered the entire body of the Dao Body, intertwining into sap like flower stems, and flowing into the Spirit Root of the Dao Body.

A vast and mighty force of faith and incense twisted and struggled in the raging flames.

The combined power of the Faithful Prayer of some disloyal believers was quickly burned away.

Many more faithful believers, however, remain steadfast, enduring the flames of adversity without wavering in their resolve. In fact, the process is like gold being refined in fire, forming crystals of faith that are all the more precious.

These crystals quickly merged into the space between the eyebrows of the Daoist, causing a halo of faith and incense power to appear behind the Daoist's head.

At this moment, in the realm of death, within the Human World, the realm of ghosts, and the boundary between the Heavenly Human Life and Death Realm.

Many cultivators, mortals, and ghosts who believed in the Holy Spirit Immortal Lord were tested to varying degrees.

Those who are unfaithful will have their faith collapse, sink into depravity, go mad, and the idols they worship will crack, just as the false spiritual pillars of many years have finally collapsed. They will suffer even more during calamities.

Those who are faithful to their faith experience spiritual elevation and liberation. Even in adversity, their State of Mind remain undisturbed. With a bamboo staff and straw sandals, they travel lighter than a horse, letting life unfold as it may.

This situation is particularly prominent within the Death Realm, which is the boundary between the Heavenly Human Life and Death Realm.

Within the realm of the dead, many ghosts' faiths wavered and collapsed, leading to further depravity and the generation of a great deal of resentment, which in turn formed Karma calamities, filling the Eighteen Layers of Death Realm with the cries of Ghostly Cries and Wails.

At the same time, a large number of ghosts also held fast to their faith, and their devout prayers formed a powerful force of Incense and Faith, supporting the Tribulation Stele from collapsing and even beginning to purify Tribulation Stele.

Following the Incense Clone, Chen Dengming's soul was exposed to the Dao fire and burned, immediately experiencing pain hundreds of times greater than the soul-burning pain he had previously endured.

His spiritual power was rapidly depleted, and the Soul Lamp Grass within his soul, like a ghostly lamp, trembled violently, emitting pure Soul Power to support his soul.

However, this support is far less effective than the erosion of the soul by the Dao Fire.

Chen Dengming endured the pain between his soul and spirit, maintaining his composure with his strong State of Mind. He used a hand seal to cast the "Fortune Shines Brightly Shining Brightly" spell, which would collapse the low-probability event and help his soul enter the depths of his body's brain to build Mind World.

However, just as the auspicious energy surrounding the Dao body was being mobilized and was about to form a lucky star, a massive surge of calamity energy suddenly erupted from the ground without warning and rushed towards it.

These numerous powerful calamity energies, even containing strong Karma, quickly formed an overwhelming demonic hand of calamity energy, grabbing towards Chen Dengming.

The suffocatingly dense aura of calamity instantly caused the aura of fortune that was about to form around the body to collapse and disperse again.

"Um!?"

Chen Dengming was shocked. His soul was engulfed in the Dao Fire, and he looked in disbelief at the overwhelming, fiercely grabbing hand of the Calamity Qi.

"The Tribulation Qi Dharma Idol!?"

He immediately recognized the identity of the demonic hand from the familiar palm lines that formed the Heavenly Net between its branches, and was even more astonished.

The Tribulation Qi Dharma Idol has not yet perished in the New Realm; instead, it has suddenly appeared in the Ancient Realm, here, as if hunting down its prey, treating him, its former creator, as its prey?

Could this be the law of cause and effect, or karmic retribution?

He created the Tribulation Qi Dharma Idol, which posed a threat to the New Realm. Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable then joined forces with Great Enlightenment Dao Venerable to retaliate, seizing his Dao Body and forcing him to rebuild it.

Now, as he reshapes his Dao body, the Calamity Qi Dharma Body returns and attacks, turning against its master.

Is it a cause-and-effect relationship, where he is the cause and therefore should bear the consequences?

In a state of shock and disorientation, Chen Dengming was suddenly gripped tightly in the palm of the suffocatingly powerful demonic palm.

Instantly, boundless Karma, accompanied by calamity energy, fiercely assaulted them.

This Ancient Tribulation Qi, entangled with Karma, was not even afraid of the Phoenix Dao Fire, and slowly eroded the Dao Fire in the process of fighting against it.

However, Chen Dengming's soul was simply unable to withstand it.

Captured and prevented by the demonic palm of the Tribulation Qi Dharma Idol, his soul was no longer able to reside in the brain of his Dao body and construct Mind World.

In that instant, the soul was being burned wildly in the Dao Fire, and was also entangled by countless Karma and eroded by the Ancient Tribulation Qi energy.

An unparalleled, intense pain instantly swept over Chen Dengming's Three Souls Seven Souls.

His Three Souls Seven Souls were like ten prey, devoured by the Phoenix Dao Fire and Calamity Qi.

The Ancient Tribulation Qi, containing immense Karma, was clearly superior, not only eroding his soul but also attacking the Phoenix Dao Fire along with it.

"Ah!--!"

Even with Chen Dengming's unparalleled resilience, he let out a long, painful howl at this moment, and a powerful Divine Sense will instantly spread in all directions.

Some Ghost Lord and ghost lords who lingered in the distance felt the impact of this powerful Divine Sense will, and many of them were greatly disturbed and severely injured, their ghost faces turning pale.

"Fellow Daoist!!"

The Little Array Spirit, who had been accompanying him from over 600 miles away, suddenly changed her expression. She quickly got up and flew out of the cave abode, her beautiful eyes filled with worry and anxiety, and flew swiftly towards Chen Dengming's location.

At this moment, countless scenes of calamities flashed through Chen Dengming's mind as the Ancient Tribulation Qi invaded his soul.

He witnessed the calamities unleashed by the Tribulation Qi Dharma Idol in the New Realm, devouring Cultivation Star and Dao Integration Great Power, leaving countless lives in ruins—a truly horrifying sight.

This is nothing short of an Eternal Great Tribulation created by his own hands.

Now, this Eternal Great Tribulation has returned, threatening to devour him, the creator, and with the power he has reshaped and his own strength, how could he possibly become even more formidable?

I fear that at that time, no one in either the Ancient Realm or New Realm will be able to control it.

"Could it be that I am the Eternal Great Tribulation? My very existence is the manifestation of the cause of this calamity? And my demise is the descent of its consequences?"

Chen Dengming was filled with confusion, his mind gradually losing itself in the erosion of the tribulation energy, about to be assimilated by it, transforming into the greatest Karma, forming the greatest cause and effect.

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