The tribulation on Northern Julu Continent continued, but the situation was already clear. There was no need for concern.
The Six Heavenly Demon Kings and the others had sacrificed most of their cultivation to escape, so naturally they would not dare come looking for trouble again.
Ling Qing gathered with everyone on Sunken Void Island, discussing mysteries and debating the Dao each day, living in utter ease.
Of his nine incarnations, Emperor Miaoyuan and the Wondrous Splendor Emperor had already advanced to become Heavenly Immortals.
He had also begun considering how to elevate the remaining seven incarnations, one by one.
When Daoist Lingguan arrived, he returned the Karma Fire Red Lotus he had been keeping to Ling Qing at their very first meeting.
Among the remaining seven emperors, the most likely candidate was the Wondrous Dao Emperor.
It had been transformed from his foundational Talisman Path, shaped according to his own merit.
After thousands of years of cultivation and countless tribulations, he had accumulated no small amount of merit.
The Nine Heavens Ten Lands Yin-Yang Dharma Realm was also nearly complete.
The Merit Spirit Talisman used merit as its talismanic script, bearing merit's favorable current and spirit talismans' ingenious subtleties.
With ten thousand transformations unfolding from it, there would naturally be nothing it could not overcome.
Now, all he lacked was an opportunity—an opportunity to obtain a vast amount of merit once more.
Then he could use merit as bricks and spirit talismans as the framework to thoroughly establish the Nine Heavens Ten Grounds Dharma Realm.
The tribulation of the Demon-Subduing Emperor was precisely that opportunity.
Once his tribulation ended, Ling Qing, as one of the tribulation's chosen, would also be able to share in its fortune.
Even as he debated the Dao with the others, Ling Qing had been