Destiny Compensation

Night fell.

Fang Qing sat cross-legged, and his body gave a slight tremor.

"Oh? That counted as surviving a tribulation? Tribulation Crossing was rather brutally simple... As long as one kept surviving tribulations, one's strength could soar until the realm was complete..."

Jiao Dazuo's test with the Heart Demon Divine Ability today naturally counted as an external tribulation.

Had Fang Qing handled it poorly, he might have exposed his identity on the spot and brought mortal danger upon himself!

But having survived it, his cultivation would advance greatly. That was the true meaning of Tribulation Crossing!

"Looks like one tribulation wasn't enough. There's at least one more deadly ordeal ahead... But I'm inside the Mount Shu Immortal Formation, and my cultivation has reached Tribulation Crossing. Who could kill me? Jiao Dazuo? If he unleashed his demonic arts at full force, he'd be the first to die..."

Thinking of Jiao Dazuo, Fang Qing quietly returned to studying the demonic scripture he had obtained today.

"This art is ingenious... If I add it while refining the Water-Immortal Primordial Pearl, I can make the Dragon-Slaying Sword's Fire Tribulation several times more vicious... The Heart Demon might even grow so powerful that its wielder could survive only to fall into demonhood on a single thought..."

"So this is where the conflict between the Numinous Expanse Immortal Realm and the Blissful Heavenly Realm lies?"

Fang Qing vaguely felt that he had grasped something crucial.

The Mount Shu Sword Sect's side had clearly been part of a Golden Immortal's plan for some time. With the Seven Swords of Shu Mountain as its pieces, it intended to gather the world's fortune and let the righteous path flourish for another ten thousand years!

As for the demonic path, its backer might be the lord of the Heart Demon,