Five Days to Completion, Passing the Fifth Tribulation

Within the quiet chamber, dense spiritual energy and medicinal vapors continuously coiled around Fang Shu, forming a scene like drifting mist.

He sat entrenched atop the ritual altar, his entire body covered in fine threads—the Divine Silk formed from the outward extensions of his spiritual roots.

Although this thing incurred considerable loss when transmitting spiritual energy, and the efficiency of spiritual energy entering his body was still limited by the primary spiritual root within him, it was nonetheless immensely useful for controlling spiritual energy, distributing medicinal potency, and guarding against all manner of threats outside.

He tempered himself like this for more than a day.

Fang Shu suddenly opened his eyes and looked inward, spotting a line of words on his Dao Register:

[Realm: Ready to Undergo Tribulation (Ninety-Four Percent)]

After consuming restorative medicine to stimulate his body's essence and vitality, his entire condition had clearly been adjusted to its peak.

"It is time to consume Killing Intent and undergo tribulation."

Fang Shu steadied his mind.

He immediately stopped hesitating and slapped the ritual altar beneath him.

With a crack, a mechanism within the altar activated. A jade box shattered, and the Killing Intent stored inside instantly hissed out, corroding even the spirit stones until they changed color.

Its quantity seemed small—only a single wisp.

Fang Shu regarded it solemnly. Rather than rashly consuming it into his body, he used a spell to restrain it, releasing his venom worms to test the quality of the Killing Intent one after another.

This Killing Intent was called Three-Insect Baleful Qi, also known as Three-Corpse-Insect Baleful Qi. It was the Killing Intent refined by the Lone Pavilion Master.

According to her, the upper and lower limits of this Killing Intent were both extremely high—or extremely low. The most ordinary kind, like