"But with such a variable fate appearing in the Human Path, it was only natural for the plans to go somewhat awry."
He picked up the fishing rod beside him and paid it no further heed, chiefly because the tribulation cycles outside had suddenly spread like a raging fire, engulfing countless places in an instant.
This tribulation qi had yet to merge into a world-spanning great tribulation, but it was enough to make those who entered this tribulation feel as though they had stepped into a whirlpool. The harder they struggled, the harder it became to escape.
This was even more troublesome than the tribulation that had accompanied the arrival of the great era's spiritual tide.
At a time like this, doing more meant making more mistakes; doing less meant making fewer mistakes. Doing nothing left one as secure as a mountain.
This was also why the All-Living Alliance had always managed to preserve its strength whenever tribulation cycles arose.
Wasn't it precisely because once a great tribulation began, heart demons, external demons, and all manner of chaotic things would emerge together?
That was even more true for Leftist Path cultivators like them. Though they could hardly be called fiends, they were no saints either.
The arrival of such a tribulation was more like a far more powerful version of a lightning tribulation, unleashed by heaven and earth.
However, every cultivator's lightning tribulation was different, and with sufficient preparation, they could even use it to temper their bodies and divine souls.
But a great tribulation of heaven and earth on such a vast scale was not something designed to let people pass through smoothly.
To weather it, one needed a steadfast Dao heart, a tranquil surrounding environment, or freedom from striving and desire...
If they could manage none of