Ninth-Nine Golden Immortal Transformation Tribulation

"Stand down!" At that moment, Mu Jizi's vast consciousness spread out, carrying an irresistible majesty. In an instant, the ancient beasts that had been glaring hungrily lowered their voices, then reluctantly dragged their massive bodies toward the depths of the sea!

A great battle was thus effortlessly dissolved by Mu Jizi!

Only now did Mu Jizi truly appreciate his own strength. Although Golden Immortals would be everywhere in the Primordial Wilderness of later generations, it had only been a little over three thousand years since the opening of heaven. Aside from those truly favored by fate, none possessed cultivation higher than his at this time!

Even the renowned great deity of later generations, Patriarch Kunpeng, had only reached the peak of the Golden Immortal realm at present. That was because Mu Jizi had taught him the method of cultivation; otherwise, at most, he would only have been at the early Golden Immortal realm!

After all, Mu Jizi had awakened his spiritual intelligence at the very beginning of creation. He possessed an orthodox cultivation method and was a spirit of innate vegetation. With so many advantages, if he still could not surpass the great deities of the Primordial Wilderness, he might as well smash his head into a block of tofu!

"Worthy brother!" Mu Jizi murmured. His divine sense swept over Kunpeng as he said, "Take these fruits!"

With that, Mu Jizi shook his true form, and the nine fruits gleaming with brilliant dark-green light were shaken from his branches!

"Caw~~~~"

With a roar, Kunpeng was beside himself with excitement. He opened his mouth wide and inhaled sharply. Before the nine fruits could even fall, they shot into his mouth with a whoosh. After chewing them a few times, he swallowed them!

A strange fragrance immediately spread through the air. Kunpeng felt as though the fruits had become cool streams, slowly flowing through his belly before surging upward into the consciousness within his mind!

"Buzzz~~~~~"

His mind shook, and Kunpeng became dazed. His entire body seemed to enter an indescribable state. He did not know how long it lasted—perhaps hundreds of millions of years, perhaps only an instant.

With a boom, his mind exploded. In that instant, waves of enlightenment flooded his heart. It was as though the Dao stood right before him, within reach—profound beyond all comprehension!

"Rumble~~~~"

At that moment, thunder suddenly exploded in the sky. Dark clouds spread in an instant, and heaven and earth changed color!

The dark clouds drifted through the void, stretching for tens of thousands of miles and giving off an unfathomable feeling. Deep within them, lightning flashed and thunder roared. A pressure suddenly descended, as though the sky itself were about to collapse!

The dark clouds flickered and transformed into two Yin-Yang eyes. A thread of red light emerged from the line dividing Yin and Yang, and then the two eyes slowly turned like a pair of pupils, radiating cold, indifferent light!

"Transformation Tribulation!"

Watching this scene through his divine sense, Mu Jizi could not help crying out in astonishment!

"This... this is the Ninth-Nine Golden Immortal Transformation Tribulation. Only creatures whose cultivation has reached the Golden Immortal realm or above can trigger it when taking human form!" Mu Jizi's pupils suddenly constricted. "Could it be that Kunpeng Devoured the fruits on my true form and has broken through his realm, about to transform?"

Within his divine sense, Kunpeng's eyes were hazy, as though he were comprehending something. At that moment, the tribulation clouds in the void underwent another change. The Yin-Yang eyes spun faster and faster until they suddenly vanished into the clouds. Then, a massive vortex abruptly appeared overhead.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~~~"

Wild winds howled as the innate spiritual energy went berserk. All the innate spiritual energy within ten thousand miles gathered toward the void. The immense flow of energy made one feel immortal power surging through their body with a single deep breath.

The innate spiritual energy continued to compress and condense.

This was precisely the omen of a heavenly tribulation's arrival—the gathering of tribulation clouds.

A huge vortex hung in the center of the sky. Bolts of lightning appeared in the dim heavens one after another, only to be absorbed by the vortex. In merely a short while, the vortex stopped spinning and became a massive purple tribulation cloud. Flickering lightning serpents filled it. Everything foretold the arrival of the heavenly tribulation.

Suddenly, clusters of white clouds appeared. Lightning shot in all directions within them, sparks burst forth, and sizzling sounds rang out. The clouds frantically absorbed innate spiritual energy, their color gradually deepening until they turned red in only a moment.

"Rumble!"

A deafening thunderclap rang out. The violent innate spiritual energy was completely injected into the red tribulation clouds, yet the clouds showed no change. Then, the red clouds abruptly contracted, shrinking by half while turning purple.

The pressure radiated by the purple heavenly tribulation was several times that of an ordinary Ninth-Nine Golden Immortal heavenly tribulation! The immense pressure even made the void hum!

By now, Kunpeng had awakened from his enlightenment. He stared at the changing tribulation clouds overhead without moving, his gaze indescribably calm.

"Big brother! I've dragged you into this!" A voice transmission entered Mu Jizi's mind at that moment!

"It's nothing! You couldn't have known this change would happen!" Upon the nanmu tree trunk, Mu Jizi's eyes remained calm. "My cultivation has also reached a critical point. Without you triggering the heavenly tribulation, who knows when I would have managed to trigger it myself!"

"But..."

"There's no but!" Mu Jizi cut off Kunpeng's next words and said directly, "With the cultivation of the two of us, they are merely two minor heavenly tribulations. How could we possibly fail to overcome them!"

As those words left his mouth, heroic spirit surged forth, and even Kunpeng was infected by his imposing aura.

"Good! Well said, big brother!" Filled with excitement, Kunpeng threw back his head and roared, seemingly exhilarated beyond measure!

Crack!

At that moment, a bolt of lightning split down from the black clouds. Instantly, tens of millions of lightning serpents struck the land within ten thousand miles at once. Facing the myriad bolts, Kunpeng raised his head and roared without the slightest concern.

Indeed, these bolts were merely the residual force produced by the lightning tribulation. Naturally, they could not harm him in the slightest!

Crackle, crackle! Lightning flashed and thunder roared. The purple tribulation cloud in the void was like a bottomless black hole, madly absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth. The lightning within the cloud grew brighter and thicker by the moment. This continued for a full half hour before the purple cloud suddenly shuddered and turned purplish-black. By then, the tribulation lightning had evolved to its utmost limit!

At this moment, both Kunpeng and Mu Jizi knew that the Transformation Tribulation was about to descend!

The tribulation clouds rolled as deep thunder rumbled one after another. Terrifying pressure directly blanketed the land below!

The branches of the nanmu tree moved without wind, and leaves drifted down one after another, carrying a strange, natural grace!

"Rumble~~~~~"

A purple bolt of lightning shot down from the high sky. The tribulation lightning was as thick as a flood dragon, winding for a thousand miles as it viciously struck down at Kunpeng and the nanmu tree!

"Big brother, let me test the power of this first tribulation lightning!"

With a roar, Kunpeng's eyes shone like lightning. He opened his mouth, gathered his demonic power throughout his body, and shot upward. As the lightning tribulation descended, he did not retreat—instead, he charged straight at it!

"Rumble~~~"

It was as though the tribulation lightning had been enraged by Kunpeng's actions. Its color changed from purplish-black to pitch-black, thick as a ferocious beast and flecked with purple flames like decorations upon a dark curtain. Tossing its head and lashing its tail, it struck down with terrifying force...

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