Heavenly Tribulation Descends

The blue water dragon plunged headfirst into Shen Luo's Conception Vessel. Following the broad Magic Meridian like a flood dragon coursing through a river, it surged straight upward toward the crown of his head. Wherever it passed, the Magic Meridian churned violently, and his already unusually thick meridians instantly expanded to twice their size.

The flood dragon entered the Governing Vessel from the Conception Vessel. Upon reaching his lower back, it diverted into the Belt Vessel, then traveled through every Magic Meridian in Shen Luo's body. As he absorbed more and more of the Peach of Immortality's spiritual power, the light within the Magic Meridians throughout his body grew ever brighter.

Without realizing it, the Huangting Scripture within Shen Luo began to circulate on its own. A storm seemed to rise within his Consciousness Sea, and the final line of the Huangting Scripture's seventy-two incantations echoed endlessly through the void of his Divine Sense:

"Heavenly Court and earthly gates array cauldrons and axes; the spiritual platform stands firm, never to decay..."

Before long, Shen Luo had finished the Peach of Immortality, leaving only a slightly elongated, bright-red peach pit in his hand.

The complete spiritual power of the Peach of Immortality had been drawn into his body, causing heat to spread throughout him. He tightly clenched the peach pit in his palm, sensing something as he murmured, "That threshold... seems to be here."

Having said that, he casually tossed aside the peach pit, raised both hands, formed a hand seal, and began circulating the Huangting Scripture on his own.

The moment Shen Luo activated the technique, a mote of his mind manifested within his body. Riding atop the blue water dragon's head, it gripped a dragon horn in one hand and surveyed the acupoints throughout his body.

Wherever the water