"Yes, both of you have done very well. Remember our agreement. Keep yourselves safe."
Seeing the two women's cultivation, Jiang Ming nodded in satisfaction. With the help of this Karmic Tribulation, the two heroines had truly risen to prominence.
"Yes, we remember."
Both women immediately nodded in excitement.
Meanwhile, Son Goku was locked in a battle of magic with Wutian. After a trip through Wutian's pill furnace, Son Goku's cultivation had surpassed its former heights. He had reached the late Quasi-Saint stage and completed Three Corpses Severing. Combined with the magical power contained in the sixteen Sariras, he could now trade blows evenly with Wutian, his past-life self.
Without question, Son Goku was also one of the protagonists of this Karmic Tribulation. Once he survived it, he would surely reach Quasi-Saint Great Perfection and become the strongest person beneath the Saints in the Three Realms.
Wutian, the past-life self, was utterly astonished as well. He had never imagined that after just two years apart, Son Goku could fight him without losing.
For now, however, the situation favored him. Time was up; the thirty-three-year term had ended. If Tathagata Buddha failed to return now, Wutian could rule heaven and earth for another thirty-three years.
This was precisely the outcome Wutian wanted. For that reason, he had not hesitated to use the Twelve-Petaled World-Destroying Golden Lotus to suppress Jiang Ming, greatly weakening his own strength.
"Son Goku, although I cannot kill you now, the spirit child is under my suppression, and Tathagata cannot return. Once today has passed, the Three Realms will be mine for another thirty-three years. That is the order of the Karmic Tribulation."
Wutian, the past-life self, spoke calmly.
"Wutian, until the final moment, no one knows who will have the last laugh. How do you know I cannot