Calamity-Viewing Platform Established, Lu Chen Only Wanted to Watch from Afar

Lu Chen had listed the construction of the Calamity-Viewing Platform as Guixu's highest priority.

The reason was simple.

He was afraid.

Afraid that the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans would suddenly fight their way to the Northern Sea.

Afraid that Luohou would scheme in the shadows.

Afraid that Hongjun might one day have a sudden whim and trace the karmic line to Guixu.

Even more afraid that he would sleep too deeply one day, wake up, and find that a rehearsal for Buzhou Mountain's collapse had already begun outside.

So, he needed a Calamity-Viewing Platform.

Its true purpose was exceedingly simple.

Watch the show from afar.

Run away early.

Of course, only Lu Chen himself knew that was its true purpose.

When Lan Shuang heard that the Emperor intended to build a Calamity-Viewing Platform, her eyes changed with excitement.

She immediately summoned the various departments of Guixu for discussion.

"The Emperor wishes to construct a Calamity-Viewing Platform."

"This platform can observe the omens of the Great Tribulation, assess the battle situation of the three clans, and deduce in advance Guixu Calamity Evasion's path."

"This will be one of Guixu's foundations for the next ten thousand years."

Lady Mingzhu looked solemn.

"The Treasury Bureau can provide Mystic Water Spirit Crystals, Northern Darkness Mystic Pearls, and Sea-Calming Water Jade."

Ancestor Xuan Jia said slowly, "The Black-Shelled Turtle Tribe can carve Sky-Viewing Tortoise Patterns to stabilize the platform's foundation."

Feng Li said, "The Frost Phoenix Lineage can provide branches of the Frostflame Parasol Tree to purify the killing intent contaminated during observation."

Lin Yue spoke up. "The Water Qilin Branch can draw upon the earth veins of Mysterious Peak Mountain to support the Calamity-Viewing Platform."

Ao Lie said in a deep voice, "The Ancestral Dragon's Reverse Scale can serve as a catalyst for observing the Dragon Clan's Fortune, but it must be sealed tightly. The Eastern Sea cannot be allowed to sense it in reverse."

Lan Shuang nodded.

"The Emperor has already sealed the Reverse Scale with the Heaven-Deceiving Tortoise Shell."

"But we must still remain cautious."

Han Jue spoke directly. "The Realm Guard will defend the platform."

Lan Shuang looked at everyone, her heart swelling with excitement.

Guixu truly differed from what it had once been.

To construct a Calamity-Viewing Platform involving the omens of the Great Tribulation required resources, manpower, formations, tokens, and suppressive power that had once been unimaginable.

But now, Guixu could produce them.

The Ancestral Dragon's Reverse Scale.

Yuanfeng's Frost Feather.

Primordial Qilin Earth Vein Seal.

The Book of Cause and Effect.

The Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Pearl.

The Frostflame Parasol Tree.

Mysterious Peak Mountain.

Sea Devourer, the beast spirit that calmed the sea.

Only by gathering all these things together could they support the Calamity-Viewing Platform.

The Calamity-Viewing Platform was ultimately located between the Northern Darkness Dao Palace and the Northern Darkness Sea.

Above it connected to the Guixu Womb Membrane, below it linked to the Northern Darkness water veins, and beside it lay the earth veins of Mysterious Peak Mountain. It was precisely where the auras of the Guixu Minor World converged.

Construction lasted three hundred years.

Throughout those three hundred years, Lu Chen personally kept watch.

This made Lan Shuang and the others even more certain that the Calamity-Viewing Platform carried immense significance.

In truth, Lu Chen's reason for personally overseeing it was simple.

If this thing was built crookedly and somehow attracted Luohou or Hongjun in reverse, the trouble would be enormous.

He had to ensure that every formation pattern was sufficiently concealed.

That every layer of perception could be cut off at any time.

Most importantly, the Calamity-Viewing Platform had to be equipped with a "turn off the lights and run" function.

The moment a great power detected them in reverse, it would immediately sever all auras.

No hesitation.

Three hundred years later.

The Calamity-Viewing Platform was complete.

The entire elevated platform was gray-black, without any ostentation.

Its foundation was formed from interwoven Black-Shelled Turtle Patterns and Water Qilin earth-vein patterns.

At the center of the platform floated a circular water mirror.

Around the water mirror, the auras of three tokens—the Ancestral Dragon's Reverse Scale, the Frostflame Phoenix Feather, and the Earth-Vein Seal—were sealed within three small formation nodes.

The Book of Cause and Effect hung above the water mirror.

The Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Pearl cast down a beam of watery light from the depths of the Northern Darkness Sea.

Sea Devourer, the beast spirit, lay by the Northern Darkness Sea, responsible for devouring the turbid killing intent overflowing from the Calamity-Viewing Platform.

The Frostflame Parasol Tree swayed gently, scattering icy-blue sparks that purified the resentment around it.

Everything was ready.

The various races of Guixu gathered in the distance.

No one dared approach too closely.

They all knew that what the Calamity-Viewing Platform was about to observe was the Great Tribulation of the Primordial World.

Looking too deeply into such a thing made one vulnerable to backlash from tribulation aura.

Lan Shuang stood beneath the platform and said respectfully, "Please activate the platform, Emperor."

Lu Chen's dharma body slowly emerged.

He was somewhat nervous as well.

It was his first time watching a Great Tribulation from afar. Hopefully nothing would go wrong.

He activated the Calamity-Viewing Platform.

The water mirror trembled lightly.

At first, there was only gray mist within the mirror.

Then, the gray mist dispersed.

The first image emerged.

At the edge of the Eastern Sea.

The Dragon Clan's army stretched across sea and sky.

Countless true Dragons, flood Dragons, and formations of aquatic subordinate forces stood in endless ranks.

Dragon banners blanketed the heavens.

The seawater was driven tens of thousands of feet high by the will to fight.

On the other side of the water mirror, the Phoenix Clan's army pressed in from the south.

Divine flames scorched the sky.

Crimson feathers formed clouds.

Frostflame, golden fire, and Southern Bright Fire intertwined into a sea of flames.

Before the two clans had truly clashed, the killing intent between heaven and earth had already grown terrifyingly dense.

The various races of Guixu gasped at the sight.

Many smaller races that had fled from the battlefield trembled all over.

They had once seen only local wars.

Only at this moment did they truly witness the scale of the war among the three clans.

This was not a dispute over several water palaces.

Nor was it a conflict between a few clans.

This was a great calamity of the Primordial World that could sweep up countless billions of living beings at any moment.

The image in the water mirror changed again.

Near Buzhou Mountain.

The Qilin Clan's army stabilized the earth veins as it confronted the remnants of Dragon and Phoenix forces.

The earth split open.

Mountains and rivers collapsed.

Countless beast clans were swept into the conflict.

The sound of war drums seemed to come from the end of heaven and earth.

When Lin Yue saw this scene, his face turned slightly pale.

He saw the earth-vein defensive line where the Water Qilin Branch should have gone.

That place had already become a slaughterhouse.

If he had led his clansmen there back then, the young branch would never have survived.

He slowly bowed toward the depths of Guixu.

"Thank you, Emperor, for preserving a chance of survival for my clan."

Lu Chen did not respond.

His heart was filled with alarm.

It was too tragic.

This Dragon-Han Cataclysm was even more tragic than he had imagined.

He was now even more certain that he absolutely could not go outside.

He had to pull his turtle shell in tighter.

Guixu had to remain securely sealed.

Whoever wanted to fight could fight.

He was only responsible for taking a look from afar, then hiding in advance.

Lan Shuang watched the water mirror with a grave expression.

"The Emperor has always warned us not to enter the Great Tribulation."

"Only today do we understand how terrifying the momentum of the Great Tribulation is."

Lady Mingzhu said quietly, "If Guixu's races were still outside, we would likely have long since turned to tribulation ash."

Han Jue fell silent for once.

He had always loved battle.

But upon seeing warfare on such a scale within the water mirror, he realized for the first time how insignificant his fighting spirit was before a true Great Tribulation.

Ao Lie watched the Dragon Clan's army, his fists clenched tight.

Feng Li watched the Phoenix Clan's sea of fire, her gaze dim.

Lin Yue watched the Qilin Clan's earth-vein battlefield without saying a word.

They all came from the three clans.

Seeing their own clans slaughter one another in the Great Tribulation stirred emotions far more complicated than those of everyone else.

The water mirror continued to turn.

Suddenly, Lu Chen sensed something amiss.

At the edge of the battlefield, an extremely faint black shadow flashed past.

That shadow did not take part in the battle among the three clans.

It moved among mountains of corpses and seas of blood, quietly gathering death aura, resentment, and killing intent.

The resentment of countless fallen beings was collected into a small black banner.

Lu Chen's heart skipped a beat.

"The Demon Cult."

The water mirror's image rapidly enlarged.

The black shadow seemed to sense something and turned its head slightly.

Though separated by an immense distance, Lu Chen still felt an incomparably cold aura.

It was not Youdu.

It was far stronger than Youdu.

Even though it was only a vague shadow, it made the water mirror of Guixu's Calamity-Viewing Platform tremble violently.

The system's voice suddenly rang out.

"Detected: Demon Ancestor Rahu is driving the Dragon-Han Cataclysm into its final stage."

"Host, please observe with caution."

Lu Chen's scalp went numb.

Rahu.

It really was Rahu!

He nearly wanted to shut down the Calamity-Viewing Platform immediately.

But Rahu in the water mirror had not truly turned around, merely sensed something faintly.

Lan Shuang also noticed the anomaly.

"Emperor, that demonic shadow..."

Lu Chen's voice sank.

"Do not watch it for long."

After saying that, he directly shut off the water mirror.

The Calamity-Viewing Platform instantly darkened.

All traces of aura were severed by the Heaven-Deceiving Tortoise Shell.

The final scene in the water mirror was the demonic shadow at the edge of the battlefield turning its head slightly.

The people of Guixu had yet to fully react.

Lu Chen had already dispersed his dharma body.

There was only one thought in his mind.

I almost got discovered.

I'll have to be more careful even when watching a show from now on.

Below the platform.

Lan Shuang spoke with a grave expression.

"The Emperor severed the aura of calamity-viewing on his own initiative because he did not wish for Guixu to become entangled in the karma of the Demon Ancestor."

"Remember this, everyone."

"Within a Great Tribulation, what is truly frightening may not be open slaughter."

"There are also those who secretly drive the tribulation forward."

Everyone nodded in unison.

Their reverence for the Emperor deepened.

The Emperor had seen the Demon Ancestor, yet he could immediately sever the karmic connection.

Such clarity and decisiveness were precisely the heart of the Guixu Calamity Evasion path.

If Lu Chen knew they thought this way, he would probably only fall silent.

He was not clearheaded.

He was simply quick enough to panic.

At the edge of the distant battlefield.

Luohou suddenly stopped moving.

He raised his head and looked toward the Northern Sea.

"Who is watching me?"

Black demonic aura churned.

He only caught an extremely faint wisp of Guixu Water Aura.

That presence vanished in an instant.

It was as though the moment it saw him, it immediately shut the door.

Luohou chuckled softly.

"Northern Sea Guixu."

"Black Tortoise."

"You truly are observing the tribulation."

At the same time.

Upon Nameless Immortal Mountain.

Hongjun also slowly opened his eyes.

"Observing the tribulation without entering it."

"Seeing a demon and severing karma."

"This Black Tortoise is becoming more and more interesting."

Deep within Guixu.

Lu Chen shrank back into his true form, his mood not the least bit relaxed.

The Calamity-Viewing Platform was indeed useful.

But it was also dangerous.

He could not casually watch Luohou in the future.

Much less casually watch Hongjun.

It would be best to only watch the edges of the battlefield and see where the Northern Sea might be affected.

Just as he was about to resume his secluded cultivation, the system's voice sounded again.

"The Calamity-Viewing Platform has been successfully activated for the first time."

"The host has discovered that Demon Ancestor Rahu is driving the Great Tribulation."

"The various clans of Guixu have gained a deep understanding of the path to avoiding tribulation."

"Reward: Three Lives Gate construction method."

Lu Chen froze.

Three Lives Gate?

He sensed the construction method, and his heart immediately stirred.

Karma, temperament, slaughter tribulations.

Three levels of screening.

If the Three Lives Gate was built, Guixu would be able to recruit people more reliably in the future.

Spies, demonic cultivators, and those burdened with excessive blood karma would all find it difficult to sneak in.

Good stuff.

It had to be built.

Lu Chen looked toward Dragon-Suppressing Pass and slowly spoke.

"Pass the order to Lan Shuang."

"A Three Lives Gate must be erected at Guixu's entrance."