When Tribulation Rises

"Primordial True Return Method, refining the false into the true, virtual and real giving rise to each other—unmatched beneath heaven." Gu Yuanqing spoke.

Ning Xuxuan smiled. "Unmatched beneath heaven is too great a praise. Still, through the transformations of virtual and real, I can imitate the various Dao Resonances beneath heaven and capture perhaps thirty percent of their spirit. I have exchanged blows with Mu Tianheng many times and clashed with the Heavenly Law Bell as well. Today, I shall let you have a look, Fellow Daoist, so that you may be prepared."

Gu Yuanqing looked at Ning Xuxuan.

Ning Xuxuan responded with a faint smile.

Gu Yuanqing said, "Then I shall trouble you, Fellow Daoist."

Ning Xuxuan laughed loudly. "Fellow Daoist, watch closely!"

As he spoke, he was about to employ the Dao of virtual-real phantom manifestation, when his heart suddenly tightened.

Gu Yuanqing smiled. "My apologies. I was too eager to observe the method and forgot about the Mountain Array. Fellow Daoist, please proceed now."

Ning Xuxuan seemingly did not mind. He raised a hand and waved it.

Heaven and earth shifted. Gu Yuanqing felt as though his divine soul had been drawn into an illusion. Looking up, he saw an ancient Bronze Bell descend over him. In that instant, it seemed as though shackles had been placed upon every kind of Great Dao around him.

In the unseen depths, a bell chime seemed to ring out, reversing yin and yang and changing the color of heaven and earth. Yin turned to yang, and yang transformed into yin.

The second bell chime rang. The Great Dao fell silent, as though countless incantations had all lost their effect.

The third bell chime rang. Karma became a scale, with the enemy's head on one end and one's own merit on