Breaking through to Foundation Establishment in the Confucian Dao meant facing a death tribulation, one with a very otherworldly name.
Withered Falling Leaves!
The so-called Withered Falling Leaves meant that, when a Confucian Dao cultivator broke through to Foundation Establishment, their five internal organs would wither like dead leaves. This was a death tribulation unique to the Confucian Dao.
From time immemorial to the present, its cause remained unknown!
He would not die in the illusion, but the death tribulation within it would still descend. It would cause Su Mo to die within the illusion and thereby shatter it.
This way, Su Mo would both find the Flower of the Other Shore and break free of the illusion.
He would also use the illusion to survive the Confucian Dao's Withered Falling Leaves tribulation.
Three birds with one arrow!
At this moment, Su Mo had already begun to resemble a Chess Player!
Upon hearing Su Mo's words, the Divine Realm's illusion seemed to grow furious.
Clouds and mist churned, and a sudden, excruciating pain struck Su Mo's abdomen. His organs withered, and heart-rending, lung-tearing agony rushed straight into his mind.
First, his heart felt as though someone were tearing it apart. Blood surged into Su Mo's face, making his veins bulge.
Su Mo gave a muffled grunt but did not resist.
Next, a fierce, withering pain came from his liver, and blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.
Su Mo opened all his senses, raised his head, and shouted, "Is this all you've got?"
The clouds and mist churned even more violently, then abruptly surged.
Su Mo's spleen, kidneys, and lungs erupted with fierce, withering pain all at once.
It felt as though a thousand daggers were churning together inside his abdomen.
Su Mo clenched his teeth and trembled nonstop,