Xiang Yun's tribulation breakthrough.
Not only Xiang Huang and Wu Xun saw it; the disciples cultivating on the Battle Arts Peak platform saw it too.
But they soon looked away and continued cultivating.
What was there to be surprised about? Did anyone really think Young Hall Master Xiang couldn't get through the five yuan nirvana tribulation? What a joke.
It would take at least a nine yuan nirvana tribulation to put a little pressure on the Young Hall Master.
Why did everyone make such a fuss over everything?
Sure enough, the Nirvana Demonic Flame that emerged had barely shown itself for two seconds before it was snuffed out. The Nirvana Demonic Flame that had spewed forth returned to Xiang Yun's body as though time had reversed.
"Not strong enough!"
Xiang Yun rolled his neck. After devouring Nirvana Golden Qi twice and refining more than a hundred thousand Xuan Origin Pills, he had finally reached five yuan nirvana.
He didn't feel much different, though his Primordial Spirit Qi had grown somewhat denser again.
However, the World Power fed back by the World Tree after it devoured the Nirvana Golden Qi had finally advanced his Qiankun Battle Body another level.
Three Earths and three Heavens.
As for the third divine ability, it was very much to Xiang Yun's liking. The Heaven and Earth Furnace was essentially designed to work with Heaven and Earth Scale and the Qiankun Boundless Body.
Heaven and Earth Scale stored damage, while the Qiankun Boundless Body could increase the amount of damage it could store accordingly. The Heaven and Earth Furnace used the power of heaven and earth to grind away the damage within Heaven and Earth Scale.
It could even use the power it ground away to strengthen Heaven and Earth Scale.
Together with his own defenses and the Great Devouring Technique, he could be sure that someone at the Initial Life Profound Realm really couldn't defeat him now.
As for the Advanced Life Profound Realm, one test would tell!
"Dad, are you ready?"
Xiang Yun looked at Xiang Huang, eager to try. This was a major breakthrough. Even if he couldn't defeat Xiang Huang, if he could at least hold his own against him...
That would mean his strength had stabilized at the Life Profound Realm. In the Chaotic Demon Sea, that would only count as a measly Life Profound Realm cultivator. Laughable, laughable.
But in the Eastern Xuan Region, he would be a regional powerhouse.
"All right, but I intend to ask the Hall Master to open the Primordial Battle Platform. That way, you can fight without holding back!"
"That works too."
Xiang Yun hadn't expected them to activate the Primordial Battle Platform.
But on reflection, it made sense. This was a battle at the Life Profound Realm level, after all. They either had to go outside the wilderness or open the battle platform.
If they fought on the Pill River platform, as he had when he fought Ning Chen before, the platform would probably be blasted to pieces.
The southern region of the Primordial Hall.
This was the area closest to where the Primordial Mountain Range extended.
An unbroken mountain range stretched across the area. Within it, towering peaks thrust into the clouds, and the roars of ferocious beasts rang out incessantly.
The trees all around were extraordinarily tall, and enormous ferocious birds soared through the sky.
But now, an astonishing clamor rose from those towering peaks, which should have been occupied by ferocious beasts.
The voices gathered and spread far into the distance, clearly audible even a hundred li away.
"Holy shit, holy shit! Young Hall Master Xiang is challenging Peak Master Xiang? The whole hall's cracking up at this filial piety! I know Young Hall Master Xiang's a real man, but isn't the gap a little too big?"
"Before, Young Hall Master Xiang could fight an eight yuan cultivator at three yuan, and an Initial Life Profound Realm cultivator at four yuan. Fighting an Advanced Life Profound Realm cultivator at five yuan shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"Damn, so that's how you calculate realms? Do you think my brain is made of muscle?!"
When Xiang Yun arrived in the area, he looked at the vast spectacle and raised an eyebrow at Xiang Huang.
"Such a grand occasion?"
Xiang Huang wasn't wearing his peak master's robes today. Instead, he wore a black combat outfit, stretched tight over his tall, muscular frame, with the outlines of his muscles clearly visible.
These were the clothes he wore to fight, which meant he was going to get serious.
"It's normal for the Primordial Battle Platform. It's usually only opened for the peak trials. Now that it's suddenly been opened, naturally a lot of people are curious, especially with that fellow Wu Xun fanning the flames."
Father and son talked as they headed straight for the very center.
At the center was a massive platform, surrounded by mountain peaks like loyal soldiers. The platform could be seen clearly from every peak.
Figures crowded the surrounding peaks.
And nearly everyone at the Form Creation Realm or above was walking through the air, with Hong Wuji and the others at the very front.
When Xiang Yun and Xiang Huang appeared,
"Young Hall Master Xiang is here!"
The waiting disciples immediately let out cries of delight, and countless fervent gazes turned toward Xiang Yun.
"Young Hall Master Xiang! Young Hall Master Xiang!"
The cries rang out in unison, with a few different voices mixed in. "Beat Peak Master Xiang up good for us!"
"Peak Master Xiang is too awful! He makes us drill every day!"
"Kick his ass hard for us!"
There weren't many of those voices, but they weren't quiet, and most came from the Battle Heaven Peak area.
"Hmm?"
Xiang Huang swept a glance over them and committed every disciple who had shouted the loudest to memory. You say I drill you too hard, do you?
Then from now on, I'll drill you hard!!
"The Primordial Battle Platform is open. Go on in. You both know its rules! Once you step onto the platform, you must give it your all, even if you belong to the same hall, even if you're father and son!"
Hong Wuji looked at Xiang Yun and Xiang Huang. Both nodded.
"Begin."
In an instant,
Xiang Yun and Xiang Huang rushed onto the Primordial Battle Platform once more. The enormous platform appeared to span tens of thousands of zhang.
Patterns also appeared on the Primordial Battle Platform, placed there by a Talisman Master hired by the Primordial Hall.
They could weaken the effects of martial arts on the platform, keeping it from being battered full of craters.
In an instant,
Xiang Huang wasted no words. Now that they had come this far, were they supposed to reminisce about their bond as father and son?
On the Primordial Battle Platform stood only two men!
An overwhelming torrent of Origin Energy abruptly swept out of his body, howling across the sky and rolling on endlessly like waves.
Xiang Huang's Origin Energy was plainly vigorous to an astonishing degree.
At the Initial Life Profound Realm, life force had already begun to form within the body.
Life force merged with Origin Energy, renewing itself endlessly. Its immensity was simply beyond the reach of anyone below the Life Profound Realm.
Let alone the Advanced Life Profound Realm. Xiang Huang's eruption of Origin Energy alone silenced some of the disciples who had supported Xiang Yun earlier. It was that terrifying?
Could Young Hall Master Xiang really withstand it?
"Hahaha, we've finally reached this point! Dad, ever since I started cultivating, you've been my first goal!!"
"Let me show you the results of my years of cultivation, Dad, and see whether they meet with your approval!"
"Qiankun Boundless Body, Primordial Battle Body!"
As soon as Xiang Yun's words fell,
His presence swelled at once, and before the astonished eyes of the spectators all around,
Xiang Yun's body grew as though swelling in the wind. He had always been fairly tall, though not as brawny as the others in the Primordial Hall.
But now, not only were his muscles swelling, his entire body was growing!
At the same time, an extraordinarily ferocious, vast presence rolled out of Xiang Yun.
"Heavenly Tyrant Fist!!"
A furious shout.
Boom!
The earth shook and the mountains trembled!
Without another wasted word, Xiang Yun stomped down hard in an instant, with the point where his foot struck at the center.
Surging air swept outward, and the runes on the Primordial Battle Platform flickered continuously, dispersing all the excess force.
The air currents around Xiang Yun immediately let out an earthshaking roar, unable to bear the strain.
Amid the explosions of surging air currents, he crossed nearly ten meters in the blink of an eye and raised his hand to smash a fist into Xiang Huang's face!
Boom-!
Thunder Sound reverberated.