Lightning Tribulation

The fiery phoenix swooped down, its immense, scorching heat seemingly capable of melting the heavens and earth.

But as the azure Azure Sun appeared, the temperature dropped wherever its light shone, and the fire phoenix's body continued to melt away.

Fang Yu's heart stirred as he sensed the myriad flames that made up the fire phoenix dissipating one by one, and a realization dawned on him.

This ' Azure Splendor Deliverance ' can not only ferry the souls of the dead, but also the hearts of all people. Under its light, the wishes of those tiny sparks are all converted and transformed, disappearing into the world like souls whose wishes have been fulfilled.

No, it's not just dissipation.

The next moment, Fang Yu saw clusters of azure flames emerge from the Azure Sun, making its light even more dazzling.

'This Azure Splendor Deliverance seems to be specifically designed to counter my Phoenix Sets the Plains Ablaze, no, it should be said that it counters all Dao Foundation spiritual Divine Ability cultivated using Mortal World Spiritual Qi.'

'If my Fire Phoenix continues its charge, it will surely be completely converted, and Dao Attainment I gained through the Embroidered Tiger will vanish, making all my efforts futile.'

' The Mount Longhu Daoist lineage is indeed formidable!'

In the blink of an eye, the fire phoenix swooping down from the sky performed a cobra-like ascent, instantly soaring into the sky, its body shrinking continuously until it transformed into a bird.

"Hahaha!"

Seeing the fire phoenix fly away, Zhang Daochang laughed loudly and waved his whisk; the azure Azure Sun slowly disappeared.

"Junior Brother Fang, if you have truly mastered the ' Crimson Firmament Liberation by Violence Manual,' you might be able to discuss the Dao with me. But if you think you can rely on Phoenix Sets the Plains Ablaze, that is absolutely not the case. Don't you know that Phoenix Mountain was destroyed by my Mount Longhu back then?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Yu paused for a moment before replying, "I simply don't want to fight my senior brother to the death. Can your Azure Splendor Deliverance truly extinguish all the billions of heart flames?"

Zhang Daochang's smile faded as he said, "Junior Brother is quite right. Phoenix Sets the Plains Ablaze is indeed difficult to convert. I have won this round by a small margin. Do you have any other tricks up your sleeve? Please use them and see if I can withstand them!"

Fang Yu remained silent for a moment before asking, "Senior Brother, do you truly have no interest in the Dragon-Tiger Great Elixir?"

Zhang Daochang said in a deep voice, "My path lies with you, not with anyone else. If you are truly willing to send these thousands of true spirits to reincarnation, I can return them to you. But you don't even dare to show your face; how can I trust you!"

Fang Yu laughed and said, "That's easy. Senior Brother, release your ten thousand true spirits, and I will appear."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Daochang laughed and said, "Alright, then I'll see if you have the guts!"

The next moment, he waved his hand, and the Human Sovereign Banner on the altar fell into his hand. With a shake of his hand, the banner unfolded, and thousands of true spirits surged out from it, transforming into phantoms with mysterious light, which gathered in the air to form an array.

Zhang Daochang looked at Zhao Heming, "These ten million true spirits have already been tainted with a trace of Azure Sun, which can be used to refine the Earth Altar soldiers, perfectly matching your Phoenix Sets the Plains Ablaze. I don't believe you'd be willing to let them reincarnate."

"Of course I'm willing to!"

As Zhao Heming spoke, the sparks in his eyes dissipated, and at the same time, the myriad true spirits gathered into clouds and headed into the distance.

Zhang Daochang watched the thousands of true spirits disappear into the distance, but instead of chasing after them immediately, he took out a talisman from his hand and affixed it to Zhao Heming's chest.

Zhao Heming had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened them and looked at Zhang Daochang in a daze. "Master, I feel so dizzy. I think I was talking to you in a dream, but I can't remember what we were saying!"

Zhang Daochang laughed and said, "Dizziness is normal, and forgetting things is normal too. Take a deep breath, and you'll feel better soon!"

Zhao Heming took a few deep breaths, then his body stiffened and he fell backward.

However, the next moment Zhang Daochang caught him and placed him on the couch.

"You'll be fine after a good night's sleep. When you wake up, I will be able to convert ' Fang Yu ' and retrieve your lost destiny. Then you can come back to the Ancestral Hall with me to formally begin your training."

As Zhang Daochang spoke, a cloud platform appeared beneath his feet, carrying him towards the direction where the true spirit resided.

The area surrounding Anjing.

On a desolate mountain ridge.

Fang Yu smiled as he watched the myriad true spirits gathering from the horizon. The next moment, the myriad true spirits, like birds returning to their nests, entered his brow, surged into his sea of consciousness, and merged with his original destiny to become a complete true spirit.

These spirits, having been continuously converted by Zhang Daochang for over ten years, are no longer ordinary spirits; after their reincarnation, they will certainly not be ordinary people.

Although he could indeed keep it and use it to refine Law Treasure, transforming it into the Earth Altar Army and crafting a Law Treasure similar to the Human Sovereign Banner, doing so would truly lead him into the Demonic Path.

Soon, all the myriad true spirits gathered together. Fang Yu looked at Zhang Daochang, who had descended from the cloud platform in the distance, and asked, "Senior Brother, do you really not believe me?"

Zhang Daochang glanced in the direction of the battlefield and laughed, "You chose to meet me when the Dragon-Tiger Great Elixir was about to be completed to avoid interference from True Person Fengyi of Dragon Mount Longmen, but how can you be sure you can escape from me?"

Fang Yu laughed and said, "Who said I was going to run away? I'll just kill you!"

"Hahaha!" Zhang Daochang laughed, "You think you can beat me?"

Fang Yu's aura suddenly changed, transforming into that of Golden Core cultivator. At the same time, an array plate appeared in his hand, and he uttered, "Activate!"

In an instant, beams of red light shot into the sky, surging and forming an inverted bowl that covered Zhang Daochang within it.

"Purple Mansion True Person!"

"Purple Mansion Grand Formation!"

Zhang Daochang was suddenly startled; the composure on his face vanished, replaced by solemnity. He finally understood why the patriarch had entrusted him with three thousand soldiers before he descended the mountain. This man was truly...

"Wrong..."

He carefully sensed Fang Yu's aura and the changes in the Purple Mansion Grand Array, then his eyes widened as he watched Fang Yu's figure dissipate, and he exclaimed in shock:

"You're actually a cultivator of ancient techniques!"

Damn it!

Zhang Daochang's expression changed drastically. He waved the Human Sovereign Banner in his hand, and a silver-armored celestial general appeared. The general grabbed Zhang Daochang's shoulder, took a step, and disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already outside the great formation.

At the same time, Fang Yu's figure also appeared outside the great formation, and coincidentally, he was face to face with Zhang Daochang.

How did you get out?!

Fang Yu asked the question instinctively, but after seeing the silver-armored general beside him, he knew how the other party had gotten out.

Heavenly generals at the Purple Mansion level can walk in the Great Void. Although his third-order formation can barely be considered Purple Mansion formation, it does not have the ability to restrict the Great Void, which is an ability only fourth-order formations possess.

Therefore, when they encountered Purple Mansion cultivator, they could not trap him at all. At the same time, he realized that the soldiers Zhang Daochang was with were not the 200 soldiers he had seen before, but a battalion of soldiers. Only a battalion of soldiers would have Purple Mansion level Heavenly General.

His lips twitched, and he retreated rapidly, merging into the great formation.

At the same time, Zhang Daochang also retreated rapidly, far away from the great formation, and was then carried away by the silver-armored heavenly general into the Great Void.

When it reappeared, it was already a hundred miles away.

He watched the ever-shrinking Purple Mansion Array from afar, his brows furrowed, a passage from a childhood sermon by the Celestial Master flashing through his mind.

"In ancient times, cultivators cultivated their life force but not their nature, absorbing the Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth to cultivate themselves. This led to an ever-increasing number of cultivators, which eventually resulted in the depletion of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi."

Heavenly Dao, moved by the divine will, summoned a tribulation of lightning, wiping out one in ten ancient cultivators. The surviving powerful beings, sensing the wrath of Heaven and Earth, comprehended the spiritual essence of the universe within the tribulation, and thus created new methods, establishing the Four Symbols, the Twelve Earthly Branches, and the Twenty-Eight Golden Position to appease the wrath of Heaven and Earth...

"Boom..."

Just then, dark clouds gathered in the distance, thunder rumbled, and lightning bolts surged within the boundless black clouds, as if it were the end of the world.

Zhang Daochang's eyes widened.

"As expected of an ancient cultivator, this person must have escaped from some hidden realm. He concealed himself with secret techniques before, but now that his whereabouts have been exposed, he has been moved by the heavens and earth, triggering a tribulation of lightning. He will surely be struck dead by the lightning this time..."

He paused, then murmured, "Thunder tribulation is indeed the might of heaven, but if one can withstand it, one can also inquire about the Dao from heaven and obtain the spiritual essence of heaven and earth. It is fortuitous opportunity that is hard to come by. If I can withstand a bolt of heavenly lightning, my Purple Mansion will be formed instantly... But, but, if I cannot withstand it, I will vanish into nothingness..."