The Misfortune of Taking on Grudges

"Four zhang, five zhang, six zhang!"

Two days have passed since Zhang Xuezhou's final attempt.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan looked at Zhang Xuezhou, who was as large as a small mountain.

Two days is a very short time, so short that ordinary people wouldn't notice it, but Zhang Xuezhou has changed dramatically in those two days.

"The Holy Son's Heaven and Earth Manifestation Technique should be able to be adjusted to approach the pinnacle of Divine Ability!"

Zhang Xuezhou's body, which was six zhang tall, had remained unchanged for a day and a night. Initially, he grew one zhang taller, and then six or seven chi taller, but the growth rate of Zhang Xuezhou became slower and slower.

During this day and night, Zhang Xuezhou's body stopped changing.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan believes that the related influence likely stems from the "Technique Within the Clouds".

The Heavenly Law described by Divine Lord Zhenyuan is not problematic, as is the Heavenly Court's original Heavenly Manifestation Earth Law. It is also highly likely that the Western Sect's Body Refining Technique is also correct. Even if it is not extremely profound, it should at least be able to reach the Divine Ability Realm.

However, neither the Heavenly Court nor the Western Sect's cultivation techniques involve the practice of cultivating wings.

Zhang Xuezhou's technique was not wrong; the mistake was that Zhang Xuezhou possessed a body that was not that of a pure-blooded human.

This undoubtedly became a major obstacle, even for someone as talented as Zhang Xuezhou, who was dragged down and forced into a long period of adjustment.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan paced back and forth several times. As he stared at Zhang Xuezhou's pair of enormous demonic feathers, a pure white, jade-like light appeared on the golden demonic feathers.

Like a domino effect, as one demonic feather transformed, many golden demonic feathers flipped and turned into a jade-like color. Then, a golden light emanated from Zhang Xuezhou, followed by a white beam that swept down.

In a mere instant, Zhang Xuezhou's six-zhang-tall body transformed from gold to a jade-like color, with a faint white light falling down, resembling a luminous jade stone.

With a sway of his body, Zhang Xuezhou's six-zhang-tall figure stepped directly into the seven-zhang-tall realm.

Dark clouds inexplicably gathered in the sky, turning the horizon pitch black in a short moment, with purple lightning swirling and coiling within them.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan's body swayed, and lightning began to fall from the sky.

"The Holy Son seems to have chosen to refine the demonic feathers using the Technique Within the Clouds, thus unifying his body and the demonic feathers, but this also attracted the Lightning Tribulation Demon Race seeking sainthood!"

Divine Lord Zhenyuan found it all quite strange; it was the first time he had ever seen a human undergoing Lightning Tribulation.

However, he was not worried about Zhang Xuezhou. After all, Zhang Xuezhou's unconventional Heaven and Earth Transformation Technique focused on body refinement and was the most resilient type of cultivator. If such a body were to perish under the Lightning Tribulation of entering sainthood, then the Technique Method would be nothing but a joke.

He could sense the power contained within Zhang Xuezhou's seven-foot-tall body, and he also knew what kind of damage Zhang Xuezhou could withstand.

As Divine Lord Zhenyuan's gaze swept over the Lightning Tribulation, he saw the purple lightning slide directly off Zhang Xuezhou's body.

The lightning bolt appeared to strike Zhang Xuezhou's body, but it actually exploded on the surrounding trees.

"Whether it's the Six-Nine Lightning Tribulation or the Seven-Nine Lightning Tribulation, the Holy Son should be safe. It's a pity the Emperor isn't here; otherwise, he would probably really enjoy collecting this kind of divine lightning!"

In the distance, Queen Supi and her entourage were already kneeling on the ground in prayer.

Zhang Xuezhou body was as imposing as a mountain, was undoubtedly a god in the eyes of these people, and the falling lightning terrified them. Few could stand calmly and watch.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Sizzle!"

Just as Divine Lord Zhenyuan had expected, the power of the purple lightning had very little effect on Zhang Xuezhou's body; even the protective white light around him had not broken through it.

"Holy Son, don't run!"

Divine Lord Zhenyuan felt that Zhang Xuezhou passed the Lightning Tribulation with great ease.

Of course, his ease was relative to the fact that other Demon Race were covered in blood and gore.

Zhang Xuezhou is unlikely to be seriously injured, but minor injuries are probably unavoidable, and he will inevitably experience the numbness and stinging sensation of the thunder.

This is also a common problem for cultivators who have achieved sainthood through physical cultivation. The fact that their bodies can withstand beatings without damage does not mean that they do not feel pain. In fact, even Yang Jian and others would cry out in pain when they were hit and would try their best to avoid their opponents' attacks.

This weakness was exploited by top-tier cultivators. They didn't need the sharpest, most powerful techniques to break through the physical body and achieve sainthood; a sufficiently dense barrage of attacks was enough to inflict endless pain, causing even the strongest physical cultivators to faint and fall into defeat.

Zhang Xuezhou clearly couldn't withstand the stinging pain either, or perhaps this was due to Zhang Xuezhou's past fighting style.

Upon regaining his senses and realizing he had been inexplicably struck by lightning, Zhang Xuezhou's first reaction was not to fight back, but to run away immediately.

Its seven-zhang-tall body flapped its giant wings, soaring into the sky like the Mingwang Peng, and then flying far away.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan only had time to utter a single cry before the sound of thunder boomed again, crashing down towards Zhang Xuezhou, who was fleeing far away.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Run as far as you can, lest the Holy Son fly around recklessly and get hurt!"

Divine Lord Zhenyuan was unable to stop Zhang Xuezhou, so he could only shout at the Supi people, signaling them to quickly find a place to hide, lest Zhang Xuezhou's reckless flight bring down thunderbolts.

"God, we have witnessed the birth of a new god! May you bless us to have many children and make our tribe strong!"

Queen Supi appeared mad, stretching out her arms and shouting wildly, which in turn ignited an even more frenzied roar from the large group of Supi people.

"These mortals have gone mad!"

Different levels of knowledge and experience will obviously lead to different feelings.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan thought Zhang Xuezhou was simply undergoing a Lightning Tribulation, while Zhang Xuezhou was terrified by the falling lightning and ran around in all directions. The Supi people, on the other hand, believed they had witnessed a god's power and were now in a frenzy of prayer.

Each of the three parties has its own perspective, and none of them can convince the others.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan reached out and picked up the purple-gold-red gourd, then felt the meager Law Power he could control within his body.

He glanced at the distant lightning in the sky, assessed the probability of successfully persuading Zhang Xuezhou, and ultimately abandoned the idea. Instead, he took a gust of wind and drifted off in pursuit.

"Once the fifty-four or sixty-three lightning bolts have struck, the Holy Son will cease his prayers. These Supi people can pray as much as they want; they can kneel and pray until they are too exhausted to continue!"

After pondering it over, Divine Lord Zhenyuan felt that the matter had finally come to an end.

The unexpected events brought by Suoyang disrupted his plans with Zhang Xuezhou and the Empress Dowager. Divine Lord Zhenyuan felt that there were still many things to deal with and trouble in the future.

"Fellow Daoist Dou said that she has offended some bad luck over the years, and the techniques she practices will affect me in terms of inheriting grudges, and may even bring me bad luck. Right now, it seems to be bad luck!"

Divine Lord Zhenyuan thought of the Empress Dowager and some things she had once instructed him on.

As a master of the True Self Realm, the Empress Dowager suffered a devastating illness at her own hands, a condition she herself had orchestrated and was unable to escape. No one would believe it if this were told, but it was the Empress Dowager's true condition.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan hadn't thought much of it before, but when he encountered Suoyang, what seemed like a great fortuitous opportunity almost turned into injury, he belatedly realized that he agreed with what the Empress Dowager had said, "People really do create trouble for themselves."

"Speaking of which, the Holy Son didn't inherit any of Fellow Daoist Dou's grudges, so why is he also sharing my bad luck?"

Divine Lord Zhenyuan thought about the Empress Dowager, then about Zhang Xuezhou, and kept summarizing and comparing, trying to find a starting point to resolve this influence.

He kept recalling every step he and Zhang Xuezhou had taken after encountering Suoyang, and then compared their current situations. Suddenly, the thunderous sound in his ears intensified.

When Divine Lord Zhenyuan swept his gaze across the scene, he saw purple lightning flying like mad snakes, closely chasing and falling towards a huge figure high in the sky.

"My Lord, save me! A demon from another realm is trying to kill me with lightning!"

Divine Lord Zhenyuan blinked repeatedly. Before he could quickly dodge, he saw a massive, mountain-like body fall from the sky, and Zhang Xuezhou's voice roared like thunder.

"This is just Lightning Tribulation, don't aim it at me... Ouch..."

When a bolt of purple lightning slid down from Zhang Xuezhou and struck Divine Lord Zhenyuan, Divine Lord Zhenyuan completely forgot about why he and Zhang Xuezhou were unlucky. He only felt that the shadow of bad luck still loomed over him, and the possibility that they would kill him was constantly increasing.