Chapter 23

After enduring numerous hardships, the eighth thunderbolt finally passed. To be honest, the eighth thunderbolt was extremely powerful. Yuan Kui not only suffered damage to his dragon pearl, but one of the two dragon horns on his head was also broken, and two of his four dragon claws were injured.

After the thunderbolt passed, seeing that the damn lion spirit was trying to escape, Yuan Kui naturally wouldn't allow it. He picked up the new sword he had refined and directly immobilized it, marking the beginning of his good fortune.

Seeing that the lion spirit no longer posed a threat, Feng Ye relaxed and looked up at the sky. The thunderclouds in the air became increasingly dense, the cloud layers thicker, and the color gradually changed from black to purple. In the primordial world, purple is the most precious color, and gold is the most respected. Seeing the purple clouds in the sky, Feng Ye had a vague sense of foreboding. Only one more thunderbolt remained, the most powerful one, which was gathering strength, seemingly aiming to kill both of them with one strike.

Seeing this, Feng Ye cast a series of talismans onto Yuan Kui to help him recover his energy. "Take advantage of the time while the thunderbolt is gathering strength to replenish your energy!"

The first eight thunderbolts were all endured by Yuan Kui himself, while Feng Ye just hid behind. Therefore, Feng Ye's magical power was not much depleted. Even when dealing with the extraterrestrial demons and the lion spirit, he still retained most of his magical power. Naturally, he would use it at this moment.

The alchemical path can ascend to immortality and avoid the heavenly tribulation through the Dao of Immortals.

The path of artifacts can use divine weapons and tools to disperse the heavenly tribulation. If not, one can also refine defensive artifacts to withstand the heavenly tribulation.

The path of formations involves hiding in a large formation and waiting for the heavenly tribulation to pass.

And the path of talismans naturally has its own method of passing the tribulation.

Talismans are a form of divine script that communicates with heaven and earth, inherited from ancient times. Although incomplete, they are sufficient for communication with heaven and earth.

Feng Ye drew divine script seals in the air, forming chains that bound all things, using the power of heaven and earth. Since the heavenly tribulation is also a manifestation of the power of heaven and earth, what would happen when the two meet!

The thunderclouds continuously shrank and converged. Outside the thunderclouds, nine golden chains formed, locking the space where the thunderclouds were. Feng Ye didn't expect this to eliminate the heavenly tribulation; he only hoped to delay it a bit.

On one hand, he waited for Yuan Kui to recover his energy, and on the other hand, he could draw more talismans and set up a talisman formation. A talisman formation is a simple formation that uses talismans as the core and array instruments. There was already a Two Instruments and Four Symbols Formation here, so setting up the formation based on this was much faster.

After a while, the heavenly thunder had condensed into a purple thunderball. Inside it, countless lightning bolts flickered, slowly pressing down on the two below.

At the same time, the images of the four sacred beasts—dragon, tiger, phoenix, and turtle—appeared around the Two Instruments and Four Symbols Formation, practicing earth, fire, wind, and water, protecting the formation. Inside the formation, Feng Ye held the Taiji True Talisman as the array eye, evolving yin and yang energies, forming the foundation and controlling the formation.

The purple thunderball slowly descended, and the nine golden chains around it broke and instantly dissipated into the heavens.

With a loud boom, the thunderball collided with the formation, and a golden light shield appeared on the formation, covered with talisman divine scripts. There were a total of 1,500 talisman scripts. The scripts continuously flowed and rotated on the light shield, dispersing the impact of the thunderball. The images of the four sacred beasts also gathered their powers, counterattacking the thunderball, continuously wearing down its strength.

However, the thunderball was the final power of the heavenly tribulation, not something a simple Two Instruments and Four Symbols Formation could handle. Feng Ye didn't expect to directly eliminate the thunderball. If he had such talent in formations, he could have become a formation cultivator.

Feng Ye pointed his hand, detonating a talisman, which transformed into a golden light and cut toward the thunderball. One talisman might not weaken it much, but 1,500 talismans were enough to weaken the thunderball to a certain extent.

As the talismans continuously weakened the thunderball, Yuan Kui finally recovered some of his energy. Seeing the thunderball's power continuously weakening, the remaining strength was similar to the eighth thunderbolt. Yuan Kui gritted his teeth, straightened his dragon body, and flew up, directly swallowing the thunderbolt.

Seeing this, Feng Ye's eyebrows twitched. After all, the body of a heavenly dragon was much stronger than his own. Looking at his small frame, he chuckled, deciding to focus on understanding the mysteries of immortality and pursuing the Dao. In the future, matters of combat could be left to Yuan Kui. This division of labor was better than one person cultivating both aspects.

Feng Ye had these thoughts in his mind, planning to use Yuan Kui as a strong laborer, but Yuan Kui didn't know, and even if he did, he had no time to settle accounts with Feng Ye.

It was too difficult to digest! After all, it was the final heavenly thunder, gathering the power of heaven and earth. How could it be so easily digested by Yuan Kui? Feng Ye saw Yuan Kui rolling in discomfort, imagining that even Sun Wukong in the belly of Princess Iron Fan wouldn't have been in a better state.

Feng Ye shook his head and cast healing talismans at Yuan Kui.

After a while, Yuan Kui finally digested it, opening his mouth to spit out the dragon pearl. The dragon pearl was now clear and flawless, with all the cracks gone. This was why Yuan Kui took the risk to swallow the thunderball. He used the power of the heavenly thunder to repair his energy and nourish the dragon pearl.

Thus, the heavenly tribulation was finally passed. In this era, there were no such things as divine light to guide or transcending the boundaries to ascend.

Now, the world of Honghuang only had the three realms of heaven, earth, and humanity.

The human realm was the current land of Honghuang, formed from the body of Pangu. The earth realm was the world formed from the turbid qi when the clear and turbid separated, where Hou Tu evolved the underworld and the cycle of reincarnation, making her the nominal ruler of the earth realm.

The heavenly realm was formed from the clear and pure qi, now controlled by the Heavenly Court of Di Jun. No matter where, it was not a place for immortals to ascend.

However, after the thunderbolt, Feng Ye received a divine message. It described the general situation of Honghuang.

The divine message was a Daoist technique set by the ancient patriarch Hong Jun. Whenever someone cultivated to become an immortal, they would receive a message, informing them of the general situation of Honghuang, a form of guidance to prevent them from suffering a tragic fate and losing their cultivation.

In addition, Hong Jun also informed that Honghuang was not very safe, and there were some powerful immortals who could provide protection. The Kunlun Mountain of the Three Pure Ones, the Wanshou Mountain of the Ancestor of Earth Immortals, the Dong Wang Gong who governed male immortals, and the Xi Wang Mu who governed female immortals. For this, a map of Honghuang was also provided.

Looking at the map, the legendary Buzhou Mountain, Kunlun Mountain, Wanshou Mountain, Sumeru Mountain, and the Ten Islands of the Eastern Sea were all marked. However, Feng Ye looked several times but couldn't find the location of the legendary Yujing Mountain, the capital of the Daoist sect. He thought that after Hong Jun attained sainthood, he must have moved to the Thirty-Third Heaven.

Putting this aside for now, Feng Ye shook his head and began to check his own condition. He originally had the strength of a Celestial Immortal, but his Dao fruit was still at the level of the primordial spirit. Now that the heavenly tribulation was passed, he naturally attained the Dao fruit of a Celestial Immortal, with a closer connection to heaven and earth. However, the lifespan of a Celestial Immortal was only one yuanhui. If he didn't break through to the Golden Immortal level during this period, he would face the Five Decays of the Celestial Immortal in the future.

Yuan Kui was the same. With the body of a heavenly dragon, dragons are divine beings, and the heavenly dragon is a celestial deity with a divine nature. He naturally mastered the divine powers of dragons, such as controlling clouds and rain and exhaling mist.

"Brother Daoist, that eagle is still at our cave, I will go and deal with it first!"

"That is appropriate. I wonder how Brother Feng Kui is doing!" Feng Ye nodded.

After all, the body of a heavenly dragon is a divine being, and its flying speed is much faster than Feng Ye's escape technique.

"Looks like I need to study an escape technique in the future, otherwise, always being outdone is not a good feeling, even if it's my second primordial spirit." Feng Ye thought, watching Yuan Kui's distant figure.

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Well, back and updated immediately, finally didn't go past midnight.

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