Chapter 411 – The Three Flowers Above the Crown Converge, The Golden Immortal Tribulation Finally Arrives! [Monthly Ticket Bonus]
by spirapiraChapter 411 – The Three Flowers Above the Crown Converge, The Golden Immortal Tribulation Finally Arrives! [Monthly Ticket Bonus]
Su Xing finally understood why the White Emperor had said the Mirror of Nothingness could help him condense the Three Flowers Above the Crown.
Because the Mirror of Nothingness’s ability was inherently to intercept a portion of power from the future…
Therefore, using it to help Su Xing condense the Three Flowers Above the Crown was indeed overkill…
Its best use would be when Su Xing was stuck at a certain realm, activating the Mirror of Nothingness then.
To save countless years of wasted effort…
“So, the Mirror of Nothingness can only be used once per lifetime… but for me, can it be used once per simulation?”
Su Xing felt somewhat hesitant.
If it truly could only be used once, would using it now be too early?
“No! The Golden Immortal realm is something I must reach as soon as possible — I can’t afford to delay any longer…”
“If I keep dragging this out, by the time Blood Three comes to Earth, it’ll be too late!”
Su Xing hesitated no more. Reaching Golden Immortal as quickly as possible was the top priority!
Even if he could only use this opportunity once, he had to use it now!
As he steeled his resolve, a question also arose in Su Xing’s mind.
“Then, does the Luotian Mirror — a primordial chaos treasure just like the Mirror of Nothingness — really only have the limited functions it’s shown so far?”
“Just how many functions does the Luotian Mirror have that I haven’t yet unlocked?”
Thinking of this, Su Xing felt a surge of excitement.
It was as if a vast treasure vault awaited his exploration!
The Luotian Mirror was in a state of impaired functionality!
It required the infusion of sufficient magical power to restore it!
Before Golden Immortal, although Su Xing’s magical power was substantial, simply maintaining the Luotian Mirror’s operation already consumed a considerable amount.
Pouring in even more would actually harm his cultivation.
“But what if I break through to Golden Immortal?”
“My magical power will surely reach an entirely new level!”
“At that point… perhaps I can try out the Luotian Mirror’s other functions…”
Su Xing’s mind raced with these thoughts, but the Artifact Spirit’s voice reached his ears.
“So, are you ready? Do you want to use this one and only chance?”
Hearing this, Su Xing took a deep breath and answered without hesitation:
“I’m certain!”
“Very well… as you wish!”
As the words fell, a wondrous radiance enveloped Su Xing’s body.
Immediately after, Su Xing’s vision went black, and he lost consciousness.
…
Su Xing had a very long dream. In it, he saw a silhouette that looked much like himself.
But it wasn’t a person — or rather, it was merely a person-shaped halo of light.
The halo’s shape closely matched Su Xing’s build, and even its aura was remarkably similar.
The only difference was that it was far more powerful than Su Xing!
In the dream, the halo slowly merged with Su Xing.
In an instant, Su Xing entered an extraordinarily profound state.
Wave after wave of enlightenment poured unbidden into Su Xing’s consciousness.
“In refining spirit into void, when essence and vitality are abundant, one requires the spirit. The spirit is the source of the body. When the soul is robust, one remains lucid in the world. Shedding the shell, the void is fulfilled — as if entering the realm of emptiness. When one returns to the spiritual void, the Gold Flower is born…”
Under the blessing of this profound state, Su Xing felt his essence, vitality, and spirit more abundant than ever before!
Previously, Su Xing’s essence and vitality had been at their peak. The blooming of the Lead Flower and Silver Flower had elevated his essence and vitality to the Golden Immortal level.
Only the Gold Flower had remained stubbornly unbloomed, leaving his soul slightly lacking.
But now, Su Xing could feel his soul expanding at an unprecedented rate!
Yes — expanding!
The speed at which his soul was strengthening could no longer be described as mere growth.
To put it in the most apt terms:
Originally, Su Xing’s divine sense range was one hundred thousand li (50,000 km) — the Celestial Unity Realm!
Yet during this profound process, Su Xing’s divine sense range instantly surged past a million li (500,000 km)!
It even began faintly approaching ten million li (5,000,000 km)!
This was divine sense capable of encompassing more than half of an entire lesser chiliocosm!
In a lesser chiliocosm like the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, Su Xing could even sense all the way from Celestial Demon City to the southern reaches of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!
Under this violent expansion of his soul, within Su Xing’s apertures, a small golden flower gradually began to bloom…
Refine the void, return the spirit — and the Gold Flower is born!
…
When Su Xing opened his eyes again, he had unknowingly returned to the Real World.
Emerging from that profound state, Su Xing savored the experience for a long while.
“So, my soul…”
Su Xing instinctively probed his own divine sense, but found not the slightest change.
“Hah, in the simulation, my soul should have grown incomparably powerful by now, right?”
“So, did the Gold Flower condense successfully?”
Su Xing eagerly looked toward the simulation panel.
【Within the Mirror of Nothingness, you gradually awakened… sensing that your essence, vitality, and spirit were more abundant than ever before.】
【The explosive growth of your divine sense gave you the illusion that with a single thought, you could sense any corner between heaven and earth!】
【The Artifact Spirit’s voice reached your ears, sounding somewhat weary. It informed you that it was time to leave the Mirror of Nothingness.】
【Because outside, a tribulation awaited you…】
【Before you could react, your figure vanished from where you stood, and in the next instant, you appeared within Celestial Secrets City.】
【The sky that had been clear was now blanketed with dark clouds, and within a hundred thousand li (50,000 km), thunder rumbled ceaselessly…】
【You narrowed your eyes slightly, gazing at the rolling thunder in the sky above… You knew it was time to face the tribulation!】
【The legendary Golden Immortal Tribulation!】
【In mere moments, dozens of Elders from the Celestial Secrets Pavilion approached, informing you to avoid undergoing your tribulation within Celestial Secrets City if at all possible.】
【You understood clearly — the power of the Golden Immortal Tribulation was far too terrifying. It might even damage Celestial Secrets City’s barriers… and inadvertently harm civilians and lower-ranked cultivators.】
【Without hesitation, you took a single step forward, leaving Celestial Secrets City and appearing atop a great mountain a hundred thousand li (50,000 km) away.】
【The thunder in the sky shifted with your movement.】
【Rolling thunder surged toward you like tidal waves. This terrifying tribulation lightning was more fearsome than any Thunder Tribulation you had ever faced!】
【And yet, you felt not the slightest fear!】
【Having just condensed the Gold Flower, your essence, vitality, and spirit were at their fullest — this was your absolute peak!】
【No further preparation was needed. If you couldn’t survive the tribulation now, how could you possibly survive it later?】
【And so, you sat cross-legged atop the mountain summit, closed your eyes to compose yourself, gradually synchronizing your breathing with the Dao of heaven and earth, adjusting your aura to its optimal state, and quietly awaited the tribulation’s descent…】
【Finally, as the thunder continued to gather, the first bolt of tribulation lightning struck down from the black cloud-covered sky.】
【The tribulation lightning came from the edge of the heavens, carrying world-destroying force as it smashed viciously toward you.】
【An ordinary cultivator at the peak of Mystic Immortal would have needed to handle even this first bolt with extreme caution…】
【At first, even you were somewhat tense. But after sensing the first bolt’s power, you smiled with contempt.】
【Thick primordial energy coiled around your left fist. Without dodging or evading, you threw a single punch at the tribulation lightning.】
【With just one punch, the Golden Immortal tribulation lightning was shattered into nothing!】
【The Golden Immortal Tribulation, no matter how powerful, was ultimately calibrated for those at the peak of Mystic Immortal and early Golden Immortal…】
【But your strength had long surpassed that range!】
【Even with pure physical power alone, you could withstand the heavenly tribulation without injury.】
【Burning battle intent surged in your eyes as you felt the traces of thunder within the tribulation continuously tempering your flesh…】
【And so, you made a bold move — you raised a provocative gesture toward the tribulation lightning in the sky.】
【This level of power — was it trying to tickle you?】
【Back when you had faced the Thunder Tribulation before, you’d already learned that tribulation lightning was part of the Heavenly Dao and possessed a faint consciousness of its own.】
【Sure enough, provoked by your taunting, the tribulation lightning was successfully enraged, and even more terrifying thunder began to gather.】
【Yet you remained completely unperturbed — in fact, you grew even more excited!】
【One bolt… two bolts… ten… a hundred!】
【As the thunder continued to strike down, you felt your comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder deepening, and your physical body was being tempered alongside it!】
【The Heavenly Thunder Sacred Body, which you had neglected for so long, seemed to be gradually perfecting itself…】
【And these countless bolts of thunder began to cause panic among the surrounding cultivators.】
【Innumerable Golden Immortal powerhouses gazed toward the thunderstorm from afar, their hearts filled with shock.】
【The power of this tribulation had long surpassed an ordinary Golden Immortal Tribulation. Let alone a peak Mystic Immortal — even some Golden Immortal cultivators wouldn’t necessarily be confident they could endure it.】
【Being tempered within this tribulation, you felt not the slightest fear. Instead, you found it rather enjoyable…】
【You could feel your physical body growing ever stronger within the tribulation lightning, the Heavenly Thunder Sacred Body gradually taking shape…】
In the Real World, Su Xing took a deep breath at the sight of this.
“The Heavenly Thunder Sacred Body — it’s finally going to be completed?”
Su Xing hadn’t expected this pleasant surprise.
Originally, Su Xing’s Heavenly Thunder Physique was only a half-finished product — stronger than an ordinary gold talent, but falling short of the red talent, the mythical tier.
It was also inferior to the true Heavenly Thunder Sacred Body!
Yet he never expected that under the Golden Immortal Tribulation, his Heavenly Thunder Sacred Body would undergo another evolution!
“What a stroke of double fortune!”
“A Golden Immortal breakthrough is imminent, and the Heavenly Thunder Sacred Body is about to complete its evolution…”
The corners of Su Xing’s mouth curled upward.
After successfully condensing the Gold Flower, Su Xing had no worries whatsoever.
As for that trifling Golden Immortal Tribulation…
If even someone of Su Xing’s strength couldn’t survive it, then no Mystic Immortal in all of heaven and earth could.
“Hah, once this tribulation is passed, Golden Immortal is within reach!”
Su Xing suppressed the excitement in his heart and turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【The Golden Immortal Tribulation lasted a full forty-nine days…】
【At first, the thunder was relentless, as if countless bolts waited in the sky to strike down.】
【But toward the end, the thunder’s power ceased to grow, and the frequency of the lightning bolts grew ever lower…】
【Finally, after forty-nine days, the thunder in the sky gradually dissipated.】
【You gazed up at the fading tribulation and laughed skyward, as if you could sense the heavenly tribulation’s frustration.】
【You seemed to catch the tribulation’s meaning, roughly: Just you wait, kid — next time you break through, watch me blast you to bits!】
【You couldn’t have cared less, because after a full forty-nine days of heavenly thunder baptism…】
【Your Heavenly Thunder Sacred Body had finally completed its evolution!】