Chapter 510 – 12 Billion Origin Energy, the Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation Arrives!
by spirapiraChapter 510: 12 Billion Origin Energy, the Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation Arrives!
“Five Elements Dao… earth manipulation technique!”
Su Xing casually gave a name to the technique he cast upon himself.
In reality, it was merely one application of the Five Elements Dao, yet its power was already no weaker than an earth-element supernatural art.
As Su Xing’s words fell, the exotic metal veins beneath his feet automatically unearthed themselves, refined, and purified.
The entire process took no more than a single breath!
In the past, Su Xing had needed the entire Tarot Trading Company’s resources to obtain large quantities of purified exotic metal.
But now, with a mere wave of his hand, he far surpassed what was possible before.
As his words fell, countless blocks of high-grade exotic metal, each one cubic meter in volume, were refined and purified.
Su Xing willed it, and absorbed them all.
【Ding! Large quantity of origin energy detected, valued at 67.98 million… Absorb?】
“Yes!”
Su Xing took a deep breath and absorbed without hesitation.
Nearly seventy million origin energy — and this was merely the value of a single exotic metal vein!
Veins like this in the Luotian Realm numbered well over a hundred!
And so, Su Xing spent the next quarter of an hour absorbing ninety percent of all the exotic metal veins within the Luotian Realm.
He obtained… nearly seven billion origin energy!
“A full seven billion origin energy!”
Su Xing’s hands trembled with excitement.
Origin energy meant power to him!
And this sum of origin energy was enough to sustain Su Xing’s cultivation for a very long time after advancing to Great Firmament Golden Immortal!
Moreover, the valuable resources within the Luotian Realm were far from limited to just this!
Aside from some rare herbs, high-quality magical treasures, pills, spirit liquid, spirit stones, and immortal liquid —
Su Xing chose to absorb all the lower-grade magical treasures and spirit ores!
Converting all of these into origin energy alone took Su Xing the better part of a day.
In the end, Su Xing’s origin energy reached —
12,778,960,000 points!
Subtracting Su Xing’s original billion-plus origin energy,
the wealth contained within the Luotian Black Pearl alone had brought Su Xing over ten billion origin energy in income!
“That truly is… a staggering fortune!”
Su Xing took a deep breath, calming his excitement.
Even after all those years working undercover among the foreign race, the origin energy he had earned barely matched this figure…
“With this sum of origin energy, I can officially begin my breakthrough to Great Firmament Golden Immortal!”
Su Xing took a deep breath, then first returned to the spirit field grotto-heaven.
He then opened the simulation panel and initiated a new round of simulation.
“Begin simulation!”
【Simulation #358 initiated. Current remaining origin energy: 12,778,960,000 points… Remaining simulation attempts: 4.】
【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a talent costs 1 origin energy point. Draw?】
“Yes!”
【Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the gold talent Myriad Medicine Divine Physique…】
【Myriad Medicine Divine Physique】: Gold talent. A miraculous physique that can absorb medicinal power to the maximum extent. Cultivation bonuses from consuming medicine are double that of ordinary cultivators. (Note: Medicine jar physique.)
Looking at the new talent before him, Su Xing shook his head.
“What a shame. The Myriad Medicine Divine Physique’s value still can’t compare to Innate Severed Meridians…”
“After all, consuming medicine still requires refining… While Innate Severed Meridians prevents medicine use, it directly provides a double cultivation speed bonus — the effect is far superior!”
Su Xing thought little of this talent and turned his gaze directly to the simulation panel.
【Please select a talent to enhance with the Philosopher’s Stone…】
“I choose to enhance… Late Bloomer.”
【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you realize you are in a simulation!】
【You temporarily leave the Celestial Demon Domain and head for the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】
【Because the Celestial Demon Domain is not an ideal place for tribulation transcendence at this time.】
【You travel to the Azure Origin Domain and return to the Azure Cloud Sect.】
【Half a year later, Qingyunzi successfully vanquishes his inner demons and recovers his half-saint power.】
【With Qingyunzi personally standing guard, the Azure Cloud Sect is undoubtedly one of the safest places in the Three Thousand Worlds.】
【And so, you remain within the Azure Cloud Sect, preparing for your breakthrough…】
【You begin attempting to invoke the heavenly Thunder Tribulation, to transcend the tribulation of liberation…】
【Your magical power cultivation has long been sufficient. You smoothly pass the Eight Tribulations, fulfilling the requirements for the Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation…】
【As you attempt to invoke the Thunder Tribulation, thunderclouds begin appearing in the sky.】
In the Real World, Su Xing’s heart stirred when he saw this.
“In past Thunder Tribulation breakthroughs, not only could it enhance physique and magical power, it could also deepen my Great Dao of Thunder Comprehension. I mustn’t waste this!”
Su Xing didn’t hesitate, silently intoning:
“Activate immersive simulation, duration ten years!”
【Ding! Remaining origin energy: 12,778,950,000 points…】
As the Chime fell, Su Xing’s consciousness entered the simulated world.
…
When Su Xing opened his eyes again, he had returned to the Azure Cloud Realm.
Cultivators undergoing tribulation typically chose a tall mountain, using the power of the earth to withstand the heavenly thunder.
Su Xing was no exception.
And at this moment, dark clouds above Su Xing’s head began gradually converging.
The range of the thunderclouds expanded at an astonishing speed.
A hundred li (50 km), a thousand li (500 km), ten thousand li (5,000 km), a hundred thousand li (50,000 km)…
The range of the Great Firmament Golden Immortal Thunder Tribulation encompassed the entire Greater World!
At this moment, every cultivator in the entire Azure Cloud Realm saw the anomaly in the sky.
Dark clouds gathered, lightning flickered.
As the thunder continuously condensed, the first bolt of tribulation lightning was brewing.
And at this moment, Su Xing’s heart was incomparably calm.
He had absolute confidence that he could withstand the Thunder Tribulation before him.
Not merely because of the physical strength of his eighth realm Great Shaman Body Forging Art.
Even more so because of Su Xing’s physique — the Eternal Thunder Physique!
It could absorb the power of lightning to strengthen himself, and also granted an astonishing comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder!
Though it was only an incomplete Eternal Thunder Physique, for Su Xing, the success rate of resisting the Thunder Tribulation was virtually one hundred percent.
When the first bolt of thunder fell, striking Su Xing’s body at an astonishing speed,
Su Xing did not resist with any supernatural art or technique. He simply absorbed the body-tempering effects of the lightning as much as possible!
He could feel that after the lightning struck, a destructive, violent force surged within his body, making his physical form even more powerful!
At the same time, Su Xing’s comprehension of the Great Dao continued to grow unceasingly.
“Not bad at all!”
Su Xing raised his head, gazing at the thunder in the sky with radiant eyes.
The power within this lightning made Su Xing feel himself growing ever stronger!
“Then let the tribulation come even more fiercely!”
The corners of Su Xing’s mouth curved upward, and he actually felt a surge of anticipation.
One must know that any single bolt of this Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation carried enough power to kill a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal!
Yet for Su Xing, weathering the Thunder Tribulation was more like taking a bath — as if it were a kind of enjoyment!
And the Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation did not disappoint Su Xing!
As the first bolt of tribulation lightning fell, the second followed close behind!
Boom! Rumble!
Lightning tempered his body, purple light flashed, and Su Xing felt his magical power seemingly growing even more substantial.
Then came ten bolts, a hundred, a thousand…
In a mere span of dozens of days, over ten thousand bolts of tribulation lightning had fallen.
And amid the ceaseless tribulation lightning,
Su Xing felt that his comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder had, before he knew it, reached sixth realm Major Mastery!
In the distance, Qingyunzi was observing Su Xing’s tribulation transcendence.
“I wonder just how many bolts of tribulation lightning this kid can withstand?”
“The Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation is entirely different from previous tribulations! For a Great Firmament Golden Immortal, it’s more like a gift!”
“The more tribulations one endures, the deeper one’s magical power becomes after the Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation!”
“It can even directly elevate one’s cultivation realm!”
“Because the Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation is also known as… the Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation!”
Qingyunzi’s eyes flickered, a trace of reminiscence in his gaze.
Back then, when he underwent the Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation, he had endured over 367,000 bolts of tribulation lightning…
With the Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation, once one had endured past 129,800 bolts, one could choose to ascend and transcend at any time, attaining the Dao of the Great Firmament. The tribulation would then naturally dissipate!
But for a Great Firmament Golden Immortal, naturally the more one endured, the better!
Veteran Great Firmament Golden Immortals like Qingyunzi, and even half-saints…
The tribulation bolts they had weathered mostly numbered between three hundred thousand and four hundred thousand!
And it was by virtue of the baptism from those 360,000 tribulation bolts that Qingyunzi, upon first stepping into Great Firmament Golden Immortal, had already possessed the cultivation of early Great Firmament Golden Immortal Layer Two.
Equivalent to saving himself millions of years of bitter cultivation…
And to Qingyunzi’s knowledge, the highest number of tribulation bolts ever endured by any cultivator in all of history belonged to a Saint from the ancient era.
That person had endured over 720,000 bolts of tribulation lightning.
Upon completing the tribulation, they possessed the cultivation of late Great Firmament Golden Immortal Layer Two — truly the envy of all!
And in the era Qingyunzi had lived through, the one who had endured the most tribulation bolts was… the Celestial Demon General!
By virtue of the formidable physical body granted by the eighth layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, the Celestial Demon General had endured over 490,000 bolts of tribulation lightning.
Upon entering Great Firmament Golden Immortal, he already possessed mid-stage Layer Two cultivation!
“I wonder how many bolts this kid will be able to endure?”
“He also cultivates the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, and though his bloodline isn’t as pure as the Celestial Demon General’s, it shouldn’t fall short by much…”
Qingyunzi mused silently.
At this moment, the tribulation had only just begun.
Only a little over ten thousand bolts of tribulation lightning had fallen from the sky, and their power was far from reaching its maximum!
Within the Azure Cloud Realm, an untold number of cultivators had already gathered.
They had all come to observe this rare Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation.
Watching this tribulation, even gaining only the slightest comprehension, would be worth years of bitter cultivation for them.
Even a cultivator of Qingyunzi’s caliber could gain from observing the Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation.
This was the Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation!
Also known as the Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation!
The Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation spreads the Dao to all under heaven!
The cultivator undergoing tribulation received its gifts, and those observing could receive gifts as well.
After the tribulation, even the entire world would undergo changes in fortune and spiritual energy.
For ten thousand years following a Great Firmament tribulation transcendence, it would be a period of flourishing growth for all cultivators in that realm!
…
The scene returned to Su Xing.
At this moment, Su Xing still stood atop the mountain peak, calmly weathering the tribulation, continuously drawing benefits from it.
“The thirty-seven thousand, six hundred and fifty-second bolt of tribulation lightning…”
Su Xing narrowed his eyes, counting constantly in his mind.
In merely a few months, Su Xing had already endured over thirty thousand bolts of tribulation lightning.
And his comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder had thoroughly stabilized at sixth realm Major Mastery.
Moreover, Su Xing could feel his magical power fluctuating violently, his physical body growing ever stronger.
Even… the Celestial Primordial Tree within his body had begun to grow!
“This Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation even has the effect of refining primordial energy!”
A gleam of light flashed through Su Xing’s eyes, and he was overjoyed.
He knew that this was perhaps one of the greatest opportunities he had ever encountered!
If he could persist through this Thunder Tribulation, Su Xing’s strength would likely undergo an earth-shattering transformation!
“Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation, Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation… transcend heaven and earth, roam free across the world!”
“Truly, it lives up to its name!”
Su Xing’s heart blazed with passion.
Knowing full well the benefits of the Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation, Su Xing naturally wasn’t in a hurry to finish. Instead, he considered how to extract as many benefits from the tribulation as possible, striving for a quantum leap in his strength!
As time trickled by, the power of the tribulation lightning in the sky continued to intensify.
Forty thousand bolts, fifty thousand, sixty thousand…
When the number of tribulation bolts reached eighty thousand, their power had already approached the offensive might of a Supreme Unity True Master.
This wasn’t a single attack, but thousands upon thousands of lightning bolts!
At this level, forget an ordinary Supreme Unity True Sovereign — even a Supreme Unity Celestial Venerable would find it extremely difficult to withstand by brute force!
And at this point, the tribulation’s power was still increasing!
Yet Su Xing, currently enduring the tribulation, still hadn’t employed any supernatural art to weaken the lightning’s power!
Because Su Xing’s body and primordial energy were still growing continuously!
The Celestial Primordial Tree within Su Xing had by now nearly reached thirty thousand zhang (99.9 km)!
Merely enduring eighty thousand bolts of tribulation lightning was already equivalent to the results of three of Su Xing’s simulations…
With such astounding effects from the Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation, how could Su Xing bear to end it early?
“Hah… the Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation is starting to get interesting!”
Su Xing’s eyes burned with intense fighting spirit. By now, the tribulation lightning was finally able to inflict some wounds and pain upon him.
But under the eighth layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, these injuries healed in an instant.
The actual damage to Su Xing was virtually nonexistent!
Finally, when the one hundred thousandth bolt of tribulation lightning fell, Su Xing’s comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder reached sixth realm Peak!
Su Xing had barely spent any time cultivating the Great Dao of Thunder.
But what could he say — “the child was simply gifted”!
Having successively endured the Supreme Unity Thunder Tribulation and the Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation, combined with Su Xing’s innately extraordinary aptitude for the Great Dao of Thunder due to his physique —
This was what had allowed Su Xing to make such tremendous progress!
“Perhaps… the Great Dao of Thunder can break through to the seventh realm in one fell swoop!”
Excitement flashed in Su Xing’s eyes. Any Dao comprehension that could reach the seventh realm, even for a Great Firmament Golden Immortal, represented remarkable depth of foundation.
And while Su Xing was undergoing his tribulation, Qingyunzi in the distance was also exclaiming in amazement.
“Tsk tsk, Fellow Daoist Su’s physical body is probably even more terrifying than the Celestial Demon General’s back in the day!”
“Withstanding one hundred thousand bolts of Great Firmament heavenly tribulation with pure physical strength alone… Fellow Daoist Su’s tribulation count will likely surpass the Celestial Demon General’s!”
Qingyunzi hadn’t considered that Su Xing might break the all-time record for the Great Firmament Thunder Tribulation.
After all, 720,000 bolts of tribulation lightning… that was simply too terrifying!
Even though the Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation was a gift to cultivators, capable of advancing cultivation, strengthening the body, and fortifying the primordial spirit —
The Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation was not without risk!
Throughout the ages, there had been no shortage of cultivators who failed the Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation and died miserably.
And while Qingyunzi continued to observe, the number of tribulation bolts had unknowingly exceeded 120,000.
When the 129,600th bolt of tribulation lightning had passed, Qingyunzi sighed softly:
“It seems this world is about to gain one more Great Firmament Golden Immortal!”