Chapter 555: The Fifth Essence Soul Tribulation
The demon invasion had brought too much harm to humanity.
ng Chuan naturally wanted to kill Emperor Roc, Imperial Lord Starquix, and Lady Blackmoon. Among the trio, Imperial Lord Starquix and Lady Blackmoon were very easy to kill. On the contrary, Emperor Roc was the most difficult to deal with. ng Chuan had decided on how he planned on targeting Emperor Roc.
Emperor Roc left Heaven Peak River System and returned to Three Bay River System. That took it about a year. It mainly relied on its Golden-Winged Roc bloodline. It’s very difficult to break through the limits of one’s talent. Even if it breaks through to the Fourth Tribulation realm, its speed will be at most five tis faster. However, it’s now ten tis faster. It’s likely that Palace Lord Snowjade is traveling with it in tow. ng Chuan made a judgnt.
I’ll continue cultivating. I’ll take action when I reach the Essence Soul Fifth Tribulation realm. ng Chuan continued refining and modifying Thousand Mountain Star’s array formations.
His spiritual cultivation and technique realm were already adequate, but the fifth Essence Soul Tribulation never descended.
He was afraid that the Essence Soul Tribulation would descend when he was dealing with Emperor Roc or when he was in a dire situation. That would be bad.
Therefore, he had to wait!
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Ti passed. In the blink of an eye, a year and a half had passed since he returned to his howorld, which was in Three Bay River System.
There were also Chaos Holes in Three Bay River System. ng Chuan chose a super-large Chaos Hole as his long-term training ground. He wholly viewed the Chaos Hole’s influence on his mind as a form of cultivation.
Huh? ng Chuan, who was sitting cross-legged in the Chaos Hole’s depths, suddenly sensed that a Heavenly Tribulation was about to descend in three seconds.
He imdiately took a step.
Ti stopped.
ng Chuan flew rapidly at this mont. The Heavenly Tribulation paused temporarily as he quickly arrived outside the Chaos Hole.
He threw out Fiend Prison and hid inside. As for Fiend Prison, it vanished from the outside world.
Co on. ng Chuan sat cross-legged inside Fiend Prison as ti began flowing again.
After returning to his howorld for more than a year, he cultivated in Archean Eon Realm and the Chaos Hole. Over 80 years had passed overall. During these 80-plus years, ng Chuan had passed the first three Physical Body Tribulations! Each Tribulation descended one year apart—which was the shortest amount of ti possible. The fourth Physical Body tribulation would happen 20 years later at the earliest.
In fact, transcending the first three Physical Body Tribulations didn’t boost ng Chuan’s strength much.
When he was at the perfected Primordial realm (Imperial Lord realm), he was already comparable to a Fifth Tribulation Eminence. Transcending the first three tribulations in a row didn’t increase his body’s strength by much. His overall strength had increased by less than 10%.
Boom!
The fifth Essence Soul Tribulation descended.
The body in his howorld, the Essence Soul avatars guarding the demon sage passageway, the body in the outer realm, and the Essence Soul avatars on Thousand Mountain Star all suffered the Essence Soul Tribulation.
ng Chuan was still confident if it were the fifth Physical Body Tribulation. This was because Physical Body Tribulations only tested one’s body! With an Imperial Lord-level paramount technique as his foundation, he could definitely withstand the fifth Physical Body Tribulation. However, ng Chuan wasn’t confident transcending the fifth Essence Soul Tribulation.
This was because Essence Soul Tribulations tested one’s mind and spirit!
It was hard to tell whether one could pass tests of one’s mind. Even if he believed that his mind and spiritual cultivation level was sufficiently high, it didn’t an that he could withstand the Essence Soul Tribulation.
Among Tribulation Eminences, quite a number of Essence Soul Tribulation Eminences were at the First and Second Tribulation realm. However, the further one progressed, the lower the number of Essence Soul Tribulation Eminences beca. For example, about eight in ten Sixth Tribulation Eminences were Physical Body Tribulation Eminences.
The fifth Essence Soul Tribulation is descending. ng Chuan waited. He had made ample preparations for this tribulation. He spared no expense in refining a World Treasure. World Treasures were unique to Essence Soul Tribulation Eminences.
This was because one’s Essence Soul World descended from an illusion. World Treasures could make one’s Essence Soul World more ‘real.’ With a World Treasure, one’s Essence Soul World’s might would increase by several-fold. One’s overall strength would naturally increase in all aspects.
Whoosh.
In ng Chuan’s sea of consciousness, a painting canvas floated in the air. ng Chuan’s Essence Soul sat cross-legged on the canvas.
This painting canvas was a World Treasure.
Boom!
The Essence Soul Tribulation descended upon ng Chuan’s Essence Soul directly.
The painting canvas was one with ng Chuan’s Essence Soul. It also blocked the Essence Soul Tribulation, reducing its might.
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Archean Mountain, Grotto-Heaven Pavilion.
“ng Chuan, ng Chuan.” Qin Wu ca to the backyard in delight, but he didn’t see ng Chuan. This puzzled Qin Wu. Where is he?
Creak.
A door in the distance opened, and ng Chuan walked out.
“ng Chuan.” Qin Wu smiled as he walked over, but his smile gradually disappeared. He looked at ng Chuan solemnly.
At that mont, ng Chuan’s eyes were filled with fatigue. He forced a smile onto his face. “I just transcended the fifth Essence Soul Tribulation.”
“The fifth Essence Soul Tribulation?” Qin Wu was astonished. “You have reached the Essence Soul Fifth Tribulation realm?”
“I originally thought that I was sufficiently prepared. My spiritual cultivation wasn’t bad, but I still suffered greatly,” said ng Chuan self-deprecatingly.
“What did you encounter during your Essence Soul Tribulation?” asked Qin Wu.
According to the sect’s records, every person’s Essence Soul Tribulations were different. The Heavenly Tribulations targeted the cultivator’s ntal weaknesses. The further one progressed, the more terrifying the tribulations beca. Not to ntion the fact that an Essence Soul Tribulation Eminence’s Heavenly Tribulation couldn’t be delayed. This caused the number of strong Essence Soul Tribulation Eminences to be fewer than Physical Body Tribulation Eminences.
“What did I encounter?” said ng Chuan softly. “Nothing.”
“Nothing?” Qin Wu was puzzled.
“My consciousness entered emptiness,” said ng Chuan. “There was nothing. I couldn’t see or hear anything. Nor could I sense any profound laws. I only know that a long, long ti passed. Was it a million years? A hundred million years? It could’ve been even longer. I don’t know how long it was.”
ng Chuan’s eyes were filled with fatigue.
He had experienced many hardships since he was a child; his heart had been tempered to the point that it was as sharp as a blade. It could slice through all obstacles, to the point that he could shrug off the Chaos Hole’s influence on his ntal state.
However, ti was a different beast...
Everything gradually turned to emptiness in the face of ti.
In his infinitely-long solitude, ng Chuan could only constantly recall the moving scenes he saw during his life. He thought of his father, mother, and wife waiting for him, but he was still exhausted.
He was really too tired.
“I survived.” ng Chuan laughed self-deprecatingly. “In the past, I always felt that life could surpass ti. However, after experiencing ti... I realized that my cultivation isn’t enough. If this Essence Soul Tribulation had lasted two-fold, or even ten-fold, longer, my consciousness would probably completely blur and collapse.”
Only after experiencing it would one truly realize how terrifying ti was.
“From your description, it’s really a temporal prison.” Qin Wu was sowhat shocked. “You can’t see or hear anything. There’s nothing. Furthermore, there’s almost no end to ti. I believe I won’t be able to withstand it.”
“Thankfully, the sixth Essence Soul Tribulation is still very far away,” said ng Chuan.
His cultivation realm was still far from the Sixth Tribulation realm. He still had a long ti to accumulate his strength slowly, constantly temper himself, and improve himself.
I have a 110,000-year lifespan. I have plenty of ti to cultivate my mind. ng Chuan also decided to spend more effort on ntal cultivation.
If one’s mind was lacking, even if they could barely have the strength of a Sixth Tribulation Eminence, they might not be able to withstand the sixth Essence Soul Tribulation.
He had a very long lifespan. As a Primordial realm expert (Imperial Lord), he had transcended the first three Physical Body Tribulations and the fifth Essence Soul Tribulation; his lifespan had slightly increased from 100,000 years to 110,000 years.
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Thousand Mountain Star.
In a cave abode deep within a mountain range.
ng Chuan sat cross-legged in a chamber. Translucent beads circled around him. These were the Thirteen Universe Beads—a Seventh Tribulation treasure. It was the most suitable treasure for ng Chuan in Ancestral Master Archean Eon’s vault.
The Thirteen Universe Beads was a Seventh Tribulation treasure—which fused ti lineage laws and spatial lineage laws—allowing ng Chuan to unleash his full potential.
This treasure was worth 3,200 cubes of Outer Realm Essence Crystals in Ancestral Master Archean Eon’s treasure vault—this was counted in ng Chuan’s 300,000 Outer Realm Essence Crystals quota. It was twice as valuable as Senior Pang Ming’s Seventh Tribulation calabash. Such a treasure would be difficult to buy elsewhere, even if he had the money for it.
It’s about ti. ng Chuan flipped his palm, and Fiend Prison appeared in the outside world.
Inside Fiend Prison was an Eight-Headed Star Swallowing Snake’s corpse. Demon Slayer was currently stabbed into the corpse.
ng Chuan had carried Demon Slayer with him during his thousand-plus years of cultivation. Demon Slayer had also grown with ng Chuan. It could be said to be the most compatible divine armant for ng Chuan. It was even better than the Bloodblade Disc—which he had refined as his intrinsic treasure. After all, it was a divine armant he had nurtured since he was weak. ng Chuan had used Infinite Saber’s laws as Demon Slayer’s core, allowing it to grow greatly.
Demon Slayer had also reached the level of a Tribulation weapon. However, it required many external forces to increase its strength. This Eight-Headed Star Swallowing Snake’s corpse had enough flesh and blood for Demon Slayer to devour.
Demon Slayer has also reached the Fifth Tribulation realm. ng Chuan could sense that nearly half of the Eight-Headed Star Swallowing Snake’s flesh had been devoured. Demon Slayer was completely satiated.
Although it was a Fifth Tribulation treasure, it was much more powerful than ordinary Sixth Tribulation treasures in ng Chuan’s hands.
He had long prepared all sorts of treasures for lee-range and long-range attacks.
It’s ti to set off and find Emperor Roc. ng Chuan stood up and grabbed Demon Slayer. He sheathed his saber, placing it by his waist. He imdiately walked out of the chamber.
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