Chapter 304: Overcoming the tribulation, Lu Fang’s inner demon tribulation?
Overcoming the tribulation?
After hearing Prince Yu's words, everyone was only briefly surprised, but soon regained their composure.
When the emperor left Qiankun Realm, he told them that he would arrange for them to survive the tribulation. So when they heard that they were going to survive the tribulation, they were not surprised.
"In order, first is Eunuch Lu, Commander Lu, then the two state masters Qingfeng and Chanshuang, my fourth brother and I, the cabinet, the Ministry of Ceremonies..." Prince Yu paused and said:
“It will probably be arranged within three months.”
"Father said that although he will personally arrange the heavenly tribulation so that we won't be unable to pass it, it won't be easy. So you should go back and prepare as much as possible."
"Thank you, Your Highness, for telling me." Yan Song and others bowed to express their gratitude.
"We are all working for the court, no need to thank me." As he spoke, Prince Yu had already stood up.
"Yes." After that, everyone stood up and left.
Three days later.
above the moon.
"Boom." There was no atmosphere on the moon originally, but at this moment, layers of thin atmosphere condensed strangely, and soon, thunder rumbled.
The originally bright moon surface quickly dimmed after the formation of the atmosphere, and the sky and the earth became gray.
Lu Fang, dressed in a purple robe and with a head full of white hair, stood in an open area, staring at the dark clouds in the sky.
His current cultivation level is the middle stage of fusion.
When a cultivator embarks on the path of cultivating immortals, he truly begins to overcome tribulations when his golden elixir breaks through to his Nascent Soul stage.
The first heavenly tribulation is the triple heavenly tribulation.
For example, before this, Jiajing had to go through the triple Renshui calamity. Water restrains fire, and it is specifically used to restrain fire-attributed spiritual energy.
Lu Fang's current cultivation level is three levels higher than the Nascent Soul Stage. Logically speaking, he needs to overcome four heavenly tribulations.
However, Lu Fang was originally in the Nascent Soul stage, and he had already survived his first thunder tribulation in the world of immortal cultivation.
Logically speaking, when the Golden Core breaks through the Nascent Soul stage, what the cultivator needs to go through is the simplest triple heavenly tribulation.
Of course, there is a detail here. That is, because under normal circumstances, when a cultivator goes through tribulation, the power of thunder destroys everything, and the cultivator has to withstand the thunder, so going through tribulation is also called going through heavenly tribulation.
When a cultivator breaks through from the Nascent Soul Stage to the Spiritual Transformation Stage, he needs to go through six levels of heavenly tribulation. Each of these six levels contains a triple heavenly tribulation, which means that the total number is eighteen!
Not only that, according to the "General Notes on Cultivation", there are some special heavenly tribulations among the six heavenly tribulations. For example, in the world of immortal cultivation, the cultivators talked about the inner demon tribulation with great relish.
Because as long as one is a human being, there will be inner demons deep in his heart. Some people’s inner demons will never erupt, while others’ will erupt at some point in their lives.
For example, some people have been honest and cowardly all their lives. What is going on in their hearts? And whether they have accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction and resentment towards the world, no one knows.
But as long as there is darkness in his heart, he may explode when he can't figure it out one day. In serious cases, he may even choose to hurt innocent people and take revenge on society.
However, compared to ordinary people, the inner demons of cultivators are more diverse, and no matter which one it is, it is possible to erupt when they are going through the heavenly tribulation.
At the very least, one would fail in overcoming the tribulation and suffer backlash, requiring countless years of recuperation to recover. Even worse, if one fails, it is very likely that one's realm in this life will stop here, with no further progress!
In serious cases, one will die under the heavenly calamity.
Afterwards, when one breaks through from the Spirit Transformation Stage to the Void Refining Stage, one needs to go through the nine levels of heavenly tribulation.
By the same principle, each level includes the previous six levels of heavenly tribulation, and a six-level heavenly tribulation is eighteen. In this way, the total number of nine levels of heavenly tribulation is one hundred and sixty-two levels of heavenly tribulation.
The number of heavenly tribulations contained therein can be said to be varied, some targeting the body, some targeting the soul, and even the types and forms of the heavenly tribulations are no longer limited to the power of thunder.
When one breaks through from the Void Refining Stage to the Fusion Stage, one needs to go through the twelve levels of heavenly tribulation.
Similarly, each heavenly tribulation contains the previous nine heavenly tribulations, totaling one thousand nine hundred and forty-four.
The quantity and types are even more complex and varied.
In fact, many heavenly tribulations will not come all at once, but will most likely come in batches, or may come suddenly one day, making it impossible for cultivators to defend themselves.
However, cultivators who were able to break through to the fusion stage were already mentally prepared and would not be too nervous about the heavenly tribulation.
After all, no one who can cultivate all the way to this level is a person of weak character, unless they are man-made.
Well, to put it bluntly, Jiajing used the Qiankun Realm to provide special training for everyone, which, from a certain perspective, was artificial cultivation.
However, Jiajing had already thought of this, so he set up worldly trials for everyone in the Qiankun realm.
Every time you break through a realm, you must go through a self-examination, and only when you have a breakthrough in your state of mind can you continue.
All the people who had been practicing in the Qiankun Realm had not yet passed the first triple heavenly tribulation.
This is equivalent to cheating in terms of the way of heaven.
If it were according to normal circumstances, the heavenly tribulation that Lu Fang would be facing now would be far more than just the twelve levels of thunder tribulation after breaking through the fusion stage.
However, now the earth, the moon, and even all the stars in the solar system are Jiajing's natal objects. It is no exaggeration to say that Jiajing's will can cover the entire solar system!
Therefore, Jiajing could completely use his power of heaven to deal with Lu Fang's heavenly tribulation one by one.
In other words, Lu Fang can use the cultivation level of the fusion stage to overcome the six levels of heavenly tribulation of the spirit transformation stage.
In this way, when Lu Fang's cultivation breaks through to the Mahayana stage and he is about to overcome the tribulation and ascend to face the Great Dao, no cheating will be discovered.
This is the benefit of having connections with Tiandao!
Of course, Lu Fang never thought about ascending to the upper realm through the Mahayana stage. He already had his own plan when he chose the martial arts method.
Only Lu Fang and Jiajing knew this.
"coming!"
At this moment, Lu Fang's eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the thunder gathering above the sky. He did not take it lightly at all because of his current cultivation level in the fusion stage and the fact that he was being watched over by his master. Instead, he was fully alert and prepared for battle.
In an instant, Lu Fang's cultivation was released without reservation. At the same time, a small bronze tripod appeared between his eyebrows.
This item is Lu Fang’s natal item.
Not only that, Lu Fang also took out a lot of spiritual weapons in his hands, and then set up a defensive magic circle around him.
Not far away, a huge, luxurious shuttle was parked, and Yan Song and other high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty all came to watch.
Of course, not only that, under the instruction of Jiajing, it can be said that all the cultivators in the Ming Dynasty knew that Eunuch Lu was about to undergo a tribulation.
After all, Lu Fang's tribulation must start from the Spirit Transformation Stage, which is of reference significance to other cultivators in the Ming Dynasty.
Although Jiajing is the God of all the stars in the entire solar system, he can't give special care to all living beings, right?
He is the emperor, not a nanny for everyone.
What’s the point of cultivating a lot of flowers in a greenhouse?
However, as an emperor, it is natural for him to give some benefits to the people of his world.
Therefore, he allowed the process of the Ming Dynasty officials' tribulation-transcending process to be made public to all the cultivators within the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, when people learned that Lu Fang, nominally the first person in the Ming Dynasty to transcend tribulation, was going to undergo tribulation, it immediately attracted countless people to watch.
However, all the cultivators who had some ability to reach the void outside the domain watched from afar.
Even some immortal cultivation families or sects with abundant resources in the Ming Dynasty came to watch.
Although their cultivation is not yet enough to allow them to ignore the void outside the domain and the harsh environment, it does not hinder them at all and they are unwilling to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
After all, all cultivators know that everyone will eventually experience this calamity.
It can be said that everyone's knowledge of the heavenly tribulation is limited to the description in the "General History of Cultivation", and no one has ever seen it in reality.
Watching Eunuch Lu overcome the tribulation this time will have extremely important significance for their future tribulation.
Although the environment in the outer void is extremely harsh, people always come up with solutions. For many cultivators who have spare time, they directly choose to drive the shuttle and activate the defense array. After all, the shuttle of the Ming Dynasty was originally built to facilitate driving in various extremely harsh environments and transport various materials.
In addition, in recent years, the extraterritorial stars have also been incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Many shuttles have to travel back and forth between the stars to transport the materials needed for the various Ming Dynasty spiritual factories.
Therefore, all major shuttle companies that sell flying shuttles now list the ability to travel freely outside the domain as a basic function.
At this time, if any shuttle company dared to list the ability to travel in the void outside the domain as a selling point, it would definitely be laughed to death.
Therefore, outside the moon, it can be said that there are quite a few shuttles parked there, watching quietly.
Many people even turned on the photo stone to record the screen.
After all, the number of cultivators in the Ming Dynasty today is extremely large, and not all of them can afford to buy a flying shuttle to fly into the outer space to watch the tribulation.
There are also many monks who need to go to work every day. With the uneven distribution of resources, social pressure has increased sharply.
Many chambers of commerce and companies advocated that the more you work, the more you earn, which led to the entire Ming Dynasty society being extremely "involuted".
Can you work for a whole day and a night without rest? I can work for three days and three nights! You can work for three days and three nights, and I can use my spiritual energy to practice while working hard. Isn't that just a comparison of ruthlessness?
Anyone who can cultivate immortality must be a ruthless person.
Therefore, for many people, there is simply no time to spare to go to the outer void to watch the tribulation.
There is no money to buy a shuttle that can cross the void.
As a result, many people saw business opportunities. If they could record the video of Eunuch Lu's tribulation and then sell it on the spiritual network, wouldn't that be a considerable profit?
However, their idea was destined to fail.
Because of this process of ministers transcending tribulation, the imperial court will open it to all cultivators for free!
"With Eunuch Lu's cultivation, does he need to be so cautious to survive a sixth-level heavenly tribulation?"
Inside the shuttle, officials from six ministries were asking questions.
"A lion will use all its strength to fight a rabbit. Although the heavenly tribulation was arranged by the emperor and it is a foregone conclusion that we will survive it, this is definitely not a reason for us to be lax!"
Without waiting for others to answer, Yan Song was the first to speak, and there was a hint of reprimand in his voice.
The people in the cabinet did not feel anything about Yan Song's sudden harshness. Instead, they felt that Yan Song was right.
When cultivating immortals, you need to be careful and cautious at all times in order to go further.
They couldn't be arrogant just because they had the emperor's protection. After all, they would be facing the enemy of the immortal world in the future.
Those cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation have been walking along the way in a down-to-earth manner, step by step, without any watering down.
"Bah!"
Above the moon, a pale bolt of lightning as thick as a water jar came down clearly as if it was tearing space apart.
Standing in the void of the universe, it looked from afar as if a beam of light in the darkness hit the entire moon.
In addition, at this moment, the entire surface of the moon is covered with a layer of dark clouds condensed from the atmosphere.
At this moment, dense thunder enveloped the entire moon. It looked extremely spectacular and terrifying!
“I didn’t expect that this was just the first thunder tribulation of a Nascent Soul Stage breakthrough to the Spiritual Stage to be so powerful!”
At this moment, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Zhao Zhenji, who were at the Spirit Transformation Stage, and everyone in the Imperial Household Department, felt the Spirit Transformation Stage thunder tribulation in the distance, and their faces became solemn.
What Lu Fang was crossing now was the thunder tribulation of a Nascent Soul Stage breakthrough to the Spiritualization Stage, and they were now in the actual Spiritualization Stage. In other words, they would have to face this kind of power of heaven and earth later.
For a moment, Gao Gong, Hu Zongxian and others began to watch attentively, not intending to miss any details.
Lu Fang also knew that his master wanted him to set an example for all future generations, so he did not simply use his powerful cultivation in the fusion stage to get through it brute forcefully, but used conventional methods to overcome the calamity.
As for how to overcome the tribulation, according to the "General Notes on Cultivation":
"Under normal circumstances, when facing a thunder tribulation, a cultivator needs to fully mobilize the skills he has cultivated, build his own defensive formation, and call upon his life objects to resist layer by layer."
"This will achieve the purpose of consuming the thunder tribulation..."
"In addition, when a cultivator is going through a tribulation, he needs to choose a secluded place where he will not be disturbed, to prevent creatures from causing trouble."
"The power of the thunder tribulation will increase appropriately depending on the strength and number of the living beings in the place where the tribulation is taking place..."
At this moment, Lu Fang was following the conservative method of overcoming the tribulation as recorded in the "General Notes on Cultivation".
After all, the process of overcoming the tribulation today will be written into textbooks and taught to all cultivators in the world to read and learn.
"Everyone, watch carefully. When it is your turn to transcend the tribulation, you must follow the procedures." At this time, Yan Song looked at Hu Zongxian and others with a submissive tone and said, "Now, compared with the world of immortal cultivation, what my Ming Dynasty lacks is the foundation."
"Therefore, those of us who are in the power tower system must shoulder the responsibility of passing it on to future generations!"
"Only in this way can our Ming Dynasty become stronger from generation to generation, and after years of accumulation, catch up with the world of immortal cultivation!"
Hearing Yan Song's words, everyone was shocked and immediately bowed to Yan Song and said seriously: "Yes, we know!"
"Boom boom boom..." Under the attention of everyone, thunder strikes fell one after another, but Lu Fang remained calm and unhurried.
In fact, from the very beginning, he suppressed his cultivation at the Spirit Transformation Stage, struggling to fight against the thunder tribulation.
Finally, seventeen of the eighteen thunder tribulations of the sixth level of the Spirit Transformation Stage had been overcome, leaving only the last one.
"Boom!"
At this time, the clouds above the sky were rolling.
Lu Fang's spiritual attributes are the dual attributes of fire and wood, so his thunder tribulations have always been the "Gui Xin Double Evil Thunder Tribulations" that counteract each other.
Among them, "癸" represents Gui water among the ten heavenly stems, symbolizing the gentle and continuous power of water.
"Xin" represents Xin metal among the ten heavenly stems, symbolizing the sharp and delicate power of metal.
This "Gui Xin Double Evil Thunder Tribulation" just follows the principle that water overcomes fire, and metal overcomes wood.
But at this moment, the thunder tribulation changed.
"Is this the 'Bing and Yi Twin Thunder Tribulations' recorded in the 'General Notes on Cultivation'?" Someone among the high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty recognized it in the flying shuttle, and his voice was full of surprise.
"This shouldn't happen!" When others saw this, they immediately started talking about it.
This is because this "Bing and Yi Twin Thunder Tribulation" is completely a help, rather than a restraint, to Lu Fang, who has the dual attributes of fire and wood!
Among them, "Bing" represents the Bing Fire among the Ten Heavenly Stems, symbolizing the warm and powerful power of fire.
"Yi" represents Yi wood among the ten heavenly stems, symbolizing the vibrant power of wood.
Combining the two, the thunder tribulation has a strengthening effect on the dual attributes of fire and wood, which means that fire and wood are interdependent and endless.
"Could it be the emperor..." Everyone thought so, but quickly rejected the idea because it was unnecessary!
With Eunuch Lu's cultivation level, even if he is defeated in the end, he will be able to get through it with his powerful cultivation level. Why would he do this?
However, everyone was confused, but what they didn't know was that at this moment, Lu Fang's heart was beating continuously.
At the same time, when the "Cing Yi Twin Thunder Tribulation" appeared, the whole person had already fallen into a kind of "enlightenment". Except for Jiajing, no one noticed this.
"Heart demon calamity..." In Yuxi Palace, Jiajing on the Taoist platform looked at the stars of the solar system floating in front of him, and finally set his eyes on Lu Fang on the moon, and said softly:
“The more people lack something, the more they want it.”
"Lv Fang, this is your final test. It also determines your future path. It all depends on you..."
"..."
(End of this chapter)
