Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

“Although they are essentially the same, they differ in their manifestations!” Zhang Zhiwei pondered to himself.

His understanding of heavenly tribulations deepened, and he also gained insight into deeper levels of understanding through a small part of the whole picture.

The fireball in the inner scene was created when he was peering into the secrets of heaven.

The so-called secrets of heaven are actually the interwoven threads of fate of all things, forming "changes".

This "change" appears as a line when it is not observed, but when observed, it transforms into a sphere of light.

If the observed "change" involves a small causal relationship and few lines, then the resulting sphere of light will also be small.

So small that it could be smashed with a single slap to reveal the information inside.

If the cause and effect involved are significant, then it is a large ball of light or a large ball of fire.

At this point, if you try to attack it, it's like throwing an egg against a rock—you're just asking for trouble.

Because there are too many intertwined fate lines within the fireball, and your own fate lines are too few, you cannot bear such a great karmic burden. Once you come into contact with it, you will be assimilated, and your fate will be severed.

When the thread of fate breaks, a person naturally dies.

Some karmic curse techniques actually follow this principle.

If the fireball in the interior scene represents the calamity that arises from actively observing "changes".

That calamity was a tribulation that occurred when one passively observed "changes".

As the saying goes, the higher you stand, the farther you can see.

The higher your cultivation level, the fuller your destiny line becomes, and the more you can see.

Even without going inside to deduce or actively spying, one can see through many things at a glance; this is unavoidable.

When you are observing "change", "change" is actually observing you.

Therefore, in the interior, its form only changes when you ask a question.

When you become powerful enough, you can perceive many changes in the world at any time, and naturally, the world will be watching you all the time.

Because you have become so powerful that it has no choice but to look at you.

Once this gaze reaches a certain limit, it will begin to affect you, causing various deficiencies, calamities, and misfortunes.

This is what people in the martial arts world call being "jealous of the heavens".

The saying "heaven is jealous" is somewhat of an exaggeration. Heaven has done nothing to offend you, so why would it be jealous of you? It's simply a process of mutual observation.

As for the solution...

If it is the former, it will not look at you if you do not look at it in your inner vision, and the calamity will naturally disappear.

The latter won't work, because it's watching you, it's looking for you, and you can't avoid it.

In this situation, you either need to cripple your cultivation and gouge out your eyes so that you can no longer see the "change," and the "change" will naturally stop looking at you, and the calamity will disappear.

Alternatively, one can rely on external means to hide in a place where "change" cannot be seen, just like the current Qi formation.

Alternatively, you can continue to strengthen your own authority, ensuring that "change" can only observe you, not affect you.

It's like a penniless person trying to deduce a lottery number that will win a million-dollar prize inside an interior scene. It's not that they can't deduce it, it's that they can't open that sphere of light.

But if you're a billionaire and you're trying to predict a million-dollar prize, the ball of light might just pop open with a single tap.

This is the change brought about by its own weight.

Once you survive the fire, even the weakest internal fire, your destiny line will become much stronger, so strong that external "changes" will not affect you for the time being.

This sounds a bit abstract, but to put it simply, it's a clash between one's own subjective perspective and objective reality.

Spiritual practice is about refining one's own subjectivity to the point where it can break free from the constraints of objectivity and thus achieve a state of equality with it.

This means transcending the Three Realms and being outside the Five Elements.

This does not mean that anyone who becomes enlightened or reaches a state of emptiness of the five aggregates can achieve instant success.

This takes time and requires practice and refinement.

After figuring out the nature of the heavenly tribulation, Zhang Zhiwei began to observe the fireball that appeared above his head to determine whether he could handle it.

The method of judgment is also very simple: compare your own "changes" with the "changes" of the heavenly tribulation.

If the "changes" during the heavenly tribulation are much greater than the "changes" within oneself.

Then don't touch it; that's courting death.

If it's comparable, or if you've overcome a major tribulation, then you can give it a try.

Zhang Zhiwei stared directly at the changes in the heavenly tribulation, his eyes blazing with golden flames.

Although the Heavenly Tribulation was a huge fireball, its own strength was great and its "Observation" realm was very high, so it could still see the dense, tangled lines inside the fireball.

These lines are constantly intertwining and evolving, and the trend of each line represents a future.

This method is different from interior scene deduction.

Although you actively deduce the interior scene, the result you obtain is passive.

It's like asking for an answer on AI software.

This answer is not absolute; it is merely one possible answer based on the current problem and considering the future of multiple line segments.

The current deduction shows all the line segments and the trends of the lines.

In short, interior deduction yields the answer, but not the process.

This method yields the process.

The final decision rests with you.

This is why truly skilled sorcerers deduce the overall situation by observing celestial phenomena at night, rather than seeking answers one by one in their inner visions.

Zhang Zhiwei observed the various lines within the Heavenly Tribulation but was not in a hurry to find the answer.

Because he was in the Qi formation, which obscured part of the heavenly secrets, the overall lines of the heavenly tribulation tended to be stable and not too prominent.

This means that anything can happen in the future.

Moreover, he didn't think that the results of the deduction were necessarily accurate; ultimately, he would have to experience it for himself.

After watching for a while, Zhang Zhiwei withdrew his gaze and turned to introspection.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that the lines on one's own body were just as intricate as those in the Heavenly Tribulation.

At the same time, when he observed himself, he also discovered that his own "changes" had become a fireball.

Its intensity was comparable to the fireballs that appeared when deducing magical techniques in the interior.

This means that he has now become a taboo subject within the inner world.

Anyone who dares to ask him anything within the inner realm will trigger a terrifying fireball. Of course, because the fireball is itself, Zhang Zhiwei will not be harmed.

He looked at his own fireball, then at the fireball in the sky.

Suddenly, I thought of a clever trick.

Instead of complex deductions, let's simply and directly compare the sizes of the two fireballs.

Upon comparison, Zhang Zhiwei discovered that the two were evenly matched, and that he even had the upper hand in terms of solidity.

He immediately understood.

"In that case, let's weather the great fire!"

Zhang Zhiwei was a decisive person. The golden flames in his eyes disappeared, and his own Qi was restrained, indicating that he had made up his mind.

However, undergoing tribulation is a major event and cannot be taken lightly. Zhang Zhiwei plans to spend a few days recuperating and waiting until his energy and spirit are at their peak before facing the tribulation.

Immediately, he activated the Sage's Thief technique again, beginning to absorb the Qi of the Three Powers between Heaven and Earth.

During this period when he was focused on adjusting his own condition.

The external situation, however, escalated rapidly, like boiling oil meeting a fire.

The negotiations in Shanghai are nearing their end. Despite strong public dissatisfaction and calls for a tougher stance, the downward trend at the negotiating table is difficult to reverse.

The Axe Gang leader, Wang Yuqiao, was furious about the outcome of the negotiations, calling it a traitorous act and vowing to kill all the traitors when he had the chance.

However, the most urgent task now is to salvage this negotiation.

After much deliberation, he decided to kill the Japanese pirate leader who was involved in the negotiations.

The King of Assassins does things in a simple and brutal way.

But this time the target was someone important: Baichuan, the commander of the Japanese pirates' operation.

Baichuan was an army general, a rank that was extremely rare even in the entire Japanese military, so you can imagine how difficult it would be to kill him.

Even Wang Yuqiao, the "King of Assassins," found it troublesome.

Wang Yuqiao suddenly felt a pang of nostalgia for Second Master Dai. If Second Master Dai hadn't betrayed him, with his wisdom and combined with his own martial prowess, they would surely have been able to kill that Japanese pirate general.

At this moment, one of his four henchmen, known as "The Coachman," reminded him that he should consult Zhang Zhiwei, the leader of the Tiantong Church.
After all, Zhang Zhiwei had killed the Japanese pirate lieutenant general Fujita and the Japanese pirate general Onishima Shigeo in Liaodong, so he had a lot of experience in this area.

Wang Yuqiao thought it made sense. If they could get help from the Little Celestial Master, and join forces, how could they not succeed?
Most importantly, judging from the Little Celestial Master's past behavior, he should share the same stance as himself on this matter.

Thinking of this, Wang Yuqiao went to Tiantong Cathedral to find Wang Ai. Going directly to Longhu Mountain was too far, so it was better to have Wang Ai deliver the message.

As the archbishop of the church, Wang Ai usually stayed in the church to preside over church affairs. When he learned that Wang Yuqiao wanted to see him, he quickly invited him in.

After a brief conversation, Wang Ai understood Wang Yuqiao's purpose and contacted Zhang Zhiwei to convey Wang Yuqiao's thoughts.

After examining the handwriting on the yin-yang paper, Zhang Zhiwei thought to himself:

"General Zai? With a master like Wang Yuqiao cooperating, even if the Japanese pirates' chief priest is lying in ambush, it won't be a big problem!"

Although killing a general won't have a significant impact on the overall situation, it's still good to kill one to vent one's anger and release pent-up frustration.

However, his immediate priority is to overcome the three calamities, and he is somewhat tied up with other matters. But since the other party has come to him for help, he has to lend a hand.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Zhiwei replied to Wang Yuqiao through the Yin-Yang paper, telling him that he had left a clone in the church with 40% of his original strength, and that this clone could cooperate with his actions.

Wang Yuqiao left satisfied. The next day, at Hongkou Park, the Japanese general Bai Chuan, along with the Japanese ambassador to China and a group of his men, held a grand victory celebration.

Zhang Zhiwei's lightning incarnation appeared from the church, carrying an inviolable aura, and streaked across the sky, causing the Japanese pirate masters to move in response.

But at that moment, Wang Yuqiao launched a surprise attack on the park assembly. With his superior strength, he killed General Baichuan and his personal guards. He also broke the leg of the Japanese ambassador, and seriously injured Vice Admiral Ueda and the Third Commander of the Navy. If it weren't for the timely return of Japanese experts, the high-ranking officials here would have been almost completely wiped out.

Although Onishima Shigeo, whom Zhang Zhiwei had previously killed, held the rank of general, he had actually retired to the second line and become the chief priest of a shrine.

Hyakukawa, however, was a high-ranking general in office, commanding a large army and one of the most powerful figures in Japan. His death here is of extraordinary significance.

Unfortunately, even killing the general and breaking the ambassador's leg could not reverse the decline in the negotiations.

Because of their own weakness, the negotiations did not even break down.

The final result was still bad; Shanghai became an undefended city.

After this incident, Wang Yuqiao was hunted down by a large number of Japanese pirate masters, and he had no choice but to leave Shanghai.

As for Zhang Zhiwei's alter ego, perhaps the Japanese pirates felt that this was a very tough nut to crack, but also a worthless one, so it did not attract their attention.

With this, the Axe Gang, which had dominated Shanghai for so long, also left.

However, they did not disappear; instead, they changed their name to the Iron-Blooded Anti-Traitor Squad.

Wang Yuqiao also realized that before eliminating the external enemies, he had to kill the traitors inside, otherwise all his efforts would be in vain.

As for who the traitors are, whoever doesn't work with the Japanese pirates is the traitor.

Zhang Zhiwei still admired Wang Yuqiao, but he had his own considerations and couldn't cooperate on this matter.

However, he still instructed Wang Ai to secretly provide financial support.

At this moment, he had already adjusted his state and was ready to weather the fire.

He couldn't possibly do this secretly, so he informed Tian Jinzhong when Tian Jinzhong brought the food.

Upon hearing this, Tian Jinzhong immediately went to report to his master, and on his way there, he also told a few of his fellow disciples.

This news spread quickly throughout half of Longhu Mountain, and people rushed to the back of the mountain.

The fellow disciples came to witness their senior brother's tribulation. They admired Zhang Zhiwei greatly and never imagined that he would fail to overcome it.

Elders like Zhang Jingqing and Zhang Yi came to advise Zhang Zhiwei to think twice before acting.

Zhang Yi walked up to Zhang Zhiwei and angrily rebuked him:
“You brat, we’ve already set up a Qi formation to avert disaster for you, why do you still want to go through a major fire? You’re just wasting all the effort your master and I have put in.”

After several days of adjustment, Zhang Zhiwei was almost at peace, both physically and mentally.
“Master, Uncle, I have been comprehending myself and the universe in the Qi formation these past few days, and I feel that I can pass through it, so I made this decision. Of course, the Qi formation set up by Master and Uncle has been a great help to me.”

Zhang Yi was about to speak again when Zhang Jingqing stopped him and asked in a deep voice, "Are you sure you're confident?"

Zhang Zhiwei nodded: "I'm quite confident, and even if I don't make it, I have a way to get out of there."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jingqing nodded: "Heaven and earth are the furnace, creation is the craftsman, yin and yang are the charcoal, and all things are the copper. This heaven and earth is a furnace."

"Cultivation is like alchemy. The golden elixir must be refined with true fire. All the three calamities and nine tribulations are fire. The more you refine, the purer you become, and the more yang your life force becomes."

"Since you are confident that you can overcome this challenge, then go ahead and face the tribulation. Your senior uncles and I will protect you here."

After saying that, Zhang Jingqing waved to his fellow disciples who were gathered around him, telling them to move back a little so they wouldn't get hurt while watching.

Afterwards, Zhang Zhiwei walked out of the altar. Without changing locations, he stepped into the void and ascended straight into the sky, flying out of the Qi formation's range.

Because of the provocative spying over the past few days, the moment he stepped outside, the world seemed to change color. (End of Chapter)