Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 1019 A Great Fortune Amidst the Great Calamity, The Heart to Enter the Calamity
The Buddha incarnation, which carried the thoughts of the Great Luo, turned to dust along with those thoughts.

The Buddha's light that enveloped the entire Liangzhou solidified, like glass, and gradually dissipated.

The 'history' of all living beings kneeling and prostrating themselves seems to have been completely shattered.

The concept of 'Buddha' was completely crushed by that incredibly violent power.

"Is this power?" The Monkey King put down his Ruyi Jingu Bang and looked at his outstretched, hairy palm.

The Monkey King recalled the feeling that when he swept his staff down, everything in the world, including time itself, made way for him.

His physical strength, his spirit, and his energy all changed rapidly and twisted quickly in the midst of his recollection, trying to match the marks left by that blow as closely as possible.

"Is this the era that my elder brother was talking about, the best era to make Luo Yonghao a star?"

After a long while, the marks left by the blow completely disappeared. Only then did the Monkey King transform the Ruyi Jingu Bang back into an embroidery needle and stuff it into his ear.

In that instant, he gained a deeper understanding of the Bull Demon King's words.

This was only the first tribulation on his journey to the West. After this tribulation, he had already vaguely touched upon the mysteries of the Great Luo realm, and his cultivation had taken a big step forward in the direction of the Great Luo realm.

—If this tribulation is like this, then the other tribulations to come will naturally be the same, pushing his cultivation level step by step.

He was aware of his own strength—after emerging from under the Five Finger Mountain, although he had achieved indestructible strength, he was still no match for Yang Jian.

The indestructible Great Sage Equaling Heaven has a way to deal with any opponent in the world, but in front of Yang Jian, he can only say helplessly—because all of Yang Jian's qualities perfectly cover everything about the Great Sage Equaling Heaven.

Weapons, fists and feet, physique, agility... and so on and so forth—Yang Jian knows everything that the Great Sage Equaling Heaven knows, and he knows it better and is more skilled at it than the Great Sage Equaling Heaven!

That is why, despite being the top being at the Taiyi level and one of only three indestructible beings in the world, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven was far weaker than expected when facing Yang Jian.

If everyone's physical body is a sphere—then without a doubt, Yang Jian's sphere completely covers the Great Sage Equaling Heaven's sphere.

Under that cover, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven could find no hope whatsoever of defeating Yang Jian.

But it's different now.

Feeling the changes in his own body, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven was absolutely certain that the difference between himself and Yang Jian had become apparent!
Suddenly, a long pointer appeared on the ball called the Monkey King.

Once the Monkey King has fully digested what he has gained, his ball will turn around and cover Yang Jian's ball.

At that time, even Yang Jian would give way in front of him!

This is the great opportunity amidst this great calamity!

Of course, corresponding to this great opportunity is also the intensity of this tribulation.

It's just the first tribulation.

It was the struggle for the throne that served as the pretext, prompting an incarnation of a Great Luo Immortal to personally intervene—the human path had not yet managed to stop that incarnation of the Great Luo Immortal.

One can only imagine how powerful the calamities that follow will be.

Those might not necessarily be incarnations of the Great Luo—they could all be facing the real Great Luo!

They even have to confront beings above the Great Luo realm.

Thinking about all this, an immense sense of excitement welled up in the heart of the Monkey King.

This is the great calamity!
This is what it means to be tempered!
Faced with such unimaginable waves, the only way to avoid being swallowed up is to become stronger!
In this great calamity, there is no one who cannot seize the opportunity and become stronger—because such people will all die in the calamity.

The Monkey King spent the entire night in contemplation at Yinshan Temple.

That night, the Buddha's light on the Great Thunder Temple of Lingshan surged in waves.

Clearly, it was the unwilling Dragon Light Buddha who wanted to find another opportunity to strike—not necessarily to convert Master Xuanzang and King Li Ke of Wu, but simply to get revenge on the Great Sage Equaling Heaven!
However, for an entire night, the cold light originating from the Heavenly Court's Execution Platform remained over Mount Ling.

In addition, there was the Bull Demon King on Mount Jilei in the Southern Continent, who also revealed his Great Luo Dharma Form and locked onto Mount Ling from afar.

Under the watchful eyes of these two Great Luo Immortals, within Mount Ling, after much deliberation, the Buddhas ultimately chose to give up.

As dawn broke, the surging Buddha light on Mount Ling eventually subsided and returned to calm.

The countless mortals of Liangzhou, when they awoke after a night's sleep, felt as if they had had a wonderful nap, completely unaware of what had happened the previous night.

Inside Yinshan Temple, the abbot who was an incarnation of a Bodhisattva had already left.

The novices and monks looked at the empty Mahavira Hall and felt completely unfamiliar with it.

It was at this moment that the Great Sage Equaling Heaven came to his senses. Looking at the brilliant light of the sky, he immediately understood that the first round of tribulation in this unprecedented calamity had passed.

After bowing to the directions of the Heavenly Court and the Southern Continent, he stepped into the Silver Mountain Temple.

……

"Is this calamity so fierce?" On the execution platform, Li Nu, dressed in a long dress, slowly approached and casually took a white fur cloak and draped it over Ao Bing's shoulders, adding a touch of grimness to Ao Bing's appearance.

Even with her powerful cultivation, it would take her until the confrontation between the Great Luo Immortals was over before she could reach Ao Bing's side.

“Normally, this shouldn’t be the case.” Ao Bing shook his head and grabbed Li Nu’s hand.

The Great Luo is still the Great Luo—even in a world where creation and creation took place, the existence of the Great Luo is the pinnacle of power!

Any great calamity within the universe... its ultimate end is nothing more than the fall of a Great Luo Immortal.

Even the Jade Emperor's tribulation is a great tribulation like this—it should be when the great tribulation is nearing its end, when it is about to conclude, when the secrets about the saints are about to be revealed, when the great Luo Immortals take action, and when there are great Luo Immortals who fall as sacrifices.

But who could have imagined that before Xuanzang even stepped out of the mortal realm, a powerful immortal had already intervened, using the demise of his immortal incarnation to push the tide of this calamity to an unprecedented level?

Before the Buddha of Dragon Light made his move, even ordinary Taiyi masters with a few special skills could enter the game and occupy a corner of the board.

However, after this Buddha of Dragon Light made his move, the requirements for stepping onto this chessboard were raised several times over. Ordinary top-tier Taiyi cultivators were no longer enough to occupy a corner of this chessboard.

Only those Taiyi, who are the most ancient, the most mysterious, and the closest to the Great Luo, only one step away from the Great Luo, or even only half a step away, are qualified to step onto this chessboard, to influence a corner of this chessboard, and to become one of the tribulations on this chessboard.

This means that, under such turmoil, the Taiyi that has been accumulated in this world since the beginning of time will all make their appearance in this calamity!
All those Taiyi masters who have ambitions for the Great Luo and have seen its mysteries, and who truly stand at the pinnacle, will step onto the stage of heaven and earth without reservation.

If anyone, even on such a stage, cannot grasp the mysteries of the Great Luo, then their progress will stop there.

This also means that the entire foundation of Pantian will be burned in this calamity.

Of course, as a reciprocal condition for entering the game, those powerful beings from beyond the realm who wish to join the game, or who have already cast their avatars into the game, will inevitably introduce more variables into the game and invest more power into their avatars.

“That monkey’s blow could probably kill me outright.” Li Nu remained silent for a moment before speaking again.

After the first wave of this calamity, the White Tiger Guardian God, who ruled the western sky and whose majesty covered the western continent of Niuhe, also had the idea of ​​entering the mortal world to experience the calamity.

She also saw the great opportunity intertwined with the crisis within this calamity.

Moreover, as the chief god in charge of weapons, the White Tiger Supervisor of War, Li Nu also vaguely sensed the sweeping aura of war.

That was not a war fought somewhere on one of the five continents, nor was it a war that only spread throughout the heavens.

Rather, it is through this calamity that the aura of war will envelop the five great heavens!

Beneath that faint, lurking aura of war, Li Nu inexplicably felt something.

This calamity is more than just a calamity.

That Journey to the West was the beginning of an even grander game.

After the tribulations of the Journey to the West are over, the real tribulation will arrive.

As the ruler of the Western Regions, she must achieve the Great Luo realm before the ultimate calamity arrives, no matter what.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have the qualifications to stand in the Western Regions at all!
The Four Heavenly Venerables of the Four Directions and Four Symbols are all at the Great Luo level of karmic status—in fact, their karmic status is even stronger than that of the Four Sea Dragon Kings.

However, the Four Directions, Four Symbols, and Four Heavenly Venerables also have their own problems.

In addition to the Four Directions, Four Symbols, and Four Heavenly Venerables, there are also Five Great Emperors who divide their power.

Furthermore, among the Four Directions, Four Symbols, and Four Heavenly Venerables, not to mention Meng Zhang, the Azure Dragon of the East, and Ao Bing—he is already a true Great Luo Immortal.

The Western White Tiger Supervisor God is the most supreme Taiyi, but he has never had the opportunity to achieve the Great Luo realm, and there is no sign of him touching the Dao fruit.

The Antarctic Vermilion Bird Mausoleum Light God Lord was transformed from the Golden Crow. He achieved this after discarding the Golden Crow's original essence and distributing it to his other brothers.

However, this authority is quite connected with the Phoenix Clan.

Countless millennia have passed since Ling Guang's achievement, yet he still sits atop the southern sky, harmonizing that unfathomable power.

And finally, there's the Northern Black Tortoise, the Divine Lord of Brightness—Ao Bing and the others had originally chosen a Black Tortoise to assume this position long ago.

Unfortunately, the Xuan Turtle they chose has not yet returned after undergoing its tribulation in the mortal world.

According to the information Ao Bing received... there was no one secretly targeting or hindering the return of the Northern Black Tortoise Divine Lord.

It was purely that the black tortoise, stimulated by the cold of the Arctic, unleashed its lazy nature, which became uncontrollable.

Even now, its true form remains dormant—it has merely cast a thought into the human world, reincarnating there as a human, learning and absorbing the wisdom passed down through countless millennia of humankind.

In Ao Bing's view, this lazy Zhi Ming might achieve more than the Vermilion Bird of the South Pole and the White Tiger of the West Pole. However, due to his lazy nature, he seemed to be waiting for time to pass by. No one could predict when this Northern Black Tortoise Zhi Ming God would wake up.

The Northern Continent of Julu, covered by the Northern Black Tortoise, is a bitterly cold land, swept by the Chaos Sea. Its order is inherently strange and wild. It is also occasionally looked after by the gods of the Arctic lineage. Otherwise, when it slumbers, the order of the Northern Continent of Julu would have collapsed long ago.

That is why the authority of the Four Directions, Four Symbols, and Four Heavenly Venerables has always been somewhat problematic.

—The Dragon Kings of the Four Seas can all use their positions to demonstrate the great power of the Great Luo in the four seas.

What the Four Dragon Kings of the Seas could do, the Four Heavenly Venerables of the Four Directions and Four Symbols could not do at all.

The most fundamental reason for this is the imbalance of power among the Four Directions, Four Symbols, and Four Heavenly Venerables.

The Four Directions, Four Symbols, and Four Heavenly Venerables originally manifested under the guidance of the Azure Dragon, with the Azure Dragon as their leader.

Now, Ao Bing, the Azure Dragon, has completely surpassed the other three...

As a result, the originally stable Four Directions, Four Symbols, and Four Heavenly Venerables also became unbalanced.

That power is gradually gathering towards the Azure Dragon's location—if this situation is ignored, then the Azure Dragon's power will completely overshadow the powers of the four directions and four symbols.

The other three who control the four directions and four symbols either suffer a backlash from this power and become Ao Bing's incarnation, or they have to give up their power.

Or perhaps, they will join forces with Ao Bing to fight for power.

This is a scene that Li Nu absolutely does not want to see.

As for Li Nu, her current tribulation is the perfect opportunity to resolve this problem at the same time.

If she can achieve the Great Luo realm under the impetus of the Great Calamity, then the East and West will reach a balance, and the wind and earth elements will reach a balance. With these two as anchor points, the other two, the South and North, and the fire and water elements, will naturally stabilize.

"If Senior Sister is to enter this calamity, where do you plan to begin?" Ao Bing asked.

He had already begun to address the problem of the imbalance among the four elements.

The Azure Dragon is one of his incarnations—he only needs to weaken the power received by the Azure Dragon incarnation and remove the traces left by the Dao Fruit on the Azure Dragon, then the balance of the four directions and four symbols will naturally be restored.

However, since Li Nu is going to enter the tribulation again and touch upon the intentions of Da Luo, Ao Bing will naturally support her.

(End of this chapter)