We made you practice martial arts, and you've mastered the Great Golden Body?

Compared to the previous ones, which were domineering but also somewhat childish, this is a more mature and somewhat cheesy title.

Shen Bailian ultimately chose the "Burning Flame Armory," a name that sounded ordinary but carried greater significance in terms of inheritance, because there were others willing to shed their blood on the battlefield for the rise of the Great Xia, while his spirit of contribution was not as great.

Therefore, all he can do is to pass on the torch of the Great Xia Dynasty.

If one wants to pass on the torch, there will inevitably be divine favor and deities who will object. What should be done if they object? That's when armed forces come into play.

"Kill him with one punch!"

"If one punch doesn't work, then two punches; if two punches don't work, then a knife!" When Shen Bailian thought of the true enemy of Great Xia, a burning fighting spirit arose in his heart, along with a strong "appetite".

On Earth Origin Star, those deities who have not yet returned are, to ordinary martial artists, no different from demons that could cause the end of the world.

However, for Shen Bailian now, those deities are truly resources that can be obtained for advancement.

Even if those gods have just returned from the land of slumber, if they can kill one of them, or find a way to trap/seal one, then they will be rich.

No matter how poor a deity is, their divine essence will never be less than 30,000 points.

As for why the number is 30,000, it's because it's Shen Bailian's intuition. His previous intuitions were already as accurate as prophecies.

Not to mention that he has now, through a series of unexpected events—no, it should be said that through his unremitting efforts and painstaking planning, he has finally and painstakingly advanced to the realm of Golden Immortal.

In terms of lifespan alone, such a realm, where one lives as long as heaven and earth, already belongs to the realm of gods.

Not to mention the power of laws and rules controlled by those at the Golden Immortal realm.

Furthermore, Shen Bailian's armor is not just for show; it also enhances his combat and defensive capabilities to an unimaginable degree.

Although this set of Flame Armor has not yet been tested in actual combat, it can at least increase his combat power by an order of magnitude.

In the Earth Origin Star Universe, a conventional source energy weapon that can amplify the effect of a martial artist at the Embracing Moon Realm is already considered a high-quality weapon model.

Even specially crafted source energy weapons, which require a significant amount of time to customize, can only provide a seven to nine-fold amplification, and this effect cannot be maintained for an extended period.
Shen Bailian's Flame Armor, thanks to his profound understanding of the power of laws and rules, has a terrifyingly high boost to combat power.

It's at least an order of magnitude, but that's just a rough estimate; the exact increase is still open to discussion.

Furthermore, Shen Bailian's Source Power Armor is different from the ordinary Source Power Armor on Earth Yuan Star. Thanks to the diversity of the world, his Source Power Armor can operate almost around the clock.

It can be maintained continuously for 72 hours.

In addition to the current complete version, there is also a simplified version with lower energy consumption, but the increase in combat power will naturally be reduced accordingly.

"I should take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to familiarize myself with it briefly." Shen Bailian closed his eyes, calmly sensing his current state, the Three-Body Matrix operating behind his head, and the external information he received after advancing to the Golden Body Realm.

Why is it called a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Because the current Tribulation of the Three Nine Heavens has not yet completely ended. Apart from the Dao Ancestor of this world, it can be said that no one, immortal or god dares to use their divine sense to penetrate the layers of tribulation clouds to observe him.

Because doing so would be tantamount to blatantly challenging the will of Heaven in this world.

Even beings at the level of Golden Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, or even Daluo Golden Immortal would find it difficult to withstand the consequences of provoking the consciousness of the Heavenly Dao, because this is tantamount to declaring war on a world.

Within this world, the representative of the Heavenly Dao consciousness is the source of all laws, the Dao Ancestor.

In this world, who is bold enough to contend with the Dao Ancestor, who attained sainthood almost at the very beginning of time?
Unless someone is tired of living and really wants to die, no one in this rigidly class-based world would dare to provoke them.

As you can see, even a mere attendant by the Dao Ancestor can become a ruler of the Three Realms. Even the Western Spirit Mountain system, though its true intentions are unknown, outwardly still has to appear subservient to the Heavenly Court.

Firstly, because the Heavenly Court system has the Dao Ancestor in charge; secondly, because since the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods, the world has undergone great changes, and the number of spiritual roots has dropped significantly.

This is especially true for innate spiritual roots, among which the most typical example is the peach of immortality, especially the peach of immortality that ripens only once every three thousand years, which is a treasure among treasures.

Just one of these can grant a person immortality, making them as long-lived as heaven and earth, comparable to an alternative form of golden body.

However, for the gods and immortals in the Heavenly Court or the Lingshan system, the effect of immortality is merely a dispensable one. What they truly covet is the ability to purify magical power, enhance cultivation, and refine themselves, among other benefits.

Moreover, the main reason is that the effects of these peaches are almost unique in this world.

Of course, the innate spiritual roots in the Heavenly Court are not limited to this one. In fact, the Peach Tree should belong to the Queen Mother of the West. However, in order to show her maternal virtue, she holds a Peach Banquet every thousand years.

At that time, almost all the gods will go to the Heavenly Court to participate in this Peach Banquet.

More than nine hundred years have passed since the last Peach Banquet, and the next Peach Banquet will begin soon.

This is why Guanyin suddenly decided to intervene in this grand scheme that had already been arranged, because she also had to save face.

If this farce hadn't ended before the Peach Banquet began, He would have been the subject of much laughter at the dinner table, and no one could have gotten angry about it.

Those who participate in the Peach Banquet are not just minor deities; sometimes even the Dao Ancestor will come out to participate and quell the restless hearts of the "rebellious" ones.

At the same time, it was also to deter the increasingly powerful and influential Tathagata and to support the ruler of the Three Realms in the Heavenly Court.

Logically speaking, anyone could be the ruler of the Three Realms; it didn't necessarily have to be someone from the Heavenly Court, since that person's strength was indeed somewhat awkward in the Three Realms.

To say he's strong wouldn't be an exaggeration; to say he's weak wouldn't be an understatement either, considering he's endured countless heavenly and human tribulations...

To sum it up in one sentence, his talent is extremely low.

How low is it?
Having endured hundreds of thousands of life-and-death tribulations, and with the help of the Dao Ancestor, having reincarnated tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions... even tens of millions of years, his strength finally reached the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. And Yang Jian, that person's nephew, how many years did it take him to reach the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm?

Less than ten thousand years!

What kind of gap is this? It's like the difference between heaven and earth!

If it weren't for the Dao Ancestor's forceful promotion, and given that at that time the Dao Ancestor didn't have anyone he could trust or be close to except for his first and last attendant, then he would have had no choice but to promote him.

Yang Jian, this nephew, was the most talented among the millions of nephews in the Heavenly Court who had reincarnated over millions of years. His talent was so great that it completely exceeded his expectations.

Therefore, the ruler of the Three Realms in the Heavenly Court begged the Dao Ancestor to bring Yang Jian out of the illusion where he was undergoing tribulation, wanting Yang Jian to become his capable assistant.

But to his utter surprise, instead of getting a capable assistant, he got a traitor who obeyed orders but refused to listen to orders. Relying on his "favor," the traitor stayed at Guanjiang Estuary all day to cultivate himself, ignoring everything else.

If it weren't for Yang Jian's sister descending to the mortal realm and eloping with a mortal, giving him a handle to use against Yang Jian, Sun Wukong would have truly had no one to rely on when he wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace.

It's not that there's no one available; the Heavenly Court is full of talented people. But the embarrassing thing is that he can't command any of them.

It's simply because the Dao Ancestor's methods were far too dirty.

In order to ensure the establishment of the Heavenly Court system, they deliberately joined forces with the consciousness of the Heavenly Dao to artificially create a great calamity of heaven and earth, namely the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.

"Investiture of the Gods! Investiture of the Gods!" It sounds nice, but in reality, it's just waiting for a bunch of True Immortals, Golden Immortals, Taiyi Golden Immortals... and even some Daluo Golden Immortals, to fight to the death, their physical bodies collapsing, their souls having nothing to rely on, so that they can take advantage of the situation and enter.

Using the Investiture of the Gods, they collected the souls of the disciples of the Jie Sect and the Chan Sect who died in battle, and then completely bound their souls to the Investiture of the Gods.

The True Immortals had a rather so-so opinion of the Investiture of the Gods, after all, they were still quite a distance away from achieving immortality and living as long as heaven and earth.

Add to that the obstacle of heavenly tribulations, and the probability of cultivating into a Golden Immortal is less than one percent.

However, for those immortals above the Golden Immortal level, being bound by the Investiture of the Gods was simply adding another layer of constraint, as their life and death were now controlled by a single person.
This is why the ruler of the Three Realms in the Heavenly Court, whose strength ranking is so awkward among the Three Realms, can still firmly sit on the throne of the Jade Emperor. It is entirely because he was the first attendant of the Dao Ancestor.

Although the Dao Ancestor had merged with the Dao, His essence was still that of a human being. As long as one is human, especially someone who is invincible, one will generally still cherish old feelings and the sentiment of offering incense.

In summary, without the suppression of the Investiture of the Gods and the support of the Dao Ancestor, the ruler of the Three Realms in the Heavenly Court might really have been nothing more than a mascot.

The gods and immortals, overwhelmed by the outbreak of a certain event, formed a joint petition one day, threatening suicide to demand that the Dao Ancestor reclaim the Investiture of the Gods from the hands of the ruler of the Three Realms in the Heavenly Court.

After careful consideration, in order to avoid causing such panic among the newly established Heavenly Court, the Dao Ancestor withdrew the original Investiture of the Gods and gave the ruler of the Three Realms a counterfeit.

The counterfeit Investiture of the Gods lost a crucial effect: the ability to decide the life and death of a host of immortals and gods with a single thought.

This instantly reversed the situation.

Many immortals and gods, although not as obedient to orders as Yang Jian, secretly like to play dumb, especially for those veteran Golden Immortals and Taiyi Golden Immortals who already possess extremely strong abilities. They take things easy and do not take the orders of the ruler of the Three Realms to heart at all.

This explains why, when the Monkey King wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, he was only just about to reach the threshold of becoming a Golden Immortal, yet he was able to fight his way all the way to the Southern Heavenly Gate.

It was precisely because of the competition between internal factions.

That's why General Curtain-Roller's fate was so tragic. He was expelled from the divine register and banished to the mortal realm simply for breaking a jade cup.

Of course, this was also due to the lack of foresight of the general who rolled up the curtain.

After all, in the eyes of outsiders, someone who could reach the position of Curtain-Rolling General must be a confidant of the Jade Emperor. And when the Jade Emperor was hosting a banquet for the Buddha of the West, this Curtain-Rolling General suddenly smashed a jade cup.

what does this mean?
In the eyes of the Buddha, wouldn't this mean that the cup was smashed as a signal?!
"In that case, we can start planning the 'Havoc in Heaven' event." Shen Bailian felt the powerful energy within him, and when he opened his eyes again, he was filled with confidence.

This time, he will definitely be able to get through this tribulation safely.

And at the same time.

At this moment, the sky seemed like a piece of black jade that had been crushed by an invisible giant hand. The indigo clouds, like surging turbid waves, rolled in from the horizon and pressed down on the earth in layers.

The once clear sky was now completely obscured by thick, dark clouds, making the light even dimmer, as if plunged into eternal night. The distant mountains, shrouded in gloom, had distorted and deformed outlines, as if struggling painfully under this oppressive force.

"What's going on?" Bai Suzhen looked at the "unfolding" tribulation clouds with increasing confusion, not understanding what had happened.

She was horrified to discover that the surrounding air, along with the changing clouds of calamity, had become thick and stagnant, each breath feeling like inhaling and exhaling leaden blocks with a rusty smell.
A breeze began to rise, but it brought no coolness; instead, it carried an unsettling heat and restlessness. Withered leaves swirled and rose into the air, only to be violently flung back to the ground by an invisible force.

Suddenly, a dark red lightning bolt, like a ferocious giant python, tore through the thick clouds, briefly illuminating the entire world.

Golden patterns flickered within the lightning, as if it contained a world-destroying power. Immediately afterward, a deafening thunderclap exploded, its deep, lingering sound like the roar of an ancient beast, echoing endlessly between heaven and earth, making eardrums ache and hearts tremble violently.

Xiaoqing, dressed in green, stood alone on the mountaintop.

She pursed her lips, her eyebrows furrowed, and her emerald eyes were filled with seriousness and vigilance. Her hair was being wildly blown about by the wind, but she was completely unaware of it.

She could clearly sense that deep within the clouds, an extremely terrifying power was frantically gathering, as if countless bolts of lightning were imprisoned within, poised to unleash their power and utterly destroy this world at any moment.

The oppressive, almost suffocating atmosphere made her unconsciously grip the Qingfeng sword in her hand, her body tense, staring intently at the terrifying tribulation clouds and the golden light completely shrouded by them.

Can we get through this? (End of Chapter)