From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 503 The Third Tribulation

The light emanating from You Ming began to flicker, and the water of Meixi seemed to take on a faint black hue in his eyes.

For deities, drawing power from incense is also subject to the curses contained within it.

Those karmic obstacles will forever remain hidden within blessings and hopes, forever entangled with the gods.

The entire Shinto system lacks effective means to deal with these negative forces.

Otherwise, the Earth God wouldn't have allowed the Mountain-Suppressing King to remain above the Black Tide.

This method can only delay the outbreak of negative forces. Once they accumulate to a certain extent, all the negative forces will break through all the blockades and turn into calamities for the world.

Once enough people have died, these negative forces will be largely released, and the world will once again enter a long period of peace.

This cycle repeats itself endlessly, as if it could continue indefinitely.

"I've been thinking about where my third tribulation will be."

"It turns out to be here."

A faint realization dawned on You Ming's mind.

When he broke through to the [Tribulation] stage, he sensed five events: Maple Bridge in the Night Rain, Yellow Crane Tower, Fishing Snow on Cold Pond, Spring Water in Willow Market, and Night Mooring at Plum Creek.

These five events represent his five calamities.

He had already experienced the night rain at Maple Bridge and the snowy fishing at Cold Pond. Ever since he first learned the name "Plum Creek" from the King of Zhenshan, he knew that this thing must be related to his calamity.

However, calamities can manifest in countless ways, as unpredictable as the human heart, and he did not know beforehand in what specific form this calamity would descend.

Looking back now, the tribulation of "Mooring at Meixi at Night" was when he chose to use this independent authority to transform into a deity, and he had to confront the negative karma and evil spirits.

These forces cannot be eliminated; he will have to fight against this negative force every moment of his future and strive to maintain a balance.

Once negative forces outweigh positive forces, his thinking becomes distorted.

"In the Tribulation Realm, every tribulation is inconceivable. Even the most talented individual cannot be absolutely certain that they can overcome it."

In fact, the calamity that You Ming is facing now is, if you say it's difficult, it's almost an unsolvable problem, but if you say it's easy, it's also very simple.

As long as he dispels his divine form and relinquishes this authority, he will naturally overcome this obstacle.

Heaven never leaves people with a dead end; sometimes, bravely giving up is a good choice.

Without cheat codes, Youming would naturally have no choice but to make this option.

However, since he discovered the true use of the cheat code "Automatic Incense Burner," he was entitled to have both.

With that thought in mind, he immediately turned the compass and activated the cheat code for "Automatic Incense Burning".

In an instant, an invisible force covered his body, and the subtle black energy mixed with his divine form was easily swept away.

Those negative forces that the gods feared like tigers vanished completely under the influence of the conceptual power of [Automatic Incense].

Despite the continuous refinement of his divine image with new incense offerings in the future, negative forces will still continue to invade his divine form.

But by then, it would still just be a matter of cheating. As this wisp of negative energy disappeared, You Ming felt the invisible shackles on his body loosen instantly, and a serene and carefree aura rippled around him, while most of the dense aura of calamity covering him dissipated.

Then his magical power surged and flowed within him, and his mind became increasingly clear and lucid.

He could even clearly sense that the nature of his magical power was undergoing subtle changes.

This change is extremely subtle. When the magical power flows through the meridians, it becomes light and transparent, as if the magical power has become an invisible and intangible existence similar to light.

Compared to his original magic, his current magic has become purer, but it is also more gentle, inclusive, and extremely penetrating.

With a slight thought, You Ming felt the light flow slowly through his meridians. With almost every complete cycle, his magical power automatically increased by one level, and his aura became increasingly solid.

However, the powerful magical energy that originally filled You Ming's body began to recede, as if everything was being contracted into his body, no longer leaking out in the slightest.

"Has his body already begun its transformation towards the Earth Immortal level?"

As You Ming felt the wondrous changes in his body, he couldn't help but raise his palm, and a faint golden light appeared at his fingertips.

Although this ray of light may seem ethereal, if it were released, it would likely be enough to suppress the vast majority of human cultivators of the Dharma Aspect.

His magical power has gradually incorporated some aspects of immortal power.

"Not bad, not bad. Of the five challenges, three have already been overcome. It is hoped that within a hundred years, we will reach the upper three levels."

You Ming dispersed the wisp of magic power again, his words filled with excitement.

Once he reaches the upper three realms, with his connections in the Heavenly Realm, he'll likely pass through them quickly. Furthermore, the Golden Boy God-King promised him that as long as he performs well, he'll definitely be transferred to the Heavenly Realm.

I figured that as long as I could achieve the position of a third-level Earth Immortal, I would soon receive a celestial summons and be brought into the Heavenly Court.

Thinking of this, You Ming felt even better.

However, even at this point, he did not forget the important matter at hand.

He stretched out his hand, his five fingers slowly closing together, and a golden-red divine light surged from his palm.

This is a total of one thousand two hundred streams of divine power.

You Ming gently stretched out his palm, and in an instant, the divine power condensed wildly, then transformed into a beam of emerald light, falling towards the great river in the Yellow Millet World.

In the entire world of Huangliang, there is only one colossal waterway, which is the Great River.

It stretches across the earth like a giant white dragon, lying dormant, with numerous tributaries constantly branching out, eventually spreading to every corner of the world.

At this moment, the entire river was churning violently. At the center of the whirlpool, a faint blue light emerged from the bottom of the water, first like a thread, then like a vine, and gradually expanded into a pillar of light.

The mudstone and gravel beneath the river surface were transformed into tiny spiritual crystal particles the moment the light touched them, and were recombined and reconstructed to form a spiritual vein that runs through the river.

Its roots resembled those of a plant, with countless menacing tentacles growing below.

These tentacles probe directly into the chaos deep within the void, constantly drawing energy and releasing spiritual energy outwards.

A gentle breeze swept across the entire river, blowing in all directions. Although it was still late autumn, tender buds sprouted from the ground as soon as the wind blew.

(End of this chapter)