In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 329 The Date of the Next Immortal Tribulation! (3.4K views, please subscribe!)

Su Yuan curiously examined the small, planet-like crystal beneath his feet.

The Dragon Balls are to the Dragon Clan what the Dantian is to the Human Clan.

In other words, it contains all of Long Bai's cultivation during his lifetime.

Even after 100,000 years of weathering, and even though its owner perished 100,000 years ago, the power contained within the Dragon Ball is still as boundless as a vast ocean.

This made Su Yuan sigh, Long Bai may be a little silly, but she is really strong.

The next second, a burst of light erupted from inside the Dragon Ball.

A figure gradually appeared in front of the two people and the dragon.

A powerful aura emanating from a Nascent Soul cultivator descended like a tangible mountain, causing Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi to momentarily freeze in their breaths.

Su Yuan suppressed a sense of awe that arose spontaneously, looked up, and saw a burly figure, more than five meters tall, appear in front of him.

The figure gradually became clearer with the help of the Dragon Ball's power.

A being with two horns on its head, a thick dragon tail behind it, and many dragon characteristics on its body, but whose face was no different from a human's, appeared before the two people and the dragon.

Su Yuan took a closer look at the other person's facial features and expression.

Surprisingly, if you ignore his exaggerated physique and only look at his face, you would only think that he is a kind human elder.

Standing next to him, you don't feel any danger at all; on the contrary, you feel a sense of warmth and comfort.

This incredibly approachable Nascent Soul cultivator made a very good first impression on Su Yuan.

"After 100,000 years, has someone finally reached this point?"

After a brief pause, the projection of the Purple-Gold Dragon Emperor quickly became expressive and let out a loud exclamation.

A pair of dragon eyes then fell upon the two people and the dragon.

Su Yuan asked nervously, "Senior, we are..."

"No need for introductions. My divine sense has already received your performance in the assessment."

The Purple-Gold Dragon Lord smiled slightly:
"Su Yuan, you did a very good job."

"Oh, thanks for the compliment."

Su Yuan feigned surprise and delight.

The Purple-Gold Dragon Venerable said:
"You two must be exhausted after passing three rounds. I won't take up too much time; I'll just ask three questions."

"First question: Is the outside world an era ruled by humans or an era ruled by demons?"

Su Yuan was not surprised by the question and immediately gave a detailed answer:

"The Federation I belong to... you can think of it as a cultivation alliance formed by many powerful forces. It is an era of even greater rule by man than the most prosperous period of the ancient human race."

"Our Federation adheres to the principle of human supremacy. Even powerful demons are merely tools serving the entire human society."

"Only demons who have made outstanding contributions to the human race and have taken human form can be registered as humans and have the same rights as ordinary people."

"However, before the spiritual energy revival, the ancient cultivation world was broken into numerous worlds of varying sizes. Although our Blue Star Federation is dominated by humans, the dominant force in other worlds may not be humans."

"Fortunately, as far as I know, the Federation has been working hard to reclaim the lost world, and with great success."

At this point, he glanced at Long Bai, whose expression seemed slightly unusual, and added:
"Of course, although the social atmosphere is human supremacy, my subordinate forces and I are still very lenient towards the demon race, and we are working hard to achieve equality between humans and demons."

The ice-haired loli finally smiled.

The Purple-Gold Dragon Lord nodded slightly:

"Humans are the protagonists of heaven and earth, and it is only natural that they are above all other beings."

"Although I think the idea of ​​equality between humans and demons is unnecessary, I am, after all, also a demon, so it's not appropriate for me to say too much."

"Second question: Where did you get your demonic powers? And how many people have you harmed with them?"

"You possess six of the Ten Demonic Fingers, and you have also elevated the top-tier demonic spiritual root, Senluo, to the level of a divine spiritual root. Even during the most rampant period of the demonic path, you should be considered the restorer of the demonic path."

Su Yuan was so engrossed in the questioning that he broke out in a cold sweat.

As expected of a Nascent Soul cultivator, he could see through all of his secrets at a glance.

He explained cautiously:

"Senior Long, the origins of my demonic arts are rather special, please forgive me for not being able to speak frankly."

"As for how I used these demonic arts... I can tell you definitively that no one has died because of my demonic arts, you can rest assured about that."

The Purple-Gold Dragon Lord remained noncommittal, showing no intention of pursuing the matter further, and instead directly posed the final question.

"Third question: Are you two willing to shoulder the responsibility of saving the world?"

Su Yuan, Chen Nuoyi: "..."

No, why has the topic suddenly become so heavy?

The first two questions were practically just casual conversation!
What does it mean to save the world?

We're just freshmen, okay? Shouldn't you be saying that to the top ten Nascent Soul cultivators of the Blue Star Federation?

Besides, the world is fine, so who's going to save it?
While Su Yuan was internally ranting and raving, the Purple-Gold Dragon Lord uttered a shocking statement:
"The Celestial Tribulation... The Celestial Tribulation will descend once again."

Upon hearing this, the two people and the dragon seemed to be frozen in place, all stunned.

At this moment, even Long Bai was no longer calm!
"What do you mean, Biology Dad? Why is the Celestial Tribulation still coming? And when will it arrive?!"

"Just how much have you old fogies in the Nascent Soul stage been hiding?"

"Didn't you love humanity the most? Why were you unmoved when trillions of humans turned to dust in the Immortal Tribulation?"

Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi remained silent, because Long Bai had already asked the question they most wanted to ask.

The Purple-Gold Dragon Lord remained silent.

After a long while, he slowly said:
“Long Bai, the immortal tribulation you have experienced is neither the first nor the last.”

"What the three of you must know is that the Immortal Tribulation is a targeted harvesting mechanism for cultivators and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth." "No matter how many parts the cultivation world is divided into, once the conditions for triggering the harvesting mechanism are met as a whole, the Immortal Tribulation will descend."

Su Yuan asked impatiently, "What are the conditions?"

The Purple-Gold Dragon Lord thought for a moment and explained:
"Based on my deduction, when five thousand Nascent Soul cultivators and one million Golden Core cultivators live in the cultivation world at the same time, the Immortal Tribulation will descend."

"At that time, more than 90% of the power of the vast majority of the immortal cultivation races will be harvested, and the world will return to the end of the Dharma era."

Upon hearing the enormous number mentioned by the Purple-Gold Dragon Lord, Su Yuan breathed a huge sigh of relief:

"Five thousand Nascent Soul cultivators...that seems quite far off."

But before he could even catch his breath, Chen Nuoyi's voice rang out:
"Su Yuan, it's not that far anymore."

"It is true that our Federation only has 283 registered Nascent Soul cultivators, but if we include the Nascent Soul Demon Emperors cultivated by various forces, this number will directly exceed five hundred."

"Not to mention that the Federation only registers Nascent Soul True Monarchs who are native to the country. The demon race doesn't care about the Nascent Soul cultivators that the Realm Lords have subdued."

"Including these, the actual number of Nascent Soul cultivators in our Blue Star Federation alone may approach eight hundred."

"But we are not the only civilization in the vast starry sky that has seen a resurgence of spiritual energy."

“If some civilizations, like our Federation, have vast territories and have acquired countless ancient inheritances, their Nascent Soul cultivators would spring up like mushrooms after rain in less than four hundred years.”

"We don't need many civilizations like this. Just three or five are enough to meet the requirements of five thousand Nascent Soul cultivators."

Chen Nuoyi's analysis left Su Yuan speechless.

But the girl didn't stop; after a pause, she continued:

"Then there's the requirement of a million Golden Pills. It sounds like a lot, but is it really?"

“In Taihua City, a second-tier city, there are seven Golden Core cultivators who reside there. And there are more than a thousand cities in our Federation that we can name.”

"Although most of these cities are not as developed as Taihua City, if the Golden Core cultivators are evenly distributed among first-tier cities, the Ten Immortal Cities, and the military, each city can get about twenty Golden Core cultivators."

"That's 20,000 Golden Cores, not to mention the many worlds occupied by the World Lords."

"If all the Golden Cores in these worlds were gathered together, there would be perhaps twenty thousand, or perhaps more."

After hearing this, Su Yuan felt a chill run down his spine.

So the Blue Star Federation has such a deep foundation? Wow, my nation is amazing... Under normal circumstances, Su Yuan would definitely say that.

But the truth is that the stronger one is in the cultivation world, the closer one is to death.

It's only been 380 years since the spiritual energy revival began, and another immortal tribulation is already on the way? Even harvesting韭菜 (a metaphor for exploiting people) wouldn't happen this fast!
But to Su Yuan's surprise, this set of data completely stunned even the Purple-Gold Dragon Lord.

"After more than three hundred years of spiritual energy revival, has the new cultivation world grown to such an extent? This is a change that has not been seen in millions of years."

Upon hearing this, the two people and the dragon were taken aback.

Then the Purple-Gold Dragon Lord slowly said:
"Although I was born after the end of the last Dharma-ending Age, I learned after I became a Nascent Soul that the interval between each Immortal Tribulation is at least tens of thousands... or even hundreds of thousands of years."

"But this new civilization has completed in four hundred years the journey that the previous calamity took forty thousand years to complete, which is truly incredible."

"However... this also means that the date when the new civilization encounters the Celestial Tribulation will be greatly shortened."

"According to you, perhaps in another hundred years, or even ten years or less, a new cultivation civilization will meet the conditions for the arrival of the Immortal Tribulation."

Su Yuan's lips twitched as he listened.

What I'm saying is, is it really okay for a celestial tribulation to be this intelligent?

Why can't you set a fixed timeframe? Like a million years or something, so everyone can have some time to prepare.

So what the hell is this, you just start counting heads and then immediately take action after you've counted enough?

Raising pigs?
But clearly, cursing in his heart wouldn't solve anything.

He took a deep breath before asking the Purple-Gold Dragon Lord:

"Senior Long, you said we should shoulder the responsibility of saving the world. How exactly should we do that?"

The Purple-Gold Dragon Lord sighed:
"If I give you more than a thousand years to prepare, I am confident that you two can grow up and lead the human race... at least a part of the human race through the Immortal Tribulation."

"But I'm not sure about less than a century."

Su Yuan was displeased upon hearing this:

"Senior Long, we should at least give it a try, whether it works or not."

"If the Blue Star Federation can complete in four hundred years the path that took the previous civilization forty thousand years to complete, why can't Noyi and I complete in one hundred years the path that others took a thousand years to complete?"

Upon hearing this, the melancholy expression on the Purple-Gold Dragon Lord's face suddenly softened into a slight smile:
"That's right, that's the spirit I want."

Damn it, this old man Zijin is playing me!

By opening his mouth like that, isn't it tantamount to taking on the heavy responsibility of saving the world?

Su Yuan rolled his eyes inwardly.

The Purple-Gold Dragon Venerable said, "The three questions have been asked. Without further ado, subject, you should quickly go and inherit my legacy."

Upon hearing this, Su Yuan's heart tightened, and he quickly asked:
"Wait a minute! Elder Zijin... cough cough, Senior Long, what about the reward for clearing the fourth level?"

"Completion reward?"

The Purple-Gold Dragon Lord was slightly taken aback, and after a long while, he pointed at Long Bai and asked:

"How about I give you my daughter?"

You really didn't prepare a reward for the fourth level, did you?
Su Yuan was speechless.

All those expectations were for nothing.

It's not like I wouldn't kidnap your daughter if you didn't give her away!
Chen Nuoyi, standing to the side, seemed somewhat stunned. After a long while, a look of alarm suddenly appeared on her pretty face.

"Sending your daughter... what does that mean?"

(End of this chapter)