There are no ancestors at all; I made them all up.

Chapter 214, What About the Human Tribulation?
"Boom!"

A bolt of blazing white lightning, as thick as a palace pillar, tore through the clouds, carrying immense heavenly might, and struck the small courtyard!
Before the lightning even arrived, the terrifying aura already caused buildings within a hundred feet to creak and tiles to fall.

"Good heavens!" Shi Chen, hidden in the shadows, was startled, his demonic body shrinking back. "The first lightning bolt is this fierce? I hope I don't get turned to ashes right away; I was hoping to get some scraps!"

As he was thinking of taking a few more steps closer, a sense of vigilance suddenly arose in his heart. He turned his head and saw that the sword-wielding Taoist, Fa Duozi, had somehow blocked his way.

The Taoist priest said coldly, "You little devil, you've really been hiding well these past few days! But I was sure you would eventually jump out and do evil! You even thought of plotting against Sect Leader Chen! You are truly ungrateful! Have you forgotten that if it weren't for Sect Leader Chen, we would all have perished in the Twin Relics!"

"Tsk!" Shi Chen curled his lip. "Looks like you're an obstacle for me! I won't get anything today unless I take you down!"

In the distance, a figure in red robes crossed the sky. It was Hong Feihuang. Blood energy surged around her, and strands of blood energy swirled around her, eventually forming a blood-red face on her body!
His face was twisted and varied, appearing sinister and eerie. He let out a hoarse chuckle: "Hehehe! Such divine might saves this old ancestor a lot of trouble. Little Phoenix, stop now. Your enemy probably won't survive this calamity."

Hong Feihuang gritted her teeth: "No! That would be too easy on him! Ancestor, please..."

"What's the rush?" The terrifying face interrupted her. "Let's wait and see about the second heavenly tribulation. If you get too close now, the heavenly lightning will have no eyes. Even with your cultivation level, you will be completely cleansed, and you might even have to take the brunt of the disaster for him!"

On the other side, the man and woman from Da Zong were also moved.

The man abandoned his arrogance and said seriously, "The first one is the Rifting Fiend Thunder. This boy's cultivation technique must have some origin."

The woman nodded and said, "Perhaps it is because of his strong foundation that the calamity he triggered is extraordinary. Let's see how he deals with it."

Just as everyone was lost in their own thoughts, Liu Shuang'er had already arrived outside the courtyard. With a flick of her wrist, a plain white brocade handkerchief embroidered with a lark carrying a lingzhi mushroom rose into the air and transformed into a light screen about ten feet in size, ready to protect the small courtyard.

"Miss Liu, I appreciate your kind intentions, but there's no need for this."

Chen Qing's voice came from inside the courtyard.

The next moment, a jet-black sword beam crackling with electricity shot into the sky from the courtyard! It deliberately crashed into the blazing white tribulation lightning!

"Fuck-"

The powerful lightning was instantly swallowed and dissolved by the dark sword light!
In the blink of an eye, the lightning dissipated, the black sword hummed, and seemed to have grown even larger before leisurely shrinking back into the courtyard.

Suddenly, the world fell silent!
"What?!" The arrogant man exclaimed for the first time, his eyes wide with shock. "What was that sword light? A technique? A magic weapon? It actually feeds on tribulation lightning?"

The woman's cool demeanor vanished, replaced by horror: "Not to resolve, but... to devour? Isn't he afraid of the tribulation power backlash, defiling his golden core foundation?"

The terrifying face wrapped around Hong Feihuang suddenly froze, its blood-red light surging: "Something's not right! That black lightning contains a trace of the true meaning of heavenly punishment, yet it's chaotic and disordered. This kid is strange! Don't go yet!"

Shi Chen, who was confronting Fa Duozi, was stunned and almost had his chest pierced by Fa Duozi's sword. He then retreated at lightning speed!

"The tribulation lightning was swallowed by that person's magic? Something's strange! This person is strange!"

"Boom!!!"

The heavens trembled in fury, and calamity clouds rolled in.

Three bolts of lightning, thicker than before and darker purple in color, twisted and slammed down!
Their combined power was almost enough to crush the entire Blackwater City!

Chen Qing looked up at the sky, his hands forming a sword incantation.

"Let's go again."

Pointing their fingers together like a sword, they point towards the sky.

The jet-black sword light roared out once more, splitting into three in mid-air!
"Puff puff!"

The three tribulation lightning bolts, which would make even Golden Core cultivators change color, were swallowed up by the three black sword beams without even causing a ripple!

The sword light grew even deeper in color, then flew joyfully back to Chen Qing's side, circling around him.

Despite the calamity, the courtyard remained unharmed, and even the surrounding vegetation was completely undamaged!

At that moment, all the onlookers felt a chill rise from the bottom of their hearts.

Inside the courtyard.

Chen Qing looked inward at his dantian, where the golden elixir in the mansion was spinning rapidly, with Dao patterns appearing on it and radiance flowing around it.

With a single turn, the elixir fire manifested, and the path to enlightenment took shape!
The second transformation, the calamity patterns are like a plague, and the aftershocks ripple!

The third cycle, the elixir illuminates the destiny star, and a natural response arises!

Fourth Transformation, Innate Divine Power, Killing at the Heart!
At the fifth stage, the heart becomes clear and bright, the divine sense surges, and the spiritual light in the Niwan Palace shines brightly. A point of spiritual light is being nurtured, waiting to enlighten the natal magic weapon!

"..."

The speed of this progress surprised Chen Qingdu greatly!
He went through seven stages of the Golden Core realm in the Immortal Dynasty of his dream, experiencing countless hardships, including heavenly tribulations, earthly tribulations, and human tribulations—each one extremely dangerous. When a Yin Spirit cultivator advanced to the Golden Core realm, even a Nascent Soul cultivator came to block his path, turning into a human tribulation!
As a result, he broke through four tribulations of lightning in the mortal world and reached the fifth stage of the Golden Core realm.
That's it?

While he felt things were going too smoothly, the people outside were terrified, as if they had seen a ghost or a god!

The large couple had long lost their composure in their comments, vaguely realizing that the person undergoing tribulation in the courtyard was probably not someone they could "judge".

"Is this really a Yin God cultivator undergoing tribulation? Or has someone invited an expert to help him overcome his tribulation?" The man was still somewhat unwilling and analyzed the situation.

The woman beside her said, "If that's the case, then we'll be entangled in too much karma. How much would we have to give to get it to work?" With that, she suddenly strode forward and rushed towards the courtyard under the tribulation lightning!
The man's expression changed upon seeing this: "Senior sister, what are you doing? That lightning tribulation is ferocious..."

Without turning her head, the woman said, "Do you know that if someone can break through such a heavenly tribulation, then once they succeed, their golden core will undergo rapid transformation?"

The man was stunned again upon hearing this!
Further away, Hong Feihuang's delicate body trembled, not from fear, but from extreme resentment!

The terrifying face coiled around her had shifting eyes, staring at the small courtyard with a mixture of greed and apprehension, secretly plotting. The onlookers in the distance were also filled with mixed emotions and different thoughts.

Liu Yuanchen couldn't even sit still any longer, so he left the yamen and headed straight for this courtyard!

"Shuang'er's eye for talent this time is truly remarkable! She actually discovered a rough gem, no, it's going to be a top-grade jade!"

Just then, another bolt of lightning struck, but it still disintegrated midway!
Sixth transformation, successful!
A blurry doorway took shape before him!
The Gate of Others!

According to the general principles of profound skills, once the sixth stage is completed, the gate between self and other is opened, and one can communicate with the mysteries. As long as one can break through the illusion, one can naturally pay respects to the projection of self and other!
But this time, once the Gate of Others and Me was formed, the golden core in Chen Qing's dantian trembled violently, and the "pseudo-mysterious gate" that was deeply rooted in his heart, obtained from the Myriad Doors Wall and devoured the Gate of Taiyi shook violently, resonating with the golden core!
A tremendous force surged forth from the gate, infusing the golden elixir!
"Buzz!"

Chen Qingfu focused his mind and gently pushed towards the empty space in front of him.

"Squeak-"

The door was wide open!

Ripples spread across the space in front of Chen Qing, and two illusory figures emerged from the door!

He and I are projected!

On the left is a figure, ethereal and distant, shrouded in a thin aura of incense. Its face is indistinct; it is the projection of the "Hidden Star True Lord." The present world is not like the immortal dynasty in the dream. In order to maintain the stability of the historical structure, although this name is well-known, few people know it. The incense and prayer power are far from comparable to the peak of the immortal dynasty, and its power is less than one-tenth of what it once was.

Chen Qing's gaze swept across the area in a single glance before landing on the newly formed projection on the right.

This figure was tall and straight, his green robes fluttering, and his eyes were crystal clear, as if they contained a mysterious light that could reflect the birth and death of all things!

"Hidden Star Master" Li Qingzhi's projection!

This projection possesses a profound aura, containing the Daoist principles of Yin and Yang rotation, the arrangement of stars, and the rise and fall of mountains and seas. It is the external manifestation of its fundamental divine power, "Yin Yang Constellations Mountains and Rivers Ode".

And at the very instant these two projections of others solidified!
"Buzz!"

A tremor ran through Chen Qing's dantian, and a strange sense of connection came from the darkness. The Ice Soul Eyes projected by the Dharma Lord suddenly lit up, their divine light shining brightly, as if they could pierce through the void and see the trajectory of all things!

"The Eye of Ice Soul is reflected here?" Chen Qing's heart stirred slightly. "It has connected with the projection of the original body in the dream?"

Before I could think it through, a ripple spread from the projection, sweeping in all directions!
"Ok?"

"A connection to the unseen realm? Someone is about to pave a path to enlightenment? And ripples of Daoist energy are spreading out!"

Three beings not far from Nanbin were drawn by the ripples and sensed them. They then used their divine senses, taking advantage of the ripples, to cleverly use the ripples' veins. Their divine senses, filled with surprise and doubt, flowed against the current and arrived in an instant.

"The illusory gate manifests, the projection descends upon the mortal realm—this is the sixth stage of cultivation achieved in a single Core Formation? With the spiritual energy of this world waning, how could such a feat be accomplished? Even in the barren lands of Nanbin, such a figure exists?"

"Nanbin can barely be considered half of my Zuixianfang's territory, yet someone actually condenses a Golden Core here? This person's aura is vaguely familiar, as if I've seen him somewhere before?"

"Interesting. This remote place is mostly inhabited by minor sects and rogue cultivators, yet someone has managed to get here... Wait, how many stages has he reached in the Golden Core stage?"

However, before they could figure it out...

"Boom!"

Above the sky, the clouds of calamity gather once more!
Three dark purple bolts of lightning twisted and intertwined, striking down with destructive power!
Its ferocity far surpasses that of before!
The lightning finally made Chen Qing feel threatened. However, it was a barren era with very little spiritual energy. Even though the lightning was raging, it was still no match for someone with a Nascent Soul level protective technique!

Chen Qing pointed his finger!
"break."

The jet-black lightning sword hanging beside him emitted a joyful hum and soared into the sky!

"Fuck-"

Amidst a piercing sound, three fierce bolts of tribulation lightning exploded in the air. Before the lightning could even fully unleash its power, it was completely devoured by the black sword light!
Then, the dark lightning didn't delay and flew back to Chen Qing's side, hovering and guarding him.

Inside Chen Qing's belly, the golden elixir transformed once more!
Seven turns, and you'll reach the underworld!
But this time, when his divine sense drifted, it was as if he had hit a wall. It was completely different from the scene in the Immortal Dynasty where there were all kinds of illusions and the wailing of ghosts. In the Immortal Dynasty, he felt as if he was being pulled into the underworld. But now he only felt a heavy pressure coming down on him, making it difficult for his divine sense to advance even an inch!
"Could it be that something strange has happened in the Underworld?"

Before he could think it through, the profound mystery of the eighth stage of the Golden Core had already arrived. It was the birth of the Dao Embryo, the existence of the primordial spirit, and the tempering of all his magical power and true breath, which made his spirituality more abundant!
Following that, the ninth turn showed no unusual signs; it was calm and uneventful, just like any other turn.

Chen Qing was not surprised.

"My Niwan Palace had already transformed into the Jade Palace Purple Mansion before I formed the Golden Core."

Three turns in a row, all done in the blink of an eye!

Chen Qing's aura rose higher and higher, and the golden core in his dantian was perfect and flawless, shining brightly. The Jade Palace Purple Mansion echoed it, and the scene of starlight and vast sea floated in his sea of ​​consciousness, faintly shining through his body for ten feet!

However, Chen Qing was slightly surprised: "Nine Revolutions have passed, yet it's so peaceful? When the Immortal Dynasty in the Dream was forming its core, there were countless people who tried to obstruct the path. Now, during this Human Tribulation... have they all changed their nature? I've kept my Blood River Incarnation, my innate divine power, and the Yin God Chain Explosion techniques, but I haven't used them!"

Far away outside the courtyard, Shi Chen was already terrified, his scalp tingling. Looking at the black sword that easily devoured the terrifying heavenly tribulation, he no longer had any greed.

"You are not my obstacle, but my lucky star! If you hadn't stopped me, I would have gone to plot against this person, and I would be dead by now. I really do have great luck! So close! So close!" He chuckled twice at the Fa Duozi who was waiting in full battle array opposite him, and his eyes showed gratitude. He said sincerely, "Daoist, I think the weather is nice today. Why don't we stop fighting for now and continue our friendship between Daoists and Demons another day?"

On the other side, Fa Duozi, ignoring the demon cub in front of him, looked up at the sky, his eyes filled with shock.

On the other side, Hong Feihuang's face paled, then filled with resentment and lingering fear: "Thanks to Ancestor's caution, otherwise I..."

But before she could finish speaking, the blood-red face suddenly flipped back, releasing a surge of bloodthirsty energy that poured in and instantly imprisoned Hong Feihuang!
"Ancestor! What are you doing?!" Hong Feihuang was utterly horrified.

"What to do? Naturally, I'll capture you, this source of trouble, and offer you to that person to settle the karma! How can I offend such a person because of a fool like you!" The old ancestor's voice was ferocious as he carried her and flew towards Chen Qing's courtyard.

(End of this chapter)