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Chapter 418 Despite All Obstacles, I Finally Became a Golden Immortal (Part 1)

What were Luo Zu's feelings when the inner tribulation was triggered?

Without sorrow or joy, forgetting both self and others, it was as if an invisible force was burning him, consuming his true spirit, burning his will, and even trying to destroy his Dao fruit.

But Luo Zu felt no fear whatsoever, nor did he even intend to extinguish this power. Instead, he allowed it to burn everything around him, using it to contribute to the perfection of his Dao fruit.

What is the Dao Fruit? It has no physical form, yet it connects with reality and the Great Dao. This is the main reason why Golden Immortals can transcend the mundane world and rise above all living beings.

To cultivate the Dao Fruit, one must first thoroughly comprehend a certain Great Dao, elevate one's primordial spirit (soul) to an extremely high level, that is, bloom the flower of the primordial spirit, and also elevate one's life to a level sufficient to contain the Great Dao.

This is also the reason for the opening of the three flowers, but opening the three flowers does not necessarily mean that one can attain the Dao fruit. After all, there are many reasons in between, and there may even be situations where the three flowers are insufficient to cultivate the Dao fruit.

There are various reasons, but there are no obstacles for Luo Zu to achieve the Dao Fruit.

All he needed was a catalyst.

Now that this opportunity has arrived, he naturally wants to seize it.

If attaining true immortality is a kind of abnormal power, transforming from a human into an immortal, evolving from one kind of creature into another, it is nothing more than an increase in power and a change in biological attributes, transforming from a mortal into a mythical creature.

So, the leap from Xuanxian to Jinxian is a leap from a living being to the Great Dao, or simply put, from an individual to the universe. The changes involved are naturally extremely dramatic.

The transformation from mortal to immortal can be likened to an insect transforming into a butterfly, while the transformation from a mystical immortal to a golden immortal is like a butterfly becoming "Zhuang Zhou".

So how big is the difference?

The calamity comes from within, a backlash from the Great Dao, which brings various kinds of fortune. If the cultivator were not getting closer and closer to the Great Dao, he would not have such a great reaction.

Therefore, if an inner tribulation occurs during the path to enlightenment, the practitioner should be happy, but in addition to being happy, they must face this situation where there is no chance of survival.

If one cannot overcome this obstacle, then it is not the transformation of the Dao, but the transformation of the Dao itself.

Luo Zu remained calm and composed, but his external tribulation was in a great hurry. As starlight shone down, the Great Dao suppressed him, and numerous strange phenomena of the Great Dao appeared one after another, all in an attempt to suppress Luo Zu on the spot.

However, at this moment, the inner tribulation of Luo Zu has already been triggered, and the Dao Fruit is evolving towards the most perfect form and structure. At the same time, the infinite killing intent brought by the struggle of the Great Dao hidden in the inner tribulation is also surging forth.

Existence...non-existence...the reality and illusion are constantly changing...countless Great Daos that rely on the Great Dao of Existence also assist in the "attack".

This ferocity is truly ferocious, and the danger is truly perilous.

Externally, they are attacked by Golden Immortals and Demon Gods; internally, they face backlash from all directions, like tigers and wolves.

We're in dire straits!

Seeing this, Luo Zu took out an item from his Yuan Shen Cave Heaven—a ginseng fruit!

This fruit was a gift from Zhen Yuanzi. Years ago, he had spoken to Luo Zu about the calamities that awaited him, and now it can be considered that his words have come true.

In an instant, the ginseng fruit transformed into countless wondrous lights, enveloping Luo Zu's true spirit and resolving the tribulations of backlash from all directions. However, the external tribulations could not be resolved by the ginseng fruit, and there were still backlashes from the Great Dao that had not yet fallen upon Luo Zu.

Therefore, Luo Zu's inner tribulation has not yet been fully resolved, but the external tribulation has already struck him.

Starlight fell, engulfing his body, and his innate divine and demonic form was reduced to dust.

It's hard to imagine that a physical body that could just rival a Golden Immortal could be reduced to dust.

As the starlight fell, countless curses surged forth like a hornet's nest being disturbed, flooding the world. These curses were all tangible, dazzling and multicolored. Any spiritual energy that was touched by them became the source of the curses. Even the primordial worms in this void could not escape these curses. They were all stained with color, transformed into frenzied creatures, and then devoured each other in their madness, finally perishing in their madness.

These curses were about to strike Luo Zu, engulfing him and obliterating him as well.

Meanwhile, the Golden Immortal who had ambushed Luo Zu had been suppressed into the Great Dao by the Heavenly Witch of the Witch Clan and could not break free. Then, the Heavenly Witch's eighteen eyes were also aimed at the demon god who had descended from the sky.

"What a stroke of luck today! You bastard Yuan Gu, you've come too!" As the celestial sorcerer spoke, he sealed off the void, dissipating all the starlight scattered by the demon god.

"Tu, fight me then." But as soon as He sealed off the void, He felt His Great Dao tremble uncontrollably. The rogue Golden Immortal who had just been suppressed by Him actually broke free and fell into the side of a phantom, transforming into its original form.

"Chu Xiong! You beast, you've come too." Tu Tianwu grinned ferociously, his mouth stretched all the way to the back of his head, as if his tiger-headed, human-faced head had been split in two.

Chu Xiong stopped responding to Him and instead revealed His true form of the Great Dao, now operating in parallel with His own.

This demon immortal, Chu Xiong, has already reached the extremely high level of the Golden Immortal realm.

With the two paths standing side by side, the power of Tu Tianwu's true form of the Great Dao was naturally suppressed, making it difficult for him to be as arrogant as before.

But Tu Tianwu didn't care about anything else at this moment. He had been holding a grudge against Chu Xiong for a long time, and their hatred had lasted for hundreds of millions of years. Even if the Ancestral Witch tried to stop him, he would kill Chu Xiong first before he would stop.

As for that human, and the other demon god, He didn't care whether they lived or died.

That's exactly the effect that the Demon Immortal Chu Xiong wanted.

Meanwhile, Luo Zu's situation was not good at the moment; to be precise, it was very bad.

The curse is all-pervasive, eroding both spiritual energy and the Great Dao. His physical body was destroyed, leaving his primordial spirit without any protection, thus falling victim to the curse. This then affected his true spirit, and even threatened to submerge his inner sea and all the heavens.

Fortunately, Luo Zu used his primordial spirit cave to shield the heavens of his heart sea, and further used the great supernatural power of the world within the gourd to separate the two realms, thus preventing the heavens of his heart sea from such a curse.

But his true spirit could not escape it.

But this time, instead of hiding in the Primordial Spirit Cave, he endured the curse.

However, the demon god clearly understood Luo Zu's scheme.

After all, He also came from mortals and went through the tribulations of attaining enlightenment. This moment is especially crucial, and Luo Zu will never give up this opportunity.

Moreover, Luo Zu is currently in the stage of being on the verge of becoming a Golden Immortal, a time of great mystery. He will surely be deeply immersed in it, forgetting himself and even becoming oblivious to his own tribulations.

Therefore, this is the best time to eliminate Luo Zu.

The curse is still in effect, but the Vengeful Gu Demon God will not wait. This time, it will not only unleash the power of the stars it wields, but also the power of the Great Dao.

The Great Dao is omnipresent, so there is no need to get close. Even if separated by millions of light-years, a Golden Immortal can still use the Great Dao to perform his own techniques.

Waaaaah!

In an instant, Luo Zu heard the sounds of ghosts wailing and wolves howling.

However, Luo Zu could not pay attention to the attack of the Vengeful Gu Demon God at this time, because the backlash of the Great Dao had also reached its most ferocious moment.

Then, Luo Zu vanished without a trace once again.

This disappearance was not a deliberate act of mystery, but rather caused by a backlash from the Great Dao.

At the same time, a ginseng fruit baby was born here and actually took over the power of the Great Dao of the Vengeful Gu Demon God.

A dazzling array of countless demonic winds, accompanied by ghostly wails and howls, surged into the ginseng fruit doll's body.

What happened?

The vengeful Gu demon god, dwelling in the ancient starry sky, merged its scattered, cloud-like body together, transforming it into a strange and inexplicable demon god's eye, using this unfathomable divine power to observe the situation on earth.

The rogue cultivator, whose cultivation was inadequate, was thus deceived. However, it was absolutely impossible to fool him as well.

Having repeatedly observed the region spanning hundreds of light-years, scanning the matter, spiritual energy, the Great Dao, and all living beings within, I still could not find where it was hiding.

It didn't even spare the ginseng fruit doll, and even connected with its aura, reversing part of the authority of the Zhou Tian Star Array. It even borrowed the authority temporarily granted by a certain unnamed being, but still couldn't find him in the time that had passed.

It was as if he no longer existed.

Was it because of his unique internal tribulation? Or did he use some kind of Taiyi technique?

(End of this chapter)