Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 286 The Tribulation of the Forty-Nine Heavens

In Junyang City, countless ordinary people toil away every day for their livelihood.

For most ordinary people, being able to live peacefully is already the greatest happiness.

Of course, among those countless ordinary people, there are also some who are unwilling to accept mediocrity.

These people, whether for wealth, status, or the pursuit of that elusive immortal destiny, are willing to use almost any means necessary.

The Long Whale Gang is a powerful underground gang in Junyang City.

Xu Yuanhai, the leader of the Long Whale Gang, is a powerful expert whose strength has reached the late stage of the Innate Realm. He has also gathered nearly ten Innate Realm experts and a large number of Acquired Realm members under his command.

With such a scale, the Long Whale Gang can be considered one of the most powerful forces in the entire Junyang City.

However, the reputation of the Long Whale Gang has always been extremely poor, because their main business is the underground industries in Junyang City, such as prostitution, gambling, drugs, and murder.

Even occasionally, the Long Whale Gang doesn't mind taking on the shameful act of masked bandits.

At this moment, in a vast and luxurious manor at the headquarters of the Long Whale Gang, the gang leader Xu Yuanhai was gathering several of his trusted subordinates to discuss something.

"Sixth Brother, is everything you said true?"

Xu Yuanhai asked a plump, fair-skinned middle-aged man with a mustache sitting at the lower seat.

The middle-aged man, referred to as Lao Liu, cupped his hands in greeting and replied with a smile:

"Don't worry, brother. I've personally checked several times and the news is definitely true. This month alone, that person has bought at least ten Innate Realm demon beast corpses from those hunting teams in the East Market. He's definitely a fat sheep!"

Hearing his words, Xu Yuanhai remained completely unfazed.

"Have you figured out where they came from?"

He asked.

"this"

The portly middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, but still answered truthfully, "I have found out the truth, but..."

"Just what? Why are you beating around the bush?"

Xu Yuanhai glared at him with displeasure.

"Brother, is that so?"

The portly middle-aged man said directly, "My men have traced the residents of that villa to only a young boy and an old servant. They arrived in Junyang City about thirteen years ago and bought the villa. Aside from the old servant occasionally going out to buy groceries, they almost never leave the house or interact with anyone. Therefore, we have very limited information about them."

"Then you still dare to instigate a fight against them? Aren't you afraid of picking a tough nut to crack?"

Xu Yuanhai glared at him sternly.

To act rashly without investigating anything is, in his opinion, utterly brainless.

Xu Yuanhai controlled most of the underground industries in Junyang City, and he had done countless things that angered both heaven and man.

But the reason he can still live so freely to this day is that he is careful enough!

He always makes thorough preparations for any action, and sometimes he would rather give up some seemingly easy gains than risk his own safety and avoid getting involved with someone he can't afford to offend.

After all, before he founded the Long Whale Gang, he had personally witnessed a powerful force that was once among the top three in Junyang City. However, because its leader was fighting with someone in a brothel for the ownership of a popular courtesan, he accidentally provoked a powerful "immortal" who was hiding his identity and playing the mortal world.

In the end, more than a dozen high-ranking members of the Innate Realm, including the leader, were all killed by that "Immortal" in an instant. The entire powerful force disintegrated from then on. His Long Whale Gang took advantage of that moment to gather a large number of members from that powerful force, which allowed it to rise rapidly and eventually become a dominant force in Junyang City.

Even today, he can't forget the terrifying scene of that immortal drawing his flying sword and instantly beheading more than a dozen Innate Realm experts. Therefore, caution has almost become an instinct ingrained in his bones.

"No one is allowed to take action against this family before we have a clear understanding of their background. Anyone who dares to act rashly, I'll chop off their head!"

Xu Yuanhai gave a harsh warning.

Seeing his serious tone, the portly middle-aged man known as "Sixth Brother" and the other high-ranking members of the Long Whale Gang naturally dared not offend him and hurriedly agreed:

"Yes, brother!"

"We understand, we understand."

Meanwhile, in the magnificent villa near Tiantong Avenue, Zhou Yang was sitting cross-legged on the inkstone plaza in the backyard, entering a wondrous state of perception.

It has been 13 years since he came to Junyang City. As early as the third year, he had already raised his physical fitness to the ultimate level of external martial arts.

Afterwards, he decisively chose to further strengthen his physical body using the Gene Energy Cultivation Method of Devouring the World, ultimately breaking through the so-called external martial arts limit bottleneck of this world and pushing his physical fitness to a new level!

For the next ten years, he cultivated according to the Gene Energy Cultivation Method that devours the world.

Ten years have passed. With the help of the spiritual energy concentration in this world, which far exceeds that of the universe, and the large amount of 'demonic beast' meat prepared for him by the Seven Shadows, he has already raised his physical fitness to the peak of the War God level!

A war god at the peak who devours the world, his basic punching power alone can reach over 25 kilograms!

It should be noted that the power that a master at the Great Perfection of the Innate Realm in this world can unleash is only tens of thousands of jin. In other words, Zhou Yang's basic strength is now nearly ten times that of a master at the Great Perfection of the Innate Realm in this world!

If he were to break through to the planetary level, he would probably be able to easily crush the Golden Core cultivators of this world.

However, after reaching this point, Zhou Yang found himself in a dilemma.

No matter how hard he tried, he was unable to trigger a physical transformation and fully enter the planetary level.

He sensed that there was some kind of limitation in this world, and only by breaking through this limitation could he continue to improve.

Zhou Yang has been sitting cross-legged in the backyard square for nearly ten days.

For ten days, he neither ate nor drank, devoting all his energy to trying to grasp and experience that special restriction.

His mind went straight into the darkness, naturally merging with heaven and earth, his perception a vast and ethereal void.

Zhou Yang could clearly sense the vitality and life force of any living thing within a radius of several miles, even a plant by the roadside or a nest of ants in the corner!

In the nearly ten days that followed, his soul seemed to have undergone a miraculous transformation.

"boom!"

Zhou Yang felt a sudden jolt in his mind, and he was unable to maintain his previous state of mind, suddenly waking up.

He suddenly opened his eyes, and an unexpected glint appeared in his gaze.

"The Heavenly Tribulation of the Forty-Nine? My world-devouring technique can actually sense the Heavenly Tribulation of the Forty-Nine?"

Zhou Yang was somewhat surprised.

Just now, a vast energy directly seeped into the depths of his mind, making him instantly realize that he would face his "Forty-Nine Heavenly Tribulation" in three months. This feeling was truly mysterious.

According to the cultivation system of this world, after cultivating to the Great Perfection of the Innate Realm, when one's own understanding and accumulation are sufficient, one will face the test of the "Forty-Nine Heavenly Tribulation".

When the heavenly lightning strikes, it will be both a calamity and a test, as well as an opportunity.

If one cannot overcome the tribulation lightning, one will naturally perish, annihilated by the lightning.

If one can withstand the test of the "Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation", one can successfully break through to the Golden Core realm, and from then on, one can fly through the sky on a sword and the Great Dao will be within reach.

"The Heavenly Tribulation of Forty-Nine, what a familiar name. Could it really be that I've arrived in that world?"

Zhou Yang couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation.

(End of this chapter)