What do you mean by my awakened profession being Monster Hunter?

He had already obtained the Willow Divine Technique when he was in the lower realm, but at that time his cultivation was not high enough to comprehend it.

Shi Hao once said that the Willow God had made it clear that if one wanted to cultivate the Willow God Technique, one had to at least reach the Divine Fire Realm before one could cultivate it, otherwise one's life would be in danger.

However, since entering the Immortal Ancient Realm and reaching the Divine Fire Realm, Qi Shi'an has been busy cultivating immortal energy and seeking opportunities, and has not had much time and energy to focus on other things.

Now, I finally have time to comprehend the Willow Divine Technique.

To understand the path of life, one must walk on the edge of life and death, from birth to death and from death to birth, which requires consuming a great deal of life potential.

The Nine Netherworld Treasure Technique he cultivated was the exact opposite of the Willow Divine Technique; one was the ultimate source of destruction, and the other was the ultimate source of life.

"To comprehend life and death? Why not take advantage of the opportunity to break through to the third immortal aura, use the Thunder Emperor's treasure technique to guide the heavenly tribulation, burn one's own essence and blood, and comprehend the two great Daos of life and destruction, thus achieving four things at once!"

Qi Shi'an had a flash of inspiration. He wanted to take this opportunity not only to cultivate the third strand of immortal energy, but also to successfully cultivate the Willow God Technique, and to make the Thunder Emperor Technique, the Nine Netherworld Annihilation Technique, and the Willow God Technique all reach their perfect levels!

Another month passed, and his second strand of immortal energy, nourished by the Tree of Myriad Daos, quickly reached its peak. He needed to seek an opportunity to break through to the third strand of immortal energy.

With the Myriad Dao Tree present, as long as he can cultivate immortal energy through his own strength, he can use the Myriad Dao Tree to refine his immortal energy and reach the state of perfection.

At this moment, Qi Shi'an's energy and spirit reached their peak. Two streams of immortal energy swirled around his body, and he felt stronger than ever before!

All of this is in preparation for receiving the Heavenly Tribulation and cultivating the third strand of immortal energy.

However, before that, he needs to cultivate the Willow God Technique and burn his own essence and blood!

"puff!"

Qi Shi'an coughed up blood, his face turned as white as paper, and his body swayed.

The Willow God's method is extremely different. It is originally a method of life, which can lead to immortality. Once mastered, in addition to its terrifying attack power, it can also heal itself in the shortest possible time if it is injured.

However, this great law is extremely difficult to cultivate. If one wants to comprehend the laws of life, one must understand life and then walk between life and death.

Once this method is mastered, one's life essence will flow endlessly and surge forth, becoming one of the most powerful beings in this realm, like the reincarnation of the Ten Fiends.

This is a complete transformation!

However, to possess abundant blood and vital energy, like a volcano erupting with life essence, one must first burn oneself and consume one's own essence and blood.

There is always a trade-off between gain and loss; this is the embodiment of balance in the Willow Divine Method.

Qi Shi'an is now in this situation; his once radiant, divine-gold-like body is slowly losing its luster and becoming slightly shriveled.

"Old Dengshu, do you know where there is a great swamp filled with the laws of thunder?" Qi Shi'an asked, as he was about to drag his crippled body through the heavenly tribulation, truly walking between life and death!

There is no heavenly tribulation in this era. If you forcefully try to receive it, it will be extremely terrifying. If you are not careful, you will be destroyed in body and soul, and there will be no way to recover!

But he still had to do it, because there was great terror between life and death, but also opportunities for breakthrough!

As long as you persevere, your strength will improve by leaps and bounds, and your potential will be greatly developed.

Seeing the little demon's shriveled body and dull skin, the Blood God Tree said in surprise, "You look like you're about to die, yet you still want to search for Lei Ze? You don't want to die faster, do you?"

"Get out of here! You might die, but I might not." Qi Shi'an rolled his eyes and said quietly, "Speak quickly, or I'll use you to test the might of my Martial Heaven's Divine Might!"

Upon hearing this, the Blood God Tree was immediately terrified. It did not want to become the first creature to be smashed into mincemeat by Wu Tianque, so it quickly said, "The Xuanhua Realm is the closest to the Crimson Bright Realm. There is a Haolei Lake there, which is filled with lightning all year round. You might be able to find what you are looking for there."

After saying that, the Blood God Tree immediately fell silent and stopped making a sound, for fear of provoking this little devil and being suddenly attacked. Its body could not withstand the blow of a celestial treasure.

"The Xuanhua Realm? Then let's go there!" Qi Shi'an muttered to himself.

boom!

The next moment, crimson blood energy erupted from Qi Shi'an's body, turning into raging flames.

From afar, it was incredibly dazzling, like a blood-red furnace, but upon closer inspection, it was breathtaking. This was not him breaking through, but rather consuming his burgeoning life essence.

He was like a firework, dazzling and brilliant, but at the cost of his life.

"Fortunately, I chose to cultivate early and possess the Nine Netherworld Hound Treasure Technique. If it had been before the battle at the Immortal Ancient Arena, I'm afraid it would have delayed my progress."

Qi Shi'an raised an eyebrow. He recalled Shi Hao's words about the Willow God: to cultivate the Willow God's Technique, one must have a higher realm and greater strength before practicing. This was very necessary. If one wanted to unleash a surge of blood energy, one must first comprehend Nirvana.

He had cultivated the Nine Netherworld Treasure Technique since childhood, and had a profound understanding of annihilation and destruction. He had already comprehended this path and achieved great success in his cultivation.

"Hey, you little devil, are you alright?"

The Blood God Tree's voice trembled with extreme tension. It highly valued Qi Shi'an's potential, believing that he could help it overcome difficulties in the future, and it could not afford to perish here.

"It's alright, this is normal." Qi Shi'an said calmly.

Several days later, a purple aura rose above the lake amidst thunder and lightning. Qi Shi'an stood alone in the center of the field. He had become much thinner, his skin was withered, and he looked sickly and lacked any energy.

"Old Dengshu, protect me. Once I have survived the Heavenly Tribulation, I may be able to help you eliminate the ancient curse!"

Qi Shi'an released the Blood God Tree from his spatial artifact. Its enormous body blotted out the sky, and its blood-red light filled the heavens and earth, making it extremely terrifying.

"Really?!" Upon hearing this, the Blood God Tree was extremely surprised. The ancient curse had existed for many years, and some people had tried to break it, but all of them had failed in the end.

Now, the little devil is so confident that he can break the ancient curse.

A ruler's word is his bond!

Qi Shi'an was extremely confident about this. He possessed the ultimate Nirvana secret technique of the True Phoenix Treasure Art, the Hundred Days Ten Phoenix Nirvana Technique, which allowed him to undergo Nirvana ten times in a hundred days. Although it required consuming life force, this was exactly what he wanted.

By using the Hundred Days Ten Phoenix Nirvana Technique to continuously heal his injuries and consume his life force, he can survive the Heavenly Tribulation and cultivate the Willow God Technique.

That's why he's so confident!

The Blood God Tree solemnly replied, "Alright!"

With a flash of Qi Shi'an's palm, an ancient and simple divine palace emerged from the sky and hung between heaven and earth.

In an instant, Wu Tianque rapidly expanded, suppressing a region of heaven and earth. The supreme Dao law that descended caused the surrounding void to shatter, creating boundless terror.

Qi Shi'an activated the Dao principles of Wutianque to cover an area of ​​ten thousand miles, in order to prevent anyone from trespassing during the Heavenly Tribulation.

After doing all this, Qi Shi'an took a long breath and adjusted his state.

"bring it on!"

Chapter 167 Success

Xuanhua Realm, Haolei Lake.

Qi Shi'an stood alone in the center, his whole body glowing. He was fully mobilizing his divine power, unleashing his strongest aura, and using the Thunder Emperor's Treasure Technique to summon supreme lightning.

In an instant, a thick bolt of lightning pierced through the sky and the earth, causing the lightning laws contained within the entire Haolei Lake to erupt violently, shocking all directions!

This is a heavenly tribulation, not ordinary lightning; it is divine punishment sent down by the heavens.

If an ordinary person wanted to trigger it in this era without heavenly tribulations, it would be extremely difficult. But by chance, Qi Shi'an cultivated the Thunder Emperor's Treasure Technique and the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art, and was extremely proficient in the way of heavenly tribulations. He triggered the heavenly tribulation to descend without any effort.

However, such a defying act, forcibly drawing out a heavenly tribulation, is incredibly terrifying, even more so than a normal lightning punishment.

The strongest lightning struck right from the start, piercing through the void and shattering the surrounding area. The sound was like the collapse of the starry sky, causing people's ears to ring and making them feel unbearably painful.

No one could believe that Qi Shi'an would be so resolute as to do such a shocking thing in the Immortal Ancient World!

"Damn, this heavenly tribulation is too powerful. Can the little demon survive it?"

The Blood God Tree stood in the distance, looking at Hao Lei Lake with a worried expression. Whether it could get rid of the ancient curse depended on whether Qi Shi'an could survive the tribulation this time.

Even though it was far away, it could still sense that this divine punishment contained an extremely strong curse. Fortunately, it was far enough away, otherwise it would have suffered the same fate.

boom!

The heavenly tribulation lightning was vast and mighty, each strike more intense than the last. Each dazzling bolt of lightning was thicker than a mountain, shattering mountains and exploding the void as it struck down.

Outside, there are three thousand states.

Because Qi Shi'an did not use his immortal energy, cultivators from all sects witnessed this scene. The heavenly punishment descended upon the world, surprising everyone.

The calamity that only existed in the previous era has reappeared in the human world, and it is so violent and powerful that it makes all the true gods and gods' scalps tingle. They can almost feel the fluctuations across the vast expanse of time and space.

"This time, he's dead!"

"Hmph, many died under the heavenly tribulation in the Immortal Ancient Era, and now the lightning punishment accumulated over an entire era is something even a Supreme Being would find difficult to withstand."

Countless people were discussing it, and those who were indignant earlier were now all smiles, watching Qi Shi'an's death with a mocking expression.

"A mere junior has slaughtered countless of my followers, committing a grave sin that has finally drawn divine punishment. This is the cycle of cause and effect!" The old leader of Fire Cloud Cave's eyes turned cold, revealing a sinister smile.

The true gods, celestial beings, and leaders of the Heavenly Kingdom, the Demon Dragon Sect, the Beast Sea, and the Western Sect all revealed faint smiles, having vented their anger and feeling greatly pleased.

Boom!

Qi Shi'an was at the center of the tribulation, where the curses were as violent as a volcanic eruption, surging endlessly from all directions.

As soon as he approached, a bolt of lightning struck the top of his head, causing blood to splatter, his scalp to detach, and his hair to burst into flames.

The curse, mixed with lightning, struck him like molten iron poured onto ice and snow, hissing and tearing flesh apart, leaving him charred and severely injured.

Qi Shi'an's body swayed for a moment, and at that moment, golden divine flames rose from his body, burning fiercely. It was his own essence blood blooming and being consumed.

"Haha...Come on, a few more dishes!"

Qi Shi'an, his hair disheveled, laughed loudly, looking up at the sky. He could feel that with each bolt of heavenly lightning, the life essence within his body was being consumed frantically, and the speed at which his blood energy burned was accelerating.

This tribulation was beyond imagination, outrageously powerful. Even in the era when tribulations existed countless ages ago, it would have been difficult for a cultivator at this level to experience one.

This is extinction; there is no way for them to survive!

The appearance of this kind of lightning tribulation signifies destruction, stifles unparalleled geniuses, and brings down the mortal realm!

The colors of the heavenly tribulation were somewhat eerie. At first, golden, silver, and purple lightning struck down, but in the end, blood-red lightning, black lightning, and lightning as fluid as corpses began to rage and shatter the sky.

boom!

Several bolts of lightning struck down, displaying five colors, and transformed into five thunderbolts that slammed into Qi Shi'an's head, truly a case of being struck by five thunderbolts.

"Hahaha...That's great!"

Qi Shi'an was covered in blood, and the divine flames had scorched his body until it was shriveled and black smoke was rising from it, which was a truly shocking sight.

In the distance, countless cultivators sensed the power of the heavenly tribulation at Haolei Lake. When they looked there, they only saw a pitch-black thundercloud with rolling lightning. Even from tens of thousands of miles away, they could still feel the overwhelming force that pressed down on the human world.

What happened there?

"I don't know, but with such abundant lightning energy, could someone be undergoing tribulation?!"

"No way, there are no more tribulations of lightning in this era. If it were triggered, how terrifying would the tribulations of lightning accumulated over countless years be? Even the sect leader would perish."

Everyone was shocked. The sight of Haolei Lake was chilling; they got goosebumps and felt a sense of dread.

"Let's go take a look. Maybe it's a sign that a priceless treasure has been born."

Many people began heading to Haolei Lake, hoping to find out if a treasure had appeared and seize the opportunity.

Click!

A myriad of lightning bolts, intertwined with crimson lightning, formed a net of thunder that sent Qi Shi'an flying, crashing into the thunder lake. His body crackled and popped, and his bones were covered in fissures.

At this moment, his physical condition was getting worse and worse because he had consumed too much of his own essence during the breakthrough, and his blood and qi were burning all over his body.

"call!"

Qi Shi'an took a breath, and a faint yet tenacious flame of rebirth suddenly rose from his originally severely injured body. Although the flame was small, it contained the supreme Dao principle of reversing life and death.

In an instant, the flames of Nirvana surged, burning away the death energy. The shattered flesh was completely enveloped by the flames of Nirvana, and its true form was reshaped from the ashes.

"Transcending life and death, the path of all beings!"

Qi Shi'an raised his hand and pointed, and a golden willow leaf flew out, extinguishing a bolt of lightning with a "poof" sound, turning into specks of light that scattered onto the lake surface.

"Kick!"

Crimson lightning, like a river of blood, descended from the void, turning the sky crimson and terrifying beyond measure. The lightning strikes grew even more terrifying, staining the entire world red.

It was as if the blood of countless beings had been spilled on earth, creating a scene of poignant beauty.

"puff!"

Qi Shi'an coughed up a mouthful of blood. His newly reconstructed true body was severely injured again. His body was cleaved and sent flying. Bones were broken inside his body, and his flesh was a bloody mess, emitting a burnt smell.

"My God, this heavenly tribulation is simply not giving anyone a way to survive." The Blood God Tree trembled as it hid under the Martial Heaven Palace.

"Again!"

Qi Shi'an gritted his teeth and persevered, once again using the Hundred Days Ten Phoenix Rebirth Technique to quickly recover from his injuries and return to his peak.

Thus, he underwent nirvana time and time again. Each nirvana consumed a large amount of his life essence, accelerating the progress of the Willow Divine Method. At the same time, holy light burned around his body, making his body increasingly withered, like skin and bones.

Qi Shi'an was also quite alarmed. The Willow God Technique was far too domineering. If he had not fully comprehended the profound meaning of the Nine Netherworld Annihilation Technique and understood the Way of Annihilation, he probably would not have been able to withstand it.

However, this is also the heaven-defying aspect of the Willow Divine Method: to achieve immortality, one must first destroy; without destruction, there can be no construction!

To gain vibrant vitality, he needs to experience the feeling of being withered and on the verge of death; there is no room for shortcuts, and it contains the profound meaning of balance.