Stellar Transformation-Chapter 422: Episode 13 - 42 Third Divine Tribulation
The sky was darkened, and rolling clouds surged as a vast red vortex, thousands of miles in diameter, spun ceaselessly in the center of the black clouds, twisting the space within a mile radius around the Green Emperor completely.
Qin Yu, Dragon Emperor, Peng Demon Emperor, and over a thousand emperor-level experts could not penetrate that twisted space, barely making out the solitary figure within the distortions—the Green Emperor.
"Third Divine Tribulation?" Qin Yu, hearing Song Shi Immortal Emperor’s murmur beside him, couldn’t help but feel puzzled. He knew nothing about the Divine Tribulation and asked quietly, "Brother Song Shi, what were you saying about the Third Divine Tribulation? What is it exactly?"
The roar of the heaven and earth was overwhelming, making the voices of Qin Yu and Song Shi trivial.
Song Shi Immortal Emperor also whispered, "Qin Yu, I only know what my master told me. The Divine Tribulation consists of three layers. This First Tribulation is formed by Heavenly Thunder. The deep blue Heavenly Thunder is the most powerful thunder that emperor-level experts can control. This tribulation uses deep blue Heavenly Thunder to create an Ancient Formation, descending all at once, its might so great that even an ordinary Ninth Level Immortal Emperor would struggle to withstand it."
Awe filled Qin Yu’s heart.
"No wonder the legends say the Divine Tribulation is hard to cross, with almost all Ninth Level Immortal Emperors failing to do so. If the First Tribulation is this terrifying, the following two must be even stronger."
Song Shi Immortal Emperor said in a low voice, "Qin Yu, look... The deep blue thunder in the sky is constantly circulating within the Ancient Formation. The formation is created by the heavens and the earth, its power is definitely formidable. The deep blue thunder is strongest for emperor-level experts, and when it’s amplified by this Ancient Formation, its power..." Song Shi Immortal Emperor kept sighing, "And that’s not all, this is just the first layer. The Second Divine Tribulation is even more terrifying. As you know, those who attempt to cross the Divine Tribulation are usually well-prepared, and generally can endure the first layer, but the second..., it’s difficult!"
"Oh?" Qin Yu became more curious, "What is this Second Divine Tribulation then?"
"And I heard from my master," continued Song Shi Immortal Emperor, "that when the Divine Tribulation begins, a one-mile radius around where the tribulation is taking place will be separated from the outside world. Within that one-mile space, there will be an illusionary realm filled with Heart Demons that incessantly infiltrate and disturb. This continues during the entire process of Tribulation Crossing. If there’s even a slight distraction, it’s possible to be blasted into pieces by the Divine Tribulation, soul and spirit dispersed." Song Shi Immortal Emperor seemed tense, "The First Divine Tribulation is about to descend."
Qin Yu also looked up attentively.
The circular Ancient Formation formed by the deep blue thunder strikingly resembled a millstone, which at that moment had fully emerged from the massive red vortex and was slowly rotating.
"Nine paths of deep blue thunder," Qin Yu clearly saw, there were nine paths of deep blue thunder constantly threading through the formation’s trajectory.
"Rumble~~~"
The vast millstone composed of deep blue thunder slowly rotated, descending gradually from the sky. Despite its slow speed, it exuded an oppressive feeling akin to the end of the world.
"So slow?" Qin Yu was somewhat puzzled.
Most Tribulation Lightning strikes swiftly and directly, but this massive millstone formed by nine paths of deep blue thunder through the Ancient Formation was descending at a considerably slow pace. From the massive red vortex to where the Green Emperor stood was merely a distance of ten thousand meters, yet the millstone took a full ten breaths’ time to travel.
Within the twisted space, over a thousand emperor-level experts could vaguely see the Green Emperor raising his right hand high as if holding up the heavens, while his voice boomed like thunder of spring, shouting "Break!"
The contrasting visuals of the immense descending millstone and the diminutive figure of the Green Emperor were stark as his small palm collided with the huge thunder millstone.
The result was—
The giant millstone cracked directly, the Ancient Formation completely collapsing. The nine paths of deep blue thunder that composed it, now like wandering dragons, moved erratically in all directions. Whenever they struck the Green Emperor, they simply dissipated.
"The Green Emperor’s strength is indeed remarkable."
"The Green Emperor has always kept his strength hidden, breaking through the first layer of the Divine Tribulation with such ease. His power far exceeds ours,"
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The Hidden Emperor, Emperor Yu, and a group of others discussed among themselves. These people knew a lot about the Divine Tribulation and understood the might of the first layer. Seeing the Green Emperor break through so easily, they gained some understanding of his strength.
"Big Brother, is this the First Divine Tribulation? It looks quite ordinary," Hou Fei said casually beside Qin Yu.
Songshi Immortal Emperor glared and said, "That’s because our Master’s strength is formidable. If it were an ordinary Ninth Level Immortal Emperor, this first layer would probably leave him seriously injured." Seeing Hou Fei like this, Qin Yu could only give a helpless smile.
"This thunder is already of the deep blue level. Only the Eighth Level of the Nine-Transformation Dark Gold Body can withstand it directly, even the Seventh Level would get injured," Ye Qu said from the side.
Ao Wuxu’s expression was also serious.
Seeing this, Hou Fei stopped talking. Qin Yu smiled lightly and said, "Alright, the second layer of the Divine Tribulation is already gathering strength. Pay attention, you won’t get such a good opportunity again in the future."
Not only Qin Yu’s group but others also discussed the first layer of the Divine Tribulation just now. After a brief moment, Fengluan Star returned to calm, and everyone looked up again, curious to see what the second layer of the Divine Tribulation would be like.
The dark clouds churned, and the enormous red vortex began to change direction. The outer part of the vortex kept its rotation, but the direction of the inner vortex was opposite, creating sparks of electric fire where the two met.
Strands of black flames emerged from where the inner and outer vortex intersected. Although each spot only had a strand of black flame, given that the red vortex spanned thousands of miles, these black flames could not be underestimated when gathered together.
Black Divine Fire?
"Blue Swine Heavenly Fire is blue, Silent Skyfire has gold inside with blue flames on the outside. What is this black flame then?" Qin Yu asked softly.
"Divine Fire!" Songshi Immortal Emperor said with a serious face, "The Nascent Soul True Fire of an Immortal Emperor is known as ’Silent Skyfire’. It is said that this Divine Fire is the True Fire within a Divine Being, and its power is incredibly strong."
"The True Fire of a Divine Being... who can withstand that?" Qin Yu exclaimed in surprise.
Hou Fei chimed in from the side, "I do know about the Divine Fire. Not only do Divine Beings have it, but in the realms of immortals, demons, and spirits... Super Divine Beasts such as the ’Phoenix’ and ’Fire Qilin’ that are born of fire, once they reach the Emperor Level, the True Fire within them is Divine Fire."
"Divine Fire, which is said to be used for refining Divine Artifacts. Generally, possessing a Divine Artifact and with a sufficient amount of powerful energy expenditure, one can resist the Divine Fire," Songshi Immortal Emperor explained, "This Divine Fire is but one attack. As long as you can defend against it, it will automatically dissipate. However, should the Divine Fire be used to burn someone, given enough time, even ordinary Divine Artifacts would melt, and no cultivator could withstand it."
"That’s not necessarily the case," Ye Qu interjected.
At the peak of the Nine-Transformation Dark Gold Body cultivation, the entire body’s sinews are like those of Upper Grade Divine Artifacts. The Divine Fire can only melt relatively ordinary Divine Artifacts and some materials used to refine Divine Artifacts. However, Upper Grade Divine Artifacts are not something that can be easily melted by the Divine Fire.
"The Divine Fire is descending," said Hei Yu, who had been silent up until now.
Qin Yu and others could clearly see that the strands of black flames had finally converged, forming a black dragon-shaped flame, tens of meters long. The black dragon-shaped flame rushed directly toward the ground below.
Suddenly—
Everyone gasped in shock as they saw the Green Emperor suddenly soar into the sky, flying up to meet the black dragon-shaped flame formed by the Divine Fire.
Tribulation Crossing typically takes place on the ground because the force of impact is actually stronger in the air. If the Green Emperor did this, he was either a fool or had enough confidence. Was the Green Emperor a fool? No one would agree.
"Why doesn’t the Green Emperor use a Divine Artifact?" Hou Fei wondered.
As the Green Emperor flew into mid-air, everyone could see his expression and attire more clearly. He was still wearing an ordinary green robe, which at most was a Top-Grade Immortal Artifact.
Did the Green Emperor not have Divine Artifact Battle Clothes? Of course, he did, but he chose not to use them.
"Roar~~~" The black dragon-shaped flames actually let out a roar and then opened their maw to swallow the Green Emperor whole. The black flames completely enveloped the Green Emperor.
The tens of meters long black dragon-shaped flames continued to fly downwards, and the Green Emperor was wrapped in the black flames for only the duration of a breath. Logically, even a Ninth Level Immortal Emperor without Divine Artifact would be burnt to ashes by such Divine Fire.
A breath’s duration later, the black flames suddenly vanished into thin air.
This Divine Tribulation truly came from the cosmic formation and was indeed marvelously mysterious.
A flash of light sparked in Qin Yu’s eyes.
Qin Yu clearly saw that when the Black Divine Fire left the Green Emperor’s body, there were strands of blue-green ripples around him. Protected by those blue-green ripples, the Green Emperor was completely unharmed.
"It was those blue-green ripples that protected the Green Emperor. What were those ripples?" Qin Yu was very sure of his judgment.
However, after the Black Divine Fire dissipated, the Green Emperor was still in his green robe, with a faint smile on his face.
Confidence!
Standing in the sky, calmly facing Divine Judgment, that demeanor alone was beyond the reach of others. This legendary Green Emperor, who had frighteningly lingered at the Eighth Level Immortal Emperor stage for so long, was indeed deeply concealed.
"I am not as good as the Green Emperor," a voice rang out. Qin Yu’s sharp hearing identified the speaker as Emperor Ni.
"Hehe... Emperor Ni, there’s no need to take it to heart. The Green Emperor’s achievements today are mainly due to his good fortune back then. Luck... is something beyond our control," Dragon Emperor said with a laugh.
Emperor Ni, the phoenix in his true form, a Ninth-level Demon Emperor himself, could normally use the all-encompassing Silent Skyfire to attack others. Under the assault of the Silent Skyfire, even the Hidden Emperor ’Lin Yin’ could hardly survive, and he would unavoidably flee upon facing Emperor Ni.
Emperor Ni’s real trump card was to transform his entire body into Divine Fire to attack his enemies. Being born from the flames, he could certainly turn into fire as well. Yet Emperor Ni’s transformation into Divine Fire was limited, and now seeing the Divine Fire unable to afflict the Green Emperor in a short period, Emperor Ni couldn’t help but admit his inferiority.
"Song Shi, what Cultivation Technique did the Green Emperor use just now? What are those blue-green ripples?" Qin Yu asked Songshi Immortal Emperor.
Song Shi looked puzzled: "I am not sure either. Ever since millions of years ago, when our Master started to practice a certain special Cultivation Technique, I have never seen him make a move. However, it’s beyond doubt that our Master is very strong. Whenever he teaches us, brothers, he always suppresses us with a single move."
Qin Yu nodded silently.
The five brothers of Song Shi, with the strongest being an Eighth Level Immortal Emperor, were still subdued by a single move from the Green Emperor. It was imaginable how unfathomably strong the Green Emperor was.
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"It’s the last phase of the Third Divine Tribulation," Songshi Immortal Emperor said, staring intently at the huge dark red vortex in the sky. "Qin Yu, this Third Layer is the most powerful. Many fierce Emperor-level experts in history died under this phase of the Divine Tribulation."
Qin Yu understood that the last layer would be even more formidable and watched intently as well.
Perhaps, one day he too would have to face this Divine Tribulation.
The huge dark red vortex began to emit bits of black mist. The black mist seeped out from the cracks in the vortex and then started to gather toward the center.
A mass of black mist hundreds of meters across slowly descended.
"Black mist? What is this thing?" Qin Yu watched closely, not that he didn’t want to use his Immortal Consciousness, but for some reason, he couldn’t penetrate the twisted space with it.
As the black mist descended, Qin Yu’s keen eyes finally saw the ’secret’ within the black mist.
"Thunder, grey thunder," Qin Yu’s eyes lit up.
Within the mass of mist hundreds of meters across, there were thin strands of grey Electric Snakes moving about. These Electric Snakes were so slender that one might think they were just mist at first glance. It took great effort for Qin Yu to distinguish them.
"I have never seen grey thunder before; it looks terrifying indeed." Qin Yu continued to watch how the Green Emperor would respond.
The black mist, whose range was so large that it covered the majority of the area within a mile radius, completely enveloped the Green Emperor when it descended upon him.
"Sss sss~~~"
Intense sounds rang out, and the closest thousand Emperor-level experts all heard the noise clearly. If the space were clearer, they could see the grey Electric Snakes continuously striking the Green Emperor.
"Divine Tribulation is truly formidable, haha..."
A hearty laugh suddenly rang out from the Green Emperor. The Green Emperor, who had until now been quietly enduring the grey Electric Snakes’ assault, suddenly outstretched his arms. A green water curtain spread out from him as a center, enveloping everything in all directions.
Whatever was touched by the green water curtain turned into nothingness, including the black mist and the grey Thunder.
The green water curtain then gathered back toward the Green Emperor at even faster speed and then disappeared from sight. The Green Emperor stood there smiling, seemingly having done nothing, but the black mist and grey Electric Snakes were no more.
"Impressive." Peng Demon Emperor, Dragon Emperor, Great Ape Emperor, and a group of super experts, all showed shock on their faces.
Even the Dragon Emperor, who was on good terms with the Green Emperor, had never seen the full extent of the Green Emperor’s power. The green water curtain just displayed... its power was undoubtedly beyond that of Divine Fire.
"The blue-green ripples that defended against the Divine Fire and this green water curtain are from the same Energy, right?" Qin Yu’s gaze still fixed on the Green Emperor, who was standing at a distance with a serene smile.
(End of the first Chapter!)
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