World-saving Plan: The Only Savior

"My current strength roughly exceeds the Mahayana stage, which is the Heavenly Immortal Realm after ascension, so Ni Yang said I’ve become an immortal, but it’s not the true meaning of ’immortal.’"

Zhang Xiaoman explained briefly, and Master Liu showed a look of sudden understanding.

"Then what’s with this heavenly tribulation? Aren’t you not supposed to experience tribulations?"

Zhang Xiaoman shrugged.

"I don’t know."

"Don’t know!?"

Master Liu’s voice suddenly increased by eight degrees.

Zhang Xiaoman helplessly glanced at him, signaling him to calm down.

"I’m also baffled as to why a heavenly tribulation would come looking for me now. Could it be because I just dispelled the Wolf Demon’s tribulation? Unlikely, I’ve tested this ability elsewhere before, and there were no such side effects, also..."

He said, raising his head to look at the increasingly thick tribulation clouds, noticing that there seemed to be red lightning mixed in. His expression suddenly turned serious:

"Moreover, this doesn’t look like ordinary tribulation clouds, but the immortal tribulation that immortals need to go through... Could it be..."

"Could it be what? Come on, speak up, you’re driving me crazy!"

Pei Laoliu was anxious because of his half-spoken sentence.

Zhang Xiaoman thought for a moment, then said:

"I estimate that this might be the Loose Immortal Tribulation exclusive to independent immortals. Could this world have mistaken me for a Loose Immortal, interesting..."

"Interesting my ass!"

Pei Laoliu was spinning in circles anxiously.

"This is an Immortal Tribulation, Immortal Tribulation! Xiaoman, are you sure about this? Should we prepare a formation or something? If things go wrong, there’s going to be trouble!"

Seeing Master Liu spinning around like an ant on a hot pan, Zhang Xiaoman felt a warm sentiment rise even while appearing helpless.

However, before he could speak, a small green illusion suddenly appeared beside him, indeed a miniature version of Ni Yang.

"What happened? What’s going on?"

Ni Yang rubbed its eyes, looking as if it had just woken up.

It looked up at the sky, and then its eyes widened in surprise:

"Red lightning? Immortal Tribulation? How can there be an Immortal Tribulation here, have we already returned to the Immortal Realm?"

It quickly looked around, and then said:

"No no, still in the Mortal World, huh? That Immortal Tribulation, while having the might of tribulation clouds, lacks Immortal Spirit Qi, this is a Heavenly Punishment Tribulation! Could it be... targeted at you?"

Zhang Xiaoman saw it looking at him and couldn’t help but nod in agreement.

The so-called Heavenly Punishment Tribulation is the true heavenly punishment, without any Immortal Spirit Qi within, even if one survives the heavenly tribulation, there is no benefit.

This type of Heavenly Punishment Tribulation is what Master Liu referred to earlier as a Loose Immortal Tribulation, used exclusively by the Heavenly Dao against Loose Immortals in the Lower Realm.

Because independent immortals differ from true immortals, they are those who failed their tribulation at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage and used special secrets to remain, essentially those who sneaked past the Heavenly Dao’s eyes and survived.

For this type of people, the Heavenly Dao does not permit their existence, thus the Heavenly Punishment Tribulation.

Typically, Heavenly Punishment Tribulation occurs once every thousand years, and its power increases each time, at least doubling the previous time’s strength.

Therefore, in the cultivation world, the standard for judging an independent immortal is the number of tribulations they’ve experienced, the more tribulations, the stronger their cultivation.

Some powerful independent immortals have strength that rivals immortals of the Immortal Realm.

Once, Tianyuan Sect’s founding patriarchs, Tianyuan and Tian Feng, were both Seven Tribulations Loose Immortals, their strength comparable to the Celestial Immortal Luo level, indeed immensely powerful.

But even such figures akin to Immortal Kings still fell in the Heavenly Punishment Tribulation, showing that in this world, the Heavenly Dao is the true dominator power.

"Kid, didn’t expect you’d start experiencing your first Heavenly Punishment Tribulation so soon, while ordinary loose immortals encounter it once every thousand years, it’s arrived quickly for you."

Ni Yang shook its head and said:

"However, you’ve been in other worlds until now, and only returned to the Divine Ancient Continent two days ago, so with this reasoning, the Heavenly Punishment Tribulation coming isn’t unexpected, well well, anyway, once you get through this tribulation, you’ll be stronger than a first-order independent immortal, comparable to the lowest Heavenly Immortal, that’s good, good."

Ni Yang praised sincerely.

Its cultivation to date, not counting the time spent meditating, counting only the years spent cultivating in the Immortal Realm, totals tens of thousands of years, it’s the first time it’s seen someone cultivate so quickly.

Thus, in Ni Yang’s eyes, Zhang Xiaoman is an unprecedented genius, so many times, Ni Yang is willing to accept him.

Otherwise, with Ni Yang’s disposition, a mere Sect Leader Jade wouldn’t allow such closeness, let alone genuinely control him.

In the scene, compared to Zhang Xiaoman and Ni Yang’s calm demeanor, Pei Laoliu seemed very surprised.

Ni Yang, this guy, should be in Jade Spirit Lake, how did he suddenly appear thousands of miles away in Xianyin City?

"Old Greedy Dragon, why are you here? Aren’t you supposed to be unable to leave the lake? Since you’re able to come, can you help with anything, this tribulation is daunting, I don’t think we can handle it!"

Ni Yang gave him a disdainful glance and said:

"Oh please, Xiao Liu, you should learn from your Sect Leader, read more texts. I’m just a Divine Soul Illusion, just an illusion, it’s fake! How could I help him with the tribulation?"

Saying this, Ni Yang glanced at his dragon mouth and continued:

"Besides, Zhang Xiaoman, this brat, is progressing very quickly with his cultivation, at his current strength, a tribulation of this level cannot harm him, rest assured."

"Really?"

Pei Laoliu saw the confident look on the other’s face and became suspicious, but upon seeing Zhang Xiaoman confidently nod at him, he was finally relieved.

"Since you all say it’s not an issue, this old man won’t bother then, won’t bother."

Saying this, he leisurely walked to the side with his hands behind his back, although saying he wouldn’t bother, his eyes kept sneaking glances over here, evidently still concerned about the situation’s change.

During the conversation among the few of them, the tribulation clouds in the sky had already finished gathering, a thick red lightning struck down.

Zhang Xiaoman raised his hand, abruptly blocking the lightning with his mighty Spiritual Power, forcing it to dissipate in the air.

"Indeed, this is the Heavenly Punishment Tribulation, its power is indeed stronger than ordinary heavenly tribulations..." 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Ni Yang chuckled alongside him and said:

"Kid, though your strength already exceeds that of ordinary first-order independent immortals, don’t be careless, this is, after all, an Immortal Tribulation, better to prepare a little."

Zhang Xiaoman nodded and said:

"Indeed, I already understand the specific strength of this Heavenly Punishment Tribulation, it really isn’t necessary to continue wasting time on it, let’s not go through the remaining tribulations."

The green Little Dragon heard this and question marks popped over its head, understanding each word he spoke but feeling confused when put together.

"Kid, what did you just say? What do you mean by not going through them?"

After a pause, Ni Yang quickly regained his senses, asking incredulously.

It even thought for a moment its ears had problems, hearing wrong.

After all, Zhang Xiaoman’s expression when saying those sentences was incredibly calm, looking as if the Immortal Tribulation was owned by his family, saying not to go through it and then not.

At the side, Master Liu pricked up his ears, seemingly suddenly thought of something, and this time did not pretend anymore, directly turned around, staring at Zhang Xiaoman’s empty hands.

Zhang Xiaoman did not keep this person and dragon waiting for long, he straightforwardly summoned the Purple Cloud Divine Sword.

Accompanied by a flash of purple thunderbolt, the Purple Cloud Divine Sword suddenly appeared in his hand.