CHAPTER 1114: CHAPTER 345: THE TRIBULATION CLOUD HAS FORMED! (PART 2)

His current Cultivation Progress was stuck at ninety percent Heavenly Immortal, and he did not intend to waste much time. He planned to continue his seclusion in the Taunting Heaven Palace to reach the Heavenly Immortal Peak, then come out to undergo the Heavenly Tribulation, and officially break through to become a True Immortal.

Before that, however.

Chen Qiu looked at Jiang Buping, who was sitting beside him, and said softly, "You know I probably won’t return your body to you for now, right?"

"Mhm." Jiang Buping didn’t mind this at all, "You keep it for now. I haven’t decided if I want it back yet anyway. If you lack the strength at that time, and I were to regain my strength and stand on your side, that would be a disaster. Instead, keeping my strength low ensures it’s uninfluenced."

"You mentioned that the reason you reached Half-step Immortal Emperor was because the rule you adhered to already had an Immortal Emperor. Under a rule, only one Immortal Emperor can exist. I’m quite curious about what rule you follow."

"..."

Jiang Buping was silent for a long time before hoarsely saying, "I rarely tell anyone about this, but since you asked, there’s no harm in telling. My rule is ’One Pipe a Day.’

"Literal meaning?"

"Literal meaning."

Fat Long looked Jiang Buping up and down with a strange expression, "Even if this rule makes you an Immortal Emperor, it shouldn’t be too powerful, right?"

"Indeed, it wouldn’t be too powerful. But regardless of the rule, once you become an Immortal Emperor, even the weakest Immortal Emperor can easily defeat all Half-step Immortal Emperors. Back then, everyone was striving to break through to become an Immortal Emperor, and whether one is the weakest doesn’t matter until after breaking through. The first step is to become an Immortal Emperor and figure out the rest later."

"It’s just that I didn’t expect someone to beat me to it and used this rule to break through to Immortal Emperor just as I was about to, derailing my plans."

"So... do you still adhere to this rule now?"

"Day after day."

"That must be tiring."

"It is a bit."

"But... while you were imprisoned in Chao Tian Sect, with countless Execution Talismans burning you, were you also following this rule?"

"Come rain or shine."

"..."

Fat Long’s expression gradually became serious, "It’s somewhat admirable, but I have one more question. On regular days, it’s one thing. But when we spent three days at the Ascension Conference, where everyone was together, how did you..."

"In the Cave Mansion."

"But you don’t cultivate usually. What about when in seclusion?"

"Spiritual Energy flows through, automatically dispelling it. It’s become such a subconscious habit, that even in seclusion or in a state of severe injury or coma, it doesn’t affect."

"Then... after all these years, your body should be quite worn out?"

"Indeed, it’s not in great shape."

"So you rarely engage with women?"

"Almost never." Jiang Buping shook his head, "There’s no energy left to waste emotions on such matters. If you were me, even if a Fairy stood naked in front of you, you wouldn’t feel any lust."

"That sounds good." Chen Qiuqing nodded slightly, "A good seedling for practicing Buddhism, I do know many Buddhist Practitioners. If you ever want to enter a monastery, I can introduce you to some avenues, so let’s part ways here."

After speaking.

Chen Qiu did not wander much around this city. Besides the Spiritual Energy being a bit denser than in the Tidal Immortal Realm, there weren’t too many differences. If you didn’t delve deep, you wouldn’t actually notice much difference between a Grade Six Immortal Realm and a Grade Five Immortal Realm.

Many things are hard to perceive directly.

For instance, the Secret Realm grade in a Grade Six Immortal Realm is higher, they can produce rarer Treasures and medicinal herbs, and the cultivation limit is higher, leading to more experts, among other changes that one can only perceive after living there long-term.

He quickly returned with the Chao Tian Sect crowd to the Taunting Heaven Palace, once again entering seclusion.

He began his assault on Heavenly Immortal Peak Cultivation. He was now at the ninth level of Heavenly Immortal, and at full force, reaching the Heavenly Immortal Peak wouldn’t be too far.

...

Three months later.

Sitting in the Taunting Heaven Palace, Chen Qiu exhaled a long breath of foul air, then slowly opened his eyes and glanced at the Cultivation panel above his Dantian—

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"Cultivation": Heavenly Immortal Peak (100.0%).

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With intensive cultivation, within just three months, his Cultivation reached the Heavenly Immortal Peak. Although he had been in seclusion for ten years, raising his Cultivation from the eighth level Earth Immortal to the ninth level Heavenly Immortal, he hadn’t been cultivating at full force during those ten years, mainly focused on accumulating those white entries.

And after consecutively breaking through so many small realms.

Naturally, it brought him quite a few three-choice entry opportunities, but he hadn’t used any of them and had been accumulating them. Just like last time, he was preparing to save up and synthesize another "large draw" for that kind of unique-level reward, which was considerably stronger than drawing a single entry.

He began preparations for the breakthrough.

He didn’t call the entire Chao Tian Sect members along but brought along only Fat Long and a few trusted aides, departing from the Taunting Heaven Palace to the "Silent Annihilation Immortal World." Just as he returned, he felt heaven and earth lock onto him tightly.

A vast and dense Tribulation Cloud rapidly gathered above him.

This was because the Heavenly Tribulation had locked onto him.

It was time to undergo the tribulation once again.

This time, the Heavenly Tribulation consisted of the "Heavenly Immortal Tribulation" + "True Immortal Tribulation" + "All the small realm tribulations between Earth Immortal eighth level and Heavenly Immortal ninth level" + "The foundation’s empowerment" and various other accumulated factors. It was predictable that its power wouldn’t be weak, especially including something like the True Immortal Tribulation—a threshold of a tribulation.

Many experts find even a single True Immortal Tribulation challenging enough when breaking through to True Immortal, let alone considering all these entangled nuisances.