Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 1767: Chapter 1352: Calamity (Part 2)

“I clearly saw someone wandering here just now, how did they suddenly disappear?”

In just under half a quarter of an hour, could the other party have left his sight at such a fast speed?

As for whether it might be a being from the Outer Realm, he wasn’t too worried about that, for the other party was alone, and no matter how strong, could not breach the Primal Spirit Realm.

And once they leave, they would never find the Primal Spirit Realm again.

“Forget it, the universe is vast, with countless extraordinary talents like the vast Star Sea; there’s no need to overly dwell on that person.”

The man shook his head and cast the thoughts aside, turning around and entering the void.

Even though the Primal Spirit Realm had already ascended, Heavenly Immortal cultivators were still accustomed to training and exploring in the void.

This was mainly because the Primal Spirit Realm had just ascended at this time, and the spiritual objects of the Heavenly Immortal and Profound Immortal ranks still needed time to grow, and their numbers were few, making it easier to obtain from the void.

Moreover, chaos spiritual objects, due to their all-encompassing nature, could be used regardless of the Great Tao being cultivated, avoiding the situation of acquiring a treasure with great effort, only to find it unusable, requiring an exchange.

If one’s luck was poor, that treasure might have to be kept for thousands of years, incurring enormous costs just to seal the spiritual object, prevent its spiritual nature from dissipating, and guard against its grade dropping!

Of course, chaos spiritual objects, too, are not without flaws.

Refining a spiritual object in harmony with one’s cultivation laws provides additional benefits to cultivation, a benefit chaos spiritual objects do not offer.

…

In chaos, years are unrecorded!

After hundreds of years of painstaking healing, the injuries within Li Zhirui were finally completely healed, his power at the peak of Earth Immortal returned to him.

“It’s time to go back!”

As soon as he finished speaking, he appeared once again at the edge of the Primal Spirit Realm.

It was just at the moment he was about to step inside that his spirit sense once again cautioned Li Zhirui of an exceedingly frightful crisis!

“Huff—”

However, he was long prepared mentally, so he did not react with the dramatic change in expression as he did the last time.

Moreover, Li Zhirui noticed the warning from his spirit sense this time was not as severe as the last, not a certain death inescapable doom, which gave him the courage to return!

He took a deep breath and stepped across the boundary membrane, entering the Primal Spirit Realm.

“Hmm?”

The vigilant Li Zhirui was suddenly taken aback; he encountered no danger as expected. It seemed his previous caution was overblown.

But his relief was short-lived, an unexpected calamity arose the next moment!

A scorching heavenly fire suddenly appeared without warning, engulfing Li Zhirui, its terrifying temperature scorching his flesh.

Simultaneously, a fierce wind seemed to rise all around, bolstering the flames and slicing through the sea of fire, transforming into sharp wind blades lunging straight at him.

When fire and wind converged upon him, Li Zhirui suddenly realized!

The alarm from his spirit sense was about the tribulation that occurred once every twelve hundred years!

No wonder he had forgotten, after all, just when the three disasters and nine difficulties had recently evolved, Li Zhirui left the Primal Spirit Realm seeking opportunities to break through in the void, and had no firsthand experience.

Moreover, with so many things happening over the years, he had simply overlooked this.

His actions were swift too, as he immediately layered defenses upon perceiving the impending danger, hoping to buy a bit more time.

Back then, severely injured, facing such a tribulation with a wounded body indeed would have been a dead-end, hence the severe warning from his spirit sense.

Now, though still perilous, it wasn’t entirely impossible to survive this tribulation!

Having trained abroad for over three thousand years, two tribulations descended upon Li Zhirui at once.

And perhaps, due to spending so long in the void, the Heavenly Dao mistakenly assumed he was deliberately avoiding the tribulation, thus making its power rather formidable, and the added fire and wind magnified the tribulation’s might further!

In the sea of fire filled with wind blades, he transformed his mana into a lake, isolating the sea of fire outside, while erecting tall trees to block the assault of the wind blades.

Above his head, his life-bound magic treasure shone down thick spirit light, sheltering him within.

At the moment the fire and wind tribulation descended, all the defense divine abilities Li Zhirui had deployed were completely shattered, but they fulfilled their purpose.

“No! This can’t continue!”

After half a quarter of an hour, he realized the power of the fire and wind tribulation hadn’t diminished at all, immediately grasping that depletion wouldn’t get him through this ordeal.

This also sparked a bit of curiosity within Li Zhirui—where did the spiritual energy sustaining the tribulation come from? He had noticed no sign of the tribulation absorbing spiritual energy.

But given the current situation, it wasn’t the right time to investigate such things; his priority must be finding a way through this tribulation.

Otherwise, if he were to fall to demise here, it truly would be an end to all matters!

As spending energy was futile, direct force would be necessary to shatter the tribulation!

With a thought, Li Zhirui’s mana roared to life within him, the once placid lake intended to secure his safety now seethed and churned.

Expanding rapidly outwards, it transformed instantly into a rolling, tempestuous ocean, with continuous towering waves surging in all directions.

Woosh——

The previously raging flames were extinguished by the colossal waves; in mere moments, the blaze diminished significantly.

But before Li Zhirui could celebrate, the sea of fire seemed to receive some sort of nourishment, suddenly returning to its former state, the blazing fire emitting extreme heat, evaporating the ‘sea water’ in retaliation.

“I want to see how many times you can recover!”

He popped a few immortal pills into his mouth, once again marshaling his mana, launching massive waves to engulf the surroundings.

In no time, a fierce battle between water and fire ensued, generating vast amounts of dense mist, swiftly enveloping an area of several dozen miles.

“Who is undergoing Tribulation Transcendence here?”

The commotion naturally caught the attention of nearby cultivators, who gathered around but kept their distance.

This was done to avoid being dragged down by the unfortunate tribulation failure of the other party unwilling to perish alone.

“Judging by this scale, the person undergoing tribulation is at least an Earth Immortal!”

Hearing this, the crowd quickly moved back.

“But why are they undergoing tribulation in the wild?”

“Looking around, with no preparation, it must be a sudden tribulation catching them off guard, probably just returned from training in the void.”

Those who have reached the Immortal Realm are no fools, thus they quickly deduced the truth from the circumstances around them.

The reason they knew such details was because similar instances had occurred many times over the years.

Anyone who stayed in the void for over twelve hundred years, whether deliberately avoiding the tribulation or not, the Heavenly Dao would not care, promptly unleashing a tribulation with power half again as strong!

Initially, many cultivators were unaware of this rule, resulting in significant casualties, until later exploration revealed it, altering the dire situation.

So many cultivators training in the void would quietly note the time to avoid this.

Of course, some beings confident in their strength, or seeking self-challenge, would not mind, even intentionally wait for time to pass before returning to the Primal Spirit Realm.

“This senior is truly a ruthless person, daring to spend so long in the void and face two tribulations at once!”

This sentiment met with much agreement among the nearby cultivators.

But if they knew Li Zhirui simply forgot about the three disasters and nine difficulties, it’s uncertain how they would react.

Back to the matter at hand!

At this moment, locked in a fierce contest with the tribulation, Li Zhirui gritted his teeth, channeling the power of the Five Elements Small Realm to empower himself.

Boom——

A powerful aura erupted from him, stirring wind and waves, and the previously stagnant ocean seemed to be provoked, surging dramatically!

In mere moments, the sea of fire’s area was reduced by more than half.

Li Zhirui would not let such a prime opportunity slip, immediately marshaling his internal mana, unceasing waves of monumental scale sweeping in all directions.

The blaze, which had entangled with him for so long, was finally extinguished, leaving only scant remnants of fire snuffed out amidst the waves.

But in the next moment, it was completely snuffed out!