Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 1996 1467: Formation

In other words, even if Jiang Fengwu deduced such a formation to suppress the heart demon, it would still be extremely difficult to set it up, since apart from some special spiritual objects, only a life-bound magic treasure could enter the sea of consciousness.

However, that only applied to others; for herself, there was absolutely no obstacle at all, because she could make use of her own life-bound magic treasure, the Myriad Array Diagram, engrave array patterns on it, and thus arrange the formation.

”Damn it!”

So, as soon as the heart demon appeared and before it could do anything, it was directly suppressed by the formation, followed by the activation of the great array, refining the heart demon.

In just a moment, the heart demon was burned to ashes by the Purifying Spirit Fire, without causing Jiang Fengwu any threat whatsoever.

At the same time, the surging tribulation clouds outside also began to change, transforming into pure spiritual energy, pouring into her body and advancing her cultivation.

Soon after, a terrifying, awe-inspiring pressure burst out from within Jiang Fengwu.

And this meant that she had successfully broken through to Heavenly Immortal.

From that moment on, the Li family had gained another Heavenly Immortal.

The clansmen were naturally overjoyed and shouted excitedly, their voices like tidal waves rolling out into the distance.

”Many thanks for your protection.” Jiang Fengwu bowed slightly to Li Zhirui and the other clansmen before turning to return to her cave mansion—not only to solidify her cultivation, but also to heal her injuries.

Although she hadnʼt directly resisted the tribulation thunder or taken its attacks, she did recklessly mobilize her internal mana to fight against the thunder, which caused significant injuries to her meridians.

Li Zhirui didnʼt linger either, vanishing in an instant.

However, Da Qing, Xiaoqing, and Cang exchanged glances, and instead of returning to their own cave mansions, went to find Li Zhirui.

The other clansmen also left one by one, each filled with excitement and happiness.

Meanwhile, those spies watching from afar outside the Li Family Territory hurried to relay the news back to their respective forces as quickly as possible.

”Jiu, the thunder tribulation is getting stronger and stronger!”

It wasnʼt just Li Zhirui; the others had also noticed this extremely serious and important issue.

Logically, the better a world develops, the more high-grade living beings there should be. After all, as the worldʼs carrying capacity increases, so does its upper limit.

Yet, in the Primal Spirit Realm, this didnʼt hold true. On the contrary, the Heavenly Dao even strengthened the thunder tribulation, raising the difficulty for beings to break through—completely contradicting all common sense.

”I know, I just canʼt figure out why the Heavenly Dao would do this.” Li Zhirui sighed, his face full of helplessness as he spoke. This wasnʼt the first time heʼd discovered something was off.

You should know, the strengthening of the thunder tribulation wasnʼt something that just happened recently. It has actually been happening for many years, and as time passed, the problem only grew worse.

There must be a reason; the Heavenly Dao must have its motives for doing this, right?

Unfortunately, they didnʼt know, and with no clues about the Heavenly Daoʼs actions, they simply couldnʼt find an answer—so all they could do was blindly guess.

”If this continues, I fear the power of the Heavenly Immortal Tribulation will become truly terrifying...” Worry was written all over Cangʼs face.

It wasnʼt just him; Da Qing and Xiaoqing were also deeply concerned.

The reason was simple: the three of them were only Earth Immortals at the moment, not yet having broken through to Heavenly Immortal, and Da Qing hadnʼt even reached late Earth Immortal!

If the day comes when they are ready to attempt breaking through to Heavenly Immortal but the power of the thunder tribulation is ever increasing, it will only make transcending it more difficult, and the risk of perishing that much higher.

Thatʼs something no one wants to see happen.

Li Zhirui understood their worries all too well—and sympathized deeply—but the problem was, he had no way of solving it either!

So he could only say, ”No one knows what will happen in the future. You should focus on your cultivation and try to transcend the tribulation and break through as soon as possible.”

This was the best solution Li Zhirui could think of.

The idea was good, but it was far from easy to carry out, let alone complete successfully.

Even though Xiaoqing and Cang were both divine beings, they couldnʼt possibly break through to Heavenly Immortal in a short time—let alone Da Qing, whose cultivation was even lower.

”Sigh!”

The three of them could only let out a sigh and finally, left with resignation.

Watching their somewhat lonely figures, Li Zhirui also felt a bit of heartache, but there was nothing he could do—some things, even as a Heavenly Immortal, he couldnʼt help with.

Besides, he had already done all he could to help the three break through to Heavenly Immortal, giving them every kind of pill, cultivation insight, and experience he had.

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Though Jiang Fengwuʼs tribulation wasnʼt particularly smooth, her successful transcendence and ascension to Heavenly Immortal spread rapidly across Shanhai State, swiftly radiating to the outside world.

When the Cave Abyss Sect learned of this, the sect leader held a jade slip in his hand, seated on his chair, but his eyes were unfocused, sinking into silence, while his mind repeatedly questioned: why had the sect gained nothing at all so far?!

He had originally thought that after the great tribulation, several of the sectʼs veteran Earth Immortals would be able to take a step further, since after so many years of cultivation, they were already at the final threshold.

Moreover, the Primal Spirit Realm at that time had just manifested its laws, making them particularly accessible for comprehension—it should have been relatively easy to gain something, and advance in realm.

Yet the outcome was a slap in the face—twice over!

Since the end of the great tribulation, while the sect had experienced one thunder tribulation after another, none of the long-awaited Immortal Thunder Tribulations had appeared as he had hoped.

In other words, not one of the veteran Earth Immortals he had placed his hopes in had transcended their tribulation.