The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 1108: Chapter 1095: Lin Zhaozai Beset by Disaster, Bamboo Island Invites Guests

Those cultivating, regardless of race or rank, upon reaching the Fifth Dao Realm and erecting the Divine Bridge, will inevitably face cycles of the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations throughout their cultivation journey!

These disasters and tribulations differ greatly in essence from those encountered when advancing....

A cultivator who has found their path and broken free from their shackles, establishing a bridge to nature, can wield the power of heaven and earth effortlessly once the Divine Bridge is formed. Their mana can channel nearly endless spiritual qi of the world, and even if they lack in combat skills or abilities, they can utilize celestial calamities and earthly tribulations to wear down or annihilate formidable foes.

With every advantage, there comes a disadvantage!

Strongholds above the Divine Bridge Realm, upon breaking the barrier between heaven and man, inevitably face erosion and assimilation by the power of heaven and earth.

This manifests in their daily cultivation as the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations, with the intensity varying based on the different Dao Realms. The higher the realm, the more fierce the disasters become.

The forms these disasters take are manifold and unpredictable.

Once they erupt, invisible tribulation lightning may be born above one’s head, splitting the cultivator’s Dao Body into charcoal and scattering their soul into oblivion.

Or true flames may ignite inexplicably beneath one’s feet. Except for a few spiritual items like Tribulation Crossing Jade Water, ordinary methods are hard to extinguish them. The tribulation fire will burn upwards, consuming the lower Dantian, the middle Dantian, the Mind Sea, until the cultivator is burned alive.

Or within the body perhaps sharp ghostly wind will stir, blowing continually from inside out, shredding the organs, bones, and chakras, tearing apart the flesh and skin, until the cultivator is reduced to a stark white skeleton.

Or inexplicably, they may fall into a confused state, with divinity muddled, unaware of the looming deadly danger...

The period when the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations erupt is when cultivators are most vulnerable, struggling desperately just to cope with their disasters, and a moment’s inattention could lead to their downfall under these calamities.

To most Xian Dao strongholds, the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations are nearly as terrifying as the Immortal Tribulation, more perilous than ordinary advancement tribulations.

After all, aside from the Immortal Tribulation, other advancement tribulations can be crossed with adequate preparation, while the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations strike unpredictably, often at critical moments, without foreseeing when they will occur or what kind of tribulation it will be, leaving no room for target-specific arrangements!

It is said that unless strongholds of the Divine Bridge Realm and Formless Realm die naturally at the end of their lifespan, half perish under the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations.

Even many True Immortals have fallen due to the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations.

Lin Zhaozai had recently overcome such a tribulation, and now is at the crucial stage of refining the corpse of the Four-eyed Giant, yet suddenly, without warning, the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations have descended again, leaving him somewhat startled.

However, he quickly adjusted himself, preparing to face this round of the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations!

”The White Bones Path I cultivate, although not a path of lofty heights, is second to none in survival abilities, second only to the great path of life and death. As long as I remain cautious, I can safely pass through this disaster.”

The White Bones Path is a branch of the great path of life and death. Progressing onward leads to the life and death path, thus Lin Zhaozai is difficult to extinguish completely regardless of the calamity faced; even if this life ends naturally, a new ”Lin Zhaozai” would emerge from his corpse bones.

For this reason, when facing the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations, he feels some confidence.

However, this time, perhaps due to the calamity taking hold of his senses, he cannot shake off a feeling of unease!

Not long after, the Wind-Fire Tribulation, most common among the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations, quietly erupted.

Invisible tribulation fire ignited at the foot bones of the giant’s corpse, with a terrifying heat capable of burning through spatial barriers, it blazed upward towards the head.

Ghostly wind was born in the void of the giant’s corpse Dantian, spreading to every bone of the corpse, howling from inside out like a blade scraping bones.

Detecting the anomaly of the calamity, Lin Zhaozai had a flicker of shock in his eyes: ”Due to my merging with this strong one’s corpse, has the intensity of the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations multiplied?”

The power of heaven and earth’s erosion and assimilation of the giant’s corpse does not compare in level to Lin Zhaozai himself, but because he forcibly merged using the White Bones Path, they effectively became one ”creature,” leading the disaster’s power to far exceed what Lin Zhaozai alone would face.

At this moment, Lin Zhaozai cannot separate from the giant’s corpse; hence, with the fury of the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations, he has no choice but to weather them with gritted teeth!

Pieces of spiritual items and magic treasures flew from his white bones, and his mana gushed like a tide with relentless consumption, continuously employing magical abilities to quell the invisible tribulation fire and ghostly wind.

However, the might of this calamity far surpassed previous occurrences, rendering Lin Zhaozai’s efforts futile; in mere moments, he could no longer sustain.

The raging fire did not burn through the giant’s corpse, only charred it somewhat. The ghostly wind, never ceasing, failed to reduce the skeleton; it merely left marks like slashes done by swords and axes.

Yet, Lin Zhaozai, who had integrally merged with the giant’s corpse, found himself in a dire situation...

The fire exploited the wind’s force, and the wind stoked the fire’s fury, making the calamity uncontrollable. His white bones were scorched brittle, and scattered like ash when swept by the ghostly wind.

Half a day later, the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations gradually subsided.

At the location of the Four-eyed Giant’s skull, where the realms merged, a fragment of Lin Zhaozai’s bone remains protruded outward, crystalline like jade, emitting a faint glow, not entirely destroyed by the tribulation fire and ghostly wind.