Chapter 971 Chen Feng’s Tribulation

Translator: podao001

“Prince Blood Edge, what do you think? Should we ally with them?” After Chen Feng and Bi Qing had left, the other blood cultivators came forward and asked. Although Prince Blood Edge was the strongest amongst all the Ascendant Immortals who came through the passageway, there were also several with cultivation bases close to that of Prince Blood Edge.

“We will have to properly weigh this matter. Investigate what is happening in Eternal World first. If what they tell us is true, allying with them is not out of the question. Forging ties with the Celestial Planes will bring us some benefits, after all,” Prince Blood Edge said.

“The number of men we sent over is too little. There is a need to re-open the spatial passageway.”

“That is a necessity. Unexpectedly, the Immortal Plane would interfere so quickly. Enough! We will now use this mountain range as our base of operations. For the time being, do not spread out our forces.” Prince Blood Edge finally gave the command.

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“To think that even the passageway to the Blood Plane has opened up. I wonder which other worlds will appear next? For the time being, even if we cannot form an alliance with the cultivators from the Blood Plane, we also cannot be hostile towards them,” Chen Feng said.

“Maybe I can get one or two friends to come help out,” said Bi Qing after a moment’s consideration.

“Are they reliable?” Chen Feng was not surprised to hear that. Bi Qing was different from him, after all. Chen Feng had been forced to leave the Longevity Clan since a very young age. Now that he was in possession of a great treasure, he simply dared not make contact with the Celestial Longevity Plane. Bi Qing, on the other hand, was just a normal reincarnator. It was only normal for him to have friends and family there.

“Reliable. We are friends through life and death. Originally, I planned on returning to the Celestial Clearblue Plane only after reaching the True Immortal stage. However, it would seem that I will have to make contact with my clan members in advance.” Bi Qing nodded.

“A pity, I am still incapable of making contact with the Celestial Longevity Plane.” Chen Feng shook his head.

Bi Qing knew what Chen Feng meant and said nothing about it.

After the two of them returned to East Dragon Island, everything went on like normal. There was no unrest there. That said, the East Dragon Island Alliance had suffered from quite the loss this time. While its forces managed to kill off a high number of enemy cultivators, the East Dragon Island Alliance had lost some of its elites as well.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

Three groups of tribulation clouds converged high up in the sky. Surprisingly, some cultivators were undergoing tribulation in the far-ocean region. The East Dragon Island Alliance had over 100 million cultivators. Undergoing tribulation was an everyday occurrence for the cultivators there, but this one managed to attract Chen Feng’s attention. The ones undergoing tribulation this time were peak-level Earthen Immortals. In other words, by successfully overcoming their tribulations, they would become Ascendant Immortals.

At present, Ascendant Immortals were the strongest combat power in the world of cultivation. They were the ultimate killing machine. Even though there were many cultivators in East Dragon Island, Chen Feng was always waiting for more of his subordinates to become Ascendant Immortals.

Regarding the cultivators, a smile then appeared on Chen Feng’s face. One of the three cultivators there was from East Dragon Island.

East Dragon Island had been growing stronger with every passing day and some old, far-ocean yaos had also joined it. Moreover, there was also the cultivation conditions that Chen Feng provided. Add the fact that East Dragon Island had recently obtained some immortal dao laws, it was only reasonable to have some of them advance to the Ascendant Immortal stage.

The other two cultivators were from Absolute Academy. As for the one from East Dragon Island, it was an old and ordinary wyrm. The old wyrm had lived for nearly 100,000 years. Originally, he already had no hope of advancing to the Ascendant Immortal stage before the end of his life span. Unexpectedly, after he joined East Dragon Island, Chen Feng granted him an immortal dao law. Add the high amount of immortal energy into the equation, the wyrm finally managed to assail his next cultivation level and undergo tribulation.

The other two were Zhan Luo, the present Academy Head of Absolute Academy, and Mu Cang, who had just returned from the war campaign. Coincidentally, all three broke through at the same time, heading deep into the ocean region before undergoing their tribulations high up in the sky.

“Ha ha ha ha! My Absolute Academy has two more Ascendant Immortals! How about it? My old friends, do you admit defeat?” Heavenly Premier Absolute said pridefully. It was as though he had personally overcome the tribulations.

“Humph! Absolute, stuff that smug face of yours. My Four Cardinals Academy also has a few students that are only one step away from reaching the Ascendant Immortal stage.” Heavenly Premier Four Cardinals had a hard time looking at the smug expression on Heavenly Premier Absolute’s face.

“It’s all because Chen Feng is biased. Back then, your Absolute Academy received a little more immortal dao laws.” Heavenly Premier Heavensight was also feeling somewhat displeased.

“Ha ha ha! No matter how you cut it, those two undergoing tribulation right now are cultivators from my Absolute Academy!” Heavenly Premier Absolute was smiling so widely that the other three Heavenly Premiers had to clench their teeth to endure the sight of his face.

“Hmm, all three of them had received immortal dao laws. The difficulty of their Heavenly Tribulations should be reduced somewhat.” Chen Feng peered through tens of millions of li and he was able to clearly observe their tribulations.

True to Chen Feng’s predictions, the Heavenly Tribulations that the three of them had to face were indeed very weak. Even some talented high-level Earthen Immortals would be able to overcome such Heavenly Tribulations.

As expected, it did not take long before all three successfully overcame their Heavenly Tribulations. After doing that, they did not rush to enter cultivation retreat. Instead, they swiftly flew over to arrive before Chen Feng.

“Thank you, Island Lord Chen!”

Although the three of them had become Ascendant Immortals, their feelings of admiration for Chen Feng only grew. At the same time, all three felt pressured while facing Chen Feng. Noticing that, the three of them grew even more astonished.

“Tu Jiao, good. My efforts on you did not go to waste. You may go cultivate now,” Chen Feng said.

“Understood!”

Tu Jiao, the old wyrm, nodded before respectfully leaving.

“Congratulations to the two of you.” Chen Feng then turned towards Zhan Luo and Mu Cang. It wasn’t all that long ago when Zhan Luo and Mu Cang had been high-ranking members of Absolute Academy while Chen Feng was just a minor student there. Chen Feng had been someone who could not even meet them. Unexpectedly, the situation would be reversed. The two of them had only managed to advance to the Ascendant Immortal stage with Chen Feng’s help.

“Ha ha ha! No need to stand on ceremony with Chen Feng. You fellows can head back.” Heavenly Premier Absolute appeared, laughing as he did. Behind him came a group of cultivators who came to offer their congratulations.

“In the following year, our alliance will likely have at least 10 new Ascendant Immortals.” Given Chen Feng’s present level of strength, he could scan and sense everything happening within East Dragon Island. He could clearly tell who the experts were and who were already close to undergoing their tribulations.

At that very moment, the East Dragon Island Alliance only had 20 plus Ascendant Immortals. This number was even smaller than that of the blood cultivators. By adding 10 more Ascendant Immortals into the number, they would finally have more Ascendant Immortals than the blood cultivators and greatly increase the might of the alliance.

Looks like it is time I undergo my tribulation as well. Chen Feng shook his head. Even though Chen Feng was only an Earthen Immortal, the Heavenly Tribulation that he had to face was far stronger compared to the Heavenly Tribulation of the average Ascendant Immortal.

𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

The Heavenly Tribulations that Mu Cang and the others had to face were nothing in Chen Feng’s eyes. Rather, he could easily overcome all three tribulations at the same time.

The East Dragon Island Alliance now had more Ascendant Immortals. Due to that, Chen Feng felt delighted and his thoughts began flying about. He felt an impulsive desire to instantly undergo his Heavenly Tribulation.

Exposure to the Heavenly dao made the situation even more intense.

And so, after making some arrangements, Chen Feng flew into outer space. Unlike others, Chen Feng preferred undergoing his tribulation in the vast outer space where everything could be seen.

After arriving in outer space, though, Chen Feng did not immediately undergo tribulation. Instead, he brought out the Blood Mustering Bead. After devouring the blood essence of some Ascendant Immortals, the Blood Mustering Bead had managed to stabilize its low-grade Immortal artifact state. More, it was constantly growing in strength. In Chen Feng’s opinion, the Blood Mustering Bead would certainly be the first amongst the rest of the magic treasures to level up again.

Sou! Sou! Sou! Sou! Sou! Sou! Sou! Sou! Sou!

A total of nine beams of bloody light rushed out from the Blood Mustering Bead. The Blood Mustering Bead’s rise to the Immortal tier had also greatly benefitted the Poisonous Vileblood Wyrms that were cultivating inside it. And now, it was time for them to undergo their tribulations.

All nine wyrms underwent their tribulations at the same time. This was Chen Feng’s first time witnessing something like this. As the nine wyrms could be considered as one, their Heavenly Tribulations were slightly more ferocious than normal. In the end, however, the nine wyrms succeeded in overcoming their tribulations to become peak-level Earthen Immortals.

After that, the nine wyrms flew back into the Blood Mustering Bead. With the Blood Mustering Bead’s existence, it was just a matter of time before the nine wyrms advanced to the Ascendant Immortal stage.

And so, the place fell into a state of stillness and Chen Feng hovered quietly in space, not moving at all. It seemed as though even his cognitive abilities had come to a halt.

Sou!

A ray of light flashed by to illuminate Chen Feng’s sea of wisdom. Next, strands and streams of volcanic power burst out from his body.

As a result, tribulation clouds enveloped the area of space there and his surroundings became black.

Last time, it was wyrms. I wonder what I will see this time? The Heavenly dao had likely realized my actions of utilizing the Heavenstealing Technique last time. Even the Immortal Plane would secretly take action against me. My instincts tell me that this Heavenly Tribulation will likely be something else. Still, once I reach the Ascendant Immortal stage, it will be hard for the Immortal Plane to interfere, unless those ancient fossils decide to take action as well.

As Chen Feng was pondering the issue, his Heavenly Tribulation began. The difficulty of the Heavenly Tribulation that he had to face this time was as he had expected. That said, seeing the first wave of Heavenly Tribulation did make Chen Feng secretly curse the Immortal Plane.

Before him was a mighty cultivator in black armour who wielded a lance while riding a wicked wyrm. Hovering above him was a great river. Only, the great river contained lightning waters. More, they were Devastation Lightning.

The cultivator was an Ascendant Immortal.

“Humph! You sure think highly of my minor Earthen Immortal stage,” Chen Feng said.

“Chen Feng, you made use of heretical magic to violate the Heavenly dao. To think that you would still have the audacity to undergo tribulation! Today is the day you face obliteration!” The cultivator spoke the human tongue. Even as he spoke, his magics shot forward. A wave of energy fluctuations condensed into tangible form before assailing Chen Feng.

It's a real person! Only, he has fused himself with the Heavenly dao. This will not be easy to handle. Chen Feng stretched his hand and grasped to dig out a huge chunk of the space before him. Then, the tangible wave of energy fluctuations became like a stream of water striking a massive boulder and water splashed all over the place.

“I am a cultivator from the Longevity Clan! A minor Immortal Plane dares to interfere with my affairs? Believe it or not, I will one day flatten your Ministry of Heavenly Tribulation!” Chen Feng said with a derisive grin while brandishing the Heaven Piercing Lance.

“A load of rubbish! Die!” The black-armoured cultivator waved his hand and the river above him abruptly stretched. One wave of lightning waters after another surged, interconnecting before furiously smashing their way towards Chen Feng.

The river was formed using Devastation Lightning. It also contained laws of destruction at the immortal dao level. Even Ascendant Immortals could forget about escaping after the river had engulfed them.

The black-armoured cultivator rode the wicked wyrm forward and attacked, the lance in his hand locking down on Chen Feng’s aura.

“Seal!”

Chen Feng brought out the Domain Geocompass and domain power emerged to form a shield, which rapidly spun before charging forward.

The Domain Geocompass was already a top-grade Dao artifact. Additionally, it had all eight of its domain powers working in tandem to create a domain world. Even amongst top-grade Dao artifacts, the Domain Geocompass could already be considered a top-quality magic treasure.

In the face of the river of Devastation Lightning, however, the shield instantly shattered apart. Chen Feng then jabbed with one finger and the Domain Geocompass moved to position itself before him. Next, the river smashed into the geocompass and a thunderous boom rang out.

1 li = 0.5 km