Relying on his own cultivation, Ying Yuan Yu wasn’t afraid of Luan Qing Xiao sneak attacking him and took the initiative to walk out the hall.
Luan Qing Xiao entrusted Nie Zhen'er to Jing Meng Jun. She squeezed Nie Zhen'er's hand comfortingly and came to the open space outside the main hall of the Shang Qing Palace.
The guests in the main hall were extremely curious about the entanglement between the two Shang Qing Palace elders and hurriedly followed behind them.
The empty space in front of the main hall was quickly occupied and only the surrounding area around Luan Qing Xiao and Ying Yuan Yu were empty.
Ying Yuan Yu said, "Go ahead!"
"Wait!" Under Ying Yuan Yu’s glowering, Luan Qing Xiao set up a defensive barrier for the crowd watching the excitement around them. This barrier can resist the Heavenly lightning once, giving the crowd just enough reaction time to escape.
"Ying Yuan Yu, I don't know why you did this today, but you should know that Zhen'er and I have already exchanged vows in front of everyone. We aren’t something that can be easily broken apart." Luan Qing Xiao was now in the later stage of Primordial Yuan and definitely wasn’t Ying Yuan Yu’s opponent, who was two realms higher than her. She could only stall it out as long as possible until the Heavenly lightning descended.
"Luan Qing Xiao, stop talking nonsense. After I kill you, the bond between you and Zhen'er will naturally be invalidated. Zhen'er can only be my Ying Yuan Yu's wife!"
Once Ying Yuan Yu finished speaking, he raised his hand to pour spiritual power into his long sword. He lightly slashed it, releasing a powerful qi surge.
【The Heavenly lightning is about to come! 】
Ying Yuan Yu knew Luan Qing Xiao couldn’t dodge from this one sword and was only waiting to see her die under his sword. But who knew that in the next moment, the wind and clouds would suddenly change. The blue sky had become dark with a purple long python-like Heavenly thunder descending accompanied by a deafening boom and slammed straight onto Ying Yuan Yu.
"Ying Yuan Yu is facing his tribulation. In order to not be implicated, everyone move out of the way!" Luan Qing Xiao retreated into the protective barrier and shouted loudly.
Immediately, everyone was dumbfounded. However, they soon composed themselves enough to take out their imperial weapon and quickly left.
Luan Qing Xiao saw Jing Meng Jun and Nie Zhen'er and flew over, "Senior Brother, I know you have many questions, but the Heavenly lightning doesn’t wait for anyone. We can discuss this after we leave first."
Luan Qing Xiao reached out to Nie Zhen'er, "Zhen'er, let's go."
Nie Zhen'er grabbed Luan Qing Xiao's hand and the two of them returned to Luscious Spring Hall on her sword.
Before Jing Meng Jun left, he set several layers of defensive barriers over the main hall of the Shang Qing Palace. When their Righteous cultivators crossed their tribulation, they don’t experience that many strikes of Heavenly lightning and were all relatively light. His defensive barriers should be able to protect the main hall.
At this moment at the center of the Heavenly lightning, Ying Yuan Yu didn’t manage to react in time when the first strike came down. He could only use his body to endure it forcibly, making all the blood vessels in his body almost burst open.
Before the second strike fell, Ying Yuan Yu swiftly built a few defenses for himself. Nonetheless, internally he was panicking.
He knew that it was against the heavens to absorb other cultivators for his own cultivation, but he didn't expect the Heavenly lightning to come this quickly.
He had already become a Demon Cultivator the moment he absorbed Yin Yin’s cultivation base. When the Demonic Dao experienced their tribulation, there were a total of ninety-nine strikes. Ying Yuan Yu wasn’t willing. Why does he always fall short of success even though he cultivates so hard?
"Heavens, I'm unwillingly--!"
"Boom!" Two Heavenly lightning smashed onto Ying Yuan Yu together. It felt like the Heavens was answering his statement: Even if you’re unwillingly, suppress it!
The Heavenly lightning got increasingly more powerful with each strike. When Ying Yuan Yu's spiritual power was exhausted and all the defensive spirit weapons on his body were shattered, another five lightning fell down at the same time. Ying Yuan Yu's body was finally unable to tolerate it any longer. His body became covered in blood.
"Why-why-why..." Why can't he get anything he wants...
"Boom——!!!" Nine lightning struck. Ying Yuan Yu's body turned char and the gust of wind immediately turned it into ashes.
Out of the ninety-nine Heavenly lightning, Ying Yuan Yu only managed to make it up to the sixty-sixth.
With the person the Heavenly lightning targeting disappeared, the wrath of the Heavens dissipated. The remaining strikes didn’t have to descend, so the dark clouds rumbling in the sky quickly were replaced by a clear sky again.
In the distance, Jing Meng Jun has been counting the number of lightning strikes. When the strikes reached the number that Righteous cultivators should have endured, he saw Ying Yuan Yu was still at ease. Jing Meng Jun clapped his hands, "Shang Qing Palace is about to gain another ascending cultivator!"
Unexpectedly, just after he finished speaking, the rumbling of the Heavenly lightning continued without any signs of stopping. Jing Meng Jun was stunned...
The Heavens stipulates however much Heavenly lightning each cultivator receives. This number could only be reduced by the cultivator’s death and can’t have more added no matter what.
Since Ying Yuan Yu's Heavenly lightning didn’t finish, there is only one possibility— he was a Demonic cultivator.
When the Heavenly lightning dissipated, Jing Meng Jun flew to the main hall of the Shang Qing Palace in a daze, only to see the space in front of the main was in ruins. Ying Yuan Yu, the new elder of Shang Qing Palace has already disappeared without a trace.
"Senior Brother, aren’t you curious why Ying Yuan Yu's cultivation level has improved that quickly?" Luan Qing Xiao said softly when she came to Jing Meng Jun's side.
Jing Meng Jun replied, "Yuan Yu said he had a fortuitous encounter... ... Plus, he has outstanding talents, so it isn’t an exaggeration for his cultivation speed to be a little fast."
"Getting from Foundation Building to Immortal Ascension within less than 2 months, even the Demonic cultivators can’t cultivate as fast as him." Luan Qing Xiao patted Jing Meng Jun on the shoulder, "Senior Brother, I won't hide it from you anymore. Yuan Yu is actually Bai Li Yuan Yu."
"What?!" Jing Meng Jun exclaimed in incredulity.
"Bai Li Yuan Yu failed to survive his tribulation and took over his current body. He joined Shang Qing Palace in order to collect all the materials to refine the Poison Fire Pill. The reason why he’s obsessed with Zhen'er is because he accidentally overheard that Zhen'er used to be a furnace I raised for him. He’s only lusting after Zhen’er Pure Yin Physique."
"Senior Brother, this kind of person is not worth your sadness." Jing Meng Jun’s cultivation has not been promoted for a long time because he was too "sentimental".
"If you don't believe he’s Bai Li Yuan Yu, you can ask Bai Ze Zong's Supreme Master later. Bai Ze Zong has been hiding the news of Bai Li Yuan Yu’s downfall."
Luan Qing Xiao left after persuading him. Today was Zhen'er’s and her special day, so she can't waste time on these things.
Once Luan Qing Xiao left, the guests who escaped from the Heavenly lightning flew back again. The members of the other five major sects looked at Jing Meng Jun, who was expressionless, and inevitably came over to assure him.
When Jing Meng Jun saw Bai Ze Zong’s Supreme Master He Zhu, he suddenly grabbed him by the shoulder, “Supreme Master He, tell me if Bai Li Yuan Yu has fallen in the tribulation!”
He Zhu was shocked, "How did you know?" He imposed a ban in Bai Ze Zong to forbid anyone from talking about this. Where did Jing Meng Jun get the news from? !
Jing Meng Jun released his grip weakly. He turned around and stared at the main hall of the Shang Qing Palace, which had stood there for thousands of years, had now been reduced to nothing and broke into tears.
Now everyone who heard the news of Bai Li Yuan Yu’s fall could care less and all hurriedly came to comfort Jing Meng Jun.
"All cultivators know the chances of succumbing to their tribulation, there’s no need for Palace Lord to be this disheartened."
"Yes, yes."
"The main hall can always be rebuilt. If Palace Lord Jing doesn't have enough money, we can all pitch in to help."
"That’s right, that's right."
"Just now, the Heavenly lightning has struck more than sixty times. Your disciple endured that many strikes already proves how powerful he was. I don’t think any of our Righteous cultivators even endured more than sixty strikes!"
"Yes, yes… … wait! Our Righteous Path’s tribulation only contains thirty-one Heavenly lightning, where are these extra strikes coming from?!"
"Palace Lord Jing, your disciple turns out to be a Demonic cultivator?!!!"
Jing Meng Jun, who had just stopped crying under the condolence of the previous few people, couldn't stand the blow and sobbed again.
##
Ying Yuan Yu attempted to seize another body, but this time he wasn’t as lucky and could only reborn in an ordinary person’s body.
This body was naturally blind, deaf and couldn’t taste anything. His body ached all over along with being paralyzed from the waist down. He also had no strength in either of his arms. However, since he was born in a wealthy family, there were always a bunch of people around to help take care of his personal daily needs. The high self-esteemed Ying Yuan Yu couldn't handle the blow and couldn’t even commit suicide, so he could only lie on the bed in despair and pray for death.
Relying on his own cultivation, Ying Yuan Yu wasn’t afraid of Luan Qing Xiao sneak attacking him and took the initiative to walk out the hall.
Luan Qing Xiao entrusted Nie Zhen'er to Jing Meng Jun. She squeezed Nie Zhen'er's hand comfortingly and came to the open space outside the main hall of the Shang Qing Palace.
The guests in the main hall were extremely curious about the entanglement between the two Shang Qing Palace elders and hurriedly followed behind them.
The empty space in front of the main hall was quickly occupied and only the surrounding area around Luan Qing Xiao and Ying Yuan Yu were empty.
Ying Yuan Yu said, "Go ahead!"
"Wait!" Under Ying Yuan Yu’s glowering, Luan Qing Xiao set up a defensive barrier for the crowd watching the excitement around them. This barrier can resist the Heavenly lightning once, giving the crowd just enough reaction time to escape.
"Ying Yuan Yu, I don't know why you did this today, but you should know that Zhen'er and I have already exchanged vows in front of everyone. We aren’t something that can be easily broken apart." Luan Qing Xiao was now in the later stage of Primordial Yuan and definitely wasn’t Ying Yuan Yu’s opponent, who was two realms higher than her. She could only stall it out as long as possible until the Heavenly lightning descended.
"Luan Qing Xiao, stop talking nonsense. After I kill you, the bond between you and Zhen'er will naturally be invalidated. Zhen'er can only be my Ying Yuan Yu's wife!"
Once Ying Yuan Yu finished speaking, he raised his hand to pour spiritual power into his long sword. He lightly slashed it, releasing a powerful qi surge.
【The Heavenly lightning is about to come! 】
Ying Yuan Yu knew Luan Qing Xiao couldn’t dodge from this one sword and was only waiting to see her die under his sword. But who knew that in the next moment, the wind and clouds would suddenly change. The blue sky had become dark with a purple long python-like Heavenly thunder descending accompanied by a deafening boom and slammed straight onto Ying Yuan Yu.
"Ying Yuan Yu is facing his tribulation. In order to not be implicated, everyone move out of the way!" Luan Qing Xiao retreated into the protective barrier and shouted loudly.
Immediately, everyone was dumbfounded. However, they soon composed themselves enough to take out their imperial weapon and quickly left.
Luan Qing Xiao saw Jing Meng Jun and Nie Zhen'er and flew over, "Senior Brother, I know you have many questions, but the Heavenly lightning doesn’t wait for anyone. We can discuss this after we leave first."
Luan Qing Xiao reached out to Nie Zhen'er, "Zhen'er, let's go."
Nie Zhen'er grabbed Luan Qing Xiao's hand and the two of them returned to Luscious Spring Hall on her sword.
Before Jing Meng Jun left, he set several layers of defensive barriers over the main hall of the Shang Qing Palace. When their Righteous cultivators crossed their tribulation, they don’t experience that many strikes of Heavenly lightning and were all relatively light. His defensive barriers should be able to protect the main hall.
At this moment at the center of the Heavenly lightning, Ying Yuan Yu didn’t manage to react in time when the first strike came down. He could only use his body to endure it forcibly, making all the blood vessels in his body almost burst open.
Before the second strike fell, Ying Yuan Yu swiftly built a few defenses for himself. Nonetheless, internally he was panicking.
He knew that it was against the heavens to absorb other cultivators for his own cultivation, but he didn't expect the Heavenly lightning to come this quickly.
He had already become a Demon Cultivator the moment he absorbed Yin Yin’s cultivation base. When the Demonic Dao experienced their tribulation, there were a total of ninety-nine strikes. Ying Yuan Yu wasn’t willing. Why does he always fall short of success even though he cultivates so hard?
"Heavens, I'm unwillingly--!"
"Boom!" Two Heavenly lightning smashed onto Ying Yuan Yu together. It felt like the Heavens was answering his statement: Even if you’re unwillingly, suppress it!
The Heavenly lightning got increasingly more powerful with each strike. When Ying Yuan Yu's spiritual power was exhausted and all the defensive spirit weapons on his body were shattered, another five lightning fell down at the same time. Ying Yuan Yu's body was finally unable to tolerate it any longer. His body became covered in blood.
"Why-why-why..." Why can't he get anything he wants...
"Boom——!!!" Nine lightning struck. Ying Yuan Yu's body turned char and the gust of wind immediately turned it into ashes.
Out of the ninety-nine Heavenly lightning, Ying Yuan Yu only managed to make it up to the sixty-sixth.
With the person the Heavenly lightning targeting disappeared, the wrath of the Heavens dissipated. The remaining strikes didn’t have to descend, so the dark clouds rumbling in the sky quickly were replaced by a clear sky again.
In the distance, Jing Meng Jun has been counting the number of lightning strikes. When the strikes reached the number that Righteous cultivators should have endured, he saw Ying Yuan Yu was still at ease. Jing Meng Jun clapped his hands, "Shang Qing Palace is about to gain another ascending cultivator!"
Unexpectedly, just after he finished speaking, the rumbling of the Heavenly lightning continued without any signs of stopping. Jing Meng Jun was stunned...
The Heavens stipulates however much Heavenly lightning each cultivator receives. This number could only be reduced by the cultivator’s death and can’t have more added no matter what.
Since Ying Yuan Yu's Heavenly lightning didn’t finish, there is only one possibility— he was a Demonic cultivator.
When the Heavenly lightning dissipated, Jing Meng Jun flew to the main hall of the Shang Qing Palace in a daze, only to see the space in front of the main was in ruins. Ying Yuan Yu, the new elder of Shang Qing Palace has already disappeared without a trace.
"Senior Brother, aren’t you curious why Ying Yuan Yu's cultivation level has improved that quickly?" Luan Qing Xiao said softly when she came to Jing Meng Jun's side.
Jing Meng Jun replied, "Yuan Yu said he had a fortuitous encounter... ... Plus, he has outstanding talents, so it isn’t an exaggeration for his cultivation speed to be a little fast."
"Getting from Foundation Building to Immortal Ascension within less than 2 months, even the Demonic cultivators can’t cultivate as fast as him." Luan Qing Xiao patted Jing Meng Jun on the shoulder, "Senior Brother, I won't hide it from you anymore. Yuan Yu is actually Bai Li Yuan Yu."
"What?!" Jing Meng Jun exclaimed in incredulity.
"Bai Li Yuan Yu failed to survive his tribulation and took over his current body. He joined Shang Qing Palace in order to collect all the materials to refine the Poison Fire Pill. The reason why he’s obsessed with Zhen'er is because he accidentally overheard that Zhen'er used to be a furnace I raised for him. He’s only lusting after Zhen’er Pure Yin Physique."
"Senior Brother, this kind of person is not worth your sadness." Jing Meng Jun’s cultivation has not been promoted for a long time because he was too "sentimental".
"If you don't believe he’s Bai Li Yuan Yu, you can ask Bai Ze Zong's Supreme Master later. Bai Ze Zong has been hiding the news of Bai Li Yuan Yu’s downfall."
Luan Qing Xiao left after persuading him. Today was Zhen'er’s and her special day, so she can't waste time on these things.
Once Luan Qing Xiao left, the guests who escaped from the Heavenly lightning flew back again. The members of the other five major sects looked at Jing Meng Jun, who was expressionless, and inevitably came over to assure him.
When Jing Meng Jun saw Bai Ze Zong’s Supreme Master He Zhu, he suddenly grabbed him by the shoulder, “Supreme Master He, tell me if Bai Li Yuan Yu has fallen in the tribulation!”
He Zhu was shocked, "How did you know?" He imposed a ban in Bai Ze Zong to forbid anyone from talking about this. Where did Jing Meng Jun get the news from? !
Jing Meng Jun released his grip weakly. He turned around and stared at the main hall of the Shang Qing Palace, which had stood there for thousands of years, had now been reduced to nothing and broke into tears.
Now everyone who heard the news of Bai Li Yuan Yu’s fall could care less and all hurriedly came to comfort Jing Meng Jun.
"All cultivators know the chances of succumbing to their tribulation, there’s no need for Palace Lord to be this disheartened."
"Yes, yes."
"The main hall can always be rebuilt. If Palace Lord Jing doesn't have enough money, we can all pitch in to help."
"That’s right, that's right."
"Just now, the Heavenly lightning has struck more than sixty times. Your disciple endured that many strikes already proves how powerful he was. I don’t think any of our Righteous cultivators even endured more than sixty strikes!"
"Yes, yes… … wait! Our Righteous Path’s tribulation only contains thirty-one Heavenly lightning, where are these extra strikes coming from?!"
"Palace Lord Jing, your disciple turns out to be a Demonic cultivator?!!!"
Jing Meng Jun, who had just stopped crying under the condolence of the previous few people, couldn't stand the blow and sobbed again.
##
Ying Yuan Yu attempted to seize another body, but this time he wasn’t as lucky and could only reborn in an ordinary person’s body.
This body was naturally blind, deaf and couldn’t taste anything. His body ached all over along with being paralyzed from the waist down. He also had no strength in either of his arms. However, since he was born in a wealthy family, there were always a bunch of people around to help take care of his personal daily needs. The high self-esteemed Ying Yuan Yu couldn't handle the blow and couldn’t even commit suicide, so he could only lie on the bed in despair and pray for death.
