Stronger from Earth

Chapter 243 242: True Immortal Tribulation

Hou Zhaohua retreated for a long time, solidifying his foundation again and again. When there was no further progress to be made, he finally chose to break through and step into a higher level!

"True Immortal Realm, here I come!"

The thunderclouds were extraordinarily heavy, as if the heavens were collapsing, causing people to worry. Such heavenly majesty felt like an apocalypse, distinctly shocking to the heart.

Boom!

A sound roared throughout Immortal Martial Mountain as lightning exploded, a white bolt striking down suddenly upon Hou Zhaohua.

Hou Zhaohua confidently faced the celestial tribulation, the thunder ravaging his flesh body, constantly destroying and strengthening it. Rainbow-colored light gathered from the void, various attribute basic source power was drawn into his body, absorbed to strengthen himself.

At this moment, his perception of heaven and earth surpassed the past by tenfold, his body swallowed heaven and earth source particles like a black hole.

After the True Immortal refines and absorbs source power, it transforms into a unique attribute of immortal power, significantly enhancing physique, allowing the flesh body to dismantle cosmic battleships with ease, and travel through the star sea without fear of harsh cosmic environments.

One after another, bolts of lightning fell, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, seven colors and even more hues of the celestial tribulation descended, each lightning bolt mixed with various attributes of source power, thus displaying different colors.

Bathed in the celestial tribulation, Hou Zhaohua underwent the test of the tribulation, simultaneously absorbing the source power within the thunderbolts bit by bit, thus becoming a True Immortal!

After eighty-one heavenly tribulations descended, the thunderclouds quietly dispersed, and Hou Zhaohua floated in mid-air, feeling the power of space.

In the past, he was like a fish in water, unaware while within the space, but after experiencing the celestial tribulation and stepping into the True Immortal Domain, he suddenly discovered traces of space.

At this moment, he seemed like a fish leaping out of the water, seeing the existence of space, even able to touch it with his hand.

With eyes observing all things in heaven and earth, Hou Zhaohua gazed at the grass and trees, at this moment seeing the grass and trees as extremely small combinations of energy particles, smoothly observing the world from an energyization perspective.

True Immortal First Realm Grotto Void, he had already seen some mysteries.

"True Immortal, is this True Immortal? Just stepping into this domain, I feel stronger than before by several times!

The flesh body and primordial spirit are still swallowing source particles, transforming perhaps just five or six times stronger than before, yet perception, speed, and insight into heaven and earth have transformed.

Overall combat power is naturally terrifyingly strong."

From Celestial Immortal to True Immortal, the cultivator's transformation is comprehensive and intense, the gap far surpasses the transition from Divine Infant to Jade Platform.

On All Heavens Peak, Wu Zhutian strode out of the palace, looking at the advancement to True Immortal Realm of his second junior disciple Hou Zhaohua, and could not help but feel joy for him.

"With such diligent cultivation, aren't you competing with me? Even though I, the senior brother, have lesser talent compared to you, and entered earlier, it's only a matter of time before you surpass me.

It's been nearly a hundred years, and finally, you and I stand at the same realm; what you have been looking forward to is close at hand.

But we are siblings, and whether strong or weak, it's just a superficial difference; for Immortal Martial Mountain, it's another step forward.

Immortal Martial Mountain, now gains another True Immortal, master and three True Immortals as disciples, Master only over two hundred years old, must be proud to have two True Immortal disciples!"

Fairy Qingfeng stood alongside the path, watching Hou Zhaohua's joy with a smile, Hou Zhaohua looking always a bit lacking in steadiness, yet it was precisely such vigor, hot-bloodedness, and cheerful nature, that allowed him to advance boldly without breaking the stretched string, smoothly reaching today.

She laughed: "Our lineage can be lively now."

"This kid has finally reached this step."

He Fang sat at the mountain's peak, the aura from Creation Peak was powerful, but for him, an old True Immortal, just a step away from Void True Immortal as Super Star Position Star Lord, it really was nothing.

True Immortal Domain, the second disciple Hou Zhaohua was just a child learning to walk.

"Seems like I, He Fang, can host another True Immortal Grand Ceremony." The last time he hosted the True Immortal Grand Ceremony, it was ten years ago when the eldest disciple Wu Zhutian was promoted.

Wang Xuan swallowed heaven and earth essence qi and watched the second senior brother's advancement to True Immortal, pondering what gift to send, for a moment rather conflicted.

"I'll see what Chen Qingniu does then, I should have more than him." Since he was wealthy.

He recalled that Chen Qingniu seemed still in Hell Realm and had not returned, yet thinking he should be close, after such long training he was probably not far from breaking through to Second Realm of Earth Immortal.

Hou Zhaohua spent a full ten days continuously absorbing source power drifting between heaven and earth, his master He Fang had once assisted him, accelerating the transformation process of his flesh body and primordial spirit.

Ten days later, Hou Zhaohua finally stopped.

The first thing he did was pay respect to Master He Fang, the second was running to All Heavens Peak.

"Wu Zhutian, I, Hou Zhaohua, have also stepped into True Immortal Domain, within twenty years I will catch up and surpass you, becoming the strongest disciple of Master!"

Hou Zhaohua gleefully said, his greatest joy in cultivation was enhancing life's essence and combat power, being able to see higher heights. And the second was competing with Wu Zhutian; if he did not show off a bit, he felt particularly uncomfortable, as it was one of his rare pleasures.

Wu Zhutian snorted: "Twenty years? Your tone is quite big, even fifty years you'd better not think of exceeding me!"

But he knew, with Hou Zhaohua's speed of cultivation, twenty to thirty years would be enough, by then he would actually be inferior to this junior brother.

"I say twenty years, then twenty years, a day more and I'll jump off the cliff of your All Heavens Peak."

"Good if you fall to death!"

...

In mid-June 2519, Yuzhang City was extraordinarily hot, pedestrians on the streets were greatly reduced, unwilling to come out and opting to stay home and cool off.

Changsheng Group was operating vigorously, the building's temperature control system kept the indoor comfortable in the hot season and even generated profit.

In just half a year, Changsheng Group underwent another expansion, every employee felt honor working here as Changsheng Group truly lacked no money,

Half a year ago Wang Xuan bought tens of thousands of acres of idle land nearby, causing many companies to relocate and leave, subsequently forming a relatively closed base centered on Changsheng Group and the laboratory.

Whether in work environment or salary level, Changsheng Group's employees far surpassed those of other enterprises, a sense of superiority naturally arose, countless people squeezed to get into Changsheng Group, and they naturally felt deep pride.

Three months ago, several products from Changsheng Group entered the market, offering significantly greater utility compared to other products at the same price, directly seizing market share strongly, squeezing the survival space of other enterprise's products.

Everyone knew Changsheng Group would develop into a giant, like a latent dragon in the abyss, quickly soaring and transcending from a flood dragon into a dragon.

Months later Wang Xuan returned again, having been remotely managing Changsheng Group, he was well aware of the construction situation here, yet seeing it firsthand still made him feel quite accomplished.

He swaggered into the base, not using the Celestial Escape Jade, only using psychological hypnosis to guide the guards to enter.

Wang Xuan personally tested if a powerful cultivator wanted to break through defenses to enter if they would be discovered.

The results were somewhat disappointing for him, yet felt normal, as Changsheng Group still lacked enough experts, the strongest being Lin Cheng busy in the laboratory, who had already entered the Innate realm.

"Looks like a few more experts need to be arranged, and to purchase a better reconnaissance defense system, military-grade preferably."

Thinking these things, he had quietly infiltrated the core of the base, standing inside the laboratory, for an Earth Immortal to achieve these things was indeed easy.