novelraw Chapter 212 - 165: Imbued with Dragon Fortune, Ascending to the Ninth Realm, Dragon Gate
Chapter 212 - 165: Imbued with Dragon Fortune, Ascending to the Ninth Realm, Dragon Gate
The elixir melted the moment it entered his mouth, transforming into a ball of incomparably pure energy that rushed toward his Dantian.
[Blood Glutton Celestial Fall Scripture - Divine Sensing Chapter (Ninth Floor: 500,000/500,000)]
He breathed in and out, his entire body relaxing.
He was using the Black Tortoise Breathing Method, which he had cultivated to the Divinity Transformation Chapter.
Nature’s spiritual energy from the surrounding area gathered. A moment later, a strange change occurred in the Sea Gazing Acupoint on Lu Mingyuan’s forehead. The phantom of a Fiery Taotie emerged from between his brows and galloped rapidly around his body.
Arcs of thunder bloomed across the surface of his body like a downpour.
A deafening roar echoed from within Lu Mingyuan’s Acupoints. The Primordial Qi flowing through his meridians was like a great, surging river.
Suddenly, with a crackle of lightning, a pillar of light interweaving fire and thunder shot out from Lu Mingyuan’s Flesh Body, rocketing toward the sky.
It projected the phantom of a Celestial Gate Thunder Pool onto the gloomy canopy of the heavens.
The Dragon Gate appeared. The Breaking Realm process had officially begun.
BOOM!
Thunderclouds rolled and lightning crackled, a direct and overwhelming display of heavenly might.
The Celestial Dao is not benevolent; it treats all of creation as straw dogs.
Beneath the Thunder Tribulation, all living beings are equal.
A sense of unease and anxiety rose in Lu Mingyuan’s heart. This was a natural reaction for any living creature facing the might of the heavens, regardless of their Realm.
What was the purpose of Cultivation in the Lower Seven Realms? What about the Middle Fifth Grade? Lu Mingyuan had long pondered these questions, and the meaning of attaining the Dao.
Today, he had his answer.
The Lower Seven Realms were a process where living beings used the natural world to nourish themselves, building a foundation.
The Middle Fifth Grade was about verifying one’s Great Dao. During this process of being nourished by nature, a Cultivator needed to define their own path of the Dao.
The so-called bottlenecks and Thunder Tribulations were tests from the Celestial Dao, examining whether the Dao a Cultivator had condensed was worthy and if they were qualified to cultivate the Great Dao.
It was a transformation from one of the countless masses into a saint, cultivating to achieve Immortal Ascension, or being reborn as a Buddha.
Ordinary Martial Artists usually lacked this kind of contemplation. Scholars, Daoists, and vegetarian, mantra-chanting monks, on the other hand, would focus on Refining the Heart to understand their own Dao ahead of time.
As for the Integration of the Upper Three Grades, that was even more complex.
Lu Mingyuan felt his Dao was very simple.
It could be summarized by the principles: a calm heart and inaction, a Natural Dao Skill; seek nothing outside, and joy will come on its own.
Everything should be allowed to follow its natural course.
As is the Dao, so am I.
Lu Mingyuan closed his eyes and smiled faintly. An invisible breeze stirred around him, flowing toward the Dragon Gate.
A low rumble of thunder sounded as the wind and clouds surged dramatically. Thousands of feet high in the sky, a gray-black tribulation cloud arrived, blanketing the area for dozens of miles around.
Above the clouds were layers of heavens, with the Dragon Gate hanging high and golden carp swimming about.
The tribulation cloud produced numerous strange phenomena. From a distance, one could see the sky form a vortex, where lightning flared and thunder roared.
BOOM!
A blue pillar of lightning, as thick as three men, struck straight down.
Faint arcs of electricity appeared around Lu Mingyuan before being absorbed by his Flesh Body and converted into his foundation.
The next second, three bolts of silver-white lightning fell, transforming into silver serpents of electricity that struck down at Lu Mingyuan’s head. He felt no danger at all. He opened his nine thousand Acupoints, dispersing the Thunder’s power among them.
Bathed in the light of the Thunder Tribulation, his body’s Acupoints glittered like stars, their reflection exceptionally dazzling!
Lu Mingyuan felt no pain for the moment. He had blocked all the Thunder, feeling only a tickling, numbing sensation. Strands of mighty Dragon Transformation Primordial Qi were already brewing within him.
’Surprisingly... pleasant?’
These first two waves of lightning were unable to cause him any substantial harm. It was clear his Flesh Body had been refined to a terrifying degree, no less than that of a Ninth Realm Martial Artist.
As the third wave of the Thunder Tribulation brewed overhead, an understanding dawned in Lu Mingyuan’s heart.
’So my strength is already so much greater than that of an ordinary Sea-Viewing Martial Artist. This Thunder Tribulation is like being tickled. If it were a typical Sea-Viewing Martial Artist, their skin would probably be split and their flesh torn by now.’
BOOM!
Soon, several more bolts of Thunder fell. They were extremely thick and pulsed with a dark, violet light.
Amidst the thunder, Lu Mingyuan remained unharmed.
This time, everything around him was utterly destroyed, leaving behind a deep crater. Only the spot where Lu Mingyuan stood remained, conspicuously raised.
Tiny arcs of electricity flickered all over Lu Mingyuan’s body.
He sensed that his Flesh Body had begun to transform. The Thunder Power from the tribulation had merged into his skin and flesh, and his circulating Primordial Qi now carried a hint of lightning.
The Celestial Dao had bestowed upon him the Attribute of Thunder.
In the vortex above, however, the thunder continued to rumble, and the shapes of various ferocious beasts began to appear.
This made Lu Mingyuan’s eyelid twitch.
’They have more tricks up their sleeve?’
This time, the tribulation cloud sent down numerous bolts of red Thunder, which transformed into Sharp-beaked Red Flame Profound Birds that charged down, attempting to devour Lu Mingyuan.
Lu Mingyuan hesitated for a moment, then achieved Unity of Heart and Spirit and braced himself to endure the Thunder Tribulation head-on.
He then sank into a profound state. Wisps of Thunder flowed across his skin, as if his entire body were covered in the scales of a Thunder Qilin.
After this wave of lightning passed, a Divine Fire Seed appeared in his Dantian Acupoints, representing the Flame Attribute.
To his delight, Lu Mingyuan discovered that after this tribulation, the Dragon Gate in the sky had opened wide.
This meant he could officially begin to cross the Dragon Gate.
Without delay, he shot up from the ground and charged toward the Dragon Gate.
At that moment, the air rippled with distortion.
Beyond the thirty-three layers of heaven, high in the firmament, a pair of invisible eyes was watching everything unfold from the great unknown.
A man with dragon horns had a bead hovering in his palm. The sky was incredibly dark, and he couldn’t help but narrow his eyes.
"Eighth, what is it?"
A gruff voice asked from the side.
"A prodigy from the Human Race is actually undergoing their Dragon Tribulation in this Grotto Heaven. The commotion is huge."
"Who is this person?"
The dragon-horned man said coolly, "I’m not sure. I don’t recognize him. I only know that the momentum of his Dragon Tribulation is immense, comparable to an Immortal Tribulation. It’s unheard of. I’m afraid he will surely become a formidable enemy in the future."