Three great suns and one sun resembling a setting sun hung high, yet the sky was overcast with dark clouds—a scene that would only appear in a dream.
Everyone saw a patch of lightning scars on Shenbing Peak, yet a Mystic Radiance encircled a figure holding a hammer treasure, completely unharmed.
However, everyone still held their breath, realizing this was just the beginning.
“Since it’s a weapon Heavenly Tribulation for a quasi-Dao Artifact, why is Xiao Mo going through it too?”
Shangguan Wencang massaged his forehead. He truly deserved to eat that Longevity Pill last time.
Being Sect Master for Li Mo was like being in prison; he didn't know how many years it would shorten his life.
Du Wufeng pondered for a moment, then shook his head: “There are indeed precedents of weapon masters undergoing Heavenly Tribulation with their weapons, achieving a state of human-weapon unity, but I always feel he has more reasons than just that...”
“I’m familiar with freeloading on food, but what’s this operation of freeloading on Heavenly Tribulation?”
Qian Bufan couldn’t help but murmur.
Only Zhennan King Zhong Qin stared intently at the extra fourth sun, his fists clenched, knuckles white:
“Your Majesty’s time is running out...”
Woo—
Suddenly, a fierce wind and scorching heat surged, carrying dark flames that howled down like a swirling vortex that could strip flesh and bone, its Qi making people’s skin tighten.
“Wind and Fire Heavenly Tribulation!”
Shang Qinqing was the first to recognize this Heavenly Tribulation.
Li Mo on Shenbing Peak made no movement; a Glazed Light encircled his body, completely unshaken in the fierce wind.
After the Fourth Realm, with the blessing of the Eight Nine Arcane Art, the Indestructible Diamond’s duration was no longer a mere few breaths as in the past. This wind and fire, enough to level mountains, was merely a nuisance to him.
Eight Nine Arcane Art, Indestructible Diamond!
The hammer treasure was just like him, never wearing down.
After enduring the baptism of the wind demon, the hammer treasure vibrated twice, like a proud child.
Weapon spirits and their masters often share similar personalities, so it was quite reasonable for the hammer treasure to know the Fighting King Profound Meaning.
“There’s more?”
The Qingyuan Sect Elders present, still fluctuating between Inner Scenery and Outer Scenery, braced themselves and seriously observed this natural great power.
Inner Scenery is the process of using one’s inner world to verify the outer world.
Thunder and rain are all Heavenly Grace; for them, this was also a rare cultivation experience.
“The Eight Nine Arcane Art has progressed quite a bit again.”
Li Mo stood ready. Suddenly, a long river appeared in the Void Realm; this river had no substance, and every wave surged with ancientness and timelessness. It came from nowhere and went nowhere.
It was as if what surged within it was not water, but time itself.
“There’s no trickery to be used here.”
Li Mo examined himself, finding that none of his personal belongings could function.
But realizing what the Heavenly Tribulation was testing, he instead smiled freely, not dodging or avoiding, letting the illusory River of Time wash over him.
Of course, this was not a true River of Time and could not truly make time advance or reverse. It only targeted the inner world connected to the hammer treasure, but its power was still terrifyingly immense.
Instantly, his Qi and blood began to decline and decay, and his body, comparable to a Mystic Weapon, grew increasingly dim. A deep sense of despair enveloped him from all directions.
Stars revolved in his inner world, and seas turned into mulberry fields.
His Inner Scenery also began to dim with him; the rising sun moved towards dusk, finally becoming like a flickering candle in the wind.
“The Heavenly Tribulation for a quasi-Dao Artifact is truly terrifying; it’s no longer related to Realm.”
Qin Yuzhi’s mind throbbed faintly, as if she was seeing the scene she witnessed when she touched the threshold of the Eighth Realm, and some long-sealed memories broke through.
She suddenly seemed to remember something and asked Shang Qinqing beside her: “Isn’t Little Bing’er’s Inner Scenery related to time? Perhaps she would have a way; why isn’t she here?”
Shang Qinqing shook her head, indicating she also didn’t know.
But she felt that Ying Bing not being here had its own reason.
As his Inner Scenery became a flickering candle in the wind, Li Mo’s hair instantly turned white. Ordinary people might not be able to imagine the pain of hair turning from black in the morning to white by evening, but he had already grown old in the Tianhuang Domain.
His expression remained unchanged, without a hint of reluctance.
The flickering candle had only a trace of embers left, but even that last wisp stubbornly refused to extinguish. Each time it reached the brink of fading, it would spark anew, defiantly illuminating the gloom.
The rekindled power grew stronger and stronger each time, intensifying. It was not only enough to support the Eight Nine Arcane Art but even surpassed its past might!
Li Mo’s white hair turned black, and the brightness in his eyes, like the hammer treasure, remained unshaken.
Having walked through time, he was still a youth!
“It should be over.” Du Wufeng finally let out a sigh of relief.
He looked at the hammer, and the thought of being able to examine it closely soon made him unconsciously wipe the corners of his mouth.
Wind and fire undying, time unyielding.
In time, the ‘quasi’ in quasi-Dao Artifact could be removed.
“Even time cannot erase Li Mo’s Inner Scenery?”
The heavy stone in everyone else’s hearts dropped, yet they grew even more curious.
Time is like a knife; many Controlling Mystery Realm cultivators could not advance further and ultimately failed to withstand the test of time, unable to transcend.
The Fourth Realm, relying solely on an Inner Scenery... how?
Others had already begun to congratulate him, relieved that the Heavenly Tribulation was over.
“Luckily, I exchanged for the second volume of the Eight Nine Arcane Art...”
But Li Mo, feeling the Eight Nine Arcane Art advance further and step into the threshold of the second volume, never moved his feet.
He looked at the four suns.
That sun gave him a sense of familiarity, like the Blood God, yet not entirely it.
Li Mo didn’t know what hidden truth lay within, but the only thing he could confirm was... it wasn’t over yet!
“Hmm?”
Everyone on Qingyuan Sect also noticed something was amiss.
They followed the source of the strange feeling and saw that the fourth great sun had increasingly transformed into a gaze, carrying majesty and terrifying fury.
The sky-filling dark clouds were kneaded by an invisible giant hand into a mountain, within which surged multicolored lightning snakes, a pure intent of destruction.
Just by looking at it, the Sixth Realm cultivators present, even those who had condensed their Law Body, felt their scalps tingle.
Unavoidable, irresistible.
“What kind of Heavenly Tribulation is this?”
Someone asked in fear, but no one could provide an answer.
Even after consulting ancient texts, they had never seen a similar Heavenly Tribulation.
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Ying Bing slightly raised her face, gazing at the sky, seemingly making eye contact with some existence, her gentle tone imbued with determination:
“This Heavenly Tribulation does not conform to the Heavenly Dao.”
As her words fell, invisible chains instantly appeared in the Void Realm, pulling at the mountain of dark clouds and drawing away its power.
“This Heavenly Tribulation has weakened...”
Li Mo felt that the opponent only seemed terrifyingly suffocating, but in reality, it wasn’t as irresistible as it appeared.
Great effort creates miracles; fear might be the real defeat!
He exhaled a turbid breath, and his inner world appeared behind him. His body rose inch by inch.
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Li Mo raised his hammer to the sky, as if to cleave heaven and earth.
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The air seemed to be suddenly sucked away. What everyone saw last was the collision of the hammer and the mountain.
The latter first solidified, then violently flew backward.
It was like a giant cannonball that had been struck, and then exploded in mid-air into a sky full of clouds and mist.
Bang—
The fourth great sun had disappeared at some unknown point.
The sunlight from the three suns once again shone down, and streams of golden light poured down through the layers of clouds.