Chapter 23: Spiritual Root Transforms into Form

  But just as Wújí was about to take drastic measures to subdue the troublemakers, he was stopped by a shout from his senior brother Xuándōu: "Brother, lend a hand! They are all disciples of our original master and Master Tōngtiān; we cannot overstep."

  Wuji is still quite respectful to Xuan Dou, after all, when Wuji was just starting to cultivate, Xuan Dou often went back to the tribe to visit his mother and told her about his situation to alleviate her worry for him. Before she passed away, she also reminded Wuji to be more respectful to Xuan Dou, like an elder brother.

  Wuji stopped immediately after hearing Xuan Dou's shout, and then bowed to Xuan Dou, saying: "Greetings, senior brother. Your current cultivation should have broken through the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, but you've left me, your junior brother, far behind."

  "Much respect, junior brother. I'm well aware of my own abilities, but compared to yours, I'm far inferior. Master has told me about your situation, so don't be modest and belittle yourself." Xuan Du replied after hearing Wu Ji's courtesy and self-deprecating words.

  The two brothers chatted for a while about family matters, and then Xuan Du introduced the two Taoist priests who came with him to Wuji. Pointing to an elderly-looking Taoist priest, he said, "This is Yuan Deng Dao You, a fellow disciple of my original master." He also introduced another slightly chubby Taoist priest, saying, "This is Duo Bao Dao Ren, the eldest disciple of Tong Tian Shifu."

  Wuji told the three of them about the whole story after chatting with Rulai and Duobao for a while. Rulai and Duobao also told Wuji about these people's identities, it turned out that they were not actually disciples of Shengren, but just eavesdropped on Shengren's lectures and pretended to be his disciples. Shengren didn't mind and mistakenly acknowledged their identities.

  Then, Randeng Dao Ren and Duobao Dao Ren took away those troublemakers one after another, and will hand them over to the Saint for disposal after the Saint leaves the pass.

  Xuantu and Wujie, two brothers of the same sect, bid each other farewell after a brief conversation. Wujie once again set up the Five Elements Great Array that was evolving in the Wujie Boundary outside the mountain valley. Through this array, Wujie's understanding of the Five Elements Great Array rose to another level.

  Wuji then resumed his usual way of life, first seeing the mountain valley's pockmarked ground, filling in some pits and transplanting some vegetation and spiritual roots. In just a few months, the small valley had regained its former vitality.

  This time, the ruined bamboo building was not repaired, but instead began to live in the open air. During the day, when tired from cultivating, Wuji would rest and sleep under the four trees that had been cultivated for nearly eight or nine thousand years: a maple tree, a willow tree, a green bamboo, and a green pine. The four spiritual roots on the side had long since become enlightened, with the maple tree shielding Wuji from the wind and rain, the willow tree's leaves gently caressing Wuji, the green bamboo emitting a gentle breeze like a flute melody, and the green pine using its own pinecones to massage Wuji.

  The life of Wuji was spent in such enjoyment, and it has been nearly 10,000 years since Wuji closed the door to reflect. On this day, the originally clear sky suddenly became overcast with dark clouds, and the spiritual energy around him was frantically pouring into the small valley where Wuji was located, or rather, being absorbed by the four post-heavenly spiritual roots beside Wuji. As the four spiritual roots absorbed more and more spiritual energy, the thunderclouds in the sky also gathered more and more, completely covering the small valley.

  The original demon clan transformation was only a threefold heavenly tribulation, the spiritual root transformation requirements were stricter than those of ordinary demons, and the power of the transformation tribulation thunder was stronger. However, it wouldn't have such power, but the problem is that at this time, four spiritual roots are transformed together, and the power of the heavenly tribulation will be superimposed on each other. At this time, the heavenly thunder that falls will no longer be a threefold heavenly tribulation, but a 99th, 81st heavenly tribulation.

  At this time, the four spiritual roots had not yet taken shape and could not move. They could only silently endure the power of the heavenly tribulation. When Wuji saw that the four spiritual roots that he had spent nearly ten thousand years cultivating were about to be struck dead by the sixth tribulation thunder, he instantly appeared above the four spiritual roots and used his body to block the heavenly thunder.

  The tribulation thunder in the sky seemed to have a consciousness, appearing above the four spiritual roots without warning and blocking the tribulation thunder. This cloud of thunder immediately absorbed the spiritual energy from thousands of miles around, then released five attributes of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth tribulation thunder. However, this time the target of the tribulation thunder changed, no longer attacking the already dying four spiritual roots but instead attacking Wuji.

  Wuji's body stood upright, waiting for the arrival of the heavenly thunder, it turned out that Wuji was preparing to use the heavenly thunder to refine his body.

  Only to see various attribute attacks of gold, wood, water, fire and earth slashing on Wuji's body. Wuji rotated the Nine Turns of Xuan Yuan Decision, and a thread of heavenly thunder from Jie Lei was absorbed by the purple Tianyan at Wuji's forehead. The five elements' origin was swallowed by the world's origin in Wuji's boundary, and the remaining spiritual energy transformed into Chaos Power during the rotation of the Nine Turns of Xuan Yuan Decision.

  The calamity lightning was like being enraged, its own calamity lightning actually made others so oblivious, and it rolled even more violently, pulling together the spiritual energy of tens of thousands of miles to gather together, and a spiritual whirlwind swept across the entire Kunlun Mountains.

  The sudden change in the Kunlun Mountains naturally shocked the Three Pure Ones and their disciples who lived there. Previously, when the thunderbolt was gathering, they thought it was just a certain demon clan undergoing a heavenly tribulation, but they didn't expect that someone would dare to undergo a tribulation on Wuji's territory. Now, everyone has a fresh memory of Wuji and deeply feels the powerful strength of being able to completely defeat a peerless Taiyi Golden Immortal.

  When the 99th and 81st transformations of the Heavenly Tribulation occurred, this strange phenomenon had already startled the Three Pure Ones who were in seclusion. The Three Pure Ones silently calculated the heavenly mechanism and knew that the postnatal spiritual roots with earth, wind, water, and fire attributes were growing together, and today they would cross the tribulation together. The power of the Heavenly Tribulation surged violently. The Three Pure Ones had been in seclusion for nearly 10,000 years, so they decided to come out once and take a look at their disciple's cultivation. In an instant, the Three Pure Ones appeared on the edge of the mountain valley.

  At this time, Wújí flew to the top of the four spiritual roots and refined his body with the power of the Heavenly Tribulation. The Three Pure Ones naturally felt that Wújí's courage was great, and when they saw him completely withstand dozens of Heavenly Tribulations on his own, the Primordial Saint and Tongtian had to praise themselves for taking in a good disciple.

  Wuji easily passed the 49th Tribulation of Heaven, and the angel also pulled out more spiritual energy. The condensed time was longer, and the power was naturally stronger. With the tribulation thunder being ten times stronger than before, Wuji had to use the Nine Turns of the Mysterious Origin Technique during the time he was gathering the tribulation thunder to repair his damaged body. At this point, Wuji no longer had any image, purely like a wild man.

  At the time of Wuji's hard work in the 63rd, 64th...72nd...79th and 80th calamities of thunder, the calamity thunder between heaven and earth suddenly disappeared, and a purple thunderbolt with only finger thickness condensed in the air above and split towards Wuji.

  The Three Pure Ones were shocked to see the purple tribulation thunder, which could easily injure a saint if not careful. The Purple Thunderbolt was now striking Yuanyu, and the Three Pure Ones wanted to rescue him but didn't have the speed to rush over in time, so they could only watch as Yuanyu was struck by the Purple Thunderbolt.