NOVEL WEB Ch. 67
Chapter 67: Heavenly Tribulation Descends, Primordial Yang Achieved!
Lin Yi once suspected he might have been hallucinating.
That morning, they had massacred their way through the Nalan Family, and after a short rest in the afternoon, Gu Fan had suddenly broken through several minor realms in rapid succession.
That, in itself, was already nothing new—after all, it wasn’t the first time.
There had been plenty of instances before where Gu Fan would ascend multiple realms overnight.
But only a few hours had passed this time, and this guy was already claiming he was about to break through to the Primordial Yang Realm.
"Wait, Brother Gu, you're not joking, are you?"
"I clearly remember that just yesterday we were both at the sixth layer of the Spirit Sea Realm, and now, after only a single day, you're telling me you're advancing to the Primordial Yang Realm?"
Gu Fan looked at Lin Yi’s forced smile and found it quite amusing.
"Lin Yi, you’re an absolute genius, truly. But don’t compare yourself to me. I’m… different."
"Different how?"
"Sigh, your big brother here is using cheats, understand? You’re a genius among ordinary cultivators, but I’m cheating. You can’t compare."
Lin Yi looked dumbfounded, still not understanding.
"What’s a cheat? I want one too."
"Cheats are things that come by chance. You can’t force them."
After saying that, Gu Fan continued flying toward the distant mountain range.
"I'm off to break through to Primordial Yang. Don’t follow me. Just keep watch over the Gu Residence. I’m worried someone might try something desperate."
The main reason, in fact, was that there were simply too many living souls—over two hundred thousand of them.
It would be hard to explain if Lin Yi saw it.
Besides, the ancient method recorded by the sect only required fifteen thousand living souls to build a proper foundation.
Gu Fan’s extravagant approach would be too much of a blow to others.
After hearing that, Lin Yi didn’t follow. He merely muttered to himself on the way back to the Gu Residence.
"What’s a cheat? I must ask Master when I return. I need one too. Otherwise, how will I ever catch up with Brother Gu's pace!"
Sadly, Gu Fan didn’t know that his casual joke had been taken seriously by Lin Yi.
Otherwise, just imagining the dumbfounded expression on Elder Zhu Yang’s face in the future would have made him laugh until his stomach hurt.
He flew quickly.
In the blink of an eye, Gu Fan arrived at an uninhabited mountain range several dozen li outside Huiyun City.
This place was far from any settlement, so he didn’t have to worry about the commotion from his breakthrough drawing attention.
He sat down cross-legged and patted his storage pouch.
A small bronze-cast jar appeared in front of him.
"The Spirit-Sealing Jar contains over two hundred thousand living souls. With this, igniting the Three Treasures Flame once again—just how far can my strength go?"
Gu Fan was filled with anticipation.
Without delay, he opened the Spirit-Sealing Jar.
In the next instant, countless living souls flew out!
"Trying to escape?"
Gu Fan took a deep breath, and instantly, countless living souls were sucked into his mouth.
At the same time, the Soul Devouring Technique began operating frantically.
With the endless stream of living souls, an immense amount of energy was being compressed inside Gu Fan’s body.
Soon, following the ancient method recorded by the sect, he directed all that energy to converge in his lower dantian.
"The first stage: Refine the essence into the lower dantian!"
At this moment, countless spiritual energy surged and compressed in his lower abdomen. It felt like a sealed chamber filled with combustible gas, just waiting for a spark to ignite the whole thing!
He didn’t know how much time had passed, but Gu Fan estimated he had already forcibly stuffed fifty thousand living souls into his lower dantian.
At this point, he could feel a faint pain in his abdomen—clear warning that he couldn’t continue any further.
Just then, Gu Fan focused his mind and activated the ancient method.
It was as if a spark had dropped into his lower dantian.
With a loud boom, Gu Fan vomited blood violently.
An intense pain spread throughout his body.
He quickly turned his senses inward and saw a divine flame rising from his lower dantian!
"It worked! But this backlash is seriously too much…"
Gu Fan couldn’t help but complain.
He was sure that the creator of this ancient method was no longer around—otherwise, they’d surely be infuriated.
The method had only recommended five thousand living souls, but Gu Fan had used ten times that amount. It was a miracle he wasn’t gravely injured.
Fortunately, Gu Fan had already broken through to the fourth layer of the Refined Fiend Body Art.
Otherwise, an ordinary cultivator would have been dead from that alone!
Gu Fan, however, was unaware of this. After sensing that his injuries were still within a bearable range, he immediately began charging toward the Middle Dantian Essence.
With the experience from the first stage, his speed this time was even faster.
In the span of just one incense stick, nearly seventy thousand living souls’ spiritual energy had already been infused into his Middle Dantian.
The moment that familiar bloated pain arose, Gu Fan repeated the method.
With a loud boom and a spurt of blood, the divine flame in the Middle Dantian was successfully ignited.
"Only the final Upper Dantian Spirit remains. One final push!"
This time, Gu Fan swallowed nearly one hundred thousand living souls.
He activated the ancient method—boom!
After vomiting several mouthfuls of blood in succession, the Three Treasures Flame ignited!
From here on, as long as Gu Fan kept ‘feeding the fire’, the three divine flames would only burn stronger.
Once he reached the peak of the Primordial Yang Realm, he could then merge the three fires into one, forming the True Yang!
At this moment, Gu Fan was in an exceptionally good mood.
Ever since he embarked on the path of cultivation, stepping into the Primordial Yang Realm at last marked his entry into true power.
At this realm, as long as one didn’t provoke powerful enemies and kept a low profile, one could live quite freely and comfortably!
Unfortunately, just as Gu Fan was reveling in his success, a powerful aura locked onto him!
Next, black clouds pressed down from the sky, covering even the bright moon.
Terrifying powers began converging from all directions!
Gu Fan’s expression grew solemn. He more or less knew what was coming.
"I just broke into the Primordial Yang Realm and a Heavenly Tribulation’s already here? Isn’t this a bit outrageous!"
Heavenly Tribulations were usually reserved as special effects for big shots advancing to higher realms.
They typically only occurred when advancing to the Three Blossoms Realm.
Of course, there was also the theory that they could appear when extremely heaven-defying geniuses or those guilty of great sins broke through.
Gu Fan had no idea which category he fell into.
In a way, using two hundred thousand living souls to break through was definitely a great sin.
But those living souls didn’t belong to this world, and his speed of advancement was indeed beyond heaven-defying. If that qualified as an extremely heaven-defying genius… then he more or less fit.
The tribulation clouds gathered quickly. In the blink of an eye, a lightning pillar as thick as an arm crashed down and struck Gu Fan directly!
"Hiss… gotta admit, that’s quite a punch!"
Just as he finished speaking, another bolt struck.
Gu Fan activated the Refined Fiend Body Art, enduring the lightning strikes while absorbing the surrounding stray thunder energy for cultivation.
By the time the third strike hit, the fourth bolt had already thickened to the size of a bucket!
At this point, Gu Fan could no longer take it lightly. He began using all his techniques for defense.
And so it continued until the seventh strike. At this point, the lightning no longer retained its original form.
He saw the lightning in the sky constantly morph until it finally turned into a massive beast charging down at him.
This strike sent Gu Fan flying several hundred meters.
His entire body was pitch black!
"Damn, that’s intense!"
Before he could rest, the eighth bolt of lightning appeared—this time in the form of a lightning-speed Golden-Winged Roc!
Gu Fan barely withstood the attack, and half of his body was nearly carbonized!
At that moment, the ninth bolt appeared!
He saw a Thunder Dragon slowly emerge, then charge straight at him!
"Green Lotus Phenomenon!"
No choice—if he didn’t use his trump card now, he’d be toast!
Gu Fan shouted loudly, and his power instantly surged tenfold!
Then he raised his fist and punched toward the Thunder Dragon!
A massive explosion followed, collapsing half the mountain range, while all the trees struck by lightning were charred black.
Once the dust settled, Gu Fan lay motionless on the ground, completely scorched.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
"Damn it, I finally did it!"