Perfect World

Chapter 749: Chapter 749: Tribulation God Lotus
 

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The moonlight was like water, pure and warmly lustrous.

The lake was dazzling, like divine liquid and jade fluid, exuding a fragrance and giving rise to misty clouds.

“It’s effective, the vitality of the body has become stronger, capable of enhancing the life essence of the human body,” Shi Hao murmured to himself, this was his most direct feeling.

This was an Immortal Pond, containing Innate Essence and said to carry the aura of the Immortal Dao. For the Celestial Immortal Academy, it was one of the most precious places, second only to the Human Immortal Relics.

Of course, all the essence of the Immortal Dao was sealed at the bottom of the lake; it did not gush out suddenly but flowed like a gentle stream, nourishing the entire academy and making this place exceptional and spiritually vibrant.

There were also rumors that there was an Immortal Corpse fused with the dao underneath, transformed into a sweet spring, bubbling forth continuously. Even in death, a True Immortal does not decay but turns into the most primal spirit of immortality.

In the past, many had tried to capture the secrets of this lake, including Qi Daolin in his youth, but all returned without success.

“Good place. If I can approach the Tribulation God Lotus, I might truly be able to refine the Golden Bodhi Fruit here.”

Shi Hao sped up, entering the heart of the lake, and here everything was completely different. He suddenly entered a Minor Thousand World, amidst clouds billowing and divine light rolling in torrents.

Great arrays densely packed, Bone Text undulating, splendid, and crystalline – this place was extraordinary, forming a world of its own.

Even, there was lightning!

Shi Hao was surprised and wary, refusing to let go of the Black Metal Token in his hand, which he was convinced was an essential treasure that ensured safety, allowing one to approach the Tribulation God Lotus.

As expected, he passed through safely, and the life essence of this patch of lake water suddenly became more than tenfold concentrated!

“So powerful, it can be called a Divine Spring. If one is seriously injured, soaking here would likely lead to a quick recovery,” he noted.

Suddenly, he saw a figure, snow-white and crystalline. He hurriedly sank to the bottom of the lake, concealed all signs of vitality, and remained still in silence.

He hadn’t expected, aside from Yue Chan, that other people would frequent this place – clearly, a young woman practicing and bathing here.

The Celestial Immortal Academy was generous, allowing disciples of exceptional talent a chance to enter here for solitary cultivation every month, naturally staggering the timing to avoid meeting others.

This person was about to leave, gliding over the lake surface like a pristine mermaid, leaving behind a beautiful and breathtaking contour profile.

Shi Hao watched her depart, then slowly surfaced and continued towards the center. The fragrance grew stronger, invigorating and almost lifting him off his feet.

Moreover, the radiance at this place was dazzlingly bright, unbearably brilliant, blinding one’s eyes.

“Something’s not quite right!” Shi Hao furrowed his brow. In the depths of this Minor Thousand World, his Divine Sense was suppressed and could not probe far, meaning he couldn’t investigate as effectively.

Furthermore, when he took out his Dual Pupils, he found they were ineffective, too.

Streams of light overflowed, coalescing into rainbows that filled the void, interweaving, intoxicatingly gorgeous, and threaded with slashes of lightning, adding to the spectacle.

The area was vast, and with Divine Sense and the like being ineffective, if someone else did come by, they would likely only be noticed upon encounter.

Yue Chan was on the opposite side; under normal circumstances, she would not come this way. Shi Hao felt that an encounter wouldn’t be much to worry about.

“Eh, I’ve arrived!”

He felt a vibrant surge of life force, as if his whole being was floating upwards, a pure essence of the divine way, brimming with life energy.

Shi Hao looked ahead, stunned. The so-called Tribulation God Lotus was actually an ancient tree!

It was lush, its entire body golden and dazzling, the trunk mighty as a dragon, too thick for many people to embrace. It resembled a golden ancient dragon lying in wait, sprouting countless golden lotus leaves.

It could also be considered a lotus because, on closer examination, the robust ancient tree was a manifestation of the Divine Lotus’s roots grown thick and stout, just enormously magnificent.

It thrived here, impressively vast, filling a sizable area of the water.

Most shockingly of all were the surroundings filled with lightning, dense and tremendous, like silver, gold, and purple dragons wrapping around and guarding it.

The colors of the lightning varied, but each bore immense power!

This was the Tribulation God Lotus, different from what one might imagine, and even its displayed state was somewhat atypical.

“No wonder it is named so; indeed, it is undergoing tribulation, at every moment enveloped in lightning,” Shi Hao murmured to himself.

There are many legends about the Tribulation God Lotus.

It’s said that after the age of Immortal Ancient, this world changed, natural laws altered, and generally no life would encounter a Heavenly Calamity during their breakthroughs, except for the Tribulation God Lotus, which was an exception.

Of course, there are also a few unique cases, like the Demon Lord from Demon Island who tried to achieve eternal life but perished due to a failed tribulation.

Many giants have come seeking the secrets of this lotus.

A terrifying theory suggested that due to an accident, the Tribulation God Lotus bonded with the Heavenly Calamity and has been thriving in this era. In contrast, other creatures have been accumulating their tribulations, which will one day befall them all at once.

Supreme beings who glimpsed the heavenly secrets said that someday, when life attempts to advance or break through the barrier of life and death, a Heavenly Calamity will re-emerge. When that day comes, it will be a cataclysm.

Because all the lightning tribulations that have not been encountered thus far will descend together on that day – the combined magnitude is unfathomably terrifying.

Especially for the exceptional and prodigious ones, as they, more than others, would normally be prime candidates for a Heavenly Calamity, yet none have appeared throughout this era.

All these will accumulate until the future.

Of course, many will not live to see that day and will have long since passed away with the years before it arrives.

But once that day actually comes, it could spell a major disaster for both the prodigies and the ancient Sect Hierarchs!

“This thing holds great secrets; why are you the only one who can undergo tribulation now?” Shi Hao whispered.

He suddenly thought of the legacy of the Thunder Emperor and decided to re-examine it from the beginning and undergo lightning tribulation bodily refinement in a thunderstorm, seeking purification.

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“This is the true Immortal Pond!”

Shi Hao noticed that where the Tribulation God Lotus had taken root, there was an inner lake—a giant pool with glowing liquid flowing like golden lava, fiercely spurting out.

Such an ancient tree, rooted here, with its lush branches and intertwined lightning and golden light, obscured everything, making it impossible for Divine Sense to probe.

“Yue Chan is on the opposite side, and I am here, separated from each other, making it difficult to discover one another.”

Shi Hao cautiously approached the Divine Lotus, wanting to get close, to draw on the Divine Liquid, and even to pluck leaves from the Divine Lotus. However, he was disappointed to find that True Solution scripts densely surrounded the true Immortal Pond.

Even holding the Black Metal Token, he could not pass through and was barred from approaching the Divine Lotus; no one could get close.

Moreover, the closer one gets to it, the more deafening the thunder, as if thousands of troops and horses were charging, causing one’s blood to surge, such that an ordinary person would certainly faint.

Shi Hao concentrated, noticing that golden juice would occasionally flow out from the edge of the Immortal Pond, merging into the larger lake outside, causing Spiritual Energy to skyrocket, and Immortal Qi to fill the air.

This was the essence. Although he couldn’t enter the Immortal Pond, he could still get close and harvest this golden juice from the outside. Although it wasn’t ideal, it should suffice.

Because the juice possessed incredibly vigorous life activity, standing here, his body had transformed instantly, his bones crackling as if they were growing.

“Hmm, the Tribulation God Lotus is ripe and is about to dissolve entirely into the Immortal Pond. The current golden liquid is the result of its substance mixed with the treasure fluid of the Immortal Pond.”

Shi Hao saw clearly the nature of it; no wonder there were lightning flashes here, as the Divine Lotus’s life reached its peak.

He silently regulated his breathing, bringing himself to his peak condition, with Bone Text covering his body and vigorous blood energy. Then, he took out a fist-sized golden fruit.

“Hiss, these two things complement each other quite perfectly, somewhat like matching a gem with its proper setting.”

Shi Hao gasped in shock, greatly surprised, because upon close inspection, he found that the Golden Bodhi Fruit and the Tribulation God Lotus resonated vaguely, both golden and defiantly celestial, now connected in some way.

“Could it be that… these two things are meant to complement each other?” Shi Hao thought to himself.

Then, he calmed his mind and began to draw the golden juice trickling from the Immortal Pond. His body, like a bottomless pit, absorbed everything for storage.

If others were to see this, they would be stunned and incredulous. Although the juice was a priceless Divine Liquid, absorbing it so directly seemed like a reckless waste.

So much golden juice would be unbearable for any Venerable One and difficult to refine.

Because, even Celestial Gods coveted the Tribulation God Lotus, desiring to use it for breakthroughs, let alone a young person of Shi Hao’s level.

Indeed, before long, he felt tremendous pressure. His body inflated like a balloon, golden light filled the sky, and the breath of life was vast.

Furthermore, he had the feeling that he was about to enter the Enlightenment State.

“It has begun!” Shi Hao bit into the Golden Bodhi Fruit, carefully sipped a small mouthful, keeping it in his mouth for refinement.

In just an instant, his body was struck as if by lightning. Once the substance entered his body, it autonomously dissolved, rushing towards his limbs and bones, and aggressively assaulting his Divine Sense—domineering and unrivaled.

Splat!

Shi Hao coughed up blood on the spot, his bones broken and tendons snapped. The small sip he had taken could not be refined by him and had rushed into every part of his body, inflicting massive damage.

His expression changed; this stuff was indeed terrifying. For the human race, it was a deadly poison, containing terrifying powers capable of destroying one’s dao and was extremely horrific.

If it were another Venerable One, they would probably have exploded on the spot.

Even for Shi Hao, he felt as struck by lightning, many of his bones broken, enduring enormous pain.

It was unimaginable: just a portion of the juice from a fruit had such destructive power, specialized in killing powerful beings!

The essence absorbed from the Tribulation God Lotus and Immortal Pond finally took effect, rapidly repairing his body, reconnecting broken bones, and gradually restoring the fading life force.

“Boom!”

A mysterious natural law hammered into Shi Hao’s Primordial Spirit, clearly contained within the Golden Bodhi Fruit he had just swallowed, causing his dao heart to waver, and his Primordial Spirit almost to split.

“Seal!”

Shi Hao shouted, operating the Primal True Solution, intertwining the most ancient Bone Text, resisting this mysterious Rule Power.

This was truly a life-and-death ordeal. In just a moment, from his body to his Primordial Spirit, Shi Hao was almost torn apart, nearly dead.

One could say that someone in the Divine Fire Realm facing such tribulations would be undoubtfully dead, but he toughed it out.

“It’s working!”

Shi Hao was delighted. His body’s Magic Immunity became clearer, and most importantly, he felt a vigorous life force that would allow this ability to grow with him!

Afterward, he calmed down and, while drinking the golden juice from the Immortal Pond, carefully consumed a bit of the Golden Bodhi Fruit. By midnight, he had refined most of it.

But the process was too dangerous. Even with the protection of the Tribulation God Lotus, his body still exploded several times. The most violent time was comparable to disintegration, with limbs separated and shoulder blades blown away.

Another hour passed, and three-quarters of the Golden Bodhi Fruit had vanished!

“Eh, it seems like a mysterious order of ripples are spreading?” On the other side of the Immortal Pond, where the Tribulation God Lotus was, a girl with a body as white and pure as mutton-fat jade muttered to herself. She was incomparably beautiful, bathing in the Liquid Thunder, her body flawless.

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