studiobondurri Chapter 850: Karmic Tribulation
Chapter 850: Karmic Tribulation
Chapter 850: Chapter 850: Karmic Tribulation The Supreme Emperor asked very calmly.
Sikong Jiu’s excited words came to an abrupt halt, and his eyes gradually became shrouded in terror.
Yes.
Without the guidance of Samsara Sea, where would the countless souls, and the souls of those who die in the future, go?
Sikong Jiu could not provide an answer.
Perhaps, the souls would remain like puppets without directives at the place of death, naturally dissipating over time.
Perhaps, they would be captured by malicious cultivators with ulterior motives.
Then.
The Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Domain would gradually rot and collapse.
Sikong Jiu always believed that the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Domain was like the roots and trunk of a towering giant tree.
And his kind of small star’s will of the Heavenly Dao was just insignificant leaves on the towering giant tree.
The disappearance of Samsara Sea meant that the tree roots would no longer be intact, and countless pests would begin to wreak havoc from the decaying roots.
Leaves can fall.
Branches can also break.
The trunk is not that important.
But the roots.
Absolutely cannot have any problems.
Once the roots have problems, the giant tree will slowly decay, and the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Domain will gradually unravel.
...
Sikong Jiu’s face was dazed, his eyes filled with terror.
He shares a common destiny with the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Domain, and if the Heavenly Dao encounters problems, then his fate will not fare much better.
"You have the Chaos Three-leaf Clover, at worst you can reshape your body," Xu Lai said indifferently.
"Oh, right!"
Sikong Jiu slowly ’came back to life’.
He had nurtured the Chaos Three-leaf Clover on Earth, though using it to reshape the body was technically challenging.
But he had prepared for dozens of epochs, and already had several mature plans in place.
"Have you noticed it?" Xu Lai nodded.
"What?"
Sikong Jiu was puzzled.
Xu Lai lifted his chin, indicating those souls stranded in space unable to enter the Samsara Sea.
"What about the souls," Sikong Jiu asked blankly.
"The souls have not stopped moving."
"Hmm?"
Only then did Sikong Jiu realize something seemed amiss.
The souls of the dead were supposed to be drawn by the Heavenly Dao Laws transformed into the Samsara Sea to drift here from every corner.
But they shouldn’t be moving further, they should be stagnant here.
The current movement implies something else is attracting them...
"What is it?" Sikong Jiu’s expression grew heavy.
"It definitely isn’t the branch of the Samsara Sea."
"..."
Sikong Jiu was at a loss.
Somewhat frustrated, he said, "My Supreme Emperor, why are you still joking at a time like this."
"If I don’t laugh now, I won’t be able to smile later."
Xu Lai rubbed his somewhat stiff face hard: "Send a wisp of your divine sense back to Earth, and you’ll know."
Sikong Jiu didn’t know what was happening, but did as the Supreme Emperor instructed.
One breath.
Ten breaths.
A hundred breaths.
Sikong Jiu gritted his teeth, spitting out one word at a time: "Realm... Gate!"
There are three connecting gates leading to The Other Shore in the Immortal Domain, called Realm Gates.
One was taken away by the second life of Great Emperor Youming, presumably into the Samsara Sea.
One was retrieved from the depths of the Boundless Sea in the Southern Immortal Domain by Xu Lai to the Heavenly Court.
One is on Earth.
Sikong Jiu discovered.
The souls of the dead on Earth no longer drift towards the Immortal Domain, but towards the Realm Gate submerged in the vast ocean.
Not just from Earth.
The Moon, other stars in the Solar System, even the entire Milky Way, and the entire Eastern Immortal Domain’s souls of the dead are drifting towards Earth.
The Realm Gate.
Is devouring souls.
Xu Lai said softly, "The Heavenly Court also has a large number of souls drifting there; this is the true purpose of Great Emperor Tiangui."
"To bring the Empire Death Era early?!"
Sikong Jiu trembled with anger: "He has such a ruthless heart; seeking Immortality and eternal life has truly driven him mad!"
Forcibly cutting off the Samsara Sea of life and death in the Immortal Domain, using the Realm Gate to devour the souls of the dead, the blood energy may indeed not be much.
But.
It withstands the sheer quantity.
The number of living beings dying daily in the Immortal Domain is beyond any possibility of calculation.
Great Emperor Tiangui not only wants to destroy a part of the Heavenly Dao Laws but also seeks to ruin the entire Immortal Domain.
"The Supreme Emperor, the Realm Gate in the Heavenly Court’s treasury is faintly glowing, attracting a large number of living souls,"
Baize, the Divine General, said solemnly, "Should we activate the formation to exterminate them."
If the formation is not activated, the souls will be devoured by the Realm Gate, causing the Empire Death Era to arrive early.
Activating the formation to extinguish approaching souls is equivalent to severing the cycle of life and death for the souls with one’s own hands.
This.
Is a great karmic consequence.
And not just one or two.
"..."
Xu Lai closed his eyes.
Baize fell silent, knowing the Supreme Emperor was contemplating.
Sikong Jiu’s eyes were blood-red: "Supreme Emperor! Think of a way to store the souls of the dead somewhere, wait for the Samsara Sea to appear and then..."
He didn’t finish the sentence and lowered his head with resignation, knowing it wasn’t feasible.
The prolonged existence of a large number of souls would disrupt the balance of the Heavenly Dao Laws, accelerating the collapse of the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Domain.
This is a dead end.
One that Great Emperor Tiangui had long arranged, forcing Xu Lai to jump into it despite knowing the danger.
"Ha."
Suddenly, Xu Lai laughed.
The laughter carried a sense of relief: "Someone has to be the villain; it’s just karma; I’ll bear it, Xu Qingfeng."
With those words.
Terrorizing auras awoke in both the Heavenly Court and Earth, as countless stars scattered, instantly forming two formations filled with a monstrous killing intent.
Both formations shared the same name.
It is.
Zhoutian Star Fighting Formation!
As the two formations awakened, countless souls approaching the formations instantly turned into nothingness.
"Boom!"
Tribulation clouds appeared above Xu Lai’s head, rolling with thunder inside.
And as time went on, the tribulation clouds continued to expand, and the aura of the tribulation thunder inside grew crazily.
"Karmic Tribulation!"
Sikong Jiu bit down hard on his lip, a trace of blood seeping out.
Heavenly tribulation comes in three forms.
One is the tribulation that cultivators undergo, which is the most common.
Another is the tribulation of obsession, heart demon tribulation, stemming from the cultivator’s own reasons, overcoming which brings great fortune.
The third is triggered by the rules of heaven and earth, involving life and death, known as the Great Tribulations of Heaven and Earth like Karmic Tribulation and Reincarnation Tribulation.
Among the three kinds of heavenly tribulation, the third is the most perilous.
Due to the Supreme Emperor’s boundary, his Karmic Tribulation will be countless times stronger than an ordinary cultivator’s Karmic Tribulation.
"Supreme Emperor."
Baize struggled to still her trembling voice: "Why go through this trouble, it’s just that the Empire Death Era comes early..."
"Why should the souls of my Immortal Domain feed the gate to The Other Shore?"
Xu Lai interrupted Baize, calmly saying, "If I kill them, there’s still karma to settle. If they’re devoured, there’s nothing left."
Baize fell silent.
Xu Lai looked up, gazing at the tribulation clouds above, and after a brief moment, lowered his gaze: "I’ll bear the tribulation alone, don’t do anything foolish."
This "you."
Included Baize, Taotie, and other Divine Generals.
Xu Lai’s Divine Sense perceived that Baize and the others intended to set up another formation outside the Zhoutian Star Fighting Formation to prevent all karma from falling solely on him.
"Let’s go home."