Chapter 170 The Tribulation of Becoming an Immortal
After settling matters with Liu Ruyan and Huo Qing, Han Wei left Huanshan Tower with Xu Lingyue and went to the Tai Shui Li Clan in the Void Realm. She took Xu Lingyue to meet her relatives.
The process of recognizing relatives was not complicated, just like how Han Wei and her third uncle could sense their blood relation the moment they met. As long as Xu Lingyue was brought before her parents, brothers, and sisters, they would know that this was their lost daughter.
The reason why the Li family of Taishui has not been able to find Xu Lingyue for so long is simple: distance and luck.
The myriad realms are unimaginably vast; even a single Void Realm is terrifyingly expansive. The reason they haven't found Xu Lingyue for so long is because of the sheer size of the world and a bit of bad luck. Although Xu Lingyue has been to the Void Realm, she has never encountered her blood relatives there, which is why they have been searching for her for so many years.
What followed was a natural progression: Xu Lingyue reunited with her family. Huo Qing and Liu Ruyan were now locked in a relationship, so Han Wei no longer needed to worry about the events of her past life recurring. She spent fifty years with the Taishui Li family. After fifty years, she left the Taishui Li family and returned to her secluded cave dwelling, intending to undergo tribulation and ascend to immortality.
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One hundred years later.
Deep within a primeval mountain range in the Void Realm, inside a cave shrouded by numerous restrictive barriers, Han Wei sat on a futon, holding a jade pendant in her hand. This pendant was given to her by Lu Qingheng. Holding it, she thought of the Heavenly Emperor; that bastard hadn't appeared before her for a long time.
Could he really have forgotten her?
Han Wei considered going to the Chess Saint Palace to find him, and even thought about using those three wishes to blackmail him into protecting her, but in the end she decided to bear the heavenly tribulation herself.
Han Wei put the jade pendant away and then entered a meditative state, adjusting her breathing. Streams of immortal energy surrounded her; she had now cultivated three thousand eight hundred and fifty-six streams of immortal energy. A holy light emanated from her body, illuminating the entire cave.
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Heavenly Court.
In the magnificent palace, a little boy with cat ears carried a large mirror. He ran barefoot to the Heavenly Emperor, carrying the mirror with him. Before the Heavenly Emperor were a chessboard and chess pieces, and he was playing a game against himself.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Han Wei is about to undergo her tribulation and become an immortal," Ling'er said.
"So what if she becomes an immortal? What's the big deal?" the Heavenly Emperor said.
“Although she has cultivated enough immortal energy to withstand the heavenly tribulation lightning, the inner demon tribulation is the most dangerous. What if she can’t withstand it?” Ling’er said.
The Heavenly Emperor sneered: "That woman has inner demons? Where would a heartless, selfish person like her get inner demons?"
The so-called inner demons are the obstacles one cannot overcome in one's own heart, and they are different for everyone. Most people are afraid of death, but for cultivators who have reached the Tribulation Transcending stage, the terrifying thing is not death itself, but rather other insurmountable obsessions, regrets, and so on.
After all, those guys who were truly afraid of death have already been eliminated in the previous stages.
"How could there be no inner demons?" Ling'er muttered.
The Heavenly Emperor suddenly remembered that Han Wei lost her parents when she was six years old. The death of her parents was probably something she could never get over in her life. And then there was her scumbag master, Xie Yun. She was so young then, and Xie Yun imprisoned her in a secret room, taking her blood every few days. Was she very scared and helpless at that time? Was that experience a shadow that would haunt her for the rest of her life?
Then he thought back to when he was her master, he had also forced her, and wondered what she was feeling at that time.
Thinking about it, I realized she might have quite a few inner demons.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, why don't you lend a hand? That way, she can pass the test smoothly," Ling'er said, looking at the Heavenly Emperor.
The Heavenly Emperor held a chess piece, his hand frozen in mid-air.
Should we help her?
She never asked me for help, so why should I help her?
Bai Li's physical body, which remained in the Chess Saint Palace, always had a wisp of his divine consciousness within it. He had been waiting for her in the Chess Saint Palace for so long, but she had never come to see him even once.
Three wishes? Has she forgotten?
He doesn't go to her, so she doesn't go to him either. Is that considered liking him? Is that considered deep affection? She says she considers him her husband, but she doesn't at all. Look, she's about to undergo tribulation to become an immortal, such a big event, and she hasn't said a word to him. She treats him like an outsider.
He's an outsider, why should he help her?
Her demise was her own affair.
"If she perishes, it proves that she was not strong enough. What does that have to do with me?" the Heavenly Emperor said.
Ling'er: "..."
The little boy glanced at the Heavenly Emperor, then suddenly threw the mirror in his hand, which floated in mid-air. He then transformed into an adorable calico cat and hopped away. Only his precious mirror remained, floating in mid-air, reflecting the cave where Han Wei was.
Han Wei in the mirror was surrounded by an ethereal aura; she was already in the zone.
The Heavenly Emperor placed a chess piece in his hand, but his mind was not on the chessboard. He couldn't help but glance at the mirror.
Above Han Wei's cave, tribulation clouds had already formed. These rolling clouds covered tens of thousands of miles and continued to expand. The celestial phenomena triggered by Han Wei's ascension to immortality were countless times more powerful than those of other cultivators in the tribulation stage.
This also means that her qualifications are more outstanding than others, but it also means that the tribulation lightning she attracts will be more terrifying.
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Rumble—
The first bolt of lightning destroyed Han Wei's entire cave dwelling, even though she had prepared by setting up layers of magical arrays around it. The lightning was terrifying; a horrific storm of thunder descended from the sky, the electric snakes incredibly thick, each bolt more powerful than the last.
Han Wei remained seated cross-legged on the futon, but her eyes were now open. Streams of celestial energy surrounded her, automatically protecting her from the heavenly tribulation lightning.
Rumble—
Lightning bolts struck relentlessly, each bolt carrying an aura of destruction, as if to obliterate Han Wei, this arrogant and ignorant cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage.
This wasn't Han Wei's first time undergoing tribulation; she had tried it in her previous life. In that life, she withstood all the heavenly lightning, but perished during her inner demon tribulation. Although this tribulation's lightning was even more terrifying than in her previous life, Han Wei was not afraid.
A cyan glow emanated from her body, and then a gigantic azure dragon appeared behind her, protecting Han Wei and fighting against the heavenly tribulation.
A deafening roar echoed through the heavens as terrifying lightning serpents and azure dragons clashed. Lightning crackled, azure clouds filled the sky, the void exploded, and various strange phenomena appeared, creating a scene of utter terror.
In the distance, many cultivators were stunned by the tribulation lightning. Who was this senior who was undergoing tribulation and ascending to immortality? The celestial phenomena it triggered were so terrifying.
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