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Chapter 301: This Child Must Not Be Allowed to Live!
"Where did this tribulation cloud come from?"
"Within the ancestral land, no one is allowed to undergo tribulation! Who's so bold as to choose this moment to break through?"
"Look carefully, could this be… Xiao Fan's Heavenly Tribulation?!"
Within the Spirit Clan, the crowd erupted into discussion, every face wearing an expression as if they had seen a ghost.
This was simply too unbelievable.
How old was Xiao Fan, after all?
One had to remember that even someone as heaven-defying and monstrously talented as Xiao Chen had only passed the Life and Death Tribulation a few years ago. Even now, he had merely cultivated to the mid-stage of the Life and Death Realm.
But Xiao Fan?
When he was young, his Immortal Marrow had been forcibly extracted, and all the foundations he had previously built were completely destroyed. It was no different from starting over as a crippled body, embarking on the path of cultivation from scratch.
And yet, this mere "crippled body" had, in just a few short years, caught up again and was now about to undergo the Life and Death Tribulation.
It was utterly baffling.
For a moment, many people began to wonder, if Xiao Chen's Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Eyes had been dug out back then and given to Xiao Fan instead, wouldn't the miracles Xiao Fan could create be even more terrifying than Xiao Chen's?
"Retreat, quickly! The Heavenly Tribulation is about to take shape—don't get caught in it!" Someone shouted loudly.
In reality, there was no need for him to say anything. Every member of the Spirit Clan was already retreating, especially the Grand Elder, who fled a thousand miles away at the very first moment.
He was different from the others. If ordinary people were swept into the tribulation, it would at most slightly increase the power of the Heavenly Tribulation.
But if he were to be affected, then that Life and Death Tribulation would turn into a Saint Tribulation.
For someone like him, who had already experienced a Saint Tribulation once, the thought of going through it again was utterly unbearable.
After all, surviving it once didn't mean he would survive it a second time.
Boom—!
Not long after the Spirit Clan members retreated, a deafening explosion rang out. The massive ancient Spirit Clan star itself seemed to tremble as a blood-red lightning bolt tore down from beyond the nine heavens.
Thunder roared, lightning filled the sky, and a sea of tribulation lightning spread across a hundred miles, its reflection casting uncertain shadows across everyone's faces.
"Blood-colored lightning!"
"This is… the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation!"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! A mere crippled body, what right does it have to draw down the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation?!"
Within the Spirit Clan, many people roared in disbelief, unwilling to accept what they were seeing.
The number of tribulation stages was never random.
As the saying goes—
The Heavenly Dao is supremely just.
This referred precisely to this principle.
For every cultivator undergoing tribulation, the Heavenly Tribulation bestowed by the Dao is based entirely on that cultivator's strength. In other words, if the Heavenly Dao sends down the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation, it is because it believes you are capable of surviving it.
Failing to pass it simply means your own performance was lacking.
Now, Xiao Fan's tribulation was also the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation.
There was no doubt about it: his strength had been acknowledged by the Heavenly Dao. It judged him to be a peerless genius with terrifying potential, and thus lowered the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation to test him.
This scene was undoubtedly a slap across the faces of everyone in the Spirit Clan.
Even after having his Immortal Marrow extracted, he could still draw down the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation, then what if he had never lost it?
One had to remember that even Xiao Chen, who possessed both the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Eyes and the Immortal Body, had only faced the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation.
"This child must not be allowed to live!" An elder of the Spirit Clan spoke coldly.
His gaze swept across the surroundings, trying to locate the young man in green who had just helped Xiao Fan. Yet what puzzled him was that the young man—who had been standing beside Xiao Fan only moments ago—had vanished in the blink of an eye.
It was as if he had never appeared at all.
"A concealment technique with some real skill to it," the elder snorted, not pursuing the matter further.
After all, he was merely at the Divine Palace Realm. Given the current situation, the greatest threat to them was Xiao Fan. As long as Xiao Fan could be killed, everything else could be set aside for the time being.
Boom—rumble—!
Lightning poured down, submerging countless buildings. It spread like an endless ocean, boundless and vast. Many Spirit Clan members continued to retreat backward, staring at the Heavenly Tribulation that covered an area of several hundred miles.
Every one of them felt their heart pounding.
Once this Heavenly Tribulation was over, the Spirit Clan would likely suffer devastating losses.
The ocean of lightning was terrifying to the extreme. Any random arc of electricity was enough to reduce a massive palace to ashes. Only those buildings protected by powerful formations could barely withstand it for a short while.
At this moment, no one knew how many Spirit Clan members were regretting that they hadn't set up strong defensive formations throughout the clan's territory.
Otherwise, today's losses could have been greatly reduced.
Boom!
An even more terrifying sea of lightning crashed down. The thunderous sound was so immense that the eardrums of some weaker cultivators throbbed with pain. Many were blown away on the spot, blood streaming from their seven orifices, completely unable to draw any closer.
At the very center of the tribulation, Xiao Fan stood proudly upright. His body radiated brilliance as he used his flesh alone to resist the lightning. Each time he endured another layer of the Heavenly Tribulation, the aura surrounding him grew stronger.
This was a clear sign that he was about to break through to the Life and Death Realm.
At the same time, within his body, a thread of eternal, undying, immortal vitality circulated. It was like the embodiment of Heavenly Dao laws themselves, bathing in the tempering of thunder and lightning.
The instant this aura was sensed, many powerful Spirit Clan elders underwent a drastic change in expression.
"The aura of the Immortal Body!"
Someone murmured softly. Deep within their pupils was a trace of fear, mixed with utter disbelief.
Xiao Fan's Immortal Marrow had already been extracted. By all logic, he should have been nothing more than a crippled body. Yet now, it seemed as if he was condensing the Immortal Body all over again.
Could a ruined physique truly be regained?
Such a case had never appeared in recorded history. Could it be that Xiao Fan was about to create history?
"This old man once heard that in ancient times, there was a divine physique whose body was crippled, yet for reasons unknown, it later re-condensed its original constitution and soared straight to the heavens…"
"Could it be that the Immortal Body can also grow back?"
The Spirit Clan's Grand Elder stared at the distant Heavenly Tribulation, pondering silently.
Throughout the ages, Immortal Bodies had been exceedingly rare. There had essentially never been cases of one being crippled, Xiao Fan was the first Immortal Body to ever be ruined.
However, like other divine physiques, the Immortal Body was also a special constitution.
If a divine physique could be lost and then regained, then perhaps the Immortal Body was not incapable of the same.
"Look, Xiao Fan seems to be moving!"
At that moment, someone cried out in alarm, instantly tugging at the nerves of countless Spirit Clan members.
The Heavenly Tribulation locks onto the one undergoing it. Wherever the tribulator goes, the Heavenly Tribulation follows.
It could be said that once the tribulation begins, there is no possibility of interruption. No matter where one tries to hide, the Heavenly Tribulation will inevitably sense and pursue them.
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