Library of Heaven’s Path - Chapter 2103

Little Chick’s two consecutive breakthroughs seemed to follow a pattern. Both times, it was burned to a crisp by the flames.

Even though it had tested the flames before, it had only burned for a brief moment. Could it be that its growth had something to do with the barbecue?

“Let’s do it!” Little Chick nodded decisively.

With the increase in its cultivation, it would be able to swiftly recover its memories, which would be of great help to it as well.

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment before saying, “You have already reached the level of the gods, so the ordinary flames of the Azure won’t be able to do anything to you anymore. I’ll summon a heavenly tribulation now. Why don’t you give it a try?”

No matter how powerful the flames of the Azure were, there was no way they could compare to a heavenly tribulation from the Azure. He had been thinking of keeping it a secret from the Azure all this while, but from the looks of it now, it would be better for him to deal with the heavenly tribulation and reinforce his cultivation. At the same time, he could also see if Little Chick could make use of this opportunity to achieve a breakthrough.

Driving his divine energy, Zhang Xuan’s disguise vanished.

Boom!

The sky immediately darkened, and innumerable lightning bolts and pitch-black flames gathered above his head.

God’s Tribulation!

The calamity was extremely terrifying. It was as if the entire Heavens were rejecting him, trying to crush him into dust.

Zhao Ya and the others’ faces warped in horror. As soon as the ominous clouds appeared, they immediately retreated several thousand li away.

Even though they had reached the pinnacle of the Semi-Divinity realm, the slightest carelessness could still result in their death.

On the Forsaken Continent, as long as one had the word ‘god’ in their name, they would command respect, let alone a true god.

The ominous clouds grew thicker and thicker, and they floated above Zhang Xuan and the little chick, seemingly ready to fall at any moment.

Just as Zhang Xuan was about to face the heavenly tribulation to see if there were any flames that could be of use against Little Chick, the ominous clouds suddenly trembled. All of a sudden, a pitch-black bolt of lightning harnessed heavenly flames fell on Little Chick’s head.

Tzzzzzzz!

In just a moment, Little Chick’s yellow feathers turned black, and a meaty aroma wafted into the air.

Zhang Xuan’s eyebrows shot up in astonishment.

Why didn’t the lightning tribulation strike him instead of Little Chick?

“Screw you …” Little Chick raised its head furiously, and roared furiously, “You Little Chick!”

Kacha! Kacha!

Several streaks of lightning spread out in succession, all of them landing on its head. The aroma of meat wafted over again, and the chicken beak turned black.

“If this continues, this guy won’t be struck to death by lightning before being killed by Kong Shi’s doppelganger, right?”

Seeing how the other party was becoming more and more fragrant after being struck by the lightning bolts, Zhang Xuan couldn’t hold himself back any longer. He walked up to the little yellow chick and spread his arms and legs to form the Chinese character ‘大’ before charging toward the lightning bolts.

“Since it’s the lightning that’s attracted by my breakthrough, then strike me!”

Zhang Xuan circulated the divine power in his body, and his body became as hard as iron. His eyes turned serious as he prepared to resist the lightning.

Kacha! Kacha! Kacha!

A series of lightning bolts rained down on Little Chick. Zhang Xuan’s sword qi surged furiously as he prepared himself to defend himself. However, even after several seconds had passed, he still didn’t notice that the lightning bolts had struck him. Lowering his head, he saw that the lightning bolts in the sky had actually made a sharp turn and struck Little Chick’s head once more, causing green smoke to rise into the air.

“Ahhh!”

Little Chick opened its mouth and spat out a plume of black smoke.

Are you here to help me fend off the lightning tribulation, or are you here to help me attract the lightning tribulation?

I don’t recall seeing so many lightning bolts when I was here, and they weren’t this powerful either …

“Something’s amiss. Don’t worry, this is my lightning tribulation. I’m sure I’ll find a way to deal with it …” Zhang Xuan was stunned.

Why didn’t the lightning tribulation he had attracted attack him instead of going around to strike Little Chick instead? That’s not right at all!

Zhang Xuan raised his eyebrows as he gathered his sword qi and pierced it toward the sky.

Since the lightning tribulation wasn’t going to attack him, he would take the initiative to attack.

Hu!

Wherever the sword qi passed, the lightning tribulation would immediately dissipate. It was as if the lightning tribulation was trying to avoid him, or as if the lightning tribulation was trying to avoid him.

Kacha! Kacha! Kacha! Kacha!

A few more streaks of lightning fell on Little Chick, causing its feathers to fall all over the ground.

Little Chick’s eyes were filled with sorrow.

Do you have a grudge against me or something? Do you have a grudge against me?

“I don’t believe this …” Seeing how the lightning tribulation was ignoring him despite him taking the initiative to attack Little Chick, Zhang Xuan roared furiously as he leaped into the sky once more to face the lightning tribulation head-on.

But before he could get far, Little Chick suddenly grabbed his pants.

“Alright, I believe you … If you continue to provoke me, I’m afraid that I’ll be struck to death before you even get out of this alive!” Little Chick grumbled indignantly.

Big brother, please do me a favor and spare me!

I’m still young, and I don’t want to die yet …

You provoked me, and I was struck by lightning … Can’t you see that I’m about to be cooked?

Even I can’t help but want to add cumin to it.

“…” Looking at Little Chick before him, Zhang Xuan couldn’t help but feel a little awkward. Thus, he could only back down and say, “You can do it yourself …”

Thus, he quickly backed away.

Boom boom boom boom!

Little Chick trembled as the lightning tribulation struck, and more feathers fell from its body. It turned to Zhang Xuan and asked, “Why don’t you help me fend off the lightning tribulation a little more?”

“…” Zhang Xuan was speechless.

It took a total of thirty-six lightning tribulation before Little Chick was finally able to overcome it.

After going through all that, Little Chick felt a little exhausted.

“I’ll go and rest first …” Without waiting for Zhang Xuan’s reply, Little Chick dived into his dantian and covered its head with its wings before falling into a deep slumber.

Seeing that Little Chick was fine, Zhang Xuan heaved a sigh of relief. Then, he turned to look at the dissipating storm clouds in the sky.

All of a sudden, his eyebrows shot up, and with all the strength he had in his life, he shouted, “Come here!”

Hu!

The storm clouds that had been slowly dissipating suddenly fled as if they had seen a ghost. The next moment, the sky turned clear, and there was not a single cloud in sight.

“…” Zhang Xuan scratched his head in frustration.

Didn’t they say that those who achieved a breakthrough to godhood would face a God’s Tribulation?

Why did he summon a lightning tribulation and strike Little Chick half to death?

“Perhaps it has something to do with the Pathos of Heaven …”

Unable to make sense of the matter, Zhang Xuan could only return to Zhao Ya and the others helplessly.

“Here are the seven ‘God’ characters. Distribute them among your sects. It shouldn’t be that difficult for you to become a Semi-Divinity realm cultivator in the future.”

Flicking his wrist, Zhang Xuan took out seven books that recorded the correct cultivation steps for the seven wills of God. As long as one sculpted the statues according to the instructions and placed them in the correct positions, they would be able to absorb the aura of Semi-Divinity from the Hall of Gods. With that, it would not be that difficult for High Immortals to achieve a breakthrough.

“Thank you, Sect Leader Zhang!”

Han Jianqiu and the others trembled in agitation as they looked at the books in their hands.

Obtaining the ‘God’ characters was something that their sects had failed to do even after several thousand years. Yet, the young man before them had actually obtained seven of them in a single breath.

Zhang Xuan shook his head and said, “There’s no need for you to address me as your sect leader. You should assign someone else to take over this position. I don’t think I’ll be able to remain in the Azure for too long.”

Having achieved a breakthrough to the God realm, Zhang Xuan could already sense that this world was no longer suppressible. As long as he willed it, he could tear open a dimension rift and ascend to a higher dimension.

The position of the sect leader of the Azure no longer held any appeal to him, so there was no need for him to remain in the Azure any longer.

“Yes, Sect Leader Zhang!” The crowd nodded in agreement.

Back then, when they had chosen Zhang Xuan as their new sect leader, there had been a lot of controversy. Many of the elders in the sect had objected to it, but from the looks of it now, they had made the right decision.

If they had not chosen him as their new sect leader, there was a good chance that they would follow in the footsteps of the Blackmirror Citadel and Evanescent Immortal Sect. Eventually, they would be crushed by the wheel of history.

Not to mention, not only had Zhang Xuan raised the cultivation of countless disciples, he had even bestowed them with the complete ‘God’ character. With this, the number of experts in the Four Sects would only continue to increase.

“Palace Master Du, accompany me to the City of Collapsed Space!”

After making arrangements for the four sects, Zhang Xuan led Du Qingyuan back to the City of Collapsed Space and headed straight for the City of Collapsed Space.

After reaching the God realm, the aura of degeneration no longer posed much of a threat to him. It only took him ten breaths to return to the altar.

“This … Where is the altar?”

The duo was stunned. They quickly searched around, only to find that the altar had disappeared, as if it had never been there in the first place.

They scanned the area with their Spiritual Perception before coming to a halt.

“The altar has disappeared. From the looks of it, the black skeleton probably doesn’t want to be found anymore,” Zhang Xuan remarked.

With his level of cultivation, it was impossible for him to remember the location of the altar wrongly. There could only be one reason why he was unable to find it.

The black skeleton did not want to be found anymore.

Just that … the black skeleton had been here for several thousand years, and Kong Shi’s clone seemed to have been here as well. Why would it suddenly disappear?

Was it because the black skeleton had given him a surge of the Aura of Divinity?

Since he could not find the black skeleton, there was no point in staying here any longer. Besides, Little Chick was still asleep.

Returning to Starchaser Palace, Zhang Xuan turned to Du Qingyuan and asked, “Tell me about Lozosy.”

He had been busy ever since he saved her, so he did not have the time to ask her about the information she knew.

“Several thousand years ago, when the City of Collapsed Space fell, we lost contact with the Spirit God. However, we have been praying to the heavens ever since, so the other sects thought that we were still able to communicate with the gods. That’s why they didn’t dare to cause trouble for us.”

Du Qingyuan said with a bitter smile.

Previously, when the heads of the Six Sects were discussing how to welcome the arrival of the Azure Bridge, Sect Leader Qin Yuan had said that she was able to communicate with the gods. She had immediately flown into a rage when she heard that … It was not that she did not want to speak, but she really did not know what to say.

Over the past several thousand years, the other sects had known that Starchaser Palace was able to communicate with the gods, but in truth, their connection with the Spirit God had long been severed.

The reason why they kept offering sacrifices every year and even “conveyed” the will of the gods was just to keep the sect from being destroyed. It was just for show!

“However, this continued until around four months ago. When we prayed to the gods once more, the Spirit God sent me a response. She told me that she intends to enter this place through the ritual, and she told me to prepare myself.”

Du Qingyuan fell into deep thought as she continued, “She also told me the method and content of the ritual. Since she had given me instructions, I had no choice but to follow her instructions.”