"Oh my, really impressive, Foster Father, your luck is indeed invincible!"

Take this delicate Female Bodhisattva as your Young Lady? I'm afraid that Yu Zhen Bodhisattva from Spirit Platform Buddhism will be furious to the point of scattering her own ashes!

Lin Xuankong immediately gave Li Xiaohu a slap on the back of his head. "Stop talking nonsense!"

But Li Xiaohu continued to laugh cheekily. "At the very least, by relying on Foster Father's connection through this Female Bodhisattva, no one in Spiritual Crane Immortal City would dare to mess with us!"

What nonsense about a connection! This is simply tarnishing my reputation!

Lin Xuankong glared at him, but Little Hu covered his head and ran off.

「At this moment, near Galin Bodhisattva,」

The Earth Immortal Huang Liutao of Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, floating beside her, looked at the kneeling Flaming Blade Duan River with a schadenfreude smile in his eyes. Of course, he had long foreseen that upon hearing the names of Spirit Platform Buddhism and Galin Bodhisattva, Flaming Blade Duan River, no matter how courageous, would definitely wimp out on the spot and kneel to beg for mercy!

However, Huang Liutao, who had held a grudge against Flaming Blade Duan River for hundreds of years, was not about to let him get away with just kneeling so easily. In his view, the more grievously the perpetually domineering and utterly shameless Flaming Blade Duan River offended Galin Bodhisattva this time, the better. If that were the case, forget Flaming Blade Duan River; even the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect might face the threat of annihilation!

After inwardly gloating, this Earth Immortal from the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect put on a thoughtful expression.

"Alas, Brother Duan, Brother Duan, I did warn you out of goodwill before. This person beside me is not someone you can afford to offend, nor is she someone your Fire Spirit Immortal Sect can afford to offend. What a pity, a true pity, that you stubbornly refused to heed my advice. If you had known then what you know now, why would you have acted so recklessly?"

Hearing his old rival's words, Flaming Blade Duan River felt a surge of resentment. However, in the presence of Galin Bodhisattva, he was already trembling with such fear that he dared not show any defiance.

He frowned at Huang Liutao of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, then once again clasped his hands towards Galin Bodhisattva, kowtowed dozens more times, and said with a pious expression,

"Galin Bodhisattva above, this Little Immortal, Duan River, has already killed the defiant subordinate on the spot. This fellow had been getting increasingly outrageous recently and never listened to my teachings. This time, he dared to rashly attack a Buddhist Disciple; he truly deserved to die, deserved to be sliced into a thousand pieces!

I only hope that Galin Bodhisattva will not be angry. Both Duan River and the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect have always followed the lead of Spirit Platform Buddhism. We have always been respectful towards Buddhist Disciples and would never dare to show the slightest defiance!"

After speaking, this distinguished Third-Grade Earth Immortal kowtowed dozens more times atop the fiery red cloud.

Lin Xuankong watched this scene, a flicker of killing intent suddenly flashing in his eyes. This Flaming Blade Duan River is truly an extremely ruthless fellow. The most terrifying part is, he's not only ruthless to others but also excessively ruthless to himself!

Even though I've never met the hundreds of Earth Immortals from the Central Divine Dynasty, I'm absolutely certain that very few of those Earth Immortals—whose strength, influence, and lifespan far surpass ordinary Cultivators—would be capable of kneeling before someone else in front of tens of thousands of people!

What an adaptable and ruthless fellow!

However, the more adaptable and ruthless he is, the more imperative it becomes to eliminate such a person! Otherwise, with Flaming Blade Duan River's kind of viciousness, if he were to target me, Lan, Ying'Er, or Little Hu in the future, he would undoubtedly use every conceivable method to put all our lives in danger!

At that moment, upon hearing Flaming Blade Duan River's servile words, Galin Bodhisattva completely ignored him, a hint of disgust even appearing in her eyes. Shaking her head slightly, she urged her cloud to move closer to her disciple. Only when she was within five hundred zhang of the young Buddhist nun from Spirit Platform Buddhism did she descend, landing near Lin Xuankong.

Seeing Galin Bodhisattva's actions, a look of terror appeared on Flaming Blade Duan River's face.

As an old monster who had undergone Cultivation for thousands of years, he knew perfectly well that although the Bodhisattvas of Spirit Platform Buddhism constantly proclaimed 'Our Buddha is Merciful,' when it came to the sheer number and caliber of enemies they had slain, dozens of Fire Spirit Immortal Sects combined probably wouldn't be enough for that Yu Zhen Bodhisattva to kill!

At this point, Flaming Blade Duan River was so overcome with regret that he almost impulsively wanted to slap himself, wishing he could knock his own jaw clean off!

Dammit, of all people to offend, why did I have to run headfirst into someone from Spirit Platform Buddhism!

Unfortunately, even though Flaming Blade Duan River was consumed by regret, he still dared not rise from the red cloud. He even kept his hands pressed together in a prayer gesture, seemingly afraid to relax for even a moment.

He knew with utmost clarity that if Galin Bodhisattva truly decided to pursue this matter, even the Sect Leader and the Supreme Elders of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect would instantly become cowards and sell him out without a second thought!

「As everyone was lost in their own thoughts,」

Dark clouds suddenly churned in the sky. Although it was early morning with the eastern sun shining brightly, as countless dark clouds suddenly appeared and gathered, the sky rapidly dimmed.

Moreover, the dark clouds grew in number, continuously rolling and approaching the ground. Before long, the vast expanse of incredibly thick dark clouds had descended to a position two thousand zhang above the earth.

This distance was extremely close to the ground. Strangely, Spiritual Crane Immortal City, after millennia of meticulous development by the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, was protected by an extremely powerful City-Protecting Immortal Array. However, these rolling dark clouds were completely unaffected by the Immortal Array's defensive barrier, which could even block attacks from High-grade Immortals. They directly penetrated it, pressing down to that position two thousand zhang above the ground!

Even the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's auction house, which had been floating high in the sky above Spiritual Crane Immortal City, was completely enveloped by the countless dark clouds.

Seeing this, Lin Xuankong's expression changed slightly. The entire sky, from south to north and east to west, was filled with dark, heavy clouds, all pressing down to a height of two thousand zhang. The sheer visual oppressiveness of these countless clouds in such a formation was immense.

What was most suffocating was that amidst the rolling dark clouds, bolts of lightning as thick as small buildings constantly streaked through. These incredibly agile lightning bolts, seeming to possess lives of their own, did not strike the ground but instead all converged towards Spiritual Crane Immortal City.

In mere moments, directly above the young Buddhist nun from Spirit Platform Buddhism within Spiritual Crane Immortal City, an unknown number of terrifying lightning bolts, each as thick as a large building and several thousand zhang long, had gathered. These lightning bolts writhed and twisted, continuously amassing. A single glance suggested there were tens of thousands, perhaps even a hundred thousand, of these dreadful bolts!

The most terrifying aspect was that the power contained within this lightning was hundreds of times fiercer than the lightning Lin Xuankong, a Ninth-Layer Perfection Yin Talisman Thunder Cultivator, could unleash!

This lightning was significantly stronger than the Yin Talisman Thunder Power Lin Xuankong could command even after activating all his Beneficial Techniques. Crucially, their numbers were terrifyingly vast and still increasing, seemingly gathering into the hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of bolts!

"Celestial Tribulation? This is the Celestial Tribulation? Is that little nun from Spirit Platform Buddhism about to undergo her Immortal Tribulation? This damned Immortal Tribulation is too outrageous! So many Divine Thunders... they could probably turn the land for a hundred li around into molten rock!" Li Xiaohu exclaimed, looking up at the scene, unable to hold back his shock.

Lin Xuankong gestured for everyone to retreat. This young Buddhist nun is about to undergo her tribulation. When a massive number of Divine Thunders strike down, if they are caught in the fallout, Little Hu and the others probably wouldn't be able to withstand even a single Divine Thunder without activating their Immortal Artifacts!

So this is the Celestial Tribulation? The First Layer of the Celestial Tribulation that one must overcome to become an Immortal? It truly lives up to its name as a calamity... Even for me, facing it would be quite difficult!

Moreover, just looking at the sheer number of endless dark clouds, this Celestial Tribulation likely entails far more than just lightning strikes!

Thinking that he too would have to face such a tribulation in the future, Lin Xuankong, after retreating a thousand zhang with Little Hu and the others, gathered his focus and carefully observed the young Buddhist nun.

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