One cry of “Wait!” could mean the difference between life and death!

However, this time, the one being ‘judged’ seemed to be himself…

When Li Changshou called out “Wait!”, understanding had already dawned in his heart.

And when that pressure descended from the heavens, Li Changshou instantly understood something!

In the current situation…

He had to admit, he did bear half the responsibility.

The other half could only be attributed to the supposedly all-knowing Heavenly Dao!

Hum-hum-hum—

Suddenly, a series of humming sounds appeared in the air, and strange ripples mysteriously appeared in layers above!

This shocking pressure directly covered an area of a hundred li in radius, making all living beings within tremble, not daring to move.

Boom!

Li Changshou looked up again and saw that a dark cloud merely dozens of zhang in diameter had appeared in the sky.

Two cracks slowly opened in the center of the dark cloud, like two giant eyes gradually opening. The entire cloud condensed into the facial features of an old Daoist, expressionless, with hollow eyes staring at Li Changshou.

The Heavenly Dao?

The Ancestral Master of the Dao?

Li Changshou felt his entire body instantly laid bare to scrutiny, and a strong sense of danger arose in his heart.

His spiritual intuition wasn’t just pulsing anymore—it was whistling like a boiling kettle!

Even the immortal light that had been shining from his upper body had now been forced back inside!

What to do!?

In his current state, if he was calculated as a deviation in the Heavenly Dao, considered a loophole in the Primordial Chaos, he would surely face the danger of being directly erased by the Heavenly Dao!

Even if he had done nothing, even if he wasn’t entangled in any karmic threads!

Steeling himself, Li Changshou couldn’t care about too much now.

Bearing the pressure, he called out loudly:

“This Dao disciple had no intention of offending Heaven’s might! It was merely carelessness, a momentary oversight!

Please, Lord Heavenly Dao, wait a moment!”

Damn, what was he saying, asking the Heavenly Dao to wait…

This was asking for a Purple Empyrean Thunder warning!

Li Changshou hurriedly undid his Daoist robe, removing the treasure undershirt with sixteen cloth pouches sewn front and back that he wore underneath, casually storing it in his bracelet.

He truly hadn’t expected that he would expose part of his trump cards under such circumstances.

Having prepared so much for the Heavenly Tribulation, he never imagined…

The Heavenly Dao hadn’t been paying that much attention to him.

Around his left arm near the shoulder was wrapped a cloth rope, with a piece of broken jade tied to it. This broken jade emitted a faint, obscure Dao rhythm that was difficult to comprehend.

[Nameless Broken Jade]: When Li Changshou was five years old, a group of grave robbers came to the grasslands, bringing ancient artifacts they had dug up to trade with his tribe for cattle, sheep, gold, and silver. This broken jade was treated as an ordinary piece of jade, but Li Changshou discovered an ancient character for ‘fire’ written on it and obtained it through wheedling.

Effect: Specifically unknown.

However, ten years after Li Changshou entered the sect, when he secretly placed the broken jade next to his Master and tried using his newly learned divination methods, he was unable to detect his Master’s presence which he had previously been able to calculate steadily.

The jade’s effect was deduced to be the ability to avoid detection by divination methods, and he had carried it with him ever since.

[Cloth Rope]: Originally a piece of hemp cloth stained with blood, taken from between the layers of an ancient beast hide. The beast hide recorded the deeds of human ancestors, and this hemp cloth should be a fragment left behind when some great human figure was wounded.

Effect: According to the beast hide’s records, humans who wear it can receive the protection of human sages, but this should be purely psychological.

He yanked off the cloth rope and nameless broken jade in one motion, stuffing them into the bracelet on his wrist. Li Changshou then took out a dagger from the bracelet and turned to look behind himself.

The heavenly pressure descending from above immediately weakened slightly.

Li Changshou’s heart leaped with joy, but he quickly steadied his mind and turned to look at the back of his left shoulder, where an ancient talisman directly tattooed onto his skin was now flickering with a faint light.

Li Changshou slid the dagger across the corner of the talisman, instantly breaking it…

Fortunately, once the wound healed later, the talisman would restore itself.

[Ancient Shamanic Secret Talisman]: Avoids disasters, wards off calamities, prevents divination. Created by the Ancestral Shamans to counter the demon race.

Must be drawn on beast hide to take effect, but drawing it on flesh and blood produces better results.

There was another such secret talisman below his right ribs, which Li Changshou similarly cut open…

Instantly, the heavenly pressure descending from above weakened again.

However, this wasn’t over yet…

Li Changshou caught the key phrase—’ prevents divination’.

He immediately stored away several other items he carried on his person.

For example, two small ancient coins sealed in his underwear pocket;

They were said to be the first version of human currency, containing a small amount of merit and also having the effect of preventing divination and avoiding disasters.

A demon bone fragment tied to his ankle, a colorful fish scale stuck to his thigh…

All in all, there were seven strange items that Li Changshou had verified using his Master, confirming they could indeed avoid detection by divination methods to varying degrees…

These things weren’t treasures—they were difficult to discover but not hard to obtain.

Speaking of the Primordial Chaos, besides various treasures, different divine abilities, and great experts, what left the deepest impression was probably those mysterious divination methods.

Great experts with profound cultivation who specialized in divination could borrow the power of the Heavenly Dao, make calculations with their fingers, and instantly know everything happening ten thousand li away as clearly as if it were before their eyes.

Li Changshou himself was a ‘little secret’, reincarnated into this world of Primordial Chaos with memories of his previous life. He was extremely conscious about protecting against this aspect, and through hard work plus good fortune, he had obtained these little trinkets.

But he never imagined…

The Heavenly Dao had also been fooled!

Now, that pressure gradually disappeared, and the old Daoist’s facial features in the dark cloud slowly dispersed, but the cloud still floated above his head.

Li Changshou broke out in a cold sweat. If not for his relatively strong psychological qualities, he would have collapsed onto the sea surface by now…

He had obtained these items purely to prevent others from detecting him through divination methods, not to guard against the Heavenly Dao.

‘When cultivation realm is too low, any deliberate disguise will instead attract the attention of experts and bring calamity.’

He had understood this principle early on and had always used ordinariness as his camouflage within the sect.

How could he deliberately oppose the Heavenly Dao?

Perhaps…

Possibly…

Maybe the Heavenly Dao had several different modes?

Standby, energy-saving, full operation, high performance?

Ahem, just kidding.

The Heavenly Dao monitored the operation of all things in heaven and earth but didn’t pay excessive attention to all beings, especially those who hadn’t achieved immortality and had no destructive power.

The eight thunder tribulations Li Changshou had weathered before were just what the Heavenly Dao had sent down based on his aptitude, similar to some kind of pre-set program.

Only when problems appeared on his side after passing the tribulation did it attract the Heavenly Dao’s attention…

Originally, for others like Li Changshou whose personal accumulation far exceeded their ‘aptitude expectations’, the Heavenly Dao would adjust the tribulation’s intensity to give the tribulation-transcender sufficient tempering, and if they couldn’t withstand it, they would perish.

But who knew Li Changshou was carrying so many strange ‘anti-divination’ items on his person, causing even the Heavenly Dao in ‘energy-saving mode’ to be deceived…

When the Heavenly Dao took a serious look, he, as a ‘half-immortal’, naturally had no secrets anywhere on his body.

The pressure that descended earlier wasn’t for investigation but for warning.

A true Purple Empyrean Thunder warning.

‘Fortunately, perhaps it’s the benefit of being polite earlier.’

Li Changshou regulated his breathing, and quickly put on his short jacket and Daoist robe, considering in his heart what words of thanks he should say to Lord Heavenly Dao.

Suddenly he heard thunder exploding in the sky, and the wind and clouds changed color for a thousand li around!

Li Changshou had already clasped his hands before him, making a deep Daoist bow.

He called out loudly again:

“This Dao disciple now appeals to Heaven!

The variable in transcending tribulation was truly not something this disciple deliberately calculated! It was merely this disciple’s means of avoiding human disasters and calamities!

Today’s attainment of this Dao foundation truly came from this disciple obtaining the Dao sect’s classics, following the teachings of the Dao sect’s ancestors, and cultivating day and night with great difficulty!

I beseech Heaven to consider how difficult cultivation has been for this disciple, and send down another thunder tribulation!

I also request Heaven’s permission to change the location for transcending tribulation, to avoid an unnatural calamity!”

As his words fell, the dark cloud in the sky began to slowly expand. Fierce winds blew in from all directions, and gray clouds formed on the sea surface within several hundred li, converging towards Li Changshou’s head!

Li Changshou immediately understood something and turned to rush toward the seawater.

Previously, to guard against interference before transcending tribulation, he had especially found several locations for tribulation transcendence and had arranged formations in the seabed to accelerate water movement.

Who could have expected that his going to the second tribulation location wasn’t due to human interference,…

To transcend a second Heavenly Tribulation!

Going through the immortality tribulation twice?

This was unheard of…

Sure enough, no matter how many backup plans he prepared for facing the Heavenly Tribulation, it wasn’t excessive!

This time, the tribulation clouds covered the sea surface for a hundred li in radius, and the thickness of the tribulation clouds was also ten times that of before…

Li Changshou moved swiftly through the water with his water escape technique, while the large patch of tribulation clouds above maintained the same speed drifting eastward.

Looking at the tribulation clouds above, they had condensed into a majestic heavenly palace, with countless gray figures before and behind it, and an august emperor sitting within the palace.

These figures were all formed from tribulation clouds, with no distinguishable features.

Below the heavenly palace were two huge dragon and phoenix statues. The dragon brandished its claws and fangs while the phoenix spread its wings and cried out as if they would transform into living beings and battle each other at any moment.

Below the dragon and phoenix were groups of fierce beasts and rows of imposing figures, seemingly reenacting a great battle between great demons and divine shamans!

At the very bottom, silver-white lightning spots with hints of purple appeared throughout the tribulation clouds, quickly gathering within the clouds to form a lightning pool at Ten Zhang Square!

The lighting in the pool was like liquid, slowly being filled.

Li Changshou’s second tribulation location was three hundred li away, and along the way were several previously arranged formations continuously accelerating his water escape technique.

Almost as soon as he arrived at the second small island, thunder began to rumble in the sky.

With no time to spare, Li Changshou grabbed a treasure pouch and threw it forcefully, sending six folded treasure bird cages flying to various locations, not even having time to open them this time…

Before the treasure pouch had fallen to the ground, Li Changshou’s left hand had already gripped an engraving knife, his right hand held a wooden sword, and talismans flew out from his sleeves!

Sensing something, he had just looked up when his feet suddenly stumbled.

What was this thing?

In the sky, that lightning pool slowly tilted, and a ‘lightning waterfall’ crashed down towards him…

Countless lightning bolts instantly illuminated this dim world!

Li Changshou’s left hand swiftly waved the engraving knife, carving ancient characters in mid-air. His entire body’s magical power surged, his upper body once again flashing with seven-colored immortal light, as he spread immortal energy at the very top!

Boom!

Li Changshou’s form was submerged by the lightning waterfall, those ancient characters almost instantly shattered, and his tall figure was pressed into the already melted ground…

After a moment, when the lightning dissipated, Li Changshou jumped out of the square pit in the ground. His Daoist robe was in tatters, his breath was unstable and difficult to calm, and he couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

So this was his true Heavenly Tribulation?

That’s… powerful enough.

He immediately waved the engraving knife, writing ancient character after ancient character around him. These connected characters formed the content of “On Agriculture” written by the human ancestor Divine Farmer;

These ancient characters seemed to form a certain formation by themselves, arranged around him according to the original text’s layout, then slowly rose above Li Changshou’s head.

At the same time, a flame of Samadhi True Fire surged around Li Changshou, enveloping him within.

Around him, nine-petaled lotus flowers slowly drifted apart, each as large as a washbasin.

—This was the phenomenon that appeared when he fully stimulated his magical power!

Come on, Heavenly Tribulation!

Li Changshou looked up, his long hair and Daoist robe flying together, as the lightning pool above tilted again, and another lightning waterfall crashed down!

But this time, Li Changshou bent his legs and his entire person shot skyward, divine light surging in his eyes, actively meeting the lightning waterfall!

Nine Thunder Heavenly Tribulation!

I’ve been waiting for you, for far too long.

…

“Master, why have we stopped again?”

Above the South Sea, on a white cloud, a young girl being led by an old Daoist asked softly.

The old Daoist stared at Li Changshou’s second tribulation location and couldn’t help but draw in a sharp breath.

“What… what kind of Heavenly Tribulation is this?

Heaven’s palace above, dragon and phoenix in the middle, divine demons below—could this be the second-ranked Nine Heavens Divine Demon Tribulation!”

But then, the old Daoist shook his head and sighed, “What’s going on in the South Sea today? Did cultivation prodigies arrange to transcend tribulation together?

Unfortunately, another young one will perish under the Heavenly Tribulation.

Let’s go, let’s go, there’s no use watching this.”

The young girl asked softly: “Master, can’t they pass this kind of Heavenly Tribulation?”

The old Daoist asked: “For the eight-fold thunder tribulation earlier, did you sense spiritual energy rushing toward the tribulation location from the surroundings?”

The young girl immediately shook her head.

“That’s exactly it. The eight-fold thunder tribulation is extremely difficult to pass, let alone the Thirty-Two Fierce Tribulations. The previous tribulation-transcender has already had their soul scattered, and now another comes.”

The old Daoist smiled bitterly: “Too good an aptitude will invite heaven’s jealousy. There are already too many experts in the Primordial Chaos—if they weren’t suppressed by Heavenly Tribulations, the Great Calamity might come in the blink of an eye.

Let’s go, don’t watch people’s misfortunes.”

After the old Daoist finished speaking, the white cloud continued flying south, but the young girl curiously took a few more looks at the sea surface a thousand li away.

That enormous tribulation cloud was almost pressing down to the sea surface.