Chapter 382 - 35: Suppressing the Martial Emperor, Supreme Celestial Ship, Ladies’ Divinity Transformation, Hundred Flowers Fairy’s Tribulation (Part 4)
Her eyes were already swollen.
Still pinching?
Do you truly believe that eyes without vision can be so easily...
"Come, let me take you through the tribulation!"
Zhou Chen changed the subject.
Now all the women had ascended to Divinity Transformation, but because the Wind and Moon Treasure Mirror isolated the thunder tribulation, they still hadn’t crossed it.
Only going through the trial of thunder can truly complete the transformation.
The thunder tribulation is a trial and also an opportunity, capable of making their primordial spirit stronger, more resilient, and imperishable.
"Alright."
Qin Hongyu nodded gently.
Zhou Chen had Red Dust steer the Celestial Ship to a remote plain, where he began setting up an array formation.
The tribulation crossing would include Qin Hongyu, Cheng Susu, Ji Fengxia, Liu Ruyi, Fire Demon, Li Changhen, Celestial Fragrance Fairy, Mu Ling’Er, Zhao Shiyong, Li Qingxia, Gu Qiushui, Yu Youwei, Leng Yue, Meteor, Sister Xing, Miaotong, Hongxiu, Yu Huan Fairy—eighteen in total.
Among them, Cheng Susu and Ji Fengxia had long since ascended to Divinity Transformation, but hadn’t crossed the tribulation; now they had reached the later stages of Divinity Transformation.
Zhou Chen didn’t let them all face the tribulation together; the combined thunder tribulation would be too much for them to endure.
Thus, they went one by one.
With Zhou Chen’s array assistance and the various magical tools he crafted for them, the women encountered little trouble in crossing the tribulation.
Under Zhou Chen’s divine enthronement, their godly talents were unprecedentedly augmented, truly favored by the heavens.
Crossing the tribulation was rather easy, almost effortlessly.
"Congratulations to Sister Yu Huan on ascending to Divinity Transformation; the great path awaits!"
Qing’e, Yu Jiao, Yu Feng, Yu Yan, and Feiyan—all surrounded Yu Huan Fairy who had just successfully crossed the tribulation, eyes full of envy.
As courtesans, though they attained the Divine Power Realm early on, their foundations were utterly unstable, even with innate Spiritual Qi aboard the Celestial Ship, even with Zhou Chen’s spirit pills and miraculous medicines, they were only barely at the Primordial Pill Realm now.
Ascending to the Divine Seed Realm was basically impossible.
Let alone reaching the Divine Skill Realm comparable to Divinity Transformation.
Once, they all stood at the same starting point; now, they’ve been left far behind, while Yu Huan’s potential seemed limitless.
Divinity Transformation wasn’t an endpoint, but a beginning.
For Yu Huan Fairy, who had ascended to Divinity Transformation, her primordial spirit and physical body were indistinguishable, essentially remolded.
While many becoming immortals might forsake the physical body, letting the primordial spirit ascend to immortality.
After immortal ascension, the primordial spirit becomes an immortal body, indistinguishable from the physical one, immaculate and boundlessly powerful.
Though they haven’t become immortals, under Zhou Chen’s divine enthronement, they effectively possess divine bodies, identical to the physical form.
More pure and flawless.
Seeing the envious and jealous looks from others, Yu Huan Fairy recalled those sisterly days, despite being competitors, they were from the same background, naturally close.
She wished to draw a few comrades to her side as well.
Where there are people, there are rivalries.
Natural cliques form, like Mu Ling’Er, Cheng Susu, Li Changhen, and others from the Cyan Cloud Sect, naturally allied.
She was closest with Sister Xing and Miaotong from the brothel.
"If any of you wish to follow the Divine Soul Dao, it’s actually quite simple; any woman who has been with Young Master, holding him in her heart, will automatically be drawn to his treasure upon death,"
Yu Huan Fairy advised, "Then Young Master will enthrone you, enhancing your talents, accelerating your cultivation of the Divine Soul Dao rapidly!"
"Thank you, Sister Yu Huan, for the advice!"
The women were filled with gratitude, pledging allegiance to her guidance.
Zhou Chen focused on Qin Hongyu and others crossing the tribulation, not concerning himself with them.
But he soon knew.
Because Qing’e Fairy and the thirty-five courtesans all took their own lives, appearing in the Wind and Moon Treasure Mirror.
Zhou Chen: "..."
Zhou Chen shook his head, indifferent, as it was inevitable.
Their talents and foundations were evident; even if Zhou Chen expended countless spirit pills and substances, he could but raise them to the Primordial Pill Realm.
The Primordial Pill Realm only grants a lifespan of five hundred years.
Even without their suicides, they’d perish from exhaustion in five hundred years.
Wasting those years entirely.
Now, having chosen to end their lives early, embarking on the cultivation of divine ways, they’d likely become immortals or divine beings after five hundred years.
Comparatively, anyone not foolish would recognize the better choice.
Shi Qingxuan, Qing Yuyao, and others had decent talents, temporarily eschewing the divine path.
With Zhou Chen’s aid, Shi Qingxuan has now ascended to the Primordial Pill Realm, Qing Yuyao practicing Immortal Martial Dual Cultivation, entering Divine Techniques in martial arts, and Golden Core in Immortal Dao.
Thunder rolled!
Bolts of lightning, akin to roaring dragons, descended swiftly; Cheng Susu, undergoing tribulation, exuded a chilly demeanor, transcendent and ethereal.
A Lifebound Divine Weapon, the Soul Treasure Pill Furnace, soared to fend off the thunder dragon!
Hum!
Ripples spread through the void, and a peerlessly beautiful figure emerged.
In her white garments, like snow, fluttering, akin to an orchid in a serene valley, both clean and radiant, transcendent and refined, elegant like a fairy.
"Young Master Zhou!"
Seeing Zhou Chen standing on the Celestial Ship’s deck, her eyes revealed a tinge of color.
Hues shimmered beneath her steps, she moved gracefully to Zhou Chen, illuminating the world, seeming like a beacon to Zhou Chen’s eyes.
"Hundred Flowers Fairy!"
Zhou Chen regarded the stunning beauty before him.
Truly breathtaking, each motion exudes elegance, a thousand gestures form a myriad of charms—bewitching and luminous, graceful and exceptional, casting the allure of countless charms.
She was the Tribulation Crossing True Monarch compared to a Martial Arts Emperor, Hundred Flowers Sect Leader, Hundred Flowers Fairy.
"Such pure soul power!"
Hundred Flowers Fairy’s gaze swept over Cheng Susu undergoing tribulation, and Li Changhen, Mu Ling’Er, Ji Fengxia, Liu Ruyi, and other divine cultivators, filled with astonishment.
Such pure and noble divine cultivators, it was her first time seeing.
She mostly saw ghost cultivators.
Ghost cultivators are divine cultivators too.
Yet mostly eerie, giving an impression of cold and mystique, wholly different from Zhou Chen’s women.
"Whenever I see Young Master Zhou, my horizons expand, truly refreshing!"
Hundred Flowers Fairy remarked.
The Hundred Flowers Sect wasn’t far away.
That refers to her; to ordinary kings, it’d take at least three or four days.
Sensing the commotion here, she came to investigate, unexpectedly meeting Zhou Chen.
Though not Zhou Chen’s breakthrough.
But these divine cultivator beauties of Zhou Chen, broadening her horizons.
"Hundred Flowers Fairy truly illuminated by presence, congratulations on your improvement!"
Examining Hundred Flowers Fairy, Zhou Chen could sense her dense tribulation aura, indicating her imminent tribulation.
Tribulation Crossing Realm involved nine celestial tribulations.
Crossing one results in a Tribulation Crossing True Monarch.
Each celestial tribulation spans ten thousand years.
If confident, one might invoke it early; crossing all nine establishes a Mahayana Half-Immortal, with one foot in the Immortal Dao.
However, these nine tribulations are arduous, obstructing many prodigies, slaying countless talents beneath them.
"What improvement?"
Hundred Flowers Fairy shook her head, smiling wryly:
"I barely crossed the Third Celestial Tribulation; now the fourth is looming, and I have little confidence in crossing it..."
If unsuccessful, she’d either vanish or dissolve to become a Loose Cultivator.
But becoming a Loose Cultivator isn’t guaranteed.
Most cultivators fail, vanishing without even a Loose Cultivator’s chance.
And as a Loose Cultivator, tribulations remain as numerous; becoming immortal remains a significant challenge.
Speaking, Hundred Flowers Fairy’s beautiful eyes longingly observed Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen is a reincarnated immortal god.
Familiarly having ways to assist her.
Not saying he’d help her cross the remaining six to become Mahayana Half-Immortal; aiding her through the Fourth should be doable, right?
Successfully passing the Fourth would grant her ten thousand years to prepare.
Moreover, the fourth, seventh, and ninth tribulations are toughest.
Crossing the fourth ensures success with the fifth and sixth.
Should Zhou Chen aid her, she’d pay any price...
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