Cultivation: But Not a Game

In a year and a half, the guild’s two super battleships have been completed.

The Celestial Strike Battleship was completed more than half a year ago, and has already undergone sea trials, weapon configuration, and battleship magical artifact configuration. It is currently in service with Chu Xinyue’s main second brigade.

The reason for not giving it to the third brigade is because they already have one.

My second brother and his wife have already purchased construction blueprints for a Tier Seven Vast Sea Battleship through connections with Master Mingsu from the Feixing Sect and have built it themselves.

As for the Heavenly Punishment Battleship, it has been completed for less than a month and is currently being equipped with weapons.

Heavenly Punishment Battleship: A giant floating battleship with unimaginable combat power, capable of navigating from the nine heavens to the vast oceans, and can be equipped with battleship magical artifacts.

Battleship size: Length 6000 meters, width 800 meters, height 1000 meters, with eighteen levels, a maximum speed of 6000 kilometers per hour, and can carry 120,000 people.

Battleship attributes: Hull durability 500 million, Defense Qi Shield 1.5 billion, damage reduction 50%, defensive strength 3000, Mana Pool 300 million.

Battleship attributes: Player damage on board +50%, damage reduction 50%.

Battleship equipment: Can accommodate 30,000 Divine Thunder Towers, 4 Celestial Strike Main Cannons, 1 Heavenly Punishment Main Cannon, a large Resurrection Array, and a long-range Teleportation Array.

Long-range Teleportation Array: Transmits to a city within 10 million kilometers, requires an anchored teleportation point.

Large Resurrection Array: Can resurrect up to 100 people per round.

Heavenly Punishment Main Cannon: Extracts earth vein essence or mana to concentrate an extremely powerful beam to attack the target.

Attributes: Charging time 15 seconds, destructive power 50 million, attack range 200 kilometers, energy consumption 10 million, attack frequency once every 15 minutes.

Celestial Strike Main Cannon: Extracts earth vein essence or mana to concentrate an extremely powerful beam to attack the target.

Attributes: Charging time 10 seconds, destructive power 10 million, attack range 100 kilometers, energy consumption 2 million, attack frequency once every 10 minutes.

The Divine Thunder Towers are divided into two types, the highly destructive single-target Taiyi Divine Thunder Tower, and the group-target Blazing Divine Thunder Tower with slightly lower power.

As an eighth-tier battleship, it can upgrade Divine Thunder Towers to a maximum of fifth tier, but due to limited resources, they have only been upgraded to the fourth tier.

Taiyi Divine Thunder Tower (Fourth Tier): Extracts earth vein essence or mana to condense a thunder beam to damage the target.

Attributes: Durability 5 million, destructive power 60,000, attack range 40 kilometers, energy consumption 2,000 points, attack frequency every 15 seconds.

Blazing Divine Thunder Tower (Fourth Tier): Extracts earth vein essence or mana to condense Blazing Divine Thunder to harm the enemy.

Attributes: Durability 5 million, destructive power 30,000, attack range 40 kilometers, damage area 200 meters, energy consumption 2,000 points, attack frequency every 15 seconds.

There are a total of 10,000 Taiyi Divine Thunder Towers and 20,000 Blazing Divine Thunder Towers.

Upgrading a first-tier Thunder Tower to a fourth-tier Divine Thunder Tower requires 360 gold; 30,000 towers in total cost 10.8 million gold, which exhausted the funds the guild had accumulated over the years.

However, being at the fourth tier is enough. A single shot with 30,000 damage from a thousand Thunder Towers unleashes a terrifying burst of 30 million.

Of course, the prerequisite is to hit the target. With skilled opponents, the Thunder Tower’s charging to attack has a one to two-second gap, allowing fast targets to escape.

Thus, using the battleship against Loose Immortal level experts is practically impossible, unless the target stands still for you to hit them.

With this battleship in hand, plus two Tier Seven battleships, the guild finally has the stature of a dominant force.

The owner of the battleship is, of course, the guild leader Su Yu. The vice captains are Gu Zhiqiu and Qe Dongyang, responsible for commanding the battleship when he’s not available.

Having completed all this, Su Yu then focused on tribulation crossing.

Firstly, he withdrew a batch of disposable magical artifacts from the guild warehouse, totaling six Tier Seven and fifty Tier Six magical artifacts.

Then he sent a message to his second brother and left the guild, heading directly to Feixing Island.

After staying on Feixing Island for a while, he spent 20,000 gold to purchase ten Tier Seven magical artifacts, all of average quality.

Upon returning to the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect, he spent all the contributions he had from the sect, exchanging them for three Tier Seven magical artifacts.

Now, he has a total of 20 disposable Tier Seven and 50 disposable Tier Six magical artifacts.

Having made all preparations, Su Yu went to Xuankong Mountain to find his ancestral master. Upon meeting, Master Xuanwei asked:

"Are you ready to cross the tribulation, disciple?"

Su Yu nodded:

"Master, your discerning eye sees all. I have made all preparations and am ready to trigger the celestial tribulation!"

"Indeed, it is time to undergo the tribulation."

Master Xuanwei stroked his beard and asked:

"How well are you prepared?"

"Everything is fully prepared."

"I trust you to handle things well."

Master Xuanwei suddenly closed his eyes, then opened them shortly after and said:

"I have already applied for the Tribulation Crossing Platform at Xuankong Mountain for you. You may go up and undergo the tribulation anytime within this month."

"Thank you, Master!"

This was indeed good news; the Tribulation Crossing Platform is available within the Five Elements Grotto Heaven, and every sect has one with varying effects.

The reason Su Yu chose not to undergo tribulation in the Five Elements Grotto Heaven is because its tribulation platform, after countless years, has been partially damaged, now only capable of reducing tribulation power by 5%, certainly inferior to the sect’s tribulation platform.

After a brief conversation, Su Yu took his leave.

Back at the cave residence, only Fifth Senior Sister Jin Qianyue was there, Third Senior Brother was out visiting friends, and Master was absent again; who knows where they wandered off to.

Upon hearing that Su Yu was about to undergo a tribulation, Fifth Senior Sister immediately gifted a Tier Seven Defense Treasure.

After learning about it, Third Senior Brother Shi Chunan, upon his return, also casually gave him a Tier Seven Defense Treasure.

Su Yu knew that both Senior Brother and Senior Sister were not well-off, so their gifts meant a lot.

In the evening, Su Yu returned to his quarters, opened the panel, and focused on the Profound Court Manual, decisively upgrading it.

After a quarter of an hour, as much as 28.6 billion slaughter experience and 17,850 points of dao practice were invested, advancing the Profound Court Manual smoothly to the hundredth level.

"Reminder: Your Qi Refining Heart Skill has reached the hundredth level, cultivation has reached the limit of Qi Refining, you need to accept the trial of heavenly tribulation; your tribulation will arrive in 5 days, 6 hours, 41 minutes, and 21 seconds."

"Hmm!"

"After so long of cultivation, it’s finally time to face the heavenly tribulation."

Su Yu took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

His heart was excited, but his expression remained calm.

After a night’s rest, he set out for Xuanzhen Immortal City the next day, spending 500 gold to purchase 10 lower-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills that could restore 600,000 mana each, and 1,000 gold on 2 Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Pills that could restore 3,000,000 qi and blood each.

Having completed these preparations, there was nothing else to prepare; he already had the Primordial Infinite Elixir needed for the tribulation.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye. Su Yu received an Eight-Tier Defense Treasure from his Master, who had just returned yesterday, and then another Eight-Tier Defense Treasure and five Tier Seven Treasures from his great-grandmaster. He then entered the Tribulation Crossing Platform amidst the gazes of his Master, two Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, along with his Second Elder Brother, Second Sister-in-law Chu Xinyue, and Xiao Qingli, who had just arrived.

As he entered, his great-grandmaster immediately waved his hand to activate part of Xuankong Mountain’s arrays, preventing outsiders from interfering with his tribulation.

The Tribulation Crossing Platform is located within Xuankong Mountain, leveraging the power of Xuankong Mountain’s Sect Defense Array. Here, the heavenly tribulation damage can be reduced by 10%.

It may not seem like much, but it’s actually quite significant.

Besides, there is also a Primordial Infinite Elixir.

Primordial Infinite Elixir (Top-grade Spiritual Elixir): Qi and Blood limit +30,000, Mana limit +30,000, Qi and Blood and Mana regeneration +100/second, all magic power +50%, damage reduction 10%, lasting one hour.

There are many damage-reducing elixirs in the world, many stronger than the Primordial Infinite Elixir, but only very few are effective against heavenly tribulations, and the Primordial Infinite Elixir is among them.

The elixir’s damage reduction stacks with that of the Tribulation Crossing Platform, achieving a maximum of up to 20% damage reduction, which is considered very high.

Sitting cross-legged on the Tribulation Crossing Platform, Su Yu refined numerous sacrificial treasures that had been prepared earlier. There were 2 Eight-Tier Defense Treasures, 27 Tier Seven Treasures, and 50 Six-Tier sacrificial treasures. He then set aside those treasures not needed for the tribulation and equipped others as replacements.

Once refined, treasures can be easily exchanged, requiring only mana to swap them directly.

Having completed all preparations, Su Yu focused his mind and began to invoke the heavenly tribulation.

"What kind of tribulation will it be?"

The first Great Celestial Tribulation is divided into three levels: the first level is the Five Elements Tribulation: Geng Metal, Jia Wood, Gui Water, Bing Fire, Xu Earth, and the Reverse Five Elements Tribulation: Xin Metal, Yi Wood, Ding Fire, Ji Earth, and Ren Water.

Whether Five Elements or Reverse Five Elements, they are both Five Elements Tribulations, with very little difference in power. The vast majority of mid to lower-grade Dao Foundations face the Five Elements Tribulation.

The second level is the Mixed Tribulation, or the advanced Five Elements.

Tribulations like the Primal Chaos Metal Thunder Tribulation, Azure Sky Divine Wood Tribulation, Thousand Miles Fire Cloud Tribulation, and so on are extremely powerful, generally requiring the successful crossing of the second level to establish a high-grade Dao Foundation.

The third level of tribulation, known as the Super Tribulation, is very rare, each with its own name and fame.

Su Yu gazed upwards. Though the tribulation had not yet appeared, he sensed in his heart that it was undoubtedly the third level, but he couldn’t determine exactly which one.

However, he didn’t worry too much. After all, when soldiers come, you block them; when water floods, you soil it. His strength was immense, and he had an array of luxurious sacrificial treasures. It was impossible not to overcome the tribulation.

Comfortably seated, he closed his eyes to relax and adjusted his condition and mindset to its optimal state.

He didn’t know how long had passed, when suddenly the sky brightened, an invisible wave swept over Xuankong Mountain, and the distant Second Elder Brother and Second Sister-in-law, along with all the Senior Brothers and Sisters who had come to watch, instinctively looked towards the sky.

The sky showed no changes, but everyone felt it:

"It’s starting."

In less than ten seconds, the sky began to darken at a speed visible to the naked eye, and an intermittent pressure emerged, making most of the people on Xuankong Mountain feel inexplicably pressed, even making it difficult to breathe.

"Little Chaos Tribulation?"

"This is bad, the Primordial Infinite Elixir and the Tribulation Crossing Platform are useless."

Su Yu’s face immediately fell.

Though the tribulation had not appeared yet, and the sky showed no anomalies, Su Yu already knew the name and power of the tribulation he would face.

"Indeed, it’s the top-tier third level tribulation!"

The Little Chaos Tribulation, also known as the Five Elements Mixed Tribulation, where the Five Elements merge into chaos, is one of the third level tribulations and is the most powerful of the first Great Celestial Tribulations, without exception.

According to the military records Su Yu accessed using his lieutenant authority at the Fallen Star Islands, the Little Chaos Tribulation is a Super-grade Immortal Foundation tribulation. There are documented cases of those who succeeded, all of whom established a Super-grade Immortal Foundation, without exception.

But the prerequisite is surviving it.

Because the Little Chaos Tribulation is the most powerful of the first Great Celestial Tribulations, in the history of human civilization, there have been numerous records of Little Chaos Tribulations, totaling over a hundred. However, less than one in ten succeeded.

"So it’s either soaring or falling into dust."

Su Yu took a deep breath and shouted solemnly:

"Come on!"

With a flick of his fingers, strands of Sword Qi dispersed into the void.