Chapter 228 : Chapter 228
Chapter 228 Chen Tian’s Regret!
【Looking at the scattered strange stones floating in the pool, you asked Xuanyuan Tianji what Xuanhuang Stone Marrow was.】
【After slowly circling the pool once, Xuanyuan Tianji finally spoke.】
【Xuanhuang Stone Marrow is formed when, after the death of a body cultivator who has achieved Fleshly Sainthood, their Essence Blood seeps into Xuanhuang Stone, which then gradually absorbs the Xuanhuang Qi of heaven and earth over countless years.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that Xuanhuang Stone Marrow had the effect of strengthening the fleshly body.】
【“By the way, do you know what the most crucial effect of Xuanhuang Stone Marrow is?”】
【Looking at the smile on Xuanyuan Tianji’s face, you instinctively asked her what it was.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that since Xuanhuang Stone Marrow had been infused with the Essence Blood of someone who had achieved Fleshly Sainthood, its toughness was beyond imagination.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that if the Xuanhuang Stone Marrow in this pool were collected and forged into a piece of armor, it could help you withstand the Chaos Divine Lightning very effectively.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that the final Ninefold Chaos Lightning Tribulation would be far beyond anything you could currently imagine, and having such a trump card would greatly increase your chances of success.】
【After hearing all that, you immediately began collecting the Xuanhuang Stone Marrow from the pool.】
【“Wait!”】
【Suddenly, Xuanyuan Tianji stopped you.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that if you took the Xuanhuang Stone Marrow directly, the pool water, which had been infused by it, would lose its body-strengthening effect.】
【Following Xuanyuan Tianji’s instructions, the two of you jumped into the pool and began tempering your bodies.】
【Once inside the pool, you began absorbing the power of the Xuanhuang Stone Marrow to strengthen your fleshly body.】
【The tenth year!】
【When you opened your eyes, you found that the pool water had become crystal clear.】
【And the Xuanhuang Stone Marrow that had been floating on the water was nowhere to be seen.】
【“Stop staring. I already collected all the Xuanhuang Stone Marrow for you.”】
【Then Xuanyuan Tianji took out a palm-sized shield and handed it to you.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that this was the protective artifact forged from the collected fragments of Xuanhuang Stone Marrow.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that there had been too little Xuanhuang Stone Marrow, so it could only barely be forged into a palm-sized Xuanhuang Shield.】
【Looking at the palm-sized Xuanhuang Shield in your hand, you cast a suspicious glance at Xuanyuan Tianji, as if asking whether such a tiny shield could really block the Chaos Divine Lightning.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji understood the meaning in your eyes and gave a cold snort.】
【“Do not underestimate this Xuanhuang Shield. It may be small, but blocking your current Chaos Lightning Tribulation would be effortless. At most, though, it can only withstand three strikes. If it is the Ninefold Chaos Lightning Tribulation, it may only be able to block one layer, or perhaps...”】
【“Perhaps not even a single strike!”】
【Not even a single strike?】
【After hearing Xuanyuan Tianji’s words, you understood for the first time just how terrifying the Ninefold Chaos Lightning Tribulation truly was.】
【You knew that the next breakthrough awaiting you was the Seventh Tribulation Realm, which was also the first stage in stepping from the Middle Three Realms into the Upper Three Realms.】
【From this alone, it was obvious that the next Chaos Lightning Tribulation would be far more terrifying than the one you had faced when breaking through to the Sixth Tribulation Realm.】
【Yet even against such a dreadful Chaos Lightning Tribulation, Xuanyuan Tianji still said that the Xuanhuang Shield in your hand could block it three times.】
【You did not dare imagine how you would survive the horrifying power of the ninth layer of the Chaos Lightning Tribulation.】
【If the Xuanhuang Shield could only block one strike, then you would still have to rely on your fleshly body to endure the remaining eight bolts of Chaos Divine Lightning.】
【At that thought, your body could not help trembling a few times.】
【“Enough. Right now, breaking through to the Seventh Tribulation Realm is what matters most.”】
【When Xuanyuan Tianji saw that you had not been shaken in the slightest, the corners of her lips curled upward faintly. She knew she had not misjudged you after all.】
【Afterward, the two of you looked around the pool and toured the entire summit of the Fallen Immortal Abyss, only to find that aside from the Xuanhuang Stone Marrow, there was nothing else of value left.】
【“It seems the rewards of this trial site have already been exhausted. Aside from the Myriad Tribulations Stairway itself, this place can already be considered an abandoned trial ground.”】
【Xuanyuan Tianji sighed and, somewhat disappointed, began walking back down the Myriad Tribulations Stairway.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that this Myriad Tribulations Stairway could only test body cultivators below the Spirit Bone Realm.】
【You followed Xuanyuan Tianji and left the Fallen Immortal Abyss together.】
【At the same time, you calculated the time.】
【By now, more than a year had passed since you left the Ancient Emperor Ruins.】
【You did not know what the situation in the Hope Zone was like now, nor whether Chen Tian had made preparations in advance.】
【You used the Great Void Technique to take Xuanyuan Tianji with you as you flew toward the Ancient Emperor Ruins.】
【The eleventh year!】
【You returned to the Ancient Emperor Ruins and entered the Hope Zone.】
【Looking at the Hope Zone before you, now already reduced to ruins, you let out a long sigh in your heart.】
【“As expected, the Hope Zone still could not escape the fate of being destroyed by Heavenly Emperor City and the Eldritch Race...”】
【You walked toward the Council of Elders because you wanted to see whether Chen Shu was hiding inside the Ancient Emperor Ruins.】
【Suddenly, Chen Shu’s familiar voice rang out from nearby.】
【Soon after, you saw two familiar figures.】
【“Chen Shu? Chen Tian?”】
【You had not expected that aside from Chen Shu, Chen Tian had also survived.】
【Chen Shu quickly came to your side and looked at you with a face full of gratitude.】
【Chen Shu knew that if not for your warning, neither she nor Chen Tian could have survived.】
【Not long after, Chen Tian also slowly walked over.】
【You saw that Chen Tian was dejected, and his eyes were filled with guilt as he looked at you.】
【In the end, Chen Tian admitted that all of this was his fault. It was because he had not believed what you said that the Hope Zone was destroyed.】
【You looked expressionlessly at the self-reproachful Chen Tian before you.】
【You knew that all of this had been his own choice. There was nothing much for you to say. Now that it had already happened, the only thing to do was move forward, not wallow in grief.】
【You turned your gaze to Chen Shu and asked curiously why Chen Tian alone had also survived.】
【In truth, what you wanted to ask was why Chen Tian had survived as well, but after thinking it over, you felt that would be inappropriate, so you changed your phrasing.】
【Chen Shu told you that halfway through the ninth year, she had gone to Chen Tian and demanded that he make some preparations based on what you had said.】
【However, Chen Tian had thought she was being unreasonable and refused no matter what.】
【Chen Shu told you that in the end, she had no choice but to threaten him with her own life before Chen Tian finally agreed to hide in secret for half a year. If what you said did not happen, then it would prove that you were a fraud. But if it did happen, he would at least be able to make some moves in response.】
【Chen Shu told you that just one month after she and Chen Tian hid themselves away, the Bai Family of Heavenly Emperor City arrived at the Hope Zone together with the Eldritch Race.】
【“They began a massacre!”】
【“Even my brother was powerless in the face of that situation!”】
【“In the end, we only escaped disaster by hiding inside the Ancient Emperor Ruins together.”】
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