Cultivation System: Stronger with Age Chapter 1135 - 478: Netherworld Water Tribulation (Part 2)

Lin Xuankong, witnessing Guang Yu'er's reaction, felt a flicker of surprise. He turned to the most powerful Immortal Lord beside him and inquired with curiosity, "Is there something amiss with that watery sound? If it's dubbed the Five Elements Immortal Slaying Tribulation, shouldn't there be an elemental heavenly tribulation attack? Such a water sound typically signifies an impending special water-attribute heavenly tribulation!"

At that moment, the strongest Immortal Lord, Guang Yu'er, gazed towards the Great Success Jade Bright Bodhisattva with a subtle worry creasing her small face. She shook her head and responded:

"If it were a standard water-attribute assault, like the fabled nine heavy waters or the legendary nine layers of corrosive water found within water-attribute tribulations, it would be manageable. But have you not discerned the sounds emanating from within those dense tribulation clouds? Beyond the mere sound of water, there are the wails of countless beings?

This is most likely one of the most dreadful water-attribute tribulations: the Netherworld Water Tribulation!"

"Netherworld Water Tribulation?"

Lin Xuankong's brow furrowed slightly.

Beside him, the Qilin Race Elder Clan Leader grew tense upon hearing these four words. He looked nervously at the strongest Immortal Lord Guang Yu'er, asking, "Immortal Lord Guang, are your suspicions confirmed? Three water-attribute tribulations are notorious for the cries they elicit: the Rebirth Water Tribulation, the Hell Water Tribulation, and the Netherworld Water Tribulation. The most terrifying of all, causing cultivators to blanch at its mere mention, is the Netherworld Water Tribulation!

It is said that the Rebirth Water Tribulation surpasses even the mightiest thunder-attribute tribulations. For a strongest Immortal Lord facing it, survival odds are merely one in ten. The Hell Water Tribulation unleashes waves, each escalating in power, amplifying its force eighteenfold, also leaving only one in ten survivors. To brave these two tribulations, strongest Immortal Lords require a substantial arsenal of mid to high-grade immortal artifacts to stand a chance!

However, the Netherworld Water Tribulation stands as the most fearsome among these three. Much like the Celestial Spirit Fire, it cannot be countered by any immortal artifact, magical treasure, immortal technique, or spiritual object. It assaults the divine soul directly! Historical records spanning millennia indicate that over seven hundred strongest Immortal Lords have encountered the Netherworld Water Tribulation, yet a mere twelve have managed to scrape by with their lives! It is whispered that while other heavenly tribulations offer discernible patterns for overcoming them, this Netherworld Water Tribulation is an untraceable, special spiritual assault!"

The strongest Immortal Lord Guang Yu'er nodded with solemnity and stated:

"There should be no error. The legacy of our Guangqing Immortal Lord has been preserved for millions of years, and several ancestors have faced such a tribulation. Consequently, the chronicles concerning the Netherworld Water Tribulation within our Guangqing Immortal Sect are exceptionally detailed! Based on the cacophony of human wails, demon howls, ghost cries, and spiritual shrieks emanating from the void within the tribulation clouds, it is undeniably the Netherworld Water Tribulation!"

Seeing the unwavering certainty of the strongest Immortal Lord Guang Yu'er, the Qilin Race Elder Clan Leader could only shake his head repeatedly. "Netherworld Water Tribulation, Netherworld Water Tribulation! It seems the Great Success Jade Bright Bodhisattva will likely not survive the fourth wave of the Five Elements Immortal Slaying Tribulation this time."

Lin Xuankong's brows drew together yet again as he absorbed their conversation.

He mused inwardly, "These heavenly tribulations encountered by strongest Immortal Lords are indeed peculiar, presenting such a variety of formidable attacks that even immortal artifacts and magical treasures struggle against. Had I foreseen this, perhaps I should have initiated the final tribulation while still at the Ninth Grade, simplifying matters. After all, the ultimate tribulation for a Ninth-Grade Earth Immortal is invariably a lightning tribulation, and while potent, a plentiful supply of immortal artifacts would surely make it surmountable!"

Yet, upon further reflection, Lin Xuankong couldn't help but dismiss the thought, shaking his head.

Is this just my own contemplation? How could any other Ninth-Grade Earth Immortal possibly possess such an abundance of high-grade immortal artifacts, let alone effortlessly forge hundreds or even thousands of seventh and eighth-grade immortal artifacts? The so-called 'dire circumstances' faced by the multitude of human immortal sects within the Golden Dragon Immortal Realm render it challenging even for the most affluent Earth Immortal to procure a mere few hundred first-grade immortal artifacts!

It is precisely under these conditions that the human Earth Immortals in the Golden Dragon Immortal Tribulation naturally harbor a deficit of confidence in conquering the ultimate tribulation during the Ninth-Grade Earth Immortal stage. This leads them to persist in their cultivation, meticulously integrating their divine souls and immortal bodies, striving to ascend to greater heights with extended lifespans. They aim to reach the echelons of the most formidable Immortal Lords, Demon Lords, or Great Accomplishment Bodhisattvas, anticipating being better equipped to confront the final heavenly tribulation over the vast expanse of time!

Alas, the primary reason lies in the fact that across countless eons, due to the 'excessive exploitation and collection' by numerous predecessors, the spiritual objects, treasures, heavenly materials, and earthly treasures within the Golden Dragon Immortal Realm have become exceedingly scarce. This leaves the Earth Immortals, demons, and Bodhisattvas in a state of profound impoverishment!

From this perspective, it appears that my transmigration into this Golden Dragon Immortal Realm, leveraging the Vigorous in Old Age Life Plate and a spectrum of innate talents, coupled with the fortuitous encounter with Miss Xiao Xiuyi and the subsequent acquisition of a potent path in artifact refining, has indeed introduced a glimmer of hope to the cultivation community of the human race within this resource-depleted Golden Dragon Immortal Realm?

Reflecting upon this, Lin Xuankong couldn't refrain from shaking his head and offering a smile.

Nearby, the supreme Immortal Lord Guang Yu’er observed Lin Xuankong’s sudden, peculiar smile and couldn't help but cast a sharp glance his way. "The Great Success Jade Bright Bodhisattva might be facing dire straits this time! How can you find amusement at such a critical juncture? I am practically consumed by worry!"

Lin Xuankong: ....

Following a slight shift in his gaze, Lin Xuankong suppressed his smile and addressed Guang Yu’er and the Qilin Race Elder Clan Leader with a serious demeanor:

"Frankly, following the harrowing celestial spirit fire tribulation encountered earlier, I harbored some doubts regarding the Great Success Jade Bright Bodhisattva's capacity to overcome it. However, while the Netherworld Water Tribulation is indeed formidable, it ultimately directs its spiritual assaults towards the divine soul!

From my assessment, the Great Success Jade Bright Bodhisattva is likely to successfully navigate this fourth wave of the Netherworld Water Tribulation. Therefore, Elder Clan Leader and Yu’er, there is no need for you to be concerned!"

The rationale behind Lin Xuankong's assertion,

stems naturally from the profoundly developed divine soul realm possessed by the Great Success Jade Bright Bodhisattva!

Lin Xuankong himself is endowed with the supreme realm divine soul of the Golden Dragon Immortal Realm and has honed the Guangqing Illusion Technique to its zenith. Even formidable figures such as Immortal Lord Kunyuan, Immortal Lord Qiaan Yuan, and his own esteemed master, Immortal Lord Luoshui, alongside the esteemed first Grand Elder of the Divine Dynasty Immortal Sect, Elder Qiu, remained oblivious to his employment of illusion techniques. Yet, this Great Success Jade Bright Bodhisattva perceived it from the very first encounter, accurately discerning Lin Xuankong’s utilization of illusionary arts!

While this proficiency is partly attributable to the Great Success Jade Bright Bodhisattva being a Great Accomplishment Bodhisattva of the Spirit Platform Buddhism and having cultivated the Buddhist Celestial Eye Divine Techniques, Lin Xuankong is unequivocally certain that this Great Success Jade Bright Bodhisattva’s divine soul realm approaches the supreme realm divine soul of the Immortal Realm with remarkable closeness. Although it may not equal his own or that of the Sect Master of the Divine Dynasty Immortal Sect, the disparity is not significant!

Given such an exceptionally robust divine soul, overcoming a heavenly tribulation that specifically targets it should substantially elevate the probability of success!

Nevertheless, while Lin Xuankong possesses this knowledge, from where would others acquire such insight?

"No need for concern? You place considerable faith in the Great Success Jade Bright Bodhisattva. If your assessment proves accurate, that would indeed be a most welcome outcome!" The strongest Immortal Lord Guang Yu’er knitted her brows, evidently harboring scant belief in Lin Xuankong's pronouncements.

The Qilin Race Elder Clan Leader also furrowed his brow deeply, restlessly pacing with his hooves.

Lin Xuankong, who demonstrates extraordinary talent in both the Path of Array Formation and the Path of Artifact Refining, commands significant respect and admiration from the Qilin Race Elder Clan Leader. Consequently, even with internal reservations, he refrained from offering a dismissive retort as Lin Xuankong's purported paramour, Guang Yu’er, had done. Nevertheless, this Qilin Race Elder Clan Leader clearly possesses minimal confidence in the Great Success Jade Bright Bodhisattva's ability to surmount this fourth phase of the Netherworld Water Tribulation!

The other cultivators present in the Luo Water Array, along with the young prodigies from numerous immortal sects and prominent clans who had congregated, heard the distant exchange. Their countenances grew solemn, each one devoid of any self-assurance.

Yet, the Little Bodhisattva, Galin Bodhisattva, hailing from Spirit Platform Buddhism, had her eyes sparkle upon hearing Guang Yu'er and the Qilin Clan Leader discuss the Netherworld Water Tribulation.