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Chapter 845: Chapter 851: The Reason
Li Zhirui moved swiftly, and in just a moment, he appeared within the Xuanfa Pavilion shop.
The Store Manager, having heard the news, rushed over and greeted with a respectful bow, "I’ve seen the Senior before."
"No need for such formalities."
Li Zhirui assisted him to his feet and said, "I’ve come here this time because I hope that the Xuanfa Pavilion can resolve a doubt in my heart."
"This..." The Store Manager seemed to have thought of something, and for a moment, cold sweat broke out on his forehead as he stammered incoherently.
Li Zhirui didn’t probe the reason for his reaction and went straight to the point, "In recent years, the intensity of the Divine Transformation Thunder Tribulation has been increasing, do you know why?"
"Senior, I am just a Nascent Soul, how would I be privy to such information?" The Store Manager replied with a pained expression, speaking softly.
But seeming worried about offending Li Zhirui, he quickly added, "However, Senior could visit the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion to inquire about the cause, they would surely know."
Seeing that he truly could not extract an answer, and realizing that he might have assumed too much, Li Zhirui stood up and left.
"What does the Senior wish to know?"
At the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, they were only Golden Core stage, but they didn’t exhibit the same level of reverent compliance as the Store Manager, though their words carried a measure of respect.
Then again, it made sense; the power behind the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion far outstripped the Xuanfa Pavilion, and since they also had a monopoly on their business and no transactions with the Li family, there was no need for them to be overly obsequious.
"Why is the Divine Transformation Thunder Tribulation growing stronger?"
Upon hearing the question, the brows of the old man selling information twitched, but considering that the Li family had consecutively produced several individuals who had undergone Divine Transformation, Li Zhirui could not have remained unaware.
"The value of this information is five hundred thousand Spirit Stones."
Li Zhirui could accept this price, but he didn’t have any Spirit Stones on him, only Precious Pills. If they didn’t accept them, he would have to make another trip to the Xuanfa Pavilion.
Fortunately, as soon as the old man saw the Top-Tier Treasure Pills, he immediately changed his tune, saving Li Zhirui the extra trip.
"Senior must have participated in the inter-realm war before and should be aware that the Profound Origin Realm has nearly digested the Yuanhao Realm, which has been left almost entirely desolate." 𝚗o𝚟pub.𝚌𝚘𝚖
The old man smiled and said, "Even so, the Yuanhao Realm isn’t something that can be digested quickly, even if its Heavenly Dao is weakened. A dying fish can still flap about; how much more so can the Heavenly Dao?"
"The intensification of the Divine Transformation Thunder Tribulation is more precisely the Yuanhao Realm’s Heavenly Dao targeting the Divinely Transformed individuals who participated in the inter-realm war, as well as Cultivators connected to their Qi Fortune."
"However, the power of the Yuanhao Realm’s Heavenly Dao is limited, it couldn’t even reach the Golden Core or Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation before, and certainly won’t be able to in the future."
"As for why the Thunder Tribulation is growing stronger? It’s simply a last burst of light before extinction, a dying struggle. As for when it will end..."
At this point, the old man closed his mouth.
Li Zhirui knew that the other party was deliberately baiting him, but he couldn’t help biting and asked, "When will this disturbance end?"
"This piece of information is quite cheap, only requiring one hundred thousand Spirit Stones."
Still paying with Top-Tier Treasure Pills, once the pill was handed over, the old man continued, "In no more than thirty years, the Yuanhao Realm’s Heavenly Dao will be completely extinguished, and the Thunder Tribulation will naturally return to normal."
Despite the explanation from the old man, Li Zhirui remained doubtful. If it was due to the Cultivators of the Profound Origin Realm killing the beings of the Yuanhao Realm, and the opposing Heavenly Dao sensed it and thus targeted them, he could understand.
But Li Zhirui hadn’t spilled the blood of the beings from the Yuanhao Realm, so why was he being scrutinized by their Heavenly Dao?
Could it be because the Precious Pills he refined were consumed by the frontline Cultivators, who then killed the beings of the Yuanhao Realm?
Had the Heavenly Dao sensed Li Zhirui’s aura from these frontline Cultivators? And through Qi Fortune, was it implicating those close to him?
The elder had claimed that the Heavenly Dao of the Yuanhao Realm was about to be annihilated, and Li Zhirui was inclined to believe this news.
Yet it was this same Heavenly Dao that had almost killed Xiaoqing!
Li Zhirui’s understanding of the Heavenly Dao was extremely superficial; after all, before Ascension to immortality, cultivators like them were said to comprehend the Heavenly Dao when in fact they were merely comprehending the Laws.
But after this incident, Li Zhirui gained a clearer perception of the Heavenly Dao’s formidable power.
As for why he didn’t doubt the authenticity of the news from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion? It was naturally because of their countless years of established reputation.
"Do you have any more questions, senior?" The elder saw Li Zhirui sitting in place, lost in thought, and couldn’t help but speak up to interrupt him, reminding him that if he had no further questions, he should hurry on his way.
Li Zhirui raised his eyebrows; ever since his breakthrough to Divine Transformation, he had not encountered a low-rank cultivator who dared to speak to him like this.
But what could he do?
The last cultivator who dared to make a move against the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, who knew how many times they had been reincarnated by now, was also a Divine Transformation cultivator.
Having learned what he wanted to know and with his musings interrupted, Li Zhirui naturally wouldn’t stay any longer and immediately got up to return to Wanxian Island.
Li Zhirui repeated the elder’s words in detail to Da Qing.
After listening, Da Qing let out a sigh of relief and was filled with emotion, saying, "The terror of the Heavenly Dao is indeed evident!"
"The Heavenly Dao is too distant for us at present, there’s no need to think too much about it."
Having a broad and foresighted view is good, but it’s easy to become overly ambitious and lose sight of the journey ahead, which is the most critical.
"That person said no more than thirty years, I wonder how Cang is doing with his realm now."
Da Qing was somewhat concerned; a dying blow could be immensely powerful! If Cang were to undergo his Tribulation Transcendence during this period, the situation would probably be more perilous than Xiaoqing’s.
"It shouldn’t be a problem," Li Zhirui had considered this issue on his way back. With Cang’s current level of cultivation, it was impossible for him to challenge Divine Transformation within thirty years.
Furthermore, Cang had been refining the dragon egg for the past few years, spending very little time on his cultivation, which further delayed his breakthrough.
"That’s good."
Da Qing always had great faith in Li Zhirui’s judgment.
"Now that the clan is in a state of panic, it’s time to step forward and stabilize the situation."
Upon knowing the accurate information, Li Zhirui would naturally not stand idly by; he changed his previous reluctance to show himself, and this time it was he himself who announced the news to the clan members.
After all, the core of the matter was that the intensification of the Thunder Tribulation for people like Jiang Fengwu was caused by Li Zhirui; he was the ’chief culprit’.
Li Zhirui’s words were as precious as gold, and the clan members naturally tended to believe what he said.
Another reason was that the intensification of the Divine Transformation Thunder Tribulation had little to do with them!
For most of the clan members, reaching a Golden Core in their lifetime and achieving a lifespan of five hundred years was already fulfillment enough; Nascent Soul was far beyond their reach, let alone Divine Transformation.
And for a potential Divine Transformation cultivator like Li Xianxun, it also required a hundred or two hundred years of cultivation and accumulation—by which time the Heavenly Dao of the Yuanhao Realm would have long since dissipated.
Even Li Chengsheng, who had reached the late Nascent Soul stage and claimed to have obtained a treasure of the Dao, needed seventy to eighty years of accumulating and polishing his mana, not to mention the existence of bottlenecks.
After announcing the news, Li Zhirui disappeared from the crowd’s presence.
The issues that needed to be addressed had been resolved. Next, he must take advantage of the time to cultivate, refining more Primal Qi, and break through to the middle stage of Divine Transformation sooner!
