Chapter 13
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Chapter 13: The Southern Wilderness Trembles, Qi Qingsi Ascends to Godhood
Xuanfu Palace.
A white-haired yet youthful elder in white robes sat meditating when his eyes abruptly snapped open. His eyes held no trace of life\’s weariness, only clarity.
His primordial spirit drifted out like smoke, gazing toward the borderlands between the Southern Wilderness and the Western Regions.
Clouds of tribulation spanned four hundred miles, setting the laws of heaven and earth reverberating.
Clearly, someone was facing a tribulation to ascend to godhood.
\"Palace Master!\"
Two colossal human faces materialized above Xuanfu Palace. Upon seeing the elder\’s primordial spirit, they greeted with reverence.
\"Palace Master,\" a deeply wrinkled elderly face inquired, \"Such majestic heavenly might… could it belong to an extraordinary talent defying the heavens?\"
\"The truth will reveal itself upon seeing it.\"
The Master of Xuanfu Palace said lightly, \"It has been long since a new god arose in the Southern Wilderness. For this ascension to occur in such remoteness… likely a Secret Realm has manifested.\"
\"Elder Brothers Xuanyang, Xuanfeng. Go forth. Should circumstances permit, claim this Secret Realm for Xuanfu Palace.\"
\"As you command!\"
The two faces vanished into the void.
…
Red Dust Demon Sect.
A little girl with twin hair buns, clad in a fiery red dress, her features youthful and tender, was chasing fish in a pond. The moment the thunder tribulation arose, she dropped her fishing basket, her gaze drawn toward the horizon.
\"Attend me.\"
The girl\’s voice, though childish, instantly became that of a different person—no longer a playful child, but a seasoned ruler. A shadow squirmed within the void, gradually coalescing into human form.
\"Investigate this.\"
\"Yes.\"
The shadow vanished. The little girl resumed chasing fish.
…
Celestial Demon Hall.
A golden-robed elder sat upon a high throne, his gaze sinister, his aura baleful, radiating potent demonic energy.
He stared down from the dais at a young man garbed in luxurious silks.
\"After these many years… another ascends to godhood in the Southern Wilderness.\"
The golden-robed elder rasped, his voice like nails scraping coffin wood, grating and unpleasant.
\"Wudao, you\’ve lingered at the apex of the Divine Catastrophe stage long enough.\"
The golden-robed elder shifted his gaze to the place of heavenly tribulation. \"That place, bordering the Western Regions… is hardly fit for apotheosis. There must be something extraordinary within.\"
\"Making this journey may benefit you somewhat.\"
\"Yes, Adoptive Father.\"
The brocade-clad youth had features like polished jade, bearing a noble and refined handsomeness. Only his expression remained icily detached, revealing nothing of his thoughts.
\"Wudao.\"
Just as the brocade-clad youth was about to step out of the grand hall, the voice of the golden-robed elder came, faint but carrying weight. \"My expectation rests upon you. The future of the Celestial Demon Hall, too, weighs upon your shoulders.\"
\"You must achieve divine ascension swiftly. Do not disappoint this father.\"
Wudao\’s back remained turned to the golden-robed elder. The corner of his mouth curled into a faint sneer as he nodded. \"Wudao will assuredly prove worthy of Adoptive Father\’s nurturing.\"
…
When the heavenly tribulation manifested, nearly every deity across the Southern Wilderness sensed it instantly.
Moreover, this tribulation exuded overwhelming celestial power, its aura vast and heavy. It compelled all major sects to dispatch their formidable experts. The previously tranquil Southern Wilderness once again stirred with undercurrents.
…
Kunlun Valley.
When the first devastating divine thunder descended, Qin Haishan and Qi Qingsi both drove their second-tier divine weapons to resist.
Boom!
The divine thunder struck them both directly. Qin Haishan\’s entire body turned to charcoal, his charred flesh emitting a bizarre aroma; he resembled a thing almost wholly roasted.
Qi Qingsi pushed her purple dragon armor to its limits. A colossal purple divine dragon roared into the heavens defiantly and slammed into the devastating divine thunder. Incredibly, it opened its maw and swallowed the destructive bolt whole.
Dragon scales cracked under the strain.
Qi Qingsi’s elegant brows knitted tightly. Just this first bolt of devastating divine thunder had pushed her purple dragon armor to the brink. Still two heavenly tribulations remained! How potent would they truly be?
RUMBLE!
Even as this thought crossed her mind, the second devastating divine thunder was already coalescing.
CRACK!
Within mere moments, the enormous clouds of tribulation shrank once again. Terrifying energy concentrated into the second bolt of devastating divine thunder, spanning a vast ten li radius, before crashing down mercilessly.
\"Unification of heaven and earth!\" Qin Haishan bellowed desperately.
He poured every ounce of his power into the Three-Legged Ding. Visions emerged within it: the Sun, Moon, and Stars whirling, rivers and mountains stretching endlessly, as if manifesting another miniature world.
Qi Qingsi, too, urged her bronze umbrella onward.
Countless divine patterns shimmered across its surface, resolving into layer upon layer of defensive barriers, forming a thirty-sixth level of stacked, umbrella-folding shields.
BANG!
The second devastating divine thunder struck.
Sun and Moon images crumbled. Mountains and rivers shattered within the Ding. Qi Qingsi’s thirty-six layers of barriers began rupturing, one after another, unable to hold.
Qin Haishan suffered catastrophic damage. The devastating divine thunder slammed into him, its laws of destruction invading his flesh, beginning their frenzied campaign to grind away his law patterns.
\"No…\"
Qin Haishan panicked. This was the foundation of his ascension to godhood. Once destroyed, all his efforts would be for naught.
He frantically mobilized his magical power to suppress the power of the laws of destruction.
Qi Qingsi\’s state was worlds apart from Qin Haishan\’s.
The second devastating divine thunder barely blasted through the thirty-sixth level barrier. The bronze umbrella dimmed suddenly and shattered into pieces. A second-tier divine weapon was completely ruined.
But Qi Qingsi was still at her peak state.
Qi Qingsi glanced coldly at Qin Haishan, her expression icy.
Qin Haishan would not survive the third thunder tribulation.
Perhaps, without her lifting a finger, Qin Haishan would die under the thunder tribulation.
\"Qi Qingsi, you mad woman, you disaster sign, if not for you, the heavenly tribulation\’s power would never have reached this level! I hate you! I hate you!\"
Qin Haishan\’s hair was disheveled, and he looked utterly insane.
Boom!
The third devastating divine thunder erupted.
The clouds of tribulation devoured the spiritual energy, merging with the laws of destruction to form a divine thunder thirty miles wide. Where it passed, the void collapsed, and Kunlun Valley trembled.
The void\’s cloud sea vanished completely.
\"Disaster sign! Disaster sign!\"
Amid Qin Haishan\’s furious roars of defiance, the third divine thunder struck, erasing all divine patterns from the Three Legs cauldron. Qin Haishan\’s precious armor turned to dust.
\"Ah…\"
Qin Haishan let out a piercing wail, his entire body vaporized to ashes by the divine thunder.
\"Supreme Heartless Seal!\"
Qi Qingsi activated the great seal in her palm, unleashing her divine power.
At that moment, she matched her heart to the Heart of Heaven. The seal in her hand transformed into a domain, a world unto itself, forcibly withstanding the third divine thunder.
Thwack!
But the heavenly tribulation\’s terrifying force penetrated Qi Qingsi\’s divine power and slammed into her body.
Crack!
A purple divine dragon manifested, its divine might operating to resist the heavenly tribulation.
Scale by scale cracked, the purple divine dragon\’s phantom grew dimmer until it was utterly extinguished.
The purple dragon armor dissolved into purple wisps of smoke.
Qi Qingsi let out a sharp cry. Divine patterns flared from the great seal.
She activated the Supreme Forgetting Emotions chapter, revealing the law patterns imprinted on her body. These fused completely with the seal, achieving unity between human and weapon.
A mighty force of absorption erupted from the seal, starting to devour the devastating divine thunder.
She aimed not only to survive the heavenly tribulation but also to refine her Life Treasure using the devastating divine thunder, advancing it to a divine weapon.
Thwack!
As the devastating divine thunder was absorbed, wave after wave of divine patterns was erased. Qi Qingsi\’s spirit suffered heavy damage, and bright red blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.
Her expression was weary, her black hair in disarray.
The clouds of tribulation in the sky had dispersed, meaning she had passed the heavenly tribulation.
She had become a being of the Divine God realm.
After some time of rest, she could return to her peak state.
Qi Qingsi stored the Heart of Heaven seal into her Purple Palace. She glanced at the Great Five Elements Sword Formation enveloping Kunlun Valley, a trace of hesitation flickering across her face.
This sword formation was a divine-level killing array.
Once refined and controlled, it would become a formidable trump card.
Moreover, within the Kunlun Sect ruins, remnants of techniques survived. As a former superpower, their techniques were surely a valuable treasure.
\"Such huge commotion would inevitably draw attention from all sects in the Southern Wilderness. This is no place to linger.\"
After a moment\’s thought, Qi Qingsi decided to leave.
She saw the formation as merely a nice bonus.
Her priority now was to stabilize her realm.
Otherwise, letting the laws of destruction ravage her body could damage her foundation, risking a fall from the Divine God realm at any moment.
Qi Qingsi flew out of Kunlun Valley and vanished into the clouds at the horizon.
