Chapter 1860: Immortal Astral, tenth sun, Weak!

The Mysterious Tribulation is a transformation between the empty profound stage and the Empty Tribulation Realm. It is different from the Heavenly Tribulation; it does not descend solely in the form of lightning. Instead, it descends upon the Cultivator in a special way, forming those repeated collapses.

If the Mysterious Tribulation is not successfully overcome, both body and soul will be destroyed. Therefore, many empty profound Cultivators are quite fearful of the Mysterious Tribulation, preferring to remain in the empty profound stage forever rather than face those nine heart-stopping Mysterious Tribulations!

For instance, Daoist Blue Dream back then remained at the Peak of the empty profound stage for a very long time, never once stepping into the Mysterious Tribulation.

Once one enters the Mysterious Tribulation, it is like experiencing life and death nine times. Not everyone possesses such matters, such courage. The vast majority of Empty Tribulation Realm Cultivators often take thousands of years or even longer to slowly overcome this Mysterious Tribulation one by one.

They do not have the confidence to overcome all nine times in one go, so whenever they feel that things are going poorly, they will forcibly cut it off, refusing to seek the fortune of the Mysterious Tribulation!

The Mysterious Tribulation is a tribulation, but it is also a fortune.

By overcoming it three times consecutively, the Primordial Spirit can increase by twofold. By overcoming it six times consecutively, it can increase by threefold. If one can overcome it nine times consecutively, the Primordial Spirit can increase by several times!

As for exactly how much, since only two people in history have been able to achieve this, and both of these individuals later became Great Heavenly Venerates.

Without them speaking of it, no one knows. However, the difficulty and danger here can be seen from this. It is rumored that after these two Great Heavenly Venerates overcame these nine Mysterious Tribulations back then, they were both severely injured and went into seclusion for a long time.

Even an ordinary Cultivator, if they can consecutively overcome the Mysterious Tribulation six times, can immediately become a powerhouse in the Early Stage of the Empty Tribulation Realm. Setting aside Magic Treasure, they can fight against someone at the Peak of the Middle Stage of the Empty Tribulation Realm without falling into a disadvantage!

However, such a fortune is rarely obtained by anyone in history. Consecutively overcoming it nine times and accumulating nine times over thousands of years are completely different!

Moreover, this Mysterious Tribulation is very strange; outsiders cannot help, and it relies entirely on oneself.

Like Du Qing, although he has already overcome it several times, he did so separately, and it is becoming increasingly difficult, so it is very likely he will stop there for life. But it is not without hope; after all, he has a certain amount of time to prepare. Although this time is not much, it is still much easier than overcoming it all at once consecutively.

However, the further one goes, the more it becomes a test of life and death, which is like a nightmare that makes people fearful. And once one steps into the Mysterious Tribulation, when the time comes, even if you do not want to overcome it, the Mysterious Tribulation will suddenly descend at an unimaginable time, becoming a call of death.

On the Immortal Astral, some people have roughly calculated, though it is not accurate, it has a certain representation: the first Mysterious Tribulation has a ten percent chance of death, and as it increases, the ninth Mysterious Tribulation has a ninety percent chance of death.

Continuing the deduction, among the nine times, those who can overcome them all one by one, besides having powerful cultivation, luck also plays a certain degree.

Wang Lin stood deep within the scorpion structure, his expression calm. He took a step forward, and with a flicker of his figure, he left this place and appeared atop the scorpion temple, stepping on the curved scorpion tail that pointed toward the sky.

His white hair fluttered, causing Wang Lin's figure at this moment to reveal an ethereal quality, as if he were about to be carried away by the wind. He gazed at the sky, waiting for the arrival of the Mysterious Tribulation.

"The Mysterious Tribulation, I wonder what form it will take; I am very much looking forward to it…" Wang Lin's eyes revealed a bright glow. He now had the confidence to face all Mysterious Tribulations!

His cultivation circulated within his body, its speed becoming faster and faster, causing his body to emit the aura of the Perfection of the empty profound stage. This aura, while constantly condensing, suddenly blasted out from within Wang Lin's body, turning into a storm surrounding him, heading straight for the sky. In an instant, it seemed to connect with the sky, forming a heaven-shocking storm!

The moment this storm appeared, it immediately formed an invisible pressure. This pressure roared, centered on Wang Lin, and swept out in all directions. In the blink of an eye, it covered a radius of several hundred miles and was still spreading crazily.

Within these several hundred miles, all living beings had to retreat under this pressure; they were not allowed to step even half a step into it!

This is the Mysterious Tribulation. Once a Cultivator goes to overcome it, no one else will appear in the vicinity, and no help is possible!

Moreover, the spread of this pressure continued. In the blink of an eye, it covered an area of several thousand miles, even approaching the edge of the scorpion temple in the distance, where the dozen or so Cultivators from the Green Devil Continent who had come to watch the Green Devil's resurrection were located.

These Cultivators' expressions changed one by one, and they all retreated together. They didn't even need to use their Divine Sense to see this change in heaven and earth; they could clearly perceive that someone was undergoing the Mysterious Tribulation!!

"The Mysterious Tribulation?! This… how could the pressure of a Mysterious Tribulation appear here!"

"Could it be that after Lord Green Devil resurrected, his cultivation fell, and he now has to re-experience the Mysterious Tribulation to recover?"

"Lord Green Devil was personally suppressed by the Immortal Ancestor back then, so his cultivation must have been extremely powerful. However, having been suppressed for too long, his cultivation might have indeed fallen quite a bit…"

Those dozen or so retreating Cultivators from the Green Devil Continent each had thoughtful expressions. They retreated to avoid the pressure and concentrated on watching, but their Divine Sense could not penetrate too deeply into this pressure, and they could not see what was happening inside.

While this pressure was spreading for several thousand miles, in the central area, atop the tail of the scorpion temple, Wang Lin stood calmly, looking at the sky. He saw that the entire sky had suddenly produced snowflakes.

These snowflakes were white, drifting down from the sky. Very quickly, they covered the sky, forming a scene of flurry, drifting down slowly and permeating the surroundings.

"Snow?" Wang Lin looked.

The snowflakes became more and more numerous, quickly occupying the entire world, becoming the only thing drifting within these thousands of miles. As they fell, a chill spread, enveloping the surroundings, and the snowflakes landed on the ground in large quantities, covering it with a layer.

The moment this snow appeared, the dozen or so Cultivators from the Green Devil Continent thousands of miles away all had their eyes gleam. They felt a chill and saw with their naked eyes the snowflakes drifting within those thousands of miles!

"This first tribulation of the Mysterious Tribulation is actually a Snow Tribulation!! This tribulation is not often seen…"

"The nine Mysterious Tribulations: the first three are Outer Tribulations, the middle three are Inner Tribulations, and the last three are Soul Tribulations!"

"Let's see how Lord Green Devil overcomes this Snow Tribulation!"

Wang Lin watched the snowflakes, his expression as usual. He did not immediately make a move, but instead, as if admiring the snow, he watched the snowstorm descend…

The snowflakes became denser and denser, and as they descended, the cold here became even deeper. Not long after, suddenly, the snow between heaven and earth stopped in unison, as if time had been frozen, solidifying within this world.

In that instant, the countless snowflakes seemed to turn into extremely sharp snow blades. From all directions, amidst the sudden whistling, they all rushed straight toward Wang Lin. The snow was like blades, suddenly approaching!

"Is this the first tribulation…" Wang Lin shook his head, disappointment appearing in his eyes. He raised his right hand, and the moment the surrounding snowflakes whistled toward him, he suddenly waved it.

With this wave, it was seen that within his body, the Five Elements true body suddenly dispersed. At the moment when there was an overlapping phantom in his body, it stepped out from within Wang Lin's body.

The moment the Five Elements true body stepped out, Wang Lin simply sat on the huge scorpion tail, his white hair hanging down. With a flip of his right hand, a wine pot appeared in his hand. That wine pot was one he had brought from the Tianniu Continent, filled with mortal strong liquor. He put it to his lips and took a big gulp.

His figure revealed a sense of desolation. Sitting there, drinking strong liquor amidst his white hair, his appearance faintly resembled the black-clad man who had once sat on half a stone statue in that ruin, which was extremely far away from the Immortal Astral.

Loneliness, desolation, and indifference.

As soon as the Five Elements true body appeared, its whole body immediately emitted a heaven-toppling sea of fire. That sea of fire erupted with a roar, spreading crazily from within the Five Elements true body, forming ninety-nine flaming dragons. These ninety-nine flaming dragons roared and rushed rapidly in all directions, colliding with the countless approaching snowflakes in an instant. For a time, heat waves were heaven-toppling, and the roaring was constant!

Although the snowflakes were sharp and the cold was biting, they were still no match for Wang Lin's Five Elements true body! A large amount of white steam spread as the snowflakes melted, filling the surroundings in the blink of an eye. As the ninety-nine flaming dragons rushed out, the moment all the snowflakes were completely melted, these ninety-nine flaming dragons condensed together, forming a ten-thousand-foot-long fire dragon. Carrying the sea of fire and heat waves, this fire dragon rushed straight toward the sky.

With a roar, its figure, like a sharp sword, rushed into the sky, burning the sky!

Amidst this burning, this first tribulation of the Mysterious Tribulation, the Snow Tribulation, directly collapsed!

"Too weak…" Wang Lin took a sip of wine, shook his head, and muttered.

As the sky burned, it suddenly shook violently. It seemed as if a wild wind was howling, and amidst the whimpering sound, one could see nine heaven-shocking storms suddenly appear in the sky!

Those storms were nine hurricanes, sweeping across the sky with a whistle, causing the sea of fire to spread continuously, making the sky, in an instant, left with only those nine hurricanes.

An extremely powerful force of heaven and earth emanated from these nine hurricanes. The whimpering in the wind was like the wrath of heaven, becoming the only sound within these thousands of miles!

As this whimpering sound echoed, one could see those nine hurricanes rushing straight from the sky toward Wang Lin, carrying a crazy tearing force, as if they wanted to pull Wang Lin into them and tear his body apart!

In an instant, the first hurricane suddenly approached!

The Five Elements true body did not move, standing coldly behind Wang Lin, watching the hurricane, amidst its whimpering, rush straight here, and in an instant, it enveloped Wang Lin's body.

The wind wrapped around Wang Lin, rotating crazily, causing a large amount of tearing force. It swirled around Wang Lin's body, emitting the sound of heaven and earth roaring. But in that wind, Wang Lin sat on that scorpion tail, still drinking wine. His clothes were whipped by the wind, his white hair fluttered, but his expression remained completely unchanged.

He drank his wine, sip by sip, as the second, third, fourth… until the ninth hurricane came roaring in, one by one merging outside Wang Lin's body. The moment all nine hurricanes merged together, forming a storm that enveloped most of the scorpion temple and connected with the heavens, Wang Lin finally raised his head.

"Still… too weak!"