Chapter 262: World-Destroying Lightning Tribulation, A Clowning Buffoon

"This is a Medium Grade Imperial Rank Void Escape Talisman, capable of instantaneous teleportation across ten thousand miles."

"This is…"

Zhou Chen introduced them one by one, and Miao Dandan's eyes grew redder as she listened.

"Master is so good to Dandan…"

"Silly girl, you're still calling me Master?"

Zhou Chen laughed. "You are my person. If I'm not good to you, who should I be good to?"

Zhou Chen was never stingy with his own people.

Of course, Zhou Chen also gave a portion of the resources to Elder Xuan.

"Mm!"

Miao Dandan nodded vigorously and put away the treasures.

At that moment, white light flickered.

The teleportation array was activated!

"Brother Chen!"

Miao Dandan cried out, but she was already enveloped in white light and vanished from the spot.

"Kid, take care!"

Elder Xuan was also teleported away.

Zhou Chen stood where he was, feeling the power of the teleportation array.

In the next second, he too was enveloped in white light and vanished from King Mings Immortal Mansion.

…

The Eastern Wasteland, a certain wilderness.

White light flickered, and Zhou Chen's figure appeared in the Void Realm.

Just as he steadied himself, his expression suddenly changed.

"Not good!"

In the sky, dark clouds gathered frantically, blotting out the sun.

A terrifying pressure descended from the heavens, locking onto him.

A Heavenly Tribulation!

"Damn it, I've just broken through and I'm already targeted by a Heavenly Tribulation!"

Zhou Chen gritted his teeth.

It was common knowledge that breaking through to the Emperor Realm would draw a Heavenly Tribulation. But generally speaking, as long as one didn't break through within the range of a tribulation's lock, it could be temporarily avoided.

However, the phenomenon he caused when breaking through within King Mings Immortal Mansion was too great. Now that he was teleported out, he was immediately locked onto by the Heavenly Tribulation!

Rumble!

The thunderclouds rolled, and a massive lightning dragon poked its head out from the clouds.

The lightning dragon was pitch black all over, with purple lightning coiling around its body and blood-red eyes, emitting an aura of destruction.

The Nine Heavens Lightning Dragon!

Zhou Chen narrowed his eyes.

This was the hallmark of a World-Destroying Heavenly Tribulation.

But in the next second, another change occurred within the thunderclouds.

Golden lightning began to emerge, intertwining with the black lightning dragon to form an even more terrifying sight.

"Creation Lightning Tribulation?!"

Zhou Chen sucked in a breath of cold air.

The Creation Lightning Tribulation was even more terrifying than the World-Destroying Heavenly Tribulation!

According to legend, only a Prodigy who had condensed a Small World would draw the Creation Lightning Tribulation.

This kind of Lightning Tribulation sought not only to destroy the one undergoing the tribulation but also to destroy their Small World!

"Bring it on!"

Battle Intent flashed in Zhou Chen's eyes as he raised his right hand.

"Pluto Seal!"

A massive black handprint condensed in his palm, meeting the lightning dragon in the sky.

"Roar—"

The lightning dragon roared and dove down, colliding with the black handprint.

A loud explosion erupted, and the Void Realm for a hundred miles around trembled.

The lightning dragon was repelled but not destroyed; instead, it became even more violent.

The golden Creation Lightning Tribulation also descended, turning into countless golden bolts of lightning that struck at Zhou Chen in a dense barrage.

"Is that all you've got?"

Zhou Chen sneered, striking out with the Pluto Seal again.

This time, he didn't hold back, and the Pluto Seal erupted with its full power.

The black handprint expanded to ten thousand zhang in size, enveloping all the lightning within it.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The lightning exploded within the handprint, but it was all devoured by the Pluto Seal.

Not only that, the Pluto Seal actually began to absorb the power of the Lightning Tribulation!

"Good!"

Zhou Chen was overjoyed.

The Pluto Seal was originally a devouring-type Cultivation Technique that could absorb all energy for its own use.

Although the power of the Lightning Tribulation was terrifying, it was also an extremely pure form of energy.

If it could be absorbed and refined, the boost to the Pluto Seal would be immense!

Time passed minute by minute.

The Lightning Tribulation lasted for a full hour, but it was never able to break through Zhou Chen's defense.

Finally, the thunderclouds slowly dispersed, and the Heavenly Tribulation ended.

Zhou Chen retracted the Pluto Seal, feeling the changes within his body.

The second layer of the Pluto Seal had reached Perfection, and it now carried a hint of the Lightning Tribulation's aura, its power skyrocketing!

"Not bad."

Zhou Chen nodded with satisfaction.

But he didn't linger; he immediately activated the Formless Immortal Traces, his figure flashing as he vanished from the wilderness.

…

Less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea after Zhou Chen left, the Void Realm suddenly distorted.

A grey-robed old man appeared out of thin air; it was none other than the Clan Chief of the Heavenly Secret Clan, Tian Jizi.

"The one who underwent the tribulation here just now was that Prodigy who condensed a Small World?"

Tian Jizi looked around, a flash of disappointment in his eyes.

"He certainly ran fast."

He pinched his fingers to calculate, but he could divine nothing.

"Strange… why is this person's fate still so blurry? Even I cannot see through it?"

Tian Jizi frowned and sighed repeatedly, but soon shook his head.

"Forget it, he will show his face sooner or later. It won't be too late to find him then."

His figure flashed, and he too vanished from the spot.

…

Three days later, Heavenly Star Holy Land.

Zhou Chen stood outside the mountain gate, looking up at the towering peaks before him.

Heavenly Star Holy Land, one of the five great Holy Lands of the Eastern Wasteland, was famous for its Dao of the Stars.

"This is the place."

Zhou Chen straightened his robes, suppressed his aura to the Quasi-Emperor level, and then walked toward the mountain gate.

"Stop!"

Two gate-keeping Disciples immediately blocked his path.

"Who goes there?"

"I am the Azure Lotus Sword Venerable, here specifically to visit Elder Star Child."

Zhou Chen said politely.

"Azure Lotus Sword Venerable?"

The two Disciples glanced at each other, confusion flashing in their eyes.

They had heard of this title, but they weren't sure who exactly it was.

"Wait a moment, I will go report."

One of the Disciples turned and ran into the mountain gate.

A moment later, a streak of light flew out from the gate and landed in front of Zhou Chen, transforming into a middle-aged man.

It was indeed Star Child.

"Fellow Daoist Green Lotus!"

Seeing Zhou Chen, Star Child's face lit up with a surprised smile. "You've finally come! Quick, quick, please come inside!"

"Senior Star Child."

Zhou Chen cupped his hands. "Please forgive this Junior for visiting so abruptly."

"What are you saying!"

Star Child laughed loudly. "It is the honor of our Heavenly Star Holy Land that you could come!"

He pulled Zhou Chen along as they walked inside, as if afraid Zhou Chen might change his mind.

The two gate-keeping Disciples watched this scene, their eyes wide.

The Elder was actually being so polite to this young man?

Who exactly was this person?

"Quick, go notify the Holy Lord and say an honored guest has arrived!"

One of the Disciples snapped out of it and immediately rushed into the mountain gate.

Heavenly Star Holy Land, Honored Guest Hall.

Star Child personally poured tea for Zhou Chen, his face full of smiles.

"Fellow Daoist Green Lotus, since we last parted, I have thought of you day and night. Today, I have finally waited for your arrival!"

"Senior is too polite."

Zhou Chen smiled. "Aside from the Star Pool, this Junior actually wanted to borrow some ancient texts from your Holy Land for reading. I wonder if that is possible?"

"Of course it is!"

Star Child agreed immediately. "Fellow Daoist may browse our Heavenly Star Holy Land's Library Pavilion as you please!"

"Thank you, Senior."

Zhou Chen cupped his hands.

Just then, a sneering voice came from outside the hall.

"Master, aren't you being a bit too polite to an outsider?"

A young man dressed in white robes walked in, looking at Zhou Chen with an unfriendly gaze.

"Zhang Wei!"

Star Child's face darkened. "Watch your attitude!"

"This Disciple isn't wrong."

Zhang Wei sneered. "This person is just an outsider. Why should he be allowed into our Library Pavilion?"

"Impudent!"

Star Child was furious. "Fellow Daoist Green Lotus is my honored guest. How can you be so rude!"

"Honored guest?"

Zhang Wei sized Zhou Chen up disdainfully. "He looks like nothing special to me. He's just a Quasi-Emperor, what's there to be polite about?"

"Hmm?"