Chapter 424: Twelve-Petal Flower Blooms, Terrifying Heavenly Tribulation

The terrifying medicinal power exploded instantly.

Zhou Chen hurriedly circulated the Zixia Immortal Scripture to guide this force.

The medicinal power transformed into a rolling heat wave, surging toward the three flowers above his Dantian.

The Heavenly Flower began to solidify.

The originally illusory petals gradually became real.

One petal… two petals… three petals…

Time passed bit by bit.

Three days later.

The Heavenly Flower had completely solidified, emitting a faint golden light.

Another three days passed.

The Earthly Flower and Human Flower also became solid entities.

At this moment, the three flowers gathered, floating above the Dantian and emitting a profound light.

Zhou Chen opened his eyes, a flash of joy crossing them.

“The three flowers have condensed; I can make my Breakthrough now.”

The Sanqing Tribulation Pill only truly began to erupt at this moment.

Boom, boom, boom—

The terrifying medicinal power exploded within his body.

The three flowers began to change.

Originally just a common gold, they gradually became deep and profound.

The color grew deeper and deeper.

First-Grade… Second-Grade… Third-Grade…

Zhou Chen gritted his teeth and continued to swallow them.

Fourth-Grade… Fifth-Grade… Sixth-Grade…

The color of the three flowers had deepened to the extreme.

They emitted a profound aura.

Seventh-Grade Immortal Foundation.

The Sanqing Tribulation Pill was indeed a miraculous ancient pill; the torrent of medicinal power had barely decreased.

Boom—

As the Sanqing Tribulation Pill continuously released its medicinal power, a mysterious rhythm began to pull at Zhou Chen, rhythmic like a heartbeat.

Thump, thump-thump.

The three flowers suddenly trembled.

Profound patterns emerged on the petals.

Eighth-Grade Immortal Foundation.

A hint of madness flashed in Zhou Chen's eyes.

“Still not enough.”

“I want Ninth-Grade!”

Zhou Chen began to frantically swallow heaven mending pills.

One hundred… one thousand… two thousand…

When he swallowed the three-thousandth pill…

The three flowers finally underwent a qualitative change.

Rumble—

Dark clouds suddenly gathered in the sky.

A terrifying aura of Heavenly Tribulation permeated the air.

The Formation Zhou Chen had set up began to vibrate.

But he couldn't worry about that.

The changes within his body had reached the most critical moment.

The three flowers spun frantically.

The patterns on the petals became denser and denser.

Finally.

Crack—

The three flowers were completely formed.

Each flower emitted an aura that was profound to the extreme.

The patterns on the petals contained the ultimate truths of Heaven and Earth.

Zhou Chen opened his eyes, a sharp light flashing within them.

“It is done.”

The flowers had bloomed with twelve petals—the Twelve-Petal Supreme Immortal Foundation.

Zhou Chen could feel that the Immortal Spiritual Power in his body was more than a hundred times stronger than before.

The capacity of his Dantian's Immortal Spiritual Power had also expanded hundreds of times.

The Small World inside him also expanded frantically, becoming thousands of times larger than the Small World where Jixia Academy was located.

Under Zhou Chen's perception, a towering World Tree rose from the ground, blotting out the sun and sky, its end nowhere in sight, propping up the sky and earth of his internal Small World.

The World Tree was surrounded by various mysterious auras, and a large amount of Chaos Immortal Qi was absorbed from the Void Realm into the Small World.

With every breath of the World Tree, the Chaos Immortal Qi in the Small World filled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

All kinds of vegetation grew wildly, exotic flowers and strange beasts appeared, and even many, many small and microscopic organisms were born.

Blooming nine petals represented that a person could at least achieve the Immortal King Realm in the future; blooming twelve petals was something only ancient great gods had achieved throughout history.

Zhou Chen hadn't expected the Sanqing Tribulation Pill to be so powerful.

The Immortal Spiritual Power in Zhou Chen's body circulated frantically.

The three Twelve-Petal Immortal Flowers floated above his Dantian, emitting a profound light.

Just then.

Rumble—

The sky suddenly darkened.

Is this the Heavenly Tribulation?

No.

Zhou Chen snapped his eyes open.

This was not the aura of an ordinary Heavenly Tribulation.

Dark clouds in the sky gathered at a visible speed.

The sky for ten thousand miles around was entirely covered by black clouds.

Within the cloud layers, purple lightning leaped.

Every bolt of lightning contained the power to destroy the heavens and earth.

Zhou Chen's expression changed.

“Is this… is this the legendary Endless Great Void Lightning Tribulation?”

He sucked in a cold breath.

The Endless Great Void Lightning Tribulation was a Heavenly Tribulation that would only descend when breaking through to the Immortal King Realm.

Its power was thousands of times stronger than a True Immortal Realm tribulation.

He was only breaking through to the True Immortal Realm; why would this descend upon him?

Zhou Chen didn't have time to think.

The first bolt of the Lightning Tribulation had already fallen from the sky.

Boom—

A purple lightning bolt a hundred zhang in diameter tore through the Void Realm and struck toward him.

Zhou Chen gritted his teeth and activated all the Immortal Spiritual Power in his body.

“Void Destruction!”

A streak of Sword Qi slashed out.

The ten-thousand-zhang Sword Qi collided with the lightning.

Rumble—

The Sword Qi was instantly blown apart.

The residual power of the lightning fell on Zhou Chen's body.

Pfft—

Zhou Chen spat out a mouthful of blood.

The robes on his body were instantly turned to ash.

Zhou Chen's skin was charred black by the Lightning Tribulation, his flesh mangled, emitting the scent of roasted meat.

Now kneeling on one knee, he panted heavily.

“So strong?”

A flash of shock crossed Zhou Chen's eyes.

The very first bolt of the Lightning Tribulation had injured him.

Not to mention there were eighty more bolts to come.

Zhou Chen couldn't help but wonder if he could hold out…?

Before he could think further, the second and third bolts of the Lightning Tribulation had already condensed in the sky.

This time, two bolts of lightning struck down simultaneously.

Zhou Chen took a deep breath and took out the chaos bell from the System space.

“Block it for me!”

The chaos bell instantly enlarged, floating above his head.

At the same time, he activated the Pluto Seal, summoning the Nether King True Body to possess and strengthen himself.

Clang, clang, clang—

The lightning struck the chaos bell, producing deafening sounds.

The chaos bell trembled violently.

Cracks began to appear on the body of the bell.

Zhou Chen's face turned ashen.

The chaos bell was a Top-Grade Immortal Rank Magic Treasure, yet it was actually being cracked by the Lightning Tribulation.

The fourth bolt of the Lightning Tribulation.

The fifth bolt of the Lightning Tribulation.

…

Each bolt of lightning was more terrifying than the last.

The cracks on the chaos bell grew more numerous.

Zhou Chen's injuries also became increasingly severe.

His entire body was covered in ruptured flesh and broken bones.

He was, one could say, at his last gasp.

At the critical moment, Zhou Chen couldn't care about anything else and gritted his teeth to take out a heaven mending pill and swallow it.

If anyone saw this, they would surely call him a profligate.

As the medicinal power exploded in his body, his injuries recovered rapidly.

The sixth bolt of the Lightning Tribulation.

The seventh bolt of the Lightning Tribulation.

The eighth bolt of the Lightning Tribulation.

Zhou Chen continuously swallowed heaven mending pills.

The number of heaven mending pills was rapidly decreasing.

By the eighth bolt of the Lightning Tribulation, the chaos bell finally couldn't hold on any longer.

Crack—

The bell emitted a wail and turned into a streak of light, returning to his body.

Zhou Chen's heart sank.

The chaos bell had reached its limit.

At this time, the ninth bolt of the Lightning Tribulation had condensed.

This stage of the tribulation consisted of nine bolts of lightning striking down simultaneously.

Each one was a thousand zhang thick.

Their power was terrifying to the extreme.

A hint of madness flashed in Zhou Chen's eyes.

“I'll risk it!”

He activated the Immortal Emperor Sword Domain.

The invisible Domain expanded instantly.

Countless streaks of Sword Qi condensed within the Domain.

“Void Annihilation!”

“Reincarnation Silence!”

Zhou Chen brought out all his trump cards.

Sword Qi collided with the lightning.

Rumble—

The entire valley was instantly leveled to the ground.

The earth for a thousand miles around was completely turned to scorched earth.

Zhou Chen's body was submerged by the lightning.

He was almost struck into a pulp.

Fortunately, Zhou Chen's Azure Lotus Creation Body was extremely powerful, constantly emitting Creation Qi to nourish his Physical Body, allowing him to recover in a very short time no matter how great the injury.

Only then could his injuries barely be stabilized.

However, in the sky, the terrifying Endless Great Void Lightning Tribulation was still continuing.