Chapter 915: Joy Turns to Sorrow, Five Tribulations Arrive Together

Once a Cultivator advances from the Hedao Realm to the Tribulation Crossing Realm, they must face five cruel Dao Tribulations: the Golden Fiend Tribulation, the Thorny Wood Tribulation, the Kui Water Tribulation, the Arid Fire Tribulation, and the Nitre Earth Tribulation, also known as the Five Elements Tribulations.

Even more terrifying is that whenever the Five Elements Tribulations descend, the Cultivator's Physical Body and Dharma power are weakened in all aspects; a slight lapse in focus can result in being reduced to ashes.

This special state of withered Dharma power and decaying blood and Qi is known as the Decline Tribulation.

A complete round of Dao Tribulation is actually the superposition of one of the Five Elements Tribulations and the Decline Tribulation. For Cultivators, the difficulty of Undergoing Tribulation increases by more than a hundredfold!

In the later generations of the Cultivation World, the probability of a Tribulation Crossing Realm Cultivator making a Breakthrough to the Mahayana Realm has never exceeded five percent.

This means that for every twenty in the Tribulation Crossing Realm, usually only one Mahayana can be born, while the remaining failures simply face the end of their lives and the vanishing of their Dao.

Any Cultivator capable of reaching the Tribulation Crossing Realm is a peerless Prodigy with extraordinary talent, one in ten thousand. The ninety-five percent elimination rate shows just how terrifying these five rounds of Dao Tribulation are.

Swish!

Just as Qi Yuan fell into a weakened state, a tangible aura of Golden Fiend Qi suddenly descended, quickly condensing into countless shimmering blades that hacked toward him without mercy.

As expected, it was the Golden Fiend Tribulation!

Facing this terrifying metallic storm, Qi Yuan dismissed the last shred of wishful thinking. Gritting his teeth, he forcibly suppressed the feeling of weakness in his body and propped up a layer of defense around himself.

Screech—

Accompanied by a series of tooth-aching cutting sounds, his surrounding spiritual energy shield was like paper, torn to pieces in an instant.

Immediately following, under the onslaught of the dense blades, Qi Yuan's robes were instantly torn into countless slits, and blood splattered out, gurgling down the shredded strips of cloth.

Seeing that he was about to be flayed alive by this terrifying Golden Fiend Tribulation, he could no longer worry about anything else and decisively activated the ability he had obtained from the Jin Clan. His skin seemed to be plated with a golden metallic luster, becoming incredibly tough.

Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang…

The storm of blades, like a torrential downpour, struck Qi Yuan's body frantically, as if hitting metal, producing a series of crisp clattering sounds.

Though it looked daunting, it could only leave shallow scratches on the surface of his body and did not cause much real damage.

Seeing this, Qi Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling extremely satisfied with the effect of this supernatural power.

After subduing the Jin Clan, he had naturally obtained the Gengjin Essence, a supreme treasure passed down through generations of the Jin Clan.

Through that piece of Gengjin Essence, Qi Yuan successfully achieved the Awakening of a supernatural power to control metal. Originally, he only wanted to improve his ability to protect himself in the Great Void, but he hadn't expected this power to be so effective at such a critical moment!

Of course, besides the Gengjin Essence, he had also successfully achieved Fusion with the Wood Clan's Life Tree Pith, the Water Clan's Taichu Weak Water, the Fire Clan's Scarlet Flame Crystal, and the Earth Clan's Nine Heavens Living Soil…

As for the treasures traded from other Taixu Remnant Clans, the situation was much more complicated.

A small portion of the treasures could also grant supernatural powers through Fusion, but most could not be fused at all, including the Stone of Destruction obtained from the Heitian Clan.

Regarding this, Qi Yuan had not yet fully understood the mystery behind it.

In other words, he now not only possessed complete Five Elements supernatural powers but had also awakened a large number of strange new abilities, including Flash Freeze, Luminescence, Great Strength, Wind Control, Lightning Mastery, and more… most of which were quite useless.

Although the power of these abilities had not yet been verified in the outside Cultivation World, at least when undergoing a Dao Tribulation, the effect of the Five Elements supernatural powers was absolutely incredible!

Thinking of this, a certain person's spirits lifted, feeling as if his luck had finally turned.

What a huge gain!

Having the Five Elements supernatural powers meant that the five Dao Tribulations, which were life-or-death situations for others, would hold no difficulty for him. The Mahayana Realm was within his grasp!

Just as Qi Yuan was overjoyed, the great dao divine tree, which had been silent for countless ages, suddenly trembled slightly, and the entire space shook with it.

The next moment.

Rumble!

The Golden Fiend Tribulation, which was about to subside, suddenly erupted with a burst of shining light. The surrounding tribulation qi surged at a speed visible to the naked eye, quickly reaching an inconceivable level!

At the same time, four more masses of world-destroying tribulation qi emerged out of thin air, containing four distinct Five Elements powers: Scarlet Fire, Azure Wood, Black Water, and Yellow Earth.

For a time, the five colors of tribulation qi—white, red, cyan, black, and yellow—each occupied a side, circulating amongst themselves in an endless cycle of the Five Elements, surrounding a certain person.

Holy sh*t!!!

Seeing this bizarre scene, the smile on Qi Yuan's face froze completely before it could fully form, and he fell into a state of total bewilderment.

Five rounds of Dao Tribulation descending simultaneously, how the hell is that possible?!

When normal people undergo tribulation, don't the rounds appear one by one in sequence? There's always plenty of preparation time after each Dao Tribulation. Why is it that when it's his turn, all five rounds arrive at once without even a greeting…

Damn it… from ancient times to the present, I've never heard of anyone undergoing five Dao Tribulations at the same time!

Isn't this just a trap?

Before he could think further, an unprecedented sense of weakness flooded his limbs and bones.

Under the corruption of the tribulation qi, his Dharma power receded, his blood and Qi grew weak, his mind became groggy, and distracting thoughts plagued him… negative states stacked one upon another, giving Qi Yuan a feeling of being overwhelmed, and even his thinking became much slower.

Then, the fully brewed Five Elements Dao Tribulation struck with a roar, like a massive five-colored net, intending to completely crush the living being within it.

Before Qi Yuan could react, he was completely submerged by the vast, surging five-colored tribulation qi.

In an instant, blade slashing, wood entangling, fire burning, water drowning, earth burying… even though Qi Yuan tried his best to use his Five Elements supernatural powers to resist, he was still tortured with unbearable pain, as if enduring an endless ordeal.

F*ck!

Watching his state grow weaker and weaker, Qi Yuan couldn't help but curse, a hint of anxiety flashing in his eyes.

He couldn't go on like this, otherwise it wouldn't be long before he was worn to death by this Five Elements Tribulation!

Could it be that the Great Dao Divine Technique summoned him here just to kill him?

No!

Thinking of something, Qi Yuan's heart suddenly jumped. He quickly calmed down, his mind spinning rapidly.

He had clearly almost passed the Golden Fiend Tribulation just now, yet the even more terrifying Five Elements Tribulation appeared for no reason. It definitely had something to do with the great dao divine tree.

And This person Qi had no enmity with the great dao divine tree and had come by invitation; it was unlikely the other party would strike to kill the moment they met.

There was only one answer that could explain the current situation: the great dao divine tree was taking the opportunity to test him!

Since it was a test, there must be a way to pass!

At this thought, Qi Yuan forcibly suppressed the intense pain from his body and quickly calmed down. His mind whirred as he began to carefully observe the flaws in the surrounding Tribulation Clouds.

He saw that the Five Elements Tribulation qi from all directions was slowly rotating clockwise at every moment—from wood to fire, fire to earth, earth to metal… with every rotation, the tribulation qi became more vigorous than before.

So that's how it is!

After realizing this, Qi Yuan suddenly understood, a sharp light flashing in his eyes.

As long as he found a way to change the direction of the flow, the Five Elements Tribulation qi would turn from mutually generating to mutually overcoming. He wouldn't even need to struggle to resist; he could just wait for them to dissipate on their own.

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and, without hesitation, gathered his last ounce of strength to manifest his Wind-type supernatural power…