The Prodigies War-Novel

The golden cicada youth suddenly looked at Lin Xun and asked, “My little friend, do you know the origin of the Taboo Dao Tribulation?”

“Yes.” Lin Xun nodded. The mysterious woman had mentioned before that after the ancient era, three kinds of tribulations had emerged in the Ancient Wasteland Domain.

The first was the Sever Dao Tribulation, which targeted the Saint Stage. From then on, Saints were no longer able to make a breakthrough in their cultivation and set foot into the Emperor Stage.

The second was the Confinement Barrier, which targeted all living beings in the Ancient Wasteland Domain, turning the world into a cage-like place and trapping all cultivators to prevent them from exploring the outside world.

The third was the Taboo Dao Tribulation. From then on, the three cultivation paths, physical refinement, spirit refinement, and qi refinement, could not be practiced at the stime. Anyone who violated this would suffer a deadly tribulation and die before becoming a Saint.

A thought struck Lin Xun, and he blurted out, “In this competition for the great opportunity, wouldn’t cultivators also have to undergo the Sever Dao Tribulation if they wanted to ascend to the Emperor Stage?”

The golden cicada youth said with a smile, “It seems like you know a lot more than I thought you did. Yes, whoever seizes the great opportunity will have to face the Sever Dao Tribulation in order to becan Emperor.”

After a pause, he continued, “But the great age has come, and this is the land of primal chaos origin. Even if the Sever Dao Tribulation comes, there is hope of overcoming it.”

“I see.” Lin Xun nodded. It was no wonder that the Quasi-Emperors had been lying dormant in the lower domain for so many years. They were not only waiting for the great age to come, but more importantly, also to seize the great opportunity, destroy the Sever Dao Tribulation, and becan Emperor!

Lin Xun truly realized the difficulties of ascending to the Emperor Stage.

For the great age, they had been waiting patiently and lying low for countless years.

To achieve their goal of becoming an Emperor, they had to face the deadly Sever Dao Tribulation.

Every step was full of difficulties and dangers!

“Actually, there is another thing you might not know about. After the great opportunity, any living being who wants to leave this place will also face a tribulation.”

The golden cicada youth explained calmly, “It’s the Confinement Barrier that has enveloped the entire Ancient Wasteland Domain.”

Lin Xun felt his heart pounding fiercely in his chest.

But when he thought about it more, it made a lot of sense.

After all, he had chere to overcthe Taboo Dao Tribulation.

The Quasi-Emperors, in order to becEmperors, would inevitably trigger the Sever Dao Tribulation.

And cultivators who wanted to leave the land of primal chaos origin, such as the golden cicada youth, would have to face the Confinement Barrier.

“This is the great opportunity. Everyone has something they wished for, and everyone can’t escape from the tribulation they are destined to face. But those tribulations also give people hope. Even though the Ten Thousand Tribulation Great Emperor has passed away, he spent a lot of effort to arrange this before he died. He really put a lot of thought into this.” The golden cicada youth sighed with admiration.

A great emperor who could rule all heavens was still seeking and preparing a great opportunity for future generations right before his death. In terms of vision and mind, how many people in the world could compare with him?

He had the characteristics of a true Emperor!

Lin Xun also could not help feeling a mixture of awe and admiration.

The golden cicada youth turned to look at Lin Xun and said aloud, “Little friend, you can take action now.”

“Me? Lin Xun looked taken aback. “Didn’t you say that only Quasi-Emperor cultivators can enter the Ten Thousand Tribulation Transformed World in the bowl?”

“The Quasi-Emperors have already settled the tribulations. You will be fine when you go in.” The golden cicada youth smiled and then he reminded Lin Xun, “The Taboo Dao Tribulation is not a tribulation triggered by oneself, but instead a catastrophe that targets cultivators. It can be compared to an enemy with sinister intentions. It is impossible to fight against it alone.

“But if you enter the Ten Thousand Tribulation Purgatory and face the tribulation there, it will set off the tribulations in the Ten Thousand Tribulation Purgatory and the Quasi-Emperors distributed across the Ten Thousand Tribulation Purgatory will have to take care of the tribulations with you. Your chances of successfully overcoming the tribulation will be much higher then.”

After hearing that, a strange expression crossed Lin Xun’s face. “Wouldn’t that be the sas passing on the misfortune onto the old monsters?”

The golden cicada youth laughed. “What? Do you not want to do that?”

Lin Xun also burst out laughing, and then he bowed with both hands in front. “Thank you, Elder, for your guidance.”

“Go, quickly, put your consciousness into the bowl and you can enter the Ten Thousand Tribulation Purgatory. Now the tis ripe, it will be a pity if you miss it.”

Lin Xun sprung into action without further hesitation.

As soon as his consciousness touched the bowl of Ten Thousand Tribulation Transformed World, he vanished from the spot.

“The three forbidden tribulations are in a setup arranged by the Ten Thousand Tribulation Great Emperor. And now, coupled with the boy who is an uncertainty, tribulation abounds, and changes occur.” The golden cicada youth’s eyes shone with wisdom as he murmured, “Without that boy, the change likely would not have been triggered so easily…”

He smiled to himself. “The so-called fate is indeed mysterious and wonderful!”

……

“What a magical place!” Lin Xun exclaimed in surprise.

He was standing in a sea of clouds. The magnificent wave clouds passed over the sky and surged over the mountains, rolling endlessly.

The place was like a vast expanse of fog.

The aura that spread outwards from the sea of clouds was brimming with wisps of tribulation like it was everywhere.

Even just standing there, Lin Xun felt danger.

It was sudden. His breathing beclabored, and his mind, body and spirit seemed to be trembling in panic.

It felt as if a bizarre and terrifying power was watching him closely!

His expression turned serious and solemn.

He knew that it was most likely a sign that the Taboo Dao Tribulation was coming.

However, he did not feel a shred of fear.

His one month of training on Dao Observation Mountain had attracted the ninth longevity tribulation, and he reached the ninth longevity tribulation stage in two cultivation areas: qi cultivation and spirit cultivation.

At the stime, his physical power underwent a transformation under the tempering of the lightning tribulation and reached the perfect eighth longevity tribulation stage.

Not long ago, he climbed the nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine stone steps and experienced an arduous training that transformed his physical cultivation into the hollows of the ninth longevity tribulation stage. Now, his physical cultivation truly matched with his qi cultivation and spirit cultivation.

In other words, he was only one step away from reaching the Saint Stage!

Therefore, he already expected to attract the Taboo Dao Tribulation.

And, he was fully prepared for it.

Suddenly, the sky darkened, and he looked up to see a strange rift opening up in the sky.

It was as if the sky had been ripped apart and an endless, deep and sinister darkness was peeking out.

An oppressive, near-suffocating aura of tribulation permeated the area.

The heavens and earth fell dead silent, and even the air seemed to have turned still.

Lin Xun’s hair stood on end, and his mind, spirit and body were all flooded by an ice-cold feeling of imminent danger.

In the past, he had experienced many great tribulations and witnessed many kinds of remarkable, unusual, and abnormal tribulation lightning.

But he had never seen such a bizarre and deadly tribulation power before.

This reminded him of the Dao Slashing Power sealed in the Bodhi wood, as well as the terrifying forbidden power that had descended upon Saint Monk Duanji and the Black Phoenix Saint Queen when they were killed.

He also thought of the Dao Slashing Spear that targeted the mysterious woman every tshe appeared in the world.

He was sure that the three great forbidden tribulations, the Taboo Dao Tribulation, Confinement Barrier and the Sever Dao Tribulation, were, as the mysterious woman said, from the ssource.

They just targeted different targets, and thus their power was also different.

At that moment, Lin Xun struggled to breathe, and his body had becstiff from the oppression. The three different cultivation powers that had been cultivated in the sbody were slow and unresponsive when he tried to activate them.

His expression turned more solemn.

The Taboo Dao Tribulation was indeed not that simple!

Meanwhile, the golden cicada youth looked out of the door of the palace and saw that a crack was splitting the sky above Mulberry Woodland.

“The tribulation has come, just need to wait for the uncertainty to happen...” A frightening light suddenly flashed in the golden cicada youth’s eyes. His coarse hemp robe whipped around him, but his expression remained calm and unfazed.

“Huh?”

In the different secret realms of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Purgatory, strange taboo auras also emerged and caught the attention of many Quasi-Emperors.

“Could it be that someone has seized the great opportunity and is welcoming the Sever Dao Tribulation that comes before becoming an Emperor?” Ancestor Blood Lotus’ face darkened with shock and anger.

“How could that be?”

Zhao Yuanji stared in bewilderment. He was now in the 9997th secret realm, and was not far from the last secret realm.

“Could it be the white cicada?”

He thought of the girl in white who had jumped ahead of him just now, and his heart sank.

“No, why is it not me?” The white cicada maiden was flabbergasted. She was standing in the last secret realm, but had yet to pass through.

But she was already certain that she would be the first to successfully survive the purgatory and seize the great opportunity!

But now, something unexpected happened and caught her by surprise.

“Argh!”

“Impossible…impossible…”

“How could this be?”

At the stime, the faces of the other Quasi-Emperors who had not yet been eliminated in other secret realms clouded over, and bitterness and disappointment filled their hearts.

This included Thousand Feather Sword Flower, Wu Jiuzhong, Gou Tianxing and the green flood dragon.

Many people even screamed out loud, refusing to accept the reality.

They had painfully waited to this day, but in the end, it all cto nothing. The Quasi-Emperors could not bear the blow.

“Everyone, don’t panic, that’s not the Sever Dao Tribulation.”

Suddenly, the clear and gentle voice of the golden cicada youth resounded throughout the Ten Thousand Tribulation Purgatory. Every Quasi-Emperor heard it very clearly.

Immediately, many recognized the voice, and their expressions eased.

It was the golden cicada!

Whatever he said must be true.

Then did that mean the great opportunity remained to be won?

Many people felt a glimmer of hope, and the feelings of anger, bitterness and helplessness they felt before were all swept away.