Past life sage: This life a dual cultivator

Chapter 448  Tribulation

The majestic trees towered above, their canopies forming a dense blanket that blocked out most of the sunlight. The forest was called Talonshade forest which lied in between the boundary of the Earth province and the Dragon province.

Shui Liying suggested this secluded forest for Zhan Chen's next tribulation, believing its remoteness would evoke negligible attraction. The forest seemed almost serene, the chirping of birds filling the silence. Zhan Chen nodded his head after seeing the serene environment. "It is indeed a good place", he muttered.

He brought out a sword from his spatial ring and sat down cross legged. The bright sky started to darken after few minutes of his cultivation.

Shui Liying sat at some distance, her eyes constantly darted between the sky and Zhan Chen. Her memories of his previous tribulations were still fresh. The fierce power of those tribulations had been enough to terrify any cultivator. Yet, Zhan Chen had managed to overcome the tribulation almost effortlessly. "No matter how dangerous it gets, I think husband can manage", she consoled her worried heart.

As the first signs of tribulation began, the serene atmosphere of the forest changed drastically. Birds fled their nests, animals scurried into hiding, and even the trees seemed to sway in apprehension. The once-clear sky darkened, overshadowed by an immense tribulation cloud. Thunder rumbled ominously, announcing the impending storm.

Shui Liying's heart raced. Even though she had seen Zhan Chen's prowess before, the fierce atmosphere of this tribulation seemed unparalleled. "It's much more ferocious than the last one," she murmured.

Zhan Chen, however didn't have any hint of worry on his face, his expression unchanging and calm. To him, the roaring cloud didn't represent danger. It was only another test which he needed to pass to become more powerful.

"Rumble", the first lightning bolt shot down, its power threatening to decimate everything in its path. The forest echoed with its power, the ground trembling. But Zhan Chen merely raised his sword and with a half moon like slash, he cut apart the lightning. The lightning dispersed, leaving behind purest essence energy of the heaven and earth.

Another lightning bolt followed soon after, at least twice more powerful than the last. Shui Liying's heart was in her throat as she watched the scene nervously. "Wind chaser sword", Zhan Chen swung his sword in a wide arc and launched a large slash towards the descending lightning bolt.

His attack managed to intercelt the lightning bolt just before it was six feet away from his head. There was no collision in the air as his attack cut apart the fierce looking lightning bolt in two. Thick amounts of essence energy came out from the broken lightning bolt as it started to disperse in the air.

The Yinyang divine diagram on his dantian roared into action as it absorbed all the heaven and earth energy in the surrounding. Zhan Chen didn't have to do anything as he prepared himself for the next and final thunder bolt.

Lightning cackled in the sky as the tribulation cloud grew in strength. This time the tribulation bolt didn't descend quickly as it took it's sweet time to gather strength. Zhan Chen was completely calm yet alert. He operated the Celestial yinyang Sutra and circulated essence energy all over his body.

At the first sign of the descending thunderbolt, he launched an attack towards the sky. "Heaven subduing slash", he muttered as he launched a very powerful and incomparably fast attack towards the descending lightning bolt.

This time the thundbolt was not cut in half like he had expected rather there was a booming sound in the environment as both the attack collided. The tribulation cloud started to disperse after he dealt with the final thunderbolt. His forehead became slightly sweaty as he countered the third and most powerful thunderbolt. "Even my sixth tribulation in my past life was not that powerful", he thought to himself.

He kept his sword aside and began to cultivate. The Yinyang divine diagram on his dantian was absorbing the purest essence energy of the heaven and earth greedily as it provided Zhan Chen's body with a continuous stream of pure energy.

Shui Liying, watching the scene unfold, patted her chest to comfort herself. Untill now, her heart was completely tense as she was being worried about Zhan Chen.

She had full trust on Zhan Chen but her trust started to waver after she saw how powerful the tribulation was. But Zhan Chen's calm and strength completely astounded her. No one could beleive a second stage tribulation realm cultivator had such strength unless they witnessed it themselves.

She took a look at Zhan Chen's serene face as he sat piecefully on his place. The forest startedto regain its calm after the tribulation cloud dispersed. Birds began to chirp again, and the animals emerged from their hiding spots. A small smiile appeared on her face as she waited for Zhan Chen to finish his cultivation.

Zhan Chen's energy sea was already filled to brim with essence energy drops. It expanded further after Zhan Chen passed through his third tribulation. There were two essence energy whirlpools before he passed through the tribulation. Now, the third whirlpool appeared above his essence energy sea which enhanced essence energy intake capability. He was now a bonafine third stage Heavenly tribulation realm cultivator now.

Compared to Martial ascension realm, his cultivation progress was more quick in the Heavenly tribulation realm. The reason was the mystery hidden in his body. Both the secret diagram hidden in his soul and the divine yinyang diagram on his dantian were assisting him in his cultivation. If it was any other cultivator, they would have wasted more than half of the pure energy of the heaven and earth. It occured because no other cultivator had an effective method to absorb the purest energy of the heaven and earth which was released after the tribulation bolt dispersed into the surrounding. In Zhan Chen's case, he had the assistance of the divine yinyang diagram which helped him in absorbing all the dispersed energy from the surrounding.

Compared to others, he had access to multiple times of heaven and earth energy when he broke through to a new stage of the Heavenly tribulation realm. It made his cultivation easier as he filled earth.

He enjoyed this advantage in this breakthrough as well. He his essence energy sea with the purest energy of the heaven and earth.

He enjoyed this advantage in this breakthrough as well. He continued to operate the Celestial yinyang Sutra as the divine yinyang diagram supplied his body with purest energy of the heaven and earth. His newly expanded essence energy sea started to get filled again.

Zhan Chen continued to cultivate and he stopped only after absorbing last drop of essence energy from the divine diagram. His newly expanded essence energy sea was already filled more than half by the time he stopped cultivating.

He opened his eyes. There was a small smile on his face as he broke through to the third stage of the Heavenly tribulation realm.

"Husband," Shui Liying called out. Zhan Chen's smile widened as he looked towards the elegant woman by his side.

"Husband, you are incredible", Shui Liying appeared next to Zhan Chen and softly muttered. There was a look of admiration on her beautiful face as she looked towards Zhan Chen.

Zhan Chen chuckled, "Yes, I am incredible. I admit that. But the reason is not my cultivation. It is only because I get an incredible woman like you by my side".

Shui Liying smiled sweetly after hearing Zhan Chen's response. A warm feeling bubbled in her heart as she looked towards Zhan Chen.

"Come closer", Zhan Chen spoke. He pulled her into his arms when she got near him. He cupped her beautiful face and initiated a kiss. Her soft lips were like the softlest thing in the world as he nibbled on them greedily.

"Husband, shall we return to the Jade harmony city?", Shui Liying softly asked after they finished the kiss. There was a lovely red on her cheeks now as she got kissed by Zhan Chen.

"I think this forest is better. I want to spend sometime with you in this forest alone", Zhan Chen spoke.

"It is slightly embarassing but I can manage", Shui Liying replied with a shy expression. Inwardly, a thought came to her mind which didn't reach to Zhan Chen's ear. 'It is too embarassing to do such things in a forest. But whatelse I can do? I can't disagree with husband because I don't want to see him disappointed ', she thought to herself.