I'm Just a Beast Tamer

BOOM!

In the dark, cloud-filled sky, a massive bolt of lightning, purple with a white core, suddenly cleaved down from the heavens like a sharp blade, striking the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower below.

Many of the surrounding Cultivators with weaker Cultivation only saw a flash of light before darkness, their minds going completely blank.

They couldn’t see clearly at all how the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower had blocked the lightning.

By the time they recovered their senses, the first bolt of lightning had already dissipated.

Amidst the flash of lightning, Jiang Zuo couldn’t help but narrow his eyes.

It seemed this Thunder Tribulation posed no threat to the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower. It showed no signs of activity, simply taking the first strike head-on.

However, this one strike of the Thunder Tribulation was only the beginning.

Next, bolts of astonishing purple lightning fell from the sky, striking the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower like a torrential downpour.

But the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower remained motionless, silently enduring the barrage of strikes.

This wave of the Thunder Tribulation lasted for over a minute before gradually ceasing.

During this time, the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower had withstood the bombardment of over a hundred bolts of astonishing purple lightning.

But the Thunder Tribulation was clearly not over; the dark clouds in the sky began to slowly shift and morph once more.

"Master, the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower is just advancing a Small Realm, right? Don’t tell me Cultivators at the Manifestation Realm have to endure a Thunder Tribulation for every single Small Realm?"

While the Thunder Tribulation was still gathering its power, Jiang Zuo asked Luo Taidong, who stood beside him.

"No, only sixth-tier Spirit Treasures need to undergo a tribulation to advance a Small Realm. Cultivators in the Manifestation Realm no longer face any Thunder Tribulations."

Luo Taidong shook his head and said with a smile.

"Oh? Not even for Ascension?"

Jiang Zuo asked curiously.

"You don’t. As long as you can cultivate to the Third Realm of Manifestation and find an Ascension Order, you can participate in the Ascension Conference, which is held once every five hundred years."

"However, Ascension is a form of tribulation in itself. During every Ascension Conference, there are always great Cultivators who fail to ascend and perish as a result."

𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Luo Taidong sighed.

Ascending to the Upper Realm is every Cultivator’s dream.

Unfortunately, only a very small number of genius Cultivators can ever reach that stage.

For him, his path of cultivation had all but reached its end.

Even advancing to the Dao Fruit Realm was a pipe dream, let alone cultivating to the Third Realm of Manifestation and ascending to the Upper Realm.

Jiang Zuo nodded upon hearing this.

This was a little different from what he had imagined, but the Cultivation system of this world was already vastly different from what he knew, so such discrepancies were only natural.

"Master, there won’t be any problem with the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower Crossing the Tribulation, will there? From what I saw, the number of Tribulation Thunders in the first wave seemed a bit excessive."

Jiang Zuo asked again.

"You don’t need to worry about that."

"Although it is more difficult for a Spirit Treasure to advance than a Cultivator, and it must face a greater number of Thunder Tribulations, as long as it has triggered the tribulation through normal Cultivation, it will have no problem resisting it."

"The chance of a Spirit Treasure failing when Crossing the Tribulation is far lower than that of a Cultivator."

"Basically, as long as it isn’t forcefully Crossing the Tribulation, it will succeed."

"Among sixth-tier Spirit Treasures, the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower has an exceptionally deep foundation. It will have no problem Crossing the Tribulation."

"And don’t be fooled by the sheer number of strikes. This first Tribulation Thunder is called the Purple Sky Divine Thunder."

"The effect of the Purple Sky Divine Thunder is to dispel evil and bolster righteousness, which is of great benefit to the Spirit Treasure Crossing the Tribulation."

"For that reason, this part of the tribulation is also known as the Tribulation of Courtesy."

"The true Tribulation Thunder begins with the second phase, which is called the Celestial Tribulation."

"The third phase is related to the Spirit Treasure’s own Dao and is called the Tribulation of Dao."

"Once these three tribulations pass, the Spirit Treasure will receive a Celestial Dao Baptism and reap immense benefits."

Luo Taidong explained, reassuring Jiang Zuo.

Compared to humans, the Celestial Dao is extremely magnanimous when Spirit Treasures are Crossing the Tribulation.

The Tribulation Thunder that descends is less of a trial and more of a reward.

But even so, Spirit Treasures capable of reaching the stage of Crossing the Tribulation are few and far between, and extremely rare.

"Little Junior Brother, when the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower passes the Tribulation of Dao and receives its Celestial Dao Baptism, the Sound of the Great Dao will also descend."

"The Sound of the Great Dao is hugely beneficial for Cultivators as well. Some particularly fortunate Cultivators might even be able to enter a state of Enlightenment."

"Pay close attention later, Little Junior Brother. Perhaps the Sound of the Great Dao will be beneficial for you, too."

Third Senior Brother Yu Ying added.

"There’s a benefit like that? Doesn’t that mean the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower’s tribulation is a great opportunity for our Black Tortoise Dao Sect?"

Jiang Zuo said, surprised.

"You could say that. It’s also one of the reasons why that ancestor didn’t take the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower with him back then."

"However, this kind of thing still depends on one’s individual aptitude."

"Given the current state of our Black Tortoise Dao Sect, it’s hard to say how much of an opportunity this will truly be."

Luo Taidong sighed.

Though the Sound of the Great Dao is a rare and momentous opportunity, there is a reason it has such a stellar reputation.

In the past, Spirit Treasures that were Crossing the Tribulation almost always had an owner.

Before the tribulation, the Spirit Treasure’s owner would extend invitations to fellow Daoists, fostering goodwill.

These fellow Cultivators would bring their juniors with outstanding aptitude to observe the event.

Basically, every time a Spirit Treasure was Crossing the Tribulation, a considerable number of exceptionally talented geniuses would be in attendance.

But the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower is different.

It is an ownerless Spirit Treasure.

Before today, no one in the Black Tortoise Dao Sect even knew it was about to Cross the Tribulation.

As a result, the only ones watching it Cross the Tribulation are the disciples of the Black Tortoise Dao Sect.

With the current aptitude of the Black Tortoise Dao Sect’s disciples, it’s truly hard to say what effect the Sound of the Great Dao will have.

As they spoke, the second Tribulation Thunder for the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower began to fall.

This was a bolt of cyan Tribulation Thunder.

Compared to the Purple Sky Divine Thunder, the cyan Tribulation Thunder was far more powerful.

As time passed, the power of the cyan Tribulation Thunder grew more and more immense.

At first, the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower was still able to release a series of Magic Shields to block the cyan Tribulation Thunder.

Later, its Magic Shields shattered like paper beneath the Tribulation Thunder.

Many bolts of Tribulation Thunder struck the tower’s body directly.

On its ancient, cyan body, new marks from the lightning strikes appeared alongside the original scars from blades and axes.

However, the second phase of the tribulation ended there, without causing any further damage to the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower.

The tribulation clouds in the sky began to shift once more.

As the tribulation clouds churned, the sky grew even darker. An oppressive atmosphere seemed to descend from the heavens, pressing down on some of the disciples with lower Cultivation until they could barely breathe.

"Master, doesn’t something seem off about these tribulation clouds?"

Third Senior Brother couldn’t help but ask as he watched the sky.

"It seems so. This is different from what the records describe."

"When a Spirit Treasure undergoes a minor tribulation, the Celestial Tribulation is the strongest, and the Tribulation of Dao should be weaker."

"But this Tribulation of Dao for the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower seems far more powerful than the Celestial Tribulation was."

Luo Taidong said, his expression grave as he watched the sky.

It wasn’t just him; many of the Black Tortoise Dao Sect’s elders were also frowning, feeling a vague sense of unease.

Even though no one in the Black Tortoise Dao Sect was its master, the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower absolutely could not be allowed to fall.

For the past several thousand years, no matter how the Black Tortoise Dao Sect had declined, no Cultivator had ever dared to attack the sect. A major reason for this, aside from the Sect Protection Array, was the existence of the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower.

When working in tandem with the Black Tortoise Dao Sect’s Sect Protection Array, the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower could inflict losses even on a Cultivator of the Manifestation Realm.

If something were to happen to the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower, the Black Tortoise Dao Sect would be in grave danger.

BOOM!

Finally, from beneath the oppressive black tribulation clouds, a massive, black Tribulation Thunder that seemed to shatter the void itself descended from the heavens, viciously striking the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower.

Upon closer inspection, this black Tribulation Thunder was entwined with strands of profound Runes.

The Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower had been floating in mid-air, but under this black Tribulation Thunder, all the defensive measures it deployed, such as its Magic Shields, were instantly shattered.

Struck by the black Tribulation Thunder, it crashed to the ground with a deafening roar.

After a thunderous crash, a massive crater had been gouged out of the ground.

"How can this Tribulation Thunder be so powerful?!"

The expressions of many Black Tortoise Dao Sect elders changed drastically.

This was only the first bolt of the Tribulation of Dao, yet the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower was already showing signs of being unable to resist it.

This was vastly different from what they knew of a Spirit Treasure Crossing the Tribulation.

’Could the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower be forcing its tribulation?’

Many of the elders couldn’t help but speculate.

And when even more powerful black bolts of Tribulation Thunder began to crash down from the sky, they grew even more certain of their suspicions.

Only Jiang Zuo, looking at the profound Runes on the black Tribulation Thunder, guessed that this might be related to him.

’It’s most likely the Beast Pattern I gave the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower that caused this change in the Tribulation Thunder.’

Faced with this tribulation, the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower had no choice but to use its full power to resist.

Over thousands, even tens of thousands of years, the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower had clearly collected quite a few treasures.

Now, it frantically deployed one fourth-tier defensive Spiritual Artifact after another to block the Tribulation Thunder.

A handkerchief, a silk scarf, a suit of armor, a bronze cauldron, a Cyan Umbrella, a Burning Lamp, and finally, even a massive, snow-white Turtle Shell.

These fourth-tier Spiritual Artifacts were destroyed one by one by the Tribulation Thunder, reduced to dust and smoke.

But by relying on these defensive Spiritual Artifacts, the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower finally passed the last of the Tribulation of Dao, at the cost of having a small corner of the tower blasted off by the Tribulation Thunder.

The tribulation clouds dispersed, and a seven-colored light descended from the sky, showering down upon the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower.

The Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower, which originally only had seven stories, suddenly grew an eighth out of thin air under the seven-colored light.

Accompanying the seven-colored light was a wondrous Sound of the Great Dao.

Upon hearing this sound, the disciples of the Black Tortoise Dao Sect all felt their minds become perfectly clear and exceptionally sharp.

This was even more so for Jiang Zuo.

Under the influence of the Sound of the Great Dao, the Daoist Shackles on his body instantly shattered and dispersed. He then entered a deep state of Cultivation, and the five Celestial Tier Cultivation Techniques he practiced all began to operate on their own in an instant.

Normally, Jiang Zuo needed to dual cultivate with someone to practice like this.

But now, he no longer needed to.

The five Cultivation Techniques operated simultaneously, yet maintained a perfect, absolute balance.

Not only that, but Jiang Zuo’s body began to frantically absorb the surrounding Spiritual Qi like a bottomless pit.

The Spiritual Qi on the mountain peak where Jiang Zuo stood was not particularly dense, and he alone absorbed nearly all of it into himself.

The surrounding Cultivators were instantly jolted from their own meditative states.

They stared at the Spiritual Energy Vortex that had formed out of thin air, and after a moment of shock, they realized that one of the sect’s disciples had entered a state of Enlightenment.

"Is that Zhou Yong?"

After getting a clear look at the person, all the Cultivators were stunned.

’The Sound of the Great Dao can actually negate the effects of the Daoist Shackles?’

’But can this effect last forever?’

"Look! What is that?!"

Just as this thought crossed everyone’s minds, another change occurred in the sky.