Immortal Refiner

Translator: AnubisTL

An overwhelmingly terrifying aura erupted, instantly shattering the bottleneck that had held him back.

Indeed, during Li Qing’s slumber, the bottleneck of the divine transformation realm had been unknowingly worn remarkably thin.

He didn’t know how this had happened, but since the time was ripe, why hesitate?

In an instant, every member of the Lingyun Sect felt a violent tremor in their hearts, as if struck by a massive hammer.

"Hahahaha! What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger! Surviving this calamity means I’m destined to advance to the divine transformation realm!"

With these words, Li Qing strode boldly toward the heavens, his aura growing stronger with each step.

Every disciple in the sect sensed this formidable qi mechanism.

They were unaware of Li Qing’s slumber. For years, rumors had swirled, claiming that their Ancestor Limitless had perished during his attempt to overcome the divine transformation heavenly tribulation.

Now, seeing that towering figure in the sky, their hearts trembled with awe.

"I knew it! How could Ancestor Limitless possibly die? He’s been in life-or-death seclusion all these years!"

"After all these years, is Ancestor Limitless finally taking that final step?!"

"Such terrifying qi! Even from ten thousand meters away, I can barely breathe!"

"Gulp. The divine transformation realm... So Ancestor Limitless has been preparing for his breakthrough all these years."

"..."

By the time Li Qing ascended thousands of kilometers into the sky, his figure had long vanished from the sect disciples’ sight. Yet everyone could still clearly sense his overwhelming qi mechanism, blazing as brightly as the sun.

In the next instant, the heaven and earth spiritual qi within a several-thousand-kilometer radius of Lingyun Sect surged violently.

Drawn by Li Qing’s aura, this vast spiritual energy converged into a great river, flowing upward into the sky.

Boom!

The surging spiritual energy coalesced into a river, pouring into the heavens before being devoured by Li Qing in a single gulp.

But this wasn’t enough!

He patted the Carefree Cosmos Pouch at his waist, and a cascade of spirit stones, resembling a starry river, erupted forth.

This was his entire accumulated wealth from recent years—nearly a million spirit stones!

The sheer quantity of spirit stones gathered here released an astonishingly pure concentration of spiritual energy, so dense that it had begun to liquefy, becoming almost excessively concentrated.

But that wasn’t all!

Li Qing retrieved two more scarlet spirit stones, glowing like miniature suns. These were top-grade fire attribute spirit stones, perfectly aligned with the elemental affinity of his cultivation technique.

The entire region of the sky above was now saturated with unimaginable quantities of pure spiritual energy. Li Qing tirelessly absorbed and refined it, converting it into his own pure mana.

The spiritual energy required for his breakthrough to the divine transformation realm was so immense that even three heavenly spirit fires couldn’t refine it all quickly enough.

"And this too!" Li Qing declared, pulling out the Fire Flood Dragon Pearl gifted to him by the Azure Flood Dragon King. "I’ll devour it as well!"

A perfectly round, translucent crimson demon core, resembling a dragon orb, appeared in Li Qing’s hand. Without hesitation, he swallowed it whole.

In that instant, the mana within his body surged violently, instantly surpassing the limits of the nascent soul realm.

The foundation for his divine transformation stage began to form within his dantian, while his nascent soul solidified further.

Li Qing sat up cross-legged in the void, retrieving two more orbs of light from his storage bag.

These orbs contained the moonlight and sunlight radiance he had obtained from the Starfall Mountain Range in the demon realm. Being mutually repulsive forces, they were perfect for activating the Profound Calamity Dual Polarity Method, a secret technique designed to assist in divine transformation.

The intermingling sunlight radiance and moonlight illuminated Li Qing’s body with dazzling brilliance, making him appear like a transcendent immortal descended from the heavens.

"By mastering the repulsion of dual polarities, one may overcome the profound calamity," Li Qing murmured, reciting the incantation of the Profound Calamity Dual Polarity Method. This secret technique was meant to aid in breaking through the bottleneck of the divine transformation realm, but he had already shattered it with his own mana.

He continued to circulate the technique nonetheless, as it further refined his mana and solidified his foundation.

Driven by the secret technique, the mutually repulsive sunlight radiance and moonlight slowly sank into Li Qing’s dantian.

At that moment, within his dantian qi sea, it was as if a sun and moon had begun to revolve in tandem!

After a long while, the surrounding spiritual energy, which had been overwhelmingly dense, finally began to thin. Li Qing had absorbed it all into his body.

Gradually, Li Qing’s breathing steadied, and his aura ceased its relentless surge.

He had reached the peak-stage, firmly establishing himself within the divine transformation realm.

"The essence of divine transformation lies in the word ’transformation’ itself," Li Qing murmured, closing his eyes to meticulously sense the changes within his realm. A profound realization dawned upon him: the heaven and earth around him had undergone a radical shift in his perception.

What had once appeared as clear, distinct landscapes now resembled an oil painting—blurred yet revealing the fundamental essence of all things.

He understood: this was the Primordial Energy of Heaven and Earth, the foundational substance that constituted the world.

Though seemingly indistinct, it pointed directly to the origin of heaven and earth!

"Previously, I could only manipulate Primordial Energy through spirit treasures, knowing the ’how’ but not the ’why’," Li Qing mused.

"So this is the Primordial Energy of Heaven and Earth!"

A faint smile crept across Li Qing’s lips. He knew his breakthrough attempt was nearly complete. All that remained was to weather the heavenly tribulation and become a true divine transformation cultivator.

As he slowly opened his eyes, the sky above began to darken. Thick, ominous clouds gathered without warning, as if drawn together by some unseen force.

Thousands of li above the earth, these massive cloud formations coalesced autonomously, driven by an unknown will.

Below, on the great earth, all living beings felt an oppressive weight in their hearts, as if the sky itself were about to collapse.

Li Qing’s divine transformation tribulation was gathering, its scale promising to be an unprecedentedly colossal and terrifying heavenly tribulation—one rarely seen throughout history!

In his initial plans, Li Qing had intended to refine one or two lightning-avoiding magic treasures using the Heaven-Deceiving Dao Pattern, hoping his sect members could help mitigate the tribulation’s power.

But now, he had abandoned that idea.

He resolved to experience the divine transformation tribulation in its entirety, to face the heavenly dao’s trial head-on. Only by doing so could he forge the most solid and profound foundation.

Li Qing exuded confidence, standing at the peak of his life’s prime. He would meet this thunder tribulation head-on, without evasion.

Thus, he stood with his hands clasped behind his back, calmly awaiting the tribulation’s formation.

One day, then two, stretched into seven. Only then did the vast, oppressive thundercloud in the sky finally take shape.

The cloud cover was so dense that the lightning flashing within remained obscured. Stretching across thousands of li, the dark clouds blotted out the entire Heavenly Domain.

The terrifying aura of the thunder tribulation radiated outward, its oppressive presence even reaching cultivators in distant great domains.

Those who felt its weight most keenly were the self-sealed divine transformation great powers. They sensed the abnormal fluctuations in the Primordial Energy of Heaven and Earth, realizing that an unimaginably terrifying heavenly tribulation was gathering.

"Is a supreme sovereign of the human realm about to be born?" one of them murmured, his voice trembling. "The aura of this divine transformation tribulation... it makes me shudder."

(End of the Chapter)

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