Lu Li had been in closed-door cultivation for five days. A few days was not enough for him to calm down completely.
Today, he received a message that three ten-winged demons had shown up and returned to the base camp of the demons.
Unfortunately, Pan Yuqin was right. After half a day of rest and reorganization, the demon army began to march out.
Emperor Youxing must have changed his strategy. He would rather spend more time than to split up the demon army so that Lu Li would not have the chance to nibble away at the demon army.
The three ten-winged demons marched on with the demon army. Nobody dared to stop them.
It would take a long time to conquer the Divinity but it was the safest and easiest way to succeed.
Lu Li was relieved to hear the news. He still had time.
The Divinity was a vast place. It would take eight to 10 years for the demon army to conquer the Divinity bit by bit.
Lu Li decided to go back to closed-door cultivation. He felt he was not calm enough. He was too anxious and had too many things on his mind. He needed time to calm himself down and to stabilize his energy, qi and spirit to the peak.
Lu Li came out after half a month of closed-door cultivation. He didn't ask anything. He just looked at Pan Yuqin.
Pan Yuqin nodded slightly, then sent out all the scouts to investigate the surrounding situation.
She was trying to keep the news under wraps for Lu Li so that his Heaven's Tribulation would not be leaked.
An hour later, the jade talismans in Pan Yuqin's hand cracked. She nodded to Lu Li to tell him that everything was fine.
Lu Li looked at her and Ling Qingyan and then flew up into the sky.
The gravity in the Divinity was strong. When Lu Li just ascended, he could not jump high. Later on, when he was a mighty warrior in the Divinity, he could fly, albeit with difficulty.
That being said, flying was too slow. Later on, Lu Li had to rely on the mountain to fly. Only when he reached the realm where he could fly as fast as the mountain did he rely on himself.
He didn't fly too fast. He kept going upward at a constant speed.
He took out a cold weapon. He had been reading the books about Heaven's Tribulation given by Ling Qingyan and had gained some understanding of it.
The Heaven's Tribulation was not entirely about defense. With the right attack, the Heaven's Tribulation could be stopped.
The Heaven's Tribulation was a test of comprehensive abilities, not defense.
The higher they went, the stronger the gravity became. Lu Li was not worried because he knew there would be a tipping point.
As long as he flew past that critical point, there would be no gravity. With his strength, flying up would be no problem at all.
A thousand miles, five thousand miles, ten thousand miles.
He could no longer see anything below him, and he had become a small black dot, like a speck of dust.
He passed through the clouds and continued to fly upward, but his speed was getting slower and slower.
Finally, Lu Li had passed the critical point. He felt his body was loosened. He was like a fish that had been freed from its shackles, flying happily.
He rested for a moment, then looked at the blue mist above his head. He knew that this was the first level of the Heavenly Tribulation, the Tribulation of Wind and Fire.
Although it was just a blue fog, there were horrifying astral winds and divine flames in it. Ordinary cultivators would be instantly killed if they entered the blue fog, leaving nothing behind.
"Go!"
Lu Li's Holy Grade armor was destroyed. As a matter of fact, Ling Qingyan had one. If Lu Li asked her for it, she would give it to him.
That being said, even with the Primordial Spirit Armor, Lu Li would not be able to take the Heaven's Tribulation. The astral winds, divine flames and thunderbolts could all penetrate the armor and attack Lu Li.
Lu Li also put away the Cloaking Armor, revealing the black scales all over his body. With determination in his eyes, he flew up quickly and approached the blue haze.
Only when he was close to the blue fog did he see that the airflow in the blue fog was wriggling, like a whirlpool at the bottom of the sea.
No!
It was not airflow, but flames!
The closer he was, the hotter Lu Li felt. He began to sweat, and his white hair was soaked. His cheeks were red. He made up his mind to get closer to the blue fog.
"Swish, swish ~"
Lu Li's hair was on fire, and his eyebrows and beard were smoking. But Lu Li kept moving forward.
When he entered the blue fog, he felt he was in a furnace. The blue flames began to roast him.
His scales began to smoke. The blue flames had penetrated his scales and penetrated into his body, burning his flesh, bones, internal organs, and even … his soul!
"This is too much. Ah —"
Lu Li growled in pain. He felt like he had been thrown into boiling lava.
He was lucky that his body was strong or else he would have been roasted by the flames.
Lu Li's body had been growing stronger as he cultivated. The Soul Ripple in the Valley of Daimons had improved his body.
Now, regular immortals could stand still and let them cut them down.
Lu Li's body seemed to be made of molten iron. It would be difficult for average flames to burn him down.
"Move!"
Even though Lu Li could stand it, he could not let the flames burn him down. He flew up slowly, but he could not go too fast.
It was clearly stated in the book given by Prince of Yan that the faster he moved, the faster he would die.
Once he moved, he would be attacked by the strong wind, which would attract more and more flames. By then, no matter how strong his body was, he would still die!
"Phew, phew ~"
As soon as Lu Li moved, he would feel the wind. That wind was different from regular wind. This wind could cut his flesh like knives.
Lu Li felt he was being cut by thousands of knives as he moved. His black scales were cracked. It was horrifying.
"That is horrifying!"
Lu Li exclaimed to himself. If he could speed up here, say, at the top of his speed, he would be minced by the wind in an instant.
"Hiss, hiss ~ Ah ~"
The blue flames continued to burn, and the surface of his skin had already turned into charcoal, emitting black smoke. His face had long since changed beyond recognition.
The pain of the fleshly body was nothing, but the burning of the soul was the most excruciating.
"Hang in there!"
This kind of burning was beneficial to both the body and the soul. After a period of time, the body and the soul would grow stronger.
Of course, nobody would want to stay here forever. It was more painful than death by dismembering a piece of flesh.
Lu Li flew on slowly, stirring up the strong wind. His black scales were shredded and his body was a bloody mess.
The blood was dried up. Looking from afar, Lu Li looked like a mummy.
"What?"
All of a sudden, Lu Li stopped. He was taken aback. To his surprise, he noticed something — the demonic energy in him was diminishing. When the flames were burning his body, the demonic energy was extinguished as well.
"Good!"
Even though he was in great pain, Lu Li was excited.
He had been troubled by the demonic energy for a long time. Finally, there was a way to get rid of it. Finally, he could become a human being.
Nobody wanted to be neither a human nor a ghost. He could not even get close to Qian Huanhan or hug his wife, Chi Xi 'er, which made him miserable. Finally, he could be free.
"Ah!"
After the time for one breath, Lu Li made up his mind and decided to stay here for a while until all the demonic energy was gone.
It was like suffering in hell. But it was worth it to become a human being again!
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PS: I have something to do today. Four chapters tomorrow!