Since Li Zhen came back from Cangmang Mountain, he has been dealing with official affairs and is very busy. After everything is settled, he originally wanted to accompany Jiang Shang to visit the great rivers and mountains of China, but he didn't want Jiang Shang to use him anymore.
It turned out that while Jiang Shang was working at Li Zhen, he was traveling around accompanied by King Huli and had already had a great time.
"Brother Zhen! You can be as busy as you want, and I don't have to worry about it."
When Li Zhen saw this, he just let it go because he was still thinking about being promoted to a human immortal. Moreover, Jiang Shang had the Tiger Power King protecting him, and no one in the Hua Kingdom could hurt him. Even without the Tiger Power King, Jiang Shang
Nowadays, if you have a lot of money, it would be a waste not to bully others.
Jiang Shang stopped pestering him, the court affairs came to an end, and Li Zhen could finally devote himself to becoming an immortal.
This time, Li Zhen obtained more than a hundred earth element essences from the black-armored demon, which was more than enough to help him become a human immortal.
There is an underground practice room in the East Palace that was specially built by Li Zhen. Now it is used by Li Zhen. Tu Liusun is protecting the law outside and no one can disturb him.
As time passed day by day, Li Zhen continued to absorb the essence of the earth, and his realm continued to rise. In just half a month, he touched the threshold of human immortality, and could trigger a catastrophe at any time.
Heavenly calamity is a kind of calamity, a kind of punishment or restriction imposed by God on the tyrannical life.
Heaven and earth have their own rules for their operation, and the existence of heavenly tribulation is to prevent any life from destroying the rules.
Li Zhen once witnessed the elders of the Qingyuan Sect undergoing a catastrophe. This was a very terrifying thing.
Thunder on a sunny day is different from thunder on windy and rainy days. This is a thunder punishment above the nine heavens. It is specifically targeted at practitioners and will not cause any damage to other things around them.
Human immortals have to survive three thunder tribulations.
The first thunder tribulation will not only punish you, but also temper your physical body. After the physical body is baptized by the power of thunder, it will be stronger and more vital, just like a newborn baby, and the most important thing is that it will increase by ninety years.
Longevity, this is the most important thing.
Although practitioners who have not survived the catastrophe have superhuman strength, their longevity has not been greatly improved. They are generally no more than a hundred years old. Even if they take elixirs to maintain their health, they will basically not live to be one hundred and fifty years old.
This is something that is beyond the reach of ordinary people, but for practitioners, this life span is far from enough.
The initial purpose of practitioners is to strengthen their bodies, but as time goes by, immortality becomes the ultimate goal, and power is just a companion.
Who doesn’t want to live as long as the heaven and the earth, and the sun and the moon shine together?
The more advanced one is in cultivation, the more afraid he is of death. This saying is not unreasonable.
After death, everything is empty. As long as you live, you have the opportunity to satisfy all your desires.
After Li Zhen had been in seclusion for more than twenty days, at noon, the sky was clear and it was a good day. Suddenly, dark clouds over the palace were covered with strong winds, cumulus clouds rolling like black tides, and bursts of thunder.
When the people saw this, they thought it was going to be a thunderstorm and fled home one after another. But to the immortals, they knew that this was not a thunderstorm, but a natural disaster.
"Who wants to survive the catastrophe?!"
In the clan mansion of the Chinese royal family, the immortal masters of the clan noticed something strange and showed surprise.
Everything in the imperial capital is under control, and they have not heard that anyone in the royal family is going to undergo a catastrophe.
In the Yangxin Hall of the Imperial Palace, Emperor Hua, who had been in seclusion to recuperate, also noticed the situation and knew that Li Zhen was practicing in seclusion recently. He stood up and came to the window, looked at the East Palace, and said with a look of relief: "You are here so soon? It's better than I was back then.
But it’s too fast.”
At the same time, people from Wanxian Pavilion mobilized one after another and entered the East Palace. The leader was none other than Li Zhen's grandfather Zhou Qian. He knew that his grandson was going to survive the catastrophe, and he was extremely excited.
How old is Li Zhen this year?
Twenty-two years old.
It is unique in the history of China and even the entire Nanping region to survive the catastrophe at such an age!
He is well-deserved as the number one genius in China!
Zhou Qian is very confident that his grandson will overcome the Heavenly Tribulation. Nowadays, Li Zhen's strength is comparable to that of a strong person in the Earth Realm. The small Heavenly Tribulation is just an itch.
Thunderclouds finally began to gather over the East Palace. The practitioners in the capital all knew that the person who had overcome the heavenly tribulation was in the East Palace, and they quickly determined that the protagonist was Li Zhen.
He passed through the heavenly tribulation at the age of twenty-two.
Unprecedented and unmatched!
There is a small courtyard in the back garden of the East Palace. This is Meng Bingqi’s residence. After marrying into the East Palace, she did not live in the concubine’s bedroom, but in a private courtyard next to the back garden. She lives in the room every day
She practiced cultivation and basically did not appear in front of outsiders. Except for Li Zhen, who saw her on her wedding day, the two of them never met again. As for Yan Xuan, who was in charge of the affairs of the East Palace and the back house, she only saw Meng Bingqi a handful of times.
Meng Bingqi came to the window and looked at the thunderclouds in the sky, feeling their terrifying power and bursting with fear.
"Is this a catastrophe?"
The catastrophe has not yet come, but the remaining power has made him despair.
"If one day I can become a human being, will I be free?"
The status of a human immortal is very high in the world of cultivation. If Meng Bingqi achieves the status of a human immortal, there is no need to live in a deep palace for a long time. This is a change brought about by strength. If she becomes a second calamity human immortal, a third calamity human immortal, or even
You can be free.
She has been practicing hard in order to leave here one day with strength.
But when will this day come?
Obviously, she cannot be like Li Zhen and have the ability to survive the catastrophe at the age of twenty-two.
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Thunderclouds gathered over the East Palace for nearly half an hour.
The entire East Palace felt as if it was about to turn into ashes in the next moment. However, as the lightning and thunder intensified, Li Zhen, who was in seclusion, left the practice room below, and his body continued to rise into the air, flying towards the thunder clouds.
This is not because he has the ability to fly in the air, but because the power of heaven and earth is restricting him, leaving him with nowhere to escape and accepting the punishment of heaven and earth.
Li Zhen felt that his body was controlled by an inexplicable force, but he was confident that he had the ability to break away from this restraint, but he did not do so. He looked up and saw a powerful thunder force gathering in the thunder clouds, knowing that the thunder punishment was about to happen.
Arrive.
The practitioners in the imperial capital all saw Li Zhen rising into the air.
At this time, Li Zhen was wearing a black four-clawed dragon robe, with long hair flying, a resolute face, majestic, and the domineering power of heaven and earth.
Suddenly, a white bolt as thick as a water tank struck down from the thundercloud and hit Li Zhen in mid-air.
Thunder shook the heaven and earth, and this calamity was beyond the ordinary.
Li Zhen raised his hands and caught the thunder!
The thunder lasts only for a moment.
After the thunder, everything calmed down, and the thunderclouds came and went quickly, and everything returned to the same state as before, as if it was a big dream before.
But everyone knew that this was not a dream, because Li Zhen was still standing in the air, still raising his arms high, immersed in the tempering and transformation of his body by the calamity.