This time, Meng Zhou didn't get stuck at the alternation of old and new years before entering into a deep state of concentration.
But it's slightly ahead of schedule.
When the new year came and Meng Zhou reached the age of 100, he not only adjusted his physical and mental state to the best, but also made up for the last bit of the lack of progress in the ninth level of Dan Dan one step ahead of schedule, starting from "9999"
/10,000" becomes "10,000/10,000".
It truly reaches a state where there is no way forward and the water is overflowing.
The moment he took this last step, Meng Zhou suddenly felt as if Huntan had an idea of its own.
Just like a young bird that has grown to a certain level, it is eager to leave the nest that provides safe shelter, and wants to join the wider world outside the "nest".
If Meng Zhou hadn't been calm and clear-headed enough in his heart, and there was a green lotus seed that seemed to contain infinite secrets acting as a ballast stone and a pearl in the sea, Meng Zhou would have been really worried that he would have left the soul pool and gone away if he was not careful.
Deep in the bottom of the pool, the outline of a giant turtle is looming, carrying the bright moon at the bottom of the pool on its back.
In the "inner world" that is more abstract and profound than the sea of consciousness, the image of the giant sun-carrying turtle that was purely transformed by Meng Zhou's thoughts of visualization has become more solid, and its breathing has also changed.
Got to be thicker.
Although this giant sun-carrying turtle is closer to an idealistic level, every breath he takes, and even the flow of energy that makes up its body, will be reflected in some form of essence, energy, and spirit in a certain aspect.
In the steady and heavy breathing of the giant turtle carrying the sun, and the smooth and unhindered flow of Qi throughout the body, the Sea of Consciousness Soul Pond is like a real pure land between heaven and earth;
In the Dantian of the meridians, the pure mana that is rich in vitality is like an endless stream of rivers, flowing and surging over and over again;
It is more powerful than the third-level magic weapon, and has a more wonderful body. The energy and blood gather and disperse like smoke and clouds, sometimes here and sometimes there.
From the inside to the outside, Meng Zhou, who was in a deep state of concentration at this moment, was perfect to the extreme and relaxed to the extreme.
Converge all your thoughts, just like a stubborn stone or a green cypress.
But at the same time, it is like a crossbow that is fully charged and a bow that is drawn to the full moon.
At a certain moment, Meng Zhou suddenly felt very clearly that a mysterious aura suddenly filled the air around him.
Meng Zhou was no stranger to this aura.
This mysterious aura will only appear in every corner of the world indiscriminately when winter turns to spring, when the old and the new change, taking the world into a new reincarnation.
The reason why he set the retreat that is only once a year in the first month of the year, and the reason why he set the time of this breakthrough at this moment, wasn't it for this moment!
"This is the moment."
With this thought in his mind, Meng Zhou immediately lifted all the restrictions.
The breathing of the "giant turtle carrying the sun" suddenly changed.
In the body, the magic power flowing naturally in the meridians and Dantian, and the energy and blood freely gathering and dispersing among the body's muscles and bones, seem to have suddenly changed from "careless" to a "dead charge" state.
In the sea of consciousness, the green lotus seed suspended in the sky above the soul pool, acting as a ballast stone and anchoring the sea pearl, suddenly submerged into the soul pool.
In an instant, the soul pool was like a hydrogen balloon that had been disconnected and lost its control and restraint. It "flyed" from the position that it had never moved since the foundation was established and the soul turned into the soul pool.
What was carried away with them was the bright moon at the bottom of the pond, the phantom of the giant tortoise with the negative moon, and even Meng Zhou's own consciousness, thoughts, and all the "pots and jars" under the jurisdiction of the soul pond. "Get up.
The floating soul pool seems to be flying out of the sea of consciousness.
But the boundary of the sea of consciousness seems to be very close, but it seems to be forever out of reach, always just a little bit away.
During this process, Meng Zhou felt that his mind and thoughts were becoming active uncontrollably, and all kinds of messy emotions and thoughts that he thought he had sorted out well suddenly appeared in his heart without any warning.
Meng Zhou was alert, but he did not feel panic.
He was prepared for this change in advance.
After forming the core and breaking through the realm of Nascent Soul, the most significant change is concentrated on the soul.
For a soul in the Dan Formation realm to transform into a Nascent Soul, not to mention other steps, fully tempering the loose soul body and pruning away messy, uncontrollable thoughts like weeds are all necessary steps. .
"coming!"
At this moment, Meng Zhou's heart tightened, and his keen intuition about danger let him know what he was about to face.
The catastrophe is coming soon.
If it were other monks, they would usually immediately withdraw from the state of deep trance at this moment.
As the saying goes, "There is no turning back when you shoot a bow." The monk who has reached this point is like an arrow being shot out.
The most important battlefield has moved from "internal" to "external".
However, Meng Zhou did not do this.
One is that he didn't make any extra preparations except for his body.
It wasn't that he didn't want to make more preparations, but after careful weighing, Meng Zhou suddenly discovered that his strongest means was himself.
Rather than spending time on preparations such as those elixirs, magic weapons, and talisman formations that other tribulation monks usually pursue, it would be more effective to spend it on yourself.
In this case, he does not have to consider the question of "what means should be used and what preparations should be used to face this wave of catastrophe".
For him, the choice is very simple, just fight hard.
In this case, he naturally does not need to withdraw from the deep state of concentration.
Although this makes him less flexible and maneuverable when facing the catastrophe, it also has another benefit. In this state, he can grasp the changes inside the body more keenly and make the most timely adjustments. .
Just as I was thinking about this, in the sky above my head, the dome originally formed by the "Tianchi Star Mud" carrying a large number of "tadpole patterns" suddenly retreated to the periphery, and a huge hole was exposed in the originally tight dome.
——This is the arrangement Meng Zhou made in advance in order to prevent the "Tianchi Star Mud" and the new rules it carried from being damaged when facing the natural disaster.
Shortly after the hole in the dome appeared, a purple thunderbolt as thick as a bucket, carrying the power of the sky, struck Meng Zhou, who was sitting motionless on the water surface of the "Xingxiu Tianchi" with his eyes closed.
"boom!!!!!"
Meng Zhou's entire body was instantly submerged in purple plasma.
The violent power of thunder quickly seeped from the surface of Meng Zhou's body into the depths of his body.
However, it was also at this moment that Meng Zhou's body erupted with red light mixed with pure golden light.
That was when Meng Zhou's body was hit by a strong external force, he gathered Ruyi's energy and blood to make an instinctive defense.
At this moment, Meng Zhou's body, which was so strong that it was beyond the ordinary, finally burst out with unbelievable power in the face of this powerful catastrophe that was also beyond the ordinary.
When the power of thunder and lightning penetrated his skin, 100% of its power had been reduced by at least 30%.
When it penetrated the flesh and blood under the skin, half of the remaining power of less than seven layers was lost.
The remaining power was extinguished by the counterattacking Qi and blood before he even had time to go any further.
The core part suffered almost no damage.
The price was that Meng Zhou's skin and the flesh and blood under the skin looked extremely bad. From the appearance, it turned into a piece of coke in one blow.
And as it surged in the Dantian of the meridians, the mana containing rich vitality poured out like a flood from a bursting dam, just like the cracked and dry earth quickly returned to its original state after being infiltrated.
This first wave of thunder tribulation was easily overcome.
Meng Zhou's attention was not focused here.
Compared to the blows he received on the physical level, he was more concerned about the ravages from the spiritual level.
As the natural disaster came, violent roars penetrated into the sea of consciousness, and Meng Zhou felt that the entire sea of consciousness was buzzing.
Already there were a lot of distracting thoughts, and random thoughts emerged in my heart uncontrollably.
The catastrophe that fell from the sky was not only the "Heavenly Thunder Tribulation", but also the "Inner Demon Tribulation".
As this "voice of thunder" resounded in his heart, Meng Zhou felt that his heart was like the end of winter and the coming of spring, entering the earth during the hibernation season.
Those thoughts were hidden deep in his heart, many of which he himself was not even aware of and never paid attention to.
"They" are like snakes, insects, rats, and ants hidden deep under the "soul earth". Under the sound of thunder that resounds deep in the soul, they have signs of "waking up" one after another.
This is just the change after the first thunderous sound of heavenly calamity was transmitted into the soul.
As the second and third thunders of heavenly tribulation sounded in Meng Zhou's heart, these messy thoughts began to have their own ideas. They began to appear under his "eyesight" and in the pool of his soul.
To declare his existence, he even wanted to replace him as the rightful owner and become the new owner of the soul pool.
Faced with such changes, Meng Zhoudu felt very difficult.
Regarding these "activated" thoughts, Meng Zhou couldn't even find a more appropriate way to deal with them on Monday.
"Is this the inner demon calamity?"
Meng Zhou was thinking this, but he felt something was wrong.
In the library hall of Lingming Island, there are many ancient books that share the experiences and insights of the Nascent Souls in the Xingxiu Palace who successfully overcame the tribulations in the past dynasties.
There is even more emphasis on the "Heart Demon Tribulation".
From the records in those books, it is not difficult for Meng Zhou to see a pattern. Compared with the "Heavenly Thunder Tribulation", those who overcome the tribulation are more wary, even fearful, of the "Heart Demon Tribulation".
Compared with the "external enemy" of "Heavenly Thunder Tribulation", the "internal strife" of "Inner Demon Tribulation" is more difficult to solve.
"Heart Demon Tribulation" is quite tailor-made.
The "inner demon calamity" faced by everyone is different.
However, it is not difficult to summarize some specific rules by extracting the experiences of people who have experienced different tribulations.
In general, the "Heart Demon Tribulation" is aimed at the weakest and most vulnerable areas of a monk's mind.
If there are regrets, guilt, and fears in the heart, and the so-called "Tao heart is not perfect," then the "Heart Demon Tribulation" will often start from these aspects.
Another example is that the desire of a practitioner in certain aspects is too strong and reaches the point of "imbalance". Whether it is sex, wealth, power, or even the desire to attain enlightenment and become an immortal, the "Inner Demon Tribulation" will attack these places.
On the one hand, this is certainly a "tribulation", but on the other hand, it is not about correcting the weakest areas in the mind that are most likely to lead practitioners astray.
Surviving the "inner demon tribulation" is the process of overcoming correction.
This is the necessary step for the soul to advance into the Yuanying.
But Meng Zhou discovered that the "Heart Demon Tribulation" he encountered was completely different from what was recorded in these ancient books.
If someone else's "inner demon calamity" only selectively manifests a certain "inner demon", then the situation he is facing now is simply "all demons running rampant".
While feeling troubled, Meng Zhou was also a little angry.
Is this calamity a little too specific to me?
Although it is said that the Heavenly Tribulation "becomes stronger when it encounters strength", there is no need to do things to this extent, right?!
Just as he was having a headache as to how to deal with this ridiculously powerful "Heart Demon Tribulation", the huge changes that occurred in his body suddenly caught Meng Zhou's attention.
Meng Zhou, who originally focused most of his energy on the Sea of Consciousness Soul Pond, had to pay attention to the changes in his body.
"Hey...what's going on?"
Meng Zhou discovered that his body seemed to have recovered quickly after being struck by "sky thunder" one after another, each stronger than the last.
But it's actually not that simple.
Among the pure purple thunder, there were many black, red, gray and other messy colors mixed in.
They come in various colors and have different properties, but they can all be classified under the name of "evil energy".
To be more precise, it is the fourth level of evil spirit.
It is still the fourth-level evil spirit that has been tempered by the thunder.
They are like muddy sand mixed with clear flowing water.
His body seemed to be recovering quickly, but these "turbid sands" settled in his body and continued to penetrate deeper into his body.
And it causes continuous harm to the body.
Because Meng Zhou's previous focus was mostly on the "Heart Demon Tribulation" that occurred at the level of the sea of consciousness, he didn't notice it.
When discovered at this moment, these powers have penetrated deep into the bone marrow and blood vessels.
Meng Zhou could clearly feel that as this force continued and persevered to wear away, his bloodline potential was being "contaminated" bit by bit.
"What the hell is this?"
This change shocked Meng Zhou. If he really allowed these evil spirits to succeed, he would not only fail to overcome the catastrophe, but his strength and potential would also drop significantly.
This is still the most optimistic scenario.
The greater possibility is that the tyrannical body turned into a pool of dirty blood.
If we take into account the great changes that have occurred at the level of the sea of consciousness, this moment can simply be described as internal and external embarrassment.
At this moment, Meng Zhou felt tremendous pressure.
"what to do?"
"How to resolve this situation?"
While Meng Zhou tried his best to resist with his strong foundation, his thoughts were racing, thinking about ways to break the situation.
If the scene in front of me had happened to other tribulation survivors, they would have given up their weapons and surrendered, waiting for death.
However, Meng Zhou is Meng Zhou and no one else.
Although the situation in front of him felt tricky, he always believed that he would be able to find a way to break it. ()