Chapter 574: The Great Heavenly Tribulation of the Spiritual Emperor
This is not because he suddenly changed his nature and wanted to cultivate his character, but because there are still four hungry tigresses waiting for him to feed.
This was the first night that Ye Changsheng reunited with his fellow Taoists. Choosing who to spend the night with became a difficult problem. No matter who he chose, it would probably not be the right choice.
Nangong Wan and the others seemed to want to make things difficult for him, so they separated on purpose and waited for him to come and see which one he was looking for.
Tonight, no matter whose room he appears in front of first, he will be killed.
Even if he wanted to sleep with someone, he still had to face a problem, which was who to find first.
No matter who he chose, it would be trouble. So, after thinking about it, Ye Changsheng made up his mind to be thick-skinned today.
His figure flashed and he suddenly disappeared from the spot. The next moment, he appeared in an empty room. After looking around , he made sure that there was no problem.
Ye Changsheng suddenly erupted with a terrifying wave of energy, and shouted in a deep voice: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Although Nangong Wan and the other four girls were staying in their own residences, they were actually all concentrating on paying close attention to the movements outside, waiting to see whose door Ye Changsheng would knock on.
As a result, as they were waiting, they suddenly heard a loud shout, as if some powerful enemy had appeared. A terrifying wave burst out from Ye Changsheng's body, which was clearly sensed by each of them.
The girls were so frightened that they had no other thoughts in their minds. They flew out of their rooms one after another and hurriedly flew towards the room where Ye Changsheng was.
However, when they were halfway through the flight, they suddenly realized that there were many restrictions in the Linghuang City, and this place was a very important place, so there was no way any powerful enemy would suddenly appear.
What's more, if there really is a strong enemy, with their strength, they are not qualified to get involved. Rushing over will only cause trouble.
So... this is a routine!
By the time the women reacted, it was too late. Beams of light flew out from Ye Changsheng's room and turned into ribbons that tied up the women and pulled them into his room.
Hehehehe!
Ye Changsheng's conspiracy succeeded and he perfectly avoided the difficulties set for him by the women.
However, in fact, it is difficult to say whether Nangong Wan and others were taking advantage of the situation and had already seen through his plan, and were just pretending to play a trick with him.
After all, they know very well what kind of person their husband is, and there are many different tricks.
But no matter what, Ye Changsheng still avoided this test with this little trick, and thus, he and his fellow Taoists achieved a true reunion.
After that, he took the time to meet Xu Qianyu and fulfilled his promise, not letting this kind-hearted woman wait in vain.
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In this way, for ten days in a row, no one came out of the area where Ye Changsheng and his fellow Taoists lived, and of course no one was stupid enough to disturb them at this time.
Ten days later, Ye Changsheng turned into a stream of light and flew to the other direction of the Tianling Holy Tree.
"Brother Ye, you're here so soon?" When he saw him coming, Ling Huang looked very surprised.
She originally thought that she would have to wait for a month or two. After all, Ye Changsheng had five beautiful ladies. How could it be so easy to deal with them?
But I didn't expect that he would come to find me so soon!
"Some important matters cannot be delayed, so I will come to see you as soon as possible!" Ye Changsheng said with a sigh.
Those people in the human world are still waiting for him, how can he indulge in the gentleness now?
So, after comforting Nangong Wan and others, Ye Changsheng quickly came to Ling Huang.
The reason he came to see the Spirit Emperor was naturally to construct the Reverse Spirit Channel. Although he had the construction method, he still had to trouble the people of the Heavenly Spirit Realm for help in many of the materials unique to the human and demon races. Moreover, he also had to borrow the Reverse Star Disk needed for the Reverse Spirit Channel from the Spirit Emperor.
Even many Mahayana masters do not have an extremely precious magical weapon like the Star-Reversing Disk. For example, Qing Yuanzi only has a replica.
However, among the human and demon races, in addition to the two races' Mahayana masters each holding one Star-Reversing Disk, the Three Emperors and Seven Demon Kings also each have one.
This kind of thing, which can be of great help in cross-border cooperation, is indispensable to Ye Changsheng.
After all, this time he was planning to go down to the mortal world in his true form.
Generally speaking, it is basically impossible to do this. It is absolutely impossible for a cultivator at the peak of the fusion to appear in a lower plane in his true form, so the Cave Heaven Rat King and the Saint Ancestor of the Demon Realm and others only send their incarnations to the lower realm.
But this kind of thing is not absolute. It does not mean that high-level strong people cannot go to the lower world, otherwise Luohu would not appear in that world.
Naturally, only the true spirit can circumvent the restrictions of the rules of heaven and earth. Ye Changsheng has mastered the Twelve Transformations of Jingzhe, which allows him to transform into a celestial phoenix that is proficient in the power of space, thus circumventing the restrictions of these rules and returning to the lower world in his true form.
But to do this, one still needs to rely on the power of the Anti-Star Disk.
This time, I really owe this Spirit Emperor a lot of favors, from her helping to protect Nangong Wan and others, to now I have to rely on her power to build the Anti-Spirit Channel.
But it doesn’t matter. Ye Changsheng has already prepared a big gift for her, which is enough to offset all her favors.
"What important thing did Brother Ye mention?" The Spiritual Emperor asked with curiosity on his face and inquiring eyes.
She has been staying here for so many days without going into seclusion, naturally for the purpose of meeting Ye Changsheng.
Although the two had not met for hundreds of years, there was still a friendship between them.
Although Miaoyu, the incarnation of the Spirit Emperor, had not spent a long time with Ye Changsheng at that time, she had a 70% understanding of his character.
Therefore, in the mind of the Spiritual Emperor, Ye Changsheng is a trustworthy person. In this way, he can entrust some of his affairs after his death to him.
With Ye Changsheng's current strength, he is able to take care of the entire Tianling Realm, as well as... take care of her backup.
"There are several important things. One is related to myself, and the other is related to you, fellow Daoist!" Ye Changsheng said calmly as he sat opposite the Spirit Emperor.
"Oh, Brother Ye still has the energy to care about me?" Ling Huang showed a faint smile on his face, looking surprised.
"You and I are friends, so how can I not care about you? The news that you are going to pass the great heavenly tribulation is known to almost all cultivators in the human and demon races. Now that I have heard about it, I naturally have to show my concern!" Ye Changsheng said calmly.
Hearing this, the Spirit Emperor fell silent, and a complex expression appeared on his jade-like face.
"Since you know about this, you should also know that there are very few cultivators who can survive the great heavenly tribulation that I have to endure!"
"Among the human race, the only one who has survived the great calamities of the Fusion Stage more times than me is the Black Tortoise Tyrant Emperor. I'm sure you've heard the reason why that old guy was able to survive so many great calamities. His tortoise shell has always been solid!"
"And I have never been good at this, so I will most likely die in this great calamity!"
When talking about his future and destiny, the Spiritual Emperor's expression was rather calm, as if he had let it go.
Ye Changsheng couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, twenty-four great heavenly tribulations and seventy-two thousand years of lifespan in the fusion stage, in his memory, there were not many people who could surpass that.
Although it cannot be compared with the 100,000-year combined lifespan of the First Demon Lord, the number of the Spirit Emperor is also quite astonishing.
Just as Zen Master Jin Yue said, if she can survive this great heavenly tribulation, her chances of advancing to the Mahayana stage will be greatly improved.
"So, Daoist friend, you were looking for Master Qianbao's cave in order to deal with the great calamity?"
“But since fellow Daoist has already obtained the Mingguang Ancient Mirror and the Holy Spirit Pill, don’t you still have the confidence to survive this great calamity?” Ye Changsheng asked.
Upon hearing this, the Spiritual Emperor showed a trace of bitterness on his face: "Before I open Master Qianbao's cave, I only have less than a 50% chance of surviving this heavenly tribulation!"
"After obtaining the Mingguang Ancient Mirror, my chances of success have increased by another half. After taking the Holy Spirit Pill and practicing hard for hundreds of years, my status in all aspects has improved significantly. I am only one step away from reaching the Mahayana stage!"
"But my chances of surviving this great calamity have only increased by 20%. What Brother Ye doesn't know is that in the past few hundred years, I have tried to break through to the Mahayana stage!"
Ye Changsheng was silent after hearing this. Since the Spirit Emperor did not succeed in breaking through, the original attempt was a failure.
"So, without successfully advancing, I can only face this great calamity, and I only have a 30% chance of surviving it!"
Ye Changsheng sighed, the 30% chance of dying was too great!
However, if one wants to break through to the Mahayana stage, how can one succeed with just a Holy Spirit Pill? After all, the Holy Spirit Pill is only useful for cultivators who have achieved the fusion stage. If one encounters the bottleneck of the Mahayana stage, its effectiveness will most likely be greatly reduced.
"What are your plans, fellow Taoist? You must have made no preparations at all, right?" Ye Changsheng asked after a moment's silence.
A person with the cultivation level of the Spirit Emperor would definitely not be willing to die like this. After all, he has lived for tens of thousands of years and he must always plan some way out for himself.
"Brother Ye is right. People of our level of cultivation must prepare a way out. Some secretly hide their incarnations, some hide their real bodies in places that can delay the heavenly tribulation, and some use secret methods to split themselves into several existences and lower their realm!"
"Everyone's methods are based on their own characteristics, and I am no exception!"
Hearing what the Spirit Emperor said, Ye Changsheng seemed to have figured something out and asked, "Puppet?"
"Yes, my fellow humans and demons have praised me as the best puppeteer. However, the reason I can master such exquisite puppetry is not because of my outstanding comprehension. It is simply because I got an outer page of the Golden Palace Jade Book that year, which involves the art of puppetry!"
Ye Changsheng was not surprised to hear this. It was reasonable for a Three Emperors-level being to master a page of the Golden Palace and Jade Book.
"So, your way to survive is in this page of the Golden Palace Jade Book?"
"Well, this page of the Golden Jade Book records a soul puppet of the highest level. Once this kind of puppet is successfully refined, it is equivalent to the master's second life!"
"Once the main body dies, the Nascent Soul will be reborn on the Soul Puppet immediately. This kind of rebirth is equivalent to the main body being completely replaced by another person, and it can even deceive the way of heaven!"
"Therefore, even if the main body cannot withstand the heavenly tribulation, the heavenly tribulation will not spread to the life soul puppet, and this life soul puppet has no restrictions on taking over another body!"
"That is to say, even if you have possessed another body before, you can still use this Soul Puppet to be reborn. Of course, a person can only refine one Soul Puppet in his lifetime, and cannot refine it infinitely!"
Hearing what the Spirit Emperor said, Ye Changsheng recalled some information from the original book and suddenly understood something.
In the original novel, after the Spirit Emperor fell, a cultivator in the middle stage of the fusion realm who appeared out of nowhere defeated several cultivators in the late stage of the fusion realm, seized the position of the Spirit Emperor, and even fought his way out of the demonic calamity.
How could an ordinary cultivator in the middle stage of fusion have such strength?
It seems that the mysterious woman who suddenly appeared is still the Spirit Emperor?
"After so many years of hard work, I finally cultivated a soul puppet and cultivated it to the middle stage of fusion. This is my backup plan!" said the Spirit Emperor.
Ye Changsheng laughed and said, "It seems that I have been worrying about you for nothing!"
The Spirit Emperor smiled faintly and shook his head: "In fact, I really don't want to use this step unless it is absolutely necessary, because this Soul Puppet has a limitation, that is, after parasitizing on the puppet, the cultivation level will never exceed that of the person who refined it!"
"That is to say, I can only cultivate this puppet body to the peak of fusion at best, and then I can't go any further!"
"In fact, I have been waiting for Brother Ye for so many days because I want to ask Brother Ye for a favor. If I die in the heavenly tribulation, please help me take care of the Tianling Realm!"
"Brother Ye, if you want to be the Spirit King, that's fine. If you don't want to be one, please protect me for a while. I need some time to adjust and get familiar with this Soul Puppet body!"
Hearing what the Spirit Emperor said, Ye Changsheng showed a hint of smile on his face: "With the friendship between you and me, it's no problem to do these things!"
"It's just that I came here today to give you another plan!"
"Oh?" There was a look of surprise in Ling Huang's eyes. She understood what Ye Changsheng meant. Could it be that he had a way to help her survive this great calamity?
A light green bamboo slip appeared in Ye Changsheng's hand. A large number of mysterious purple runes were engraved on the slip, and a mysterious and profound aura emanated from it.
As soon as the bamboo slip appeared in Ye Changsheng's hand, the Spirit Emperor's eyes were immediately attracted to it and he could not look away.
"Fellow Daoist, have you ever heard of the Thunder Sign?" Ye Changsheng asked with a chuckle while holding the bamboo slips.
