First tribulation

In a deserted place, at the center of a ravaged land, stood a towering pagoda.

As he observed it, YanTian couldn't help but have a déjà vu feeling about this eerie tower, suddenly he open his mouth speechless, he finally remembered where he saw it.

When he was ten, he was looking for medical herbs like always, until he found a small cave, carefully going inside, he found out that it led to a large room underground, while looking around he found a large crater at the center of the room. Like most children he was really curious, so he carefully approached the large crater only to find a dark metallic object at the center.

After cleaning it, it happened to be a pendant with a small tower at the middle, from that day he kept it around his neck. Looking down at his upper chest YanTian found nothing.

"It can't be it's gone" he then looked up at the large pagoda.

"Could it be all related to the pendent"

After arriving at the entrance of the pagoda, he could see words written, on the dark blue doors.

' First tribulation : blood hell ' .

'Reward : Rebirth tree, Nine tribulation divine art (part 1) ' .

After these two lines, a long paragraph followed after them, reading everything YanTian did his best to stay composed.

Apparently, for every level of this nine story pagoda, you have to go through a test and if you succeed you get rewarded, however if you fail, all that awaits you are death.

"Well, guess I have to go".

He then hurriedly turned around and ran away from the pagoda.

"WOoouf... that was dangerous, almost scared me to death".

Whipping away the sweat on his forehead, YanTian sat down as he thought about how to leave this dangerous place.

However, just as he calmed down he felt a hard thing against his back, as he stiffly turned around, he found the pagoda just behind his back, his heart almost left his chest as he hurriedly got up and ran away, only to find out that every time he stops running, he gets back to the same place, just in front of the pagoda.

Exasperated, YanTian weakly sat down as he let out a long sigh .

"haaahh.... looks like I can't get away from this place unless I pass the test. Well, since there is nothing I can do, I might as well give it a go".

"Who knows, I might succeed and the rewards can help us get mother back".

With a determined mind he pushed the doors of the first floor, as the doors opened, inside he could see what seemed to be a large pond. However, it was not filled with water, rather it was a blood pond.

From what was written on the doors, apparently the first trial is named 'blood hell', and it is related to the first level of cultivation.

Supposedly, to pass this test you have to use the blood in the pond to go past the first level of cultivation : the skin tempering. However, the blood was from a sixth rank magical beast, the catch was; that you had to go thought this without loosing consciousness from the pain, otherwise you fail the trial and die.

As he approached the pond, YanTian did his best to mentally prepare for what was coming. Fortunately, thanks to his six years of sufferings and hardships he built himself a thought mind and strong spirit.

Just as his father previously mentioned, these hardships will allow him a smoother road toward the dao.

After a moment of preparation, YanTian decisively jumped down the blood pool, as he was submerged by blood immense torments almost instantly hit him. It was a pain no one would want to experience.

While loudly screaming, YanTian did his best stay conscious, however as time passed his consciousness began to become hazy, as he started to lose the feeling off his surroundings. However, just as he began to lose consciousness, his father words about his mother came to his mind.

"I can't give up, I haven't even began cultivation nor seen mother, I promised father to do my best".

"I have to succeed !!"

As he fought to keep his mind going, and stay conscious suddenly the pain began to become manageable, and then disappeared, afterward he felt a soothing energy enter his body, he had the impression he was floating in the clouds as sun rays gently caressed his skin. Unfortunately, before he could revel in this feeling; he lost consciousness.