Heavenly Tribulation
What are Heavenly Tribulation?
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Heavenly Tribulations were the punishments of the Heavenly Dao. When there was something that tried to surpass the constraints of the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao would summon Heavenly Tribulation against that existence in order to exterminate it.
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Since Ancient times, there were truly many existences that were too perfect when they were born that they even made the Heavens jealous. For example, Transcendent Divine Arts, Transcendent Divine Pills, and people born with Transcendent Luck. Not long after their birth, these perfect existences would face Heavenly Tribulations. But, those that perished were in the minority. The heavens never sealed off all paths of hope. The Heavenly Dao was a completely contradictory concept. Even though it tried to destroy all those existences that dared to violate its Laws, it would also allow them a faint chance of survival.
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The existence of Heavenly Tribulation was not to temper and give lucky chances to those monstrous geniuses that had dared to violate the edicts of the Heavenly Dao. Rather, it was the ultimate command to destroy them!
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Heavenly tribulation was never once easy to overcome!
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Although it could be said to be an injustice to perish beneath a Heavenly Tribulation, it wasn't uncommon at all!
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So yeah, when the Nine Heavens Saint Lightning fell upon me, the first thought that came to my mind was: 'This is gonna suck.'...Indeed, it does suck, and it hurts too.
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Tribulation clouds were the most concentrated form of Heavenly Retribution as well as the most terrifying of existences. Since ancient times, when Empyreans crossed their heavenly tribulations they had no choice but to dread these tribulation clouds.
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For a cultivator to face a Heavenly Tribulation was like a mortal facing a wild animal. They had to be careful with every action they took, and even taking a pill to help increase their chances of surviving the Heavenly Tribulation was nigh impossible lest they invoke the rage of the Heavens, causing the tribulation to increase it's difficulty to hardcore mode.
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The way in which they crossed their Heavenly Tribulations was to wait for the Heavenly Tribulation to cast down its energy while they passively withstood it and underwent their baptism of Heavenly Lightning.
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"AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" I screamed in agony as my mind and body went through constant reconstruction. My flesh was ripped and teared apart by the tornadoes as my bones were crushed under the immense Spiritual Pressure of the Heavenly Tribulation before being reconstructed again by my Spiritual Energy. My mind...ah, this part hurts the most. As the Nine Heavens Lightning destroyed my physical body, Saint Lightning destroyed my mind. No wait, shit...my eyes were starting to become red as I could feel blood gushing out of my eyes, ears and nose. I'm so fuking dead...
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30 breaths later...
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Status update: My cries of agony have long lost their vigor and instead had transformed into cries of a banshee with a really, really dry throat. As for the excruciating pain the Heavens have bestowed upon me, well...my Spiritual Sea was now empty since it could not hold out against the repeated attacks of the Heavenly Tribulation and therefore, in the absence of my fleshy body, you could clearly see my bones being crushed and reconstructed over and over again. The floor around me has dyed a dark red as only my meridians and organs could be seen. Also, I've sealed off all of my pain receptors to numb off the pain.
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5 minutes later...
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Status update: I have lost the ability to move, see, hear and smell since I have none of these organs already. To the outsiders trying to gaze at me, all they could see was a skeleton the size of a child being repeatedly struck by rainbow colored Nine Heavens Lightning and purple colored Saint Lightning. The only thing these outsiders were unable to see was my incredibly dense and tenacious soul safeguarding all of my remaining organs and and meridians as well as my Spiritual Sea as it took the brunt of both attacks of the Saint Lightning and Nine Heavens Saint Lightning.
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About 10 minutes...
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Status update: I'm happy to say I was able to stay conscious somehow through that entire ordeal. As the the tornadoes ripping me apart previously slowed down before returning back into a spring breeze, the Tribulation Clouds and funnel dispersed, revealing the bright blue sky once again.
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*Cling clang cling clang noise* resounded as my tempered skeleton touched the floor. And with this, I finally blacked out.
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"Doctor, are you sure he's alright? He's been out for 2 whole months now. I...I...he's my only child, you've got to save him, doc!" A familiar voice anxiously questioned someone opposite of them. Who was it?
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"I've done everything I could, Elder Shen. Back when he was rushed back to the family manor for treatment, his face was as white as paper, his body was so pale and sickly that even I, as the family doctor for 300 years have never seen anything like that. The boy will have to depend on himself if he wants to wake up. I can't do anything else besides pray for his well being..."
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Slowly opening my eyes, I saw my father crying as another man in a black coat sighed helplessly. "D...dad?" I weakly called.
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As if he was hearing things, my father wept even harder as he said he could hear my voice in his memories...Upon hearing this, the man in black coat glanced at me for a moment, pity filled his eyes before he proceeded to escort my father away. When I get better soon, I swear I'll whack that old man of mine like there's no tomorrow.
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'Hm? I'm back in my room. How did I get here??' Looking at my skinny but perfectly normal hands, I couldn't help furrowing my brows. 'This...Did the Heavens reconstruct my body for me? Since when were the Heavens this nice??'
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After surviving through that Heavenly Tribulation, I've noticed that besides my entire body having been tempered significantly, my Spiritual Sea was now denser and my Spiritual Energy now had a purple tint to it. Sending out a knife made from Spiritual Energy at an incoming bird, when the knife hit the bird, the bird froze mid air before it exploded into chunks of meat...Incredible! My Spiritual Energy has acquired both the paralyzing and destructive qualities of the Nine Heavens Saint Lightning.
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Hohoho, I can't wait to test these abilities once I recover all of my strength!