Chapter 664: The Ident.i.ty of Child-endowing Buddha in Antiquity Times and the Innumerable Thunderbolts Formation
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“Right, right, don’t be rash, there’s no need to jump the gun. You two have already survived seven or eight Thunder Tribulations and acquired the Lord of Heaven Karmic Rank. Now, I am the only one who is not even a Genuine Immortal. Maybe someday I will just die in my sleep, who knows!” Zhou Bao cast a look at the radiant Child-endowing Buddha and said this in an indignant tone.
Indeed, Zhou Bao had watched the other two undergoing seven or eight Thunder Tribulations and returning safe and sound, whereas, he himself had not achieved anything at all. He did not even get an opportunity to vent his anger on those guys sent by Divine Wind Palace, for w.a.n.g She had gobbled them up first. Thus, how else could he ever vent his fury?
“You’ll survive those, too. There is no way for a man with such great luck like you to fail the Genuine Immortal Thunder Tribulation!” Having gone through eight Void Thunder Tribulations consecutively, Child-endowing Buddha felt refreshed, every part of his body was emitting a spirit of harmony and peace, and every movement he made was full of the mannerisms of an eminent monk. “It turned out that this time w.a.n.g She showed his original form in front of them but allowed Yu Taixuan to escape with his life. That might make things a little tricky!”
“Humph, tricky? I think Yu Taixuan does not have the guts to make this matter publicly known!”
“Even if he doesn’t spread the news, others will. Don’t forget that the two Lords of Heaven from the Three Western Regions managed to escape too. This time, you swallowed nearly 10 Lord of Heavens, so it’s really a big deal. I guess, even if Divine Wind Palace refuses to attend to this matter, Extraterrestrial Divine Mountain and Youxian Temple will certainly let you off the hook, especially when they know you are carrying the canopy of Thunder Emperor with you!”
“Should I be afraid of them?” w.a.n.g She sneered, his tone br.i.m.m.i.n.g with confidence. “I’ve endured Thunder Tribulation and my combat capability is at the level of a Divine Immortal. Now in the Seven-deity Regions, n.o.body could be my match. Anyway, do you really believe those large sects will spread this news to the public? And trying to take on me just to avenge a few Lords of Heaven? No, they definitely won’t!”
“False friends are worse than open enemies. Mankind always excels at being the false friend. You’d better be more careful!” Watching the confident w.a.n.g She, Child-endowing Buddha shook his head dismissively. “Junior Leopard, it’s a bit too early to take on Divine Wind Palace. This time so many Lords of Heaven have died; Extraterrestrial Divine Mountain and Youxian Temple are absolutely not going to let this go. They will certainly ask Divine Wind Palace for compensation.”
“Exactly. The operation was initiated by Divine Wind Palace. Now that some of the partic.i.p.ators are dead, it’s only natural to ask Divine Wind Palace for compensation. That is advantageous for us, because no matter how Divine Wind Palace chooses to react, they have to pay a huge price to the other two sects so as to compensate for this operation. Thus, their strength will be further weakened!” Zhou Bao thought this over and then nodded, showing he understood what Child-endowing Buddha had said. “You’re right, we really don’t need to be rash. These days, Divine Wind Palace has reached its peak and is going downhill. We don’t need to make them fall to the bottom all at once. The only thing we shall do is to give them a push from behind at the right timing. Now the biggest issue is actually my Thunder Tribulation!”
“What on earth have you done to incur the wrath of G.o.d and the resentment of men? Seeing your dread of your Thunder Tribulation to this extent, I wonder how troublesome your Thunder Tribulation will be on this earth!”
“You can deduce the difficulty of my Thunder Tribulation by multiplying the ratio of the magnitude of Thunder Tribulations in the Heaven Realm Macro World to the magnitude of your Void Thunder Tribulations, and that’s almost it!”
“Gos.h.!.+” Even Child-endowing Buddha gasped at his words. “No way, it can be that bad, I never heard of anyone’s Thunder Tribulation being that difficult!”
“Well, you’re hearing it from me now. I’m bringing a macro world with me to go through the Thunder Tribulation, do you reckon it’s going to be a piece of cake?”
“What? You’re carrying the Azure Big World into the Thunder Tribulation?” Child-endowing Buddha failed to stifle his cry of amazement. “What Thunder Tribulation can the Azure Big World go through? Unless you—”
“Yes, unless I refine this macro world!” Zhou Bao snapped. “My Thunder Tribulation is a th.o.r.n.y problem, but I can’t delay it anymore—the longer I delay, the trickier it gets. Thus, I have to do it as soon as possible. I wonder if you guys have any better ideas!”
“Better ideas? There could still be hope if you have obtained the Pool of Thunder Tribulation, otherwise…”
“I have the Pool of Thunder Tribulation. I was the one who did Yu Taixu in. The Azure Big World has also been refined into a Supreme Fairy Weapon by me, and the material is that of the Silver Frost Castle we previously encountered in the Desolate Ancient Star Area. That’s why I should start doing my Thunder Tribulation!” Zhou Bao told them all of this in one breath. Then, he stared at Child-endowing Buddha and asked, “Quickly tell me, what ideas do you have to help me survive my Void Thunder Tribulation!”
Child-endowing Buddha did not answer immediately. He just stood there, staring dumbly at Zhou Bao and swallowed hard. Meanwhile, w.a.n.g She’s jaw dropped and he stared at Zhou Bao as if he was looking at some rare treasure in the world.
“Sure enough, sure enough! Like I said, how come there could be such a coincidence! The timing of the appearance of that Supreme Fairy Weapon was so wonderful, the benefit acquired was so large, and it turned out that it was all through your manipulations! Yes, that means my presumption is right. With the Supreme Fairy Weapon and the Pool of Thunder Tribulation, no wonder you’re afraid of going through the Thunder Tribulation. That accounts for it!”
“You just said that if I have the Pool of Thunder Tribulation, I would have a chance to go through the Thunder Tribulation. What does that mean?”
“Frankly speaking, the Pool of Thunder Tribulation is a fairy weapon evolved from the Thunder Tribulation Heaven; it is much more powerful than that canopy of w.a.n.g She. This fairy weapon has the real power to rule over innumerable thunderbolts and even create all sorts of odd living creatures and Thunder G.o.ds!” At this, Child-endowing Buddha turned to look at Zhou Bao and asked, “You took the Pool of Thunder Tribulation, then the device spirit of Pool of Thunder Tribulation and Thunder G.o.d should be in your hands as well!”
“Right!”
“Both the device spirit and Thunder G.o.d have strong powers; they are both born as thunder spirits, therefore ordinary Heavenly Thunder won’t work on them. If you start your Thunder Tribulation in the Heaven Realm Macro World, there is nothing you need to heed. So too when you are doing the normal Void Thunder Tribulation. The Thunder Tribulation descended from the Void Immortal Realm will only become the nutrition for these thunder spirits and enhance their strength, which will further improve the communication between the Pool of Thunder Tribulation and the Thunder Tribulation Heaven. As for the Supreme Fairy Weapon, this whole thing will just be a joke. Although you’re powerful, to be honest, you’re merely at the peak of the Individual Immortal, so you have no way to undergo a Void Thunder Tribulation of that magnitude. However, I know a method that can help you survive it, and that is to set up the Innumerable Thunderbolts Formation, let the Pool of Thunder Tribulation communicate with the Thunder Tribulation Heaven, and let the power of the Thunder Tribulation Heaven resist the Void Thunder Tribulation!”
“Innumerable Thunderbolts Formation? Communicating with the Thunder Tribulation Heaven?”
“Correct. You have so many Thunder G.o.ds at your service, you’re fully capable of setting up the Innumerable Thunderbolts Formation to communicate with the Thunder Tribulation Heaven. Then, when the shadow of the Thunder Tribulation Heaven comes out at your summons, you will be able to go through your Void Thunder Tribulation!”
“That sounds pretty simple!”
Watching Child-endowing Buddha immersed in excitement, Zhou Bao said faintly, “But, I guess, it may not be that easy to arrange the Innumerable Thunderbolts Formation, is it?”
“It’s quite easy! You’ve got the Pool of Thunder Tribulation, which is also the one with a device spirit. Everything will be fine as long as the device spirit is willing to handle the whole thing. It can obtain huge benefits for itself from this event, so I reckon it will not say no to you!”
“Now, if the benefits are so huge, why didn’t Fate Creation Boy tell me all those things? He has no reason for not knowing those!”
“Of course he doesn’t know.” Child-endowing Buddha gave a smile which could not hide his complacency anymore. “The Innumerable Thunderbolts Formation is the ace card of the Thunder Emperor. Years ago, he used this exact formation to communicate with the Thunder Tribulation Heaven and summoned it to bombard everyone who disrespected him, to death. Then he consequently wiped out all his enemies in the various worlds.”
“Fate Creation Boy doesn’t know these, but you do!” Zhou Bao stared at Child-endowing Buddha grimly.
This dude called himself Great Ancient Demon, and he seemed to have some connections with the Emperor of the Azure Heaven. Although he claimed that he was not close with Emperor of the Azure Heaven and had visited the Azure Heaven only a few times, Zhou Bao did not fall for it. After all, the Azure Heaven was a micro world of the Emperor of the Azure Heaven, so it could not be that easy to enter. If you were merely a nodding acquaintance of the Emperor of the Azure Heaven, how could he allow you to go in there? And this dude even had a thorough knowledge of the last move the Thunder Emperor reserved for final battles—the Innumerable Thunderbolts Formation that could communicate with the Thunder Tribulation Heaven. How did he come to know about it?
That was another point he had doubts about!
All of a sudden, a great interest in this Child-endowing Buddha rose inside Zhou Bao. He felt like he had not seen through this Great Ancient Demon all this while and never truly got to know what he was like.
“Stop looking at me like that. I used to be a subordinate of the Thunder Emperor.” Talking about this, he paused, and then continued with a grin, “Those Thunder G.o.ds are indeed powerful, but after all, they are all born out of the Pool of Thunder Tribulation. They may have some intelligence, but they cannot be parallel with other races born and raised in heaven. I am a Grand Demon born in a n.o.ble family, and some of my relatives are old friends of Thunder Emperor. Thus, back then, I was in charge of some trivial matters in the palace of the Thunder Emperor, including managing the study room of His Majesty, Thunder Emperor. The formation map of that Innumerable Thunderbolts Formation was just hanging on the wall of the study room. Having stared at it for several thousand years, I’ve long memorized it by heart!”
“Is it really so simple?”
“It’s really that simple. How complicated did you imagine it to be? The Innumerable Thunderbolts Formation is, in fact, a pretty easy formation, specially designed by the Thunder Emperor for the sake of the Thunder Tribulation Heaven. Others won’t find it useful even if they have the formation map, because without so many Thunder G.o.ds, without the Thunder Tribulation Heaven, even if you get the formation map, it will not work!” At this point, he paused for a second. “That Fate Creation Boy is truly eccentric. Maybe he is the real device spirit of the Golden Book of Fate and knows all the rules on Dharma power in the Heaven Realm Macro World; but he has no way to learn about a formation or a Divine Sense created by Thunder Emperor that only suits his own needs!”
“So that’s what it is. In other words, this time my going through the Thunder Tribulation is actually not hard at all, is it?”
“I can’t say if it’s not going to be hard at all. I’ve heard of some precedence about carrying a macro world or a Supreme Fairy Weapon to go through the Thunder Tribulation. But this kind of thing is quite rare, and so was it even in antiquity times. No, it was not quite rare, it has not happened at all in antiquity times. As for the Thunder Divine Palace of Thunder Emperor, there was a legend stating that it had undergone the Thunder Tribulation in primitive times. But as far as I know, the Thunder Tribulation designed for the Supreme Fairy Weapon and the macro world should be much more difficult than what you described to us a moment ago. That’s to say, your previous statements have severely underestimated the power of the Void Thunder Tribulation. Therefore, even though you have the Innumerable Thunderbolts Formation and can summon the shadow of the Thunder Tribulation Heaven, I’m afraid you won’t be able to survive multiple Thunder Tribulations.
“It can’t be!” Hearing, Zhou Bao’s face suddenly went livid.
“I’m just telling you the truth. I do not want to frighten you!” Child-endowing Buddha said. “This is the Innumerable Thunderbolts Formation. You take it and have a look. If you have any questions, don’t ask me for answers!” As he spoke, Child-endowing Buddha flicked his hand and an illusion of a picture scroll unfolded before Zhou Bao’s eyes—it was the actual formation map of the Innumerable Thunderbolts Formation!