Soul Land 5: The Rebirth of Tang San

Chapter 620: Six Directions Eight Desolations Golden Fiend Tribulation

In terms of sheer quality, the Holy Blaze Saber couldn't compare to the Celestial Plume and couldn't block its power. However, with the power of the Asura Sword behind it, not even ten Celestial Plumes could enter without its permission.

Gradually, Mei Gongzi's perception of the red light became stronger. It was a long sword—not red in color, but emitting a crimson glow. The slender blade exuded not a burning aura, nor a dark one, but a surprising coldness. Yet Mei Gongzi clearly felt that this wasn't the coldness of cruelty, but the unyielding coldness of justice and the righteousness of judgment.

The Asura Sword was also the Sword of Judgment—the sword of the Divine Realm Enforcer.

Now that she was breaking through to godhood, through the Holy Blaze Saber's connection with the Asura Sword, Mei Gongzi felt its sword intent fluctuations for the first time.

Although the sword intent was perfectly cold and unmoving, when Mei Gongzi's divine consciousness enveloped it, she could clearly feel a touch of familiarity amidst the coldness. The sword was cold to anything and everything around it, but to her, it only transmitted acknowledgement.

Stimulated by her own divine consciousness and influenced by Mei Gongzi's ascension, the red light subtly intensified, becoming brighter.

The Celestial Plume still attempted to break in, but whenever it touched the edge of the red light, it would be instantly repelled as if shocked.

The silver peacock behind Mei Gongzi had now become completely clear. Each eye on its tail feathers emitted brilliant silver light, creating a splendid spectacle under the now-darkened sky.

What astonished the Peacock Great Demon King was that the silver peacock's eyes were changing from silver to crimson. But this crimson was not the bloody color of evil; instead, it carried a supreme, majestic glow. Even with his cultivation level, when he looked at the crimson light directly, he could feel his divine consciousness being agitated and stimulated, experiencing sharp pain.

The Peacock Great Demon King turned to look at Tang San. Tang San nodded at him, as if he knew what was causing his astonishment, and said in a deep voice, "It's fine. I told you that she is connected to an exceptionally powerful divine artifact. Its aura is merging with hers through the tribulation, which is beneficial for her. It will also allow her to better utilize the artifact's power even while she doesn’t have it on her."

The Peacock Great Demon King frowned. A life-bound divine item? Establishing a connection with a divine item during a tribulation—in other words, creating a life-bound divine item—was indeed important and beneficial. But this crimson light was most certainly not the clan's foundational artifact, the Celestial Plume!

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind as he quickly recalled the red sword light that Mei Gongzi had used to cut down Meng Dede. So that was it... But what exactly was that item?

The Peacock Great Demon King vaguely remembered the powerful red sword light rising to the heavens, majestic and righteous. It had split the demonic artifact in two, and even the vengeful spirits had been instantly purified by its aura.

Without a doubt, it was an incredibly powerful divine artifact. But as the next clan leader of the Peacock Demon clan, her life-bound artifact should be the Celestial Plume!

Just as he was about to say something, the sky suddenly changed. Tang San and the Peacock Great Demon King couldn't help but look up.

The previously dark clouds changed color as golden lightning began to weave through them.

This massive cloud now covered an area of tens of miles, far larger than the area covered during Zhang Haoxuan's tribulation.

In the vast cloud, golden lightning bolts crisscrossed, and deep rumbling sounds began to emanate from the tribulation cloud. The lightning tribulation was finally about to arrive.

"What... What kind of lightning tribulation is this?" Staring at the golden lightning in the sky, the Peacock Great Demon King felt his hair stand on end. Even with his peak Great Demon King cultivation, a sense of fear began to arise in his heart.

Tang San's expression also turned serious. Although he had long since anticipated that Mei Gongzi's tribulation wouldn't be easy, he hadn't expected it to be this fierce.

The Peacock Great Demon King didn't recognize this kind of lightning tribulation, but Tang San certainly did!

"This is the Six Directions Eight Desolations Golden Fiend Tribulation[1]!"

Lightning tribulations had many variations, but they could in principle be categorized into nine levels. The power difference between levels was nowhere near as simple as doubling or tripling. If the power of the first level was taken as the basic unit of measurement, then the second-level tribulation's power was not two, but four. Every level had a power equal to the square of that level—the third level was nine, the fourth was sixteen, the fifth was twenty-five, and the sixth was thirty-six.

When Zhang Haoxuan went through his tribulation, due to his relatively high bloodline power, the tribulation was around the second level. But the tribulation Mei Gongzi was facing now, the Six Directions Eight Desolations Golden Fiend Tribulation, was of the eighth level. This meant its power was sixty-four times that of a first-level tribulation!

Moreover, this was just speaking in terms of sheer power. The fact that this tribulation had a particular name signified that there was also a qualitative difference, and that made it a world-destroying tribulation!

If one could successfully cross a sixth-level tribulation, it meant they had the potential to become a First-Class God—an Emperor. As for an eighth-level tribulation... Tang San suspected that this might be the first time such a powerful tribulation had appeared in this plane.

How could it be so powerful?

But then, Tang San understood why. It was him.

As an outsider, Tang San had always been rejected by the plane, though he had used various means to conceal his own presence. Mei Gongzi, having spent a long time with him, naturally carried some of his aura. More importantly, he had linked her with the Asura Sword. A transcendent divine artifact was something the plane couldn't handle at this point, so even though the Asura Sword's "presence" was only a trace of its sword intent, from a certain perspective, the plane now also considered Mei Gongzi an anomaly. That was the reason for such a terrifying tribulation.

At this moment, the area covered by the tribulation clouds continued to expand, and even from Kali City, one could likely see this vast, terrifying tribulation cloud illuminated by golden lightning.

The silver lining was that there was no need to worry about anyone coming to cause trouble at this time; no one would dare approach such a lightning tribulation. Even an Emperor might not be able to retreat unscathed in the face of such a tribulation.

"What do we do? Can we ask the Sea God for help?" the Peacock Great Demon King's anxious voice rang out. Although he didn't fully understand what the Six Directions Eight Desolations Golden Fiend Tribulation was, he could clearly tell it had devastating power.

Tang San took a deep breath and said, "Don't panic. Although the Six Directions Eight Desolations Golden Fiend Tribulation is terrifying, it's still a lightning tribulation, so there's always a glimmer of hope. We'll deal with it as it comes!"

"Little Mei, the tribulation is about to descend. It's stronger than we imagined, but no matter how powerful it is, you must hold firm to your heart. Don't let your heart waver." n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Mei Gongzi nodded slightly. The silver peacock behind her slowly raised its head, and the crimson gleam in its eyes became more majestic. There was not a hint of fear.

Boom!

A massive rumbling sound suddenly erupted, causing the entire sea surface to ripple with vast waves.

Tang San's gaze sharpened, and he said in a deep voice, "It's here!"

In the next instant, a beam of golden light streaked across the sky, illuminating the sea below and reaching above Mei Gongzi's head almost instantaneously.

1. Yes, this is very extra. The first term here is 六合 and literally means "six directions" or "six harmonies" (up, down, left, right, front, back). There is an ancient Chinese saying that translates into something like "the six directions represent space (宇); the past and the future represent time (宙) and together they make up the universe (宇宙)." Thus, the six directions here actually refer to the entirety of space. The second word is 八荒 and literally means "eight desolations" or "eight wildernesses" and originally refers to the remote (and barbaric) places beyond the territories of China, but has come to refer to the world beyond what is known to the inhabitants of a territory. The expression 六合八荒 that is made up of these two words thus refers to the entire universe. We originally intended to sum it up as “Infinite Space” or something along those lines, considering that it actually reflects Mei Gongzi’s space-attribute bloodline, but taking into account information from future chapters, we have decided on a more literal translation. ☜