Chapter 2381 - 2349: Xiao Qu, Thanks a Lot

Chapter 2381: Chapter 2349: Xiao Qu, Thanks a Lot

In very simple terms, Li Chen has undergone more tribulations than many cultivators have leveled up.

These levels include the lower levels...

Having lost all cultivation, it’s not Li Chen’s first time.

Back in the Immortal Domain, Li Chen even ’died’ once.

So when it comes to the process of re-cultivation, Li Chen is quite familiar with it.

Though saying "quite familiar" feels a tad bittersweet...

Searching across the Great Universe, it’s hard to find someone as repeatedly misfortunate as Li Chen, having undergone re-cultivation twice.

Moreover, this time re-cultivation is evidently much more troublesome.

Last time, during re-cultivation, Li Chen still had some power to rely on, but this time it’s truly starting anew because everything in Li Chen’s body has been devoured by Black Qi.

"Thud!"

After the Heavenly Tribulation dissipated, Li Chen struggled to crawl out of the pit formed by the Heavenly Tribulation smashing into the ground.

The will of the Heavenly Dao here seems to have strong control power, as all Heavenly Tribulations landed precisely on Li Chen, aside from the small void area created by the tribulation right where Li Chen was; other areas were miraculously undamaged.

In the Starry Universe, such a terrifying grade of tribulation could even shatter a star.

"Whew—"

After exhaling deeply, Li Chen finally used his cultivation to press down his hair that had been electrically standing on end.

Strangely enough, despite the robust Heavenly Tribulation, the black and gold-patterned robe on Li Chen remained completely undamaged.

In fact, the black and gold patterns on the robe seemed to glow a fraction brighter.

"Every time I undergo a tribulation, part of its force gets stolen by this Black Qi, it feels like the lightning strikes are in vain," Li Chen said, feeling somewhat stifled.

"There’s no help for it," the Seven Realms Tome said helplessly, "This Black Qi shares your source, though its origin is unknown, it’s almost like a part of you. As you absorb the tribulation, it naturally gets a share. Moreover, it helps shield you from part of the damage. Aren’t you satisfied with that?"

Li Chen sighed and accepted it.

Honestly, if not for the robe tainted by Black Qi, he would indeed be injured, and possibly heavily so.

After all, this level of tribulation is akin to Heavenly Punishment.

Heavenly Punishment occurs when the will of the Heavenly Dao truly intends to eradicate someone.

Now, after a wave of tribulation, aside from his unruly, electrified hair and a slightly disheveled face, Li Chen remains unharmed.

Upon using Inner Vision, Li Chen found that his cultivation had indeed recovered to the Domain Realm.

The Black Qi seemed to have settled down too, hovering above his Dantian, forming a motionless mass of Black Energy, almost like a second Dantian, constantly manifesting its presence.

For instance, the black and gold patterns on Li Chen’s white robe are manifestations of the Black Qi’s power.

This is not imprinted on the clothing but on Li Chen’s body.

Even if Li Chen takes off the clothes, the black and gold patterns will still appear on his body.

"Every time I see these black and gold patterns, it feels like I’ve been tattooed," Li Chen said helplessly, "Though the tattoos aren’t ugly, they appeared on me without my consent..."

"What’s your opinion?" In the sea of consciousness, the Seven Realms Tome glanced at Li Chen.

"I have something I’d like to say, though I’m unsure if I should say it," Li Chen said sincerely.

"You’ve said it many times already."

A red shadow flashed not far away and appeared before Li Chen.

"Master, is the tribulation done?" Red Moon asked with a smile.

Strictly speaking, Red Moon has already moved beyond the ’Instrument’ category and can be considered a cultivator, if Red Moon was within Li Chen’s tribulation range, who knows what might happen, so Red Moon temporarily left the area before Li Chen began his tribulation.

"It’s done." Li Chen smiled and nodded.

Just as Li Chen was about to return to the cave bottom to cultivate a bit more with Imperial Soul Incense, he suddenly sensed within the range of his Divine Sense a large crowd of people gathering.

"What’s going on?"

The sudden appearance of so many people startled Li Chen so much that he thought the Domain Realm experts he had tricked had come en masse to hunt him down.

However, upon discovering that the strongest among them were merely two Soul Realm experts, and the majority were just Domain Realm or even lower, he relaxed.

These cultivators were kindergarten level to Li Chen, even with his current cultivation, barring those Soul Realm experts, he could easily slap down a whole bunch.

"Whoosh—"

The sound of bodies swiftly moving through the air came, soon bringing many young faces into Li Chen’s view.

"They’re actually people?"

This group was evidently shocked.

That awe-inspiring and terrifying momentum was truly man-made?

Was it the Heavenly Tribulation?

Heavenly Punishments aren’t this terrifying, right?

Could it be a powerful Thunder System Divine Skill?

"This student, within Zhuoyan Academy, it seems I haven’t seen you, where do you hail from..." An elder stepped forward, after carefully scrutinizing Li Chen, finally frowned and spoke.

This elder was one of the two Soul Realm experts among the crowd.

Soul Realm experts possess a Divine Soul with immense power; even a glance can clearly memorize someone.

And this unfamiliar white-haired youth, he was certain he had never met before.

Li Chen opened his mouth, intending to explain, but heard laughter from not far away.

"Elder Qin, this person is brought by me, there’s no issue with his identity, you can rest assured."

Li Chen turned his head to see the newcomer was Qu Qiu.

"Ah, brought by the dean? In that case, I will not press further," Elder Qin said, seeing Qu Qiu, nodded and stopped questioning.

Though Qu Qiu was not yet at the same cultivation strength, his teaching talents were widely respected, and over the years, as dean of Zhuoyan Academy, no discontented voices had ever been raised.

Many even believed Qu Qiu was delayed by the academy, impeding his breakthrough to the Soul Realm.

Elder Qin and the other Soul Realm elder turned to gather the students to leave, but before they could walk away, they were stunned to see Qu Qiu respectfully approaching the white-haired youth they thought was a student and offering a student bow: "Senior, you’ve exited seclusion again?"

Senior?!

What the heck?

This white-haired youth, seemingly only in the Initial Domain Stage, is addressed as senior by Dean Qu Qiu himself?

And why add the ’again’ when talking about exiting seclusion?

Yet the shock wasn’t over. They then saw the white-haired youth casually walk to the dean, patting him on the shoulder and saying, "Little Qu, thanks so much this time."