Omnipotent Sage

A jade-green gate suddenly appeared in front of Zhou Bao. This one was even more dazzling than Fate Creation Boy’s black gate which was made of precious stones. When Zhou Bao looked at it, he could feel that something was lacking; it was as if his accumulation was not enough.

“Unfortunately, it seems that because the creation time for Azure Big World is too short, this is the only way to go about it.” He sighed and stepped through the gate.

“Oh? How interesting!” When he went through the gate, Zhou Bao stared blankly for a second, then he laughed.

It turned out that the gate did not lead to Taihua Mountain where he had come from, but led instead to the Sea of Divine Power of the Azure Big World.

“I’m confused. This gate is linked to my Power of Fate, so it should lead to the Sea of Divine Power. It looks like the Fate Creator’s other gates lead to the most critical points in their own macro words. If this is so, even if they could bring people into the Fate Creation Palace, no one would be willing to go at any given time and place. But what if I don’t even want to be here. It is actually good that they can’t bring people in, as it would save me from a lot of struggles!” Zhou Bao thought to himself. He did not stay there for long. He stepped out again and returned to Jilei Mountain.

Wang She and Child-endowing Buddha had not left yet; they visited Zhou Bao frequently and were protected from the inhibition. Therefore, they were at home and wanted very much to cross the Void Thunder Tribulation. It would not be possible however, without Zhou Bao’s help, so he remained there most of the time.

Zhou Bao had spent three days at the Fate Creation Palace. This had given him many advantages, but it was still not enough. The higher his strength, the stronger the thunder bolts would be. Therefore, if his strength had gained a level during his three days at the Fate Creation Palace, so too would his Void Thunder Tribulation. He really could not tell if this was a good thing or not.

“You’re finally back! If you hadn’t come back, Wang She and I would have been totally desperate!” Seeing Zhou Bao appearing in front of them, Wang She heaved a sigh of relief, and so did Child-endowing Buddha. “You took so long! What did the old bastard want with you?”

“I’m afraid I won’t be able to cross the Thunder Tribulation with you.”

“What, why?”

“There’s a small problem with my Thunder Tribulation, it’s not like yours. If I cross the Thunder Tribulation with you, you’ll be struck to death!” He laughed bitterly.

“It’s fine, we can cross the Thunder Tribulation using our own strength. We came to look for you because after the Thunder Tribulation there will be a recuperation period where we will be very weak. We’re concerned that someone could take advantage of this and cause trouble, so we wanted you to be our protector. And you know, we need to find a good location to cross the Void Thunder Tribulation, and thus we need your help.”

“No problem!” While he was listening to Wang She, Zhou Bao’s eyes flitted about as if he had just thought of something. He smiled. “No problem at all!”

For Zhou Bao, looking for a place in the hollow to cross the Void Thunder Tribulation was no problem at all with a protector.

The place to cross the Thunder Tribulation had to be chosen carefully as you could not choose any random place. It was best to find a location with no living creatures, like a vast planet with no pneuma. This way, if the tribulation was too strong, there would be minimal effect if it destroyed the whole planet. And if there was no pneuma, there would be no spiritual qi, and this would reduce the effect the thunder would have on the space. As far as those crossing the tribulation were concerned, nothing much could go wrong.

There were lots of vast planets in the hollow. But looking for a vast planet like this in such an expansive hollow would be a difficult task.

Or at least it was for Child-endowing Buddha and Wang She.

This was why they traveled thousands of miles to find Zhou Bao.

It was much easier for Zhou Bao to find such a place. If there was nothing else, there were still lots of these places in the Desolate Ancient Star Area. For Zhou Bao, it was no difficulty at all.

“You see, there are many vast planets in the Desolate Ancient Star Area, and none of them have any life or pneuma. It’s the best place to use to cross the Void Thunder Tribulation. I think each of you should choose one planet, that way you won’t get in each other’s way and create more problems. What do you think?”

“Well, it’s up to you. I’ll choose that ochre vast planet. What about you, Wang She?”

“I’ll choose the cyan planet!”

The three men stood in the void, and in front of them was a small galaxy. In its center, a large fireball burned brightly, and around it revolved four vast planets. Wang She and the Child-endowing Buddha would part ways between their chosen two planets.

After they each had chosen a crossing point, the two men did not delay. They split ways and traveled to their planets, and Zhou Bao placed himself directly in the center of the hollow. There the divine thoughts could cross over, and Zhou Bao could channel the two planets into his Divine Awareness.

“Having been reborn for so many years, I didn’t think that today I would be able to channel the two planets so easily into my Divine Awareness. I wouldn’t have dared think about this kind of thing in my previous life. I wouldn’t have imagined that this universe was where the Earth was. It would be good if it was. If I had the chance, I would go to the Milky Way, and show off my strength on Earth. After all, why not?”

Of course, this was just pure fantasizing on his part. In this universe, in this world, things were not the same as on Earth. The only shape above him that he could recognize was the Big Dipper and it looked completely different too. Everything here was so different from his previous life.

Just as he was losing himself in thought, he felt a little tremor in the hollow surrounding him. Then, in the complete void where there was not even the tiniest bit of pneuma, suddenly there burst forth a thousand tiny cracks. The cracks were so fine that if his divine thoughts had not been so finely cultivated and if his spiritual mind was not so sharp as to have attained the level of Innate Deities and Primordial Fierce Beasts, he would not have felt the change in the hollow.

“Is this the Void Thunder Tribulation?” Feeling this bizarre change, Zhou Bao focused all his attention on the tribulation. Zhou Bao saw an entrance slowly opening. The fine cracks covering the two vast planets had joined together to become a huge magic formation on the planet. A boundless energy flowed from the cracks at the middle of the formation. Under the power of the formation, huge formation maps were created.

The formation maps on the two planets looked basically the same, although a closer look revealed a number of differences.

Crack! Crack!

Thunderbolts began to gather in the middle of the hollow and started evolving.

Under the control of the formation map in the middle of the hollow, the clouds on the two vast planets underwent rapid changes. They billowed in the breeze, which suddenly turned into a huge gale. The clouds from the two vast planets then gathered into one huge mass, and huge thunderbolts erupted from them and aimed at the ground.

The thunderbolts emerged non-stop from the evolving magic formation. The two men on the vast planets brandished their celestial devices to block off the attacks. For them, the last few Thunder Tribulations presented no danger, until it came to the fifth one. On the cyan vast planet, a brilliant color emanated from Wang She, which protected his whole body. It was the power from the fairy weapon he had obtained at the Thunder Emperor’s touring abode.

With the protection of the fairy weapon, he was safe during his fifth Thunder Tribulation. Child-endowing Buddha, however, looked to be in a bad state. It might have been due to his poor moral standards, or because he had erred too much in his previous life. The Thunder Tribulation he experienced was several times worse than Wang She’s. But fortunately, because he was so highly cultivated, he did not have to use his fairy weapon until his seventh Thunder Tribulation.

“No wonder these two guys are so anxious! They each have a trump card in their hand and were certain they could gain the Karmic Rank of Lord of Heaven. Haha, they don’t even know what the 3,000 Great Ways are that they possess, or Divine Sense either!” Zhou Bao muttered to himself. He closed his eyes and contemplated using his own divine thoughts to get a sense of the willpower in the Immortal Realm coming from the Thunder Tribulation.

But the divine thoughts passed in a chaotic flurry. He couldn’t get any information. The only thing that was a certainty was that as the two men’s Thunder Tribulations were getting stronger and stronger, there was more and more Divine Qi flowing from the cracks, and it started to transform into the two men’s spirits.

“For me this Thunder Tribulation was nothing. I could easily get through it. But I was told quite clearly that my next Thunder Tribulation wouldn’t be overcome so effortlessly.” Seeing that the ochre planet had already been half destroyed, Zhou Bao raised his eyebrows slightly. “It seems like I will have to choose my tribulation crossing point a bit more carefully. Normal vast planets are not good enough, they can be smashed to pieces with just a few strikes of heavenly thunder.”

Just as he was thinking, his eyes suddenly flashed and he stared fiercely at the distant hollow.

There was nothing inside the hollow, but Zhou Bao sensed a peculiar spatial fluctuation. He smiled ever so slightly. “It seems they’ve arrived – the guys who are hoping to pick up some stuff for themselves!”

A dazzling, resplendent warship came cruising through the endless hollow. On the ship there were more than ten men on board. These men, sitting and looking around in awe, were Genuine Immortals of the Lord of Heaven Realm. They were led by one man with a dark complexion and whose spirit carried a vague trace of violence. He was Lord Yu Taixuan of Divine Wind Palace.

The Yu family had been in control of Divine Wind Palace for tens of thousands of years. In all these years they had never been as desperate as they were now. Their powers were waning; two of the three senior Lords of Heaven had died in a short amount of time. Their Supreme Fairy Weapon had been destroyed, and the youngest generation of the Yu family had not reached maturity yet. If it were not for the old timers who paid no heed to real-world matters during closed-door training, it was possible the Divine Wind Palace could have been taken over. But even with the support of several Highest Elders, Yu Taixuan could not maintain a secure hold on his status as lord, so he had been very troubled these past ten years or more.

“My lord, we will soon arrive at the place, according to the master!”, a servant dressed in golden clothes, said quietly to him.

“Yes, I know!”