Chapter 4: The Three Demons Pass Through Tribulation

The Golden Qilin and the Illusory Dancing Butterfly had been refining their soul cores in their own dwellings, fully advancing their soul realms to the early stage of tribulation. In fact, since they obtained the soul cores, they had been refining them for forty years—almost completely mastering them. But because Qu Yi had gone to the Haotian Immortal Mansion, these two demon cultivators had not attempted to fully refine their soul cores, waiting for Qu Yi’s return.

Five days passed.
“Master, our soul realms have advanced to the early stage of tribulation,” the Golden Qilin and the Illusory Dancing Butterfly said simultaneously.

Sitting on a rock, Qu Yi heard their words, responded with a nod, and immediately called out, “Wuyuan, come here quickly.”

Wuyuan was lying on the ground, basking in the sunlight with his belly exposed, feeling very comfortable. Upon hearing Qu Yi’s call, he rolled over and stood up bravely.
“Woof! Qu Yi, what do you want from me?” Wuyuan exclaimed joyfully.
“Swallow them right away,” Qu Yi ordered.

Soon, Fang Shuo, Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Sheng were released from the Dimensional Ball by Qu Yi and all fell to the ground.
“Woof! Qu Yi, you’re really a good person,” Wuyuan said, delighted. He had been thinking about this moment while lying on the ground these past few days, and now that his wish was fulfilled, he couldn’t help but thank Qu Yi.

“No! Don’t eat us! We don’t want to die!”
Fang Shuo, Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Sheng cried out in despair, their bodies trembling with fear, their eyes filled with pleading as well as anger.

Wuyuan didn’t bother paying attention to their cries. He leaped into the air, struck the ground five times with his dragon head, and swallowed all five strong cultivators at the early stage of tribulation.

At that moment, dark clouds suddenly gathered over the entire valley. Infinite spiritual energy from the world surged from all directions, converging and forming various apocalyptic scenes in the sky.

After swallowing those five cultivators, Wuyuan’s soul realm miraculously advanced again to the early stage of tribulation. Now, he intended to use the heavenly tribulation to solidify his soul realm. Meanwhile, the Golden Qilin and the Illusory Dancing Butterfly had also advanced their soul realms, summoning the heavenly tribulation to shape their physical bodies.

With three demon cultivators undergoing tribulation at once, the energy of the tribulation clouds far exceeded that of ordinary tribulations. It seemed as if all the spiritual energy of Juehun Star had gathered here, pouring into the sky above the valley.

However, the calamity clouds in the sky underwent another violent change, dividing into three fan-shaped regions. In one region, five-colored calamity clouds formed, with the five colors evenly mixed together, corresponding to the five elements of celestial calamity; another region was filled with golden energy, glowing with sharp golden light everywhere; the third region consisted of blue-colored calamity fragments, brimming with wood element energy.

Wuyuan, having just devoured five strong warriors in the early stages of undergoing celestial calamity, was now in a precarious state, seemingly on the verge of collapsing and losing consciousness at any moment.

The Golden Qilin and the Illusory Dancing Butterfly stood easily in the valley, looking at each other with concern.

As soon as Qu Yi saw the calamity clouds form, he immediately flew out of the valley. He couldn’t stay there, otherwise the calamity clouds would attack him, preventing the three demon cultivators from undergoing the trials.

Although celestial calamity could kill those undergoing it, overcoming it brought tremendous benefits—great improvements in physical strength, soul realm, and energy perception.

Watching from outside, Qu Yi saw that the three demon cultivators seemed to take the calamity lightly. Though he knew they could easily overcome it, he was still worried about any accidents.

“Golden Qilin, Illusory Dancing Butterfly, stop gazing at each other affectionately. Can you focus? You’re undergoing celestial calamity,” Qu Yi called out.

Upon hearing this, the Golden Qilin and the Illusory Dancing Butterfly blushed slightly before standing there smiling, ready to face the impending calamity.

As for Wuyuan, he continued to move erratically, clearly struggling to process the five strong warriors he had devoured in one go. He was too preoccupied to pay attention to what was happening outside.

Qu Yi knew that Wuyuan couldn’t hear him, so he could only hope for good luck for him.

The calamity clouds in the three regions gathered together, with lightning flashing as the celestial calamity began to take shape.

The first trial: the Azure Sky Calamity.

In the three regions of calamity clouds in the sky, three dark vortexes formed simultaneously, from which three beams of light emerged—five-colored beams, golden beams, and blue beams.

The five-colored beams targeted Wuyuan, striking his dazed body, yet there was no explosion or burst of flames. All the energy in those beams, like a river flowing into the sea, was absorbed by Wuyuan.

Wuyuan’s body trembled slightly, and his entire body became energized; his gaze sharpened, as if he had somewhat awakened from his dazed state. It seemed that this heavenly calamity had helped Wuyuan refine the energy of five powerful warriors in the early stages of overcoming calamities, thereby strengthening his own body.

A golden beam of light targeted the Golden Qilin and struck it mercilessly.

“Just these little calamity clouds? Heaven, you’re really stingy,” the Golden Qilin shouted arrogantly at that moment.

When the calamity clouds reached the Golden Qilin, it, like Wuyuan, opened its body to allow the energy of the clouds to enter and directly refine it. Thus, the Golden Qilin also passed through the Azure Sky Calamity effortlessly.

A blue beam of light whistled as it struck the Illusory Dancing Butterfly.

The butterfly had been dancing delightfully on the ground, swaying its hips and moving gracefully, completely absorbed in her own dance. When the Azure Sky Calamity struck her, it was drawn by her dance movements—sometimes forming patterns of steps, sometimes turning into tiny blue butterflies in the air, creating a spectacular sight. After a while, it seemed as though the butterfly had tamed the energy of the calamity clouds; she suddenly stopped, and all that energy had entered her body.

Her appearance became even more radiant as she stood there gracefully, her eyes sparkling with charm.

Qu Yi watched from outside and, seeing that these three beasts had passed through the Azure Sky Calamity so easily, couldn’t help but smile, showing his joy.

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“Ugh, I’m awake. Is this really a heavenly calamity? Not even a single layer of my skin is damaged,” said Wuyuan, who had just regained consciousness, with a smile.

“It was too easy!” the Golden Qilin said, flicking its hair.

“I like heavenly calamities,” the Illusory Dancing Butterfly giggled coquettishly.

As soon as the first of these three cultivators passed through the Azure Sky Calamity, they began to boast.

Hearing their boasts, Qu Yi immediately called out, “You three, be serious! This is a real calamity trial.”

Hehehe.

The three cultivators all laughed, then prepared to face the second, Jade Sky Calamity.

In the Jade Sky Calamity, aside from the stronger energy of the calamity clouds compared to the Azure Sky Calamity, there was also a green light within them that could destroy one’s bones.

Soon, three vortexes formed rapidly in the three areas of calamity clouds in the sky, from which three beams of light emerged—five-colored beams, a golden beam, and a blue beam.

The five-colored beam targeted Wuyuan, the golden beam targeted the Golden Qilin, and the blue beam targeted the Illusory Dancing Butterfly—all descending at the same time.

Among these three light columns, the energy of the calamity clouds was slightly stronger than that of the Azure Heavens Calamity. This posed no problem for the three demon cultivators. Wu Yuan and the Golden Qilin simply consumed it directly, while the Illusory Dancing Butterfly continued to dance, gradually “taming” the calamity cloud energy before absorbing it into her body.

As for the green light mixed within the light columns, the three demon cultivators resolutely brought out the low-grade immortal artifacts given to them by Qu Yi: the Thousand-Thorn Tube, the Mountain-Beating Rod, and the Do-Not-Let-Go Fly. With these three low-grade immortal artifacts in action, they quickly dispersed the green light, preventing even a trace from entering their bodies.

The Azure Heavens Calamity was also passed through without much difficulty.

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The second heavenly calamity was easily overcome as well. Wu Yuan, the Golden Qilin, and the Illusory Dancing Butterfly exchanged glances before smiling joyfully.

“Ugh, heavenly calamities… People fear them, but I absolutely adore them,” Wu Yuan sighed.

“That’s right. Out of a hundred cultivators, only one can survive a heavenly calamity. I thought it would be very difficult, but it turned out to be so easy,” the Golden Qilin agreed enthusiastically.

“Have you two noticed that after each heavenly calamity, my beauty increases even more? That’s why I truly adore them,” the Illusory Dancing Butterfly said with a smile, gently playing with her silky hair.

Hearing these three demon cultivators expressing their admiration once again, Qu Yi sat down on the ground in frustration. He now regretted giving them those low-grade immortal artifacts, as they allowed them to overcome the heavenly calamities too easily. He wondered if this was really a good thing.

“You three idiots, be serious! This is a real trial!” Qu Yi shouted angrily.

Hehehe.

The three demon cultivators smiled again before falling silent, ready to face the third heavenly calamity: the Danxiao Calamity.

In the Danxiao Calamity, aside from the much stronger calamity cloud energy, there was also a swirling air current that, once it entered the body, would destroy the Yuan Ying and cause severe damage.

Soon, three vortexes formed in the areas of calamity clouds in the sky.

Rapidly, three light columns emerged from these vortexes: the multicolored light column, the golden light column, and the blue light column.

The light columns flashed down and struck Wu Yuan, the Golden Qilin, and the Illusory Dancing Butterfly.

The three demon cultivators paid little attention to the calamity cloud energy, allowing it to enter their bodies, while focusing on using their low-grade immortal artifacts to deal with the swirling air current within the light columns.

Since the swirling air current was mixed with various energies, the three demon cultivators couldn’t eliminate it all at once, and some of it still entered their bodies.

Quickly, they all stored their low-grade immortal artifacts inside their bodies to protect their Yuan Ying.

Wuyuan didn’t have a Yuan Ying inside; all that was needed was to continuously slash the swirling qi that entered its body with the thousand-needle tube. Over time, it would surely be able to eliminate that light.
The Golden Qilin protected its Yuan Ying with a mountain-stamping staff. When it saw the swirling qi coming in groups, it swung its staff to scatter them all.
As for the Yuan Ying of the Illusion Dance Butterfly, it was completely enveloped by the Wu Song Fly, allowing the swirling qi to attack it until it was destroyed by the true energy within the Illusion Dance Butterfly’s body.
The three demon cultivators finally passed through the treacherous trials of the Three-Nine Days safely.
Qu Yi flew into the air and was delighted to find that Wuyuan, lying on the ground, its entire beastly form, was slowly changing.