Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 85

Chapter 85

“How could you possibly be here!”

Yu Yin was incredulous upon seeing Sun Yuan in the Tribulation Crossing Stage, and Sun Yuan was even more incredulous upon seeing Jiang Li here.

He should have been protecting the Ji family in the Void, so why was he here? How did he come back so quickly? He hadn’t even reached the Great Perfection Stage yet!

Where were the Ji family? Did Jiang Renhuang fail to protect them and perish in the Void?

Jiang Li naturally had no obligation to answer Sun Yuan’s questions. He understood what had happened the moment he arrived.

The Soul-Slaying Formation, the Empty City.

Combined, if there was a second possibility, his title as Renhuang, a master of the methods of the demonic path, would be in vain!

Although Sun Yuan wasn’t a member of the demonic path, he was even more hateful than those who were!

Jiang Li grabbed Sun Yuan’s neck with one hand and his wrist with the other, and with a sudden force, he tore one of his arms off.

Left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, Jiang Li tore Sun Yuan into a club-like shape in a few strokes!

A drop of blood at the Tribulation Crossing stage was enough to regenerate. This level of injury wasn’t fatal to Sun Yuan, but he preferred it.

Jiang Renhuang was furious, unwilling to let him die a quick death!

Sun Yuan, furious, used his head to twist it off, freeing himself from Jiang Renhuang’s iron grip. His spine rapidly grew, followed by his limbs and flesh.

After returning to his original form, he turned and ran.

The closer he got to the Mahayana stage, the more terrifying Jiang Li became. He had slaughtered the inhabitants of an entire city to reach the peak of the Tribulation Crossing stage, and now he needed to slaughter the inhabitants of an entire nation to reach the Mahayana stage. The chasm between the Tribulation Crossing stage and the Mahayana stage filled him with despair!

“Are you alright?” Jiang Li approached Yu Yin, helped her to her feet, and gave her a Great Rejuvenation Pill, his expressionless face throughout.

Under normal circumstances, Jiang Li would have said this with a smile, then added a sarcastic remark, saying she had finally reached the Tribulation Crossing stage, so how could she lose.

But now, not only was Yu Yin on the verge of death, but nine million others had perished, leaving no trace of their bodies. Jiang Li couldn’t smile no matter what.

What did nine million people even mean? A single attack by an extraterritorial demon on Jiuzhou wouldn’t be much different

! This was his dereliction of duty as the Human

Emperor! He felt he had failed all previous Human Emperors. How could he have the nerve to claim he was the strongest?

How could he have the nerve!

Jiang Li picked up a red dress from the ground. Judging by its size, it must have belonged to a lively and adorable little girl. Now, the child’s laughter was gone, leaving only this tiny piece of clothing.

And there were nine million more cases like this.

Nine million lives, nine million cenotaphs.

Jiang Li’s heart trembled, and he almost wanted to cry.

“Don’t let Sun Yuan escape!” Yu Yin hurriedly said.

“Run?” Jiang Li folded the red dress and neatly set it aside, sneering, “Where can he go in the face of the heavenly tribulation?”

Yu Yin looked up and saw that dark clouds had quietly enveloped the earth. The area of influence was much smaller than when she had reached the Tribulation Crossing stage, and only the Imperial City could sense it.

Yet, this was the most terrifying heavenly tribulation known, and she had only seen Jiang Li overcome it.

The Immortal Tribulation.

“Master, are you alright?” the Ruyi Gourd cried, rolling into Yu Yin’s arms. “That man nearly killed Master. Watch me strike him down with the Immortal Tribulation!”

The Ruyi Gourd’s mouth opened, and out emerged a small white fish.

The small white fish transformed into a humanoid form and also flew towards Yu Yin.

“Auntie Yu Yin, are you alright?”

As the nineteenth princess of the Great Zhou, she naturally knew Yu Yin from the neighboring kingdom.

Previously, when Jiang Li was in the void, he had Ji Kongkong transform into a small white fish and enter the Ruyi Gourd. He needed to protect Ji Kongkong, not an immortal artifact.

Without Ji Kongkong, Jiang Li would be able to return to Jiuzhou quickly.

Sun Yuan truly couldn’t escape. Wherever he went, the Immortal Tribulation pursued him. Thick pillars of lightning scorched him black. All the methods used in the Tribulation Crossing stage were useless against the Immortal Tribulation. All were ineffective!

The Immortal Tribulation was a test for cultivators, and they could only be endured.

“Sun Yuan, are you ready to die?”

Jiang Li stood silently behind Sun Yuan, his voice sending chills down his spine.

The two, under the Immortal Tribulation, had their power doubled, severely damaging Sun Yuan’s vitality, while Jiang Li remained unscathed.

“No, no, no, I don’t want to die. I, I, I know a lot. I can tell you how to obtain the Divine Treasure Power, how to become stronger, and you’ll become even stronger. You may not know what the Divine Treasure Power is. Look, I’ve harnessed it to rise from peak fusion to peak tribulation. With this power, we no longer fear the outer demons. If you’ll spare my life, I’ll teach you how to obtain the Divine Treasure Power…”

Sun Yuan spoke without thinking, striving to demonstrate his worth.

“Do you understand me?”

Jiang Li suddenly asked, catching Sun Yuan off guard.

“Do you understand me?” Jiang Li’s fierce eyes glared, frightening Sun Yuan’s legs to tremble.

“Of course I understand you. You are the impartial and selfless Human Emperor, the guardian of the Nine Provinces, you…” Sun Yuan didn’t know how to answer to satisfy Jiang Li.

He and Jiang Li had never crossed paths before, and the Tianji Tower would not sell Jiang Li’s intelligence. How could he learn about Jiang Li? He could only say some things that were well known to everyone.

“It’s not you.” Jiang Li shook his head regretfully.

Sun Yuan did not understand him, and was not the type to scheme against him. Only someone who knew him very well could scheme against him to such an extent.

He already had a candidate in mind, but he was unwilling to believe it.

“What is your position in the Shenzang Sect?”

“Deputy Sect Leader. General Shenwei and I are both deputy sect leaders, but he doesn’t know me, I know him.” Sun Yuan did not expect Jiang Li to know about the Shenzang Sect. He felt a chill in his heart, and felt that his role was greatly reduced.

“It’s the Sect Leader, yes, it’s all the Sect Leader’s fault. He said that you are protecting the Ji family now, and you have no time to take care of this place, so I can do it without worry… No, no, no, I feel guilty, I am not at ease at all. It was the Sect Leader who asked me to do this!” Sun Yuan hurriedly shirked responsibility.

“Who is the Sect Leader?”

“I don’t know. The leader has never revealed his true form.”

“And what is Venerable Shenzang?”

“I don’t know. The leader said there was a Venerable Shenzang.”

Jiang Li stopped questioning and unleashed his Heart Sword, slicing Sun Yuan again and again. His skin remained intact, but his interior was riddled with wounds. However, the Tribulation Crossing Stage’s ability to regenerate through a drop of blood allowed him to constantly repair himself.

The Ruyi Gourd also assisted, unleashing various heavenly tribulations: the Heart Demon Tribulation, the Hell Tribulation, the Samsara Tribulation, the Eight Tribulations of Suffering, and so on. These tribulations spared the body, targeting only the mind.

For example, the Samsara Tribulation caused him to be reborn repeatedly within the bodies of nine million imperial citizens, constantly dying and being reborn.

The Eight Tribulations, for example, caused him to experience within his spirit the sufferings of birth, aging, sickness, death, the pain of separation from loved ones, the pain of meeting with those he hated, the pain of not getting what he desired, and the pain of the burning of the five elements.

Sun Yuan, unable to live or die, wailed continuously, afraid to open his eyes to face reality, nor to close them to experience the heavenly tribulations.

Finally, Jiang Li extracted his soul and refined it into ash.

(End of Chapter)