"Mmh." Shen Xu nodded.

"What do you want to do?" He asked.

"First, cross your tribulation. Second, go to the Eastern Blue Ocean. Third..." Zhen Yuan started, but Shen Xu interrupted him.

"Eastern Blue Ocean..., why?" He asked.

"We have all advanced to the peak-stage of the tribulation transcending realm and need an opportunity to ascend. The Eastern Blue Ocean is a good place to find opportunities before we enter the Xuanwu secret realm." Zhen Yuan explained, and Shen Xu nodded.

"You are right." The double started and quickly continued.

"Grasping a star of immortality is not enough. We also need a good treasure to break through the mortal barrier."

While saying that, Shen Xu recalled the book, and a trace of thoughtfulness flashed in his eyes.

"We can also steal Xiao Weimin’s opportunities." He muttered, and Zhen Yuan raised an eyebrow.

"Where are his opportunities?" He asked.

"A dangerous area in the West Sky desert." The double said.

The West Sky Desert was not only the largest desert in the Tianxuan continent, but it was also the most dangerous.

From what Shen Xu knew, the desert had many secret realms and several contained treasures that could aid tribulation transcending realm cultivators in breaking through and ascending.

"Let’s consider it if we can’t find good opportunities in the Eastern Blue Ocean." Zhen Yuan said, and Shen Xu nodded.

After that, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu exited the space and secretly left Golden Rock Island.

"I wonder how the world has been in the last eight thousand years." Shen Xu said and took out his communication jade.

A moment later, he recorded a voice message and sent it to Dongfang Jing.

Ninety breaths later, he received a reply and hurriedly checked it.

"Shen Xu, Zhen Yuan, you have finally messaged me." The message started.

"Ayi and I are doing fine and didn’t suffer from that incident. How about you? Where are you, and are you okay?"

In this way, the two sides communicated, and Shen Xu gained a general understanding of the situation.

"They still caught our trail." The double said and sighed.

From what they learned, the Ten Evils sect and other factions managed to track them to the Southern Blue Ocean.

Fortunately, they lost their trail somewhere in the Southern Blue Ocean and hadn’t discovered the Golden Rock Island.

"It was bound to happen." Zhen Yuan said and quickly continued.

"Let’s go to another place to cross your tribulation. Can you hold on?" He asked, looking at Shen Xu with worried eyes.

"Barely." Shen Xu said.

Soon after, a level eight ship left the Southern Blue Ocean and headed East.

Three days later, it stopped at an abandoned mine, and two people flew out.

"I will arrange the formations. Hold on for a bit." Zhen Yuan said, and the double nodded.

While Zhen Yuan was arranging the formations, Shen Xu sat cross-legged and began adjusting his condition.

One hour later, he opened his eyes and walked to the centre of the formations, ready to cross the tribulation.

"Don’t worry about anything and just focus on advancing. I will take care of everything else." Zhen Yuan said, and the double nodded.

"I know." He said.

After that, Zhen Yuan released five level nine puppets, Yang Shi, Yin Shi, Li Wenqiang, and Feng Xue.

"Is it really okay for you to be outside?" Li Wenqiang asked, looking at Feng Xue.

"I have become a yin-yang phoenix, and their tracking methods can no longer find me." Feng Xue said, and Li Wenqiang nodded.

"Master is already at his limit. It won’t take long to attract the lightning tribulation." Yin Shi said, and as if to confirm her words, dark clouds began gathering above their heads.

A quarter of a day later, the clouds crackled, and a purple lightning bolt fell from the sky.

"Why is it purple?" Li Wenqiang asked with a shocked expression.

"Master’s tribulation has evolved from silver lightning to gold lightning and now purple." Yang Shi said and tilted his head with a thoughtful expression.

"Purple lightning is the highest standard." Feng Xue said.

"It is, but even the children of destiny rarely suffer this purple tribulation." Yang Shi said and quickly continued.

"Why did master suddenly attract this tribulation?" He wondered and turned to Zhen Yuan.

Seeing the look, Zhen Yuan turned to Shen Xu and sighed.

"Xiaoxu refined a drop of chaos water." He said, and the others nodded in understanding.

Chaos water was a supreme, peerless treasure.

Now that Shen Xu had refined it, his talent had improved and would continue to grow until it reached an unfathomable level.

"The way of heaven is contradictory in some ways. It bestows luck on favoured cultivators, allowing them to find precious treasures and opportunities. However, it also seeks to destroy them, for fear that their growth would threaten the world and its laws." Feng Xue said with a dazed expression.

"I don’t know if master will be okay." Yin Shi said, looking at Shen Xu with worried eyes.

The purple tribulation was at least ten times fiercer than the gold tribulation.

After one hit, Shen Xu felt like his body was falling apart, and he bit his lip to forcibly suppress a cry of pain.

At the same time, he absorbed the tribulation lightning and used it to temper his body and qi.

"Master has to undergo two subsequent tribulations. It’s going to be dangerous." Feng Xue said, and Yang Shi nodded before speaking.

"We may have to step in." He said, looking at Feng Xue and Yin Shi.

"I will also go." Li Wenqiang said, and the others couldn’t help but be surprised.

"You may have condensed a physical form, but you are still a little different from ordinary cultivators and are more vulnerable to lightning." Feng Xue reminded, but Li Wenqiang shook his head.

"My body is an immortal weapon, so I won’t attract a tribulation until we ascend to the immortal realm. However, I think it’s a good idea to start getting used to it." He said.

"That’s a good idea." Zhen Yuan said and nodded in approval.

After that, he walked to the tribulation area, sat cross-legged, and began absorbing the lightning.