Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 819: The Taciturn Daoist Priest Advances to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage

Chapter 819: The Taciturn Daoist Priest Advances to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage

From afar, Lu Yang heard his shifu’s words and suddenly recalled what the Everlasting Immortal Fairy had said when she first met the Taciturn Daoist Priest. She mentioned that Shifu could have advanced to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage, but for some reason, he has been suppressing his cultivation.

So it was for today?

Su Moran’s gaze sharpened as he stared at the Taciturn Daoist Priest, then he suddenly relaxed.

As a Transcendent Tribulation cultivator, I know best how difficult it is to break through to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage. Mental state, cultivation, condition, comprehension, pills—all are indispensable.

Back when he aimed to advance to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage, he didn’t scruple to offer a small town as a blood sacrifice and used natural treasures to temper his body. Unfortunately, he still didn’t succeed. Due to his failure, he was severely wounded and pursued by Great Xia, fleeing all the way to the Demon Region. He convalesced for over a century, then offered an entire demon race as a blood sacrifice before finally succeeding in advancing to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage. The whole process had been fraught with twists and turns.

For over a thousand years, he had been monitoring the Taciturn Daoist Priest’s activities. For instance, over a decade ago, the Dao-Seeking Sect announced that the Taciturn Daoist Priest had gone missing. It was only after ten years that the Taciturn Daoist Priest reappeared in the public eye.

Those ten years of disappearance must be the little Taciturn brat failing his tribulation and secretly recuperating!

Having failed his tribulation and been injured just ten years ago, it’s impossible for him to attempt the breakthrough again in a mere ten years!

“Advancing to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage? Mere bluffing.”

“Whether it’s mere bluffing or not, you old thing just have to try and find out!”

The Taciturn Daoist Priest shouted, no longer suppressing himself. His gradually ascending aura now skyrocketed. Although it was not as terrifying as Su Moran’s oppressive pressure, it wasn’t an aura a Fusion cultivator could exude either.

This was an aura only a Basic Transcendent Tribulation cultivator could possess. The Taciturn Daoist Priest hadn’t even reached the Transcendent Tribulation Stage, yet he already had an aura at that level.

Boom!

Unleashing all his aura, the Taciturn Daoist Priest summoned a lightning tribulation that filled the sky, dispersing Su Moran’s oppressive pressure. Curved purple-gold lightning rampaged between heaven and earth, connecting the sky and the ground. The earth shook, and Ye City’s inhabitants, whether mortals or cultivators, felt fear grip their hearts, not daring to look up at this terrifying heavenly tribulation.

“Oh yo? Purple Heaven Destruction Lightning; your shifu’s aptitude isn’t bad.” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy only needed a glance at the lightning tribulation to recognize its type. She smugly boasted to Lu Yang, “Of course, it can’t compare to the lightning tribulations this immortal faced.”

Before the Heaven Mandate Immortal achieved immortalhood, lightning tribulations had already existed in the world. The Heaven Mandate Immortal’s Dao Fruit allowed him to control the original lightning tribulations and create new ones.

According to the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, after the Heaven Mandate Immortal’s ascension, the types of lightning tribulations increased more than tenfold, becoming complex and numerous, able to satisfy all cultivators’ needs except for those who didn’t desire tribulations.

“There really is a lightning tribulation.” Su Moran felt that things seemed to be somewhat beyond his expectations.

Unfortunately, during a tribulation, no one could interfere. Anyone who interfered would also have to undergo the tribulation.

He considered retreating, slowly moving toward the edge of Ye City. There’s no need for me to gamble on whether the little Taciturn brat can break through to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage.

However, the Taciturn Daoist Priest clearly didn’t want Su Moran to leave.

As Su Moran approached the city’s periphery, the Taciturn Daoist Priest dragged the lightning tribulation toward Su Moran. If Su Moran dared to leave Ye City, the Taciturn Daoist Priest would dare to rapidly close in on him before he could leave. Both of us can undergo the tribulation together!

The Taciturn Daoist Priest dared to bet that he could survive the lightning tribulation, but Su Moran didn’t dare to.

Seeing this, Su Moran had no choice but to abandon the idea of leaving Ye City.

Facing the millions of purple-gold lightning snakes ravaging everywhere between heaven and earth, the Taciturn Daoist Priest slowly exhaled a clear breath. With a thought, he willed countless spirit swords to emerge from the ground.

One Sword Into Ten Thousand Swords!

He pointed two fingers skyward. The countless spirit swords sprang from the ground like fish leaping over the dragon gate, their blades agile as they met the millions of lightning snakes.

Swords and lightning clashed once more. The brilliant collision instantly illuminated Ye City as bright as day, its intensity far surpassing the battle with Wu Lei!

One after another, more violent lightning strikes followed, each more ferocious than the last. The Taciturn Daoist Priest held a spirit sword horizontally before him, its surface reflecting his calm eyes.

Beneath the Taciturn Daoist Priest’s feet, a broad path of Sword Dao unfurled. With each step, a spirit sword materialized beneath his feet. These all belonged to the sword cultivators whom the Taciturn Daoist Priest had defeated. With his Sword Heart, he imprinted his opponents’ swords into his own Sword Dao, making them part of it.

Some of these spirit sword phantoms came from Foundation Establishment opponents, others from Divine Transfiguration opponents, and some were even from the entire wall of the Sword Tower... Now, under the Taciturn Daoist Priest’s enhancement, all these spirit sword phantoms had risen to a level capable of resisting the heavenly tribulation.

Faced with the endless heavenly tribulation, the Taciturn Daoist Priest casually picked up a sword from beneath his feet. After blocking one lightning strike, it cracked in the middle. The Taciturn Daoist Priest casually tossed it beneath his feet, and it was absorbed and restored by the Sword Dao. He then picked up another sword, repeating the series of actions.

Within the horrifying heavenly tribulation, the three-chi space around the Taciturn Daoist Priest seemed like a pure land, unaffected by the tribulation.

However, the Taciturn Daoist Priest wasn’t purely resisting with the Sword Dao. In reality, each spirit sword couldn’t completely block the lightning tribulation. A portion of the lightning tribulation was still transmitted to the Taciturn Daoist Priest through the spirit swords, and he used the tribulation to temper his spirit and flesh. During this process, his cultivation continuously rose, while his aura grew increasingly restrained, appearing weak to outsiders.

When the strongest, final lightning strike of the tribulation fell, the Taciturn Daoist Priest dispersed the Sword Dao beneath him.

Crack!

The Taciturn Daoist Priest seemed to have become a sword himself. Boundless, vast sword intent was stored within him. He was like a sheathed immortal sword, hidden yet ready to be unleashed. When the final lightning tribulation strike was about to hit his head, the immortal sword unsheathed, severing this lightning tribulation!

The lightning tribulation split in two. The lightning glow dissipated. The clear night sky reappeared in people’s sight.

“So this is how the Transcendent Tribulation Stage feels like? It’s truly more comfortable than the Fusion Stage.” The Taciturn Daoist Priest sensed the changes brought by his breakthrough and grinned.

Ordinary cultivators who had just advanced to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage would need to consolidate their cultivation. However, he had deliberately suppressed himself at the Advanced Fusion Stage for decades, rendering seclusion no longer necessary.

He abruptly raised his head and stared at the cold Su Moran, saying slowly, “Great Creed Leader Su, you have waited over a thousand years for an opportunity to kill me, right?

“What a coincidence. I’ve also waited over a thousand years for the opportunity today.

“I can’t eat or sleep in peace if I don’t kill you.”

“Bumptious! You think just advancing to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage makes you qualified to fight me?” Su Moran’s tone remained as flat as ever. You’ve just advanced, lack combat experience, and there’s an obvious cultivation gap between us—how do you think you can fight me?

The Taciturn Daoist Priest revealed a mocking smile. He violently swung his sword, catching Su Moran off guard. The sword broke through his defense, leaving a scar on his face.

Seeing this, the Taciturn Daoist Priest directly pressed forward, staring into Su Moran’s eyes.

“In my sect, I had my shifu spar with me. After leaving the sect, I had Senior Jiesha exchange blows with me. Why would you think I lack experience fighting Transcendent Tribulation cultivators?”