Primordial Qi

The competition is still going on, the fight is in full swing, and many disciples are getting excited outside. There have been some exciting one-on-one duels, with every punch being real and exciting.

Gu Chenyu did not join in the fun, but was locked up in Gu Qingxue's room. She felt that she was about to undergo a tribulation, and before that, she had to make sure that Gu Chenyu had enough strength to protect himself.

"Don't worry about it. I will go and cause trouble for that old guy. In some days, I might go through a tribulation. Not the monarch tribulation, but another tribulation before that." Gu Qingxue had a worried look on her face. She obviously knew more than Gu Chenyu and could even sense when the tribulation would come.

Gu Chenyu looked puzzled and asked, "What kind of calamity is this? It's actually worthy of your attention."

"Unlike ordinary tribulations, this tribulation is not like the thunder tribulation that can be overcome. Before breaking through the monarch realm, there is another tribulation called the Five Decays of Heaven and Man that needs to be overcome."

"The Five Deteriorations of Heavenly Beings?"

"Well, it can also be called the Five Tribulations of Heaven and Man, which are physical decline, mental decline, vital energy decline, spiritual decline, and heart decline. They correspond to the physical body, soul, lifespan, spiritual power, and heart of the Tao respectively. Among these five tribulations, one only needs to overcome one, and the chance of that person achieving the monarch realm will increase by 20%." Gu Qingxue explained.

"Then do you know which calamity you have to overcome?" asked Gu Chenyu.

"I don't know. These five tribulations are related to spiritual roots. A single spiritual root can only overcome one of them. The more complex the spiritual root attributes are, the more tribulations one will have to overcome." Gu Qingxue said meaningfully.

Gu Chenyu's face turned dark and he stretched his eyes. He had five elements spiritual roots, so he had to go through five tribulations.

"You don't have to be discouraged. I will definitely stay by your side and help you get through this disaster safely." Gu Qingxue comforted her. Then, a sly look appeared in her eyes. She squinted and said, "At least you know that you have to go through five disasters. I don't even know which one I have to go through. I'm so panicked."

Listening to Gu Qingxue's words, tears flashed in Gu Chenyu's eyes. Was she showing off to herself?

"The Five Deteriorations of Heaven and Earth, there is actually such a calamity. If we fail to overcome it, we will die." Gu Chenyu asked, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"Not really. Physical decline is actually a mortal tribulation. After experiencing birth, aging, illness and death, one has naturally passed the tribulation. The moment of death is the moment of complete tribulation. Physical decline is actually the easiest to pass. Find a place to shut yourself up for a hundred years at most and you will pass it. If you die too early, even if you pass the monarch tribulation, you will become extremely old. This is a punishment from heaven, and it is difficult to change your appearance."

"For example, when the spirit declines, the soul will basically be unable to use things related to the soul power. Some people will even lose their memories and become a shell without a soul, which is commonly known as a fool or a madman. When the consciousness is clear, that is when they have survived this difficulty."

"Another example is Yuan Shuai. A celestial being originally has a lifespan of a thousand years, but when you pass the Yuan Shi Tribulation, your lifespan may only be a few decades or a hundred years. Nothing has changed about you, except that your lifespan is only that short. If you can't break through to the Monarch Realm during this period, you will definitely die. Some people, at the end of their lifespan, shut themselves up in a deathly retreat in order to break through to the Monarch Realm, but they end up passing the Yuan Shi Tribulation, which ends before it even begins. Their life and death are unclear."

"As for the spiritual and heart failure, they are spiritual power and Dao heart. It's okay if you can't use spiritual power. A strong soul has the power to protect itself. The Dao heart tribulation can be said to be the easiest and the hardest to break. Some people have a firm Dao heart and can break through it in the blink of an eye, while others have weak minds and cannot make it through in their entire lives."

"It is rare in history for someone to survive the five heavenly tribulations at once. It's like a nobody who hasn't been heard of in a hundred years suddenly appears out of nowhere. In ancient times, there were also many people with physiques like you who were able to reach that level."

Gu Qingxue took a sip of tea. This preaching made Gu Chenyu suddenly enlightened. He suddenly remembered the Celestial Five Elements Pill. The old man Lin Yi said that to advance to the Celestial realm, one needs to perfect the five elements?

"The celestial beings do not need to have the five elements perfect, only the monarch realm needs it. Those with insufficient spiritual roots can take special pills, like the celestial beings five elements pill you mentioned, or use objects, spirits, the great trend of heaven and earth as spiritual roots, or sense the Great Dao and let the Great Dao be the spiritual root. Of course, the monarch's soul can also be the spiritual root."

"What do you mean?"

"What it means is that everything in the world can be a spiritual root. It all depends on how you make it your spiritual root."

Gu Chenyu nodded, not quite understanding. He naturally didn't understand the mystery. Gu Qingxue smiled, tapped Gu Chenyu's forehead, and explained, "The celestial beings comprehend the five elements. They can replenish it by comprehending the heaven and earth and taking elixirs. The five elements are also the Tao. The depth of the comprehension has nothing to do with strength. It is for the purpose of corresponding tribulation. If one less tribulation is dangerous, the risk will increase by 20%. No one dares to bet on this. When you reach that level, you will understand it naturally."

"Then doesn't it mean that someone like me has the five elements spiritual roots, can easily become a celestial being, or a monarch? Is my physique stronger than those saint bodies and divine bodies?" Gu Chenyu asked.

Gu Qingxue's shoulders were shaking as she was trying to hold back her laughter. She smiled and said, "This is the physique of ordinary people. Some people go through untold hardships to reach that realm. Perhaps some people have good aptitude and show unparalleled talent in the same realm, making them invincible in their generation, and then making others mistakenly believe that this physique is special."

Gu Qingxue seemed to have thought of something funny. She laughed for a long time before she said, "Ten thousand years ago, there was an unrivaled strong man with five elements spiritual roots in Qianyuan Continent. He was invincible in the world. He was in the Imperial Realm and could fight ten people at the same time. He even killed an Imperial Realm cultivator. This was recorded in the history books at that time. He was known as the Five Elements Supreme. Many people from major forces were sure that he had five elements spiritual roots and had felt his incomparable strength. They all believed that this was a holy body. Even the Heavenly Sect of the Daqian Dynasty in the north was cultivating these five elements spiritual roots, which made the continent very popular at that time."

"Guess what happened next? Many sects didn't achieve any results after hundreds of years of cultivation, and even wasted a lot of cultivation resources. The Five Elements Supreme also spread rumors everywhere, saying that the Five Elements Holy Body requires a lot of resources, and that the more you eat, the faster you grow, and the stronger your combat power will be. Those sects believed it without a doubt and cultivated people to become monarchs and princes, but they found that the Five Elements spiritual roots had an extremely bumpy journey and their combat power was not much stronger. Ever since the leader of a Heavenly Sect couldn't help but take action and beat the Five Elements Supreme to a bloody pulp, everyone realized that they had been deceived for a full thousand years."

Gu Chenyu couldn't help himself and used himself as a trap to trick the sects of the Daqian Dynasty into wasting a lot of resources.

"How did that senior do it?" asked Gu Chenyu.

"It is said that during the Dawu Dynasty, he killed three emperors in the extreme realm, and fought ten people alone with his Five Elements Perfect Strength. In the end, he surrendered to the Daqian Dynasty with the head of an emperor."

"Oh? There is such a past?"

"That person in the Huangji realm was originally an evil cultivator. When the people of the Dawu Dynasty were suppressing him, he was killed by this so-called Five Elements Supreme. He was chased all the way by several people in the Huangji realm at that time, and then fled to the Daqian Dynasty. I don't know how he succeeded in fooling the sects there to believe in him so much." Gu Qingxue smiled softly with her hands covering her mouth. Talking about the things that happened ten thousand years ago made her feel less worried.

"Haha, that happened ten thousand years ago, that's too long ago. He fooled the Daqian Dynasty for thousands of years, he is indeed a talent."

"After hearing that this person had fled to the Daqian Dynasty, those few Supreme Realm cultivators volunteered to guard the north. At that time, there were not so many Supreme Realm cultivators. The three of them naturally received special permission from the emperor to guard the difficult place in the north. They were later known as the Kings of Other Surnames, the King of Zhenbei, the Blood King, and the King of Breakthroughs."

"With the three of them blocking the north, the Five Elements Supreme couldn't return to Dawu. Later, he simply preached in the Daqian Dynasty and fooled people everywhere. The Dawu Dynasty also tried it and was fooled badly."

"Ever since that Supreme Realm cultivator took action, everyone knows that his cultivation is mediocre and his combat power is average. He was driven to a small island in the sea more than 100,000 miles away and has not dared to return to Qianyuan Continent until now."

The two chatted and laughed, and their moods improved a lot. At this time, the disciples outside brought news that the competition was over.

"Xiao Tian and Lin Xiu tied for first place. It is said that after they cleared out all the others, they got exactly the same points. This is also a good thing here. They were rewarded with a sixth-tier magic weapon."

"Hmph, if it weren't for that old thing, you might have been able to win first place." Gu Qingxue's face was a little angry. In her eyes, Gu Chenyu was naturally no worse than them.

"Cough cough."

Gu Chenyu coughed awkwardly. That punch of his actually contained a soul attack, otherwise he wouldn't have knocked the man unconscious. Those disciples were in the Juling Realm and the Fake Dan Realm, their souls were not that strong. In the final analysis, he still took advantage. If it was a life-and-death duel, he might not be able to win.