The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

In the center of Nanzhou, beneath the tribulation clouds of the Reincarnation Realm, within the ancestral land of the Demon Yama Sect.

Ten cultivators at the Great Perfection of the Reincarnation Realm joined forces to set up a grand formation, keeping the devastating imperial lightning at bay.

Mo Lie was among them.

He knew full well that this action was not for the purpose of protecting the sect's ancestral land.

Rather, it was to confine these ten powerful cultivators at the Great Perfection of the Reincarnation Realm, preventing them from coming into contact with the imperial aura lightning dragons striking the young man high in the sky.

Mo Lie looked at his other nine colleagues and could see the greed and the struggle of deliberate suppression in their eyes.

That's only natural...

This is because there is a rumor that possessing imperial aura is one of the necessary conditions for breaking through to the Great Perfection of the Reincarnation Realm and entering the Qiankun Realm.

This is an extremely tempting prospect for these old guys who have been stuck at the Great Perfection of the Samsara Realm for nearly a thousand or even tens of thousands of years.

But none of them dared to reveal that yearning.

This imperial tribulation is a blessing unique to that person, and even if these ten old geezers were given ten lives each, they wouldn't dare to touch it.

The reason is that the young man who is undergoing tribulation and absorbing imperial aura is the true master of the Demonic Sect!

The young man, dressed in a black and gold brocade robe, who was in the eye of the thunderstorm, glanced sideways at the ten well-behaved old monsters and a strange smile appeared on his lips.

"These old fogies... well, well, it's commendable that you've been so loyal, protecting me for ten lifetimes and ten thousand years..."

The young man in brocade robes charged into the tribulation clouds, enduring countless seemingly fierce lightning strikes that couldn't even damage his robes in the slightest. He immediately refined them.

He extracted ten strands of imperial aura from them, and with a casual wave of his hand, he sent these imperial auras into the bodies of ten Great Perfection Reincarnation Realm experts.

"Your Highness!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The ten old men, each with their own distinct personality, were immediately moved to tears. Even the bloodthirsty Mo Lie had tears welling up in his eyes.

It seems that their lord has not forgotten their sacrifices over the past ten thousand years!

These old folks, with one foot in the grave, finally have a chance to break through the bottleneck that has trapped them for thousands of years and snatch a chance from heaven to prolong their lives!

The young man in the brocade robe looked down at his old subordinate who was crying tears of joy, and smiled. Just as he was about to turn around and complete his own tribulation, he caught a glimpse of a figure standing in mid-air not far away.

"who!"

"Get out of here, or die!"

The young man in the brocade robe roared, and a burst of energy, powerful enough to kill anyone below the Reincarnation Realm, swept towards Chu Xiu with a flick of his sleeve.

Chu Xiu was stunned. He didn't expect that his concealment technique, which he used at full power and could hide from the divine senses of the ten elders at the Great Perfection of the Reincarnation Realm and even the perception of the Heavenly Tribulation, would be seen through by the young man in brocade robes in just one glance!

Knowing he was in the wrong, Chu Xiu initially intended to avoid the brilliance of the young man in brocade robes and flee far away temporarily.

However, the tribulation clouds above his head underwent another dramatic change after his figure appeared!

The young man in the brocade robe frowned. Being in the center of the thunderstorm, he immediately sensed that what was originally just a tribulation of the Reincarnation Realm Emperor Thunder had become even more powerful because of the appearance of another person!

Surviving the imperial tribulation itself is not difficult; the difficulty lies in refining and absorbing more imperial energy within the limited time that the tribulation clouds exist.

Chu Xiu's appearance caused the tribulation clouds, which had been showing signs of dissipating, to gather again and become powerful!

As he turned to leave, the tribulation clouds began to dissipate once more.

The young man in the brocade robe was startled—

How can it be?

These extremely rare celestial phenomena could change so easily because of one person!

"Fellow Taoist, wait!"

The young man in the brocade robe shouted urgently, stopping Chu Xiu, who was about to turn and leave.

Chu Xiu was extremely wary. He cautiously turned around, thinking the young man in brocade robes was unwilling to let him leave, but he saw the young man in brocade robes clasp his hands in a fist salute towards him from afar:

"Fellow Daoist, you might as well stay. This tribulation seems to have intensified again because of your appearance. This situation is extremely beneficial to me...and to me. I will definitely repay you handsomely after I complete this tribulation!"

At this moment, on the ground,

The ten elders, who were still immersed in the joy of receiving the imperial aura bestowed upon them by their master, only then saw Chu Xiu suddenly appear within the range of the lightning tribulation.

"Who is that kid?!"

"None of you...not even noticed his appearance?!"

The ten Reincarnation Realm Great Perfection experts looked at each other in disbelief. None of them could have imagined that a mere early-stage Transcending Truth Realm cultivator could have fooled the ten of them and appeared here!

Mo Lie was stunned. He recognized the cheap disciple he had picked up at a glance and was immediately shocked.

"Is this kid crazy?"

"Has no one ever told him not to get involved in other people's tribulations?!"

But to Mo Lie's surprise, his master actually asked his cheap apprentice to stay!

"This kid... does he have some secret I don't know about?"

High in the sky, Chu Xiu pondered for a moment before nodding in agreement to the request from the young man in brocade robes not far away.

His purpose in coming here was to observe the Tribulation of the Emperor of Reincarnation.

Since the person undergoing tribulation has extended such a warm invitation, why shouldn't I go along with it?

Little did he expect that the young man in brocade robes undergoing tribulation would actually be the superior of his cheap master…

A young man who has just entered the Reincarnation Realm, and an old monster who has reached the Great Perfection of the Reincarnation Realm...

Could it be that this young man is actually a reincarnated old monster?

Thinking of this, Chu Xiu suddenly regretted staying...

If this old monster can see through my concealment technique, he might not be unaware of the amount of imperial energy stored within my body!

How could someone who could command the submission of ten Great Perfection Reincarnation Realm cultivators be merely at the superficial early Reincarnation Realm level?

Just as Chu Xiu was contemplating how to back out and leave, the young man in the brocade robe smiled and spoke:

"Fellow Daoist is so favored by Heaven that even a celestial phenomenon like the Imperial Thunder Tribulation has changed because of your appearance..."

Chu Xiu was taken aback, but immediately replied in the direction of the young man in brocade robes, "Fellow Daoist, you flatter me. I was just lucky. Why don't you go through your tribulation first, and we can talk again later?"

"it is good!"

The young man in the brocade robe smiled and nodded, but he had already made up his mind to befriend the young man in front of him, or at least not to become his enemy.

A person who can influence the workings of Heaven is certainly not an ordinary person!

As the saying goes, "One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, and one who stays near ink gets stained black." Perhaps by associating with such a person and being influenced by them, one might receive a small amount of divine favor that could help one successfully overcome the tribulations of heaven in this lifetime!

Although cultivation is going against the will of Heaven, whether one can succeed ultimately depends on the will of Heaven!

Having experienced ten lifetimes of failure, the young man in brocade robes naturally understood this point well!

The young man in brocade robes immediately transmitted his voice to his ten subordinates, instructing them: "This boy is extraordinary. You must treat him as an honored guest of our Demon King Sect and protect him thoroughly. Do not be negligent!"

"Yes!"

The other experts at the Great Perfection of the Reincarnation Realm all respectfully agreed, except for Mo Lie, who was unwilling.

How did the apprentice he snatched end up being favored by his own master?

If this kid were to be taken in as an apprentice by his master, wouldn't he suddenly become the master of his own destiny?