Thus, Cang Mao fell asleep by the entrance of Li Er's cave. However, after waking up and still not seeing Li Er emerge, it grew impatient and ran out to play. By the time Li Er finished his seclusion, Cang Mao was nowhere to be found at the cave entrance!
Li Er chuckled, knowing this cat was unreliable. Fortunately, he had set up a barrier!
During this seclusion, Li Er refined his origin. Although it was only a small portion, this small portion still elevated Li Er's cultivation to the sixth realm of Ancestral God. If Li Er's realm continued to advance, with the World Bead, he could more rapidly enter the later stages.
"Fat cat, I'm leaving. What about you?" Li Er privately messaged Cang Mao.
Cang Mao instantly replied, "You go ahead. I'm having a great time here and don't want to leave yet! Meow!"
Li Er didn't bother with him and returned to the group space. He then asked, "Chen Chichi, how long has it been since I left? By the way, don't you need to return to your own world? Why are you always hanging around in the group space?"
Chen Chichi rolled his eyes. He didn't want to either, but his world had been experiencing frequent bizarre awakenings recently, and his cultivation was abysmal, so he naturally didn't dare to return!
"Boss, you've been gone for two years. Speaking of which, aren't you supposed to be a slacker? How did you suddenly become so diligent!" Chen Chichi said.
Li Er rolled his eyes. Striving had been too tiring before, so he had been a slacker. Now that he had his origin, he could easily enter the Ancestral Saint realm, so he planned to slack off *after* reaching the Ancestral Saint realm!
"Then we can start searching for new members!" Li Er muttered. At the same time, he asked, "Where is Tai Qing?"
Chen Chichi shrugged. "The group leader hasn't shown up yet."
"Ahem, searching for new members. Anyone here?" Li Er asked as usual, but unfortunately, it seemed no one responded.
"This one, Liang, greets senior. Thank you, senior, for inviting Liang into the group back then!" Zhuge Liang cupped his hands and said to Li Er.
"Oh, Zhuge Liang. Tsk tsk, impressive. You're almost an immortal?" Li Er exclaimed in surprise. He remembered that Zhuge Liang had only joined the Heavenly Dao Group about two years ago.
Thinking of this, he glanced at Chen Chichi, that disgrace. Look at him, then look at yourself!
Chen Chichi's face turned red. He grabbed Zhuge Liang's clothes and said, "Old man Zhuge, you didn't have this much cultivation when we met a few days ago. What's going on?"
This way, he would only look like a pig compared to Zhuge Liang!
Zhuge Liang coughed and knocked Chen Chichi's hand away. He then said, "Liang only recently finished dealing with the matters of the Three Kingdoms. Afterward, Senior Li Yang's world is a good place for cultivation, so Liang went there. I had some insights and a few opportunities!"
Li Er sneered, "This is the difference between people!"
Chen Chichi was speechless. Damn it, at least he had Tony to keep him company!
Indeed, Tony was still his usual self. At this moment, Tony had arrived in the group space. Seeing Chen Chichi's displeased expression, he asked, "What's wrong?"
Chen Chichi ignored Tony, who looked utterly perplexed.
Later, Conan also arrived. However, his world had no spiritual energy. Conan had to take time to go to other worlds before successfully laying his foundation. Alas, even after laying his foundation, Conan still looked like an elementary school student. This made Conan quite speechless, and he speculated that perhaps this was the influence of the world's will!
Just like in his own world, years had passed, yet everyone was either attending elementary school or high school, and crucially, there was no gap between them at all. This was terrifying!
"Oh my, you're out of seclusion!" Li Er exclaimed in surprise as Tai Qing suddenly appeared.
"Mhm, I'm about to break through to Ancestral Venerate and prepare to undergo tribulation in another world," Tai Qing Laozi said.
"@All personnel, the group leader is out of seclusion and undergoing tribulation. Those who want to watch, hurry up!" Li Er shouted.
With this announcement, everyone emerged from their seclusion, and many appeared in the group space!
This was a promotion from Ancestral God to Ancestral Venerate, which would also serve as a reference for them in the future. Therefore, they all stopped cultivating to watch the group leader undergo tribulation!
In the myriad realms, there were tribulations when advancing from Ancestral God to Ancestral Venerate. These could be ordinary lightning tribulations, or colorful lightning tribulations, or five-element lightning tribulations. Afterward, with each advancement in realm, different lightning tribulations would descend. However, upon reaching Ancestral Saint, the lightning tribulations would cease.
Tai Qing directly traversed to one of the worlds within the myriad realms. This world was one of their many world coordinates. This was a medium-to-small world, with the highest cultivation being only Ancestral God. It was accidentally discovered by Po Xiao, who designated it as a reserve world, but it ultimately benefited Tai Qing!
Subsequently, Tai Qing opened the livestream and unleashed his aura. Instantly, boundless dark clouds enshrouded the entire sky.
Li Yang appeared in a disheveled state at this moment. Seeing everyone entering the livestream, he followed them in.
"Oh, brother, what's your situation?" Li Er asked.
Before Li Yang could speak, Ye Fan and Tang San also appeared. Both looked embarrassed and said, "Brother Li Yang, we apologize. We truly didn't know that person would self-destruct."
Li Yang shook his head. He was also unlucky. Ye Fan and Tang San had cried out to him for help, so he purchased a World-Crossing Talisman and went over. Who would have thought that as soon as that guy saw Li Yang, he would immediately self-destruct without hesitation? This single act had injured Li Yang. To be caught up in a self-destruction upon arrival, no one could handle that!
"Pfft, brother, you're quite unlucky!" Li Er laughed.
Li Yang didn't dwell on it. He looked at the sky and said, "The group leader is about to undergo tribulation to become an Ancestral Venerate. Amazing!"
Li Er also nodded. Tai Qing had set an example for them.
"Look, the dark clouds are changing color!" Chen Chichi exclaimed.
Indeed, the originally pitch-black dark clouds had turned fiery red. Tai Qing looked up at the clouds and frowned, as a sense of pressure was emanating from them.
However, at this moment, the dark clouds began to change color again, shifting towards yellow.
Not only that, but the oppressive aura was also growing stronger!
"Holy cow, there's something wrong with this lightning tribulation! Is it strengthening?" Tong Tian exclaimed in shock.
"Will Big Brother be alright?" Yuan Shi also asked worriedly.
Just then, outside this world, a scruffy old Daoist flew over. He glanced down and muttered, "Someone is undergoing tribulation to become an Ancestral Venerate. I'll go down and take a look. Perhaps I can ask for directions or something."
Thus, the scruffy old Daoist flew down, and from a distance, he shouted, "Fellow Daoist, don't misunderstand. This old Daoist has no ill intentions. I merely wish to ask for directions. Fellow Daoist, undergo your tribulation first. The tribulation clouds seem to be transforming into five-element tribulation clouds again!"
Li Yang looked at the scruffy old Daoist in the distance and immediately exclaimed, "Master?"
Everyone then remembered that this was Li Yang's master, the scruffy old Daoist!
So, Li Yang directly purchased a World-Crossing Talisman and rushed over!
Seeing his disciple suddenly appear beside that person, the scruffy old Daoist was dumbfounded. What was going on? He had encountered his disciple here?
Li Yang didn't stand on ceremony. After greeting Tai Qing, he flew towards the scruffy old Daoist.
Soon, Li Yang reached the scruffy old Daoist and said, "Greetings, Master!"
The scruffy old Daoist nodded and asked curiously, "Is that your friend?"
Li Yang nodded. The scruffy old Daoist sighed, "Then your friend is about to perish."
Li Yang was startled and quickly opened his livestream, asking, "Master, what do you mean?"
Someone had already entered Li Yang's livestream, and Tai Qing also joined. He wanted to hear what a senior like the scruffy old Daoist had to say.
Regarding the tribulation of an Ancestral Venerate, he honestly only knew of its existence and not the intricacies.
The scruffy old Daoist said, "Look at the color of the tribulation clouds. They have already changed four times. At first, I thought it was a five-element tribulation, but it's not. It's likely the legendary Nine-Colored Divine Tribulation. With this oppressive aura, I don't think he can withstand it!"
Everyone's expression changed. After all, the group leader was currently the strongest among them. If he were annihilated by the tribulation clouds, wouldn't their Heavenly Dao Group also be disbanded?
"Master, what are the specifics of this Nine-Colored Divine Tribulation? Or, how can one pass it?" Li Yang quickly asked.
The scruffy old Daoist shook his head and said, "According to our sect's records, very few people in the myriad realms have ever passed it. Of course, such a Nine-Colored Divine Tribulation is also uncommon. Those who can pass this Ancestral Venerate tribulation can become Ancestral Saints. However, these individuals undergoing tribulation usually possess Saint Treasures. Your friend, it seems, does not have any Saint Treasures!"
The scruffy old Daoist continued, "A normal Ancestral Venerate tribulation has only nine bolts of lightning. For those with bad luck, it's thirty-six bolts. But when encountering five-element, colorful, or Nine-Colored Divine Tribulations, that's another matter. Not only that, the Nine-Colored Divine Tribulation has eighty-one bolts of lightning, nine times nine. One can imagine that encountering such a tribulation is basically a sure path to death!"
Upon hearing this, Tai Qing withdrew. He needed to focus on dealing with the tribulation lightning!
Li Yang rolled his eyes. Perhaps the group leader was special? He then asked, "Master, why are you here?"
Hearing this, the scruffy old Daoist immediately cursed, "Damn it, I don't know which bastard stole the lower realm of King Po Jiang! When I came out, I was already drifting in the myriad realms. After so many years, I've been searching for a way back. Speaking of which, disciple, are you in this world because you know the way back?"
Li Yang chuckled. He felt truly sorry for his master. The ones who stole the lower realm were them!
So, Li Yang bought a World-Crossing Talisman, located a world, and said, "Crush this, and you can appear in the Sheng Lan World. You should know it, right?"
The scruffy old Daoist nodded, examining the World-Crossing Talisman. "I didn't expect you to have this item. Only major powers possess this. Kid, you haven't joined some major power, have you?"
Li Yang rolled his eyes. If joining the Heavenly Dao Group counted as a major power, he wasn't sure. Currently, only the group leader was the strongest! And it was still uncertain if he could pass this so-called Nine-Colored Divine Tribulation. The scruffy old Daoist, however, was nonchalantly watching from the side, as such lightning tribulations were a once-in-a-millennium occurrence!