I, Thanks To My Unlimited Investment, Am Admired By All Races
Chapter 331: How Terrifying Will He Be In The Future?
"What's wrong with big brother?"
In the distance, Xiao Fan and the others looked at Li Xun with vigilance.
Although this was an illusion created by the Heart-Refining Tribulation, Qin Xueyi, Xiao Fan, and the others seemed as real as living beings. Each of them had their own thoughts just like actual people.
Li Xun's sudden attack earlier had left a deep shadow in everyone's hearts. Even now, they did not dare approach him.
After all, Li Xun had already become an Emperor, while they were only Quasi-Emperors.
If they got too close, they could easily be erased into nothingness by him.
"I don't know what's happened to my husband either…"
Qin Xueyi's brows were slightly furrowed. She pressed her lips together gently, her gaze filled with deep confusion as she looked at Li Xun.
…
"Heart-refining tribulation… heart-refining tribulation…"
Unlike the others, Li Xun kept murmuring these three words.
Vaguely, he felt as if he had grasped something—but no matter what, he couldn't fully comprehend it.
Since ancient times, countless powerful figures had fallen under the Heart-Refining Tribulation. The Heavenly Dao would never design a tribulation that could be seen through as an illusion at a single glance.
If it were truly that simple, then the Saint Tribulation wouldn't amount to much.
"What exactly is wrong?"
Li Xun frowned, unable to figure it out.
As he sank into deep thought, time passed bit by bit.
Qin Xueyi and the others did not leave. Instead, they stayed quietly by his side.
Ten years.
A hundred years.
A thousand years.
Nearly three thousand years later, he suddenly turned back and glanced at Qin Xueyi and the others behind him—as well as those he had previously slain with lightning, who had long since turned into dust.
He froze.
"Heart-refining…"
He murmured the words once more.
The muddled look in his eyes gradually cleared. With a bitter smile, he muttered:
"So I've been wrong all along."
The Heart-Refining Tribulation could not be broken by brute force—this was something he had already confirmed from the beginning. It was a tribulation that struck directly at the heart.
If one could not clearly see their own inner self—even after countless years, they might never comprehend it.
Here, he could remain for as long as he wished.
But his body outside could not.
If he became trapped in this illusion, those in the outside world would likely believe he had perished under the Heart-Refining Tribulation.
"They are not tools… but people who can fight alongside me." Li Xun spoke softly.
As he continued, his voice grew increasingly firm.
In the past, though he didn't want to admit it, the truth was that he had always treated Xiao Fan and the others as tools—he invested in them, and in return, gained benefits. Nothing more.
It could just as well have been Xiao Fan, Li Fan, Chen Fan… or anyone else.
As long as they could bring him returns, it didn't matter who they were.
But he had forgotten—
They were living people.
They had their own thoughts, their own feelings, their own judgments.
Treating them merely as tools might not cause problems in the short term—but over time, who could guarantee nothing would go wrong?
"If I had killed them all… I'm afraid I would never have passed this tribulation."
Li Xun gave a bitter smile.
It was precisely because he had treated them as tools—because he had no deep emotional connection to them—that when he realized this was an illusion, he attacked without hesitation.
If it had been someone truly close to him, even knowing it was an illusion, he would likely have hesitated and carefully considered before making a move.
And if he realized they posed no threat to him, then even if they were illusions, most people wouldn't choose to attack them.
That was the difference between having feelings and having none.
Thinking of this, Li Xun couldn't help but feel a lingering fear in his heart.
Just a little more… and all his efforts would have come to nothing.
Fortunately, the heavenly tribulation had allowed him to discover something he had never noticed before.
Crack!
The moment Li Xun understood everything, the entire space twisted violently, then shattered inch by inch.
In the outside world, Li Xun came back to his senses. His eyes shone brilliantly as he let out a long roar. Two beams of divine light shot out from the depths of his gaze, stretching for thousands of miles, piercing straight through the tribulation clouds above.
Although thousands of years had passed within the illusion, in the outside world it had only been an instant.
Beside him, the Azure Dragon Halberd resonated in unison with him, shattering the heavenly tribulation together. It floated in the sky, engraved with countless mysterious Dao patterns, radiating profound and enigmatic power.
At the same time, a pressure unique to a Sacred Weapon spread from the halberd.
The former Supreme-Grade Dao Weapon, the Azure Dragon Halberd, had now completely transformed into a Sacred Weapon!
"Saint!" Li Xun spoke.
He had completely broken through, stepping into the Saint Realm. His strength had multiplied countless times. With every movement, he exuded an aura capable of supporting heaven and earth.
The ancient stars in the distance now looked like mere toys in his eyes. He was confident that with a single punch, he could shatter them completely.
At the Saint level, moving mountains, filling seas, plucking stars, and seizing the moon had become basic feats.
Compared to the Divine Palace Realm, this was not just a change in strength—it was an evolution of life itself.
A Saint only needed a single glance to kill someone in the Divine Palace Realm.
Meanwhile, those in the Divine Palace Realm might still struggle when facing the Life and Death Realm.
That was the fundamental difference between the two.
Whoosh!
A vast expanse of spiritual light, covering thousands of miles, descended from the heavens and enveloped Li Xun, rapidly healing the hidden injuries he had sustained during the tribulation.
This scene almost made many who had just recovered lose their composure.
"A thousand-mile spiritual radiance… something that has never been seen before!" a Saint said with a solemn expression.
After a tribulation, descending spiritual light was something widely recognized. Unless one was forsaken by heaven, most people would receive it.
Of course, Lu Qingxian was an exception.
The spiritual light she received was pitifully small. But today, the spiritual light granted to Li Xun was like that given to heaven's most favored child—spreading across thousands of miles.
With his already heaven-defying talent, combined with the transformation brought by this spiritual light, no one could imagine how terrifying he would become.
"I once heard that when… Senior Li Xun underwent his Life and Death Tribulation, it was a tenfold tribulation. I didn't quite believe it before, but now, it seems the rumors may not be false." The Jiang clan patriarch spoke stiffly.
A tenfold Life and Death Tribulation and a tenfold Saint Tribulation were entirely different concepts. Yet now, such a thing had appeared before their eyes.
No matter how unbelievable it seemed, they had no choice but to believe it.
"Passing a ninefold Saint Tribulation means one may become an Emperor in the future, even an Immortal… then if it's a tenfold Saint Tribulation, just how terrifying will he be in the future?" An elder from a Holy Land spoke in shock.
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Note:
Cultivation Realm so far:
1, Body Refinement
2, Qi Condensation
3, Spirit Meridian
4, Profound Elixir
5, Divine Power
6, Life and Death
7, Divine Palace
8, Half-Saint
9, Saint
10, Saint King
11, Great Saint
12, Quasi-Emperor
13, Emperor
Treasure Level so far:
1, Mortal Weapon
2, Magical Treasure
3, Spiritual Treasure
4, Dao Weapon
5, Sacred Weapon
6, Sacred King Weapon
7, Imperial Weapon
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