Chapter 1068 - 342: Life and Death Tribulation, Kidnapping All Life in the Black Water Star Realm

"Father, I must kill Zhang Lingfeng."

"My son, your father will definitely help you!"

Shen Qiao’an wept bitterly, tears streaming down his face.

Shen Junsong’s expression was pained.

The entire Shen Family was shrouded in a terrifying and gloomy atmosphere. All of the Shen Family’s upper echelon were present, and even Shen Rufeng, who was preparing to undergo tribulation, had descended here in his true body at this moment.

Shen Qiao’an was the hope of the Shen Family’s rise.

The future user of the World Seed now had his foundation damaged, his Primordial Spirit severely wounded, and even the balance between himself and the Jade Planet shattered by Zhang Lingfeng. Even if his Primordial Spirit could be repaired and his foundation restored, he had still lost the possibility of fusing with the Jade Planet.

The investment the Shen Family had poured into him over these years could be said to have gone completely down the drain.

"Zhang Lingfeng has already returned to the Great Imperial City. Let me go kill him. Even if my body is crushed to dust, I must seek justice for the Shen Family."

A Shen Family Integration Stage Great Cultivator said.

"If the Alliance won’t stand up for us, then we’ll act ourselves. We can’t just sit and watch Zhang Lingfeng become a disciple of the Ancient Moon Sect and only make a move afterward!"

"That’s right, if we don’t kill Zhang Lingfeng now, we won’t have a chance in the future."

"Kill Zhang Lingfeng and avenge Qiao An."

"Think of a way to destroy the Black Water Star Realm. I refuse to believe that with so many of us attacking together, we still can’t resist the Heavenly Dao Laws. Even if we lose our physical bodies, we must let Zhang Lingfeng taste the agony of having the lives around him destroyed."

"Kill Zhang Lingfeng, raze the Black Water Star Realm!"

The upper echelon of the Shen Family all wished they could skin Zhang Lingfeng alive and eat his flesh. Once Shen Qiao’an used the World Seed to nurture a planet, the Shen Family would be able to harvest an endless stream of Life Origin Power, and everyone would benefit from it.

It was even more exciting than seizing Qi Fortune.

"Big Brother!"

Shen Rufeng said.

"Say no more."

Shen Junsong stopped him. He knew what Shen Rufeng wanted to say.

"I must say it."

Shen Rufeng’s attitude was resolute.

"Back then, in order to cultivate me, the family helped me leave Laws in the Black Water Star Realm so that I could constantly receive the blessing of Qi Fortune. Now those Laws have been shattered by Zhang Lingfeng, and all the accumulation Qiao An built up over these years has also been ruined in a single day. I must make Zhang Lingfeng pay the price."

Shen Rufeng spoke in a tone that brooked no argument.

"The most important thing for you right now is to successfully undergo tribulation and become a Tribulation Crossing Immortal as soon as possible. Only then can the Shen Family recover its Primordial Qi and guard the World Seed."

Shen Junsong criticized.

With Shen Qiao’an turned into this, the two of them, father and son, were the ones suffering the most. He also wanted to kill Zhang Lingfeng and had even considered paying any price to do so.

But as one of the Shen Family’s core figures, Shen Junsong knew he could not act like that, could not lose his rationality, and absolutely could not allow the Shen Family to throw itself into chaos and sink into a quagmire.

"I can already feel that my tribulation is Zhang Lingfeng. If nothing unexpected happens, my Celestial Tribulation should be a Life and Death Tribulation. I cannot let Zhang Lingfeng stay out of it; I must drag him into the Life and Death Tribulation."

Shen Rufeng said in a tone that allowed no doubt.

There were hundreds of millions of ways to undergo tribulation, each person’s totally different, but the Life and Death Tribulation had always been the calamity Cultivators feared the most.

The so-called Celestial Tribulation was not as simple as summoning thunder to hammer the body or Divine Soul.

It was to truly experience a life-and-death ordeal.

And the Life and Death Tribulation was one of the most terrifying calamities. Many a Cultivator would, within the Life and Death Tribulation, confront their own Heart Demons, and each person’s Life and Death Tribulation was different.

In short, once one encountered a Life and Death Tribulation, there were only two outcomes: either live, or die—no third possibility. If one failed the tribulation, it meant utter annihilation of soul and spirit.

Unlike Tu Hongxuan, there was no third path where, after failing the tribulation, one merely lost the physical body or Star and instead turned into a Loose Immortal.

A Loose Immortal who had lost their physical body could still reconstruct a body using the Power of the Stars and might yet have a chance in the future to become a Mahayana powerhouse, or even ascend into the Upper World.

It was just that the path of advancement became several times more arduous.

"Life and Death Tribulation?"

Shen Junsong’s face was full of shock.

Shen Rufeng had never spoken to him about this matter.

"Second Master!"

The Shen Family’s upper echelon were all caught off guard. They looked at Shen Rufeng with hearts full of ache; Shen Rufeng was also a hope for the Shen Family’s rise.

"Second Uncle!"

Shen Qiao’an stopped crying. A Life and Death Tribulation was ten deaths for one life; once one stepped into the Death Passage, both form and spirit would be obliterated, with not even a sliver of hope for revival or rebirth.

"Everyone, don’t worry about me. I’ve prepared for so many years and have over a seventy percent chance of passing the Life and Death Tribulation. Once I cross it, I might be able to bring the Shen Family a continuous flow of Power of Qi Fortune and even, in the future, come into contact with Life Origin Power."

Shen Rufeng laughed.

Everyone’s mood was heavy. The odds of passing a Life and Death Tribulation were such that out of ten people, only one might succeed. Although it contained immense opportunities, could even grant comprehension of the mysteries of life and death and contact with Life Origin Power...

Those who could pass the Life and Death Tribulation were very few, even when looking across the entire Intermediate Star Realm.

"Are you certain it’s a Life and Death Tribulation?"

Shen Junsong could not accept it and asked carefully.

As a Tribulation Crossing Immortal, he knew that when calamity descended, one’s heart could sense it. Back then, when he faced his tribulation, he had only encountered Reincarnation.

In that long tunnel of time, he sought the origin of his own Life, and in the end he passed Reincarnation, becoming a Tribulation Crossing Immortal. The Shen Family’s status within the Intermediate Star Realm had also risen with the tide because of this.

These years, the Shen Family had also used the Heaven-Stealing Divine Technique, and under the premise of consuming vast resources for support, had attempted to pry from the Heavenly Dao what tribulations Shen Rufeng and Shen Qiao’an would face, but in the end they still failed.