The heavens were vast and mighty, dark clouds gathered, and lightning snakes writhed, resembling an apocalyptic scene.
Xu Mo stared at the mountain range in astonishment, his heart filled with shock!
This heavenly might was undoubtedly the tribulation of ascending to Sainthood. Was there a semi-saint level being on that mountain undergoing tribulation?
"It's that Great Jin Empress! How has her cultivation progressed so quickly, directly bypassing the quasi-saint realm and about to reach the saint realm?"
Xu Mo found it unbelievable. He could understand himself, with the Chaos Furnace as his cheat. But what was this Great Jin Empress? Did she have the same fortuitous encounter as him?
Without hesitation, Xu Mo took a step, and in an instant, he appeared amidst the mountain range, gazing towards the canyon at the center of the heavenly tribulation.
There, a graceful figure stood, clad in white robes and a white skirt, with a captivating posture. Her three thousand strands of black hair danced, appearing ethereal.
Her skin was fair and translucent, her lips ruby-red and glistening, and her beautiful eyes were as clear as emerald water. Standing in the middle of the canyon, her aura was astonishing, her demeanor like that of an aloof ice mountain.
She seemed to sense Xu Mo's arrival, her expression immediately becoming solemn. A small mirror appeared in her hand, a sacred artifact she had obtained from an ancient ruin in the Southern Domain.
Xu Mo frowned, murmuring solemnly, "It really is her. I can't believe that just as I ascended to Sainthood, this woman has caught up so quickly?"
He felt hesitant, wondering if he should take advantage of her weakened state, interrupt the Great Jin Empress's heavenly tribulation, and capture her.
But if he did that, the Great Jin Empress's path would be ruined, she would never advance further, and would forever be unable to reach the saint realm.
"Found her. She is the one I need to find to enter the Great Wilderness!" the voice of the drifting bottle echoed from within the Chaos Furnace.
Xu Mo was startled and released it, frowning and asking, "What do you mean by that?"
The drifting bottle, temporarily free, bobbed up and down in the air and replied, "When the Great Wilderness appeared on Earth, I sensed that this Great Wilderness would have a saint. That's why I took form and entered the Great Wilderness."
"But now there are two saints in the Great Wilderness. You sensed incorrectly," Xu Mo said.
The Great Jin Empress was currently undergoing tribulation, and with him, that made two.
The drifting bottle replied, "No, I am a manifestation of part of the rules of the Great Tribulation, I wouldn't sense incorrectly. The Great Wilderness will only have one saint. When I first met you, I thought it was you, but now that I've met this woman, I realize I was wrong. You are just an accident; she is the protagonist."
Xu Mo's face darkened upon hearing this. Was this bottle subtly belittling him?
"No matter what you say, there are now two saints in the Great Wilderness. Unless the Great Jin Empress fails her tribulation, then there will only be me."
"She will not fail," the drifting bottle replied, stating that the woman's realm was perfect, and with the protection of a sacred artifact, she could withstand even an eighth-level heavenly tribulation.
As for a ninth-level heavenly tribulation, it hadn't considered it; only someone like Xu Mo might encounter it and still be able to pass.
"You are very strange. I'm starting to suspect you're an alien, not a creature of the Great Wilderness?" the drifting bottle suddenly said, seriously doubting Xu Mo's origins.
Xu Mo's expression was calm, "You're overthinking it. I am a native of the Great Wilderness. Didn't you see I've already established a nation? The ruler of an empire!"
"Then it's strange. My senses have never been wrong. Could it be that a saint who has passed the ninth-level heavenly tribulation possesses some unique ability to conceal heavenly secrets?" the drifting bottle was extremely puzzled.
"Perhaps."
Xu Mo didn't continue the topic and instead looked towards the canyon, where the heavenly tribulation had begun to descend.
The heavenly lightning was as ferocious and terrifying as a sea-raging dragon, streaking across the sky, emitting explosive roars as it struck the Great Jin Empress.
The Great Jin Empress lightly blocked with her delicate hands, easily withstanding the first wave of heavenly tribulation.
"This woman is quite strong, only slightly weaker than me," Xu Mo said with a slight surprise.
Following this, wave after wave of heavenly lightning struck down, causing the Great Jin Empress's clothes to tear, revealing her fair skin beneath.
The drifting bottle said, "She hasn't used her full strength yet, seemingly guarding against you. Do you want to take advantage of her predicament?"
Its tone carried a hint of disdain, mocking Xu Mo.
Xu Mo wasted no words, directly grabbing the drifting bottle with one hand and tossing it into the Chaos Furnace to simmer on low heat.
He released it to answer his questions, not to listen to this damned bottle mock him.
"You... you can't handle losing!" the drifting bottle was furious. It had only made one sarcastic remark, and then it was thrown back into the furnace. It was simply infuriating!
Xu Mo ignored it and continued to watch the Great Jin Empress undergo her tribulation.
However, he did not intervene to cause trouble, as he had discovered something better: the heavenly tribulation itself!
When he underwent his tribulation, the Chaos Furnace had refined the heavenly tribulation's lightning, converting it into a mass of unbranded Dao rhyme, incredibly potent.
Therefore, he now wanted to try and intercept the Great Jin Empress's heavenly tribulation.
He wasn't sure if it would affect her ascension to Sainthood.
But it didn't matter. They were enemies to begin with, and Xu Mo would not be polite to her.
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Earth.
Following communication and deliberation, the high-level officials of various countries had dispatched representatives, preparing to jointly visit the cultivators on the new continent.
This time, they intended to redeem the passengers of the Nix, who were stranded in the Great Wilderness, and a more important objective was to understand the Great Gan Dynasty of these cultivators.
In the Pacific Ocean, the representatives dispatched by various countries were all gathered on a large warship. This time, an aircraft carrier would not be deployed; they were going for a visit, so they needed to show sincerity.
China's representative was Deng He, who had previously visited the Great Wilderness. Other countries also sent similar individuals, military officers who had been to the new continent.
America's representative, Seles, had died. The current representative was a red-haired woman in her thirties named Claire, with a fiery figure and seductive, alluring red lips.
Claire looked at everyone and said, "Everyone, are you ready? If you are, then let's set off for the new continent to meet the Emperor of the Great Gan Dynasty!"