Chapter 12: Defiant Tribulation
Meng Hao's knife slash fought back against the Flames of Heaven, the battle was back and forwards, Meng Hao kept forcing his bloodline to go further and further and he kept increasing the strength of his physique as he stood his ground.
The shield formation around the peak was still active and released some of the pressure but it wasn't enough. No one could interfere in tribulation or else they would cause the tribulation to strengthen even more.
In the distance, the Patriarch in the distance saw the disciples and elders running away but he didn't stop them because this flame could easily kill any normal disciple, but Meng Hao was just a monster facing the tribulation with just a knife. The Patriarch suddenly turned around and saw an old man with a white beard on a sword flying towards him. Patriarch Wei bowed "Ambassador of the Verdant Supreme Alchemy Sect, welcome."
The old man didn't even pay attention to Patriarch Wei when he asked: "Who is the junior that summoned the Defiant Tribulation? If I touched the flame without protection even I would get burnt a little."
Patriarch Wei answered "The disciple's name is Meng Hao, he is very mysterious even to the sect. We will have to see how he answers himself if he succeeds surviving this event. If the legends are true he might even gain the supreme fortune."
The old man started to scratch his beard in wonder as he watched Meng Hao face the Crimson Flame.
Meng Hao felt the martial spirits start to breach the wall between the Human and Earth stage, and everytime the martial spirits attacked that wall the Flames of Heaven became even more violent. Every time the Flames became more violent, Meng Hao pushed his body further and further and squeezed out every ounce of strength he could use. But even so, he felt his Qi start to dwindle and his Lightning Core was about to run out and even his flame was starting to get weaker.
The old man shook his head "That junior won't survive, it is a pity, such a genius is something that can be only found in the supreme realms. You better call everyone back inside and start putting out some of the fires."
Patriarch Wei nodded his head and he ran to the gates to call everyone back into the sect, the old man continued to watch Meng Hao fight the Flames of Heaven but it was obvious that the power wasn't the same as when Meng Hao first sent his attack to the clouds.
But what the old man didn't know was Meng Hao was waiting for his Martial Spirits to upgrade, if they upgraded he would breakthrough to the Qi Movement Stage and he would be absolutely confident in suppressing the Flames of Heaven and receiving the gift.
In the legends that Patriarch Wei was speaking about, there were stories of those who happened to encounter the Defiant Tribulation and those who survived were able to receive strength far beyond this realm. Meng Hao knew of this legend, only those who truly defeat, not survive, the tribulation will receive the gift of the Dao Mark. A Dao Mark can come in the shape of anything that relates to the cultivator, for one it could be a sword and for another it could be a mountain.
Those with the Dao Mark have Heaven Defying cultivation because they won't have any bottlenecks during cultivation. Dao Mark can also strengthen the persons Dao by making the Dao a reality instead of an illusion, turning it into a True Dao. A True Dao is something that only celestial stage cultivators can get, if one follows the Dao of Water, the water will only show as an illusion until the Celestial Stages where the water can truly form and the Dao of Water turns into the True Dao of Water.
Meng Hao's hand slipped and the Flames of Heavens descended on Meng Hao, the old man shook his head "It is over..."
But suddenly a golden light enveloped the entire peak and even the old man with his powerful cultivation had to cover his eyes, and when he opened them he saw the golden aura of 3 Martial Spirits: A Panda, a Dragon, and A Bow.
Meng Hao shouted into the sky his Martial Spirits broke into the Earth Stage and his cultivation reached the Qi Movement Stage. Qi was flowing all around his meridians and his entire body was full of energy. His Lightning Core started to gather Static Electricity from the Black Clouds, the lightning gathered in the core was violet instead of blue.
Meng Hao grabbed the Bow and activated his Myriad Bow Piercing Art, Violet Lightning, and Divine Pheniox Spirit Flames. Meng Hao shouted and fired the arrow, "THE HEAVENS FALL TO ME NOW!!!" As the arrow flew into the sky the Primordial Dragon and the Legendary Yin-Yang Panda activated their latent power and spewed out energy that increased the Arrows strength even more.
Hidden deep inside the Black Clouds was a crimson core that was spewing out the fire, and inside that core was one word that said 'DAO'.
The Arrow with terrifying power split the Flames of Heaven in half and breached into the Black Clouds. The Flames of Heavens felt the Arrow reaching deeper and deeper towards the Dao Core and it recalled the flames as fast as it could and chased the Arrow towards the Dao Core.
Although the flames went away the Black Clouds still remained, but even so, the old man had a shocked expression on his face "That arrow... unless I use everything I have there is no way I would survive that."
Meng Hao was on the floor, the arrow used up all of his energy and left him in his most vulnerable state. If that arrow didn't destroy that Dao Core then he would have no way to contest the Defiant Tribulation any longer.
Meng Hao closed his eyes, he could sense the position of the arrow, he was fully confident that the arrow would break the Defiant Tribulation and he would get his Dao Mark, Meng Hao thought to himself "I wonder what my Dao Is going to be, my fate has been unpredictable from the start with the 3 Martial Spirits and the 3 Memories from the Legendary Cultivators, for someone to gain all my talent is something that can't be achieved through just luck, I need to increase my cultivation and find out the secrets within this body."
The memories weren't enough for him to piece together the whole story but he knew he had to reach a higher plane to understand who he truly is, right now he was only in the lower-mid realm and so he had a long way to go before he was truly powerful.
Meng Hao felt the flame on the tail of his arrow, the arrow needed only 5 seconds more before it reached the core, so with the last ounce of strength he lifted his hand and sent the last strand of Violet Lightning in his core and it froze the Flames of Heaven in its tracks, allowing the Arrow to touch the Dao Mark and shattered it into millions of pieces.
Immediately the Black Clouds started to clear up and pure blue sky took over, a multicolor light streaked across the sky leaving the words 'DAO'.
Meng Hao picked himself off the ground and spoke "Dao Mark, I am your master, come to me."
The Dao mark sensed its master. In the sky, the Dao Mark flew towards Meng Hao while it started to transform into something shocking.
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