Are You Sure That Was an Inner Demon Tribulation?

"Immortal, you have finally returned to life." Immortal Ying Tian was born with an imperial aura. His words carried majesty yet held an ethereal grace, as though an immortal from legend had stepped right out of a book. Immortal Ying Tian looked toward the Immortal Fairy, his mind flooded with countless thoughts. "Epochs have turned, and the ages have shifted. Countless dynasties have risen and fallen, reduced to ruins and grit. "Departed friends are gone beyond recall, and the past has turned to sand that cannot be remolded. In this day and age, how many are left who personally witnessed the ancient grandeur where prodigies arose together and dragons and serpents stirred the land? How many still remember the era when order was brought to the world and five immortals governed all under heaven? "Back then, when I glimpsed your future through a historical reflection, I foresaw the events of today and waited here for your return, Immortal. "Fellow Daoist, it has been a long time. Have you been well?" It was as though Immortal Ying Tian had walked out from the very end of the river of time, carrying a profound sense of antiquity and heritage. His gaze was deep, seemingly piercing through all affairs of the mortal world. No secret could hide before him; myriad changes were all within his calculations. Not even Immortal Kirin had ever given Lu Yang such an impression. Dressed in white robes and white boots, he stood with his hands behind his back. He took a stride forward—and then slammed into the barrier of the spiritual space with a loud clack, his head jerking straight back. "Wait, why is this kid's spiritual space so solid?" Standing outside Lu Yang's spiritual space, Immortal Ying Tian knocked on the barrier in front of him, producing a dull thud. He had originally intended to phase through the barrier and enter Lu Yang's spiritual space. Who would have thought that the barrier of this kid's spiritual space would be unreasonably sturdy, so tough that even he couldn't pass through? Why was it that every time he met Immortal, all sorts of accidents happened? Embarrassed, Immortal Ying Tian patted the barrier and called out loudly, "Uh, could you two let me in?" Lu Yang had no idea his spiritual space was this solid either. He wasn't sure whether it had been reinforced by the Immortal Fairy or by Eldest Senior Sister. Lu Yang opened a crack, and seeing this, Immortal Ying Tian hurriedly squeezed inside. He cleared his throat twice. He had wanted to maintain his dignified composure, but after having just been locked outside, trying to act all imposing again seemed a bit too late. "Did you split off a wisp of immortal will and hide it within the heavenly tribulation?" The Immortal Fairy saw through the fact that the Immortal Ying Tian before them was not his true body, but merely a thought left behind countless eons ago. "Indeed." The Immortal Fairy narrowed her eyes slightly, her expression turning somewhat unfriendly. "So you're saying that Qiantian Lightning Tribulation was arranged by you?" Seeing her reaction, how could Immortal Ying Tian not realize that the Qiantian Lightning Tribulation had displeased the Immortal Fairy? He quickly explained, "It was my doing, yes, but that lightning tribulation won't strike anyone dead. Truly, Immortal, trust me." "Really?" "Really, truly!" Seeing that the Immortal Fairy still looked somewhat unconvinced, Immortal Ying Tian sighed and could only explain further: "Back then, this young friend's figure appeared in the historical reflection. It had to be him who called out your name and revived you. "Yet none of us were by your side. That shouldn't have been the case. It meant that you hadn't found a single one of us, Immortal. "Had you found any of us, we would have accompanied you to see the historical reflection of our chess game, rather than you going alone. "Therefore, I concluded that something had happened to all of us by then, rendering us unable to contact you. "Only then did I leave a wisp of immortal will inside the heavenly tribulation as a contingency plan." Speaking up to this point, Immortal Ying Tian asked hesitantly, "Uh, let me ask first... Immortal, you haven't seen my true body, have you?" "Haven't seen it." "That's good, then." If she had already met his true body, wouldn't that mean he had squatted inside the heavenly tribulation for four hundred thousand years for nothing? How embarrassing would that be if word got out? "At the time, you should have been lodging in this young friend's spiritual space, which means you should have taught him to form an Invincible Core, so that he would possess an Invincible Nascent Soul during the Nascent Soul stage. "That was why I arranged the Grand Supreme Vast Heaven Golden Palace Divine Lightning. When the tribulation detected that the one undergoing it possessed an Invincible Nascent Soul, that divine lightning would descend. "However, relying solely on this detection method wasn't foolproof. After all, the person undergoing the tribulation might have relied on some other method to survive, or perhaps he formed the Invincible Core all on his own." Hearing this, Lu Yang carefully searched his memory. It seemed his Invincible Core really hadn't had much to do with the Immortal Fairy; he had formed the Invincible Core first, and only afterward did the Immortal Fairy tell him it was called an Invincible Core. All the Immortal Fairy had done was save him the trouble of figuring out how to use the Invincible Core by directly explaining how to use it. "And so, I then arranged the Qiantian Lightning Tribulation, which an ordinary Nascent Soul stage cultivator could never possibly survive. If you showed yourself, Immortal, the Qiantian Lightning Tribulation would automatically disperse." Gnashing his teeth, Immortal Ying Tian looked at Lu Yang and said, "Who could have guessed that this kid actually survived the Qiantian Lightning Tribulation without relying on you at all!" He was merely a thought left behind by Immortal Ying Tian's true body. After enduring four hundred thousand years, his power was already nearly depleted, and his control over the heavenly tribulation was limited. Otherwise, he would have brought the Qiantian Lightning Tribulation crashing down long ago. The only remaining power he had was just enough to meet the Immortal Fairy once, so he had to use it sparingly. "Fortunately, breaking through from the Nascent Soul stage to the Soul Formation stage also involves an inner demon tribulation. If this kid knew you, Immortal, you would definitely become his inner demon. "Sure enough, you really did appear in his inner demon, and only then was I certain you were inside this kid's body." Lu Yang listened, dumbfounded. "Are you sure that was my inner demon?" An inner demon either made someone feel terrified or made them willingly indulge and sink into it. Lu Yang felt that taking Eldest Senior Sister and the Immortal Fairy into an imperial harem had nothing to do with either of those. "Naturally it is your inner demon," Immortal Ying Tian said with a calm expression. "If you recall the scene from your inner demon tribulation, do you not feel fear?" The moment Lu Yang thought about the possibility that Eldest Senior Sister might notice his memories, he shuddered in terror. So your damn inner demon tribulation doesn't make me recall a scene I fear, but manufactures a scene that terrifies me afterward! Whose inner demon tribulation works like this?! No matter how she listened, the Immortal Fairy felt something was off. "Little Yangzi, I appeared in your inner demon tribulation, and it makes you feel fear? What on earth happened in your inner demon tribulation?" How could Lu Yang dare say he had enjoyed the bliss of multiple consorts, embracing Eldest Senior Sister on his right and the Immortal Fairy on his left? He would have to be sick of living to say something like that! Weeping bitter tears, he said, "In the inner demon tribulation, your personality changed drastically, Fairy! You kept beating me up—it felt so unfamiliar!" "But I saw you grinning foolishly the whole time?" "You don't understand, Fairy. That was forcing a smile through the pain, all so you wouldn't worry about me from the outside!" Seeing Little Yangzi looking so pitiful, the Immortal Fairy stroked Lu Yang's head with tender affection. "Don't cry, don't cry. It's okay. How could this immortal ever hit you?" Seeing that Lu Yang was still crying, weeping with utter heartbreak no matter how she coaxed him, the Immortal Fairy gritted her teeth and firmly resolved to depose the original successor: "How about this: in the future, we'll let Girl Yun be the third Bean Emperor, and you'll be the second!" This scared Lu Yang so much that he stopped crying on the spot. Why did his crying somehow bring him even closer to making his inner demon a reality?! Immortal Ying Tian: "..." Wait, Immortal, why do you seem so unfamiliar like this?