Shirong stepped out of the courtyard and flew towards the Lu clan mansion where Clan head Lu and the elders were already waiting for him.

"Young master," The elders greeted.

"Mm," Shirong hummed in response before looking towards the clan head.

"Everything ready?" He asked.

"Of course, young master. We tested all aspects of the tribulation platform and everything should work perfectly as designed according to your plans." Clan head Lu replied.

"Good, we should head off then," Shirong spoke.

"Indeed, the rest of the people have already been informed so they are at the tribulation platform since last night." Clan head Lu said.

Shirong nodded his head and everyone flew to the site where the tribulation platform had been set up. The location was to the north west of the city and was located on the plains.

An area of about two square kilometers had been utilized to set up the tribulation platform, and a set of seats had been prepared at the edge of it. These were the seats where people who wanted to observe the tribulation would sit and be protected.

There were tens of thousands of seats here that surrounded the tribulation platform in a semicircle. The platform itself was made out of tiles made of jade that had been carved with numerous formations.

All these formations integrated to form a large formation array that would operate as the core of the tribulation platform. Then at the boundary of the platforms just in front of seats, another formation array was set up.

This formation array was a restraining array and would help to contain the spread of the heavenly tribulation lightning. It would make it so that the presence of all the people would be disregarded by the heavenly tribulation and they would be able to freely observe it.

Even the seats themselves were all carried with individual defensive formations that would protect the observers from the shock waves of energies created by the tribulation lightning.

There was no specific protection from lightning itself, as any formation array that could protect from heavenly lightning would be extremely valuable and difficult to make. Even the top cultivation sects would have a hard time making one, not to mention the clans here.

Even if the aristocratic clans of multiple cities were contributing to the creation of this tribulation platform, it was still beyond their capabilities. Even if they were able to come up with the monetary cost required to get the resources, they would need an actual formation grandmaster to set up the defensive formation.

A formation grandmaster was no joke and there were less than ten of them currently in the entire long continent. Each of them was a highly respected expert and no one dared to slight them. If one wanted to hire them, they would have to wait for years on end, before they would even be able to register in the queue.

Most of them had reservations that spanned for a hundred years and as such, they were extremely busy people. Shirong's clan, the Ji clan also had its own formation grandmaster and as such they were considered a great power.

That grandmaster was the reason they Shirong had the blueprints for the Tribulation platform ready when the clans said they would volunteer to build it. The blue prints were of course not used to their full potential, but it was still enough for Shirong to use it.

In fact, Shirong was confident that even if he didn't have the support of the tribulation platform, he may be able to overcome the heavenly tribulation on his own. His increased talent and body cultivation was the source of confidence for him.

"Look! It's young master Shirong!" The people in the crowd shouted upon seeing them approach.

There were many aristocrats in the crowd, including some nobles from the Ling Kingdom's royal court as well. These were the people who oversaw the operations of the nearby cities and as such had taken this opportunity to observe a heavenly tribulation.

Shirong quickly scanned over the people and soon found the few 'targets' that were deemed to be problematic. These were the people that clan head Lu had given him and thus he was going to find an opportunity to get rid of him.

"The formation array only works against the tribulation itself, it will not restrain your attacks." Clan Head Lu secretly whispered after he saw where Shirong's gaze was looking at.

"I understand," Shirong said before flying towards the center of the platform.

Meanwhile, Clan head Lu and the other higher-ups of the different clans headed to the other part of the semi-circle. Here, individual seats had been set up for the people who were going to act as Dharma protectors.

They all took their seats and waited for Shirong to take his place. After Shirong sat down in the center in a meditative pose, the clan head spoke.

"I Lu Ren, the ninth patriarch of the Lu clan, swear to the heavens that I will follow my duty as the Dharma protector for Ji Shirong of the Ji clan.

If I violate my oath, may I be exterminated by the wrath of the heavens!" Clan Head Lu declared.

A gust of wind surrounded clan Head Lu for a moment and spirit Qi became chaotic before calming down again. This meant that the heavenly oath had been accepted, and if Clan Head Lu violated this, he would die.

The other Dharma protectors took the same oath and a similar set of events was witnessed by all the people. This was the first time they were seeing so many influential elders doing the same and as such, they were a bit excited.

It was not every day that they got to witness a heavenly tribulation and they were all anticipating it to be a good experience for them.

"Now that all the Dharma protectors have taken their oaths, I shall begin my breakthrough. Everyone should know the consequences of the heavenly tribulation and as such should take precautions." Shirong said one last time before closing his eyes.