Sage Monarch Melon Eater was in a state similar to when 99% of a huge file was already downloaded while 1% still remained.

It was stuck, and it couldn’t finish downloading the file because of that 1%, which was making it very anxious.

As time passed, the speed at which its lifespan was being drained accelerated.

Sage Monarch Melon Eater frowned… During this time, it had even tried using a secret technique to burn its lifespan, hoping that it would be able to grasp that bit of comprehension it needed.

But that didn’t work; on the contrary, it reduced its lifespan by several thousand years in a mere second, greatly shocking it.

Sage Monarch Melon Eater felt that it needed help.

It needed someone to push it in the right direction, and give it a stroke of insight.

As long as it got that little bit of insight, it would be able to reach 100% and download the file.

But… with it being in the Heavenly Tribulation Realm, nobody could come and help.

Here, it couldn’t even connect to the Virtuous Network, and it had no way to get any more information.

Will I really fall to this tribulation? Sage Monarch Melon Eater was unwilling.

After tens of thousands of years of waiting, I finally got to reach the heavenly tribulation of the Ninth Stage. Am I really going to fall to the first wave?

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Meanwhile, Song Shuhang opened his eyes. He could feel cold sweat on his forehead while still having a faint sensation of his stomach swelling up.

Damn it, to hell with your ‘born with dual pupils’!

Just thinking about the Quadruplets Impregnating Gaze gave him the chills.

Song Shuhang felt that he didn’t want to come in contact with this terrible magical technique for the rest of his life.

At the same time, he found that his sixth and seventh small golden cores were shining again—there seemed to be a new message.

[Sage Monarch Melon Eater needs help. It hopes that someone can help it by making it understand how to attain a Tribulation Transcender’s Vitality. Do you choose to help? Yes/No.]

“???” Song Shuhang.

Senior Melon Eater needs help?

He raised his head and looked at Senior Melon Eater.

He could see that Senior Melon Eater’s appearance had gotten much older. It was originally a man in his early 20s, but now looked to be around 40 years old.

This was caused by the large consumption of lifespan in a short period of time, with it not having the time to worry about adjusting its own state.

In fact… during this time, Song Shuhang’s appearance had also changed, but he himself had not felt or realized it.

At this time, even though a Tribulation Transcender’s Vitality was present in his body—resulting in the lifespan that had been squeezed out by the heavenly tribulation beforehand to be replenished—his appearance had yet to recover.

He looked like he was about 40 years old. His hair was now slightly gray, and he even looked much older than Papa Song. With how he looked, his mental age and outer appearance finally matched! Nobody would mistake his age again…

It was easy to change from young to old, but difficult to revert from old to young.

To get an older look, you only needed a slight squeeze from the heavenly tribulation, but if you wanted to look young again, you’d need to slowly adjust your state after the tribulation was over. At that point, you could guide the ‘Tribulation Transcender’s Vitality’ to nourish your body.

Because Song Shuhang hadn’t looked into the mirror, he didn’t know what he looked like for now.

He stared at Senior Melon Eater as the latter got older and older, which filled his heart with emotion.

This was the power of time.

Song Shuhang said, “Yes!”

Senior Melon Eater was a good fellow daoist and a good senior. Although it had the hobby of crushing him with the ‘water splash’ move, it did not change the fact that it was a good senior.

Song Shuhang said, “Senior Melon Eater, do you need help?”

In the distance, Sage Monarch Melon Eater raised its head when it heard Song Shuhang’s words. After doing so, it was surprised to see that Song Shuhang had already gotten through the ‘Ninth Stage’s First Tribulation’, and new vitality had emerged in his body.

“…” Melon Eater.

Hey, is this my tribulation or is it Tyrannical Song’s? Why is it that although this is clearly my tribulation, and he came here just to freeload it, he seems a lot more proficient at transcending the tribulation than I am?

Tyrannical Song is not alone, either. Even that little girl, who’s still asleep, has had some new vitality emerge in her body.

Does this mean that Tyrannical Song has mastered a special technique for birthing a Tribulation Transcender’s Vitality?

Sage Monarch Melon Eater asked, “Fellow Daoist Tyrannical Song, can you help me?”

Song Shuhang sincerely replied, “I can try, but I can’t guarantee success… I can only use the way by which I was able to acquire a Tribulation Transcender’s Vitality on you.”

Sage Monarch Melon Eater nodded seriously. “Please help me, Fellow Daoist Tyrannical Song!”

Perhaps this was the heaven’s will.

It was possible that its good deeds were so great that even the ‘world’ couldn’t bear to see it fall under the Ninth Stage’s First Tribulation. And so, it had arranged for Fellow Daoist Tyrannical Song to also be brought into its heavenly tribulation.

“Senior Melon Eater, please get ready.” Song Shuhang closed his left eye—fortunately, after the fight with the Heavenly Emperor yesterday, he had never taken off the Scholarly Sage’s eye.

Otherwise, if Song Shuhang had used his own strength to launch the ‘Impregnating Gaze’, due to the large gap in realms he had with Sage Monarch Melon Eater, the latter might be immune to the gaze.

But the Sage’s eye was different.

As long as the other party wasn’t a peerless expert, they wouldn’t be able to resist it.

Although Senior Melon Eater was very strong, it was still rather distant from reaching the level of a ‘peerless expert’.

Song Shuhang shouted, “Expert’s Appraisal Technique!”

Then, the light of the Impregnating Gaze flashed and fell on Sage Monarch Melon Eater’s body.

“The Impregnating Gaze!” Sage Monarch Melon Eater exclaimed. F*ck, what the hell is the point of calling it Expert’s Appraisal Technique? Do you think that I didn’t know of this magical technique?!

In the next moment, Sage Monarch Melon Eater’s belly quickly swelled in size.

Ten seconds later, the pain of childbirth came.

Sage Monarch Melon Eater sat cross-legged on the ground, his fingers stuck in the ground as it gritted its teeth.

Song Shuhang called out, “Now, Senior Melon Eater.”

Sage Monarch Melon Eater asked, “What do I do?”

Song Shuhang prompted, “Feel it out carefully. You should feel a kind of vitality being born in your belly! That instant is when you can cross the tribulation.”

He could only hope that the ‘Expert’s Appraisal Technique’ could aid Senior Melon Eater.

If this didn’t work, Song Shuhang would have no other way to help it.

Sage Monarch Melon Eater heard his words and forcibly endured the pain, closing its eyes and sensing its belly.

After about 30 breaths…

Sage Monarch Melon Eater, who had been stuck at 99%, finally had a stroke of enlightenment and comprehended the last 1% he needed.

The momentum allowed him to reach 100% all at once.

In Sage Monarch Melon Eater’s belly, a huge vitality burst out.

It was a genuine Tribulation Transcender’s Vitality.

At the same time the vitality emerged, the lifespan of Sage Monarch Melon Eater that had been consumed was completely replenished.

The huge vitality leaked out, and on the ground where Sage Monarch Melon Eater was sitting, there were patches of grass that continued to grow rapidly.

And Sage Monarch Melon Eater’s belly that had swelled in size also shrank quickly, and went back to how it originally was.

After a few more minutes, Sage Monarch Melon Eater raised its head, looking at Song Shuhang with its golden eyes filled with gratitude. “Thank you, Fellow Daoist Tyrannical Song!”

The grace it had been given today was one it would never forget.

This time, if the three of them were able to get out of the Ninth Stage heavenly tribulation alive, it would definitely repay this great favor.

And… for the following portions of the heavenly tribulation, it would do its best to protect Fellow Daoist Tyrannical Song and the little girl.

Song Shuhang smiled slightly and sighed—it was a good thing that the Impregnating Gaze worked.

Sage Monarch Melon Eater stood up, thought about it, and waved his hand.

Six Dragon Scale Shields flew out and stayed above the heads of Song Shuhang and Li Yinzhu.

Sage Monarch Melon Eater said, “Fellow Daoist Tyrannical Song, you must live.”

Song Shuhang responded, “I wish Senior well, and hope that you can ascend quickly.”

“…” Sage Monarch Melon Eater.

If they weren’t in the Tribulation-Transcension Space, even if they weren’t in the Virtuous Network, it would definitely let Song Shuhang try the second-level version of the ‘Water Splash’.

Afterward, Sage Monarch Melon Eater looked at the little Li Yinzhu.

Did little friend Tyrannical Song also use the ‘Impregnating Gaze’ on this little girl? This thought emerged in its mind.

As it thought of this, it felt that Fellow Daoist Tyrannical Song had very terrifying sides to him.

With the birth of Sage Monarch Melon Eater’s Tribulation Transcender’s Vitality, the Ninth Stage’s First Tribulation concluded and dissipated.

In the sky, tribulation lightning condensed and formed balls of lightning.

The dark tribulation clouds turned into huge palms, and those balls of lightning looked like they were being thrown around by the lightning palms.

Song Shuhang had seen this kind of pattern from the heavenly tribulation before.

The tribulation clouds as the hand, the tribulation lightning as the weapon.

With the imminent changes that were about to happen to the ‘Wielder of the Heaven’s Will’, the heavenly tribulation was getting more and more tricky.

Modernized heavenly tribulation, heavenly tribulation magical treasures, and ultimately spell-casting heavenly tribulation. And back then, Song Shuhang had even seen a heavenly tribulation assume a human form.

With the passage of time, the heavenly tribulation would only get more tricks.

Maybe in the future, Grandpa Heavenly Tribulation would personally come down, and become a full-fledged fighter covered in divine equipment?

As such… Song Shuhang had to transcend the tribulation as soon as possible!

Sage Monarch Melon Eater solemnly said, “It’s coming, the second wave of the heavenly tribulation. Use everything you have!”

In the sky, the large hands of the heavenly tribulation suddenly pressed down one by one.

As the tribulation clouds approached, Song Shuhang found that the large palms of electricity that the heavenly tribulation had created were not as simple as the ‘Lightning Palm Technique’.

In some of the Lightning Palms, there was the power of the ‘fire tribulation’, where the fire and lightning had combined, complementing one another; some others contained ice tribulation, wind tribulation, or metal tribulation. There were even a few Lightning Palms that had all five elements.

There is always one fit for you. Song Shuhang’s thoughts suddenly jumped, and he thought of an ad slogan.

“So the Lightning Palm can also be used like this.” Song Shuhang remembered this scene firmly.

If I can get out of this Ninth Stage heavenly tribulation alive, I will immediately look for Senior White and Senior White Two, as well as the seniors of the Nine Provinces Number One Group, and ask them to help me research and develop the ‘Lightning Palm Great Technique’.

For my next heavenly tribulation, I will face it with Lightning Palms!

There was a total of 365 diverse heavenly tribulation Lightning Palms heading straight towards Sage Monarch Melon Eater, while there were two that headed towards Song Shuhang and Li Yinzhu.

The stronger the strength, the greater the responsibility.

The two Lightning Palms that locked onto Song Shuhang and Li Yinzhu hit the six Dragon Scale Shields arranged by Sage Monarch Melon Eater.

“Boom!”

“Crackle~”

The sound of explosions and electric discharge rang out.

“In terms of pure power, it is infinitely close to the Ninth Stage.” Song Shuhang estimated the power of the heavenly tribulation Lightning Palm—it was almost equal to the Ninth Stage Flaming Saber that Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword would slash out.

If it weren’t for the Dragon Scale Shields, these two Lightning Palms would have definitely been able to break the ‘Impregnable Holy City’.

It wasn’t that the Holy City was weak; it was just that it was being held back by Song Shuhang’s realm.