"Apologies, little friend Tyrannical Song... I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you this time." Sage Monarch Melon Eater smiled bitterly in its heart.

It had a body of virtue, literally made of light of virtue. Reasonably speaking, an 'inner demon tribulation' shouldn't have any effect on it. However, when facing the supergiant palm, a strange sound was suddenly emitted from the Lightning Palm, which disrupted Sage Monarch Melon Eater's concentration while it was casting the ❮Virtuous Giant Sun❯.

Although Sage Monarch Melon Eater quickly readjusted, in clashes between experts, even a moment's lapse could prove fatal.

With that, the fragile equilibrium had been broken, and Sage Monarch Melon Eater was forced down by the Lightning Palm.

Although it had taken the blow head-on, Sage Monarch Melon Eater should still be able to resist the impact.

Its body having become light of virtue had resulted in a great enhancement of its physique; it wouldn't die so easily.

However, Song Shuhang and the little girl below... had no means of avoiding the impact.

After it fell down, how were Song Shuhang and the little girl supposed to resist?

Sage Monarch Melon Eater felt a sense of frustration.

At this moment, Song Shuhang from below shouted, "Senior Melon Eater, I can take it!"

Afterward, Song Shuhang fully released the power of the 'virtuous diamond ball golden core' in his body, and poured everything he had into the virtuous lamia.

The tribulation-transcension space was a space filled with spiritual energy. If one were to cultivate here, they would get twice the results with half the effort.

It was exactly because of this that Song Shuhang was able to maintain the 'Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Combined Magical Treasure', and even squeeze out energy from the virtuous diamond ball at this point.

"Go! Fairy @#%￥, support Senior Melon Eater!" Song Shuhang roared with all his strength. He tried to call out the virtuous lamia's name with his awkward 'ancient language' accent.

"It's @#%×, you need to study the ancient language more!" After saying that, the virtuous lamia jumped up, and went towards Sage Monarch Melon Eater.

The wings on her waist spread out and swelled in size. Underneath her tail, the small fat whale had also been summoned.

The virtuous lamia quickly approached Sage Monarch Melon Eater. As she approached it, her tail curled up, and then she threw the fat whale under her tail towards Sage Monarch Melon Eater.

"Yiiiing~" The small virtuous fat whale let out a strange cry, bumped into Sage Monarch Melon Eater's body, and fused with it.

At the same time, the virtuous lamia made some hand seals as she cast a magical technique—the ❮Dual System Virtue Technique❯'s ❮Virtuous Possession Technique❯.

Previously, Sage Monarch Melon Eater had used this move to remotely descend on others' light of virtue and condense a remote manifestation of itself. It had used this to fight Sage Monarch Wintermelon on that night of the full moon as well.

Later on, the virtuous lamia also used this move... At that time, she directly integrated into Sage Monarch Melon Eater's body, forcibly taking control of its being and turning it into a domesticated wailord.

It was precisely because of having done that after the virtuous lamia evolved, she had acquired a virtuous fat whale.

And this was the last resort that Song Shuhang could think of at the moment.

He wanted the virtuous lamia to assist Senior Melon Eater and strengthen Senior Melon Eater's combat power so that it would have a better chance at going against the heavenly tribulation.

Song Shuhang's idea was very good.

Theoretically speaking, it was sound.

But when the time came for it to be put to use, something didn't go according to the plan.

The virtuous lamia was indeed able to fuse the small virtuous fat whale into Sage Monarch Melon Eater's body as the latter's body was equivalent to a large lump of light of virtue.

The small fat whale was an extension of the virtuous lamia's body. When the small fat whale and Sage Monarch Melon Eater fused together, this allowed her to perform the secret technique.

The Virtuous Possession Secret Technique had gone very smoothly and even succeeded.

But then, the virtuous lamia decided to take the lead, directly taking control of Sage Monarch Melon Eater's body.

She was not planning on being the support at all.

Fairy @#%× said, "For the rest of this heavenly tribulation, I'll take over. You can rest now."

"???" Sage Monarch Melon Eater. 

Wait, is this Ninth Stage heavenly tribulation really my tribulation?

Could it be that there's been a misunderstanding?

Was it me who's actually freeloading this heavenly tribulation?

Although it was thinking this... Sage Monarch Melon Eater chose to hand over the control of its body to Fairy @#%×.

This was because it knew Fairy @#%×'s identity.

After it came into contact with the 'Virtuous Network', it had discovered who Fairy @#%× truly was. It also knew that the ninth volume of the ❮Dual System Virtue Technique❯ was tailor-made for Fairy ＠#％× by several peerless big shots such as the Great Northern Emperor.

The reason it was able to ascend to the Ninth Stage was thanks to this fairy.

It was only due to the 'path of immortality' in the Virtuous Network getting rejected by the virtuous lamia that Sage Monarch Melon Eater had the opportunity to come into contact with it.

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After the virtuous lamia's fat whale merged with Sage Monarch Melon Eater, she was able to draw a steady stream of virtue from its body.

She urged the flat imperial hat on her head, and poured a lot of virtue into it.

The Virtuous Empress Mode was activated, causing the flat imperial hat to shake slightly. Then, a majestic imperial robe appeared on Fairy @#％×.

The virtuous lamia said, "Watch carefully. The Virtuous Giant Sun comes in many forms. I will only be demonstrating it once. How much you are able to learn from it all depends on yourself."

In the next moment, she took over the huge 'Virtuous Giant Sun' created by Sage Monarch Melon Eater.

The Virtuous Giant Sun, which was facing off against the Lightning Palm and had a spherical shape, suddenly began to spin.

The frenziedly spinning 'Virtuous Giant Sun' stubbornly blocked the power of the supergiant Lightning Palm, and so Sage Monarch Melon Eater's body stabilized and stopped falling.

Sage Monarch Melon Eater silently entered 'learning mode'.

The spinning 'Virtuous Giant Sun' began to counteract the supergiant Lightning Palm.

The virtuous lamia called out, "Shuhang, saber!"

Song Shuhang stretched out his hand and brought out the Tyrant Cuttlefish's Twin Blades. He first used the 'Saber-Nurturing Technique' on both of the blades to liven them up. Then, he cast the saber controlling technique, and sent the blades to the virtuous lamia.

The virtuous lamia received the twin blades, and an exalted imperial saber intent emerged.

Then, the wrists of her hands turned slightly.

"Fwoo~ Fwoo~" Golden flames blazed on the twin blades.

"The Heaven Burning Flaming Saber Technique?!" Song Shuhang's eyes widened.

Fairy ＠#％×, when did you learn this saber technique?

He remembered that some time ago, she couldn't perform this move and was unable to perform the 'Heaven Burning Flaming Saber Technique' even when holding Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword. But now, she was surprisingly able to cast the Heaven Burning Flaming Saber Technique with the blades in her left and right hand so smoothly.

"Ah! You wanna die?!" the virtuous lamia screamed using Sage Monarch Melon Eater's voice. Afterward, she waved her twin blades and slashed towards the sky.

Two golden saber flames rose into the sky, slashing towards the Lightning Palm.

When looking closely, one would be able to discover that Fairy @#%×'s 'Heaven Burning Flaming Saber Technique' was quite different from the original version, especially because the two blades had a lot of power of virtue.

The two slashes gathered into a mighty golden torrent while traveling.

The saber flames hit the heavenly tribulation Lightning Palm, and then suddenly exploded.

The sky turned into a sea of golden flames.

This was a true Heaven Burning saber.

The City-Level Carpeted Bombing Lightning Palm had been slashed apart.

Immediately afterward, the virtuous lamia controlled the spinning 'Virtuous Giant Sun', and slammed it into the Lightning Palm, destroying the palm completely. Even the aftermath of the impact was completely engulfed by the 'Virtuous Giant Sun'.

"It's done." Song Shuhang let out a long breath of relief.

They had passed another wave.

At this moment, he was no longer even thinking about whether or not he would be able to completely transcend the Ninth Stage heavenly tribulation. He could only focus on giving it everything he got to face what was in front of him.

The Lightning Palm had been dealt with.

The tribulation cloud in the sky began to toss and turn again. More tribulation clouds emerged, and began to accumulate power for the next wave of the heavenly tribulation.

At the same time, the spiritual energy in the Heavenly Tribulation Realm became active.

The spiritual energy of the whole world gathered and rushed towards Sage Monarch Melon Eater, who was in the air.

The Ninth Stage heavenly tribulation was very different from the previous heavenly tribulations.

The Ninth Stage heavenly tribulation was not only a test, but also a process of evolution.

After the first tribulation, the Profound Sage would be able to condense a 'Tribulation Transcender's Vitality' in their body.

After the second tribulation, the Profound Sage would be able to birth a 'Tribulation Bone' in their body, which was a pass to defy spatial limitations.

It was with this 'Tribulation Bone' that the Profound Sages who transcended the tribulation and became Tribulation Transcenders were able to use spatial abilities.

In the entire Heavenly Tribulation Realm, the vast amount of spiritual energy merged into Sage Monarch Melon Eater, creating a 'Tribulation Bone' inside it.

The greater the power of the second tribulation, the better the quality of the Tribulation Bone that one got. When it came to rewards, the heavenly tribulation had always been fair.

"Aaah!" Sage Monarch Melon Eater cried out softly.

The process of establishing the Tribulation Bone was a reward... but it was also part of the tribulation!

When the Tribulation Bone was born, it would be accompanied by extreme pain, a pain that even Eighth Stage Profound Sages would find difficult to bear.

The bursts of extreme pain would violently consume the Profound Sage's physical strength.

Sage Monarch Melon Eater gritted its teeth, resisting the deathly pain with its mouth firmly closed. Inside the Tribulation-Transcension Space, there were also Song Shuhang and Fairy ＠＃％×, so how could it possibly simply scream out and embarrass itself?

"Aaaah!!!" While it was thinking this, the virtuous lamia who was behind it suddenly let out a four-toned scream in Song Shuhang's voice.

"..." Sage Monarch Melon Eater. 

For some reason, it suddenly no longer had any desire to 'scream'. There was no need for it to endure it as it lost the desire to do so.

However, is it only my body that's producing a Tribulation Bone? Sage Monarch Melon Eater looked at Song Shuhang and Li Yinzhu, who were below.

Song Shuhang and Li Yinzhu were not affected.

It seems that even if we're transcending the tribulation together, as long as one's strength has not reached the Eighth Stage, there's no way for a Tribulation Bone to be born. Sage Monarch Melon Eater understood in its heart.

As Song Shuhang and Li Yinzhu had yet to reach the required realm, they did not have the qualifications to get a Tribulation Bone.

After all, Song Shuhang was a fake Profound Sage.

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On Sage Monarch Melon Eater's back, the virtuous lamia grabbed the Tyrant Cuttlefish's Twin Blades, squeezing them tightly.

Her 'scream' just now wasn't an act; it was really her screaming out—at this moment, her small virtuous fat whale was still in a fused state with Sage Monarch Melon Eater.

The pain from the birth of the Tribulation Bone was passed on to her through her connection with the small fat whale, which was merged with Sage Monarch Melon Eater.

She had been caught in the crossfire today, and she felt greatly wronged.

As a body of virtue, she couldn't feel pain even if her body were to be completely crushed or destroyed. But today, due to 'sensory sharing', she got a taste of pain once again after so long.

However, she did get rewarded for her suffering, so the pain was not in vain.

A small piece of Tribulation Bone had appeared in her small fat whale.

After the Tribulation Bone condensed... it was time for the final tribulation of the Ninth Stage heavenly tribulation!