However, the opportunity had not yet arrived, and Song Shuhang did not have the urge to add this final stroke in his heart.

The finishing touch could be delayed for now.

Right now, I'm in the middle of the 'Thousand Days Tribulation'. As such, I shouldn't make things even messier and should focus on what's at hand first.

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Thousand Days Tribulation, the third day.

Song Shuhang found that his smoky body might not be able to hold on for much longer. It appeared that he wouldn't be able to maintain it for as long as he'd originally thought.

This was because the spiritual energy in the Heavenly Tribulation Realm had become thinner than before.

Back when they originally got into the Heavenly Tribulation Realm, it felt as if they were right inside a 'spirit vein'. But now, it seemed as if the spiritual energy around them had dried up.

With this, Song Shuhang could only rely on medicinal pills.

Fortunately, he had a lot of pills on him... and most of them were at the Fifth Stage.

These came from contributions he got from capturing 'Celestials'. In addition, there were also those that he got from the seniors of the Nine Provinces Number One Group, but the level of those was relatively low, and they were slower in restoring spiritual energy.

On this day, Song Shuhang suddenly experienced enlightenment related to the mechanical core reactor's Golden Core Composition.

The mechanical core reactor's Golden Core Composition 'Star of Creation and Destruction' was a four-grid comic.

What it was missing was a finishing touch, which was related to the final boss.

But even though Song Shuhang's mind suddenly got a flash of enlightenment, it had flashed by too fast, and he didn't have time to capture it. He kept on getting the feeling that this enlightenment was being disrupted, and the signal wasn't very good.

It seemed to be insight coming from the 'steel manifestation'...

Having no idea what the Heavenly Emperor had done to the steel manifestation, Song Shuhang felt rather worried.

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Thousand Days Tribulation, the fourth day.

The eight golden cores in Song Shuhang's body were nearly dried up.

Munching on the medicinal pills was now barely enough to let him maintain his rate of consumption.

Fortunately, the All-Destroying Giant was being provided energy by the spare heart of the 'big-eyed planet'... Song Shuhang merely needed to provide a strand of mental energy to keep the All-Destroying Giant functioning.

Still, Song Shuhang felt his consciousness become a little dazed due to his energy having been squeezed out so much.

While in a trance, his mind was filled with wave after wave of 'inspiration'.

The focus was the spiritual stone that adorned the right eye of the 'All-Destroying Giant' in the first Golden Core Composition.

The All-Destroying Giant had been fighting against the Thousand Days Tribulation for four days, and the insights Song Shuhang received would increase every day. These insights would turn into inspiration and constantly accumulate.

[The giant's right eye should reflect the appearance of its enemy.]

[The enemy is but a conceptual existence. This 'enemy' could be the heavenly tribulation, or a big shot, or the Young Master Hai's trio, or a Celestial, or even a sea urchin warrior.]

[The finishing touch is just one stroke, a single touch in the giant's right eye. This single touch represents the concept of 'enemy'.]

Countless information flooded into Song Shuhang's mind.

Relying on these insights, Song Shuhang survived another day.

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Thousand Days Tribulation, the fifth day.

From the steel manifestation, the same intermittent feedback would be sent to him with numerous flashes of insights.

Similarly, the finishing touch for the mechanical core reactor's Golden Core Composition was related to the enemy that was being assaulted by the Star of Destruction's concentrated fire.

Coincidentally, the information on this final stroke was very similar to that of the 'giant's right eye'.

Both were related to an 'enemy', or rather the concept of an enemy.

The style of the two might be different, but the finishing touches were very similar.

The insights of two different Golden Core Comprehensions had complemented each other.

Maybe at that time, I can use a single stroke to complete the two Golden Core Compositions, Song Shuhang said in his mind. 

In this way, he stubbornly survived another day.

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Thousand Days Tribulation, the sixth day.

"Not good." Song Shuhang stuffed several medicinal pills into his mouth.

However, the effect of the spiritual energy recovery pills was getting weaker and weaker. This was because he had taken too many pills of the same type over a short period of time.

The spiritual energy of the tribulation world had dried up, and Song Shuhang couldn't obtain spiritual energy from the outside world.

He was almost at his limit.

Doudou and Senior Creation were right. Transcending a group tribulation wasn't something to be enjoyed again and again, as doing so would quickly send one to their grave.

At this time, is there someone who can transfer me several hundred years' worth of strength so that I can relax? Song Shuhang's thoughts were in a mess.

[Beep~ Would you like to request energy support from your ally 'Lady Kunna'?] A prompt suddenly appeared in his mind.

It was from the QR code on the Virtuous Network Golden Core. After receiving Song Shuhang's instructions, it had first prompted Song Shuhang before sending a message.

Song Shuhang said, "Request energy support? Will she be involved in the heavenly tribulation?"

If doing this would result in Lady Kunna getting involved, it was a big no.

[Beep~ Only energy support. Yes/No.]

"This is possible? Of course I'll choose 'Yes'." Song Shuhang's eyes lit up.

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Black Dragon World, in the Dadamar Forest.

The Dragon Blood Tribe.

Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword was quietly floating midair, seeming to be in the middle of sensing something.

Beside it, Senior White's clone lazily placed his cheek in one hand. This clone of Senior White, in terms of temperament, was similar to that of Soft Feather's Senior Brother Liu Jianyi as both belonged to the category of those too lazy to even breathe.

Senior White's clone asked, "Fellow Daoist Scarlet Heaven Sword, have you found anything?"

Scarlet Heaven Sword landed on the ground, and with its tip nailed into the soil, it said, "I can still vaguely sense the connection between myself and Fairy @#%×. With this being the case, Song Shuhang should be fine."

As for why it had a connection with the virtuous lamia that allowed them to sense each other remotely, that was a very long story—do recall, Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword could now speak in the virtuous lamia's place, and the two could even connect their minds.

Naturally, there were some means of contact between the two parties.

Senior White's clone said, "But this time's heavenly tribulation is taking a lot longer than usual."

It'd been six days, and even the 'Eighth Stage Profound Sage Tribulation' should have ended after this length of time.

Unless...

Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword solemnly said, "Unless Song Shuhang is transcending that tribulation… the Thousand Days Tribulation!"

Senior White's clone paused slightly. "That... shouldn't be possible, right?"

Beside Senior White's clone, Lady Kunna was holding a wine glass, taking small sips from time to time.

She would look at Senior White's clone every now and then, and then compare him to the dango's mortal enemy in her mind.

She felt that the two were very similar, but that there were some minor differences between the two.

Scarlet Heaven Sword asked, "Should we keep waiting?"

Senior White's clone replied, ​​"There's nothing that I can do. I can't break into the Tribulation-Transcension Space. That is, unless... I also transcend the Ninth Stage heavenly tribulation, and then smash through the 'Tribulation-Transcension Spaces' one by one. By doing that, there is a chance that, like last time, I'll directly break into Song Shuhang's Tribulation-Transcension Space. However, the chance of that happening is extremely low."

"!!!" Scarlet Heaven Sword. 

If it remembered correctly, this guy was the 'sixth Sage in a thousand years'.

Which meant that he was someone who had just recently ascended to the Eighth Stage, right?

Scarlet Heaven Sword asked, "Fellow Daoist, you can already charge into the Ninth Stage?"

"Not yet, I'm still quite far from that." Senior White's clone shook his head, and said, "There are still a lot of things I need to do."

"Eh?" At this moment, Lady Kunna suddenly raised her head.

Scarlet Heaven Sword curiously said, "What's the matter?"

Lady Kunna rubbed her eyes, and read, "Your ally Song Shuhang has sent you a request, hoping you can provide him with energy. Answer Yes or No."

"Is something like this even possible?" Scarlet Heaven Sword was shocked. In the Heavenly Tribulation Realm, Song Shuhang could actually still ask his allies to supply him with energy? Was this 'friend function' that heaven-defying?

"However, I can't provide Mr. Shuhang with my energy," Lady Kunna calmly said. "My energy is 'magical power flow'. Even if it does get transferred, it cannot be transformed into the 'spiritual energy' that Mr. Shuhang uses. Moreover, if it were pure magical power flow, Mr. Shuhang should have a lot on him as well."

Senior White's clone stood up, and said, "For now, just click 'Yes' and see what happens. If needed, I can transfer my spiritual energy to you, and we can check if it's possible to send it over to Shuhang."

Lady Kunna nodded, and then she reached out and chose the 'Yes' option.

In the next moment, her figure disappeared with a whoosh.

Scarlet Heaven Sword said, "Spatial transfer? She couldn't have been transferred to the Heavenly Tribulation Realm, right?"

"No, she didn't enter a Tribulation-Transcension Space." Senior White's clone's eyes narrowed.

It appears that this Lady Kunna isn't as simple as she looks.

I thought that she was merely a drunk woman whom my previous self snatched from the road at random while with Song Shuhang, but now it seems that... At that time, this Lady Kunna was the one to take the initiative to approach our group.

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After Lady Kunna's body disappeared, she appeared at the location of a node in the 'Dragon Network'.

The place where she appeared was the very first node of the 'Dragon Network; it was its most important node.

At this time, her pupils had turned into golden vertical pupils.

Lady Kunna stepped into the center of the node.

She stretched out her hand, and pressed it against the air.

As she did so, a Dragon Network account was projected.

The ID of this account was a string of characters in the script of the Black Dragon World.

Lady Kunna reached out and touched the rune, and changed it to the words [Fat Ball].

Then, she nodded in satisfaction, stretching out her hand to tap on the Dragon Network account.

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Inside the Heavenly Tribulation Realm.

Song Shuhang felt that he really wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.

The energy support request he had sent to 'Lady Kunna' had not received a response for a long time.

"Wait, I can't believe that I forgot that Lady Kunna is a resident of the Black Dragon World. She doesn't use spiritual energy at all; she uses magical power flow. She can't provide me with any energy support!" Song Shuhang sighed.

There was nothing that could be done. It seemed that he had to take № Hamster out of his stomach first.

Just as he was thinking this, a message appeared.

[Your ally Lady Kunna has gone offline.]

"..." Song Shuhang. 

After a while.

[Your ally 'Fat Ball' is online.]

"!!!" Song Shuhang. 

What in the world was going on?

The fat ball?

[Your ally Fat Ball has agreed to your energy support request, and will be transferring you a portion of pure energy.]

Immediately afterward, Song Shuhang felt that a vast quantity of energy began pouring endlessly into his two Lustrous Golden Cores.

[Your ally Fat Ball has sent you a message: Please use the secret clone technique to put an end to the current situation.]