The process went very smoothly, and the person guarding the resource building did not question Lu Li in any way.
After getting the time source in exchange, Lu Li left directly and came to the square outside. Lu Li glanced at a broad road to the north and then hurried back to his territory.
In the following days, Lu Li did not do anything else. He hid in his attic and practiced in seclusion.
Five hundred years had passed since this retreat, and it was not until the Avenue of Time was successfully broken through to the later stage that Lu Li walked out of the attic with satisfaction.
Xiao Hanlin came once during this period, but after learning that Lu Li was practicing in seclusion, he didn't bother him again.
The Holy Son of the Blood Demon Palace named Xue Cang also came to Lu Li, saying that he wanted to discuss with Lu Li again, but unfortunately Lu Li was focused on cultivation and had no such intention at all, so he could only let him go away disappointed.
After Lu Li came out of seclusion, he relaxed for a few days before leaving his territory and going to a peak east of Ten Thousand Demons Mountain to find Jin Rong.
Jin Rong was also practicing at this time, but after hearing Lu Li's voice, he opened the formation and let him in.
"Do you, fellow Taoist Lu, have anything to do with me?" Jin Rong asked with some surprise as he greeted Lu Li to the front of the house.
"Well, that's the case. Actually, I wanted to find Senior Yunqing, but I didn't know where she lived, so I came to ask fellow Daoist Jin you." Lu Li said with a smile.
"So that's it. I happen to know. Let me take you there." Upon hearing that Lu Li wanted to find Satsuma Yunqing, Jin Rong was also very enthusiastic and expressed his willingness to take Lu Li there in person.
"Then I'm really grateful to you, Fellow Daoist Jin." Lu Li naturally wished for it.
"It's okay. It won't take much time to get here. Besides, I've been bored in seclusion for many years, so I just came out to take a breath."
Jin Rong put a slight smile on his face, exchanged a few polite words and led Lu Li towards the north of the Ancestral Demon Palace.
After most of a day, the two passed through lonely and dangerous peaks, and finally stopped outside a huge and beautiful mountain.
But at this time, there was a faint golden light flickering on the mountain, and it seemed that the formation was activated.
Seeing this situation, Jin Rong frowned:
"I don't know if the Great Elder is in retreat, so I can only try to pass it on."
After saying that, she took out her elder's order, activated it and reported it.
What made Lu Li happy was that Jin Rong's token was quickly responded to.
Immediately afterwards, the great formation in the mountains rumbled and subsided.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, I will send you here. You can go in by yourself." Jin Rong smiled.
"Aren't you going in?"
"I won't go in. I have nothing to do with the elder, so I won't disturb her."
"Okay, then I would like to thank you, Fellow Daoist Jin, for taking me on a special trip." Lu Li clasped his fists and expressed his gratitude again.
"You're welcome, farewell!" Jin Rong clasped his fists in return, then turned into a green light and flew away through the air.
After Jin Rong left, Lu Li sensed it secretly, then flew out of the sky and flew deep into the mountain.
After a while, he came to a clear stream and circled for a while, then slowly landed outside a thatched cottage in the west.
The thatched cottage was built near a stream. There was a low table and two futons inside.
There was a small stove on the short table, and hot tea was burning on the stove. An old woman in a floral robe was sitting next to the short table.
Seeing the old woman Lu Li, she stretched out her hand and said, "My little friend, please come in and sit down."
Lu Li clasped his fists in thanks, then walked to the opposite side of the old woman and sat cross-legged on the futon.
"My little friend came here to see me, what's the matter?" Satsuma Yunqing poured Lu Li a cup of tea and asked casually.
"Actually, the junior wants to ask the senior for advice about the disaster after the demon king's realm." Lu Li clasped his fists slightly, with a look of curiosity on his face.
Of course, this was not his original intention. He came here for another purpose, but it was a bit abrupt to say it now, so he came up with such a topic.
"Disaster?" Satsuma Yunqing glanced at Lu Li in surprise.
Then he said: "It's still too early for you, but since you asked, I will tell you."
"After completely breaking through the shackles of the demon king's peak bottle, we cannot directly enter the demon emperor's realm, but will regenerate nine shackles."
"These nine shackles are the so-called Nine Tribulations of the Pseudo-Emperor."
"Every time you break through the shackles, it will lead to a disaster, which is a Tao disaster."
"There is no fixed number of types of Taoist tribulations, and what kind of catastrophes each person will encounter is different, so I can't give you corresponding guidance."
"But what I want to tell you is that no matter what kind of tribulation it is, its power is quite terrifying. If you don't do it right, you will be undone."
"So before you are absolutely sure, you'd better not break the shackles of the avenue..."
"The thing that increases the success rate of overcoming the tribulation is the power of faith. It can greatly reduce the power of the tribulation. If the faith is strong enough, it can even completely eliminate the tribulation, allowing people to overcome the tribulation effortlessly. This is You must already know something about it, right?"
Lu Li nodded when he heard this: "This junior has indeed heard some things about faith."
"But I don't know, are the nine shackles difficult to break?"
"Is it the same as the shackles of the Demon King's Realm? It requires a lot of understanding."
Satsuma Yunqing said: "The shackles of Dao Jie are difficult to say, easy to say.
Its existence is not to deepen people's understanding of the Dao, but to restrain Dao tribulation. "
"Bind Dao Tribulation?"
Lu Li was stunned when he heard this. He had always thought that it was some kind of bottleneck in the avenue, just like cultivation.
"Yes! Binding the Dao Tribulation is equivalent to a seal. If you tear open this seal, you will immediately face the Dao Tribulation."
"Then I dare to ask senior, how to tear this seal apart? Is it also the way to comprehend the great road." Lu Li said a little confused.
"It's not about comprehending the Great Dao. As I said before, it's not the bottleneck of the Great Dao. If you want to break it, you only need to use the laws of the Great Dao that you have understood to continuously wash away it. Over time, the shackles will naturally be broken.
In addition, the stronger the law you understand, the easier it will be to break the seal of the avenue...! "
Under Satsuma Yunqing's tireless explanation, Lu Li finally understood the pseudo-emperor's calamity.
In general, the shackles of the false emperor's Dao Tribulation are not the bottleneck of the Dao, and there is no need to understand the Dao to break through.
Instead, he used the power of the law he had previously controlled to attack it until it was broken.
Moreover, the stronger you understand the law, the faster you can break through.
This will be a great boon to people like Lu Li who have mastered the laws of their ancestors. Breakthroughs will definitely be much faster than ordinary people.
However, before breaking through, one must be prepared, because once the shackles and seals are broken, a Taoist calamity will immediately occur.
If it doesn't work well, it will end in death.
"Senior, junior still has a question..." Lu Li suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but speak.
"After successfully attaining the Dao and becoming an emperor, if I continue to attain the Second Dao, will I still experience Dao tribulations?"
What Lu Li meant was that if a person has mastered several avenues, does each of them have to go through a tribulation to achieve enlightenment?
Or should we say that only the first avenue needs to be overcome.
"No. The Pseudo-Emperor Dao Tribulation is for people, not for the Dao that has been understood. It is just like the period of transcending the Tribulation. As long as you survive the calamity, you will have entered a new realm." Satsuma Yunqing shook his head and answered road.
"I see, this junior understands!" After hearing this, Lu Li couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
In this way, even if he masters the seven avenues, he only needs to survive one tribulation.
