Yusuf Zuck had long known that as the Purple Blood Beads continuously unlocked, his body had become as hard as Magic Treasures, even harder than medium-grade Immortal Treasures.
He sat motionless like a mountain in the middle of the island, enduring the robust thunderstrike as if bathing in a lightning storm. Despite the thunder striking him from head to toe electrifying his entire body, his Spirit Tablet was clear, and his soul was sublimated. His robust physique had a flavor of iron bones and copper skin. The thunder would only temper him, not harm him.
After enduring precisely five hundred sixty-seven thunderstrikes, not only was he unharmed, but he also felt a trend towards the Golden Body Mahayana, his entire being radiating a golden brilliance.
However, the thunder paused for less than two breaths before the Eight, Nine Heavens Tribulation arrived, which was the Mid-term crossing number, called the Eight, Nine Heavens Tribulation, totaling seventy-two strikes.
But he had to multiply it by nine because he possessed nine Nascent Souls.
Just like the Seven, Nine Heavens Tribulation, Yusuf Zuck remained motionless like a mountain, even entering a state of self-forgetfulness because, during his tribulation, he also used the thunder to temper his body and cleanse his soul.
Still, without any surprises, after the Eight, Nine Heavens Tribulation, came the Nine Nine Heavens Tribulation, the final ordeal for a cultivator. Once this tribulation was crossed, the true Immortal Tribulation would arrive, and crossing that would elevate him to an Immortal of the Upper Realm—a completely different concept from becoming an Earthly Immortal.
Strangely enough, at the end of the Seven, Nine, Eight, Nine, and Nine Nine Heavens Tribulation, just as the Immortal Tribulation was brewing to descend, perhaps due to his body conducting too much electricity or perhaps because the Blood Beads resonated with the tribulation, mysteriously, the twenty-fifth Blood Bead in his mind began to unlock.
The unlocking of the twenty-five Blood Beads marked the complete finish of the first phase, beginning the entry into the second phase.
And at the moment those twenty-five Blood Beads began to integrate with the soul bead, his entire body unexpectedly began to levitate, and around him formed a circular shape, resembling the Yin-Yang Tai Chi symbol, with the central point being his body.
Moreover, his body spontaneously twisted into the character for Yusuf Zuck, ’Yusuf’.
In ancient metaphysics, ’Yusuf’ represents the sun and the moon, the upper part represents the sun and the lower part the moon, combining to form the character ’Yusuf’, which also represents the Dao, the Dao of Yin and Yang.
And in the legendary "The Book of Changes," it is said that ’Yusuf’ includes the Tai Chi, which gives rise to Two Instruments, Two Instruments give rise to Four Images, Four Images give birth to Eight Trigrams. The Tai Chi refers to the state before heaven and earth were separate when the primordial Qi was unified, which is also called the Great Beginnings, the Great One.
The name Yusuf Zuck was merely given by his foster father, Felix Zuck, implying it was easier to raise him. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel~fire~net
Yet in this profound moment, it seemed there was a resonance between heaven and man, and Yusuf Zuck transformed into ’Yusuf’, into the sun-moon Yin-Yang. It was miraculous, these twenty-five Blood Beads seemed to be indicating something.
With a "hum" sound, as soon as the sun-moon ’Yusuf’ and the Yin-Yang Tai Chi symbol formed, they instantly dispersed, Yusuf Zuck’s twisted body also quickly returned to position, and then he fell to the ground.
However, the instant he fell to the ground, a series of texts swiftly flashed through Yusuf Zuck’s mind, and the opening of that text was "The True Meaning of Wuji".
Tai Chi emerges from Wuji, the mechanism of motion and stillness, the mother of Yin and Yang, when it moves, it divides, when it’s still, it combines... flowing freely for nearly a thousand charact********************************************************************************
As Yusuf Zuck carefully read, the Immortal Tribulation had already struck down. However, he was so engrossed in "The Supreme Unbounded Scripture" that he didn’t feel the thunderbolt hitting him.
"The beginning of Taiji is Wuji, and Wuji is Taiyi, Taiyi is nonexistence..." The Supreme Unbounded Scripture is immensely profound and lacks annotations or explanations, consisting only of a thousand characters in vernacular text.
"All things in the world, including power, are born from Wuji. Does this mean, after I have practiced this Supreme Unbounded Scripture, I can manipulate all the forces in the world?"
"The Taiji balances hardness and softness, the sun and the moon generate each other, movement and stillness at will..." Yusuf Zuck fell into deep thought...
"Boom~" Unbeknownst to him, the ninth wave of the Immortal Tribulation, also known as the Mortal Dust Tribulation, descended while he was pondering.
Of course, although he was unaware, the Mortal Dust Tribulation sent by Heavenly Dao silently penetrated into the world of his meditative Supreme Unbounded Scripture, causing a chemical reaction. When his soul quivered, he suddenly saw various images flashing before his eyes.
"What’s going on?" Yusuf Zuck was startled mid-thought.
Images appeared, and he saw a lump of flesh, which upon a pulled back view, was just a tiny cell. Then the flesh morphed, broke apart... Then, he saw a foggy swamp, witnessed mountains collapse and tsunamis, saw skies filled with suns, and an endless starry expanse...
For a moment, Yusuf Zuck was dumbfounded. As the scenes flashed before him, he, after the initial shock, suddenly felt enlightened about something, and he sank deeper into thought.
However, what he did not realize at the time was that his body was sitting motionless on a small island, and the clouds of tribulation in the sky seemed as if they had paused. Normally, the Mortal Dust Tribulation is instantaneous, striking in a flash and allowing the one facing the tribulation to see infinity, thereby surviving or perishing.
But now, a chemical change between the tribulation count and the Supreme Unbounded Scripture had occurred, so it seemed as if the tribulation in the sky had also become confused, neither dispersing nor not dispersing.
Commonly, the Mortal Dust Tribulation wouldn’t cause him to see any visions, it would just bring him illusions or show him his former self before reincarnation.
Yet, there are many marvels in the world. Deeply immersed in the Supreme Unbounded Scripture, it just so happened that the Mortal Dust Tribulation added to the excitement, resulting in a combination that allowed him to see certain scenes and objects he shouldn’t have seen!
Fortunately, it lasted only about three breaths. Yusuf Zuck opened his eyes, but there was now a hint of depth and comprehension in his eyes.
And as he opened his eyes, it also signified that he had crossed the Mortal Dust Tribulation. Thus, when the tribulation clouds trembled, a golden light radiated, and his body was drawn by a surge of Immortal Spiritual Power, slowly flying towards the black hole that formed in the sky!
"Supreme Unbounded Scripture, haha, Supreme Unbounded Scripture, what a Divine Ability!" When Yusuf Zuck gently swept his hands, a force, both gentle and soft, suddenly arose, enveloping the entire ocean!
His body continued upward, then in an instant, was pulled into the black hole!
And just as his body was sucked into the black hole, the ocean previously enveloped by the gentle force suddenly shook, and then all the sea water of the entire ocean rose into the air!
Yes, all the sea water of the entire ocean, not a single drop left behind, all left the ocean, rising into the high sky, even the fish in the water rose along with the sea water as if gravity no longer existed, exposing the muddy and cratered seabed.
"Swoosh~" When the black hole disappeared, the skyrocketed sea water also ’crashed’ down, and the violent vibrations caused the entire ocean to roar, waves reaching the skies!