The Primordial Grotto Heaven looked a bit comical at this moment.

The ethereal and stunningly beautiful figure of Immortal Venerable Shi Xi stood blankly in an open space.

Piled high in front of her was a massive assortment of Heavenly and Earthly Treasures that Chu Sheng had tossed in.

When Chu Sheng’s consciousness appeared, Immortal Venerable Shi Xi finally snapped back to her senses.

Before she could even ask what all these things were about,

Chu Sheng impatiently blurted out his question about the Celestial Tribulation.

"Senior! I have an extremely urgent question for you!"

"Is there any way to evade a Celestial Tribulation’s lock-on? Or break the spatial lockdown it causes?"

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi was slightly taken aback by the question.

She looked at Chu Sheng with a somewhat strange expression.

’This mosquito, who hasn’t even reached the Emperor Realm, is actually starting to worry about Celestial Tribulations?’

Celestial Tribulations were life-and-death trials faced only by experts at the Peak of the Emperor Realm when breaking through to the Divine Realm.

However, she didn’t dwell on it. She gently flicked her sleeve and spoke in a calm tone.

"Ways to evade a Celestial Tribulation? Of course, there are."

"During the long 990,000 years of the Divine Revelation Era, countless brilliant and talented ancestors of the Human Race racked their brains for ways to achieve godhood."

"They discovered countless methods to deal with Celestial Tribulations, and I have learned a few of them myself."

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi began her dutiful explanation.

"First, you must understand that a Celestial Tribulation is a manifestation of the world’s will. Once it descends, it is fundamentally impossible to avoid."

"As long as you are within Blue Star’s domain, it will inevitably strike."

"However, being unable to avoid it doesn’t mean you can’t hide from it."

"The first and most common method is to forcibly escape the Celestial Tribulation’s area of effect."

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi gestured at the surrounding space.

"When a Celestial Tribulation descends, it does indeed lock down a region of space."

"But this lockdown is not absolutely unbreakable."

"You just need an Emperor Tier Spatial Treasure, supplemented by a small space-breaking Array."

"By detonating the Spatial Treasure’s power in an instant, you can easily tear through the layer of spatial lockdown targeting you."

"Once the lockdown is broken, you can use any spatial technique to escape."

Chu Sheng nodded repeatedly as he listened, but he felt a little disappointed inside.

’It’s a good method.’

’But where am I supposed to find an Emperor Tier Spatial Treasure right now?’

He had originally come to Sakura Country intending to dig up that very Magical Treasure from beneath Mount Fuji.

But because of the great purge plan of the five Ancient Gods, he had ended up here in the national treasury, feasting on a buffet.

’Go get that Magical Treasure now and then come back to the treasury to evolve? There’s definitely not enough time!’

’This first method won’t work for now.’

"Are there any other ways?" Chu Sheng asked urgently.

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi pondered for a moment, her brow furrowing slightly.

She seemed to find what she was about to say somewhat distasteful.

"The second common method..."

"This method is rather unscrupulous and vicious."

"In the Divine Revelation Era, it was generally only used by deranged Evil Gods or Demon Cultivators who had no other choice."

"To put it simply, it’s ’diverting the disaster elsewhere’."

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi’s voice turned serious.

"Using an extremely special Forbidden Technique, at the last moment before the Celestial Tribulation locks on, you can forcibly transfer the target of the tribulation you’ve drawn to someone else!"

The moment Chu Sheng heard this, his eyes went wide.

’Holy shit!’

’There’s a move like that?!’

’Transfer the Celestial Tribulation to someone else? Let them get struck by lightning for you?’

’Unscrupulous? Excellent! I love it!’

"Senior! Tell me more! How do you use this Forbidden Technique? Are the requirements high?" Chu Sheng asked, suppressing his excitement.

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi sighed and continued.

"It’s not too difficult to use, you could even say it’s quite simple."

"The only condition is that when you draw the Celestial Tribulation, there must be other Emperor Realm experts within its area of effect."

"Because only the aura of an Emperor Realm expert is powerful enough to, under the guidance of the Forbidden Technique, deceive the Celestial Tribulation’s Perception and make it mistakenly believe they are the target."

"Oh?" Chu Sheng felt a BUZZ in his mind.

An extremely bold, even insane, idea instantly formed in his mind.

He could feel his heart begin to race.

"Senior..."

"What if there are multiple Emperor Realm experts within the Celestial Tribulation’s range?"

"Can I transfer the Celestial Tribulation’s target to multiple Emperor Realm experts at the same time?"

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi was clearly stunned for a moment.

It seemed she had never even considered that possibility.

She carefully recalled the records of that Forbidden Technique, then nodded hesitantly.

"Theoretically... it’s possible."

"But!"

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi’s tone suddenly grew heavy, and she stared at Chu Sheng with an extremely stern gaze.

"You must understand the consequences!"

"The power of a Celestial Tribulation grows stronger to match the strength it faces."

"If you transfer the target to two Emperor Realm experts, the Celestial Tribulation’s power will double! Three, and it will triple!"

"And so on!"

There was a hint of warning in Immortal Venerable Shi Xi’s voice.

"If you transfer it to multiple Emperor Realm experts at once, the power of the descending Celestial Tribulation will reach a level you can’t possibly imagine!"

"That is power capable of destroying heaven and earth!"

"Under normal circumstances, no one would ever do such a thing."

"Because if the Celestial Tribulation’s power becomes too great, the area it strikes will be completely obliterated!"

"The region’s spiritual veins will be severed, and its Laws will be erased."

"For the next ten thousand years, it will become a complete and utter wasteland for cultivation! Not a single blade of grass will grow!"

"This kind of action is simply too unscrupulous and goes against the harmony of heaven. Unless one harbors a blood feud of genocidal hatred, absolutely no one would do something so detrimental to others and unbeneficial to oneself."

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi looked at Chu Sheng, assuming he would be deterred by these severe consequences.

However,

after Chu Sheng finished listening to this,

he fell into a strange silence.

’A wasteland for cultivation?’

’Not a single blade of grass will grow?’

’Goes against the harmony of heaven?’

Chu Sheng silently repeated these phrases in his mind.

Then,

a slow, savage grin spread across his lips.

’Unscrupulous?’

’I’m a mosquito who "stocks up" in various treasure vaults just to survive, and you’re talking to me about morality?’

’Besides!’

’That son of a bitch, Qin Yuan, that old coot, just up and left.’

’These five Ancient God avatars of Sakura are gathering the entire country’s resources here now.’

’You don’t need a brain to figure out that these bastards are definitely planning to cause trouble for Great Xia once they’ve recovered their strength!’

’If I really trace this back to the source...’

’...it’s because I killed someone from the Qin Family in the Capital City, which forced Qin Yuan to abandon his post.’

’Rounding it off, you could say this whole mess is my fault.’

’That old department head from Great Xia protected me and saved my life under immense pressure.’

Chu Sheng had always kept this debt of gratitude in his heart.

’By all rights...’

’...if I have the ability to eliminate these five Ancient God avatars, it would be the perfect way to repay that kindness!’

’It solves Great Xia’s crisis and repays the old department head for saving my life.’

’And most importantly!’

’This way, I can evolve here in this national treasury without any worries!’

’I’ll just start my evolution right here, use those Spiritual Artifacts and Magical Artifacts to speed it up, finish it in an instant! And then draw the Celestial Tribulation!’

’And sitting right inside the Celestial Tribulation’s area of effect will be the avatars of those five Sakura Ancient Gods!’

’This is all like a script written by fate itself!’

’Everything’s falling into place!’

’It’s a seamless plan!’