Is that a Wisp?
chapter-168

Krune had been preparing ever since he received the Awareness Moving Pill from his Master, and today, he finally finished reinforcing his cultivation. He then sent a message to his Master as the later asked and told that he was ready for that.

"Good, the Sect has a special planet where all the members who want to pass through the Heavenly Tribulation can go. Don't worry, we have an extreme distance teleport formation that is always connected to there."

Krune then thought about something and told his Master.

"Master, won't it be a problem since I can attract Heavenly Tribulations that are nearby?"

Krune, of course, had already told his Master about this issue. Even if he didn't, with the Divine Path Sect resources, Lucio would definitely find it out sooner or later.

"Don't worry, I reserved the entire place just for you."

Krune was taken aback! An entire planet just for him to go his Heavenly Tribulation? Isn't it a little too forcefull? But Lucio didn't care at all!

"Our Sect has a lot of Foundation Establishment and Core Formation Realm cultivators and demon beasts, so that planet basically has someone going through the Heavenly Tribulation all year round. Because of that, we can't do it today since the ones going through it at the moment can't stop it middle way. Come to my home tomorrow, I will make sure that it is free and I will accompany you."

Krune decided to do as his Master said in the end. Even if the planet would be reserved only for him, it's not like it will bother a lot of people or demon beasts anyway. It is only for a single day, after all.

The next day, Krune and Lucio departed from the Divine Path Sect through that Teleport Formation.

The planet that Krune would be going through the Tribulation wasn't that big but still more than enough. Even though the Sect had members going through the ordeal all year round, it wouldn't be more than 10 or 20 per day. Considering that this is still an entire planet, there is more than enough space for everyone to use.

One must remember that although the Sect not only has the official disciples, it also has many more subordinates and menial disciples too. Not to mention that they are also allowed to use this planet.

The reason the Sect separated a planet specifically for it was that it was easier to protect while avoiding any damage from happening. This is, after all, an empty planet. Other than the members of the Divine Path Sect, there was basically no other life form around.

"Paying respects to the Sect Master."

As soon as Krune and Lucio appeared, the disciples responsible for taking care of the planet immediately came to compliment him. They already received the message that Lucio asked the planet to be free for his disciple during this day. They then looked at Krune from top to bottom. Just like Krune, they also thought that it was too much to reserve the entire planet just for a Core Formation Realm Ordeal.

Krune noticed everyone looking at him and sighed helplessly. He could obviously understand what they were thinking too. So he said.

"I know very well that it is too much to have this entire planet just for me, but I'm not at fault here. It was the idea of this old geezer beside me, and I have nothing to do with it."

Everyone felt like their Souls were about to leave their body when Krune said 'old geezer,' but surprisingly, the Sect Master took it quite well.

Pow!

"Stop speaking nonsense. This is my Sect, and everything goes as I want. If anyone complains, I will give them a beating, that's all."

Krune gave a side glance to his Master and said.

"Old geezer, you are being too tyrannical!"

"Hmph!"

Lucio didn't give a damn! First of all, he rarely asked for anything even as the Sect Master, so there is no problem in doing it a little more for his disciple now. As for if Krune understands him or not, he doesn't care.

Lucio then asked one of the disciples.

"Is the Tribulation Ground ready?"

The disciple immediately nodded.

"Yes! As requested, we separated the ground with a peak Silver Stars Spirit Gathering Formation."

Lucio nodded and immediately took Krune there. Usually, the disciples would use the teleport formations close to the entrance to teleport to the place where they would take the ordeals. But Lucio felt that it was too troublesome and immediately teleported with Krune over. As long as the distance wasn't too big, he could basically appear anywhere with his cultivation and understanding of Space Laws.

The disciple of the Sect knew where it was going to happen, and quite a few who were free used the teleport formation to go there take a look.

After appearing there, Krune noticed the high concentration of Spiritual Energy and asked Lucio.

"Master, isn't it a problem to have external help when passing the Tribulation? Is it really okay to rely on the Spirit Gathering Formation?"

Lucio then said.

"There is no problem. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to use Spirit Stones either, right? The only thing you have to care about is not to have any external help trying to impede the Tribulation Lightning from hitting you."

Lucio then added.

"Don't worry, with all the preparations that we have done, you should have no problem during it."

Krune nodded and entered the Spirit Gathering Formation. Just like the one he tested before, this one was basically the same as using Rank Five Spiritual Stones without stop.

Krune ate the Awareness Moving Pill and then reverted back to his wisp form. For him, it was easier to resist the pain if he didn't have a body.

"Light Spirit, are you ready?"

Light Spirit understood what he meant and said.

"Go ahead, your Tribulation should be enough to finish cleaning the Tribulation Lightning power inside your Elemental Core in just one go. You can leave the control of it over to me, just focus on your breakthrough."

Krune nodded and then immediately started his breakthrough process.

"First, use all my Elemental Source Energy to compact my soul to at least one-fifth of its size."

Usually, the Core would absorb around 10% of the Soul in one go, so Krune had to compact it to that size so that the absorption time would take more or less 50% now.

"Argh."

Of course, compacting one's Soul isn't something pleasurable. Lucio looked at that and said.

"This is just the start, bear with it. It is nothing compared to the pain of having half of your Soul being taken away. It also won't be an immediate process, it will instead feel like your Soul is being grinded."

Krune knew that already. In fact, it is not like he is feeling pain, it's more like a weird type of discomfort.

It only took him around a minute to compact his Soul. After that, he noticed that the Pill had already taken effect and that he could move his Conscience around his own Soul. It was a very magical feeling. Until today, Krune had always felt like the Soul and the Conscience were the same, so he was curious to see how the Awareness Moving Pill would really work.

But it turned out that he now can feel his Soul and his Conscience as two different entities. Although they are intrinsically connected, they are still two different things. The Soul acted more like a house, and the Conscience was the family living inside it. With the Awareness Moving Pill, it was like all the family decided to gather in one of the rooms of the house while the rest stayed empty.

"Well, now is the time."

Krune them approached his Soul to the Elemental Core, and sure enough, the Core understood Krune's intention and immediately started to absorb Krune's Soul at a fast pace.

"Ahhhh!"

Krune had to admit.

"This thing is painful as hell!"

Still, he could hold that much. Krune had already grown used to pain anyway.

Light Spirt was looking at that and couldn't help but comment.

"Weird, the Soul power was supposed to gather mainly in the center of the Core with just a few threads connecting it to the rest of the Elemental Core. But for some reason, the absorbed Soul is taking the format of an egg. Not to mention that this is a very colorful one. A Rainbow Egg, Perhaps?"

Krune heard that and felt like crying, but he didn't have time to answer. He was already doing his best to resist the pain of the Soul being absorbed. Still, he couldn't help but feel a little worried due to it.

Light Spirit then said.

"Well, it has been ages since I was locked. Maybe things changed during this time for the Major Core Owners."

Whether it was true or not, Krune couldn't stop the process anymore, so he just resisted the pain and waited for it to be over.

The process continued for around ten minutes when finally, his Elemental Core stopped the absorption process. Just as his Master said, half of his Soul was now gone. Krune didn't waste time, he reverted back to his human form (naked) and swallowed the Soul Healing Pill that his Master gave him back then.

Immediately, the part that had been injured started to grow. In just a few seconds, the pain was gone, and the entire Soul was whole again. Krune let out a sigh of relief and prepared to receive the Heavenly Tribulation. He took his Hexagonal Shields out since they were his weapons. Weapons are considered part of one's strength, so the Heavens don't judge it as external help. One has to control their weapons, after all.

But it was then that he heard his Master's voice.

"How is that possible?"

Krune looked at him, and he could see that his Master's expression looked quite ugly. Not only him, but the disciples around who came to take a look at the Sect Master's disciple tribulation were also taken aback.

Krune then looked at the direction that they were looking at, and his mouth immediately twitched.

Krune had seen the Core Formation Realm Heavenly Tribulation before when Shinja and Yusa went through it. Shinja's Tribulation Clouds were something around 22km while Yusa was 20km or so. So he had an idea of how big it was supposed to be. Considering all his specialties, he reckons that his Tribulation would probably reach something around 30km or so. Even his Master agreed that it would probably be the case. But when he looked to the sky, he couldn't help but feel like he had been mistaken by someone else.

"There is no way that this Heavenly Tribulation is mine, right?"

Above him, the tribulation clouds spread over... 300km!

Krune couldn't help but ask his Master.

"Should I leave behind my last wish?"