Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

What a pity.

Of course, the best would have been the million Thunder Punishments in Evil State, during that grand feast, if he had rushed in, the might of the Heavenly Tribulation could probably have been fully absorbed, but... the premise is whether he could survive it or not.

Although he had the entry that could reduce the power of the Heavenly Tribulation, and he was protected by a body of merit, but... whether he could withstand those million Thunder Punishments, he was honestly not certain.

However...

Chen Qiu, sensing the "Merit Defense Order" and the "Merit Attack Order" of the Heavenly Dao Ring, pondered if he released half of his merit points using the Merit Attack Order, forming an even more terrifying Thunder Punishment.

Then activated the Merit Defense Order and rushed in.

A spear and a shield.

Under such circumstances, could he absorb the Thunder Punishment for his Body Refining?

Perhaps it was somewhat unfeasible.

Chen Qiu shook his head and did not dwell on it, there would be plenty of chances to overcome the Heavenly Tribulation in the future, the nearest being the nine desolate Heavenly Tribulations during his Void Refining breakthrough, which according to Ao Tian's description, the power was not inferior to his "Annihilation Thunder Tribulation."

However...

He remembered that when Ao Tian spoke of it, there was a hint of worry for him.

For ordinary people, breaking through from the Peak of Divinity Transformation to Void Refining would be about surviving these nine desolate Heavenly Tribulations, which the world calls Yama's Death Tokens.

Because each Thunder Tribulation was a death token thrown by Yama, and only after getting through these nine Heavenly Tribulations could one be considered to have broken through to Void Refining.

This is refining the divine and returning to the void.

That's how it is for normal people.

But—

The problem is, Chen Qiu was clearly abnormal.

Therefore, Ao Tian had a strong concern about the Heavenly Tribulations Chen Qiu would face during his Void Refining breakthrough and felt that there was an 80% chance there would not just be nine desolate Heavenly Tribulations but possibly eighteen.

Each more formidable than the last.

Eighteen, which is not merely twice as strong as nine.

It must be two to three times stronger.

Yet he was optimistic about this, as long as he conserved his merit points and didn't use them all up, he believed that with hundreds of billions of merit points, even eighteen desolate Heavenly Tribulations could be successfully weathered.

"Brother, let's agree on this then!"

In the meantime—

Chen Qiu, who had been daydreaming, started to hear Ao Tian's voice blur, while Ao Tian himself was excitedly shaking his shoulders.

Chen Qiu, not quite realizing the situation, reacted subconsciously: "Yeah, okay, as Brother says."

"Great!"

Ao Tian was somewhat tipsy at this point, and with a heavy pat on his own thigh, he excitedly said: "When you marry my daughter, the tie between our two families will grow even closer; you and I, truly in-laws."

"Although unable to bear children, that's not important."

"The legacy of the Dragon Clan has Fat Long, and it's just a female dragon not birthing cubs, it's unimportant. When the Dragon Clan and Chao Tian Sect have their big celebration, in front of the whole Continent, we'll go..."

"Wait a second—"

Suddenly regaining his clarity, Chen Qiu frowned and raised his hand to interrupt Ao Tian: "What's this, something about getting married?"

"Ah?"

Ao Tian was momentarily confused and said, "I just talked about betrothing my daughter to Fat Long, making the Dragon Clan and Chao Tian Sect in-laws, and then you shook your head."

"So I asked, 'Brother, would you want her?'"

"You nodded."

"Then didn't we just agree that you would marry my daughter?"

"Stop!"

Realizing what was happening, Chen Qiu turned seriously towards Ao Tian: "Firstly... I must explain something to you, there are some significant cultural differences between the Human Race and the Dragon Clan in certain aspects."

"Firstly, that behavior with your daughter... It's not accepted by our people, you yourself have been with her, and then you betroth her to someone else, this is seen as a great insult among our Human Race.

"I definitely cannot accept it, and I believe Fat Long cannot either. After Fat Long marries your daughter, what then? How would you three get along?"

"Err..."

"Fat Long would definitely not accept it!" Chen Qiu shook his head: "From what I know of Fat Long, he..."

Just then—

The nearby Fat Long, who had somehow drawn close, said with concealed excitement, "Um, Brother Qiu, actually, I can sort of accept it."

"Brother Ao can give me some guidance too since he's more experienced."

"No problem then!"

Ao Tian embraced Fat Long excitedly, smiling at Chen Qiu: "Of course, brother, I still respect your opinion. If you don't want Fat Long to marry into the Dragon Clan then, brother, I won't mention it again."

"It's just that..."

"Ahem."

With a slightly red face, Ao Tian awkwardly and seriously said, "After this batch of Dragon Cubs matures, the Dragon Clan will have a significant increase in those at the Divinity Transformation stage. I want the relation between Chao Tian Sect and the Dragon Clan to be even closer, so that we'll truly be one family. Whatever difficulties you, brother, face, the Dragon Clan will support you with all its might."

...

...

Chen Qiu looked expressionlessly at the expectant Ao Tian and the subtly excited Fat Long beside him, and after a long silence, he softly spoke.

"The idea of a union between Chao Tian Sect and the Dragon Clan is indeed beneficial, and I personally support it."

"However..."

"Could we find someone more appropriate for the union? After all, it is your daughter, and..."

"Understood!"

Ao Tian suddenly had an epiphany, slapping his forehead, and realizing his mistake, he looked somewhat ashamedly at Fat Long: "It's my fault, it's been so long since I lived among humans, I forgot about this."

"So, here's what we'll do."

"Once this batch of Dragon Cubs has matured, I'll have the female ones Transform and line up, and you can pick one for the union. They all have Flawless Bodies, after you've chosen, then I'll let them start mating."

"This..." The previously somewhat excited Fat Long was now hesitating: "Isn't that..."