Chapter 727: Commanding the Heavens, I Am the Earth Sovereign!
As Mandala gazed upon the devastated landscape, a sense of relief flickered across her face.
"Good thing I didn't go back to meet with the kings of the Great Luo Territory. If they were caught in these shockwaves, they'd have faced near certain death."
Although Xiao Ze had successfully overcome the seventh tribulation, Mandala didn't let her guard down. The next two tribulations promised to be even more terrifying.
Xiao Ze's expression remained calm. His Sovereign Avatar raised its hands, and purple green lightning surged within its eyes, gathering into its palms.
If external control of the thunder calamity was difficult, then it would be directly controlled by the Sovereign Avatar itself!
Purple green lightning crackled violently, releasing an overwhelming aura. Yet, Xiao Ze paid no heed, continuing to channel its power, making the energy even more fearsome.
Meanwhile, the eighth tribulation was beginning to take form in the sky.
A massive, radiant claw appeared first, piercing through the clouds. Soon, a dragon's colossal head emerged, its hundred foot long body following.
The dragon's multicolored eyes gleamed with an otherworldly majesty, exuding the terrifying pressure of a divine beast.
Xiao Ze locked eyes with the dragon, feeling a chill run down his spine.
"True Phoenix... True Dragon... What will the final tribulation be?"
His Sovereign Avatar's hands were now completely engulfed in lightning, the immense power distorting the surrounding space and rendering it a forbidden zone for life.
This time, Xiao Ze didn't wait for the tribulation dragon to descend. His Sovereign Avatar raised the thunder seal it had been forming and hurled it toward the heavens.
The thunder seal's power was immense, tearing open spatial rifts as it ascended.
Boom!
The purple green lightning exploded, replacing the multicolored clouds above with a thunderous new sky.
The tribulation dragon writhed in the relentless assault, its form repeatedly torn apart. Yet the boundless energy of the heavens worked tirelessly to repair it.
When the lightning storm finally subsided, the vibrant clouds were left with a gaping hole.
Within the void, the dragon wounded but unbroken coiled itself, its shimmering eyes now filled with wrath.
The tribulation dragon shrank rapidly, its broken scales mending as it condensed. By the time its body stabilized, it was only a hundred feet long, but its strength felt even more concentrated.
In a flash, the dragon lunged toward Xiao Ze, covering the distance of a thousand feet in an instant.
Xiao Ze, anticipating this, didn't remain idle.
"Supreme Divine Art! Tribulation Calamity: Fire Calamity!"
A purple green flame ignited on the chest of his Sovereign Avatar, flickering with streaks of gold.
The flame, combining divine sanctity with calamity's wrath, was the product of Xiao Ze's Tree of Origin. Its presence elevated the fire calamity, making it the strongest of the three calamities he could summon.
As the fire calamity surged forth, the dragon twisted its body, attempting to evade. However, the flames clung to it relentlessly, searing its dazzling scales as though they were paper.
The fire calamity's corrosive properties stemming from its origins in the Tribulation Body ensured that the dragon could not shake it off.
Despite its immense power, the tribulation dragon was consumed by the flames, its majestic form reduced to ash.
"I didn't expect to use the fire calamity before the ninth tribulation," Xiao Ze muttered, his expression serious.
The fire calamity was his strongest weapon. If the final tribulation surpassed even this, he wasn't sure how he'd endure.
As the remnants of the eighth tribulation dissipated, the remaining spiritual clouds gathered at the center of the sky.
What emerged next was neither a phoenix nor a dragon, but a creature that combined the majesty of both.
A massive, otherworldly beast took shape, its dragon like body covered in radiant scales, and enormous phoenix wings spreading across the heavens. Each feather burned with eternal flames.
This hybrid creature radiated unparalleled divinity and seemed to be the pinnacle of creation itself, a being that demanded reverence.
"What… what is that?" Mandala whispered, her golden eyes wide with disbelief.
Xiao Ze, however, was not surprised.
Even in the Great Thousand World, the True Dragon and True Phoenix were considered supreme divine beasts. Yet above them both stood a legendary entity the Dragon Phoenix, the progenitor of their species.
Xiao Ze's heart stirred with an idea. His own bloodline contained traces of Dragon Phoenix heritage. Perhaps…
The Sovereign Avatar's eyes began to glow with a regal purple gold hue, and a majestic aura enveloped it.
"Supreme Divine Art! Dragon Phoenix Manifestation!"
Leaving his Sovereign Avatar, Xiao Ze directed it to confront the tribulation creature head on.
"Xiao Ze, have you gone mad?!" Mandala cried as she flashed toward him, her voice trembling with concern.
But Xiao Ze remained calm, pointing to the sky. "Look closely, Mandala."
She turned her gaze upward, stunned to see the tribulation creature's body once composed of multicolored energy turning a noble purple gold.
The Sovereign Avatar, carrying Xiao Ze's Dragon Phoenix bloodline, had seamlessly merged with the tribulation's form, absorbing it entirely.
The once overwhelming presence of the tribulation was now gone, replaced by a serene yet immense energy emanating from the Avatar.
"You… you really overcame it?" Mandala asked, still in disbelief.
Crack!
The tribulation shattered as the Avatar absorbed its power. Purple gold light radiated from the Sovereign Avatar, its presence now complete and perfect.
Xiao Ze extended a hand. "Restore the land!"
The fractured heavens and devastated earth responded to his command. Boundless spiritual energy surged forth, repairing the world with astonishing speed.
This was the power of an Earth Sovereign to command the heavens and shape the world.
"I've made it," Xiao Ze murmured. "I am now an Earth Sovereign."
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