BOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!
BOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!
This terrifying, deafening thunder was the sound of the ultimate, Ancient Heavenly Laws finally returning to their primordial glory, and the populace of the Primordial Chaos was currently experiencing their boundless blessing!
Across the vastness of the cosmos, all living beings, one by one, received the glorious baptism of the dense Primordial Profound Energy—a power that surpassed anything they had ever conceived of!
Mortals who had never known cultivation felt an immediate, violent surge in their strength, as if they had consumed a priceless, ancient heavenly medicine. Simultaneously, veteran profound cultivators felt their lifelong shackles violently dissolving, allowing them to advance in profound power with a speed that defied logic and law.
This was a universal upgrade, a cosmic decree: a collective breakthrough, one after another, as the entire world was reborn in an instant of pure power.
The chain reaction of ascension was immediate and absolute as those from Elementary Profound Realm to Nascent Profound Realm, those from Nascent Profound Realm to True Profound Realm, and those from True Profound Realm to Spirit Profound Realm—the breakthroughs were countless and instantaneous!
RUMBLEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! BOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!
As cultivators violently shattered their profound limits, regardless of the worlds or star realms they inhabited, the very ground beneath them shuddered and roared in profound ecstasy! The localized Heavenly Laws that governed those specific worlds also broke apart their own ancient shackles, evolving to accommodate the greater power!
BOOOOMMMMM!!!!
In planets where the cultivation limit had once been set irrevocably at the (Mortal) Sovereign Profound Realm, those who had been agonizingly stuck at that apex suddenly stepped, one by one, into the boundless freedom of the (Mortal) Divine Origin Realm! Under the glorious baptism of the newly restored Heavenly Laws, those stagnant worlds now roared with happiness, their Profound Laws forever expanded to support the existence of far higher level beings.
And in the already higher-realm planets and star realms, the populace who were already masters of profound power also felt their cultivation limits explode upward! Divine Origin to Divine Soul, Divine Soul to Divine Tribulation—the upward surge was absolute!
Yet, those who found themselves anywhere in the Divine Tribulation Realm, whether in the Early Stages or the Late Stages, were the truly unlucky ones. For to shatter the bounds of this particular realm, one did not merely absorb energy; one had to face the ultimate, crushing trial of the Heaven Tribulation!
BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM
BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!
In the Soul Stealing Realm, a powerful, handsome young man who was violently baptized by the dense Primordial Profound Energy felt an unstoppable, raging surge in his power—a torrent he could no longer suppress!
Just over six years ago, when he first arrived in the God Realm, he was a mere Divine Origin Realm practitioner. Yet, in the span of less than a decade, under the fierce guidance of his Master, a Middle Star Realm's Realm King, he now stood at the terrifying apex of the Divine Tribulation Realm.
Of course, that powerful young man was Xia Yuanba!
And now... with the final, absolute baptism of the dense Primordial Profound Energy... his formidable cultivation could only surge higher and higher, a force beyond his own control!
RUMBLEEEEEEEE!!!!!
In the high sky directly above the Soul Stealing Realm, a deep, ominous rumbling of the heavens rang out. Yet, this localized rumbling was profoundly different from the triumphant cosmic roar of the newly established laws. This was a sound that every cultivator at the peak of the God Realm instantly recognized—the dreadful, fatal sound of the Heaven Tribulation!
RUMBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Storm clouds, thick with terrifying, black lightning, violently materialized and began to form in the darkness-filled sky. The pure, destructive energy of the cosmos gathered, and bolts of lightning streaked across the clouds, threatening to descend in a wave of ultimate annihilation upon the figure below!
RUMBLEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
"SHIT!!!!"
"Yuanba.... Suppress it immediately! We cannot protect you here....!!!!" A chorus of voices, thick with desperate concern, rang out from the nearest cultivators. Yet, the warning was tragically futile. Because they, too, were currently embroiled in their own life-and-death breakthroughs, they were incapable of sparing any Profound Power to shield the young man.
"It is alright, Seniors! I WILL SURPASS IT!" Xia Yuanba roared back, a wave of fatalistic courage surging through his mighty heart. With the sudden, overwhelming influx of such dense and divine Profound Energy, his breakthrough was unavoidable. Since his death at the hands of the Devil Gods was inevitable, he would rather embrace the legend: he would face the ultimate, crushing trial of the Heavenly Divine Tribulation!
RUMBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Soon, one after another, the brilliant bolts of the Divine Lightning Tribulation began their terrifying descent. No one could spare Xia Yuanba a single thought, for every soul was now in their own critical moment of transformation!
BOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!! The first bolt of cosmic lightning struck!
BOOOOOOOMMM!!!!!!!! The sound of the Tribulation was lost only to the simultaneous, deafening roar of universal breakthroughs!
As the final, resounding explosion of profound energy rang out, the members of the former King Realms felt a profound, seismic change in their Profound Strength! Their cultivation had violently shattered its bounds, breaking through into an entirely new realm of power beyond that of the Divine Master!
They—the supreme figures who had been agonizingly stuck at the Early or Mid-Stages of the Divine Master Realm—had now instantly broken through into the Half Step of Divine Extinction Realm or ascended to the Divine Extinction Realm outright!
Yet, none of them possessed the presence of mind to celebrate this Heaven-defying miracle. Instead, they felt an absolute, terrifying hunger—a primal need to consume more. The limits were gone! They instantly sat down, ruthlessly drawing in and absorbing the boundless Primordial Profound Energy that flooded the cosmos!
BOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!
The sound of their mass, insatiable consumption was deafening!
BOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!!
The heavens themselves groaned under the weight of this universal, furious advancement!
From the sky directly above the Soul Stealing Realm, where the vast majority of the surviving God Emperors and the higher-ranking members of the former King Realms now resided, a terrifying, concentrated Profound Storm violently covered the world!
Thankfully, the storm focused its primordial energy solely on these beings, allowing the raw, pure Primordial Profound Energy to be safely absorbed, while the mortals below remained unharmed.
CRACKKKKKKKKK CRACKKKKKKKKKKKK BOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!
In the dull, blackened sky, close to a hundred titanic figures who were once stuck at the Late-Stages of the Divine Master Realm felt their strength violently shatter the final vestiges of their limits, as they all decisively stepped into the fearsome Divine Extinction Realm!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!
Yet, the ascent did not halt! Their cultivation continued its terrifying climb, surging instantly from the Early Stages to the Mid-Stages of the Divine Extinction Realm!
Just as they believed their profound breakthrough was reaching its zenith, a far more ancient, earth-shattering tremor began. Among these ascended figures, those who possessed the sacred God Power inside them—those who inherited their ultimate Divine Strength directly from a Divine Inheritance—felt the very depths of their profound veins tremble!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!! The sound was not a breakthrough; it was a primordial awakening!
From within their profound veins, the very heart of their Divine Inheritance—the ancient God Source—began to violently shine with brilliant, overwhelming light! These Sources acted like ravenous, primordial entities, mercilessly sucking in the dense, boundless Primordial Profound Energy as the people felt their fundamental strength surge once more!
BOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!! BOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!! BOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!! BOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!
From the very core of those who inherited their potent, godly Divine Inheritance, explosions of pure, magnificent divine light erupted, shining with the signature colors of their respective Divine Inheritance God Race!
From blazing Golden light, to ethereal Icy White, to terrifying, majestic Darkness—their Divine Inheritances all shone brilliantly as one by one, their ultimate breakthrough continued its unstoppable ascent!
On the Blue Pole Star, "she" watched everything that had just transpired across the Primordial Chaos without lifting a finger to interfere. "She" felt the ancient, overwhelming surge of power as the Primordial Chaos returned to its past glory. A feeling of her own absolute power being slowly but inexorably limited was profoundly irritating, but for now, "she" chose to remain still; in the end, this sudden, miraculous surge of power would change nothing of the final decree.
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"UGHHHHHHHHH!!!!" A violent, agonizing groan suddenly ripped through the newly triumphant air.
PUKEEEEE!!!!!
As the population of the God Realm aggressively continued their breakthroughs under the immense blessing of the new Heavenly Laws, a catastrophic, immediate backlash struck the multitudes. The speaker of the first groan violently spat out blood as their Profound Energy instantly went into berserk turmoil!
"UGHHHH!!!!"
"AGHHHHH!!!!" PUKEEEEEEEE!!!!! From one, then two, the contagion of agony spread; from two, then a torrent. More and more people's eyes became violently bloodshot as they groaned in absolute agony, their over-stimulated Profound Energy systems collapsing under the unbearable, uncontrolled influx of power.
"Everyone... stop... now!" As the God Emperors and many of their subordinates aggressively pursued their breakthrough, Chi Wuyao's chilling, absolute divine voice suddenly ripped through the profound chaos.
The moment every cultivator heard the Devil Queen's command, the euphoric pursuit of power instantly halted. They opened their eyes, looking toward Chi Wuyao with confusion—they had been advancing! But after the initial bewilderment, their bodies were instantly drenched in cold sweat.
They felt it: from their fingernails to their very skin and bones, minute, catastrophic cracks had already begun to spread. Even their Profound Souls, which they believed were healthy and whole, were beginning to crack under the unbearable pressure of the rapidly infused power!
"We have all rushed our cultivation too fast... too aggressively! Our bodies and our souls cannot handle such a violent, rapid advancement!" Chi Wuyao warned, her voice an absolute, chilling decree that cut through the silence.
"We must halt this process now, otherwise we are risking immediate, permanent death!" Her words were like a deluge of ice-cold water, violently yanking them back from the precipice of euphoric madness, and the terrifying truth instantly dawned upon them all.
They had been living in a profound state of euphoria, utterly convinced they were in a glorious dream where advancing in power was as simple as breathing and drinking. Now, they had been violently awakened from that intoxicating illusion.
While many could accept Chi Wuyao's terrifying warning after witnessing the catastrophic state of their own bodies and souls, the human mind, gripped by desperation, resists sanity. Could she truly control every desperate soul, especially now that a new, absolute light of hope had been born in their darkest despair?
"No... Devil Empress... I absolutely will not stop...!"
"Sword Lords! Sword Attendants, Sword Guards! Continue to absorb the profound energy and break through into higher realms!" A single, authoritative voice, now laced with a terrifying madness, rang out, issuing a fatal command to his subordinates. The moment the voice echoed, all eyes snapped toward the speaker in utter disbelief. Surprisingly, it was one of the esteemed God Emperors of the Southern Divine Region—the Xuanyuan God Emperor!
"Xuanyuan... you... are you mad?!" The Purple Micro God Emperor, who was close by his side, roared in utter shock. Even Xuanyuan God Emperor's own subordinates were paralyzed with disbelief at their master's fatal command!
"But... God Emperor... our body and soul are already..." A veteran member of the Sword Lords began, unable to finish the sentence, the fear of death overriding years of obedience.
"But what?!" Xuanyuan God Emperor roared, his voice laced with the terrifying desperation of a man who had seen his ultimate fate. "Sooner or later, we will all be utterly slaughtered by those Devil Gods! Or are you all simply going to sit here and wait for death?!" He surveyed the petrified crowd, his eyes wild with fatalistic logic.
"The only way we can possibly break out of this alive is to gamble with our very lives!"
"I do not know what ultimate realm we have reached, but is it enough? Are we strong enough—truly strong enough—to contend against those damnable Devil Gods?!" Xuanyuan God Emperor's roar stabbed directly into the heart of every single person present.
His words were devastatingly true. They had achieved multiple breakthroughs, ascending to realms they did not yet fully understand. They could feel a profound, terrifying new power radiating from their bodies—a power that could easily annihilate a hundred of their former selves. But is it enough? Enough to survive this absolute calamity?
As soon as Xuanyuan God Emperor's logic settled in their minds and hearts, the unified terror returned. Everyone, even the most loyal subordinates of the Devil Empress, turned with a unified, silent desperation toward Chi Wuyao, awaiting her final, devastating command.
"Ai...." A soft, incredibly weighty sigh escaped Chi Wuyao's lips as she fixed her gaze upon Xuanyuan God Emperor. Yet, in that gaze, her perception of him had profoundly shifted.
Years ago, this God Emperor had instantly submitted to Yun Che to save his life and his realm—a clear act of cowardice. Yet, had not Cang Shitian done the exact same thing? Cang Shitian's actions had been lauded as supreme wisdom; he knew precisely when to retreat and when to strike. Now, in Xuanyuan God Emperor's eyes, the Devil Empress saw that same terrifying, primal madness—the ultimate willingness to gamble everything when facing the abyss.
Now that Death was a certainty, whether it came by the controlled suicide of their own energy or by the absolute power of the Devil Gods, their doom was final. Here, standing before them, was a final, glorious light of hope. The choice was clear.
While Chi Wuyao was bound by the heavy duties of the Empress and forced to think of the safe, careful route, perhaps the time had come to cast off that shield of duty and embrace the final, beautiful madness.
"Alright then..." Chi Wuyao finally conceded, her single nod serving as the absolute surrender to fate. Her agreement was the spark that instantly ignited the terrified madness latent in everyone's heart, fueling a final, desperate fervor!
Since roughly two years ago, when the survivors had finally given up resisting the Devil Gods and merely fled to the Northern Divine Region, they had lived without a shred of dignity. Now, at least, even if their gamble failed, they would perish with the dignity of the once-supreme, top profound practitioners in the world!
Without any more reservations, the paramount cultivators of the God Realm continued to aggressively push their cultivation higher and higher, fueled by the terrifying blessing of the new Heavenly Laws.
"Hehehe....hehehehe.."
"Hehehehehe....hehehehehe.... but this is good.... hehehehehe..."
"She," who had been watching the entire tragedy unfold from the cold, quiet sanctity of the Blue Pole Star, let out a series of chilling, devilish laughs as she slowly rose to her feet. Her eyes instantly radiated with a terrifying, absolute black light.
"The higher their pathetic hope climbs... the greater, the more exquisite, the final despair will be...hehehehe," "she" mused, deciding to grant the people of the God Realm a few more precious moments to climb to their ultimate height before their inevitable slaughter.
BOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!! BOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!! BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!
Over at Xia Yuanba's location, the profound energy storm reached a level of ultimate, lethal terror. More and more terrifying storm clouds gathered, and the deadly yellow lightning within them had violently warped, now pulsing with a terrifying, blood-red hue!
"Sixth Stage..." Xia Yuanba calmly assessed the escalating trial, his gaze fixed on the storm that was moments away from striking him down. His body was a map of brutal, life-threatening injuries, yet in that very moment, he had also overheard the defiant conversations between the Devil Empress and the Xuanyuan God Emperor.
"Since the others are not giving up... I, too, cannot yield...!" Xia Yuanba roared, his body instantly surging with a final, desperate burst of power. He abandoned all pretense of defense and charged violently toward the heavens, directly meeting the blood-red lightning that struck down on him! If any profound master were paying attention to Xia Yuanba right now, they would be absolutely annihilated by the shock: he was the third person in the entire recorded history of the God Realm to successfully attract and face the catastrophic Sixth Stage of the Heavenly Tribulation!
BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!
One devastating strike after another, the bolts of terrifying heaven punishment mercilessly struck Xia Yuanba. His entire being was a field of screaming agony, yet he met the onslaught with a terrifying, primal roar. He ruthlessly pushed his cultivation to its absolute limit, the ancient, dormant power of his Tyrannical Emperor's Divine Veins violently surging to life, seemingly fueled by the very madness of his desperate resolve!
BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!
Soon, the catastrophic Sixth Stage was finally passed, and a raging, triumphant Xia Yuanba stood tall in the high heavens, his sharpened eyes already focusing on the group of God Emperors in the far distance. He was about to charge forward to join the final defense when, suddenly, the storm clouds above him violently twisted, and an even more terrifying, primordial pressure descended!
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Under the relentless bombardment of this divine trial, the God Emperors and their allies continued to be pushed beyond their absolute limits of endurance. Their souls and bodies were on the very brink of complete collapse, yet they could not stop!
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!"
A chorus of terrifying, inhuman roars erupted from the entire group of God Emperors as pure madness flooded their profound veins, driving them forward past the very brink of destruction!
BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!! BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!! BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!! BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!
One after another, they all advanced once more! The sheer force of the collective ascension was unparalleled, and this time, they knew with absolute certainty: this was their ultimate, absolute, final limit!
Soon, the entire collective of God Emperors and their top subordinates ceased their frantic advancement, yet as their cracked bodies and bruised souls slowly floated down toward the ground, a terrifying, absolute might be radiated from their figures!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!
RUMBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
As Gods Emperors were about to find a place to begin their desperate meditation to heal their shattered bodies and souls, yet suddenly a fresh, utterly terrifying explosion suddenly ripped through the cosmos, drawing all their attention!
The detonation was so catastrophic that it violently shook the very foundations of the world—a world that had its Heavenly Laws completely restored to its glorious Primordial Era might!
As they all looked over, the storm clouds that had once threatened Xia Yuanba were utterly dispersed, and the lone man was slowly descending, his posture so imposing it was as if he were the newly crowned Emperor of the Heaven himself.
His eyes now shone with a terrifying golden light, his hair had turned the same luminous gold, and his skin had been refined to an unnatural, pristine white. His body was a vision of profound power—his terrifying muscles as thick and absolute as the very pillars of the heavens!
"Yuanba...?" Those who knew him best called out, their voices laced with utter disbelief.