This was a sea of lightning. Electrical radiance surged downwards. The thunder was like a tide, shattering everything. It was incomparably blazing, filling the world with a purple expanse.
Hong!
The thunder seemed to be about to blast through everyone's eardrums and shatter their souls. It connected heaven and earth, incomparably vast. It was as if the milky way from the nine heavens poured down, as if there were millions of great stars smashing down.
The void was blasted apart, becoming incredibly tattered. However, it would be submerged soon, because the lightning radiance was just too resplendent. Dazzling lightning filled every inch of space.
Hong!
The great thunder shocked the world. The purple lightning surged like a tide, surging violently. This was a world of lightning that could destroy all things. Everyone was alarmed, their blood running cold.
When Ye Fan was breaking through, the heavenly tribulation descended, stopping his advance. It shocked everyone.
Even from the distance, it was already so terrifying. Everyone found it hard to imagine just what kind of tribulation Ye Fan was experiencing in the purple sea. They all opened their divine eyes to watch.
The purple sea of lightning submerged the Dragon Transformation Pool, representing the will of heaven and earth. It could obliterate all creatures in this world, making one's soul tremble uncontrollably.
Ye Fan's body was in the purple sea. His flesh was lacerated, and his body was scorched black. Faint golden blood flowed out. He had suffered unimaginable injuries.
Even though he was heavily injured, his blood and qi surged. He didn't decline in the slightest, instead raising his head towards the sky and doing everything he could to resist.
Everyone was horrified. The flesh of a saint physique was too terrifying. If it was a normal person, a single streak of lightning would have turned them into ashes, yet he was resisting in the purple sea.
Hong!
Another wave of lightning descended. It was incomparably fierce, burying Ye Fan underneath. It was unknown just how much lightning struck down on his body. Faint golden blood splashed in all directions, and his bones released gabeng gabeng sounds.
"This is too terrifying! Any creature will be blasted apart!"
"Since ancient times, not many people have suffered a heavenly tribulation while breaking through. The saint physique is comparable to a heaven defying monster."
Meanwhile, what shocked everyone the most was that Ye Fan wasn't blasted apart. He endured it all and was still standing in the sea of lightning, unyielding and tenacious.
Heavenly tribulation was rarely seen since ancient times, but everyone knew about it. They had all heard rumors that outsiders couldn't help at all, or else it would attract an even greater lightning tribulation.
Beside the Dragon Transformation Pool, there were many experts. Daoist Scarlet Dragon, Peacock King, Green Serpent King, elders of the Wind Clan, and even peerless Divine Kings. However, none of them dared to lend a hand.
If they did that, not only would they not be able to save Ye Fan, but they would also have to suffer a great heavenly tribulation that would not rest until they were dead.
Lightning flashed. Even someone as strong as Ye Fan's physical body was in tatters. It was almost pierced through. Many of the wounds revealed his bones, and a lot of pale golden blood flowed out.
"It's the Nine Words Heavenly Tribulation …"
Everyone was aghast. Ye Fan's first wave of heavenly tribulation was a bolt of lightning formed from nine bolts of lightning, and he had forcefully withstood it with his body.
The second heavenly tribulation was this purple sea. There were a total of nine lightning tides, and he had just experienced three or four of them. Almost no one believed that he could make it through.
The Black Emperor shouted in the dark, "Brat, you have to hold on. The baptism of the lightning tribulation is rare since ancient times. There are many benefits to cultivating in the future!"
Ye Fan didn't say anything. He didn't have the energy at all, and he couldn't afford to be distracted. The slightest bit of carelessness would turn him into ashes.
At this moment, his entire body was in pain. The lightning had pierced through many parts of his body. If it was any other cultivator, they would have been annihilated long ago, and not even ashes would be left.
Boom!
Another lightning tide arrived, and the heaven and earth trembled. Endless purple radiance wrapped around him, piercing through the sky and earth like countless world-shocking dragons soaring into the sky.
The Myriad Qi Cauldron floated up and down above Ye Fan's head, experiencing the lightning tribulation together with him. He was struck by the purple sea, leaving behind countless streaks of innate patterns.
Everyone held their breaths and watched in silence.
The fifth, the sixth …
Everyone was astonished to find that Ye Fan was infinitely close to the ninth lightning tide. He was actually about to charge through it. Everyone was extremely shocked.
The ninth lightning tide arrived as scheduled. Lightning flashed in tens of thousands of streaks, and the purple color became the only thing between heaven and earth. Ye Fan was like a duckweed in a tsunami as he was drowned in an instant.
Boom!
Endless lightning and blazing divine radiance made the heaven and earth as bright as day. It was dazzling like a boundless fire was burning and collapsing the void.
"Buzz!"
In the end, the void trembled, and the endless purple sea disappeared. The heaven and earth instantly calmed down as if it had never happened.
Dang!
A trembling sound was heard. The cauldron made of Myriad Qi fell to the ground and broke the silence.
Everyone was bewildered and didn't know if Ye Fan was dead or alive. Beside the Dragon Transformation Pond, a figure was completely black and no different from charcoal. He stood there motionlessly.
"He passed the heavenly tribulation?"
"No, there is no vitality at all. His body has dried up."
"This is … the death of the saint physique."
Many cultivators were discussing, and it was noisy. Everyone felt that the scorched body had lost its vitality.
Bang!
Ye Fan fell straight down. His scorched body was like charcoal that had experienced the fire tribulation and was almost rotten.
"He's dead. He actually failed!"
"The curse of the saint physique cannot be broken after all. After hundreds of thousands of years, there hasn't been a single exception."
"He was so close to success, yet he died just like that."
…
The heaven and earth were in an uproar. There were those who sympathized, and there were those who took joy in his misfortune. Everyone's reactions were different, and many great powers sighed in relief.
"Pop!"
Suddenly, a light sound rang out from the Dragon Transformation Pond. The charcoal-like body moved a bit.
Ye Fan slowly stood up. Even though his body was scorched black, his eyes were incomparably clear and filled with divine light.
Following that, the sound of something breaking rang out. The surface of his body cracked, and a layer of scorched old skin fell off. Sparkling and translucent, new flesh appeared.
"He didn't die!"
"He was baptized by thunder and lightning and obtained new life in the purple sea. His body must have become even more powerful!"
Everyone was shocked. They never thought that Ye Fan would be able to make it through.
The scorched old skin rustled and fell off. Ye Fan's new body, which had been bathed in thunder and lightning, flickered with a precious splendor. He was filled with great power. His eyes were clear, and his black hair fluttered in the wind. He was wearing a white robe, and he looked like a revived immortal.
Everyone was stunned. The saint physique was unharmed. Did this mean that he had succeeded in breaking through?
While everyone was dumbstruck, only the little golden creature was still active. The heavenly tribulation had scared it away. Now that it had calmed down, it quickly ran back and sucked in all the Genesis Qi in the sky.
Ye Fan felt the changes in his body. His physical body had definitely succeeded in breaking through, but he couldn't display any phenomenon. He felt that something was missing.
"Why is it like this? Is the curse not broken?"
He softly muttered to himself and clenched his fists. His life essence was like the sea, and he possessed endless divine power, but why didn't he feel a natural sense of harmony?
After entering the four extreme secret realms, he would comprehend the order of heaven and earth. His body would be imprinted in the void, and there would be all kinds of miraculous changes, but he couldn't feel it.
"That's right, my divine sense …" Ye Fan understood.
He hadn't drawn out the great dao, so he didn't experience anything. Just now, everything was experienced by his physical body. His divine sense hadn't received the baptism of the heavenly tribulation, so it couldn't become one.
Weng!
Suddenly, everyone's hearts palpitated, and they felt like they were suffocating. They almost couldn't breathe.
Everyone was overwhelmed with shock, and they couldn't help but look up at the sky. Thunder rumbled, and it was as if a magnificent army was charging down. The little golden creature immediately slipped away like a wisp of smoke.
"Brat, be careful!" The Black Emperor secretly shouted, "You've had eight lifetimes of bad luck. You've encountered an extremely terrifying heavenly tribulation. There will definitely be five stages, and each stage will have nine minor tribulations."
"Also …" Ye Fan's eyes were filled with vigor as he looked up at the starry sky. He had already experienced two stages, a total of eighteen minor tribulations. He hadn't finished the tribulation yet.
Boom!
Lightning descended. This time, it wasn't a sea of lightning, but nine afterimages. They interweaved with electricity as if they were nine deities!
"What is that? How could there be creatures in the lightning?"
Everyone was stupefied. Nine figures formed from lightning. Some were shaped like human bodies, some like true dragons, and there were even some that looked like birds, beasts, fish, and bugs. They were all different.
"Could it be that the great heaven and earth truly have a will? Undying deities were born?!" Many cultivators were overwhelmed with shock.
"They aren't deities, but rather formed from the interweaving power of lightning. It is a type of terrifying heavenly tribulation." A holy lord spoke with a calm voice.
All types of ancient texts had different explanations. The ancient sages believed that lightning tribulation was born from the connection between heaven and man, and that it was closely related to the one undergoing the tribulation.
Hong!
While everyone was discussing, Ye Fan had long sunk into an even greater tribulation. He tangled together with one of the afterimages, and it was as if he was fighting a great battle.
This time, not only was his physical body undergoing the tribulation, his divine sense also rushed out to receive the baptism of lightning radiance. He endured an intense pain that was close to shattering.
The first human figure was finally destroyed, but a second loud sound rang out. This time, it was a divine phoenix that brought scarlet lightning with it as it swooped down.
Lightning that had turned into a living being possessed unimaginable power, far more terrifying than the sea of lightning!
Ye Fan was covered by the divine phoenix. His powerful divine sense was tempered, turning into a blazing beam of light that was almost burning. He was in incomparable pain, but he endured it.
A third, a fourth...
Figures that were like deities rushed over one after another. There would be nine tribulations. Ye Fan's physical body and divine sense would experience the tribulation at the same time. If he persisted and didn't die, then he would experience a baptism similar to rebirth.
If he couldn't resist it, then he would forever be destroyed.
At the same time, his cauldron was also receiving the impact of all of this. More and more innate patterns were left on its surface.
Hong!
A final loud sound rang out. The ninth immortal-like figure rushed down, sending Ye Fan flying. Then, it quickly caught up, and endless lightning submerged him.
He was swallowed into the immortal king's mouth. Everyone cried out in alarm, watching nervously.
"Pu!"
The immortal king was cut open, the lightning completely disappeared, and the world became peaceful again. Ye Fan's divine sense was like a golden sun, incomparably brilliant.
After experiencing the baptism of the lightning tribulation, his divine sense was clearly different. There was an aura that was close to that of a deity.
Ye Fan understood. This was indeed the case. His divine sense captured the trajectory of the dao within the lightning. With the bodhi seed in hand, he comprehended many things. He felt that he was about to completely break through to the four extreme secret realms.
"Brat, be careful! The unreasonable primal chaos lightning has arrived!" The Black Emperor cried out in alarm.
Nine great lightning bolts descended from the sky, and within each bolt was a strand of primal chaos energy. It made people feel the aura of the creation of heaven and earth!
"It really is primal chaos lightning. Even though it's only a strand, it's still incomparably terrifying!"
The expressions of all the holy lords changed, and then their expressions became a bit strange. The Central Continent's undying imperial court and the hundred sects' experts were also moved.
"Before the great ancient emperors refined their holy weapons, they would always baptize the holy object with endless primal chaos lightning!"
Many of the older generation figures were envious. Using the nine strands of primal chaos lightning energy to refine a weapon would definitely have endless wondrous uses. It could increase the quality of the divine weapon.
However, Ye Fan wanted to use it to refine his body. Just the thought of it was enough to shock everyone. What kind of tribulation would this be?
"Boom!"
The first bolt of lightning struck down, almost smashing Ye Fan's body into pieces. The strand of primal chaos lightning energy within was too terrifying!
He was dripping with blood, and his bones were crackling. His divine sense was shattered, and the cauldron was riddled with marks. His entire body was covered in injuries, and he was on the verge of collapse. He almost couldn't hold on any longer.
However, Ye Fan's willpower was like iron. His divine sense quickly gathered and turned into an ancient pagoda. It absorbed the strand of primal chaos energy and quickly refined it.
Dao imprint!
Innate great dao patterns were produced within the primal chaos lightning energy, making his body and mind clear. Then, his injuries quickly recovered as if he was being reborn from the ashes.
"Boom!"
The second bolt of lightning descended and almost blasted him into pieces. However, he still managed to hold on in the end.
"Boom!"
The third bolt of primal chaos lightning descended. Ye Fan roared towards the sky. His body, divine sense, and cauldron all trembled as they faced the sky.
…
When the seventh bolt of lightning descended, Ye Fan's body was almost scattered. It was too horrible to look at. It was more terrifying than all the lightning tribulations he had experienced in the past. His white bones were thick, and his faint golden blood was almost dried up.
However, he still gathered his divine sense with great difficulty. It turned into a bell and fixed the strand of primal chaos energy in place, allowing it to circulate between his divine sense, body, and cauldron.
"Boom!"
The eighth bolt of lightning descended. Ye Fan's injuries became even more severe. He was almost turned into minced meat, and most of his bones were shattered. However, he still persisted.
The shattered divine sense gathered together and turned into a cauldron. It sealed the strand of primal chaos energy and comprehended the great dao imprint. It used it to repair his body and divine sense, and at the same time, cleansed the Myriad Energy Cauldron.
"Boom!"
Finally, the last bolt of primal chaos lightning descended, piercing through Ye Fan's body in dozens of places. He almost broke into several pieces.
However, he clenched his teeth and forced himself to stay awake. He didn't faint. The divine sense reassembled and turned into a celestial king-like figure. It shone brilliantly, and upon closer inspection, it was himself.
The divine sense turned into a celestial king-like figure. It sat cross-legged in the void and hugged the strand of primal chaos energy. It received nourishment, and it continuously recovered and strengthened.
"Crack, crack, crack!"
Ye Fan's bones cracked, and his body began to recover. The divine sense was like a golden sun. Its radiance rushed into the sky, and it hung in front of his forehead.
Meanwhile, the Myriad Energy Cauldron hung above his head. It bobbed up and down, sending down strands of mysterious yellow energy. It looked misty, and it was full of the great dao.
"Swoosh!"
The nine strands of primal chaos energy circled around Ye Fan's body like nine little dragons that continuously danced. Then, they entered his sea of consciousness, and finally entered the cauldron.
At this moment, the aura of the primordial era filled the air. It was as if the world was being created, and it gave him an indescribable feeling. His body and mind were peaceful, and there was peace and emptiness.
The nine strands of primal chaos energy all contained the path of the great dao. Ye Fan continued to comprehend them, and then he began to refine the nine energies!
His divine sense turned into a sitting celestial king, floating in front of his forehead. The cauldron hung above his head, and his body sat in the void.
"Buzz!"
The void trembled. Ye Fan imprinted himself in the world, and he became one with the void. The nine strands of primal chaos energy all melted, and they became one with him and the cauldron.
"Swoosh!"
Ye Fan opened his eyes. He knew that he had entered the Four Extremes Secret Realm, and he had successfully broken through!
His white robe fluttered, his black hair danced, and his eyes were clear. He quietly stood in this world, and there was a completely different feeling.
"Where's the fifth tribulation …" Ye Fan looked up at the night sky, and he still didn't see it descend.
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