Time passed swiftly. A month had gone by since that earth-shaking upheaval that had swept across Heaven and Earth.
During this month, the Xuanhuang Great World seemed to have entered a golden age of rapid development.
The concentration of spiritual energy continued to rise steadily, while the laws of the Great Dao grew increasingly clear.
Every day, there were reports of cultivators breaking through, and news of Saints being born was no longer as shocking as it had been at the beginning. The various powers were all frantically building up their strength.
The prodigies either challenged powerful opponents openly to make a name for themselves or cultivated in seclusion without fanfare. The entire world seemed to have entered a period of vigorous yet tense tranquility.
However, on this day…
Without the slightest warning, the clear sky above the Central Region suddenly darkened!
It was not because clouds had gathered. Rather, the entire sky turned deep and pitch-black in an instant, as though someone had splashed it with thick ink!
An indescribable heavenly might, transcending all things and so terrifying that even Saints’ souls trembled before it, slowly spread out like an ancient god or demon awakening from slumber. It enveloped the entire Central Region and then began spreading across the whole Xuanhuang Great World at an inconceivable speed!
“Buzz—”
A deep hum rang out between Heaven and Earth, as though it originated from the very source of the Great Dao.
The sun, moon, and stars lost their radiance at that moment. All living beings, from divine birds soaring through the Nine Heavens to insects burrowing in the soil, instinctively prostrated themselves on the ground and trembled.
It was an absolute suppression at the level of life itself!
“What’s happening?”
An elder from a great sect had just finished lecturing the disciples under his tutelage. Now, his face was deathly pale, and the spiritual power throughout his body had nearly frozen. He struggled to raise his head toward the sky, his eyes filled with boundless terror.
“This pressure is a thousand, no, ten thousand times more terrifying than a Saint Tribulation! No—it’s fundamentally different!”
A Saint who had broken through not long ago felt as tiny as an ant beneath this heavenly might. Even his Dao heart was trembling.
The Central Region, the Western Region, the Southern Region, the Northern Region, the Eastern Region, and even the depths of the starry sky…
Every cultivator, regardless of their cultivation level or location, felt this shudder and terror rising from the depths of their souls!
Within the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, every divination plate shattered in an instant!
Master Tianji suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. He paid no attention to his injuries and instead pointed toward the sky, black as ink. His aged face was filled with extreme horror and disbelief, and his voice was shrill and distorted.
“Imperial might! This is the aura of the Great Emperor Tribulation! How is this possible?! The world has only revived for a month! Who is it? Who is drawing down this tribulation?!”
“Could it be that person? The mysterious and unfathomable expert behind Battle Asura?”
At that moment, the expressions of the prodigies and older generation powerhouses who had originally harbored ambitions of proving themselves on the Imperial Path all turned deathly pale.
“Someone has actually reached this stage?!”
Panic, despair, unwillingness, and disbelief spread through the hearts of every prodigy with ambitions for the Imperial Path like a plague.
All their previous lofty aspirations appeared so feeble and insignificant before the cruel reality of there being a sole Great Emperor in this age!
Although Heaven and Earth continued to revive, and it was possible that the future might be able to support more Great Emperors, that was merely a vague and uncertain conjecture.
At this moment, no one in the Xuanhuang Great World dared to say for certain whether this age could break free from the fate of having only one emperor per era!
At the same time, even more violent and terrifying fluctuations erupted from the deepest reaches of several forbidden life zones.
One ancient Supreme after another, who had been sleeping for ages, was thoroughly awakened. Their voices were filled with incredulous fury, along with a trace of fear!
These Supremes, who had severed their cultivation and hidden themselves away for countless ages, now felt an unprecedented sense of panic.
The golden age had only just begun. They had not yet had the chance to harvest enough life essence to extend their lifespans, and someone was already attempting to ascend to the Imperial Throne ahead of them?
This was practically a death sentence for them!
Once someone became a Great Emperor, possessing complete Imperial Dao laws and the fortune of the current age, they would surely reign supreme over the world and command the myriad Daos.
When that time came, these forbidden-zone Supremes would be no better than rats hiding in a gutter. Not only would they once again be suppressed for ten thousand years and forced to eke out a miserable existence within their forbidden zones, but they would also have to remain constantly vigilant against the conquest and reckoning of the current Great Emperor!
“If he succeeds, then the moment he emerges weakened from the tribulation will be the day we come into the world!
“Even if we have to break our seals ahead of time and exhaust our origins, we must join forces to kill him!”
Even Gu Changge could not help turning his gaze toward the Central Region.
“Is it him?”
Gu Changge looked at the figure beneath the tribulation lightning and recognized him.
It was none other than the Quasi-Emperor Old Blind Man, who had been living in seclusion at the Dao Treasury Academy—Xing Tian'ao.
When Gu Changge’s divine sense had previously swept across the Xuanhuang Great World, he had seen this person and taken slight notice of him.
The Great Emperor of Annihilation, Little Black, and Little White also emerged. As they sensed the tribulation that could destroy Heaven and Earth, a hint of anticipation appeared in their eyes.
Just as countless living beings throughout the entire Xuanhuang Great World turned their gazes toward the Central Region, at the very heart of the tribulation clouds, black as ink and seemingly devouring all light, the boundless lightning had yet to descend.
Only a blurred figure hovered there in silence.
He stood alone against the terrifying heavenly might capable of causing the myriad Daos to collapse, yet no powerful aura emanated from him. He seemed instead to be the very center of Heaven and Earth.
Within the tribulation clouds, chaotic energy began to swirl. Scenes of the creation of Heaven and Earth appeared and vanished, while phantoms of ancient gods and demons roared.
This was no longer mere lightning. It was the Great Dao’s interrogation, the manifestation of the laws, and the final—and most brutal—trial on the path to attaining the supreme Imperial Throne!
The Great Emperor Tribulation had descended!
Lightning flashed, illuminating Xing Tian'ao’s robe of coarse cloth, washed so many times that it had faded nearly white.
This seemingly ordinary figure nevertheless caused every living being across the Xuanhuang Great World to feel an inexplicable stir in their hearts.
It was the resolve of one whose Dao had already been forged and who feared no tribulation, the calm acceptance of someone who had hidden himself away for countless ages and had finally touched the end of the Imperial Path.
A chaotic divine thunderbolt, as thick as a mountain and gray as mist, descended from the Nine Heavens.
Wherever it passed, space was not torn apart—it directly reverted into chaos, recreating earth, water, fire, and wind, as though it intended to return all things to their original state!
Facing this world-destroying strike, Xing Tian'ao did not dodge.
His hunched body straightened for an instant. He raised his withered right hand and faced the attack head-on, seemingly intending to withstand it with his bare body!
“Boom—!”
The chaotic divine thunderbolt slammed violently into him!
In an instant, his clothes turned to ash, revealing a gaunt body covered in Dao marks carved by the passage of time.
The terrifying destructive force surged through him. His flesh instantly charred and split apart, while even his bones groaned beneath the unbearable pressure, as though his entire body would disintegrate completely in the next moment.
Yet just as the aura of destruction reached its peak, a faint but incomparably tenacious crimson-gold light suddenly emerged from the deepest part of his charred shell, stubbornly illuminating the darkness like a spark in the dead of winter!
“Crack…”
Large sections of his charred skin peeled away like flakes of an old wall.
Beneath the cracks was not mangled flesh, but newly reborn skin and muscle suffused with a faint divine radiance!
Not only had his aura failed to weaken, it had instead undergone rebirth after destruction, becoming even more solid and majestic than before!
“The Flame of Nirvana—rebirth from death!”
An ancient Quasi-Emperor cried out in shock, recognizing this legendary heaven-defying technique.
The empty sockets of the Old Blind Man “gazed” toward the tribulation clouds. For the first time, he spoke, his voice hoarse yet carrying a terrifying calm.
“Again!”
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lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
