Watching the Heavenly Dao's lightning tribulations—each strike more terrifying than the last, as if intent on erasing Qin Wuya completely—Qin Hao couldn't help but feel his heart pound in fear.
His cheap dad wouldn't actually be struck to death, right?
However, Qin Wuya, whose physical body had already been shattered by the heavenly lightning, threw his head back and laughed aloud:
"Hahaha, bring it on! Today ends in only one of two ways: either I complete the Great Dao, or I die! Damn heavens, give me everything you've got!"
Qin Wuya used the Heavenly Dao's lightning tribulation to repeatedly reverse-verify, complete, and even forge a unique Great Dao entirely his own.
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When the ninetieth heavenly lightning struck, Qin Wuya had already been blasted by the mighty tribulation until only an orb of his divine soul remained. Furthermore, his divine soul had shrunk to the size of a soybean, its light so faint it was barely visible.
Yet, facing this ninetieth bolt of lightning—a strike powerful enough to obliterate a peak Immortal King and severely injure an Immortal Emperor—Qin Wuya did not dodge. Instead, he actively charged toward it.
From within the orb of light came a faint yet incredibly resolute voice:
"Illusion and reality give birth to each other, existence and nothingness return to one. My Dao shall not be dictated by the heavens!"
Boom!!!
An unprecedented explosion illuminated the entire Three Realms and Nine Heavens. Countless mighty figures extended their divine senses to observe everything happening here.
Witnessing such a terrifying scene, Qin Hao and Liu Ruyan, hiding inside the Nine-Turn Exquisite Pagoda, had their hearts in their throats.
As the light faded, a speck of light—so faint it seemed it could dissipate at any moment—flickered stubbornly at the center of the explosion.
It did not grow larger or brighter, but it gave off a more solid, restrained feeling, as if it had been washed clean of all superficiality and stripped of all impurities.
"This is your father's limit. The next bolt of heavenly lightning will undoubtedly kill him."
Saying this, Liu Ruyan turned to Qin Hao. "Give him the Nine Tribulations Sword!"
Qin Hao did not hesitate. He immediately tossed the Nine Tribulations Sword to Qin Wuya, who was undergoing his tribulation.
Qin Wuya, whose divine soul power was now reduced to a mere speck, shook his head bitterly.
"It's no use. Even an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon is useless. The next heavenly lightning is enough to obliterate an Immortal Emperor, and it is entirely unavoidable. Even if I return to the future right now, this lightning tribulation will follow me back and become even stronger."
"What a pity. I was just a little bit short. If the Great Dao of the later generations wasn't fragmented down to a third, but rather a half, I would have been able to survive this lightning tribulation and complete the Great Dao."
Qin Wuya clicked his tongue, his eyes full of reluctance. "Am I, Qin Wuya, destined to fall here? I really am a bit unwilling to accept this. However, to catch a glimpse of the complete Great Dao before my end... I suppose that fulfills my lifelong wish."
Seeing Qin Wuya so pessimistic, Qin Hao curled his lips and shouted,
"What are you getting all sentimental for? Hurry up and pick up the sword! You want to die? Did I agree to that? I still need to lean against your big tree to enjoy the shade!"
Qin Hao's words left Qin Wuya filled with confusion, but he still used his remaining divine soul power to catch the Nine Tribulations Sword that Qin Hao threw.
"Hmm? Nothing special about it. It's a very strong Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, but what else? Why does that little brat think this sword can save me?"
Just as Qin Wuya was in a daze, the ninety-first bolt of heavenly lightning fiercely crashed down.
This bolt of lightning was no longer an ordinary heavenly tribulation, but the most primal obliterating power of the Heavenly Dao. It was pitch-black like ink, and wherever it passed, space and time shattered, and the Great Dao wailed.
Even though Qin Hao and Liu Ruyan were far away and hiding deep within the Nine-Turn Exquisite Pagoda, they were instantly shocked by this oppressive aura, causing them to bleed from their seven orifices and their divine souls to tremble.
Treating a dead horse as a living one, Qin Wuya tightly gripped the Nine Tribulations Sword Qin Hao had thrown, hoping for a miracle to occur.
BOOM!!!
In merely an instant, Qin Wuya's remaining divine soul power was blasted apart on the spot.
As his consciousness faded, Qin Wuya smiled bitterly. "Is this death? Heh, I actually believed that little rascal's nonsense. How could a mere Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon save me?"
Just as Qin Wuya's last shred of consciousness was about to completely dissipate, a crack suddenly snapped open on the ancient blade of the Nine Tribulations Sword.
Immediately after, a warm and majestic power enveloped Qin Wuya. It felt like the very first wisp of lifeforce from the dawn of creation.
Under the nourishment and infusion of this power, the speck of light of his Dao Seed, which had been about to vanish, actually became solid and grew stronger at a visible rate!
Qin Wuya had originally accepted the outcome of his body dying and his Dao vanishing, but after waiting a while, he realized—hey, he was still alive! Not only was he alive, but his divine soul had been reshaped, and his physical body had been reconstructed as well!
In no time at all, Qin Wuya was fully restored. Suspended in mid-air, he was dumbfounded, his entire body frozen in shock.
"What... what kind of power is this?"
"An Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon? What kind of Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon can instantly resurrect an Immortal Emperor whose body and Dao had perished?"
Qin Wuya clicked his tongue in amazement. He had lived through the ages and seen countless supreme treasures, but he had never seen something as monstrously defiant as the Nine Tribulations Sword.
Within a single sword was hidden the lifeforce of creation, capable of forcibly resisting the Heavenly Dao's obliteration and reversing life and death.
Qin Wuya looked up, gazing from afar through the sky full of lightning mist at Qin Hao inside the Nine-Turn Exquisite Pagoda, his eyes filled with shock.
This son of his had truly given him a monumental surprise. A single weapon of his had actually forcibly pulled him back from the Heavenly Dao's obliteration!
"I knew all along that the brat possessed incredible fortune, but looking at it now, his fortune is even more terrifying than I imagined!"
Seeing Qin Wuya use up one of the Nine Tribulations Sword's lives, Qin Hao's heart ached with pity. He turned to Liu Ruyan beside him and asked,
"Ruyan, you said there are still eight bolts of heavenly lightning left. Can my old man withstand them?"
Liu Ruyan shook her head. "He won't be able to. He hasn't completed the Great Dao yet, and the subsequent heavenly lightning bolts will only get stronger with each strike. Especially the final bolt—even at my peak, I would have had to pay a massive price to withstand it."
"This is the rule of how the world operates. Once a cultivator reaches the Immortal King realm, they can reverse time and space. If such rules weren't set to restrict them, wouldn't this world plunge into chaos?"
After saying that, Liu Ruyan patted Qin Hao's shoulder and comforted him:
"Even though the Nine Tribulations Sword's nine chances to block a death tribulation are gone, your father completing the Great Dao will be of immense help to your future. Moreover, once the Nine Tribulations Sword's nine tribulation-blocking chances are used up, it will evolve from an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon into a Supreme Dao Artifact."
"A Supreme Dao Artifact is a divine weapon possessing the power of creation, capable of threatening the Heavenly Dao. In the entirety of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens, only one has ever been naturally born."
While the two conversed, the remaining eight bolts of heavenly lightning fell. Relying on the Nine Tribulations Sword, Qin Wuya successfully withstood them and imprinted the complete Great Dao into his body. Completing his Great Dao was now only a matter of time.
After pulling Qin Wuya back from the Yellow Springs for the final time, the Nine Tribulations Sword completely shattered, turning into countless, microscopic specks of dust.
As if drawn by some invisible force, these shattered fragments began to defy logic, frantically converging toward a central point.
Buzz—
A humming sound—seemingly originating from the root of the Great Dao, yet also like the very first heartbeat at the dawn of the universe—resounded throughout the entire Three Realms and Nine Heavens.
The billions of dust particles of the sword's blade erupted with a dazzling light of creation.
The radiance lasted for a full day. When the light finally and slowly receded, a brand-new sword appeared before Qin Wuya.
With just a single glance, Qin Wuya was deeply shaken by the weapon. The original nine fractures had all transformed into lifelike, chaotic Dao marks. These nine cracks represented the nine most fundamental Grand Daos of the universe:
(Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Time, Space, Yin, and Yang.)
At the sword guard, a gemstone resembling a black hole slowly rotated. It looked as though it could devour all light, yet simultaneously seemed capable of birthing myriad worlds.
The entire sword did not leak any sharp, oppressive edge. Instead, it exuded an aura of returning to one's original, natural state, an aura that encompassed all things in creation.
As it lay quietly in Qin Wuya's hand, it gave him the illusion that the sword itself was a complete Grand Dao, an independent world of its own.
"This aura! A Supreme Dao Artifact! This sword is a Supreme Dao Artifact!"
It was not just Qin Wuya; the mighty experts who had projected their divine senses over also perceived it. This sword was a legendary Supreme Dao Artifact, a peerless divine weapon capable of creating a world and even posing a threat to the Heavenly Dao.
"Junior! Leave this sword behind, and I shall spare your life!"
"Bastard! This Supreme Dao Artifact is mine!"
"Let us each rely on our own abilities, everyone!"
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
