Xuan Du roared at the sky, Xuan Du breathed deeply, Xuan Du stood tall reaching the heavens, Xuan Du was transforming and evolving.
Indeed, evolving, strengthening, the multiple mirages enveloping the dragonâs body were shattered by the rolling Vigorous Qi, absorbing all Qi Blood, Heavenly Breath, and Earth Vein into one.
The already earth-shaking and astonishing level of Dao Power cultivation was still exponentially increasing at an even fiercer pace, directly enhancing to, no, restoring to its original realm!
Strong! This guy Xuan Du, is truly too strong!
The master of the Mystic Sect for five thousand years!
The peerless Daoist Venerable who evolved into a dragon!
The strongest organism on the ground!
Mad, who else can defeat him!?
It seems the injuries on his body might have been self-inflicted, the pool of blood released by himself, and even his intelligence flew away, leaving only a dumb-witted simpleton.
Xuan Du himself weakened to a state where a single sword could kill, just to avoid disaster and tribulation! Just to coil up here and hatch an egg!
But now that the egg has hatched, and the sword drawn, with fate heavily intertwined, and three calamities impending, thereâs no need to hide anymore.
Get started
The tribulation arrives
Nine Shenxiao Heavenly Thunder Tribulations!!!
Chen Xuantian and Lingxu stood together in the wind, gazing up at the gathering dark clouds, the day turning abruptly into night, even the starlight was obscured.
To be honest, Chen Xuantian was a worldly man who had seen great scenes, even this kind of overwhelming scene he could say he had seen before.
Well, alright, this was still much stronger compared to what he had experienced before, even though the Cloud Dream Dragon Kingâs tribulations were also heavenly thunder, equally devastating and terrifying, this was probably on a different scale compared to what Master Xuan Du faced.
After all, this was truly the Nine Tribulations Thunder Punishment before him, the thundercloud so thick it appeared like a mountain overhead; using Divine Sense to sweep through would only result in a "Wow, this is unbelievable, it lightninged me to death!"
The sky was filled, visible from all sides, all screens with thunder light and thunderbolt! The cumulonimbus gathered a massive positive charge forming a vortex-like colossal electric field, stripping outer electrons from neutral molecules in the air to instantly form a sea of free electrons and ions!
And whatâs most terrifying is that this sea of electrons should have already chain-avalanched into a brilliant discharge! Yet it withheld, continued accumulating! Just like a reservoir storing floodwaters! No! Like an ultra-energy cannon reservoir of electrical power storing for a world-destroying strike to eradicate this abnormally big mouth enough to swallow heaven and earth!
Sigh, damn it...
Under the rolling thunderclouds, Chen Xuantian stood in the cold wind, focusing while gathering Qi, attempting to reclaim control of his body, while thinking "Damn, Iâm mentally exhausted..."
Clearly, it could have been resolved with a single sword stroke, but that Breaking Dao Divine Sword got stuck at his fingertips, fully charged yet unable to release. Just like his fingers cramped uncontrollably.
Missing by a hair, error by a mile, calculated a thousand times, and still got overturned by a careless move, damn, itâs exhausting...
In such a scene, Chen Xuantian could only stand by helplessly, even reflecting indecisively.
Could it be that he was too naive? Too soft-hearted? Too hesitant? Too indecisive?
Should he be like Tie Dan, without a word, ignoring the Dao, raising the sword and charging in, chopping off Xuan Duâs dragonhead with one stroke, the world would be peaceful, and things might be better?
But...
"But you feel that doing so is wrong."
Lingxu also looked at the heavenly thunder, speaking calmly,
"Thatâs the difference between you two.
The one in Nine Yin Mountain never hesitates; no matter what he faces, he never hesitates, he doesnât know what hesitation is, and none can block the path of his sword.
But youâre different; you think about everything you know and even about the things you donât understand, and that is where others can exploit.
Because you have your own views, youâre not someone who can be easily manipulated, to be roused to action with a mere call to save the world.
Even if their rhetoric is enticing, youâll still want to understand it thoroughly, see it clearly, and act only based on your own judgment. Youâre not someone who can be persuaded by my few words.
So itâs you who judged, itâs you who hesitated, and ultimately, itâs because you think we donât deserve to die. You wanted to leave us a way out.
Itâs you yourself who wouldnât draw your sword."
Chen Xuantian couldnât help but retort,
"Youâre about to destroy the world, yet you donât deserve to die?"
Lingxu chuckled,
"Firstly, I never intended to destroy anyone from the beginning, despite the troubles youâve caused me, have I ever harmed you? No, right? I just borrowed your sword, thatâs all.
Secondly, if I really wanted to annihilate all beings, there would be much more efficient methods, ensuring that even if you wanted to save, you couldnât catch up. But whatâs the necessity? Although I look down on the ants below the mountain, I donât need to step on them as they crawl past my feet.
Moreover, what do you think the Taiji Realm is? Would this vast world really perish from just this tiny ripple? From the Demon Clan to the Immortal Palace, from the Mystic Sect to the Divine Sect, after so many years of winds and rains, countless tribulations of heaven and earth, hasnât it all passed like this?
So even if we remove the Thunder Ancestorâs Shenxiao Guardian, what difference does it make, have you seriously thought it through."
Chen Xuantian was speechless,
"How should I know what will happen, Iâve never seen Thunder Ancestor."