Several tens of thousands of years passed once more, and everything in the universe remained as it had been.
The Golden Age continued without any end in sight, while the spiritual essence of heaven and earth grew ever denser. Yet this left many prodigies in despair, for there were simply too many powerful figures. Even those who had attained the Dao by alternative means dared not trigger an Emperor tribulation.
Then, at that moment, a resplendent immortal light suddenly descended upon the universe. Countless showers of light scattered across the cosmos; sweet springs fell from the heavens, and Golden Lotuses surged from the earth. Everyone stared at the starry sky in shock.
"Rumble!!"
At the same time, a massive bolt of lightning rang through the universe. Another immortal ascension tribulation had appeared—someone else in the universe was becoming immortal.
Countless cultivators still striving to attain the Dao gazed enviously toward the direction of the immortal ascension tribulation.
Yet they could not imagine who, exactly, was becoming immortal.
Within the Divine Domain, Zhou Tong opened his eyes and looked into the depths of the starry sky. There, he saw a fat man cursing as he crossed the tribulation, swearing at the heavens even as he fought against the heavenly tribulation.
The fat man's face was oily and gleaming, yet the immortal ascension tribulation had now blasted his flesh open.
"Duan De has finally reached completion? The Nine-Life Reincarnation Seal has become one!" Zhou Tong instantly understood who the man was.
It was not only Zhou Tong. Ye Fan, Wu Shi, Azure Emperor, and the others all realized who was undergoing the tribulation.
Even if they had never heard the name "Duan De," the name of Cao Yusheng, the Tribulation Crossing Heavenly Venerable, was famous enough to deafen the ears. Naturally, they