Third Heaven
Finally, Zhou Tong activated the Battle Immortal Art, threw a punch with all his might, and a beam of immortal light shot up, piercing through the universe and shattering heaven and earth.
"Boom!!"
The heavens and earth trembled. Zhou Tong's punch completely shattered the Thunder Tribulation. All the Order Divine Chains within the Thunder Tribulation and the almost endless Great Emperor also collapsed completely in that instant.
"Thump!!"
A long, melodious bell tolled, Hegemonic Bell emitted sound waves like a tsunami, causing the sky to collapse and the earth to cave in, destroying everything. The bell waves surged in countless layers, sweeping away the dissipating sea of lightning, engulfing all its power and drawing it into the bell's mouth.
In an instant, the Hegemonic Bell rang loudly, absorbing and refining the power of the Heavenly Tribulation. Rays of light shot out from the bell's surface, small yet as sharp as celestial sword beams capable of cleaving the universe.
Finally, the light subsided, concealing all the strange phenomena, leaving only ancient simplicity. Only the four colors of immortal light—black, red, blue, and purple—shine brilliantly. Chaos Qi mixed with wisps of the Myriad Mother Qi cascaded down, forming thousands of streams like waterfalls, giving it a unique Dao Rhyme.
Within the mouth of the bell, an even greater power surges and undulates, as if the Thirty-Three Heavens world is contained within it.
Zhou Tong opened his eyes at the same time.
Thus, the tribulation ended, Quasi-Emperor level three!
Quasi-Emperor Tribulation dissipated, Zhou Tong sat cross-legged in the starry sky, breathing in and out to recover. All the starlight in the sky gathered and poured into his body. It was like a bottomless pit, and the starlight in several nearby star fields dimmed.
He draws upon the essence of heaven and earth to replenish his needs, reshapes his Daoist bones, and his physical body shines brightly as he rapidly recovers.
For seven whole days, Zhou Tong sat cross-legged here, recovering his divine power while quietly comprehending the changes after his tribulation.
"I just broke through to the third level of Quasi- Quasi-Emperor, and the proportion of Azure Heaven True Blood has already reached 80%... If I calculate carefully, it should be equivalent to my two blood temperings and the absorption of Heavenly Tribulation's Fortune. However, at this level of cultivation, True Blood is becoming increasingly difficult to temper." Zhou Tong thought to himself.
The first tempering was done with the Quasi-Emperor Body, which had been tempered over millions of years in the Divine Domain; the second tempering was further refined by the Myriad Divine and Demonic Paths on the God-Demon Ridge.
These two trials, coupled with his insights into the Forbidden Domain, had already firmly established Zhou Tong at the second level of the Quasi-Emperor Second Heaven. The Quasi-Emperor Heavenly Tribulation further completed his Fortune, and his battles with numerous Great Emperor and Ancient Emperor during the Heavenly Tribulation propelled him even further, reaching the third level.
With a casual wave of his hand, Zhou Tong summoned the Hegemonic Bell back to his side.
On the clock, black, blue, and purple are all well-balanced, but the brightness and area of the crimson are clearly only half that of any of the three colors.
With the help of the Quasi-Emperor Heavenly Tribulation, a breakthrough has indeed been achieved. Some of those Quasi-Emperor Artifact have been refined into them, but a large portion remains.
"With my current strength, I estimate it will take about a hundred years to completely refine the Phoenix Blood Red Gold." Zhou Tong roughly calculated, then didn't take it seriously, directly retrieved the Hegemonic Bell, and returned to the Divine Domain.
However, Zhou Tong did not tear through the Void the Great to descend directly into the Divine Domain; instead, he flew along the way. He transformed into an extremely terrifying beam of immortal light, cleaving through vast swathes of the universe, a truly terrifying sight.
Along the way, he constantly experimented with different methods. After surviving the Heavenly Tribulation and officially advancing to the Quasi-Emperor, his body, primordial spirit, and even the Great Dao underwent a comprehensive improvement, making his combat power significantly stronger than before.
Moreover, at his current level, he can enter Divine Prohibition State almost with a single thought.
On the way thereafter, I kept experimenting. Except for a few times when my condition was really not right and I had to try a few more times, I was able to enter this field easily most of the time, and I could stay in this field for a very long time, up to an hour.
Not only that, even after the divine restriction ended, he felt that he only needed to rest for a short while before he could trigger it again. He never expected that after officially advancing to Quasi-Emperor, he would reach this point, which was almost equivalent to permanently standing in the Divine Forbidden Domain.
At that moment, Zhou Tong felt more confident and full of pride than ever before.
It's practically equivalent to Permanent Divine Prohibition. Coupled with his unparalleled comprehension of the Divine Forbidden Domain and the Nine Secrets of the Nine Secrets: Jie, Zhou Tong is confident that he can take on a Quasi -Quasi-Emperor of the Sixth Heaven in one go.
The first to third levels of Quasi-Emperor can be considered the initial stage of Quasi-Emperor; the fourth to sixth levels can be considered the middle stage of Quasi-Emperor; and the seventh to Ninth Heaven are the advanced stage of Quasi-Emperor.
The differences between the three levels of Quasi-Emperor- Quasi-Emperor are enormous: Quasi-Emperor, intermediate, and advanced.
Generally speaking, a low-level Quasi-Emperor is basically just lucky to enter the Divine Restriction; however, a mid-level Quasi-Emperor can trigger the Divine Restriction more frequently, and some geniuses can even trigger it several times a day; and a high-level Quasi-Emperor can almost vaguely control the Divine Restriction.
Therefore, Zhou Tong was well aware that his advantage in divine restriction would be of little use when he encountered a high-level Quasi-Emperor; of course, if he himself were to advance to a high-level Quasi-Emperor, his understanding of divine restriction would still be an absolute advantage.
But how many high-level Quasi-Emperor are there in the universe today? Apart from the Forbidden Zone Supreme and a few Old Gu, there are almost no people of his generation who can rival him.
Zhou Tong flew on, his figure blurry, as if time had reversed. With a single flap of his Kunpeng Wings, he could shatter the sky and travel billions of miles in an instant. He seemed to be soaring through a vast ocean of time and space, Transcendence the River of Fate.
At the same time, he was also evolving the Ten Evils Treasure Art. After reaching the Quasi-Emperor, he stood at a completely new height, and he now had a different understanding of the supreme secret techniques he had cultivated in the past.
In an instant, strange phenomena appeared in the world. Thousands upon thousands of Order Divine Chains in the Void the Great transformed into Immortal Phoenix soaring with outstretched wings, condensed into True Dragon dancing in the sky, gathered into Kunpeng tearing through the heavens, and then transformed into Kirin to suppress the world. There were also bolts of lightning and fragments of time intertwining here...
A moment later, Zhou Tong returned to the Divine Domain, where he immediately went into seclusion to continue comprehending his own Dao and Dharma.
Having officially advanced to the Quasi-Emperor level, he needs some time to comprehend and see if there are any flaws in the scriptures he created that need to be remedied, and if there is any room for further refinement and improvement in the Forbidden Domain he created.
This period of seclusion lasted for five years.
In fact, once you reach the Quasi-Emperor stage, it's quite common for you to go into seclusion for several hundred years.
After five years of seclusion, he completely stabilized his cultivation level, reaching the third level of Quasi-Emperor.
"Actually, thinking about it carefully, the cultivation level of Quasi-Emperor Level 3 is still quite awkward." Zhou Tong was somewhat speechless after emerging from seclusion. Quasi-Emperor Level 3 is neither high nor low.
If we say it's high, compared to the current golden age, it's indeed incredibly high; but if we say it's low, it's practically unmatched in this era.
Because the Quasi-Emperor in the entire universe today are either Old Gu left behind from who knows how many years ago, and these Old Gu are basically beings who have attained the Ninth Heaven or have achieved enlightenment through Alternative Dao Attainment. These Quasi-Emperor cannot defeat them with their own strength. Or they are the new forbidden ones who have only been around for a few years. These Quasi-Emperor are definitely no match for him.
"The Human Ancient Road is no longer of any use to me for training, but since I've embarked on this path, I should go all the way to the Endpoint, leave my mark, and then return to Big Dipper and Earth to take a look, and finally go to the Hegemon Body Ancestral Star!" Zhou Tong made up his mind.
Previously, Zhou Tong had always longed for the Hegemon Body Ancestral Star; but ever since the Human Race Fifty City, where the Hegemon Body Tomb, he had become somewhat worried about the Hegemon Body Ancestral Star, fearing that the Great Accomplishment Hegemon Body there would target him, since his ideas were different from those of the Hegemon Body on the real Ancestral Star.
Now that we have the Lingbao Sword Formation and the Vajra Ring of the Quasi-Emperor Seventh Heaven, we are ready to head to the Hegemon Body Ancestral Star.
"However, there is one more place we need to visit before that."