Heart of Heavenly Tribulation! High-Tier Extraordinary Organ

The one who killed the protagonist?

Viewers with normal intellectual development immediately realized that the so-called "protagonist" was the super Horned Demon Roxstar, whom Zhou Zhe had slain.

Many viewers couldn't help but complain in the live stream chat.

"Where's the protagonist's immortality halo? Where's the protagonist's invincibility rule?"

"Can a dead protagonist still be called a protagonist? I'm dying of laughter."

"Haven't you read any 'protagonist-slaying' stories?"

"Actually, it's easy to understand! That Roxstar was clearly the chosen one of Sigma Star, and perhaps not even the only protagonist! This is the Great Cosmic Era, where countless civilizations collide and clash. Who knows how many 'protagonists' there are, they're practically worthless."

"Honestly, I think putting Zhou Zhe in the role of the villain BOSS makes perfect sense!"

"Stop with the nonsense! The exciting moment has arrived! The Dao is about to give out rewards!"

"He's here, he's here!"

At the same time, above the Starry Dragon Bone Arena, the "Dao" descended.

It manifested in the form of a human youth—of course, if the victor had been Roxstar, its manifested form would have been that of a Horned Demon.

No one knew its true race or form.

Judging by the details of how the "Dao" renamed itself, it might truly be as it claimed—born from nothingness, it is the beginning and the end, gathering its multi-dimensional self into one, with no past, no future, only the present, invincible throughout the universe.

The Dao's appearance was unremarkable, and its face held no expression.

It flicked a finger towards Zhou Zhe.

The vacuum was torn open, and a "coconut" radiating golden light and ethereal energy emerged from the rift.

This existence, resembling a coconut, expanded and contracted like a heart, thumping with each beat, drawing energy from the spatial rift.

"Its name is the [Heart of Heavenly Tribulation]."

The Dao's voice was neither happy nor sad, seemingly devoid of any emotional fluctuation. "I have stripped it from the Heavenly Dao of Cangxin Continent as your reward."

"Once the Heart of Heavenly Tribulation is fully developed, you will possess the ability to wield heavenly tribulations."

"Although it is only the weaker Qianfeng Tribulation Lightning, it also has the potential to evolve further. It is a very suitable reward for this battle."

"The energy it accumulated has been cleared by me and reset to its purest state."

As soon as the Dao finished speaking, the Heart of Heavenly Tribulation floated before Zhou Zhe.

Zhou Zhe reached out and firmly grasped it.

In the blink of an eye, the Heart of Heavenly Tribulation slipped through his fingers and burrowed into Zhou Zhe's chest cavity, nesting on the side of his right lung.

It pulsed with vitality, and the tribulation lightning energy it emitted continuously strengthened Zhou Zhe's body, making him feel as if he had inexhaustible strength!

The black sword shield imprint on the back of his hand, where the filled-in pentagrams were, had unknowingly increased to four!

The wind element accumulated in his limbs and bones was also being absorbed bit by bit, gradually refined into a higher level of pure energy.

Zhou Zhe estimated that it would take about a hundred units of wind element to convert into one unit of "Qianfeng Tribulation Lightning."

Not only that!

The Heart of Heavenly Tribulation was also automatically absorbing wind element and another unfamiliar energy from the void.

This meant that Zhou Zhe didn't even need to cultivate; he was constantly getting stronger every moment!

This Heart of Heavenly Tribulation was practically a 24-hour automatic offline cultivation assistant!

It was simply heaven-defying!

When the Dao was distributing the rewards, most of the Earthlings in the live stream just thought it was very generous and the rewards were quite cool.

Let alone the high-end, ethereal appearance of the Heart of Heavenly Tribulation, its background story alone was enough to garner admiration.

This was the Heart of Heavenly Tribulation stripped from the Heavenly Dao!

The Dao's language could be understood by any intelligent life form in the universe. To many foreigners, the so-called Heart of Heavenly Tribulation was something stripped from the "Gaia Consciousness" or "God's Authority."

In the live stream, comments that triggered trypophobia exploded.

"If Zhou Zhe could travel to that Cangxin Continent, he'd definitely be favored by destiny! After all, he's the man who hosts heavenly tribulations!"

"Is this considered a manufactured protagonist?"

"Of course! The great cultivators would definitely fawn over him! After all, traditional cultivators have to undergo tribulations to break through their realms! Also, anyone planning to say I'm talking nonsense can stop typing on their keyboards! My cousin is a Cosmic Gladiator, and he exchanged for cultivation civilization data! Although he's dead now, I swear I'm not making this up!"

"Am I the only one curious about what fate awaits Cangxin Continent after having its heavenly tribulations taken away?"

"It'll definitely be a world downgrade! Without heavenly tribulations, the top-tier combat power will surely decline year by year! In the future, maybe Qi Refining stage will be equivalent to a major power, and Foundation Establishment stage will be the strongest in the world? (The realm names might be slightly off, but that's the general idea! Haters, back off! I've been in the League of Legends jungle for ten years, and my parents are both alive! My nickname is Little Keyboard Immortal! Anyone who argues with me is a ***!)"

"I originally wanted to say 'supernatural path blocked,' but it doesn't seem likely... The guy talking about the downgrade theory makes a lot of sense!"

"Who cares what happens to Cangxin Continent! I only care about when Earth will get widespread supernatural powers!"

"Seconded! I'm so angry! The fire is almost at my backside, and they're still so calm? What are the big moves? Every time I see news about those supernatural big shots, jealousy twists me!"

"Trust the country! The future will definitely be good!"

"We can't get our hands on the Swift Wind Pavilion's 'Wind Element Body Tempering Technique' from China, the Holy Hall's 'Pure White Prayer' in America is jealously guarded and never shared, and the Secret Master Association's 'Mystic Meditation Method' from the EU is even more unattainable. I'm going crazy!"

Seeing Zhou Zhe's reward, the well-traveled, non-Earthling audience members were so jealous they felt their cell walls would rupture.

The Heart of Heavenly Tribulation, which resided within Zhou Zhe's body, was categorized as an "Extraordinary Organ" according to the most widespread terminology in the universe.

Extraordinary Organs, too, were graded!

Take Roxstar, a Cosmic Gladiator from Sigma Star, for example—this legendary super Horned Demon had an Extraordinary Organ in his right ear, a Super EX Gene crystal that manifested due to a genetic mutation.

His Super EX Gene crystal possessed immense developmental potential and could be classified as a "Mid-tier Extraordinary Organ." Ordinary Horned Demons, with their regular EX Gene crystals, were only rated as "Low-tier Extraordinary Organs."

As for the Heart of Heavenly Tribulation that Zhou Zhe obtained…

It was the absolute pinnacle among the top-tier Extraordinary Organs.

It was the materialization of world rules, capable of bestowing boundless potential upon an unremarkable ordinary person!

After distributing the rewards, the avatar of the Dao did not leave immediately.

Its gaze fell upon Zhou Zhe, and it said indifferently, "I will give you a special mission with an additional reward."

"Of course, this is a side quest, and you have the right to refuse."