Chapter 1022.
Vast, surging flames of light crisscrossed the heavens.
Golden lightning flashed like a giant hand from Heaven itself, sweeping away everything.
What card game, gambling table, chessboard, chess pieces...
Beneath that invisible hand of Heaven, all seemed to become insignificant dust.
It spread boundlessly, clearing out a crystalline universe suspended above the great realm.
At this moment,
Tu Shan Jun felt himself detach from heaven and earth.
No.
More accurately, he had broken free of the Land of Divine Prohibition.
As Tu Shan Jun ascended the platform, it was as though he were undertaking the act of climbing to Heaven.
What substance was the azure heavens?
Heavy.
The General-Worshipping Platform connected to Heaven. Ghost King Tu Shan Jun should have been able to climb it with ease, summon his tens of millions of troops, and battle the Dao Tribulation alongside them.
Yet the Great Dao of the azure heavens, formless by nature, slowed the steps of Tu Shan Jun in his imperial robes. Gradually, he could no longer lift either foot, much less move his body.
Tu Shan Jun raised his head, his eyes filled with astonishment.
He had expected the tribulation of attaining the Dao to be fraught with difficulties. Perhaps even with ample preparation, he would still die within the Dao Tribulation. Yet he had never imagined that when the Great Dao of the azure heavens truly descended, he would not even be able to glimpse the end of the Dao.
Heavy!
An indescribable weight.
As though it would crush all the heavens.
Wordless, yet accompanied by a clear sound.
Demonic blood streamed from the corner of his mouth.
It was not only Tu Shan Jun who had not expected this. When the other cultivators saw the artifact spirit's Main Soul halt his steps, they too