In certain ancient legends, elusive and profound beyond measure, whose truth no one knew, the Star God Tribulation was a calamity of monstrous ferocity—and an extraordinarily terrifying method of tempering the body and severing karmic burdens.
The spiritual energy and heavenly treasures of the world were finite, scarce resources.
The stronger a living being became, the more spiritual essence and precious treasures they consumed.
The Heavenly Dao could not allow living beings to grow unchecked. Otherwise, one day, the world's spirit sources would be fished dry, exhausted utterly.
Thus, the Heavenly Dao established its laws: the weak became prey to the strong, and only the fittest survived.
First, according to the karma of one's previous life and the blessings of this life, the Heavenly Dao silently branded each person as they entered the Reincarnation Cycle to be reborn.
Those blessed with vast fortune could possess cultivation talent and embark on the path of cultivation.
This rule alone barred ninety percent of all living beings.
Yet this was not the end, merely the beginning.
For the prodigies and outstanding talents among the remaining tenth, favored by heavenly fortune and given hope of entering cultivation, what awaited them was no smooth road either.
Their entire ascent was thick with thorns.
The higher they climbed, the firmer the heavenly gates became, unbreakable, like dragons and abysses devouring all living beings, inspiring boundless despair!
Yet the more terrifying the trial and the harsher the barrier, the more breaking through meant gaining the Heavenly Dao's permission to enjoy resources to the fullest, soar into the sky and become a dragon, and ascend to the pinnacle. Viewed this way, adversity was also opportunity.
The Star God Tribulation was a divine curse, a supreme divine tribulation sent down by the Heavenly Dao to restrain and weaken a