Old Friend, Surprise—It's Me Again!

The Two-star Chen Yi avatar was far too overpowered!

While it vastly exceeded the limits of the lower realm yet had not condensed an immortal body to withstand lightning, it naturally drew the attention of the Tribulation Transcendence.

Rumble—!!!

Dull thunder rolled in from beyond the West Sea Realm. At first it sounded like drums; upon listening again, it was like a heavy cudgel striking the soul, making one panic beyond all control.

Crack!

The heavens split open. The dark clouds condensed by the Western Sea Heavenly Dao collapsed in an instant, revealing a Tribulation Transcendence cloud filled with wandering purple thunder dragons.

A terrifying aura bore down like an incomparably vast beast opening its eyes and looking down upon the countless living beings within the West Sea Realm.

"Old friend, surprise—it's me again!"

As Chen Yi looked at that familiar fellow and warmly greeted it, he chose to return and had the chat system quickly open a portal.

He absolutely could not let the Essence of Immortal Dao he had obtained with such difficulty be kept behind by that damned Tribulation Transcendence!

Meanwhile.

The previously nonchalant Tribulation Transcendence was visibly stunned. As if it had confirmed something, it instantly forced its way into the West Sea Realm!

Yet it was still too late.

The portal had already opened successfully!

"Hahaha, you lost again!"

Chen Yi laughed loudly, then fell backward and vanished.

Boom!!!

Sensing Chen Yi's aura disappearing once more, the Tribulation Transcendence immediately panicked. It directly skipped the process of the first forty-nine Purple Firmament Divine Lightnings and forcibly struck the portal with a bolt of Chaos Divine Lightning!

The portal, not yet fully closed, was forced to swallow most of the lightning. The remaining small portion exploded where it was, instantly annihilating half of the West Sea Divine Realm.

But Chen Yi was still gone. The Tribulation Transcendence could no longer find him.

Rumble—!!!

The immense thunder was deafening, and the vast pressure shook heaven and earth. The Tribulation Transcendence clouds churned ceaselessly, refusing to disperse for a long while.

The God of Light was terrified at the time, afraid that this horrifying tribulation cloud would set its sights on him.

One had to know that there were also legends in the West Sea Realm of ascending to the Supreme God Realm, but those were matters from a very, very long time ago.

Ever since the previous Lord of the Divine Realm ascended and he took office, he had chosen to remain in the West Sea Realm to enjoy himself, unwilling to head to the Supreme God Realm and struggle from scratch.

Who could have imagined that that damned Outer Realm Demonic God would actually bring down a trial from the Supreme God Realm!

Wuwuwu... such terrifying divine lightning.

That damned Outer Realm Demonic God not only stole people's things, but even wanted people dead...

You really deserve to die!!!

Meanwhile.

Within the transmission passage.

"The Tribulation Transcendence is still chasing me, TMD!"

The Two-star Chen Yi avatar was being chased by the severely weakened Chaos Divine Lightning, leaping and dodging frantically.

He had not expected the Tribulation Transcendence to be so devoid of martial ethics. It actually ignored the proper sequence, throwing every underhanded trick it had at him and starting straight from fifty bolts of Chaos Divine Lightning!

The Two-star Chen Yi avatar could not withstand it. If he were struck, he would be annihilated in an instant, and the hard-won Essence of Immortal Dao would also fall into the turbulent void.

Fortunately, he was extremely fast and had years of experience fighting the Tribulation Transcendence. The Chaos Thunder Dragon could not catch him for the time being.

But his strength was being consumed just as quickly. The Two-star Chen Yi avatar was not his true body, after all, and did not have such powerful reserves of energy. Being caught was only a matter of time.

The Chaos Thunder Dragon, imbued with a wisp of the Tribulation Transcendence's will, was also extremely excited. After all, It had never killed a "Chen Yi" before, but today... this "Chen Yi" would not escape!

Within the Phantom Star Grotto-Heaven, Chen Yi's True Body pondered for a moment, then raised his hand and summoned twenty-seven One-star avatars into the portal, sending them charging from the endpoint toward the starting point.

The transmission passage had originally been very short, requiring less than two and a half seconds to traverse.

But now, forcibly stuffed with Chaos Divine Lightning, it had expanded to a length it should never have possessed—an infinite length, even!

If this Chaos Divine Lightning could not be dispelled, then the Two-star Chen Yi avatar would never be able to leave the transmission passage.

Very quickly!

The twenty-seven One-star Chen Yi avatars arrived at the scene. Seeing the menacing Chaos Divine Lightning, they immediately began to fuse and ascend!

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

The twenty-seven One-star avatars fused and ascended into nine Two-star avatars, then fused into three Three-star avatars. Finally, a Four-star Chen Yi avatar appeared!

In an instant, a terrifying aura spread out. Even the transmission passage could not bear it and shattered in the blink of an eye, everything within falling into the cracks of time and space.

Rumble!!!

The Chaos Divine Lightning, transformed into a ten-thousand-foot thunder dragon, possessed immense sentience. Upon sensing the emergence of an even more powerful aura, it immediately abandoned the Two-star Chen Yi avatar and roared as it charged toward the Four-star Chen Yi avatar.

"Perfect timing!"

Chen Yi had also been wanting to gauge the power of the Chaos Divine Lightning.

He had not dared clash with it before because he was unsure how many bolts of Chaos Divine Lightning the Tribulation Transcendence could strike down. Fearing that he would lack the strength to continue, he had avoided its edge.

But now, it was merely a single tribulation lightning wandering outside. Did he still need to avoid its edge?

He threw a punch!

This strike pierced through the lightning!

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!!!

Within this crack of time and space, the ten-thousand-foot Chaos Thunder Dragon disintegrated inch by inch until nothing remained!

Meanwhile, the Four-star avatar, possessing sixty percent of the true body's power, was completely unscathed. It had merely expended a little too much energy, and its form was no longer quite as solid as before.

"Hiss, it really does have some bite!"

Within the Phantom Star Grotto-Heaven, Chen Yi's True Body, who sensed everything, drew a sharp breath.

Just one bolt of Chaos Divine Lightning that was not at full strength had consumed thirty percent of the Four-star avatar's power. If he truly faced the Tribulation Transcendence clouds head-on, he could probably only withstand around two and a half bolts.

Even with the other avatars added in, they could withstand at most five bolts of Chaos Divine Lightning. He would have to bear all the rest himself.

If the heavenly secrets deduced most recently were correct, and eighty-one tribulation lightnings were the limit, then after forty-nine Purple Firmament Divine Lightnings, there should be thirty-two Chaos Divine Lightnings?

If that was truly the case, Chen Yi was confident he could take a gamble!

But was that really the truth?

The heavenly secrets previously deduced jointly by countless Great Cultivators had stated that forty-nine Purple Firmament Divine Lightnings were the limit!

In the end, Chen Yi fought eighty-one times and finally succeeded in passing the forty-nine Purple Firmament Divine Lightnings. Yet what awaited him was not the wide-open immortal gate, but even more monstrous Chaos Divine Lightning!

Perhaps even the Immortal Realm had never expected that someone in the barren lands of the lower realm could truly pass forty-nine Purple Firmament Divine Lightnings?

And now it hurriedly changed its tune, revealing that the latest heavenly secret was eighty-one bolts?

Do you think I believe that?

So any underhanded trick you have, you just throw it all at me?

Chen Yi's gaze was profound. He remained silent for a long time before finally letting out a faint sigh. "Fine. Since you don't welcome me, I won't force the matter any longer. In any case, Immortal Essence Stones can also be exchanged within the chat group..."

It was then that the completely disassembled avatars returned.

There was no helping it. The laws of the Ziwei Continent were not sufficiently complete to bear avatars above Two-star, while all the formation runes within the Phantom Star Grotto-Heaven were being used to support Chen Yi's True Body and likewise could not bear another avatar above Two-star.

Thus, whether Four-star or Two-star, they could only all disassemble into nine hundred million One-star avatars at the peak of their combat strength before returning.

"Mm, this pool of Immortal Liquid is roughly equivalent to three hundred and sixty-five Immortal Essence Stones. It can transform three One-star avatars into immortal bodies. This haul wasn't a loss!"

Looking at the Essence of Immortal Dao taken from the West Sea Realm, Chen Yi nodded in satisfaction.

Then, with a sweep of his hand, three One-star avatars immediately turned into violet spheres of light and fell into it, beginning their refinement and nurturing.

The process of transforming a mortal body into an immortal body was extremely slow, but this was merely the beginning. The subsequent nurturing and cultivation for advancement were the real bulk of it!

Yet the lower realm was barren and Essence of Immortal Dao was scarce. Fortuitous chances like encountering a Pseudo-Immortal Realm would not come every day. He still needed to keep opening up new sources!

With that thought, Chen Yi, still riding the thrill, immediately opened the chat group panel again.