As his words fell, Pei Ling's aura shifted, as if rising without limit. In the unseen depths of the cosmos, he was tribulation, he was the Heavenly Dao, he was the firmament!
Within the Outer Void, the tribulation clouds that had yet to disperse completely gathered once more with a thunderous roar.
The enormous sphere of clouds seemed like a star whose birth had failed. It regained its power and began to brew anew.
Thick clouds surged in, and with each muffled roar of thunder, they steadily collapsed toward the center.
The mighty, radiant majesty of Heaven descended!
The fifty-first Dao Tribulation arrived!
Pei Ling immediately recited inwardly, "System, I want to cultivate. One-Click Hosting [Ten Thousand Feet of Red Dust, Fear Me as Heaven]..."
"Ding-dong! The Intelligent Cultivation System is at your service! One-Click Hosting, Intelligent Upgrade! Starting cultivation hosting now. Friendly Reminder: During cultivation, the host will lose control of his body. Please do not panic..."
BOOM!!!
The vast thunder crashed down.
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Eternal Night Desert.
Darkness surged like a tide, and whispers wove densely through the air.
Nine towering pillars stood in the desert. Thunder rumbled as flashes of lightning pierced the gloom, revealing countless desolate expanses.
The seal on the ground between the nine pillars, once reinforced with Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and intricately inscribed runes, had been utterly shattered.
Amid a sound like floodwaters rushing, countless chains swayed and rattled, tugging at the blood-red coffin suspended in midair.
Thunder rolled without pause. Purple and azure lightning raced along the chains, pouring continuously into the blood-red coffin.
The coffin shook wildly, as if trembling, or struggling.
In the darkness, the scrape of chains rang sharp and grating, enough to make one's heart quail.
A flawless figure stood beneath one of the white pillars.