Chapter Thirty-Two: Mid-Stage Mythical Heavenly Immortal, Bloodline Transforms Into a Lineage of Its Own

Countless mighty beings who had just returned from listening to the Dao at Zixiao Palace felt something at almost the same time. Their gazes turned toward the region in the far west, shrouded by endless tribulation clouds!

At Kunlun Mountain, inside Three Pure Ones Hall.

Primordial Lord of Heaven sat upright on the Cloud Bed, staring at the world-destroying lightning tribulation, his brows tightly knitted.

"Such a tribulation is far mightier than an ordinary Great Luo tribulation. It even brushes against the Quasi-Sage Threshold. Who has called it down? What Dao do they cultivate, that the Heavenly Dao should find it so intolerable?"

Beside him, the Four Immortal Slaying Swords at Sect Master Tongtian's side rang softly. Excitement and curiosity glimmered in his eyes.

"Indeed. A Heavenly Punishment of this sort is truly unheard of. If I could witness it, I would surely discuss the Dao with them!"

At the eastern end of Buzhou Mountain, atop Phoenix Perch Mountain.

Empress Nuwa furrowed her delicate brows and made calculations with her fingers, yet all she sensed was a chaotic mass of heavenly secrets, obscured by an extraordinarily mysterious power.

She looked at Fuxi beside her. "Brother, can you determine who it is?"

Fuxi shook his head with a wry smile. "This person's Dao is peculiar, seemingly independent of the Primordial Wilderness's Heavenly Dao. Even I can't discern them fully."

"Still, judging by their aura, they bear some resemblance to fellow Daoist Ao Chen, whom we met at Buzhou Mountain before..."

Deep in the Blood Sea, Ancestor Minghe looked terrified.

At Wuzhuang Temple, Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun stood shoulder to shoulder, their expressions grave.

Countless gazes turned toward the land beneath the tribulation clouds, curiosity plain on their faces.

They marveled at this unprecedented, terrifying tribulation, as dreadful as Heavenly Punishment. At the same time, they wondered which mighty being would dare defy the heavens so brazenly and incur such fury from the Heavenly Dao!

At that moment, at the heart of the tribulation clouds.

Ao Chen looked up at the sky, his expression graver than ever.

He could clearly feel that the true test had only just begun!

The tribulation clouds churned. They no longer gathered into strange beasts, but began to twist and take shape!

Gradually, three towering figures emerged from the clouds, their auras majestic, each holding a divine weapon forged from the laws of thunder!

Their faces were indistinct, yet they radiated a terrifying pressure far beyond that of the thunder beasts from before. They had reached the Quasi-Sage level!

The Heavenly Tribulation had taken form—Thunder War Generals with Quasi-Sage-level strength!

Of the eighty-one bolts of tribulation lightning, barely half had fallen, and already they were this terrifying!

"Quasi-Sage-level strength, huh..."

Ao Chen took a deep breath and tightened his grip on the Kunwu Sword. The Star River Universe inside him began to revolve faster than ever, while the many mysteries of the Mythical Grand Unity Method flowed through his mind.

"Good. Let's see just how determined the Heavenly Dao is to erase me!"

His battle intent soared to the heavens as he pointed his sword at the firmament! He would use this tribulation to prove his Mythical Method, a Dao the world could not abide.

Chapter Thirty-Two: Mid-Stage Mythical Heavenly Immortal, Bloodline Transforms Into a Lineage of Its Own

Above the savage mountain range, the tribulation clouds were as dark as ink. Three Thunder War Generals, their auras rivaling Quasi-Sages, held divine weapons forged from laws. Their gazes were cold, their killing intent unmistakable, as they surrounded Ao Chen in a triangular formation!

This was the Heavenly Dao's final means of erasure, gathering the most terrifying destructive power from the latter half of the eighty-one lightning tribulations!

"Quasi-Sage-level strength? Perfect. Let me see how you law-made creations differ from actual Quasi-Sages!"

Ao Chen let out a long roar, his battle intent piercing the heavens!

The power of a mid-stage Mythical Heavenly Immortal burst forth without restraint. The Star River Universe inside him revolved furiously, and billions of stars blazed in unison!

The Kunwu Sword in his hand gave a series of eager, ringing hums!

"Kill!"

The three Thunder War Generals attacked at once!

One wielded a lightning spear, piercing the void as it thrust straight at Ao Chen's brow. Its razor-sharp law seemed capable of pinning even his primordial spirit in place!

One swung a colossal lightning axe, cleaving down with the force of Pangu Creates the World, seeking to split Ao Chen and the space around him in two!

The last conjured a Thunder Seal and brought it crashing down. It sealed off every direction and ground all things to dust, imbued with the supreme authority of the Heavenly Dao's judgment!

Faced with a coordinated killing strike enough to make any early-stage Quasi-Sage's scalp crawl, Ao Chen advanced instead of retreating!

"Grass Extinguishing!"

He gave a low cry and swept the Kunwu Sword through the air!

A streak of Gray Sword Qi, denser and more terrifying than any before it, swept out!

This sword qi contained not only the true meaning of Nirvana from the Grass Extinguishing Sword Art and the Kunwu Sword's Immortal Edge, but also his nascent understanding of "attaining the Dao through oneself" and "standing apart, immortal," as taught in the Mythical True Immortal Chapter!

Time seemed to freeze wherever the sword qi passed, while space tore apart like a painted scroll!

Clang!

The lightning spear was cleaved in half by the sword qi. Its laws collapsed, scattering into countless arcs of electricity!

Crack!

The sword qi struck the lightning axe head-on. Cracks spread across its blade, and it flew backward!

Rumble!

The sword qi pierced straight through the Thunder Seal. The Heavenly Dao's authority within it seemed to meet its nemesis. The seal dimmed in an instant, then shattered!

One sword broke all three attacks!

Ao Chen pressed his advantage, appearing in front of one Thunder War General as if by teleportation. He gave it no chance to gather its laws again!

"Fist Suppresses the Star River!"

He clenched his left hand and focused the power of the Star River Universe in his body into a single point, then threw a simple punch!

Thump!

The Thunder War General's body cracked apart piece by piece like porcelain. The boundless might contained in that punch blew it to bits, reducing it to fragments of its most primordial laws of thunder!

In the next instant, he flashed forward again and swung the Kunwu Sword, cutting down the other two Thunder War Generals as they tried to reform or counterattack!

He swept them aside!

A true rout!

The three beings formed from thunder, each rivaling a Quasi-Sage, were utterly helpless before his mid-stage Mythical Heavenly Immortal strength!

Yet Ao Chen did not stop!

He looked up at the tribulation clouds, still churning as if they were brewing an even more terrifying attack. A trace of madness and domineering resolve flashed through his eyes!

"Still not over? In that case, I'll devour you completely!"

"Heaven and earth as the furnace, Creation as the artisan; yin and yang as charcoal, all things as bronze!"

Ao Chen threw his head back in a long roar and brought his hands together toward the sky!

Rumble!

The phantom of the Star River Universe within him fully manifested, expanding and changing shape in a manner unlike anything before!

It actually transformed into a colossal furnace that enveloped heaven and earth, as if built from billions of stars!

A terrifying, irresistible force of suction burst forth from the furnace!

"Be refined!"

The endless tribulation clouds in the sky, along with all the destructive thunder and fragments of Heavenly Dao laws within them, were forcibly dragged into the Star Furnace and devoured, like rivers flowing into the sea!

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...

Within the furnace, stellar flames blazed, and Dao Runes revolved wildly!

Using his own Star River Universe as the crucible and the Great Dao of the Mythical Heavenly Immortal as the flame, Ao Chen intended to forcibly refine and absorb the destructive tribulation sent down by the Heavenly Dao, turning it into nourishment for his ascension!

If the mighty beings of the Primordial Wilderness saw such a reckless, domineering act, they would be dumbstruck!

A tribulation was the might of the Heavenly Dao. All living beings avoided it as though fleeing a plague—who would dare devour and refine it of their own accord?

But Ao Chen dared!

His Dao was already independent of the Heavenly Dao! If the Heavenly Dao sought to destroy him, then he would refine its tribulation!

Endless destructive thunder rampaged and collided inside the Star River Universe Furnace, trying to destroy everything!

But Ao Chen's will was as firm as bedrock. The Star River Universe continued to revolve without pause, grinding down, breaking apart, and transforming the violent energy!

This was an agonizingly painful and perilous process!

Ao Chen could feel his body, primordial spirit, and even the entire Star River Universe enduring unimaginable impacts and tearing forces!

Yet under this extreme tempering, his understanding of the Mythical Heavenly Immortal Dao also deepened at an astonishing rate!

The Daoist resonance of "Eternal Uniqueness, Time Is My Sole Proof" grew ever richer and more solid!

The thin barrier between him and the late-stage Heavenly Immortal realm gradually dissolved amid this fusion of destruction and Creation!

Who knew how much time passed? When the final trace of destructive thunder had been completely refined and integrated into the Star River Universe, becoming the purest energy and insight into the laws—

Rumble!