A Great Battle Amid an Unprecedented Lightning Tribulation

Boom boom!

The vast Sea of Lightning churned without end, and the terrifying battle played out before everyone's eyes, leaving them dazzled and disoriented. They had all witnessed the bearing of Great Emperors in their youth—far too invincible.

That aura of invincibility beneath heaven startled the Younger Generation who had only just begun to emerge. They had thought their cultivation had already caught up to those experts who had set foot upon the ancient road.

Yet they had not expected Xu Changqing alone to give them such immense pressure.

A Mortal Body had actually held on for so long against the Nine Great Emperors, and had even killed one in return.

And before the eyes of countless onlookers, he had entered the legendary Divine Prohibition.

"I heard long ago that Wuqing had entered the Eight Prohibitions back then. I never expected him to be in Divine Prohibition now. And that Female Demon is the same—she has also stepped into the realm of Divine Prohibition."

"No wonder they are called the Twin Demons of the Era!" someone exclaimed.

At that moment, Xu Changqing fought and slaughtered without pause. For the time being, he had no mind to care about his transforming constitution, nor did he pay attention to the feeling of entering Divine Prohibition. His heart was as still as water, and his gaze remained fixed on the Undying Heavenly Emperor.

He had only one goal now: kill all the Great Emperor phantoms before him, then survive!

Boom!

Boundless blood qi spread out. A black flame suddenly ignited over Xu Changqing's body, looking incomparably grim and cold. His life force was rapidly fading away.

He did not possess the Secret of the 'Zhe' Character. He only had the life-consuming healing methods of the Demonic Great Sages, as well as the healing methods from a quasi-emperor inheritance, but their effects were far too slow.

In an instant, Xu Changqing's body recovered once more, but he had become a middle-aged man. Stubble had appeared on his rugged face, flowing white hair draped over his shoulders, and his bare upper body revealed muscles like coiling dragons.

"Kill!"

His furious roar shattered passing stars. Dazzling light erupted, and vast blood qi flooded the area. The boundless Sea of Lightning descended to suppress Xu Changqing, only to be split in two by the Bone Saber in his hand.

Bare-bodied, he charged directly into the encirclement of the nine young Great Emperor Dao Bodies. Yet in only an instant, his Physical Body was smashed apart, his flesh breaking away like a shattered mirror.

The Demon Emperor directly tore out the tendon in his arm, pulling the white sinew free!

Then, in an instant, the Demon Emperor appeared before Xu Changqing and tapped a finger against his brow.

Boom!

In that moment, blood burst from Xu Changqing's brow. The upper half of his head, above the nose, exploded, leaving only his mouth and neck. It was horrifyingly bloody.

Facing nine alone, he could only be defeated and perish. Xu Changqing fought bathed in blood, treating death as his home. There was no compromise, only battle until death.

The onlookers stopped discussing it and could only watch in silence. The sight was simply too breathtaking. For two Mortal Bodies to last so long against Great Emperors, such a glorious record would be passed down for eternity.

Even the hidden quasi-emperors could not help but sigh in amazement. If they had been at the same cultivation level as those two, they would undoubtedly have been crushed to death.

In the Starry Sky, nine suns illuminated the heavens. Their momentary radiance lit up the depths of the dark universe. This was a Severing Dao Vision, and those nine suns were the imprints of Ancient Great Emperors.

At that moment, the universe was thrown into chaos. Some Great Emperors drove rivers of stars into longswords, piercing through the chests of Xu Changqing and the Female Demon.

The two were churned into bloody pulp by the stellar river swords, yet their injuries recovered in an instant, and they continued their slaughter.

When the Woman in White saw Xu Changqing in such a sorry state, the two exchanged a glance, seeming to understand each other's intentions. They charged toward each other's Heavenly Tribulation.

They directly switched battlefields. The Empress fought against the young Dao Body Heavenly Tribulations of the Undying Heavenly Emperor and the others, while Xu Changqing smashed apart the Immortal Gold Green Tear Tower with his bare hands and split the Five-Colored Stone in two with his Bone Saber.

Everyone watching was dazzled. The battle intent of the new generation of youths boiled over. They too wanted to fight Ancient Great Emperors at the same cultivation level and see the gap for themselves.

Xu Changqing and Nannan had endured within the Heavenly Tribulation for a long time. They were repeatedly smashed apart, their Physical Bodies continuously shattering, their Nascent Souls blasted into fragments by the Heavenly Tribulation.

Whenever they clashed, the two would be injured. No matter what Divine Ability they used, the opposing nine attacked together, instantly wounding them until their bodies exploded and forcing them into a desperate situation between life and death.

Xu Changqing exchanged a palm strike with the Western Empress, only for the Kirin Ancient Emperor to smash his shoulder with a punch. His bones broke on the spot, his shoulder instantly losing all support and caving in. Then the Demon Emperor charged over from another region of the Heavenly Tribulation.

The remaining Great Emperors also attacked.

Puff!

Blood burst forth as Xu Changqing's Physical Body was directly destroyed. He was only a Mortal Body, yet his constitution was now in an inconceivable state, as though it were wandering through the Myriad Great Daos, trying to imprint something, but hindered by the ongoing battle.

A quasi-emperor noticed that white mist was rising from the fragments of Xu Changqing's flesh. The mist resembled transparent threads, yet also tiny snakes, slithering through the Heavenly Tribulation.

Roar!

Xu Changqing let out a clear roar, his white hair standing on end as he battled nine ancient Great Emperors amid towering lightning. His overwhelming blood qi surged forth, but it was still nowhere near enough. Against one young Great Emperor, he was confident he could kill them.

Against two Ancient Great Emperors, he was confident he would not be defeated so miserably.

But against three or more, he could not manage it—let alone nine.

Boom!

A Five-Colored Stone large enough to cover the sky appeared above his head. It crashed down directly, crushing Xu Changqing into pulp.

Then stars from beyond the domain were drawn over by an inexplicable force, sealing off all his paths of retreat.

Seeing this, the Woman in White instantly charged over to help him, but several figures blocked her midway. The Five-Colored Sky Blade tore through the Sea of Lightning, the Immortal Cudgel suppressed past and present, and a golden Buddha phantom extended a palm.

In the next moment, she too suffered the same fate as Xu Changqing. Buddha's five fingers closed around her, suppressing her in the Starry Sky. Then the Undying Heavenly Emperor attacked again, seeking to kill the Female Demon.

Puff!

Blood splattered as fragments of flesh and clothing drifted in the Sea of Lightning. Blood dyed the void of the universe red.

For a time, even the lightning seemed to freeze. The entire universe appeared to have been paused, without a single sound.

Everyone held their breath as they watched the area of suppression within the vast Heavenly Tribulation.

On Xu Changqing's side, nine Ancient Great Emperors surrounded the flesh beneath the Five-Colored Immortal Stone. Their figures were majestic, their faces impossible to make out, yet one could feel their aura of looking down upon all beneath heaven.

On the Woman in White's side, two golden palms had slammed tightly together. Blood flowed from within them and dripped into the Sea of Lightning. Her entire body had likewise been crushed into pulp.

It was an eerie stillness. The lightning remained and had not vanished, while those Ancient Great Emperors were still there, their movements not yet released.

And floating in the void were fragments of flesh and bone. At that moment, those pieces of flesh and blood gave off waves of white mist, drawing in boundless Great Dao Laws.

Xu Changqing did not despair. He was only calm. He had experienced this kind of hopeless battle far too many times. He had long forgotten what despair was, forgotten fear.

He was calm. Even in death, he was composed, because he had long grown tired of his current life. Death might be his destination, a kind of release.

But he did not want to die now.

Because he had not yet Become Emperor, nor had he attained immortality.

He wanted to see the look on his wife's face after she had abandoned him, when she finally saw him become an Emperor.

"When hope is gone, then believe in yourself. Create a miracle, give it everything you have, and carve out a path through blood. At worst, it is only death."

"As long as you have tried, it is not failure."

Xu Changqing's calm voice spread throughout the entire star domain, making everyone hold their breath. He could still speak, which meant he could continue fighting.

At that moment, Xu Changqing's consciousness had already become muddled. Only by abandoning everything and burning it all could he carve out a path to survival.

Boom!

Two boundless holy lights suddenly erupted across the previously still and silent battlefield. A heaven-shaking blade radiance split apart the Five-Colored Immortal Stone.

The young Dao Bodies of the nine Great Emperors also attacked at that very instant, but all of their arms were still severed. The Bone Saber blazed with heaven-shaking battle intent, facing death without fear.

"I cannot die yet. I must wait for his return in the Mortal World!"

The two revived once more. Their battle intent had only grown stronger, though exhaustion showed in their eyes. Wrinkles began to appear on the Woman in White's face, and her hair turned streaked with white.

Xu Changqing's Physical Body began to wither. He had expended everything and staked everything, wanting only to endure until the Heavenly Tribulation passed.

Boom!

He continuously unleashed the profound truths of Divine Abilities. Amid the life-and-death battle, his comprehension grew even sharper. Countless profound truths of Divine Abilities were casually fused together, until he finally reversed death qi and life qi.

With a single punch, heaven and earth instantly turned black and white.

Boundless death qi and life qi swirled around him.

Some Ancient Supremes were directly slain by Xu Changqing's desperate great technique and entered the Vision of his constitution, kneeling before him.

On the Woman in White's side, Great Dao patterns appeared on her slender hands. Star rings flowed across her beautiful jade-like palms, and her palms seemed to contain the reincarnation of past and present, the scene of World-Opening. She merely struck out with one palm.

She forcefully sent the Western Empress flying into the Depths of the Lightning Sea, then turned her palm into a blade and slashed diagonally toward Nuwa Empress.

Their Divine Prohibition state had lasted for a very, very long time—so long that everyone had nearly forgotten they were still in Divine Prohibition. The crowd had already witnessed the clash of two peerless Heavenly Prides.

If they could survive, then the Great Emperor of this era might emerge from one of these two.

Because in the Big Dipper Star Domain, no one could now enter the Divine Prohibition state. Not even the Feathered Divine Son could do so; at most, he had reached the Eight Prohibitions.

Boom!

Yet this was a hopeless battle. Before Xu Changqing could begin his counterattack, three fierce figures smashed him apart. The Undying Heavenly Emperor, the Demon Emperor, and the Fighting Saint Emperor all attacked Xu Changqing together.

With only one punch, Xu Changqing's bones broke again. His consciousness had already blurred, and his entire body was a mangled mass of flesh and blood, no longer recognizable as human.

The Fuxi Dragon Stele descended to suppress him, nearly breaking his body in half. The sight was unbearable, his torso turned into bloody pulp.

At the same time, the Demon Emperor threw a punch, shattering the void and piercing directly through Xu Changqing's heart. Finally, an Ancient Supreme appeared behind him, its claws grabbing Xu Changqing's back.

With a savage tear, he was not split in two, but the skin of his entire body was ripped open. Xu Changqing was flayed alive!

Like stripping off clothing, the Ancient Emperor behind him continuously tore away his skin, exposing scarlet muscles and yellow fat.