Heavenly Tribulation Dissipates

Xu Changqing's current feeling was peculiar. His consciousness began to slowly awaken, but it was hazy, like a developing embryo. This was the same feeling he had when he reincarnated years ago.

Back then, he had reincarnated inside a woman's womb, wrapped in amniotic fluid, and the feeling was exactly the same as it was now. It was as if, at this moment, he was a being nurtured by heaven and earth.

Flesh, bones, and Primordial Spirit all floated in the white water, being scoured, and emitting wisps of white mist.

"Buzz!"

The fragments of the broken bone knife glowed, wanting to isolate themselves from this white water and allow Xu Changqing to escape. But it still underestimated the power of this water.

As soon as it got close, the black hole in the sky directly rained down countless weapons evolved from the Laws.

The black hole hovered above the brilliant starry river, standing amidst all the Daos. Endless lightning struck down in swathes, submerging the white water.

But in that very instant, his consciousness fully awoke. He felt he could control his body and quickly downed all the elixirs he had been reluctant to use, and took out countless treasures.

After doing all this, with a rumble, the terrifying Heavenly Tribulation instantly blasted Xu Changqing's physical body into blood mist. His bones also turned to powder, drifting in the white river water, submerged by the boundless sea of lightning.

His Primordial Spirit was extinguished, and he was in a state of death.

After an unknown amount of time, the pouring Heavenly Tribulation began to slowly disappear. The white water did not vanish but became ethereal, as if it didn't exist.

"Changqing, Changqing!" On the other side, Mu Miaomiao cried out with a choked voice. Her bright eyes were already red, and tears flowed incessantly.

She ran towards the direction of the Heavenly Tribulation like a madwoman, collapsing and shouting there.

There was nothing left there, not even ashes. Xu Changqing's broken weapon had also disappeared.

A blurry dark figure appeared beside Mu Miaomiao. After a long silence, it spoke, "Xu Changqing's life aura has vanished. It seems he did not succeed and has died, his Dao extinguished."

It was the first time it had seen Mu Miaomiao display such emotions. It regretted letting this girl go out for training back then. If not, Xu Changqing would not have appeared, and things would not have turned out like this.

"Dead... dead..." On the other side, Lin Siyu, dressed in a green robe, also showed a pained expression, guilt and regret appearing in her eyes.

As Xu Changqing's first wife, it was impossible not to have loved him. If it weren't for Xu Changqing, she would have been captured and made a slave years ago, or even become a beggar, living a life where her survival was not guaranteed.

It was Xu Changqing who married her and gave her a stable home.

"I'm sorry, I didn't keep my promise back then," Lin Siyu murmured, looking blankly at Xu Changqing's tattered battle armor drifting in the starry sky.

Then, she saw that exquisite woman carefully collecting the blood-stained black clothes.

Mu Miaomiao wiped the tears from her eyes, then turned and met Lin Siyu's gaze. The two women did not speak, they just silently walked away.

"Swish!"

Suddenly, everyone saw the fragments of Xu Changqing's weapon burst out with an extremely brilliant light, then tear through the void of the universe and escape.

"His Dao artifact's spirit did not perish!" Everyone was astonished. It had clearly turned into fragments, and even its spirit's aura was gone. Yet, it could still escape.

Hundreds of white fragments moved towards one direction. Some people tried to chase after them, but they were restrained by a terrifying energy.

No one knew what that energy was. They couldn't move, not even Saints could.

It was Mu Miaomiao's master who had intervened. As a top-tier expert, with a single thought, she restrained everyone present, preventing them from chasing the weapon fragments.

"What a pity. That little fellow died under the Heavenly Tribulation. Otherwise, we could have captured him for research."

"The talent to create his own physique is truly terrifying. If he were allowed to grow, how powerful would he become? Perhaps comparable to an Emperor Venerable?"

"Even our younger Dao Bodies were defeated by them. They are stronger than we were in our youth. What a pity..."

Within the seven great forbidden zones, known as life forbidden zones, Supremes awoke and exclaimed in admiration. They were all awakened by that terrifying Heavenly Tribulation, which appeared right above their heads.

Moreover, it was a Heavenly Tribulation they had never seen before. Their younger Dao Bodies were almost evenly matched against the tribulation transcender, with a 6-4 split.

Xu Changqing and his group had a 60% chance of winning, while they, the Supremes, only had a 40% chance.

Xu Changqing lay naked in a grassland. White mist was still constantly evaporating from his body, filling the entire mountain forest with immortal energy, as if auspicious clouds from heaven had engulfed the area.

When the Heavenly Tribulation dissipated, he had activated his life-saving means—elixirs passed down from two Demonic Great Sages and a Quasi-Emperor expert.

In the final moments of the Heavenly Tribulation, his consciousness fully cleared, and his Primordial Spirit returned to his shattered body. The moment he took the elixirs, he was engulfed by the endless sea of lightning and turned to ashes.

But he did not die. The elixirs had preserved his Primordial Spirit and some flesh and bones.

After the Heavenly Tribulation disappeared, he also vanished.

It was the fragments of his Ruthless Blade that carried his flesh and bones away.

Inside the Ruthless Blade was a great world, filled with souls of the deceased, but also a paradise.

Most of Xu Changqing's belongings were inside. The Ruthless Blade had killed countless beings; it possessed a miraculous characteristic.

It stored endless Primordial Spirits and souls within, which it could absorb to ensure its survival.

Although its physical body was shattered, its spirit was merely in a severely injured state.

When it escaped, it used the Great Sage Divine Travel Talisman that Xu Changqing had left inside it.

The Heavenly Tribulation had passed, and the feedback from heaven and earth restored Xu Changqing's physical body.

At this moment, he lay quietly on a verdant grassland. Bright sunlight hung in the sky, and the tender green grass was enveloped by the immortal energy emanating from Xu Changqing's body. Dewdrops dripped onto the tender blades.

He had white hair and a strong, tall physique, lying quietly on the grassland. Transparent law runes continuously flowed from his body's surface, with various rules like small snakes wriggling on his body.

A long saber lay quietly stuck in the grass beside him, emitting a scarlet halo. The saber was covered in cracks, with red light within each crack holding the fragments together, preventing them from falling.

Xu Changqing's consciousness gradually awoke. He opened his hazy eyes, and the dazzling light made him instinctively raise his hand to shield his eyes.

He opened his eyes and saw the scorching sun in the sky, an endless grassland, and snow-capped mountains not far away.

"I succeeded..." he murmured softly, a look of pain on his face despite its calmness.

"The blood pills of billions of living beings and the life forms within countless planets, slaughtered by the two Demonic Great Sages, were used by me. I had intended to compete with those freaks on the Emperor's Path, but I didn't expect this..."

Years ago, he had entered the tomb of a being called the Blood Demon Great Sage. After enduring countless trials and hardships, he had finally obtained all of the Blood Demon Great Sage's wealth.

At that time, his girlfriend had been killed right before his eyes, and he had already entered a state of demonic possession.

His experiences had twisted his heart. Within the Blood Demon Great Sage's illusion, he didn't know how many beings he had slaughtered. He only escaped the illusion after killing beings from hundreds of star systems.

In that tomb, there was an account written by the Blood Demon Great Sage himself, detailing how he had offended a Quasi-Emperor expert due to slaughtering too many beings while conquering the Emperor's Path.

With a casual strike from the Quasi-Emperor, he had no chance of survival. He had only managed to escape from the Quasi-Emperor using his trump cards, but he could only wait for death.

He understood that he had no chance of survival, even with the blood pills refined from countless slaughtered beings. Thus, he decided to leave them for his successor, and also to have that successor avenge him.

Find the Quasi-Emperor's family and kill them all.

Xu Changqing agreed. Even if the Quasi-Emperor's family had not offended him, he would still do it. There was no other reason than the legacy from the Blood Demon Great Sage had allowed him to rise and successfully exact revenge.

"Since I've succeeded, I'll rest for a while before heading to the Emperor's Path..."