The Karma Thundercloud slowly dissipated.
Xuandu stood in the void, the green robes around him long since shattered completely, revealing his Martial Dao True Body covered in flowing Chaos Runes.
Purple-Gold Hunyuan Blood seeped from his cracked wounds. His aura was slightly unsteady, yet his eyes... grew ever more brilliant, ever more resolute.
Eight tribulations had passed.
Only... the final tribulation remained.
Great Dao Judgment!
"Hum..."
The entire Great Wilderness Heaven and Earth fell utterly silent at that moment.
The Chaos Thundercloud no longer churned, and the Law Chains no longer intertwined.
Only an indescribable, unfathomable Supreme Will slowly descended from the Nether Void.
That will was formless and intangible, yet every Living Being, from ants to Sages, sensed it and involuntarily... fell to their knees!
The Great Dao... had descended.
"It has finally... come."
Xuandu slowly raised his head and looked toward that invisible Supreme Will, a faint smile gradually appearing on his lips.
A hundred years of cultivation, a hundred years of planning, a hundred years of battle.
Today... the outcome would finally be decided.
Great Dao Judgment.
If he passed it, his Zenith Heaven position would be completely secured. Martial Dao would be immortal, and the Human Race would prosper.
If he failed... it would be death and Dao annihilation, eternal damnation, and all would come to nothing.
"Come."
Xuandu spoke softly, his voice like a murmur, yet carrying an unquestionable resolve:
"Let me see... what exactly this Great Dao... judges!"
His words fell.
"Boom!!!"
An indescribable, unfathomable, irresistible... invisible tribulation punishment crashed down from the Nether Void!
It was not lightning, not flame, nor any tangible thing.
It was... the Great Dao itself delivering its final judgment upon one who had transcended!
It judged his Dao, judged his heart, judged the meaning of his existence!
Xuandu's