Ten Years in Seclusion, Breaking Through to the Fourth Layer of the Saint Realm-the World Realm

The pillar of fire crashed down, karmic fire surging like a tide and staining the entire landscape dark red.

Chen Xuan stood where he was without even raising his hands to block it. He merely lifted his head toward the pillar of fire, powerful enough to burn an entire city to ashes, and inhaled through his open mouth.

With that breath, a rift leading into the endless void seemed to open deep inside his mouth. The Chaos Power of his Primordial Dharma Body spun rapidly in his throat like an invisible vortex, swallowing every last trace of karmic fire within the thousand-foot pillar.

As the karmic fire entered his body, scorching waves rampaged through his organs, trying to burn him from within. But the Minor Thousand World inside Chen Xuan was like a bottomless abyss. The power of the five elements surged and revolved, grinding down, refining, and absorbing the karmic fire inch by inch.

The destructive will within the karmic fire had its sharp edges worn away by the Five Elements Cycle, eventually turning into pure law power that merged into his flesh and bones.

The Heavenly Tribulation sent down by the Immortal Realm was itself a manifestation of law power, so devouring the Heavenly Tribulation was equivalent to refining law power.

The pillar of fire lasted ten breaths.

After ten breaths, that earth-shaking pillar began breaking apart at its center, like a length of brocade torn down the middle. Its upper half still churned within the clouds, while its lower half had already been devoured completely by Chen Xuan.

The dark red flames within the tribulation clouds flickered violently several times, seemingly unwilling to yield, but finally dimmed.

The second wave of the Heavenly Tribulation, the Fire Tribulation, dissipated.

Chen Xuan closed his mouth and exhaled a stream