"Without the Heaven Swallowing Treasure Bottle, I can't devour the Heavenly Tribulation? Laughable."
Wang Xuan sneered disdainfully. This Heavenly Tribulation truly had no intelligence.
Artifacts were ultimately external things. His strength had never been limited to his life-bound artifact.
The next moment, the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art operated at full force. A bottomless black hole, far vaster and more tyrannical than the Heaven Swallowing Treasure Bottle, slowly took shape in the Void. It abruptly expanded to envelop the entire Thunder Sea, swallowing every raging tribulation bolt and all destructive Dao power in the sky.
In an instant, the brilliant, lightning-filled Border Wasteland of the universe plunged into absolute darkness. One could not see one's fingers before one's face.
All light, energy, and Dao Principles throughout the starfield were devoured by the black hole. Even the Supreme Beings lurking within the Forbidden Zones could not glimpse the slightest scene within. Any divine sense that dared probe inside was instantly swallowed whole by the black hole and dissolved completely.
At the deepest point of the Thunder Tribulation, within the core of darkness, a Heavenly Heart Imprint representing supreme authority floated quietly.
Wang Xuan had already seen the full form of the Heavenly Heart, and clarity dawned upon him.
Before him lay two completely different paths to attaining the Dao.
The first was to emulate every Ancient Emperor and Heavenly Venerable throughout history: seize the Heavenly Heart Imprint as the situation dictated, attain the Dao in accordance with Heaven, ascend to the Imperial Dao, and suppress ten thousand Daos with one Dao.
The second was to defy Heaven, smash the Heavenly Heart Imprint by force, shatter the shackles of the ten thousand Daos, tread upon them, become an emperor against Heaven's will, blaze a new trail, and place one Dao above all others.