For Divine Kings whose strength had reached the utmost limit, nothing mattered more to them than surviving the heavenly tribulation.
Returning to the Mortal World—back then, a Divine King who had already survived two heavenly tribulations lamented that he could no longer survive the third. In preparation for resisting it, he had traveled through all seven other worlds, with only the Mortal World left unvisited.
On a sudden whim, he decided to take a look at the Mortal World.
Not long after he arrived in the Mortal World, the heavenly tribulation descended. To his surprise, the power of the third heavenly tribulation there was reduced by more than half, allowing him, who had held no confidence at all, to successfully survive it.
As soon as this news spread, nearly all the Divine Kings of the other seven worlds erupted into uproar. No one had expected the Mortal World, devoid of any spiritual energy, to be a paradise for Divine Kings undergoing tribulation.
Who did not want to pass heavenly tribulations with ease and live forever without aging? Who did not want a lifespan equal to heaven and earth, shining alongside the sun and moon?
Very soon, several Divine Kings who were about to face heavenly tribulation tried every means to reach the Mortal World. Yet what drove them to despair was that when the tribulation truly descended, its power not only failed to decrease—it instead increased by more than double. The outcome went without saying: those Divine Kings perished one after another in the Mortal World.
When the news spread, the many Divine Kings of the seven worlds were all dumbfounded.
Why was this happening? Why were some Divine Kings so lucky that the power of their heavenly tribulations would be halved after arriving in the Mortal World, while others