Heavenly God Tribulation, Passed!
On a solitary peak within Mountain of Ten Thousand Longevities, Zhou Hao's black-robed Asura God avatar stood silently.
"Boom."
The seventeenth level of the Chiming Nine Heavens Map, which was already ready to be broken through at any time, suddenly broke through the last bottleneck and directly stepped into the eighteenth level of the Chiming Nine Heavens Map!
At the same time, Zhou Hao, dressed in black, also broke through to the perfect stage of the Void Return technique!
The simultaneous breakthroughs of both immediately triggered the workings of the Heavenly Dao.
Whew~~~~
A wind began to rise on the solitary peak, quickly scattering all the surrounding clouds and mist.
"Do we need to undergo tribulation?"
"So decisive, they didn't even bother to adjust or prepare before starting."
"What's there to prepare for? With Junior Brother Zhou Hao's strength, if even he can't survive the Heavenly God Tribulation, then there probably won't be any Heavenly Gods in the future."
Three figures appeared on another mountain peak in the distance; they were Lu Shang, Shi La, and Nine Luan, who had sensed the abnormal fluctuations in the Yuan Qi.
"Senior brothers and sisters, what brings you here too?" Clear Wind asked.
The solitary peak where Zhou Hao underwent his tribulation was chosen by him and Mingyue, so they had been waiting there for a while.
"With such a lively tribulation underway, of course I had to come and see," Shi La said with a smile. "Where's the old man?"
"The old man and Zhou Hao himself entered the portable Immortal Mansion together," Mingyue replied. "The two of them were acting very mysteriously; I wonder what they're up to."
"Who cares about that? Let's just watch the show." Shi La said to the others, "With Junior Brother Zhou Hao's strength, being a disciple of the Three Pure Ones, and having received the legacy of the Ancestor, do you think the ' Pure Yang Golden Light Lightning ' will appear in this Heavenly Tribulation?"
There are four major calamities in the Heavenly Tribulation.
These are the Wind Tribulation, Fire Tribulation, Thunder Tribulation, and Inner Demon Tribulation!
With the experience of countless cultivators throughout history in overcoming tribulations, the different levels of tribulations have long been traceable.
Everyone knows that the power of a heavenly tribulation varies from person to person.
The more exceptionally talented and powerful a person is, the stronger the heavenly tribulation will be.
If the master of the person undergoing tribulation is the Dao Ancestor, then the power of that tribulation will be even more outrageously high.
With Zhou Hao's strength and opportunities, let alone the Heavenly God Tribulation, even if he were only Celestial Immortal Tribulation, he would definitely be subject to at least the Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation.
The Pure Yang Golden Light Lightning is the legendary strongest thunder tribulation, representing the pinnacle of power in the Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation.
"If it really is Pure Yang Golden Light Lightning, although it is dangerous, it is not a bad thing for Junior Brother Zhou Hao. At least he will not have to spend time cultivating his body to the most perfect state in the future," Lu Shang said with a smile.
The tribulations of wind, fire, and thunder are indeed trials and tribulations sent by the Heavenly Dao for cultivators undergoing tribulations, but once overcome, the tempering of the body is also the most direct benefit.
Especially for the God-Devil Body Refining refinement, the stronger the divine tribulation, the more perfect the divine body created.
In a sense, the more perfect a god's body is, the stronger he/she becomes.
Some weaker gods would spend countless years just to perfect their bodies.
The perfection of the divine body is one of the thresholds before one can step into the realm of true godhood.
"The tribulation has begun."
As Clear Wind and Mingyue listened to their senior brothers talk about the Pure Yang Golden Light Lightning, they both became somewhat fascinated by this legendary strongest lightning tribulation, their eyes fixed on the solitary peak in the distance.
at this time.
Howling Gale above the solitary peak, and countless wind blades formed a huge vortex, with Zhou Hao right in the center of it.
"What a terrifying wind tribulation!" Clear Wind and Mingyue stared in disbelief.
The power of this wind tribulation is too strong.
Even the solitary peak beneath Zhou Hao's feet was instantly pulverized and vanished as ashes after the massive vortex of wind blades took shape.
This is Mountain of Ten Thousand Longevities.
Even if it were just an ordinary mountain peak, it would be enough to be used to refine magical artifacts if taken to the outside world.
"Last time, when the old man underwent the Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation, he didn't destroy the entire mountain even at the very end," Clear Wind said in astonishment.
This is only the 'Wind Tribulation,' yet its power is more terrifying than the Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation that the Earth Elder underwent. Just how terrifying will the subsequent Fire Tribulation and Thunder Tribulation be?
It should be known that these tribulations—wind tribulation, fire tribulation, lightning tribulation—become increasingly terrifying in power as they progress.
"Whoosh~~~"
Zhou Hao stood in the center of the vortex of wind blades, his face calm.
He didn't use any magic weapons; he simply relied on his divine body, which was at the sixth level of the ' Eight-Nine Arcane Art,' to withstand the attack.
Call!
As the last invisible and formless 'divine wind' entered his body through the crown of his head, every part of Zhou Hao's body began to tremble.
Pain!
It felt like excruciating pain, as if my bones were being scraped and my tendons were being pulled out, rising from every part of my body.
But Zhou Hao remained calm and unmoved.
"This is far less painful than the Path of Heart-Refining Path." He even had the leisure to compare the pain caused by the Heavenly Divine Wind with the pain he endured on the Heart-Refining Path.
Soon, the divine wind that had entered Zhou Hao's body dissipated, and Zhou Hao's divine body was also undergoing some changes silently amidst the tremors.
These changes are not yet noticeable; a true qualitative change will occur after the tribulation ends.
"Next comes the fire calamity." Zhou Hao looked up at the sky.
A huge, scorching cloud had appeared high in the sky, swirling and slowly descending towards him.
In the center of that swirling cloud, golden flames could be seen flowing with the naked eye.
The surrounding temperature was also rising rapidly as the clouds descended.
Zhou Hao remained standing silently, relying solely on his divine body to withstand the onslaught, offering no resistance to the scorching clouds that had completely enveloped him.
Because the flames in the fire calamity gradually increase in strength from weak to strong, and the current flames are only at the level of Heavenly Fire, they are not enough to make him take action.
Moreover, with his divine body at the sixth level of the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, Zhou Hao didn't believe that a mere fire tribulation could force him to withstand it and require him to use magical treasures and secret techniques to resist it.
"Splash splash~~~"
The flames were intensely hot, quickly rising to the level of true fire.
One after another, true fires scorched Zhou Hao, including the Solar True Fire.
Even when Zhou Hao was completely engulfed in flames, he didn't care at all.
"Boom!"
A burst of flame suddenly ignited from Zhou Hao's body.
"Heavenly Fire..." Zhou Hao closed his eyes, silently enduring the flames that seemed to ignite directly from the deepest part of his soul.
This is the final flame of the Fire Calamity, the 'Heavenly God Fire,' just like the final 'Heavenly God Wind' of the Wind Calamity; no means can withstand it.
This is the moment that tests one's resolve to follow the Dao.
If one's Dao heart is not strong enough, one will not be able to remain stable under the wind and fire, and will fail to transcend the tribulation. The physical body will be destroyed instantly, and even the strongest divine body will be useless. Only the Golden Lotus Primordial Spirit can escape.
However, if one's Dao heart is strong and can remain steadfast, then after passing the trials of the 'Heavenly God Wind' and 'Heavenly God Fire', the divine body will undergo another transformation.
Call!
The flames engulfing Zhou Hao dissipated, and he returned to normal.
"The fire calamity is over," Zhou Hao murmured to himself, opening his eyes.
The next tribulation will be the tribulation of lightning.
The three true immortals and gods, Lu Shang, Shi La, and Nine Luan, who were watching from a distance, also became truly solemn.
The wind and fire tribulations would be easy for Zhou Hao, which was not unexpected. Even the final tribulation of the Heavenly Tribulation, the inner demon tribulation, would not be difficult for Zhou Hao to overcome, given his mental defenses that left Nine Luan helpless.
In their view, the only thing that could potentially threaten Zhou Hao was the lightning tribulation.
Time passed, and endless dark clouds gathered in the sky, as if to plunge the whole world into endless darkness.
The invisible pressure of heaven and earth made even those watching from afar feel extremely uncomfortable.
Zhou Hao hovered in the air, still silently looking up, waiting for the first bolt of lightning to descend.
The Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation consists of eighty-one layers of lightning, and its power increases with each subsequent layer.
"It's about to begin." Lu Shang said solemnly.
A vortex began to appear in the sky directly above Zhou Hao, and the tribulation clouds that seemed to cover the entire world were all swallowed up by the vortex at the center.
After the cloud vortex continued to spin and swallow up the dark clouds, the center was a chaotic, indistinct mass.
A moment later.
All the calamity clouds vanished, leaving only a chaotic vortex in the sky.
The world has regained its light.
However, the terrifying pressure emanating from that chaotic vortex was so oppressive that it almost suffocated people, and it even felt as if their heartbeats had stopped.
Wow~~~
Within the chaotic vortex, a jet of pure purple light, interspersed with faint traces of white lightning, gradually coalesced.
"Boom!"
This purple-white bolt of lightning struck directly down from the chaotic vortex high in the sky.
Zhou Hao stood in mid-air, letting the lightning strike him.
"The power of lightning is comparable to the strongest attack from a sixth-tier Celestial Immortal."
This is only the first level of heavenly lightning, and it's already at this level. What will the next level be like, requiring the power of Pure Yang True Immortal?
"It seems impossible to withstand the tribulation with just one's divine body." Zhou Hao frowned slightly.
He already sensed that his tribulation wouldn't be easy to overcome.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Bolts of lightning struck one after another, their power growing stronger and stronger, and the color of the lightning gradually changed from purplish-white to a dazzling white.
However, even with Zhou Hao's divine body, which was comparable to a pure Yang magic weapon, it still couldn't be shaken in the slightest.
Moreover, with each lightning strike, the writhing electric snakes would be absorbed by Zhou Hao using his cultivation technique to refine his divine body and various lightning-based divine abilities.
After all, his Asura God avatar was primarily based on the Lightning Great Dao.
Boom! Boom! Boom!...
Bolts of lightning struck down, Zhou Hao was bathed in the lightning, as if the god of thunder had descended upon the world.
The thirty-sixth... the forty-fifth... the fifty-fourth... the sixty-third... the seventy-second...
The power of the thunder gradually increased, Zhou Hao felt a tingling sensation all over his body. His divine body was also undergoing more subtle changes as the power of the thunder increased.
However, when the tribulation reached the seventy-eighth level, Zhou Hao's divine body finally developed some minor wounds, which were then instantly healed by a surge of divine power.
"The fourth level from the bottom can injure my divine body." Zhou Hao continued to let the lightning strike, carefully sensing its power.
Boom! Boom!
The seventy-ninth and eightieth levels.
Two more bolts of lightning struck in quick succession.
At this moment, the lightning was almost entirely golden, with only a few specks of white mixed in. Its immense power caused Zhou Hao's body to tremble, and the wounds inflicted could not be instantly healed with divine power.
"This is the last one." Zhou Hao produced the innate spiritual treasure ' Purple Gold Hammer ' in his hand.
Boom!
The final bolt of lightning struck.
A bolt of lightning, completely pure gold, without the slightest impurity.
A bolt of lightning, imbued with supreme yang and unyielding power, possessed an aura of unparalleled grandeur, as if directly confronting the very essence of Heavenly Dao.
"It's Pure Yang Golden Light Lightning!" Zhou Hao's eyes gleamed.
Pure Yang Golden Light Lightning... Immortals and demons cannot condense it through normal cultivation. It only appears during heavenly tribulations. Its power is astonishing even among true thunder, enough to shatter the divine body of the sixth level of the Eight-Nine Arcane Art.
"Can it be stopped?"
Upon sensing the power of the Pure Yang Golden Light Lightning, Lu Shang and the others in the distance all paled and secretly broke out in a cold sweat.
They all watched from afar as Zhou Hao, wielding two hammers, soared into the sky.
A gigantic black and white Taiji Diagram- yang symbol appeared behind him, connecting heaven and earth.
Then everyone heard a loud shout.
"Break!"
A hammer-like shadow, like a torrent of destiny, burst forth and crashed head-on into the Pure Yang Golden Light Lightning that was cleaving down.
BOOM!!!
This pure yang thunder, seemingly unleashed by the Heavenly Dao, trembled and shattered completely in the air, transforming into countless golden lightning snakes. Zhou Hao passed through them and arrived at the chaotic vortex high in the sky.
Call out!
The chaotic vortex instantly contracted, transforming into a bolt of lightning.
In the blink of an eye, it was already on Zhou Hao.
"Crackling and popping~~~" Zhou Hao felt that every part of his divine body was rapidly transforming under the mysterious lightning formed by the chaotic vortex.
At the same time, the divine body that had survived the tribulations of wind and fire began to reveal its mysteries.
"Legend has it that after enduring the Pure Yang Golden Light Lightning and becoming a celestial god, one's divine body becomes a perfect divine body." Zhou Hao felt his divine body undergoing a rapid transformation.
The so-called perfect divine body refers to a state in which a god has reached the pinnacle in many aspects, including strength, speed, and even divine power.
Ordinary gods must cultivate slowly, relying on painstaking effort and spending countless years to reach that level.
As for himself, he only needs to pass the Heavenly Tribulation to achieve the ultimate divine body.
"All that's left is the inner demon tribulation," Zhou Hao thought with boundless pride.
He didn't take the final inner demon tribulation of the Heavenly Tribulation to heart at all.
really.
After the tribulation of inner demons descended, Zhou Hao was trapped in the illusionary world of inner demons for only three days before he fully awoke and broke free.
no way.
Zhou Hao possessed a strong Dao heart, had no personal obsessions, coupled with his powerful mental strength and the mental and spiritual defense technique, making him virtually flawless...
The fact that the inner demon tribulation allowed him to enter the inner demon illusion world was already the limit that could be achieved with the blessing of the Heavenly Dao.
Boom~~~~
The world changed color.
Enormous Solar Star and Lunar Star appeared above Zhou Hao, and surging Power of Taiyin and Power of Taiyang descended across Endless Space, flowing into Zhou Hao's body and beginning the final transformation of his divine body, transforming it into a truly perfect divine body.
At the same time, auspicious clouds formed by the primordial energy of heaven and earth converged on Zhou Hao's location.
A golden lotus rose from the ground, lifting him up.
This is a phenomenon where one refines Qi to become a Celestial Immortal, where the primordial Qi of heaven and earth converges, begins to absorb primordial Qi, condenses a golden elixir within the body, and transforms Origin Power into magical power.
For any cultivator, passing through the Heavenly Tribulation and reaching this stage is the most wonderful thing. They can simply enjoy the pleasure brought by the increase in strength and the liberation that comes from finally transcending the Five Elements and no longer suffering from the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations after countless years of cultivation.
However, Zhou Hao was now on high alert, his expression even more serious than when he was undergoing his tribulation.
Swish! Swish!
The main body and the Earth Elder appeared beside them, stopping Lu Shang and the others who wanted to come over to offer their congratulations.
Meanwhile, Zhou Hao, dressed in black, suddenly found himself holding a yellow book.
Let's begin.
That's all for today.