Ten thousand years had passed, and some of the cultivators who had once been merely at the Heavenly Emperor Realm had now successfully become Divine Emperors.
Yet they still did not rush to undergo their tribulations and ascend. Instead, they continued to deepen their foundations, striving toward the higher heights of the pinnacle Divine Emperor realm.
They were utterly confident that, with their foundations and strength, ascending to the Immortal Realm was only a matter of time.
But before ascending, what mattered most was improving themselves as much as possible and laying a firmer foundation for their future path of immortality.
These favored children of heaven who had emerged from the Chaos Realms naturally sought more—and aimed higher.
Over in the Origin World, quite a few cultivators had also chosen to undergo their tribulations over these ten thousand years.
Some successfully weathered their tribulations, bathed in immortal qi, underwent a complete transformation, and ascended to become the immortals everyone yearned to be.
Others met with ill fortune or had unstable foundations and ultimately perished beneath the terrifying Immortal Ascension Tribulation. Their bodies died, their Daos vanished, and ten thousand years of arduous cultivation came to nothing.
This gave the newcomers from the Chaos Realms a more immediate understanding of how terrifying the Immortal Ascension Tribulation was.
Yet the sight of those who succeeded drawing immortal qi into their bodies and finally transforming into immortals also set the hearts of countless Emperor Realm cultivators from the Chaos Realms surging.
It was a leap in life itself that could be seen with the naked eye, a fundamental transformation from mortal to immortal.
Witnessing this firsthand inspired many cultivators who had still been hesitating to finally make up their minds. They would seize that hundred-thousand-year window, cultivate diligently, and strive to survive their