Nine Deaths Backtracking

Thunder roared, lightning flashed, thunderbolts struck.

Again and again, that power capable of destroying everything was simply too terrifying.

Even with Fifteen-Flame, even with the Seven Sages' Dao Fruits.

The terrifying lightning still pierced Li Su's defenses, penetrated his Great Dao, and struck directly upon his body.

The lightning seemed to carry ten thousand blades within it, seeking to slice him apart completely at the molecular level.

Standing amid the vast thunderstorm, Li Su endured without pause.

Though his flesh trembled, his soul was battered, the Seven Sages' Dao Fruits were struck until smoke rose from them, and the Fifteen-Flame Golden Core was exposed and constantly ground down by lightning.

Yet he remained where he stood, inside the enormous crater blasted out by the thunderbolts.

Deep within his flesh, his bones shone.

Upon them, chapters of the Seven Sages radiated brilliance, flashing without end.

The patterns of the Great Dao had already been engraved into his bones, born alongside his marrow and overlapping with his skeleton.

Lightning might be terrifying; thunderbolts might be mighty.

But when they fell upon him, seven-colored Dao patterns intertwined and endless Great Daos layered over one another. Woven together, they prevented that incomparably terrifying lightning from truly piercing through him and striking the depths of his core.

Compared with last time, Li Su's foundation was undoubtedly even more terrifying now. He had reached an entirely new height of strength, able to face this dreadful heavenly tribulation and Thunder Punishment without changing expression.

Once, ten times.

Nineteen, twenty-seven.

The lightning fell swiftly, rapidly surpassing the number of twenty-seven.

Rumble!

At last, another tremendous roar sounded, and the Thirty-Six Heavenly Tribulation beyond twenty-seven appeared.

Within the lightning, phenomena began to emerge—terrifying phenomena.

Flowers grew within it.

Eerie, terrifying, astounding flowers of lightning.

They wove together the Great