But Lei Gongming had only a ten percent chance of surviving the Infinite Mechanism Tribulation.
The entire Tribulation process would take quite a long time and trigger massive natural and man-made disasters.
Because he had never been certain he could survive it, he had constantly pondered how to raise his chances of success.
Now, an opportunity to refine the universe into a powerful treasure had appeared before his eyes. His heart brimmed with desire and greed—he saw the chance for a breakthrough.
Once greed gained the upper hand, Lei Gongming was willing to pay the price of ten strands of Infinite Mechanism traces.
These Infinite Mechanism traces had not been refined by himself. Rather, he had acquired them through trade over the years, specifically as a consumable source of power.
At this point, exactly forty breaths had passed since the final great Tribulation began. Only ten breaths remained before it ended.
Lei Gongming delayed no longer. He directly raised the Thunder Duke Whip in his hand. It too contained the power of Heavenly Dao Reincarnation; it was an Evolution-grade weapon.
"Dao Art—Ten Thousand Thunders Slay Demons!"
Within his body, the seeds of the Dao Art series emanated a mysterious Supreme Mechanism fluctuation. A strand of Infinite Mechanism trace was drawn in, and hundreds of millions of bolts of lightning burst forth, converging upon his Thunder Duke Whip.
At the same time, his own power poured into it. The power of the five Sacred Kings also surged into it, while the Wind-Thunder Black Tiger beneath him erupted with power as well, together with the Thunder Duke Whip's own strength.
In that instant, a full eighteenfold Evolution-grade fluctuation had gathered upon the Thunder Duke Whip.
The terrifying radiance of the Dao Art series—Ten Thousand Thunders Slay Demons—also surged wildly, transforming into an