As Ever, As Before, As One (two chapters in one)

"Whew—"

As he slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

The electro-mercury thunder pulp formed by the last bolt of lightning stirred up by the third ninefold heavenly tribulation slowly faded from Liu Dongqing's eyes.

The next moment.

The [Myriad Phenomena Worshipping Truth] Dao fruit resonance, which had replaced the [spirit origin true one] Dao fruit resonance, returned to its original position.

The flawless, all-encompassing auras of [three origins immeasurable] and [three origins true one] vanished into the unseen along with the electro-mercury thunder pulp.

And with that instant of supremely intricate changes in his Dao fruit resonances.

Inevitably.

Liu Dongqing's Dao Lord primordial spirit was also stirred by their presence. A blazing aura, far more powerful than ever before, flashed across his body and vanished.

If, after the second ninefold heavenly tribulation, Liu Dongqing's newly formed Dao Lord primordial spirit had been a magnificent solitary peak.

Then now.

After undergoing the third ninefold heavenly tribulation and being tempered by twenty-seven torrents of electro-mercury thunder pulp brimming with nature's creative power.

His further transformed and sublimated Dao Lord primordial spirit had become a majestic mountain range, its successive peaks rising and falling in perfect harmony!

At that moment.

The greater half of Liu Dongqing's Heavenly River Divine Sense that remained at his disposal was wholly immersed in comprehending every detail of the changes in his strengthened Dao Lord primordial spirit.

Surviving the tribulation itself was no longer important to him.

With his current foundations in body, soul, and Daoist arts, even if Liu Dongqing had weathered it with his flesh alone, he could have passed through the third ninefold heavenly tribulation with ease.

Passing the heavenly tribulation ought naturally to have been an exceedingly smooth affair.

What mattered were the changes it brought, and the improvement itself.

And just as