Boom!
The Dao Integration lightning tribulation spread across hundreds of thousands of kilometers of starry sky. Clouds black as ink plunged the stars into a netherworld hell. Not a glimmer of light remained, only the occasional flash of a blue-violet web of laws. That terrifying power, far beyond Void Refining, chilled the heart.
This stretch of starry sky fell into turmoil.
Within it, a cultivator's will was changing violently, attempting to merge with the Heavenly Dao and entrust the imprint of his soul to it. Success would grant him a terrifying semblance of immortality and extend his lifespan to a hundred thousand years.
The starry sky for hundreds of thousands of kilometers around had become a forbidden zone for living beings. Even Dao Integration cultivators dared not enter.
All the Immortal Order's mighty cultivators, along with the Immortal Sect's many Void Refining and Spirit Transformation cultivators, held their breath. They studied the mysteries of the Dao Integration heavenly tribulation and etched them deep into memory.
A Dao Integration heavenly tribulation was perilous beyond measure. Nothing could be better than having someone go ahead and test the path for them.
Black Tortoise was such a good person!
Among the Immortal Order's seven mighty cultivators, some might well have been capable of calling down their own Dao Integration tribulation right then. Yet they concealed their strength, unwilling to be the bird that stuck its head out. They understood the immortal path's essential wisdom: cherish life, keep trouble at a distance. Everything was for long-lasting life, everything for continued existence.
In the starry sky occupied by the Immortal Sect.
"Now we can carry out the next step of the plan," Yuan ordered.
"Yes!"
The Great Sun Heavenly Lord, Venerable Divine Mechanism, Venerable Myriad Mechanisms, and the others answered with a thunderous roar.