If an outstanding heavenly tribulation took pride in becoming a Qi Refiner's nightmare,
then Shen Bao's heavenly tribulation was clearly shameless.
It was the scum of all heavenly tribulations!
It disregarded the hearts of living beings, acted with reckless abandon, and violated its own purpose!
Li Changshou's Paper Daoist hid deep underground, his immortal consciousness watching curtain after curtain of lightning.
At first, the Heavenly Dao seemed like a merciless roadblock to a living being's longevity. Even when striking down a Great Cataclysm Envoy like Shen Bao, it showed not the slightest mercy.
After just five tribulation bolts, Shen Bao had already been beaten into a miserable state.
Shen Bao's Dao body was visibly collapsing. He certainly would not withstand the next three bolts and would surely fall beneath the seventh heavenly tribulation.
It could not be helped. Shen Bao's foundation was poor, his Dao arts mixed and varied. Before taking form, he had possessed no special lineage, nor had he consumed any spirit pills or wondrous medicines. Never had he encountered some Primordial Wilderness expert shouting, "I don't want to live anymore," and insisting on sacrificing himself to grant Shen Bao sudden enlightenment.
Shen Bao himself did not even know why he had muddleheadedly arrived before the Longevity Tribulation.
Facing the violent heavenly tribulation, Shen Bao lowered his head with a long sigh. Despair had already appeared in his eyes, and then...
He recited a poem.
"Half my life adrift, half my life at ease; one tribulation leaves all empty, the immortal road is hard.
A faithless heart still finds a kindred soul; this lonely body has only bitter sighs."
A faintly relieved smile appeared on Shen Bao's face. In that instant, he overcame his inner demon and welcomed his own destruction.
As everyone knew, living beings differed from