Xuansang Enters the Tribulation

Yuhuan Continent trembled as the Great Void churned. Though the nine True Lords fought deep within the Great Void, the faintest ripples from their clash brought forth one strange phenomenon after another, threatening to overturn the land. Fortunately, the Impermanence Sect shielded Yuhuan Continent with the power of its Grotto-Heaven. Otherwise, disaster might already have struck.

A Celestial Phenomenon Realm True Lord commanded Dao resonance and had truly touched the power of the Dao. Every movement could draw a response from heaven and earth. If the nine True Lords fought without restraint, they might not sink a vast continent like Yuhuan Continent, but they could devastate a region—like the Sand Sea of the Western Region. Jiang Chen noticed none of this. All his attention was fixed on his breakthrough.

"The fire tribulation burns my body. Only by breaking can I be remade. Only through this fire can I take the crucial step of merging with the Dao, beginning to make the Dao resonance drawn from heavenly treasures—resonance that belongs to heaven and earth—my own."

At one point amid the endless torment, Jiang Chen grasped the true meaning of the fire tribulation.

"When my teacher broke through, flaws in his foundation forced him to rely on external power. He barely managed to merge with the Dao, forge his Dao Body, and complete his transformation. That was enough to reach the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, but the transformation itself was not thorough."

"Compared with him, the Mist Flood Dragon has a stronger foundation. That's why I can attempt a more complete transformation." With that thought, Jiang Chen stopped blindly suppressing the fire tribulation and instead tried to guide it.

From that moment on, the Great Dao's true fire surged ever more fiercely. It burned away not only the Mist Flood Dragon's flesh, but