Breaking Through and Facing the Tribulation

The Demon Clan's assault had continued for more than three months without ending. Otherworldly Demons poured onto this frozen, snow-covered land from more than twenty spatial wormholes.

Over those three months, Xiao Meng had constantly hovered between life and death. Not only did he need to use the Demon Clan's massive invasion to temper himself, but he also intended to break through into the seventh realm—the Transcendent Realm.

These days, he had entered and exited the Ancestor Dragon Pool more than ten times. Yet he had not begun his breakthrough, instead constantly pushing himself to the limit. In truth, he already had a seventy percent chance of breaking through, but the system told him that once he did, a Heavenly Tribulation would descend—and it would be terrifying. Without absolute certainty, he should not attempt it lightly.

So he gave up on breaking through for the time being and continued fighting life-or-death battles. Aside from bloody combat, he refined pills, including eighth-grade medicinal pills, using Black Devil Lightning to temper his flesh. He also carved Annihilation Formations, occasionally delivering devastating blows to the Demon Clan.

Two months later, he felt that he had absolute certainty. He began sitting cross-legged above Endless City and attempted to break through into the Transcendent Realm.

The Transcendent Realm had ten grades. At every grade, one had to open thirty-six million minor apertures within the human body and undergo a tribulation of lightning. Only after reaching the tenth grade could one condense an indestructible golden body.

The minor apertures throughout the body were themselves treasures, containing vast quantities of primordial essence. Once unearthed, that essence nourished the flesh, organs, and bones while strengthening the soul, allowing one to transcend mortality. That was why this realm was called the Transcendent Realm. Once one broke through, one's strength