On the First Layer, the sixty-odd tribulation transcenders stood within their respective tribulation clouds, watching the great battle on the Second Layer, each harboring their own thoughts.
"Behind the Heaven Gate, there is still that existence..."
The white-haired old man who had been the first to trigger the Immortal King Tribulation muttered to himself, his eyes full of struggle.
He had lived for ten billion years. His talent was peerless, and he had reached the pinnacle of the Half-Step King realm long ago. Among this batch of tribulation transcenders, he stood above even the outstanding!
Back when he had prepared to undergo tribulation transcendence, the Heaven Gate had cast down shackles and sealed the Heavenly Dao!
Over these ten billion years, he had tried countless times to break into the Immortal King Realm, only to be blocked by the Heaven Gate every single time.
He had also gone to the Heaven Gate to seek a Kingdom-Ascension Opportunity, only to be told that he needed to wait in line.
He waited for a billion years without result. When he went back to the Heaven Gate, he was told that he needed to undergo an assessment, and only after passing could he obtain an opportunity.
Yet after he passed the assessment, he was told that there were no more opportunities and that he needed to wait for the next one.
This repeated over and over. Ten billion years passed, yet he never received that so-called opportunity.
Only later did he understand that the Heaven Gate had never intended to give him an opportunity at all!
Because he was unwilling to swear loyalty to the Heaven Gate, unwilling to be subjected to restrictions, unwilling to be the Heaven Gate's dog!
His pride and dignity made him unable to accept such conditions.
Thus, he