Watching his wife Liu Qingying perish beneath the tribulation lightning, Liu Changxu felt as though needles were piercing his heart. After hundreds of years, he once again tasted the agony of losing someone dear to him.
Beside him, his son Liu Fuyu was already sobbing too hard to speak, letting out heart-rending wails. He stumbled through the air to his mother's broken corpse and clutched her gradually cooling body tightly, tears pouring down his face. Uncontrollable sobs rose from his throat, and his repeated cries of "Mother!" echoed across the empty summit, breaking the hearts of all who heard them.
Liu Changxu flew down beside his wife Liu Qingying. With a trembling hand, he gently stroked her skin, which had already lost its warmth. His eyes were bloodshot, and at last, the tears brimming in them rolled down.
Even with the aid of a Spirit Treasure like the Tribulation-Transcending Pearl, his wife Liu Qingying had still failed her tribulation, ending with her body dead and her soul extinguished.
That cruel reality struck his heart like a heavy hammer. It also made him abruptly realize that even though his cultivation had reached the pinnacle of this world, granting him terrifying strength capable of chasing stars, grasping moons, and destroying heaven and earth, he still could not contend with the Heavenly Dao. He could not even fully protect those closest to him.
At that moment, the majesty of the heaven and earth laws was laid bare. He had once believed his strength could ward off every danger, yet before the merciless heavenly tribulation and the fickleness of fate, he seemed so insignificant and powerless.
Liu Changxu closed his eyes in anguish, his nails digging deep into his palms as a profound helplessness rose within him. As it turned out, even the greatest