As endless light spread throughout heaven and earth, a unique spiritual aura continuously emanated from the ball of light surrounding Wang Tong.
Wang Tong was overjoyed.
He could feel that he was undergoing some mysterious transformation.
Before long, his body had fully taken shape.
This meant he now had the ability to leave the ball of light.
"Break!"
With a low shout, a gleam flashed through Wang Tong's eyes. The ball of light swirling around him instantly transformed into countless motes of radiance, all of which merged into his body.
At that moment, his cultivation began to rise without cease.
Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Profound Immortal, Golden Immortal...
It finally halted at the peak of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
"An Innate God's foundation should have placed me at the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm."
"Could it be because I haven't undergone the Transformation Tribulation yet?"
As Wang Tong pondered this, he suddenly sensed a destructive heavenly might descending from the skies above.
There was no need to say more. This was undoubtedly the Transformation Tribulation!
Even Innate Gods had to undergo the Transformation Tribulation if they wished to successfully take form.
That was because the Transformation Tribulation was not meant to destroy them.
It was meant to purify their cultivation even further!
It could also be seen as a trial set by the Heavenly Dao for Innate Gods. Those who passed would receive tremendous benefits.
But if a living being failed to pass, then it was unqualified to take form.
It would either perish completely or suffer grievous injuries.
Rumble!
The skies above Kunlun Mountain were already completely blanketed by dark clouds.
And that was not all.
Dense bolts of lightning, carrying an aura of destruction, flickered endlessly across the heavens.
Before long, that world-destroying aura descended, overwhelming everything beneath it!
Wang Tong had already completed his transformation.
He stood tall in the air, broad-browed and bright-eyed, with sharp brows and star-like eyes. He appeared to be a young man.
Whoosh!
Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Tong took a step forward and charged straight toward the tribulation in the heavens.
At the same time, powerful origin energy spread from within him.
It completely blocked the faintly visible lightning in the void.
Boom!
As if enraged by Wang Tong's actions, the heavenly tribulation sent a massive bolt of lightning tearing across the sky in an instant.
It struck Wang Tong's body head-on.
The lightning blast forced Wang Tong back, but it did not otherwise affect him.
Thus, Wang Tong continued flying through the air toward the heavens.
He soon arrived at the place where the tribulation's power was most concentrated. In that instant, countless bolts of lightning came hurtling toward Wang Tong.
Wang Tong formed seals with both hands and pushed the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill to its limit.
As a cultivation technique passed down by Pangu, the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill had always provided immense reinforcement to the physical body.
The lightning filling the skies now became power for Wang Tong to temper his body with!
As he devoured more and more heavenly lightning,
Wang Tong could feel his physical body improving greatly.
At the same time, a notification suddenly rang out by his ears.
You observed the operation of the heavenly tribulation at close range and deduced the divine ability Purple Firmament Divine Lightning from it, gaining insight into the profundities of lightning.
Purple Firmament Divine Lightning!
This was a divine ability with terrifying power!
It seemed this round of heavenly tribulation had not been endured for nothing.
Not to mention that his physical body had also improved considerably.
"Too bad the Transformation Tribulation only comes once."
"If it could happen a few more times, my physical body could probably improve even further."
"If I keep tempering it like this, sooner or later, I'll be able to contend against Innate Spiritual Treasures with my physical body alone."
Wang Tong thought excitedly.
After holding out for a while, the aura of heavenly tribulation between heaven and earth began to dissipate.
Before long, the skies had returned to tranquility.
Once the Transformation Tribulation ended, Wang Tong's aura rose once more, successfully reaching the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
Hum!
Three golden flowers appeared above his head, then vanished at once, perfectly merging into Wang Tong's body.
Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, Five Qis Converging at the Origin.
These were the hallmark signs of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
"Great Dao above, from this day onward, there is no longer a Wang Tong in the Primordial World."
"I am a Pangu Sect Disciple, Shangqing Tongtian!"
After crossing the tribulation, Tongtian immediately bid farewell to his unregistered status.
As Tongtian's words fell, he also felt heaven and earth acknowledge him.
It could be said that, at this moment, Tongtian had finally been fully recognized by the Primordial World.
However, though he had shed his unregistered status, upon reaching the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, Tongtian also sensed an invisible bottleneck appearing along his path of cultivation.
Clearly, after reaching the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, the next stage of cultivation would become far more difficult.
According to Tongtian's guess, the greatest difficulty lay in cultivation methods.
No wonder Hongjun had gone to such lengths to deduce the Three Corpses Severing Method.
It could only be said that, in the current Primordial World, cultivating to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm was simply far too difficult.
Unless one possessed the uniquely blessed inheritance advantages of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans.
Otherwise, trying to cultivate the path of the Primordial Golden Immortal
would definitely not be easy.
"Hmm?"
Just as Tongtian was considering matters of cultivation, he suddenly sensed an inexplicable Dao aura atop Kunlun Mountain.
"Kunlun Mountain is one of the Primordial World's finest blessed lands. Could there be a spiritual treasure at its summit?"
Tongtian was surprised, and his figure immediately rushed toward the mountaintop.
Before long, he arrived at the summit.
What entered his sight was an incomparably dense Golden Light of Merit floating in the void. Within it stood a mysterious yellow pagoda.
"An Innate Merit Treasure, the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda!"
Tongtian's eyes lit up. He had not expected this Merit Treasure to be on Kunlun Mountain.
He had always believed that this spiritual treasure should have been Laozi's accompanying treasure.
But Laozi was originally the eldest of the Three Pure Ones.
Following the course of events, he should have been the first among the Three Pure Ones to take form.
In that case, the Merit Treasure, the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda, should naturally have fallen into his hands.
But the course of events had long since changed!
He was the first among the Three Pure Ones to successfully take form.
So should this Merit Treasure still be given to Laozi?
Without any hesitation, Tongtian decided to take the Merit Treasure for himself.
What a joke.
The Three Pure Ones would sooner or later turn against one another, with brothers plotting against and attacking each other.
Since that was the case, such a powerful treasure could not be allowed to fall into Laozi's hands.
Forming a seal with one hand, Tongtian directly invoked the aura of the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda, intending to take it for himself.
Yet the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda simply floated there quietly, completely ignoring Tongtian.
Tongtian's expression turned slightly surprised. As expected of a Merit Treasure comparable to an Innate Supreme Treasure.
It actually had a bit of a temper?!
After pondering for a moment, he directly activated his cultivation, intending to forcibly suppress the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda.
Yet the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda was a Merit Treasure, and as its aura of merit circulated within it,
Tongtian's methods had no effect on it whatsoever.
"I refuse to believe it!"
"I'm a future saint, yet I can't handle a mere Merit Treasure!"
Tongtian could not help but lose his temper at the sight, but after a moment's thought, he came up with an even better method.
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