Transcending Tribulation! Stealing Laozi's Opportunity!

As boundless light radiated outward between heaven and earth, a unique spiritual essence continuously emanated from the mass of light where Wang Tong was situated.

This filled Wang Tong's heart with wild joy.

He could sense that some mysterious transformation was taking place within him.

In but a moment, his form was fully shaped.

This meant he now possessed the ability to leave the mass of light.

"Break!"

With a low shout, a sharp gleam suddenly flashed in Wang Tong's eyes. The next instant, the mass of light swirling around his body shattered into countless specks of radiance, all of which merged into his form.

At this moment, his cultivation base was also rising unceasingly.

Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Profound Immortal, Golden Immortal...

It finally came to a halt at the peak of Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.

"As an Innate God, my foundation should be at the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal level."

"Could it be because I have yet to undergo the Transformation Tribulation?"

As Wang Tong pondered this, he suddenly sensed a destructive heavenly might descending from above the firmament.

Needless to say, this was undoubtedly the Transformation Tribulation!

Even an Innate God, in order to successfully take form, must still undergo the Transformation Tribulation.

This was because the Transformation Tribulation was not meant to destroy them.

Rather, it was meant to make their cultivation purer!

It could also be seen as a trial set by the Heavenly Dao for Innate Gods—any who passed would receive tremendous benefits.

But if a being failed to pass, then they had no right to take form.

Either they would perish, body and Dao extinguished, or they would suffer severe injury.

Rumble!

At this moment, the sky above Kunlun Mountain was completely shrouded by black clouds.

And that was not all.

Dense bolts of lightning, entwined with an aura of destruction, flickered and flashed across the heavens without cease.

In but a moment, that world-shattering, destructive momentum had already descended overwhelmingly!

Wang Tong had now completed his transformation.

He stood upright in the void, with thick brows, sharp eyes, and the countenance of a young man.

Swish!

Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Tong took a single step forward, his form shooting straight toward the heavenly tribulation in the sky.

At the same time, a powerful source of primordial energy spread outward from within his body.

It completely blocked the faintly visible lightning flickering in the void.

Boom!

As if enraged by Wang Tong's actions, the heavenly tribulation sent a massive bolt of lightning streaking across the sky in an instant.

It struck directly onto Wang Tong's body.

Wang Tong was knocked back by this bolt of lightning, but it caused him no other harm.

Thus, he continued flying upward toward the heavens.

His form soon appeared in the area where the tribulation's power was most concentrated. In that instant, countless bolts of lightning came hurtling toward Wang Tong from all directions.

Wang Tong formed hand seals, pushing the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill to its absolute limit.

As a technique inherited from Pangu, the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill naturally provided immense enhancement to the physical body.

Now, all the lightning filling the sky turned into power that Wang Tong used to temper his flesh!

As he devoured more and more heavenly thunder, Wang Tong could feel his physical body greatly improving.

At the same time, a notification sound suddenly rang in his ears.

[You closely observed the operation of the heavenly tribulation, deduced the divine ability Purple Firmament Divine Lightning from it, and gained insight into the essence of thunder.]

Purple Firmament Divine Lightning!

This was a divine ability of terrifying power!

It seemed this bout with the tribulation had not been suffered in vain.

Not to mention that his physical body had also received a considerable boost.

"A pity that the Transformation Tribulation only comes once."

"If I could go through it a few more times, my body might be elevated even further."

"At this rate of tempering, I'll soon be able to contend with innate spiritual treasures using just my physical body alone."

Wang Tong thought to himself with excitement.

After persisting for a while, the tribulation energy in the sky began to dissipate.

In just a few moments, the heavens had returned to a state of calm.

Once the Transformation Tribulation ended, Wang Tong's aura surged once more, successfully reaching the cultivation level of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

Hum!

Three golden flowers emerged above his head, then vanished, 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 Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

"By the Great Dao, from this day forth, there is no more Wang Tong in the Primordial World."

"I am a Pangu Sect Disciple, Shangqing Tongtian!"

As soon as the tribulation passed, Tongtian's first move was to shed his identity as an unregistered being.

And with Tongtian's words falling, he also felt a recognition from the heavens and earth.

In that moment, Tongtian was fully acknowledged by the Primordial World.

However, despite shedding his unregistered status, after reaching the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, Tongtian also sensed an invisible bottleneck on his path of cultivation.

Clearly, once cultivation reached the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal level, the next step on the path would become far more difficult.

But based on Tongtian's speculation, the greatest obstacle was likely the cultivation method itself.

No wonder Hongjun went to such lengths to deduce the Three Corpses Severing Method.

It could only be said that in the current Primordial World, cultivating to the Golden Immortal of the Origin was simply too challenging.

Unless one had the unique hereditary advantages of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans.

Otherwise, attempting the path of the Golden Immortal of the Origin.

Was certainly no simple matter.

"Hm?"

Just as Tongtian was pondering matters of cultivation, he suddenly sensed an inexplicable Dao resonance at the summit of Kunlun Mountain.

"Kunlun Mountain is one of the top blessed lands in the Primordial World—could there be a spiritual treasure at the peak?"

Tongtian wondered in surprise, and immediately rushed toward the mountaintop.

In no time, he arrived at the summit.

Before his eyes was an intensely dense golden light of merit, floating in the void, within which sat a pagoda of a deep, mysterious yellow hue.

"An Innate Merit Treasure, the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda!"

Tongtian's eyes lit up; he hadn't expected this merit treasure to be on Kunlun Mountain.

He had always thought this spiritual treasure was supposed to be Laozi's companion treasure.

But Laozi was the eldest of the Three Pure Ones.

According to the original course of events, he should have been the first of the Three Pure Ones to take form.

In that case, the merit treasure, the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda, would naturally fall into his hands.

But now, the original course of events had already changed!

He himself was the first of the Three Pure Ones to successfully take form.

So should this merit treasure still be given to Laozi?

Without any hesitation, Tongtian decided to claim the merit treasure for himself.

No way.

After all, the Three Pure Ones would eventually turn against each other, scheming and striking against one another.

In that case, such a powerful treasure could not be allowed to fall into Laozi's hands.

Forming a single hand seal, Tongtian directly drew upon the aura of the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda, trying to take it for himself.

Yet the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda floated quietly, completely ignoring Tongtian's intent.

Tongtian's expression showed some surprise—no wonder it was a merit treasure comparable to an innate supreme treasure.

It even had a bit of a temper?!

After a moment's thought, he directly activated his cultivation base, attempting to forcibly suppress the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda.

But the Heavenly Yellow Linglong Pagoda was a merit treasure, its inner merit energy flowing freely.

Tongtian's methods had no effect on it at all.

"I refuse to believe this!"

"I, a future saint, can't handle a mere merit treasure!"

Seeing this, Tongtian grew a bit stubborn, but then a better idea came to mind.