Lu Chen stood at the pinnacle of the universe, radiating boundless immortal light across the Myriad Domains of the Heavens. With the strength of six lifetimes, he forced a breakthrough and became a Red Dust Battle Immortal.
Crack!
In an eternal, unknown place above the firmament, several terrifying bolts of lightning faintly flashed, brimming with an aura of world destruction, as though a dreadful heavenly punishment was about to descend.
Yet in the end, that faint aura of heavenly punishment never descended and vanished completely.
"The tribulation of immortal ascension... it seems it cannot descend."
Lu Chen raised his head and gazed toward the inexplicable presence deep within the firmament. He knew that even if someone became an immortal in this universe, no tribulation of immortal ascension would descend.
As for the exact reason, he was not entirely certain. In the original timeline, the Ruthless Great Emperor, Ye Fan, and Duan De had all become Red Dust Immortals in the Human World, yet no heavenly tribulation had descended.
As he understood it, True Immortals needed the recognition of the Great Dao, which was why a tribulation of immortal ascension would descend to test them.
Red Dust Immortals, however, did not need the Great Dao's recognition, so naturally, no heavenly tribulation descended.
Of course, it was also possible that the Human World's primordial Great Dao was insufficient. The immortal realm had already surpassed the bounds of this universe, leaving it unqualified to send down a tribulation of immortal ascension.
Lu Chen reined in all his aura. Only then did the myriad domains of the universe, which seemed unable to bear his presence, stop trembling and slowly regain their calm.
Whoosh!
An illusory river faintly appeared, flowing past the pinnacle of the firmament. Waves rose from it, ceaselessly washing over Lu Chen's