Four Extremes Heavenly Tribulation

Li Wangxian probed with his divine sense and saw the gold-and-black Yin and Yang Qi surging and intertwining within his Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm. At some unknown point, it had given birth to a divine figure whose face was indistinct yet supremely majestic. The figure held a Chaos Little Bell in his palm, while behind him, Yin and Yang Qi formed a sun and moon that revolved with him.

"This is... commanding yin and yang, grasping creation, mending the vault of heaven-the Heaven-Replenishing Sun-Bathing Diagram?"

Li Wangxian probed briefly with his divine sense. Mysterious information flowed through him, revealing the powers of this manifestation.

Legend held that in ancient times, a divine being had separated yin and yang and grasped creation, possessing supreme divine abilities that could mend the vault of heaven and bathe the heavenly sun.

"The Heaven-Replenishing Sun-Bathing Diagram has the power to mend heaven? It can even give the sun a bath without exploding? This manifestation seems pretty strong."

Li Wangxian was somewhat surprised. He had never thought much of manifestations. Fighting opponents five or six minor realms above him was nothing special in his eyes. Unless several manifestations intertwined to grant the power of the Eight Prohibitions, as with the Sacred Body, he would not have given one a second glance.

But now, after sensing it carefully, he found that this manifestation commanded yin and yang to engender creation. Its great power to mend heaven was indeed formidable. If properly developed, it should possess the might of the Eight Prohibitions.

"Yin and yang are both fundamental forces of the universe. A manifestation born from their perfect fusion would indeed rank among the strongest. Like the Sacred Body's intertwined manifestations, it possesses the mighty power of the Eight Prohibitions. It's worth putting some effort into cultivating it."

Having read the original novel, Li Wangxian knew very well that manifestations seemed impressive only in the early stages and appeared to be of little use later on.

Yet the Sacred Body could use its multiple manifestations to contend against the Tyrant Body's nine great Divine Forms, which proved that manifestations still had potential. It was simply that the origins of those kingly physiques were not powerful enough, so their manifestations naturally fell short. In his view, the manifestation born from his Dao Fruit of Yin and Yang Harmonization was still worth looking forward to.

"That's a minor matter. The real issue is that I can't suppress my cultivation anymore. The Heavenly Tribulation seems about to gather."

Li Wangxian did not dwell on the manifestation's development. Sensing that a pressure in the heavens seemed to have locked onto him, he strode out of his cave abode without hesitation.

Then he sent Father Li a message through divine sense. Without wasting another moment, he took a step outside his abode, and a dense expanse of Dao Patterns intertwined beneath his feet. Once the patterns took shape, divine light flashed, and Li Wangxian vanished from the Sun God Sect.

"One stamp of his foot interwove Dao Patterns, gathered the Heavenly Configuration, and opened a Domain Gate?"

In the distance, Elder Lin, who had just spotted the Divine Son coming out and wanted to greet him, gaped. Once again, the Divine Son had delivered his daily dose of astonishment.

Without hesitation, he hurried over. After carefully studying the traces left behind, he sighed again. Such unfathomable methods-had the Divine Son surpassed him by so much even in the Formation Dao?

"He opened a Domain Gate with a single stamp of his foot and crossed eighteen thousand li of space. The Divine Son no longer needs the Profound Jade Platforms I refine."

For once, Elder Lin felt rather dejected. Before they knew it, the elders of their Sun God Sect no longer had anything with which they could help the Divine Son.

Li Wangxian naturally knew nothing of Elder Lin's complicated feelings, nor did he have the attention to spare for them now. Contrary to his expectations, he had barely stepped out of the void and had yet to make a few more crossings to put greater distance between himself and the sect when the Heavenly Tribulation came crashing down over his head.

Boom!

Golden lightning descended from the sky, striking at Li Wangxian!

As the first heavenly bolt fell, dazzling golden light shone all over Li Wangxian's body. His Indestructible Golden Body blazed, and he took the strike head-on without suffering the slightest injury. Though his lightning tribulation was unquestionably extraordinary, the first bolt still could not harm him.

Boom!

The second wave of the Heavenly Tribulation was no longer a single bolt. It became a golden sea of lightning-a Lightning Pool!

Endless lightning engulfed Li Wangxian. It was an ocean of electricity, its thunder surging like a tide, shattering everything with incomparable brilliance. Golden radiance filled the world.

"Solar Divine Lightning right from the start?" Li Wangxian guessed. If so, Taiyin Divine Thunder should follow.

Rumble!

The thunder was deafening, powerful enough to shatter souls. It linked heaven and earth in boundless vastness, like the celestial river pouring down from the nine heavens, as though millions of great stars were crashing to earth.

Even the void was blasted apart, and blinding lightning filled every inch of space.

"A paltry trick. Still, it'll do nicely for tempering my body."

Li Wangxian was unafraid. Instead, he began considering how to use the heavenly lightning to refine his Golden Body.

He put the idea into action at once. Gold-and-black Yin and Yang Qi shimmered over his skin as he activated Yin-Yang Rotation, grinding away all the murderous force within the countless bolts surrounding him. He transformed destruction into vitality and refined it into his treasured body.

It was an astonishing sight. If word of it spread, it would leave the world dumbstruck. Who else did not face Heavenly Tribulation with utmost caution, struggling desperately and hoping to endure the ordeal? Who would actively refine the lightning as he did?

Gentle lightning flowed into his body, becoming the most fundamental life essence. With a faint tingling sensation, it constantly tempered every corner of his body, not sparing even a strand of hair.

Li Wangxian even had the leisure to circulate the power of his Primordial Spirit. His brow immediately shone as he drew wisps of lightning qi into his skull to temper it. His power was staggering.

Rumble!

As though Li Wangxian's actions had enraged heaven itself, the lightning tribulation above changed again. Mighty thunder shook the world, and black Taiyin Divine Thunder surged toward him like a raging tide. This was a world of lightning capable of destroying all things, striking terror into hearts and making hair stand on end.

But Li Wangxian was simply too powerful. He was an outstanding talent who dared claim he surpassed the Great Emperors in their youth, cultivating both Taiyin and Taiyang. His strength truly defied estimation. Even when taiyin solar divine lightning appeared together, it could not harm him in the slightest. He moved freely through the vast lightning tribulation, breathing in and out boundless lightning radiance, as majestic as an ancient god of thunder.

"With my foundations, no lightning tribulation can possibly harm me."

Li Wangxian spoke softly, brimming with confidence. He even brought out the Chaos Bell to rise and fall alongside him, undergoing the Heavenly Tribulation's baptism and imprinting the innate patterns, laws, and more within the sea of lightning.

Sure enough, just as Li Wangxian had expected, although this was a world-shaking tribulation, with astonishing divine lightning of yin and yang, the five elements, the four symbols, and the purple firmament taking turns to bombard him for hours, it could only break through his flesh and could not damage his foundations.

At the end, nine shadowy figures even appeared, woven from lightning, bearing down like nine deities. Formed of electricity, the nine figures were all different: some resembled humans, some true dragons, and others birds, beasts, fish, or insects.

"Living beings formed from lightning-another terrifying kind of Heavenly Tribulation!"

Li Wangxian spoke calmly. Unafraid of these so-called deities, he charged forward with a Sun Emperor Fist of utmost hardness and pure yang. Amid boundless golden light, he blasted these beings apart one after another.

"Chaos thunder should be next! Legend has it that before Ancient Great Emperors refined Saint Weapons, they would first baptize the sacred objects with endless chaos thunder. Today, I'll follow their example."

Li Wangxian looked up at the sky with some anticipation.

Boom!

The first shocking bolt of chaos thunder struck, piercing straight through Li Wangxian's body. The wisp of chaos thunder qi within it was simply too terrifying!

The many great tribulations before this had needed prolonged, relentless bombardment to break through his flesh. Now, a single bolt of chaos thunder could injure him. It truly lived up to its reputation.

However, Li Wangxian's methods reached into the profound mysteries. With a turn of his divine power, the qi of creation circulated throughout his body, dispelling his injuries.

Utterly unruffled, he gathered his divine sense into an ancient bell, absorbing that wisp of chaos qi and swiftly refining it.

A Dao Mark!

Innate patterns of the Great Dao had been born within the chaos thunder qi. They brought his body and mind into an ethereal state, allowing his injuries to heal even faster.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The second bolt, the third... the ninth. Li Wangxian's expression remained calm as he passed through nine layers of chaos lightning tribulation in succession, obtaining nine wisps of chaos thunder qi. After carefully contemplating them with his Primordial Spirit, he refined them into the Chaos Little Bell.

"At last, I've entered the Four Extremes." With the tribulation over, Li Wangxian was certain that he had successfully entered the Four Extremes Secret Realm and broken through.

"But my accumulation is far too deep. There should still be another layer or two of Heavenly Tribulation."

He looked up at the sky. The dark clouds overhead had grown even denser.