Once the door of Heavenly Dao became clear, heavenly tribulations would pour down from it, like the Hand of Heavenly Dao cleansing a Mahayana cultivator's flesh and sorting through the flaws in their cultivation! If a Mahayana cultivator luckily survived the heavenly tribulation and reached the Tribulation Crossing Realm, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within their body would gradually transform into immortal spiritual qi. As the immortal spiritual qi increased, not only would the repulsive force of Yilin Continent grow stronger, but the aura of the Immortal Realm would also become increasingly distinct. At that time, Tribulation Crossing cultivators could sense the Immortal Realm's force of attraction. Upon reaching the late Tribulation Stage, that attraction would become ever more powerful. The cultivator would first sense a direction, then an outline, and finally, before ascension, it would form into something like a gateway. Thus, Yilin Continent called it the "Gate of the Immortal Realm"!
The door of Heavenly Dao had actually evolved from the Gate of the Immortal Realm. Both were the most crucial aspects of Dao Alliance cultivators' cultivation, somewhat similar to Xiao Hua cultivating his scattered nascent soul.
The appearance of the Gate of the Immortal Realm meant that a late Tribulation Stage cultivator could ascend at any time! Yet ascension was not smooth sailing either; one still had to undergo another heavenly tribulation. This tribulation was somewhat weaker than the one at the Mahayana stage, and its primary purpose was the fundamental transformation of the Heaven and Earth Laws. Yet its effects were immense, completely changing a Tribulation Crossing cultivator's physical body and Nascent Soul. Like Break then Stand, a Tribulation Crossing cultivator was at their strongest during this stage, but also at their weakest! Even an early Tribulation Crossing cultivator, if they broke through the defenses,