Xiao Hua and Thunderclap True Person had long grown accustomed to the formation of tribulation clouds, so they were not particularly surprised. They simply waited for the Gate of the Immortal Realm to appear after the tribulation clouds!
However, just as Xiao Hua, Thunderclap True Person, Tianren, and Wu Daoist flew into the Western Sea, whoosh—heaven and earth suddenly sank into darkness. The darkness came too fiercely, leaving all living beings across the Four Great Continents at a loss! It originated from Yilin Continent and Xiaoyu Continent, even spreading over the Western Sea. This darkness was incomparably dense, like heaven and earth before creation. Though rays of light from the Book Gate soared ten thousand zhang over Cangxian Continent, though Buddha Light Illumination shone from the Heavenly Gate above the Pure Land World, though the starry sky above the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons glittered brilliantly, and though the Heavenly Eye over the Northern Sea was resplendent with color, all these signs appeared so powerless within the darkness, their radiance rapidly dimming!
No sooner had the darkness formed than an unspeakable bleakness, loneliness, and terror arose in the hearts of the cultivators—indeed, in the hearts of countless living beings across the Four Great Continents. Birds and beasts prostrated themselves, vegetation trembled, and the majesty of heaven had no equal!
"Fellow Daoist..." Wu Daoist suddenly transmitted in his heart, "I have an ominous feeling. This... this darkness resembles the power of ghosts and gods. There is actually the aura of the Twelve Great Gods of my soul cultivation within it!"
Xiao Hua had already narrowed his eyes and looked toward the sky. He replied in his heart, "Correct! This aura is extremely faint and deeply concealed. More importantly, its might far surpasses that of other ascension tribulations. If nothing unexpected