Su Yu gave a soft shout, releasing a wisp of sacred might from within his body and frightening the snake demon away.
He directly called down the lightning tribulation.
Boom!
Lightning ten thousand zhang high descended from beyond the heavens. Before long, it had engulfed the area, turning it into a vast ocean of lightning that covered the great lake and swamp beneath it.
The giant serpent in the distance flew away at top speed, unwilling to be caught in the heavenly tribulation.
A streak of purple Dragon Qi thirty meters long surged from the Big Dragon in Su Yu's back. Its body was interwoven with profoundly arcane immortal scriptures and breathed out Chaos Divine Light, shielding him behind it.
He had already tempered nine vertebrae. Last time, devouring dozens of Dragon Transformation and Immortal Platform cultivators in succession had greatly increased his cultivation. Over the past six months, he had also cultivated with the help of the underground dragon vein. This time, he intended to enter the Immortal Platform Secret Realm in one stroke...
Chapter 43: The Immortal Platform Lamp
Boom!
A sea of lightning ten thousand zhang high fell from the firmament, engulfing the place in an instant. It was an ocean of heavenly tribulation!
Within the boundless sea of lightning, the deep purple bolts of the immense heavenly tribulation began to take shape, transforming into heavenly dragons. Ancient, mysterious Dao patterns were engraved on their bodies, and wisps of Chaos Qi coiled around them. Their destructive presence shook heaven and earth.
The void began to crack. Nothing remained within the boundless sea of lightning; everything had been swallowed by the thunderbolts. Everywhere the eye fell was blinding light, and even from far away, one could feel that destructive power...
Su Yu was now at the center of the lightning sea, the source of its fury. Endless arcs of electricity rushed toward him; mountains of thunder and seas of lightning had locked onto him!
Boom!
Heavenly dragons descended upon the world. One purple heavenly dragon after another charged at Su Yu without regard for its own safety. They bore the presence of this world's Great Dao, the laws of order taking their most terrifying forms.
The cloud dragon roared and merged with the Great Dao Treasure Vase. The light of the manifestation shone over the great rivers, radiating a terrifying power of devouring.
This was a different kind of cultivation. Divine Radiance blossomed between Su Yu's brows as his hands danced without pause, forming hand seals like a waterfall. He controlled the "Clouds in the Blue Sky, Water in the Vase" manifestation, pushing the chaos cloud dragon toward the supreme realm.
In an instant, dragon roars shook the heavens. The cloud dragon shone brilliantly, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws amid a pearly haze as it devoured the lightning heavenly dragons one by one. It contained the lightning sea's attacks and engraved the marks of the Great Dao. It had now begun to evolve the laws of heaven and earth. Each time it underwent the baptism of a heavenly tribulation, this chaos dragon would imprint and interweave traces of laws, and its power would gradually grow.
As the radiance leaped and shifted, the Big Dragon of Su Yu's spine began to crackle. His vertebrae joined together, becoming a Big Dragon, and his Dragon Transformation Secret Realm began to reach completion.
He entered the Dragon Transformation Nine Changes, reaching the end of this secret realm.
But the lightning tribulation did not end. Instead, it began to change again. The heavenly dragons gradually evolved into unknown immortal spirits, and at the very center stood a magnificent cluster of palaces that made one tremble. It was simply a reappearance of the Mythological Era.
With Dragon Transformation at great completion, the dragon leaped toward the Immortal Platform. The heavenly tribulation it called forth was a terrifying sight!
Inside Su Yu's body, his back shone with golden light. A Big Dragon rose within his spine, its head held high as it charged straight toward the Immortal Platform. It became an eternal ray of divine light, granting his divine sense a truly immortal quality!
The dragon had truly come back to life and was now advancing toward a higher realm. The Big Dragon of his spine spat out an immortal pearl, which radiated supreme divine light as it sought to open an Immortal Platform.
Through nine changes, the dragon took form; with one leap, it glimpsed immortality. Only when the Big Dragon of the spine reached perfection could one enter the final secret realm of the human body-the Immortal Platform.
Su Yu had spent the past six months cultivating, seeking to transform his soul and step into the Immortal Platform Secret Realm in one stride.
The Immortal Platform Secret Realm was the final secret realm of the human body. It was vastly different from the first four secret realms; one could say the difference was fundamental. Even the Sea of Bitterness, Dao Palace, Four Extremes, and Dragon Transformation combined did not span as great a range of strength as the Immortal Platform alone. From the half-step mighty figures of the First Heaven of the Immortal Platform to Quasi-Emperors, all cultivated within this same secret realm.
This realm was arduous. Every step forward was like ascending another layer of heaven, and the difference in strength between each step was immense.
Sizzle!
An extremely terrifying transformation was taking place in the sea of consciousness between Su Yu's brows. The golden sea expanded, making his soul grow ever stronger. His primordial spirit was incomparably radiant and pure, and he could faintly sense the laws of heaven and earth.
A tiny golden figure also emerged from his divine sense, which had expanded into an ocean. It began to draw in the heavenly tribulation, opening its mouth to breathe lightning as it tempered his powerful divine sense.
This method was extremely dangerous. Baptizing one's divine sense with a powerful heavenly tribulation could easily send one into a state of eternal damnation. Divine sense was the foundation of a person's existence; even the slightest damage to it could be fatal.
A wounded body could still be repaired, but once divine sense shattered, one might very well lose a portion of one's memories or part of one's personality. It was extraordinarily deadly.
Only because Su Yu cultivated an Emperor scripture and his soul possessed Chaotic Blood did his primordial spirit not fear the baptism of the heavenly tribulation.
Had it been anyone else who had seized another's body, he would certainly have perished in the lightning. There was no other possibility.
As the heavenly tribulation descended, a tiny rift began to appear between Su Yu's body and soul, growing wider beneath the lightning tribulation. But at this moment, he could no longer concern himself with it. He wanted only for his soul to transform into divine sense.
Hum.
The void trembled, and nine immortal spirits descended at once. A qilin roared, an Immortal Phoenix spread its wings, and a true dragon struck across the sky... Many immortal spirits that could only be seen in the Immortal Domain flew out of the heavenly tribulation. Order Divine Chains evolved into the most terrifying enemies, unleashing supreme methods of attack upon Su Yu.
Divine thunder, scarlet as blood, struck his primordial spirit but could not damage it in the slightest. The tiny golden figure remained immortal, clear and flawless.
"Kill!"
Su Yu's primordial spirit began to activate the Flying Immortal Art, sending out wave after wave of Flying Immortal Power. The sacred Flying Immortal Power became a supreme means of attack, slaying the immortal spirits one by one. Their remains were devoured by the chaos cloud dragon, which extracted drops of Lightning Tribulation Liquid from them. Su Yu also took out Dragon Marrow and the Desolate Ancient Divine Spring and refined them. Countless streams of innate origin essence Qi began to smelt his soul.
His primordial spirit stood in the void as the boundless sea of lightning surged. The flying dragon and his divine sense moved together, undergoing the baptism and drawing down endless lightning, seeking to open the Immortal Platform together and unlock the final secret realm of the human body.
Endless lightning flashed with a deafening roar, and Chaos Qi swirled around him. Su Yu continued refining the Lightning Tribulation Liquid and the Desolate Ancient Divine Spring at the center of the heavenly tribulation. His primordial spirit grew ever more sacred, as though it were nearing immortality. He also engraved intricate divine patterns into his manifestation, and points of spiritual light began to appear within it.
His body was also undergoing the tribulation, bathed in the most terrifying tribulation lightning. Every bone in his body shone with golden light and bore a sacred presence. His primordial spirit seemed to become a divine sun, radiating boundless light that could not be looked at directly.
All manner of lightning descended from the nine heavens and poured into his mouth, engulfing him. The tiny golden figure formed from his divine sense continuously tempered itself, transforming toward an indestructible divine thought...
Forcing himself to endure the excruciating pain, Su Yu gathered his essence and returned it to one. Bathed in the lightning sea, he forcibly suppressed the rift between body and spirit. Divine radiance flickered all over him as the Big Dragon of his spine rose with its head held high, spitting out a pearl that became an Immortal Platform and overlapped with his skull.
At last, his divine sense transformed, gaining a trace of an immortal and indestructible quality. His divine thought swept out and bore down like an expanse of heaven.
He had ignited his Immortal Platform!
At the same time, heavenly punishment erupted in full. A terrifying sea of lightning engulfed him as divine light spilled in every direction. Divine thunder of the nine heavens, Chaos Divine Thunder, five-element primal lightning, nine-tribulation thunder... Endless bolts came crashing down!
This place became a world of tribulation and punishment. No one knew how many kinds of lightning tribulation had descended together, each more terrifying than the last.
And something even more terrifying was yet to come. A range of halls capable of crushing the heavens truly emerged from the lightning sea. Magnificent palaces stretched on and on, majestic beyond measure, rising and sinking within the dreadful sea of lightning.
Chapter 44: Tribulation Shadow of the Great Dao
Su Yu continued circulating the Indestructible Heavenly Art. Relying on his vast divine sense, he disregarded the discord between his spirit and body and regained control of this body, but he was still struck until blood covered him.
Although he was not at his peak, Su Yu now truly felt the power of the Immortal Platform Secret Realm. A wisp of divine thought could slay an enemy, his lifespan had greatly increased, and his perception of heaven and earth had grown sharper.
"Seize!"
Su Yu let out a clear cry and inhaled. All the residual lightning filling the sky poured into his mouth. His injuries this time were truly severe. He continued absorbing Source Qi and took two more mouthfuls of Divine Spring Liquid. Essence Qi surged toward him like water from all directions, while Dragon Qi from the underground dragon vein rose from beneath the earth. It gathered into his body, healing his wounds.
His body grew ever more radiant, his flesh shimmering with a crystalline luster. His body was like seven-colored glazed glass; he could already be called half a Chaos Body.
Hum!
Suddenly, a ray of divine light shot out from the palaces of the Ancient Heavenly Court. Amid flashing lightning and rumbling thunder, a figure like a war god stood motionless in the void. Black hair streamed around him, and silver battle armor covered his body. Treasured radiance shimmered over him, dazzling to behold.
Boom.
A humanoid being lunged forward. A chaos divine cauldron hung above his head, with three thousand streams of Chaos Qi hanging down from it. The currents swayed ceaselessly, mysterious and unfathomable, like a god descending upon the world.
The Humanoid Lightning was deep purple from head to toe, radiating an incomparably sacred presence. The chaos cauldron emitted boundless divine light, and every wisp of Chaos Qi was immensely heavy and dazzlingly brilliant.
Divine light engulfed heaven and earth, shrouding them in boundless radiance. The Humanoid Lightning walked toward him like a god or demon striding out of antiquity.
"An imprint of a Chaos Body? Is this Wang Bo from the Mythological Era? Didn't he fail to become an Emperor?"
Su Yu's expression changed, but he could only spread his manifestation and meet the danger head-on, engaging his opponent in a frenzied battle. True blood tinged with the color of chaos flowed constantly. In a single exchange, his opponent tore open his left arm and gravely wounded him with a divine art.
He was sorely lacking in experience fighting enemies and suffered a great setback, nearly having his body shattered.
"Condense!"
Su Yu let out a long cry. Blood Qi surged skyward, his origin power spilled out, and the blood in every limb and bone boiled. His severed limb regrew in the blink of an eye. The two fought relentlessly in the purple ocean. His opponent's origin had been reproduced as an imprint by heaven and earth, making him seem like a true Chaos Body and posing a great threat to Su Yu.
Su Yu activated the Indestructible Heavenly Art. Forming a hand seal, he struck straight at his opponent, bearing down like an Immortal King subduing a demon.
Boom!
His surging presence and terrifying fluctuations were like a star domain falling from the sky. He used the Battle Saint Method to conjure the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar, then sent out nine Order Divine Chains to bind his opponent. A ray of divine light shot from his Immortal Platform: an incomparably sharp little sword of Dragon-Patterned Black Gold stabbed straight at his opponent's primordial spirit.
His opponent's Chaos Qi erupted, breaking free of the chains of dark light. He then sent the chaos cauldron crashing into the black-gold sword, knocking it away. He followed with a chaos divine art that cleaved into Su Yu, sending countless drops of blood scattering onto the land. The two fought a bloody battle in the lightning sea.
Su Yu unleashed secret art after secret art. Flying Immortal Power swept through the air as he fought with unparalleled ferocity, while the Myriad Transformations Sacred Art dissolved every attack.
The heavenly tribulation's Emperor shadow opposite him also began to reveal his manifestations. A scene appeared in the void, accompanied by the sound of waves. Sea and sky were one color, the heavens like sapphire and the blue waves like a clear mirror. Golden lotuses grew from the sea, their leaves dotted with dew, vibrant with life and dazzling to behold.
A gentle breeze swept past, rippling the blue sea, and golden lotuses bloomed. The rich vitality made it seem as though one had come to the primordial age when heaven and earth were first opened, and a hazy presence of chaos filled the air. The presence of chaos began to evolve, and a Green Lotus appeared in the void. It bore three leaves and expounded the meaning of the Dao: three gave rise to all things. Amid hazy chaos, it struck toward the high heavens.
Thud!
A chaos yin-yang diagram appeared as well. Water, wind, earth, and fire were refined anew, beginning to open a chaos world...
At last, all these manifestations merged into one, forming a great chaos world. Like a vast universe, it bore down on Su Yu.
This method was unquestionably world-shaking, using the power of a world against an enemy. It was stronger than Su Yu's "Clouds in the Blue Sky, Water in the Vase." If that quasi-Chaos Body evolved this secret art to its limit, he would confront his enemies with a great chaos universe and could even fight a supreme being of the extreme path.
Su Yu struggled to withstand the assault, retreating in defeat as he coughed up blood. His Battle Saint Method continually conjured the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar to protect his primordial spirit; damage to his body was only a minor matter. His opponent's methods were astonishing enough to injure his primordial spirit.
Of all the divine weapons and arts he had encountered, the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar was the one he knew best. Using the Nine Secrets: Dou to conjure its Divine Form and placing himself inside the jar was his only chance of survival.
Every attack from that Chaos Body left a wound on the purple dragon while also interweaving the laws of the Great Dao.
The battle lasted an entire day. By the end, Su Yu was covered in wounds, his body nearly battered to pieces, riddled with cracks and injuries from the Great Dao. He had nearly reached the point where the oil ran dry and the lamp burned out.
But in the end, he made it through.
The Humanoid Lightning lost the power of the lightning tribulation and dissipated into the void. The vast ruins of the heavenly palace above the nine heavens also vanished...
He had stepped into the Immortal Platform realm.
"This body must be abandoned..."
Su Yu sighed softly. He now understood how the person who had consumed Yin Rot Grass in the original work had felt. Fearing lightning and fire, the flaws were too deadly; it was simply difficult to endure for long.
He slowly recovered with his injured body. He did not know how much time had passed before he finished his initial recuperation. Although his face was still pale, his soul had been baptized by the Divine Spring and shone brilliantly.
The Azure Flood Dragon King flew over from afar and followed respectfully behind him.
The group returned to the small world.
Su Yu returned alone to the Ageless Hall, then ordered the Azure Flood Dragon King to seal the small world. No one was to disturb him.
Afterward, the small world fell silent.
On the highest floor of the Ageless Hall, Su Yu gazed pensively at the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar!
Revealing its divine wonders, the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar was like black jade, incomparably lustrous and translucent. Streams of dark light fell from it as though it had come alive. The ghost-face design was now lifelike, radiating fluctuations that seized the soul.