The Reward for Surviving a Hundred Thousand Years! The Corpse of an Immortal King with a Chaos Body! The Age of Arduous Cultivation Ends

The Dao attainment lightning tribulation gradually subsided.

The entire universe fell silent once more.

It was as though everything that had just happened had been nothing but a dream.

Yet in truth, everyone clearly remembered.

That terrifying sight.

They also etched into their minds that figure who had raised his head and roared within the lightning tribulation, only to be blasted into tribulation ash in the end.

He had failed.

No unexpected turn had occurred.

Even though this monstrous genius had been dazzlingly brilliant, not the slightest bit inferior to any Great Emperor or Ancient Emperor in recorded history.

When faced with the tribulation of attaining the Dao in this era.

He had still met a miserable death, leaving behind nothing but tribulation ash.

The star region where he had undergone his tribulation was filled with his unyielding will to fight, almost altering the laws of heaven and earth there and turning it into a land of wonders.

Everyone mourned him, lamenting the injustice of this world.

Yet not a single being noticed.

A white-robed figure stepped out of the void.

With a slight lift of his finger, he drew forth a portion of the tribulation ash that still held a faint trace of Dao resonance, his eyes... carrying a little approval.

"In a normal era, he could at least have become a Peak Great Emperor."

"What a pity that his fortune was insufficient."

Lu Qingyun offered his assessment.

It was not particularly high praise.

Yet in truth, in his eyes, this man had been even more outstanding than Ye Mingyuan back then!

It was just that...

His luck had not been as good.

As for why he called it bad luck...

How could anyone fortunate have been born in this era, and chosen to attain the Dao in this era?

The difficulty was no less than what Ye Mingyuan had faced when he trampled the myriad Daos underfoot to become an Emperor.

It was even... greater!

Naturally, the Great Dao he had cultivated also caught Lu Qingyun's eye, and he intended to complete it and cultivate it to its pinnacle.

The moment he took hold of that Great Dao, which had been only half a step away from crossing the threshold of the Supreme Dao.

With the support of Lu Qingyun's cultivation realm and Heaven-Defying Comprehension, it smoothly broke through into the ranks of attained Daos, without the slightest hitch.

This monstrous genius's decision to attain the Dao also affected the entire universe.

The suppression of the Great Dao, which had already been gradually receding, faded even faster.

During these years.

Lu Qingyun did not choose to enter seclusion.

Instead, like a spectator, or perhaps a chronicler of history.

He walked through the mortal world.

He watched the entire process as the universe fell from splendor into cold silence, then revived once more.

This lent his seemingly newborn body.

Another measure of history's weight.

One hundred thousand years into the Immortal Court calendar.

Over the long years, the world had already forgotten many things.

They knew only that the invincible beings who had attained the Dao in the previous age were two supreme Heavenly Emperors, along with a Dao-attaining Holy Spirit slain by a Heavenly Emperor.

Yet they knew nothing.

Of a Chaos Heavenly Emperor who had remained seated within the Immortal Court Forbidden Zone all along, passing through the years.

There were nine forbidden zones in this world.

The Immortal Court numbered among them, seemingly no different from the other forbidden zones...

Everything belonging to that last glorious age seemed to have been draped in a thin veil; only hazy scenes could be seen, while the truth could not be clearly discerned.

Even scouring all the ancient histories would hardly allow one to piece together the true picture.

Only the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, who had remained within the forbidden zone from beginning to end, overlooking the mortal world, understood everything...

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on surviving within the forbidden zone for one hundred thousand years. Reward: one complete Immortal King corpse!]

The system notification sounded.

Within the Immortal Court.

Lu Qingyun opened his eyes, which were as unfathomable as chaos.

"An Immortal King corpse?"

Upon hearing what the reward was, surprise appeared on Lu Qingyun's face.

He did not immediately retrieve it from the system.

For a complete Immortal King corpse was immensely vast, and its rank was inconceivably high!

If he casually took it out, the entire universe would likely be unable to withstand its formidable might, and the most terrifying catastrophe in history would occur!

Thus, he could only look inward.

He had the system seal it within his own Sea of Bitterness, yet even then, it nearly filled his entire Sea of Bitterness!

It was a mighty body covered in scars, one that had endured countless great battles.

It lay quietly upon the Sea of Bitterness, like a living being that had slept for a long time yet remained full of life.

Looking at the Dao laws spread all over this body.

Lu Qingyun's eyes were filled with longing, but he did not act rashly.

The Dao laws worthy of leaving their marks on an Immortal King's corpse, even if they had not been left by supreme beings of the same level, had been left by beings infinitely close to that level.

To Lu Qingyun, their level was terrifyingly high!

Without the system suppressing it, the instant this intact corpse appeared.

Lu Qingyun would have been utterly annihilated by the terrifying pressure permeating its body!

Yet the more this was so.

The more excited Lu Qingyun became!

Now, the entire Immortal King corpse was within his Sea of Bitterness.

With his Heaven-Defying Comprehension, he could gradually comprehend these Immortal King-level Dao laws and turn them into his own foundation!

And for Lu Qingyun, this Immortal King corpse held another opportunity that could be called world-shaking!

Because...

Chaos Dao laws spread out like mighty, unshakable divine chains of order, covering the corpse's entire body.

A resonance born of life's instincts arose between Lu Qingyun and this corpse.

"This was a peerless Immortal King who also possessed a Flawless Chaos Body!"

Lu Qingyun was overjoyed!

Merely having the corpse of a peerless Immortal King with the same constitution within his Sea of Bitterness.

Was enough to make his Sea of Bitterness open up numerous wellsprings of divine power on its own, allowing his Chaos Body to undergo a transformation imperceptibly!

Not to mention Lu Qingyun's talent, coupled with his Heaven-Defying Comprehension.

He could absolutely obtain from this predecessor... gifts of staggering magnitude!

And that was not all.

Lu Qingyun tentatively closed his eyes, making his own Chaos Body resonate with this Immortal King-level corpse.

Then...

He exhausted all his divine power to make the index finger of his right hand tremble slightly!

At that moment!

The Immortal King corpse with a Chaos Body within his Sea of Bitterness.

Also twitched the index finger of its right hand!

In an instant, it was as though some restriction existing between heaven and earth had been triggered!

The entire universe trembled!

The myriad Daos thundered, and their origins poured forth!

With that.

The age of arduous cultivation, which had lasted tens of thousands of years, completely faded away at a moment no one had anticipated!

And a brand-new, glorious, dazzling age...

Raised its curtain!