Chapter 140

"It's time to break through."

The Primordial Spirit had been refined, and the physical body had been purified several times; the five secret realms glowed, and divine tones spread through the air, as if ancient immortals and gods were chanting scriptures.

With a thought, a thread of world origin flew out from the Qiankun Cauldron and he swallowed it whole.

Instantly, under his will, the world origin transformed into pure, high-grade energy, coursing through his entire body, aiding his breakthrough.

Immortal Stage Two, Seventh Layer… Immortal Stage Two, Eighth Layer…

Time passed, yet only a moment had elapsed when his aura reached its peak, directly entering Immortal Stage Two, Perfect Realm, awaiting only the severing of the Dao to become a sovereign.

"Zhou Zhiruo, cultivate well within the Heavenly Realm. Your Master is going out to face a tribulation."

"Yes, Master, be careful."

Zhou Zhiruo felt uneasy, spoke a word, but saw her Master had already vanished; she could only idly play with her mount, Bai He.

Eastern Wasteland.

Amidst a desert.

As Zhang Taixuan arrived and released his aura, dark clouds instantly gathered, covering a thousand li, pressing down like a black city, making heaven and earth feel low and suffocating.

Even birds and beasts without wisdom sensed something momentous and fled desperately beyond the dark clouds.

Cultivators who saw such a vast thunderous spectacle were left speechless with terror.

"What kind of 283 tribulation is this? Why is it so terrifying?"

"It's the Severing the Dao tribulation," said a well-informed elder in shock. "If the Severing the Dao tribulation is already this terrifying, how powerful must this person truly be?"

"Is this an ancient sovereign emerging, or a sovereign cultivated in this age?"

"With the world's spiritual energy depleted and cultivation so difficult now, it must be an ancient sovereign."

As they spoke, many noble clans observed the tribulation site through secret chambers in their ancestral halls.

High above, a Daoist gazed calmly at the sky, as if the heavenly tribulation meant nothing to him.

"It's Zhang Taixuan!"

"Not an ancient sealed sovereign—he's a supreme powerhouse cultivated in our own era."

"Terrifying—how did he cultivate so fast?"

"I spent fifty years to break from Dragon Transformation to Immortal Platform First Layer. They say he only recently passed his Dragon Transformation tribulation—this cultivation speed, even in ancient times, would be unimaginable."

News of Zhang Taixuan's Severing the Dao tribulation spread rapidly, shocking all five regions of Beidou.

"If this boy doesn't perish early, he will surely become the strongest of our era. Even becoming an Emperor is not impossible."

"This boy's talent is truly extraordinary. I wonder what kind of body he possesses?"

Boom—

As everyone discussed, the first bolt of lightning suddenly struck.