Chapter 501

The next moment, the Great Sage Tribulation arrived without delay.

Zhang Taixuan sat cross-legged in the void, not moving even a little, circulating his Thunder Dao divine ability to refine the heavenly tribulation's Lei Ting into power.

The Three Pure Ones avatars did the same, each wearing an expression of utter indifference, as if they treated transcending a tribulation like a stroll through a vegetable market, making the myriad races of the universe gasp in astonishment.

"Zhang Taixuan has actually transcended the Great Sage Tribulation!"

"This cultivation speed is truly too fast!"

"Will he be transcending the Quasi-Emperor Tribulation before long?"

Whether the myriad races or the forbidden lands, upon seeing the four figures seated cross-legged in the void, all felt their scalps go numb.

Being one step ahead makes one a genius; being one hundred and eight thousand steps ahead — what kind of monster is this!

Even the Ancient Emperors and Supremes of the forbidden lands, who were the strongest of their eras, were at this moment somewhat unable to describe what Fan Chou Zhang Taixuan belonged to.

The heavenly tribulation evolved, with Lei Ting and humanoid lightning emerging one after another.

In the end, they all became nourishment for Zhang Taixuan's growth, allowing him to have just transcended the Great Sage Tribulation yet already have his strength firmly stabilized at the perfect level of the first heaven of Great Sage.

In only half a day's time, the heavenly tribulation dispersed.

Suddenly.

A sharp, fierce fluctuation arose, and the next moment, a massive bronze cauldron carrying ten thousand Daos of laws came pressing down.

"An Emperor Cauldron?" Zhang Taixuan's expression didn't change. From within his sleeve, the Star Measuring Ruler flew out, a bright yellow streak of light tearing through the void and slamming into the Emperor Cauldron.

Crack!

Under the gazes of everyone who dared not believe it, that bronze cauldron was directly smashed into fragments that scattered to all corners of the universe.

"That was the Immortal Cauldron of the Emperor Venerable, and it just shattered like that?"

"What else could happen? That one is the Great Sage Taixuan, after all."

"The Emperor Venerable is already a Heavenly Venerable of the old era and can't keep up with the times. His defeat is perfectly normal."

Zhang Taixuan retracted the Star Measuring Ruler, gazed into the void of the universe, and secretly calculated in his heart, quickly ascertaining the Emperor Venerable's whereabouts.

"The Emperor Venerable has gone to the Immortal Realm and that small world of the mortal realm."

"And he went there a very long time ago. The Immortal Cauldron was merely a contingency left behind in the mortal realm, to launch a sneak attack whenever it encountered a heavenly prodigy transcending a tribulation. This fellow is truly a coward!"

Upon getting the result, Zhang Taixuan immediately frowned.

To break into that small world was no simple matter; it required Emperor-level power at the correct time and the correct place.

To want to force one's way in with brute force would require True Immortal-level strength.

Right now, although he already possessed Emperor-level combat power, there was clearly still a gap to the True Immortal realm.

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"Forget it, I'll take it slow. In another while I can prove my Dao and become Emperor. When that time comes, I'll go to that small world to have some fun!"

Zhang Taixuan put away the Star Measuring Ruler and waved his hand casually, as if time were flowing backward; those scattered fragments of the Immortal Cauldron flew back, gathering in his hand.

However, because it had been smashed to pieces, the deity within naturally no longer existed, and even its exterior bore terrifying, shocking cracks.

"Consider it a small trophy." Zhang Taixuan suppressed it within the Qiankun Cauldron, planning to find a time to re-refine the Immortal Cauldron and put it up for sale in Shangcheng for others.

This treasure, close to a True Immortal immortal artifact, should fetch a good price.

Retracting the Three Pure Ones avatars, Zhang Taixuan took a single step and had already returned to the Bright Ancient Star.

Summoning Ling Xi, he said: "I am fated with the Northern Dipper. Take my decree and hurry to the Northern Dipper to found a sect."

"Yes, Master." Ling Xi accepted the order. "It's just that I don't know, Master, what name this sect should have?"

"Naturally it's called the Taixuan Sect." Zhang Taixuan smiled. "Let the Crouching Dragon Sword serve as the sect-suppressing treasure."

He retracted the Crouching Dragon Sword, refined it once with the Primordial Fire, until a new deity was born within it that could revive on its own, then he bestowed it anew, letting Ling Xi take it and depart for the Northern Dipper.

Actually, this was somewhat superfluous on his part.

Now, the entire universe knew that although Zhang Taixuan was only a Sage-level figure, his strength had already far surpassed that of a Great Emperor.

Don't you see, even the Emperor Venerable who had founded the Ancient Heavenly Court only dared to launch one sneak attack before fleeing far away and not showing himself again.

Such an existence — how could the myriad races dare to provoke him?