Chapter 1163: The Heavenly Tribulation Is a Great Opportunity; It Must Not Fail

The thunderclouds in the starry sky gradually thickened, their might growing ever more terrifying.

Several months later, the sunlight and starlight facing this direction were completely blocked out, plunging the entire planet into darkness; only the artificial light produced by the divine tree Shenmu Shenmu Futianrong remained, simulating the changes of day and night through formations.

The planet had entered a state of polar night.

At this moment, not to mention Nascent Soul peak cultivators like An Siyan, Jin Jin Lingfeng, and Zhang Zhang Junsheng who were about to undergo Tribulation Crossing, even Soul Transformation cultivators were trembling, catching a cold scent of death from that terrifying heavenly tribulation.

Death!

Every spiritual sense of the Soul Transformation cultivators told them that ahead lay a land of death—a place of certain doom with no chance of survival!

"This intensity of heavenly tribulation..."

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun, watching the heavenly tribulation, felt his scalp tingle at this moment. He turned his head and asked, "Little Gu, is your heavenly tribulation this intense too?"

"It shouldn't... shouldn't be, right..."

Teacher Gu Lin said uneasily, his voice uncertain.

"Senior, will Jiang Ding be alright?"

Jin Jin Lingfeng could not help but ask.

A large crowd around them—An Siyan, Zhang Zhang Junsheng, Lu Ling Master Dinghai Zhenjun, Ding Hai Master Dinghai Zhenjun, and many other ancient Nascent Soul Master Dinghai Zhenjun who had waited for countless years—could not help but feel worried.

"I don't know."

"Many things about him are not typical of immortal sect cultivators, so I cannot judge."

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun shook his head slightly.

"However, according to historical experience, the Great Sun Sword Disciples do not seem to have died in Soul Transformation heavenly tribulations—even in the era of the First Great Sun Sword Master, when the inheritance was far from complete, this was still the case..."

……

Amidst the endless thunder, Jiang Ding sat cross-legged.

Contrary to outside expectations, he was very relaxed now—in fact, overly so—because he did not feel the slightest pressure.

The heavenly tribulation that was terrifying even to Soul Transformation cultivators felt no different from a spring breeze and fine rain under his sword intent perception—the kind one could sweep away in great swathes with a single sword.

"This won't do..."

Jiang Ding muttered to himself.

Heavenly tribulation, for cultivators, is not only a calamity but also a great opportunity.

Simply surviving the heavenly tribulation was not what he wanted.

In the inheritance of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, and in the inheritance of the immortal sects, heavenly tribulation holds great significance—it is a kind of great opportunity. One can use this chance to pave the way for one's future Dao path, making one's foundation deeper, the future road easier to walk, and future breakthroughs to realms easier to achieve.

"Heavenly tribulation,"

"is too weak."

Jiang Ding stood up, his hand gripping the sword hilt.

Clang!

He drew his sword in one stroke.

Six Orders circled the sword body, a hazy sword world phantom encircled the sword light, carrying the perfected Great Sun Indestructible Sword Intent, amidst endless ra—

diant brilliance, he slashed a single sword toward the sky.

The ten-thousand-li Lei Gao Jie thunderclouds in the starry sky stiffened for a moment.

Lightning serpents ceased to flicker, the thunderclouds ceased to roll, even the lightning froze solid, no longer flashing with countless bursts of light.

Whoosh!

A straight, slender sword scar appeared at the very center of the ten-thousand-li thunderclouds, slicing the tribulation clouds evenly in two. The will of destruction and law-annihilation within the Great Sun Destruction Sword Intent surged in, instantly annihilating all the thunder energy.

The next moment, the ten-thousand-li thunderclouds in the starry sky slowly dissipated, losing their foundation for existence.

With the obstruction of the Lei Gao Jie thunderclouds gone, sunlight and starlight once again shone down upon the immortal sect mother planet, spreading their radiance everywhere.

Some color returned to the world between heaven and earth, and stars appeared once more.

All the turmoil vanished like smoke, and the starry sky returned to its former eternal deathly stillness.

The heavenly tribulation had dissipated.

This scene left all the Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation cultivators who had been watching the heavenly tribulation hoping to gain some insight completely dumbfounded.

The heavenly tribulation had not even begun, yet it was already over?

"Senior, why is this..."

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun, as the senior with the highest seniority present, was immediately besieged with questions.

This was a tradition among immortal sect cultivators—ask when you don't understand, whether in childhood or now at over a thousand years old.

"I know this one."

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun waved his hand and, without waiting for their questions, explained: "Heavenly tribulation is a kind of universal law. The first theory posits that there exists some omnipresent cosmic Heavenly Dao consciousness that tests living beings—those who pass succeed;

The second theory is the cosmic energy theory, which says that when a cultivator breaks through, their soul, magic power, and body undergo sudden leap-like changes, creating violent conflicts with the surrounding environment—like negative and positive magnetic fields—and thus triggering heavenly tribulation;

The third theory..."

"In any case, for the immortal sects, this is an unsolved question."

"But one thing is certain: heavenly tribulation will definitely appear and will definitely run its full course."

"Some ancient cultivation practitioners, such as the successive patriarchs of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion, discovered this principle and employed it: when a heavenly tribulation was about to manifest but had not yet arrived, they forcibly interrupted it, preventing the emergence of this tribulation law... This often fails; the laws of the universe cannot be evaded."

"However, the universe is material, and energy is conserved."

"During the process of obstruction, if the tribulation law wishes to continue manifesting, it must, in order to bypass or break through this obstacle, erupt with even more terrifying power—likely multiplying by several or dozens of times. This is exactly what the sword cultivators of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion need."

"This is a bad habit; you must not learn it."

He earnestly instructed, admonishing the juniors around him.

Boom!

The stillness lasted only a moment. Accompanied by a tremendous roar, the heavenly tribulation in the ten-thousand-li starry sky came rolling back once more—this time even more terrifying. The thunderclouds were black as ink, and the blue-purple lightning flashing between them possessed an unusual brilliance.

A terrifying light that controls the growth of all things in heaven and earth caused the pressure of the heavenly tribulation to surge more than tenfold in an instant.

This is the power of Lei Ting order!

The power of Lei Ting order that appeared from the very beginning!

The Lei Ting in the starry sky is the Lei Ting of Lei Ting order, filled with an utterly pure and terrifying aura of destruction; the void silently and imperceptibly melts away under such power.

And this is merely the dark clouds gathered by the heavenly tribulation!

"This... is very good..."

Beneath the heavenly tribulation, Jiang Ding closed his eyes slightly, then opened them.

His hair strands, under such terrifying dark clouds, began to drift imperceptibly; the six paths of order power could not completely isolate these heavenly tribulation auras, and a fatal, terrifying danger was brewing in the starry sky.

At Jiang Ding's thought, a nascent world unfolded beside him.

This nascent world is now in winter; snow blankets heaven and earth, the cold wind bites fiercely, many plants have completely shed their leaves, and countless icicles hang from the bare branches; white snow paints a scene of silent stillness, awaiting revival.

This nascent world now spans over four kilometers, having grown by more than one kilometer.

This is the harvest from slaying dozens of Demon Emperor clan princes, including the ancient prince of Ming Tian, absorbing some of their essence of Refining Void to fuel their own growth.

The instant this nascent sword world unfolded, the surrounding thunderous order could no longer affect Jiang Ding in the slightest, and his electrified, fluttering hair returned to normal.

Boom!

At this moment, after months of brewing and accumulating energy, finally, a distorted bolt of Lei Ting containing the power of Lei Ting order descended from the heavens, following the path of rules, and struck down upon the head of the youth in green robes in an instant.