Chapter 480: Qualitative Change (4K)

Or perhaps choosing to continue completing the Saint King's Dao undertaking?

This thought merely turned over once in the minds of many elders of the Tongshan Dao Tong, and then everyone continued to fix their gaze upon the heavens above.

Only to see the nine dragons undulating, those gourd-shaped, wildly flying Extreme Yang Gourd Divine Thunderbolts being refined by the celestial divine fire spat out by the nine crimson-veined fire dragons.

The third wave of heavenly tribulation ended in rapid succession.

Yet the celestial gateway above the heavens continued to burst forth with intense seven-colored immortal light.

The seven-colored immortal light fell deep into the thunderclouds, and many powerful cultivators of the immortal sects could sense that the power of the tribulation lightning was being somewhat suppressed.

It appears this Emperor of the Great Xia possesses great fortune and great merit, hence such treatment.

In the depths of the void, closely following, the fourth wave of heavenly tribulation emerged.

Only to see above the heavens, in an instant, streaks of pitch-black thunderclouds appeared, within which faint azure light glimmered, accompanied by a strange chill.

Unbeknownst to all, goose-feather heavy snow began to fall around the Haojing City.

And it was all black velvet snow.

The velvet snow was extraordinarily bitterly cold, within which an invisible thunderlight flickered.

"Xuan Yin Gui Water Divine Thunder!"

Many high-ranking cultivators gazing upon this scene secretly felt a chill rise in their hearts.

Without doubt, this is another variant of divine thunder.

The Yin to the extreme cold of the Xuan Yin Gui Water Divine Thunder, the lightning contained within leans toward yin lightning, making it more vicious, possessing corrosive extraordinary ability.

The Xuan Han thunderlight flickered above the heavens, faintly about to erupt, seemingly about to manifest into a strange beast form, merely suppressed by a unique power.

"Lei Bu Fu Zhao!"

In the shadows, the ancestor of the Dongshen Sect, accompanied by a group of disciples, stood on guard, preventing any cultivator from advancing to cause disturbance, while also paying attention to this scene.

This sect ancestor's eyes held a hint of astonishment.

He is a connoisseur.

The power of the ninefold heavenly tribulation was originally far greater than this, yet it had been considerably suppressed by the power of the celestial gateway.

"I do not know whether an immortal of the Tongshan Dao Tong has exerted effort in the celestial Thunder Department..."

The ancestor of the Dongshen Sect secretly mused in his heart, feeling a tinge of envy.

Although he had obtained part of the Dao transmission from the Thunder God's Heavenly Palace, when undergoing tribulation, the celestial Thunder Department's heavenly monarch may not necessarily grant him convenience.

But the Tongshan Dao Tong is different; the Water Official Great Emperor of the Tongshan Dao Tong holds considerable influence in the celestial Rain Department.

That is a genuine high-ranking celestial official.

Zhang Jian also witnessed this scene; with a wave of his hand, the nine dragons transformed into nine strands of divine light, scattering all manner of Xuan Ying Gui Water Divine Thunder.

After the fourth wave of heavenly tribulation ended, the fifth and sixth waves emerged consecutively.

The fifth and sixth waves of heavenly tribulation are respectively two types within the Burning Heart Tribulation.

Specifically, the Karma Fire Burning Heart Tribulation and the Karmic Fire Burning Heart Tribulation.

These two tribulations target the primordial spirit Dao heart, as well as the unseen fortune and fate.

The power of these two heart tribulations is extraordinarily strong.

Moreover, they are triggered from within outward, making them impossible to guard against.

However, Zhang Jian's innate primordial spirit is immensely powerful, further protected by the Nine Dragons guarding his body, guiding boundless dragon qi and imperial qi; thus, the flames of these two heart tribulations have not yet ignited, and were instantly refined and obliterated by Zhang Jian.

This serene manner of describing the tribulation crossing caused the eyes of many high-ranking cultivators from various immortal sects and Dao Tong to pop out.

Even many true immortals felt envy without end.

The nine kinds of Burning Heart Tribulations are extraordinarily difficult to entangle, testing the Dao heart, fortune, and fate, and only then cultivation and magical power.

For true immortals, this tribulation poses extreme danger; a moment's carelessness would burn the immortal Dao primordial spirit to ashes.

This also fully demonstrates the formidable might of this Great Xia Emperor.

In the blink of an eye, having passed six tribulations, the seventh wave of the Great Thunder Tribulation immediately manifested.

Boom—

!

Above the heavens, heaven and earth trembled, the patterns of the Boundless Thunder Great Dao Law emerged; even within the myriad thunder patterns of the celestial gateway, it appeared somewhat inferior, as rolling blood-colored light floated up from the void.

The emergence of these thunder patterns caused many high-ranking cultivators to wisely withdraw their divine sense, lest they attract lightning and unknowingly become part of the tribulation.

At the same time, many high-ranking cultivators also warned their disciples and followers to close their eyes and seal their spiritual perception, lest they be tainted by these terrifying thunder Dao patterns, damaging their primordial spirit Dao heart.

This wave of thunder has already surpassed the stage of ordinary divine thunder.

It is the Final Divine Thunder.

The Final Divine Thunder is numerous in quantity, but most contain extreme destructive power.

"Three Returns Extinction Law Divine Thunder!"

In the distance, the eyes of the Zi Dian Lao Zu held a strange hue; far away, the Qing Yuan Lao Zu and the Chu Fa Lao Zu also glanced at him.

The creator of the Three Returns Extinction Law Divine Thunder is Zi Dian Lao Zu.

This is a kind of heavenly tribulation that transcends the Dao Fruit-level immortal arts, containing a portion of the Thunder Dao Dao Qi power, possessing extreme destructive and annihilating ability.

This thunder law was created by Zi Dian Lao Zu taking the moment of a heaven and earth's birth and destruction, a single point of pure pressure and obliteration force.

To enhance the power of this thunder law, he reforged it three times using the Wang Ding Miao Fa of the Tongshan Dao Tong, hence taking its name as Three Returns Extinction Law Divine Thunder.

After being hammered three times by the Wang Ding Miao Fa, it gained three-stage explosive power.

The first stage is pure extreme compression thunder explosion, the second stage is annihilation, the third stage is obliteration.

However, the orthodox Three Returns Extinction Law Divine Thunder does not carry this terrifying ominous blood-light; rather, it resembles ordinary thunder, usually stuffed by Zi Dian Lao Zu into common divine thunder, so that 'one careless moment' can blast the opponent.

After receiving a strike, one often does not die but must suffer heavy injury!

Yet after the heavenly tribulation imprinted the imprint of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, it discarded the yin-damaging aspect, instead further enhancing its immense power.

Therefore, before the thunder technique was unleashed, layers of unknown blood light floated across the sky.

Zhang Jian raised his head, gazing at the strange electric filaments bursting forth from within; his extraordinarily sensitive innate spiritual awareness had already perceived the terrifying power contained within those inconspicuous thunder threads.

He seemed to see countless dense heavenly and earthly runes within.

The essence of that lightning transformed into numerous dense and orderly thunder runes; many thunder runes vaguely formed three sections, the foremost being the 'warhead'!

It was compressed to the extreme by an invisible force; once detonated, it resembled a bomb in a sealed space, and upon explosion, its power was immense.

The second section was annihilation.

It leaned toward the Great Destruction Dao law he commanded.

The third section was extinction.

It leaned toward the void.

Zhang Jian merely smiled faintly, but this had little effect on his Crimson Pulse Fire Dragon!

Only seen, as he chanted, the nine dragons roamed; in an instant, crimson pulse fire dragons lifted their dragon heads high, countless radiance coalesced in their dragon mouths, resembling a blazing sun.

One after another, fusion exhalations transformed into radiant rings bursting forth, triggering spacetime fission.

Boom—

Nine pillars of light shot into the sky, detonating the endless thunderclouds and piercing through directly.

The magnificent heavenly gate, struck by the explosion's aftermath, rippled with seven-colored immortal light, seemingly affected as well.

The storm raged wildly; at this moment, it seemed to sweep across the boundless void, wanting to tear apart the heavens, the earth, and even the city outskirts.

Meanwhile, divine light surged from beneath his feet, dragon energy transformed into a dragon wandering; wherever it passed, countless storms subsided.

Within the divine light, countless heavenly and earthly runes flowed and turned; an invisible great cauldron condensed in the void, possessing the power to suppress all, restrain the turmoil of heavenly and earthly spiritual mechanisms, and withstand the sweeping wind and thunder.

Great cauldrons floated, dragon-shaped energy vigor wandered, and in an instant, dissolved countless air waves.

All the aftermath fell to the ground, ultimately becoming merely a gentle breeze.

This scene left many high-ranking cultivators' faces horrified.

Not only was it the powerful suppression of the Nine Tripod Formation, but also the fusion exhalations from where the nine dragons touched.

The power of such fusion exhalations was truly overwhelming and unbelievable.

After the destruction of the seventh layer of heavenly tribulation, the thunderclouds evolving above the heavens became even more magnificent and terrifying.

As if layer upon layer pressing down, a force capable of destroying heaven and earth burst forth from the thunder's roar.

Many high-ranking cultivators knew the main event had arrived.

The final two layers of heavenly tribulation must be the strongest.

"The eighth heavenly tribulation should still bring the final tribulation; I just don't know whether the ninth will break free from this range!"

The Purple Lightning Ancestor gazed at this scene, silently pondering in his heart.

He felt it should not reach the point of birthing heavenly punishment divine thunder.

Zhang Jian should not have done anything to provoke heaven's wrath and people's resentment.

Unless he were a slaughtering demon of heaven and earth, or a peerless demon undergoing tribulation, it is generally very rare to trigger heavenly punishment divine thunder.

Moreover, there's no need to mention that Zhang Jian before them is still an innate emperor.

Innate deities are heaven's favored children, protected by the origin of the great Dao of heaven and earth, making it difficult for heavenly punishment tribulation to arise.

The Purple Lightning Ancestor guessed in his heart; other high-ranking cultivators' eyes showed different expressions.

Most high-ranking cultivators of the Great Xia Dynasty hoped the Great Xia Emperor would pass this tribulation smoothly.

But some princes of Great Xia, and even powerful figures from other regions, were not necessarily so.

The pressure the Great Xia Dynasty exerted on other regions was already great; if this Great Xia Emperor advanced further in cultivation, the true immortal clans, immortal sects, Dao lineages, and secular dynasties of other regions would find it difficult.

Within the imperial palace, the ladies also watched this scene anxiously.

In their eyes, the eighth heavenly tribulation manifested as a vast expanse of blazing white thunder sea; white thunder balls linked together formed a great thunder net; within, it seemed a great divine fetus was forming and shaping, transforming into a magnificent thunder deity.

The power he displayed was like an ocean; with every gesture, it radiated the power of the thunder Dao law.

The manner in which this eighth wave of heavenly tribulation descended finally changed; it escaped the suppression of the heavenly gate, and finally projected the divine shadow of the ancient thunder Dao deity.

The power of this thunder Dao deity's projection was vaguely indistinguishable from that of a heavenly immortal, yet the abilities it displayed surpassed those of ordinary heavenly immortals.

Yet merely gazing at this scene, the ladies still felt some worry.

"Why hasn't there been a breakthrough yet?"

The Noble Consort Ji of the Ji clan at this moment had an expression of some astonishment.

According to her knowledge, the primordial spirit true monarch undergoing the tribulation to become a heavenly immortal should, at this time, have successfully condensed the immortal Dao origin within his body into a point of immortal origin immortal light, merging it into his primordial spirit, helping the primordial spirit true monarch directly break through the heavenly immortal realm.

Some primordial spirit true monarchs with strong foundations complete their breakthrough before the nine tribulations, thereby breaking through the heavenly tribulation count.

Few wait until after the nine heavenly immortal tribulations end to break through!

Especially those like the Great Xia Emperor, whose foundation is extraordinarily solid.

Given Zhang Jian's nature as an innate emperor, becoming immortal directly before the sixth heavenly tribulation is entirely possible!

Ji's guess was not wrong; Zhang Jian's body indeed had a slight problem at this moment.

Ordinary primordial spirit true monarchs, when the immortal Dao origin within their body collapses, turns into a point of immortal origin immortal light and merges into the primordial spirit, naturally can fully complete the cultivation of returning to the void and uniting with the Dao; their primordial spirit completely grows from an embryo into a true existence possessing immortal and divine essence, transcending the limits of the mundane.

Completing the final step of returning to the void and uniting with the Dao.

Truly attaining the 'Dao'.

Thus obtaining heavenly immortal cultivation.

As an innate emperor, Zhang Jian had early transformed his innate Dao fetus body into an original immortal Dao body; that is the true innate divine body.

The primordial spirit of the State and Ancestors Emperor is even more transformed into an innate primordial spirit.

Even when the second tribulation arrives, he should already be able to break through.

The problem lies in the original primordial qi within his body.

The quantity requirement of the primordial ancestral qi for the fundamental laws of the immortal Dao is extremely high.

After Zhang Jian's innate primordial spirit condensed his spirit-sea and fully fused with the fundamental laws of the immortal Dao, although a strand of immortal primordial light was born, after this strand of immortal primordial light merged into his innate primordial spirit, Zhang Jian still felt unable to complete the qualitative transformation.

The reason is that the quantity is too small to thoroughly merge with the ancestral qi.

This change also left Zhang Jian somewhat helpless.

He knew that this might require waiting until he passed the heavenly immortal tribulation, or perhaps only with the aid of the creation immortal light born from the final tribulation could he complete the final transformation.

The reason is that his essence as an innate deity is too exalted.

That primordial ancestral qi is of too exalted a nature.

Using this as his foundation, the heavenly immortal essence he achieves will far surpass that of ordinary immortals, hence this unexpected occurrence.

Zhang Jian's Dao-heart was tranquil; after a brief deduction, he remained unhurried, awaiting the creation of the final wave of tribulation lightning.

With a raise of his hand, he unleashed a divine light; the nine dragons spewed forth various mighty fire-attribute immortal arts, striking the thunder-path divine person evolved from the thunder tribulation.

Red light filled the sky; converging and fissioning light pillars swept horizontally, instantly suppressing that thunder-path divine person and shattering it into fragments.

This scene caused the eyelids of many powerful cultivators from the immortal sects and lineages to twitch incessantly.

This was a clash of the great Dao's laws.

This Great Xia Emperor merely relied on the nine dragons to suppress the final divine person evolved from the thunder tribulation.

How profound is his cultivation?

At this moment, above his head, the ninth-layer tribulation lightning was simultaneously condensing at great speed.

Between the transformation of the two layers of tribulation, there was still a period of time.

Many powerful cultivators of the Great Xia dynasty and the Tongshan lineage gazed upward.

No other powerful cultivator attempted to 'take advantage of the vacancy' or 'strike while the iron is hot'!

It seemed no one harbored such a thought!

This change made many cultivators feel extraordinarily strange.

When did those demonic cultivators and extradimensional demon gods become so obedient!

Above the firmament, at this moment a vast expanse of intense gray-black appeared; black clouds, like lead blocks, seemed to press down from the firmament, with threads of gray-black light flickering, as if possessing the power to destroy the world.

This was the Heavenly Palace Breaking-World Divine Lightning of the final tribulation!

A special divine lightning created by the Heavenly Realm's Thunder Department.

Likewise, another even more terrifying thunder god was nurtured from within it.

But as soon as it appeared, it was immediately surrounded by the nine dragons.

The nine crimson-veined fire dragons formed a magnificent grand formation.

This was the Nine Dragons Refining the Realm Grand Formation; dragon qi filled the sky, imperial aura erupted, and moreover, clusters of rising suns continuously burst forth from within, tearing apart the firmament.

In an instant, it tore apart the thunderclouds that filled heaven and earth.

Beneath the fire clouds, Zhang Jian gazed upon this scene with a light wind and calm clouds.

From the beginning of the tribulation crossing, he had remained relaxed and at ease throughout.

The heavenly immortal tribulation was not difficult for him.

At this moment, the final tribulation lightning above his head shattered, yet scattered lightning momentarily converged.

This was the creation divine lightning of the tribulation's final transformation.

As the saying goes, when extremes are reached, reversal follows.

After passing the preceding tribulations, boundless creation will be nurtured to assist cultivators in attaining the great Dao.

After the creation divine lightning is refined, it can supplement the deficiencies of the creation immortal light.

At this moment, the wandering lightning was actively absorbed by Zhang Jian through a secret method; countless streams of lightning merged into his original immortal true body, penetrating deep into his innate primordial spirit.

Zhang Jian immediately felt that a strand of immortal primordial light around his innate primordial spirit rapidly grew, merging deep into his innate primordial spirit.

His innate primordial spirit, entwined with immortal light, further transformed accordingly.

A unique and magnificent 'Dao' resonance burst forth from his entire being.