Chapter 615: Dao Lord Tribulation (4K)

Five in one.

Eternal Dao cultivation, Dao Lord-level Dao heart, eternal will, Dao Lord's body, eternal primordial spirit all gathered together, as if five paths of eternal light merged into the Earth Emperor Ancestral Qi Dao Fruit, causing the Earth Emperor Ancestral Qi Dao Fruit to manifest, and within the Earth Emperor Auspicious Clouds that appeared, countless threads of eternal light condensed and coalesced in the depths of the auspicious clouds.

And just as this eternal, transcendent power penetrated the Dao Fruit Auspicious Clouds,

Zhang Jian felt at this moment that all the power in his entire body was accelerating toward the Dao Fruit Auspicious Clouds, including his own magnificent and grand fortune and status.

Deep in the Chaos Primal Source Ocean, a hazy, magnificent purple-yellow light cluster was instantly affected and began to virtualize into substance.

At the moment of virtualizing into substance, it immediately felt like touching the ripples of billions of layers of heavenly and earthly Great Dao laws deep in the Chaos Primal Source Ocean, transforming into a vast flood surging toward the Dao Lord's status to erode it.

The Dao Lord's status could not withstand this degree of erosion from the Chaos Primal Source Ocean; it was instantly annihilated, and simultaneously, a vast Chaos Primal Source, passing through a point of Earth Emperor Ancestral Qi imprint within, surged toward Zhang Jian's forming Dao Lord Dao Fruit.

Chaos Primal Source Ocean erosion!

This is the first layer of the Apocalyptic Calamity.

And according to Zhang Jian's knowledge, the Apocalyptic Calamity consists of seven layers in total.

This is the calamity sent down by the myriad heavens' Great Dao, a deadly tribulation for those who seek to transcend the myriad heavens' Great Dao laws.

Facing this layer of Chaos Primal Source erosion, Zhang Jian did not choose to use the Innate Spiritual Treasure to suppress it; instead, the Dao Fruit Auspicious Clouds blossomed, and a jeweled canopy appeared above his head.

Fifth-rank Immortal Law: All-Heavens Jeweled Canopy.

Fifth-rank Immortal Law: Nine Dragons True Scripture.

The two fifth-rank National Fortune Immortal Laws blossomed, a massive purple-yellow jeweled canopy condensed above his head, and within it, layer upon layer of eternal, transcendent aura manifested, responding to the Chaos Primal Source erosion.

The turbid Chaos Primal Source Qi, combined with the flood of billions of layers of heavenly and earthly Great Dao laws descending from the firmament, struck like rain on banana leaves.

The purple-yellow jeweled canopy was shaken by the impacting immortal light, trembling violently, as if it might rupture at any moment.

Zhang Jian also felt the immense pressure weighing down on him, and his Dao cultivation immortal light was being consumed at an accelerated rate.

However, Zhang Jian felt that these two fifth-rank National Fortune Immortal Laws could temporarily withstand the pressure, and under this immense pressure, the Five-in-One Eternal Dao Industry was accelerating into formation.

The circulating purple-yellow immortal light above the Dao Fruit Auspicious Clouds grew ever more intense in its eternal, transcendent aura.

Like a cluster of eternal, unextinguished purple-yellow divine flame.

In the Chaos Primal Source Ocean, that point of Ancestral Qi imprint was affected and began to gradually transform from cocoon to butterfly, transforming into a feeble purple-yellow candle flame that reignited, actively absorbing the surrounding vast Chaos Primal Source Qi, as well as the Nine Springs, Earth Ancestral Qi, Dao Qi profundity from the heavenly and earthly Great Dao laws, to reconstruct the Dao Lord's status.

This reconstructed Dao Lord's status structure became more concealed and vast.

At this moment, around the Three Emperors Platform,

towering figures appeared above the white clouds; their gazes swept over, yet they saw layer upon layer of terrifying tribulation clouds densely covering the skies above the Fire Cloud Grotto-Heaven.

This layer of tribulation clouds was tens of millions of layers thick, as if possessing the power to destroy heaven and earth.

"It has begun!"

At this moment, deep in the void, countless vast divine shadows also saw the Three Emperors Platform's center, where chaotic light fell like a waterfall from the firmament above.

The Three Holy Ancestors, Yu Wang, and many ancient sovereigns guarding the Fire Cloud Grotto-Heaven, the Emperor, gazed upon this scene from the void.

Most of these powerful beings were core members of the Three Emperors and Five Elders Assembly.

In the distance, a youth in a crimson robe gazed afar at the center of the Three Emperors Platform.

This was the Red Cloud Venerable of the Fire Cloud Grotto-Heaven.

At this moment, Red Cloud's expression was somewhat turbulent as he watched this scene; since the Great Zhou Heaven Red Cloud Law prohibition had been partially restored, his cultivation progress had also advanced rapidly, yet he still could not compare to this human emperor.

He had so quickly acquired the supreme foundation to assault the Apocalyptic Calamity.

In his gaze, he saw that Zhang Jian merely needed to condense a jeweled canopy above his head to block that terrifying Chaos Primal Source erosion—such Dao cultivation was terrifying indeed.

All the gods silently watched this scene.

The Apocalyptic Calamity has seven layers, and to some extent, it corresponds to the Seven Steps of Taiyi Perfection.

Afterwards come the Boundless Tribulations, External Demons Blocking the Dao, and the Four Tribulations of Formation, Dwelling, Decay, and Emptiness.

Having endured these seven tribulations, the Dao Lord's path can still endure; one can then transcend all, heaven and earth immortal, and my Dao alone remains.

Thus, one can achieve the Dao Lord's position.

Each tribulation is extraordinarily perilous.

However, after obtaining a Dao Lord's quota in one heavenly realm, the second tribulation, the Boundless Tribulation, and the third tribulation, External Demons Blocking the Dao, are nearly exempted.

Otherwise, in the void, the Boundless Tribulation and External Demons Blocking the Dao would be exerted to the utmost.

In the myriad heavens' void, there is no barrier whatsoever; the Boundless Tribulation Evil and the extraterritorial heavenly demons combine, giving birth to the Boundless Demon Tribulation, sufficient to make even a Dao Lord hesitate, let alone those undergoing tribulation.

On the Three Emperors Platform, the eternal flames surrounding Zhang Jian grew ever more intense; he calmly gathered the Dao cultivation of the Five-in-One, and the Earth Emperor Dao Fruit gradually resembled a rising purple-yellow sun, with a purple-yellow dragon shadow flowing within its core depths, each rotation as if giving rise to immeasurable Nine Springs Ancestral Qi and Earth Ancestral Qi, born and extinguished.

With each cycle of birth and extinction, the eternal, transcendent will emanating from that purple-yellow sun intensified by one degree.

It was rapidly taking shape.

Deep in the Chaos Primal Source Ocean, the Dao Lord's status firelight also gradually expanded, the vast Dao Lord status divine power gradually reappeared, and then once again suppressed the surrounding imbalance of the Chaos Primal Source Ocean, producing the ferocious storm.

Soon it reached a new equilibrium.

By the power of the Dao Lord's status, it completely suppressed the power of this segment of the Chaos Primal Source Ocean.

Yet during this process of birth and extinction, Zhang Jian's condensed Earth Emperor Dao Lord status power increased by more than double.

With the aid of this newly reformed Earth Emperor Dao Lord status, Zhang Jian began to actively compile the Dao Qi network of earthly attributes and Nine Springs attributes from the depths of the Chaos Primal Source Ocean, and the Ancestral Qi wheel.

This is an essential passage for breaking through the Dao Lord realm.

Only thus can the Dao Lord status further virtualize into substance.

Otherwise, without the Dao Qi network and Ancestral Qi wheel to support the Dao Lord status, it can only be like the moon in water or a flower in the air.

Moreover, this Dao Lord status will also nourish the Chaos Primal Source Ocean, aiding the myriad heavens' transformation, thereby reducing the Boundless Tribulation in the second calamity.

Otherwise, seizing heaven and earth's creation to transcend into the Dao,

without leaving behind a method to offset karma, one will ultimately still face the reckoning of the myriad heavens.

That Boundless Tribulation impact is no ordinary terror.

Furthermore, the Dao Qi network of earthly and Nine Springs attributes, and the Ancestral Qi wheel in the depths of the Chaos Primal Source Ocean, are shared across the myriad heavens; by occupying a niche within them, it is as if one can mobilize the Dao Qi network and Ancestral Qi wheel of any realm for one's own use.

This is the source of the Great Dao Sovereign.

Zhang Jian's head was already gradually dimming with the primordial chaos origin immortal light.

He knew that at this moment, the time given to him was already short, and he must quickly weave around the position of the Earth Emperor Dao Sovereign his own primordial qi wheel and qi network, and even the law light path.

Thus, he could stand firm in the depths of the primordial chaos origin ocean.

Actually, this point is not a difficult hurdle for every tribulation transcender.

Because before impacting the annihilation great tribulation, they had already perfected the Dao Sovereign foundation.

This is the power belonging to the Dao Sovereign origin level.

Zhang Jian held the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram, inside which he had already early simulated the complete Dao Sovereign origin.

Only seen, in the depths of the primordial chaos origin ocean, with that mass of purple-yellow immortal sunrise as the center, one after another nine abysses, earth, earth movement, turbid qi, and even yin-yang, five elements, virtual and real, etc., primordial qi were released from within, forming a multi-faceted primordial qi wheel.

At the center of the three-dimensional primordial qi wheel was the purple-yellow primordial taiji diagram, with purple and yellow divine light wheels rotating.

As the primordial qi wheel condensed into form, it was like a whale swallowing, devouring the endless primordial chaos origin force of the primordial chaos origin ocean, stabilizing its structure.

At the same time, layers of primordial qi swallowing and exhaling the primordial chaos origin transformed into boundless innate dao qi and acquired dao qi force, forming a vast dao qi network arching to protect the primordial qi wheel.

They were like the tentacles of the Dao Sovereign, extending out, stretching across all heavens and myriad worlds.

Through these tentacles, Zhang Jian truly felt how terrifying an existence the Dao Sovereign was.

This was only the Dao Sovereign position; his own dao fruit transformation had still not been completed.

He could escape from the hands of the Purple Still Demon Sovereign, truly relying on two innate spiritual treasures.

Zhang Jian at this moment was also continuously drawing upon the innate essence qi from deep within the innate spiritual treasure, the Third Grade Creation Green Lotus, to replenish his dao cultivation, lest his own produced Dao Sovereign dao fruit suffer malnutrition.

If not for possessing innate spiritual treasures, he would truly not dare to directly condense the dao qi network and the heaven-earth law network in one breath in the primordial chaos origin ocean.

At most, he could only condense the primordial qi wheel and lay the foundation.

After the dao qi network was formally formed, Zhang Jian 'ear-side' seemed to hear the sound of immeasurable gods and ghosts wailing, his eyes lifted and looked up, only to see in the deep void of the darkness, as if immeasurable black light was rushing along his connection with all things and phenomena.

That was the immeasurable calamity, a force that lets heaven and earth restart.

Seeing the calamity with his eyes, the place he was in was already within the calamity.

He slightly shivered, and then felt the immeasurable black clouds floating in the depths of his brow, and moreover, a force that made his spirit frenzied began to permeate into his five-in-one Dao Sovereign dharma body.

Whether it was dao cultivation immortal light, dao heart, primordial spirit, Dao Sovereign body, or eternal will, all were stained with a layer of inerasable calamity fate.

This layer of calamity qi instantly turned into calamity fire, polluting the immortal body and dao cultivation, and simultaneously, a part in the darkness that had evil causes and effects with him produced contact with immortals and gods.

The production of this connection was counted as a layer of invisible positioning.

Actually, this point, Zhang Jian did not worry about.

A person under the fire cloud heaven and earth, even if other immortals and gods had greater courage, would not dare to come here to obstruct his dao path.

In the depths of his brow, there were several kinds of pre-prepared eternal dao laws, which at this moment began to be activated.

First-rank eternal dao law, Green Lotus Purify Soul Law Chant.

First-rank eternal dao law, Three Yuan Golden Lamp Sever Tribulation Secret Technique.

First-rank eternal divine ability, Vast and Righteous Fire!

Fifth-rank immortal law, Minor Heavens Fortune Golden Lotus Sever Tribulation Law.

And the number of sever tribulation immortal laws created by Zhang Jian himself was even more.

Three layers of immortal light, bursting forth with blue, gold, and purple three-layered colors, immortal sounds entwining, as if penetrating the primordial void, instantly letting the deep black clouds in his brow dissipate somewhat.

In the depths of his life palace, that innate purest and cleanest treasure, the innate Creation Green Lotus, stimulated by the calamity qi, also began to spontaneously emit a layer of Creation Green Lotus immortal light.

The blue light rippled out, extinguishing the calamity qi that triggered the calamity fire.

Zhang Jian also actively suppressed with the Earth Emperor divine light, refining and transforming that layer upon layer of calamity fire power, to thus integrate it into his dao cultivation immortal light.

After undergoing the baptism of the calamity fire born from the immeasurable calamity, his eternal immortal light became more resilient, filled with a layer of divine power tempered by heaven and earth myriad calamities and indestructible.

Not only was the dao cultivation immortal light, dao heart, Dao Sovereign body, eternal will, and Dao Sovereign primordial spirit all changed.

……

At the same time, deep in the Blood Sea Demon Realm.

The immeasurable blood sea spread with frenzy, bloody heaven and earth.

In the depths of that bloody-tasting vast ocean, there was a newly born terrifying demon domain.

This demon domain was the territory of a newly risen demon king over these millions of years.

He was the Profound Extremity Demon Sovereign.

In the central depths, a figure clad in black robes, with handsome features and fair complexion, the demon sovereign faintly opened his eyes; his gaze looked out, as if piercing through immeasurable void, arriving before a great heavenly realm, merely glancing at it, he almost felt his blood-red eyes violently sting, with multiple terrifying powers breaking through the void, faintly having the power to shatter the demon domain.

He could only immediately withdraw the demon child, a hint of gloom flashing in his eyes.

He clearly felt that there was a divine being with considerable connection undergoing tribulation in the Three Sovereigns Heaven Realm, but that deity was wrapped by the Three Sovereigns Heaven Realm origin, so he dared not easily descend in incarnation.

"Truly damned Three Sovereigns, damned Five Emperors, damned human race..."

He lowly cursed, only able to sit upon the great demon throne, fuming.

After a moment, he suddenly had a thought, his eyes flashing with a hint of sharpness.

"Although protected by the Three Sovereigns, yet you cannot be allowed to be too at ease!"

In his hand, a jet-black demon curse suddenly formed, transforming into a demon light, fiercely piercing through the void, following that thread of connection in the darkness to rush forth.

But he clearly felt that when this demon curse pierced through the Three Sovereigns Heaven Realm, it was obviously intercepted in part by the heaven realm origin, yet a part still descended.

A hint of smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, but the exclusive smile froze.

He felt that this demon light was like a mud ox entering the sea, instantly submerged by someone.

……

And in the Central Heaven Realm, some great divine ability users who had past grudges with Zhang Jian were also stirred.

The Prison King Dao Sovereign, the White Emperor Dao Sovereign—these strong beings directed their gazes toward the direction of the Three Sovereigns Heaven Realm, their expressions changing, their eyes showing surprise.

They naturally understood the circumstances behind the suddenly clear calamity line and the revealed heavenly secrets.

It was similar to the reason of the Profound Extremity Demon Lord.

Zhang Jian was in the Three Sovereigns Celestial Realm, protected by the great fortune of the realm's origin, making it difficult for other Dao Lords to act.

……

Three Sovereigns Celestial Realm, on the Three Sovereigns Terrace.

At this moment, the Mysterious Yellow Law Cauldron in the depths of Zhang Jian's glabella was instantly activated, and he saw an invisible black light manifest into a blood-red demonic serpent, which was immediately swallowed by the Mysterious Yellow Law Cauldron.

Zhang Jian glanced at it, knowing someone was using a secret method to curse him, plotting against him in the dark.

Yet it was blocked by the Mysterious Yellow Law Cauldron.

Zhang Jian remained unfazed, focusing on refining the vast and continuous calamity qi within and without his body.

Protected by various eternal Dao laws and with an innate spiritual treasure suppressing his mind, Zhang Jian calmly refined these calamity qi.

The surrounding gods also witnessed this scene, their expressions unchanged.

The Boundless Calamity usually has some connection to the place of tribulation.

Zhang Jian's tribulation took place in the Three Sovereigns Celestial Realm; the Heavenly Sovereigns Celestial Realm is where the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors ruled, a holy land of humanity, where the generated calamity qi is relatively less compared to other realms.

The power of this calamity will not be too great.

As for the third calamity, the obstruction of the path by external demons will not arise.

This is the significance of the Dao Lord's quota.

At this moment, the boundless calamity fire around Zhang Jian dissipated, and in the depths of the void, boundless demonic qi was born instantaneously; the residual calamity qi was contaminated by the demonic qi and entirely transformed into extremely pure and vast demonic qi.

Yet, as the demonic qi expanded, no external heavenly demon or demon god dared to enter the Three Sovereigns Celestial Realm to obstruct the path.