Chapter 195: A Single Slap Scatters the Heavenly Dao

Boom—

The earth split apart, dust and smoke billowing everywhere.

A bottomless pit appeared in the center of the training ground.

"Old Zhan!"

Gu Xue Dao's face turned deathly pale, about to rush over.

"Don't move!"

Gu Lin Tian grabbed him, his gaze grim and terrifying: "That's a wound of law—if you go now, even a trace will shatter your Dao! This is his tribulation; only he can bear it!"

At the bottom of the pit.

Gu Zhan struggled to his feet.

Half his body was nearly split open, bone fragments exposed, a horrifying sight.

"Cough… damn, it hurts…"

He spat a mouthful of blood mixed with organ fragments, and with his remaining hand picked up the half‑axe.

"Again!"

He staggered upright, pointing his middle finger at the sky.

"Not dead yet! Haven't you eaten? Hit harder!"

In the sky, that eye seemed to flash a hint of mockery.

Immediately after, a second attack descended.

This time, it was nine swords.

Nine pitch‑black swords sealed off all space in every direction, imbued with a lethal will, they came to shred.

This isn't a tribulation—it's outright execution!

Outside, the watching powerhouses fell silent.

Some gloated, others felt sympathy.

Wan You True Immortal sighed, "Skipping stages to prove the Dao—truly defying heaven. Gu Zhan today is likely to fall."

"What a waste of such gall."

"But I'm more curious how the Gu Family… made him an 18th‑level existence that ignores the Dao's rules and can directly prove the Dao."

……

Hall of Myriad Gods.

"Hmph, the Gu Family is too greedy." Yuanchu God Sovereign sneered, "Do you really think a little foundation lets you ignore the rules? This is the price!"

But he knew, while he might think that, he certainly couldn't say it outright.

After Gu Zhan's death, he would probe the Gu Family's methods under the guise of condolence.

……

Everyone believed Gu Zhan was surely doomed.

Even Gu Zhan himself, watching the nine swords descend, felt a spark of despair.

"Young master, Ancestor… I've done my best."

He closed his eyes, gripped the half‑axe in his hand, and prepared for the final outcome.

He knew.

True Immortal tribulation.

Only he himself could get through it!

No one could help him!

However.

Just as the nine swords were about to pierce Gu Zhan's body,

A hand.

A hand that looked utterly ordinary, like that of a country farmer who'd worked the fields his whole life, suddenly appeared above Gu Zhan's head.

That hand moved slowly, so slowly it seemed to be shooing flies.

Yet that very hand blocked the lethal nine swords.

Ding ding ding ding ding…

A series of clear ringing sounds.

Those nine swords, capable of annihilating a True Immortal, struck that hand—yet they hit what seemed the hardest divine metal in the world, shattering instantly into a sky‑full of black specks.

Gu Zhan snapped his eyes open.

He saw a figure not tall, yet it filled him with utter reassurance.

That was… the Ancestor!

Gu Cangsheng stood at the pit's edge, hands behind his back, gazing up at the tribulation clouds in the sky, his face expressionless.

"This child is one I've watched grow up."

Gu Cangsheng spoke lightly, his voice not loud, yet it carried clearly throughout the Primeval Immortal Realm.

"He may be a bit dull, a bit rash, but he is my soldier."

"When did it become your place, this broken Heavenly Dao, to order my people around?"

……

Ji Family Divine Island.

Wan You True Immortal sprang to his feet, his ageless, flawless face showing shock and disbelief for the first time.

"Is he crazy?!"

The palace-dressed woman beside her even let out a startled cry, losing her voice.

"The True Immortal Tribulation is a test from the Heavenly Dao for those undergoing tribulation; any external interference will provoke a backlash from the Heavenly Dao! This is an ironclad law! Not even an Immortal King would dare touch it lightly!"

"Although Gu Cangsheng is only a half-step Immortal King, he dares to openly interfere in the True Immortal Tribulation..." the palace-dressed woman bit her lip, "the Heavenly Dao will surely impose a more terrifying punishment; by then not only Gu Zhan will die, but he himself will also suffer tribulation."

Wanyou True Immortal fell silent for a moment, a complex glint flashing in their eyes.

"Perhaps... this is exactly our opportunity."

"Shall we intervene?"

"Would Gu Cangsheng really do something so reckless?"

"This Gu Zhan... is not Gu Yuan..."

Hall of Myriad Gods.

The Primordial God Lord's face, which had originally been curled in a cold smile, had now turned into ecstatic joy.

"Hahaha, Gu Cangsheng, you've finally revealed a flaw!"

He sprang to his feet, his True Immortal aura erupting explosively, "The True Immortal Tribulation is a rule of the Heavenly Dao; anyone who interferes will suffer heavenly punishment! Do you think being an Immortal King lets you ignore the rules? Foolish!"

Beneath the hall, the elders of the Hall of Myriad Gods also showed excited expressions.

"Hall Master, this is a heaven-sent opportunity!"

"Once Gu Cangsheng suffers a backlash from the heavenly punishment, he will surely be gravely injured! By then we..."

"Not urgent."

The Primordial God Lord's eyes flashed with a hint of ruthlessness, "Let's first see how the Heavenly Dao will punish him. If he is indeed seriously wounded... hehe, in this Primeval Immortal Realm, who bears which surname is uncertain."

He had long yearned for the Gu Family's abundant immortal substance!

Purple Mansion Immortal Sect.

A white-haired Grand Elder trembled as he pointed his finger at the image in the water mirror.

"This Gu Cangsheng... is truly arrogant to the extreme."

"How can the True Immortal Tribulation be child's play? Who does he think he is? An existence above the Heavenly Dao?"

"Pass the order down, let all disciples prepare. Once something happens to the Gu Family, we will immediately..."

He hadn't finished speaking when another elder interrupted him.

"Immediately what? Immediately go to die?"

"Even if Gu Cangsheng suffers heavenly punishment, the Gu Family still has Gu Lin Tian, a True Immortal, several Heavenly Emperors, and over sixty Supremes—I think you're just dreaming!"

The Grand Elder was left speechless and could only slump down in defeat.

At this very moment, all the major powers of the Primeval Immortal Realm were secretly stirring.

Everyone was waiting.

Waiting for the Heavenly Dao to descend punishment.

Waiting for Gu Cangsheng to reap what he sowed.

Waiting for the Gu Family to fall from the divine altar.

Because in their eyes, Gu Cangsheng had truly been excessively arrogant this time.

So arrogant that... death is certain!

However, the reality is.

Beyond everyone's expectations.

Boom——!!!

A suffocating aura, seemingly emanating from the primeval wilderness, burst forth from Gu Cangsheng's body as soon as he finished speaking, unleashed without reserve.

That was not the aura of a True Immortal.

That was... an Immortal King!

It was the Jue Dian Immortal King who had fused with a Chaos Spirit Stone, cultivated an Indestructible Golden Body, and slain a powerful foreign foe!

As this aura erupted, the tribulation clouds that had been raging suddenly trembled like a startled rabbit.

That indifferent Eye of the Heavenly Dao now flickered with a hint... of fear?

"Did this old man tell you to get struck?"

Gu Cangsheng took a step forward, his body slowly rising into the air.

With each step he took, a gray Chaos Lotus blossomed in the void beneath his feet.

Step by step, he walked until he stood before that mass of tribulation clouds.

Then he raised his hand.

Pa!

A resounding slap landed hard on that tribulation cloud.

"Get lost, old man!"

Rumble——!

Under the gaze of countless stunned eyes.

That mass of tribulation clouds, representing the will of the Heavenly Dao and the inviolable rules,

was actually scattered outright by that slap!