Chapter 46: Heavenly God Tribulation and the Assault

The matter of Lord Haoshan made Zhou Yu a little wary, but he did not dwell on it and instead began, according to plan, to strengthen the power of his Seven‑Star Vine clones.

Time flowed on, and at this moment, on the other side, in the Manghuang World.

The re‑cultivated Zhou Yu's true self and his second primordial spirit both progressed to the Return‑to‑Void Perfection stage.

In terms of temporal flow, the Manghuang World is considerably slower than the Devouring Starry Sky World.

Starting from scratch to refine a Divine‑Demon Body, Zhou Yu spent just over fifty years; of course, those fifty‑plus years were mainly spent accumulating breakthroughs, and gathering energy did not consume much time.

The main reason is that Zhou Yu can easily accelerate time for his true self and second primordial spirit, and during the acceleration, absorbing stellar power to amass divine energy is still very fast.

"It's time to cross the tribulation."

At this moment, Zhou Yu's true self and second primordial spirit arrived in the Three Realms' void; not far away, True God Zhou Yu stood, hands behind his back, on a towering peak watching the scene.

Buzz!

Zhou Yu's true self and second primordial spirit simultaneously raised their auras to the pinnacle, the vast Celestial Dao ripples descended, and invisible winds began to stir in the void.

The first tribulation of the Heavenly God Tribulation, the Wind Tribulation, has begun.

"This wind tribulation is rather strong; even a top‑rank Heavenly Immortal would likely die in an instant from a mere touch."

Zhou Yu stood at the center of the wind tribulation, silently reflecting.

Such a powerful wind tribulation is only the beginning; when it reaches its peak, it will be even more terrifying.

Nevertheless, it is not surprising; this crossing for Zhou Yu includes not only the Heavenly God Tribulation but also a Heavenly Immortal Tribulation.

In the Three Realms, ordinary Body‑Refining cultivators, even if they simultaneously undergo a Third‑rank Heavenly Immortal Tribulation, it is insignificant; a Third‑rank Heavenly Immortal Tribulation has a negligible effect on the power of a Heavenly God Tribulation.

However, Zhou Yu at this moment has cultivated the breath‑training method he obtained while simulating in the Mixed Heaven World, the Nine‑Turn Ascension Technique, and the tribulation he faces now is a Second‑rank Heavenly Immortal Tribulation.

Heavenly God Tribulation plus a Second‑rank Heavenly Immortal Tribulation—it's absurd for the power not to be formidable!

Of course, this level of power is nothing to Zhou Yu; he manipulates spatial force and easily blocks numerous terrifying winds.

At the same time—

In a mysterious space within the Three Realms, invisible ripples emerged, and the Black Robe God King of Wujian Gate abruptly turned his gaze toward the direction of Zhou Yu's tribulation.

"Has Immortal Qian Yu begun his tribulation? Right near You Cang's dwelling?" the Black Robe God King pondered swiftly.

In the Three Realms, no one can hide a tribulation from Wujian Gate; cultivators who refuse to join Wujian Gate are usually harassed or even slain by it during their tribulation, and unless a great power offers protection, none are safe.

Naturally, Wujian Gate typically harasses cultivators undergoing a Heavenly Immortal Tribulation.

The Heavenly God Tribulation itself carries little hope of success.

"Immortal Qian Yu's tribulation is almost certain to succeed; once he does, two terrifying Heavenly Gods will be born, and besides, when Qian Yu previously slew Bloodhand without hesitation, it shows he will definitely stand opposite us." the Black Robe God King squinted.

He was not surprised by Zhou Yu's second primordial spirit undergoing the Heavenly God Tribulation; as long as the true spirits of his true self and second primordial spirit reincarnate together, a corporeal body can be obtained, and the difficulty of becoming a Heavenly God lies not in possessing a body but in being suited to the path.

The truly surprising fact is that both his true self and second primordial spirit cultivated to Return‑to‑Void Perfection so quickly.

"True God You Cang, after ages still hasn't comprehended the Celestial Dao, shouldn't be that strong," the Black Robe God King thought, then decided to give it a try.

Now both sides tacitly agree not to unleash a True God Dao Ancestor‑level duel, so there's no need for a True God Dao Ancestor to intervene.

Elsewhere—

Zhou Yu's heavenly tribulation continued; after the wind tribulation, the fire tribulation posed no threat, and although the thunder tribulation manifested the strongest 'Pure Yang Golden Light Thunder,' Zhou Yu still passed through it with ease.

Finally, the Heart Demon Tribulation descended, and Zhou Yu's true self and second primordial spirit fell into it simultaneously.

"Memory has been severed." True God Zhou Yu observed from afar, unperturbed.

He had long ago tested that when his various clones fall into illusion techniques, their memories automatically disconnect from the others, preventing a scenario where one clone's death by illusion kills all the others.

However, at that moment, True God Zhou Yu's expression changed.

In the distant void, a massive rift suddenly opened, and countless black dragons accompanied by raging thunder bolts surged out.

"Dual‑Realm Tribulation Dragon Formation!" Zhou Yu instantly recognized the array.

The original Wujian Gate assault on the Six Paths of Reincarnation employed this very formation.

The Dual‑Realm Tribulation Dragon Formation can be organized by a True God Dao Ancestor commanding numerous Heavenly God True Immortals, or it can be self‑formed by many Heavenly God True Immortals; even the latter reaches the power of an ordinary True God Dao Ancestor.

Of course, a single formation cannot contend with a True God Dao Ancestor, but at this moment the Dual‑Realm Tribulation Dragon Formation's target is not True God Zhou Yu.

The black dragons roared, charging straight toward Zhou Yu's true self and second primordial spirit, who were undergoing the Heart Demon Tribulation.

During a tribulation, a cultivator caught in the Heart Demon Tribulation is at his weakest; any attack would leave him defenseless and slain.

"Ignore True God You Cang; kill the tribulating Immortal Qian Yu."

The Heavenly God True Immortals controlling the Dual‑Realm Tribulation Dragon Formation had a crystal‑clear target: to annihilate Zhou Yu's true self and second primordial spirit.

Even if they are blocked, at this level of combat any residual shockwave could erase an unguarded Heavenly God.

Not to mention, anyone who has not yet crossed the Heavenly God Tribulation cannot be called a true Heavenly God.

"Seeking death!"

Zhou Yu's gaze instantly turned icy.

Boom—

He thrust out a palm, and the surrounding void collapsed instantly.

One after another, the black dragons attacking Zhou Yu's true self and second primordial spirit were instantly erased into nothingness.

"What?"

The Heavenly God True Immortals forming the Dual‑Realm Tribulation Dragon Formation were slightly startled—wasn't it said that True God You Cang's power was rather average?

Yet before they could think further, Zhou Yu again projected a palm strike across the void toward the formation's core.

"Hold on!"

Numerous Heavenly God True Immortals instantly surged to block the move, but the palm's contained power was overwhelmingly fierce.

The vast Dual‑Realm Tribulation Dragon Formation was blasted apart, and the Heavenly God True Immortals spewed blood as they were flung backward.

"Let them all die!"

Zhou Yu struck again; although both sides had a tacit understanding that True Gods and Dao Ancestors would not make a move, this time it wasn't him who struck first.

If others run amok on his head, is he just going to watch?

At that moment, a black-robed figure suddenly appeared before the True Gods and True Immortals flying backward.

He blocked Zhou Yu's attacks with one hand while waving the other to collect the True Gods and True Immortals one by one.

This was naturally the Black Robe God King; although he thought Zhou Yu's strength wouldn't be great, so he planned this operation, but he wasn't completely unprepared.

After all, Zhou Yu hadn't made a move in ages—who knows if he's made any progress?

"This time I truly underestimated You Cang Zhen Shen; I didn't expect this person's strength to be so astonishing." The Black Robe God King sighed inwardly, he was practically not weaker than him.

However, just as he was thinking, suddenly——

A strange power suddenly appeared; the Black Robe God King blocked again, but he could only block part of it, and another part directly pierced through amidst the fluctuations of time and space.

"Not good!"

The Black Robe God King's expression changed, but by the time he thought to react, it was already too late.

The terrifying power swept past those True Gods and True Immortals that the Black Robe God King hadn't yet had time to collect.

Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

In soundless silence, as many as thirty-seven True Gods and True Immortals were annihilated in the void just like that.

"You Cang Zhen Shen, you have gall!" the Black Robe God King snapped.

Thirty-seven True Gods and True Immortals—that's about how many die in a single realm war launched in some peripheral realms.

"It's you who's bold."

A cold snort sounded, and immediately a figure in gray robes stepped forward.

"Yao."

The Black Robe God King instantly calmed down; Yao Di, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of the ancient human race, has strength at the level of a top True God Dao Ancestor, not inferior to him.

Furthermore, with the unfathomable You Cang Zhen Shen, he does not hold the advantage.

"True Gods attacking and slaughtering True Immortals—this is your doing, and we're not done," the Black Robe God King declared harshly before turning and leaving.

Yao Di and Zhou Yu, seeing this, also did not intervene; if a fight broke out now, it would only draw in more True Gods and Dao Ancestors, and neither Yao Di nor Zhou Yu wishes to trigger a major battle at this moment.

(End of chapter)