Chapter 95: Thunder is also the Dao of Creation, Fuxi and Pangu

Yan State stretches 3,000 li east-west and 2,000 li north-south; to the entirety of the Eastern Wasteland, it is merely a grain of sand in the vast sea.

However, the ancient forbidden land within this state's territory is famed throughout the Eastern Wasteland; it is one of the Eastern Wasteland's Seven Great Life Forbidden Zones, often drawing curious cultivators to linger.

Boom—

That day, a tremendous thunderclap suddenly echoed from afar; vast heavenly might rose above a primordial mountain range, instantly sweeping across heaven and earth.

In the region of Yan State near the ancient forbidden land, cultivators stared in shock at the distant boundless sea of thunder, for a moment seemingly losing the ability to speak.

The boundless sea of thunder poured down like a flood from the heavens, directly covering the entire primordial mountain range, emanating a divine might that could destroy heaven and earth.

Even though far away, many cultivators felt their hearts and spirits tremble, filled with dread.

"What is this?"

"Is it a heavenly tribulation? I've heard that when heavenly prodigies break through a major realm they encounter a heavenly tribulation; is this the heavenly tribulation?"

"Impossible, how could this be a heavenly tribulation? It is clearly a heavenly punishment that destroys everything!"

Voices rang out one after another; many cultivators widened their eyes, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.

However, sensing that distant terrifying heavenly might capable of destroying everything, not a single person dared to step forward.

Within the thunder tribulation.

At this moment, Feng Yi was submerged in the ocean of thunder, being baptized by the endless thunder.

Five Elements Divine Thunder, Yin-Yang Divine Thunder, Creation Divine Thunder, Destruction Divine Thunder, Great Expansion Divine Thunder.

Various kinds of divine thunder surrounded him, forming a world of heavenly punishment, as if to utterly annihilate him.

Within him lay the seal of Fuxi, comparable to a Great Emperor's rebirth; his path also integrated the insights of the Ten Sovereigns—Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Pangu, and Nüwa—from the Heavenly Stele Mystic Law of another world. At this moment, Feng Yi's foundation had reached the extreme, and the heavenly tribulation he drew was terrifying to the extreme.

This cannot even be called a heavenly tribulation; it could be termed a heavenly punishment. Even a Half-step Great Adept who has reached the Immortal Platform level could not endure a moment here before turning to ash.

Puff puff puff

This heavenly tribulation descended entirely according to Feng Yi's foundation and accumulation; it is absolutely not the tribulation that a normal Dragon Transformation cultivator should face.

Even though his physique had become terrifyingly strong, he was still shattered by the endless thunder, blood spraying, his flesh mangled, revealing stark white bones.

Moreover, the instant his blood flew out, it was directly turned to ash by the boundless thunder, showing the terror of this tribulation.

However, facing the baptism of the heavenly tribulation and the injury to his flesh, Feng Yi seemed already accustomed; his expression hardly changed, and he even actively circulated his cultivation method, drawing thunder's power into his body to continually refine his essence, energy, and spirit.

Within his Sea of Wheels, the images of a human body with a dragon tail and a human body with a snake tail intertwined, forming a great Yin-Yang Taiji diagram that absorbed the endless thunder's power; Yin and Yang turned, life and death cycled, transforming the opportunity of destruction into pure creative force, flowing throughout his body to repair his wounds.

Thunder is the pivot of heaven and earth, the chief principle of Yin and Yang; it is also the Yin-Yang Dao, the Dao of Creation.

In an instant, his previously mangled flesh was swiftly repaired, and after being baptized by the heavenly tribulation's power contained within the thunder, it became like hundred-forged steel, growing ever stronger.

Within his Dao Palace, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors became the divine spirits governing his own self, continuously chanting sacred scriptures like ancient sacrificial sounds, guarding Feng Yi's mind and spirit, causing his mental will to continually absorb the thunder's power, using its destruction and Creation principles to refine his spirit and temper his will.

Upon his limbs transformed into the Four Poles Heavenly Pillars, countless Dao patterns emerged, evolving into phantoms of the Four Sacred Spirit Beasts, absorbing the Dao and principle within the heavenly tribulation, imprinting upon his body, making his physique ever more in tune with the Great Dao of heaven and earth.

And within Feng Yi's body, the spinal great dragon rose upward, being tempered by successive thunderbolts, imprinting new patterns, continually transforming, forming a true vast primordial dragon.

Even the River Chart and Luo Book appeared above his head; the tortoise-shell scriptures continually shifted, the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams diagram emerged, absorbing endless thunder's power, continuously imprinting upon it one after another Great Dao pattern.

At the same time, the divine patterns formed by the essence, energy, and spirit condensed in Feng Yi's various secret realms continually gathered upon the River Chart and Luo Book, using the heavenly tribulation's thunder as fire, constantly hammered, until they fully merged with the River Chart and Luo Book.

He was using the boundless sea of thunder within the heavenly tribulation to forge his natal artifact.

This is another advantage of this world's body-as-seed cultivation system: one can use the divine patterns condensed from the essence, energy, and spirit of one's internal secret realms, combined with divine materials, to forge a natal artifact.

This natal artifact will grow along with one's cultivation, like a second self, bearing one's Dao, and ultimately become one's instrument of proving the Dao.

When a cultivator finally proves the Dao and becomes a Great Emperor, this natal artifact may become an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon, representing the continuation of one's own Dao.

This is one of the reasons why Extreme Dao Imperial Weapons in this universe are so terrifying.

Under normal circumstances, each divine pattern born in a secret realm can be hammered into a natal artifact.

However, a natal artifact values precision over quantity; a natal artifact that truly perfects one's Dao usually requires spending a lifetime's energy to polish, so it can perfectly bear one's Dao.

Therefore, most cultivators of profound insight will choose to refine only a single artifact that truly unites with their Dao—that is, one artifact that can break myriad methods.

Feng Yi's River Chart and Luo Book is a complete set of implements, and can likewise be counted as one.

Moreover, as a natal artifact made from Divine Mark Purple Gold—a Great Emperor–level divine material—infused with various Dao insights, the potential of the River Chart and Luo Book is boundless, perfectly able to grow alongside him.

At this moment, Feng Yi not only transforms himself with the aid of the heavenly tribulation, but his natal artifact likewise transforms together with him.

Thunder is both the Dao of Destruction and the Dao of Creation!

For ordinary cultivators of this world, the heavenly tribulation is a fearful calamity sent down by the Great Dao of heaven and earth—hearing of it turns one's face pale, and it is a disaster one cannot avoid.

But for true monsters, the heavenly tribulation is a gift from the Great Dao of heaven and earth, one of the greatest creative fortunes of this universe.

At this moment, Feng Yi is exactly so—worthy of being called both painful and joyful.

He even gradually discovered that he somewhat liked this universe's heavenly tribulation, enjoying the sensation of transforming with the aid of thunder's power within the tribulation.

If in the future he breaks through without being struck a few times by the heavenly tribulation, he might still feel somewhat unaccustomed.

"He truly is a heaven-shrouding person, a heaven-shrouding soul."

This thought arose in his mind; Feng Yi felt as if he had been assimilated by this world's manner of conduct, actually coming to enjoy the sensation of being struck by lightning!

Boom boom boom

No one knew how long the thunder lasted; moreover, as it seemed unable to affect Feng Yi, its power kept increasing, becoming ever more terrifying.

Gradually, Feng Yi's bodily repair speed could no longer keep up with the rate at which the thunder's power destroyed him.

Noticing this, Feng Yi casually took out a stalk of precious medicine exuding endless vital energy and fragrant qi, and swallowed it directly.

On his journey to the Kunlun Immortal Ascension Ground, he obtained the most of this precious medicine; even ancient medicine kings nearly a hundred thousand years old were not lacking.

It is precisely because he had these precious medicines on hand that he need not worry about cultivation resources like ordinary cultivators, allowing Feng Yi to focus on integrating the insights of the Ten Sovereigns contained in the Heavenly Stele Mystic Law into his own system, polishing his foundation to such a heaven-defying degree.

"If there's a chance in the future, I should still find an opportunity to study alchemy; directly chewing on medicinal ingredients is truly barbaric, and it also wastes their efficacy!"

At the moment the precious medicine entered his body, Feng Yi's heart involuntarily gave rise to this thought; he silently committed it to memory.

Boom

In the next instant, boundless divine light rose from within him, containing medicinal power and vitality that had reached the utmost magnitude, instantly submerging his entire person.

Endless vitality directly merged into his limbs and bones, his five viscera and six bowels, and millions of acupoints, repairing his body and replenishing his vital energy.

Crackling sounds rang out as Feng Yi's bones throughout his body moved rapidly, continuously emitting crisp cracks, and his shattered body also quickly recovered, as if undergoing a rebirth.

After a moment, Feng Yi's body was completely restored, with no trace of injury, and a lustrous treasure light flowed over his body, like immortal flesh and jade bones, carrying a sense of divinity.

As his body returned to normal, and with still remaining within him a vast medicinal power and endless vitality, in the following time Feng Yi, aided by the Heavenly Tribulation's power, found the process of tempering his essence, energy, spirit, and his natal artifact increasingly easy.

Boom

It seemed that, unable to do anything to Feng Yi, the Heavenly Tribulation was thoroughly enraged; the power of thunder vanished completely, yet it revealed a more terrifying sight.

Above the firmament, within the boundless Sea of Thunder, a palace complex of awe-inspiring and terrifying grandeur loomed faintly, as if the Heavenly Realm had descended to the mortal world.

In the region of Yan State near the mountain range of the Heavenly Tribulation, cultivators stared agape at the magnificent structures within the Sea of Thunder, momentarily losing the ability to speak.

After a long while, the people finally came to their senses and exclaimed:

"What is that?"

"How could a palace complex appear within the Sea of Thunder?"

"Could it be that the Heavenly Realm truly exists in the world?"

"Eh, there seems to be a figure formed of lightning within the palace complex!"

As cultivators of this region of Yan State, they had never even encountered an ordinary Heavenly Tribulation, let alone witnessed such a terrifying sight of heavenly might.

Even though far from that mountain range, they were left breathless by the vast heavenly might, their expressions momentarily dazed.

Under the boundless Sea of Thunder, Feng Yi's figure rose up, facing the magnificent palace complex above the firmament, and a rare heroic spirit arose in his heart.

At this moment, Shi Hao and Ye Fan possessed him, as did the great emperors of all ages who had undergone tribulation; he was not alone.

Clang!

A clear, resonant sword cry rang out from the palace complex, shaking the heavens and the earth, the extremely sharp sword intent sweeping across heaven and earth, enveloping everything around in endless killing intent.

The next moment, a figure entirely formed of lightning walked out from the palace complex, holding a sword that emanated boundless kingly aura—a Dragon Sword.

Dragon-shaped blade tip, nine-claw dragon patterns, the dragon tail forming the hilt—like a supreme true dragon soaring to the nine heavens.

"That is."

Seeing the long sword in that figure's hand, Feng Yi's mind subconsciously conjured a weapon called the Ultimate Dao Imperial Weapon, known as the foremost slaughtering tool among cultivators of the Northern Dipper Ancient Star.

Chant

Before his thought could fully settle, a resounding dragon roar echoed, shaking the ages, and the vast dragon might swept across heaven and earth.

The next moment, the long sword in the lightning-formed humanoid figure's hand seemed to transform into a supreme heavenly dragon, emitting boundless divine light that illuminated the cosmos and descended directly upon Feng Yi, as if it could collapse the myriad heavens of antiquity.

"Good!"

Perhaps because he himself practiced the Covering Heaven Technique, or perhaps due to the influence of the Fuxi seal within his body, Feng Yi's mind at this moment was filled with boundless fighting spirit, leaving no thought of retreat.

After all, the person before him was not a true Great Emperor, merely a trace left by a Great Emperor in the world, subject to the Great Dao's rules, and his power would not exceed Feng Yi's current level.

Boom

Instinctively circulating his internal technique, his vast fighting spirit surged upward, instantly colliding with the dragon might that permeated heaven and earth, causing the entire void to tremble.

At the same time, the phantom of the Blue Lotus in the Sea of Wheels swayed slightly, and the burly figure wielding a giant axe within it let out a roar that shook heaven and earth.

The next moment, Feng Yi's entire body instantly swelled, his muscles bulging like coiling dragons, turning him into a vast giant exuding an ancient, savage, and immense aura.

Clang

A heavy stone axe wholly condensed from the Great Dao's laws appeared in Feng Yi's hand, emanating the supreme intent of opening heaven and earth, and he swung it wildly toward the soaring supreme heavenly dragon in the sky.

At this moment, he was no longer Fuxi, but a fusion of Fuxi and Pangu.

At this moment, the heavy stone axe emanating the supreme intent of opening heaven and earth perfectly merged with Feng Yi's vital energy, cleaving the void, slicing the firmament, and seeking to open heaven and earth.

At this moment, the supreme fighting intent and the hazy axe-light merged, flowing upon the heavy stone axe, and in an instant became the eternal and sole existence between heaven and earth.

Boom

In an instant, the heavy stone axe and the supreme dragon sword collided without flourish, like a meteor striking Earth, ringing out a metallic clang that shook the entire firmament, leaving all of heaven and earth silent.

But only a moment later, at the point of collision, an endless energy storm swept across heaven and earth, destroying everything in between.

Even though far from that primitive mountain range, many cultivators were stunned by the vague image faintly visible within the firmament.

That Sea of Thunder actually seemed as if someone was indeed undergoing tribulation!

Boom boom boom

Before the crowd's thoughts could fully settle, endless roaring echoed through the firmament, and two blurry figures within the Sea of Thunder directly clashed.

The stone axe was heavy, as if an axe of opening heaven and earth; each strike seemed capable of cleaving the firmament, while the dragon sword was overbearing, its attack power unmatched in the world, each blow appearing able to collapse the myriad heavens of antiquity.

The two faced off point to point, pitting supreme attack against supreme attack, neither yielding, as if the Great Daos of two different worlds were constantly colliding.

As the battle proceeded, the phantom of the Heavenly Stele appeared in Feng Yi's mind and heart, transforming into a tall, burly figure, with endless insights surfacing in his consciousness.

In a daze, he seemed to truly have become Pangu born of Chaos, about to undertake the act of opening heaven and earth.

With the passage of time, Feng Yi's use of the heavy stone axe became ever smoother, each strike and each stance instinctively carrying the supreme intent of opening heaven and earth.

Boom boom boom

No one knew how long the battle had lasted, but just as Feng Yi was enjoying the fight, his heart suddenly stirred, sensing an approaching danger.

The next moment, a clear birdcall rang out, like the cry of a phoenix.

Boom

Endless crimson clouds shot up into the sky, and a fire-bathed Divine Phoenix flew out from the palace complex within the Sea of Thunder, soaring through the nine heavens, burning heaven and earth, and descending upon Feng Yi.

And within the Divine Phoenix, faintly visible was a supreme holy furnace forged from divine gold.

(End of chapter)