In the sky above, lightning flashed.
The nine-layered sea of lightning pressed down like mountains, and the laws of the Dao rumbled like giant bells, shaking the entire Xuanling Realm.
This was no ordinary tribulation.
When ordinary cultivators crossed a tribulation, even if the thunderclouds stretched for ten thousand yards, it was merely the descent of heavenly majesty and the striking of tribulation lightning.
But at this moment, the sky above Qingyun Heaven looked as if someone had torn open a rift leading directly to the end of the world.
Below, the sect-protecting arrays of both lands had already been activated, merged by Su Jinxue herself to shelter both territories within.
Sensing this, the Heavenly Dao caused the laws of heaven and earth to manifest simultaneously across the five polar regions of the Xuanling Realm.
They transformed into an invisible Heavenly Dao Five Elements Boundary-Defending Array, protecting the entire Xuanling Realm within.
Yet even so, everyone still felt cold.
It was not the cold of wind and snow.
Rather, it was a chill rising from the deepest depths of their souls.
Within Qingyun Heaven, countless disciples looked up at the sky, their faces deathly pale.
“Is this... really the ascension tribulation?”
“I've read records of ancient sages crossing tribulations in old texts, but all of those records combined aren't even a ten-thousandth as terrifying as this tribulation today...”
“Can the Sacred Lord... win?”
As soon as these words were spoken, a sudden, dead silence fell over the surroundings.
No one answered.
They wanted to say yes.
They wanted Zhang Mingyuan to win more than anyone else.
That was the Qingyun Heaven Sacred Lord.
He was the peerless sword cultivator who suppressed an entire era.
He was the omnipotent Sacred Lord in their hearts—even if he was foul-mouthed, punchable, and loved giving his swords ridiculous names.
But...
Did the tribulation before them really look like something a human could survive?
At Myriad Snow Palace.
Countless disciples stood beneath the array, staring at the apocalyptic tribulation domain in the sky, their eyes filled with shock and anxiety.
“If the Immortal Lord were to take action...”
Someone spoke up instinctively.
But they stopped mid-sentence.
No matter how much they revered Su Jinxue, they could not confidently declare at this moment that the Palace Master would definitely block it.
Because this was no longer an ordinary heavenly tribulation.
It felt as if the entire world, and even the higher immortal Dao in the dark, were passing judgment on Zhang Mingyuan.
Nian'an stood at the very front of the crowd, her hands tightly clutching her sleeves.
“My Lord, you must not let anything happen to you...”
Nian'an stole a glance at the red-robed figure in the distance.
Su Jinxue stood in the void, her red robes fluttering wildly and her bare feet stepping on the snow, her crimson eyes staring unblinkingly into the depths of the tribulation domain.
Her face remained cold and aloof.
Yet, the hand hidden inside her sleeve was clenched incredibly tight.
Everyone was waiting.
Waiting for the clash destined to shake the world.
Finally.
The nine-layered sea of lightning went wild.
Boom!
Within the first layer of the violet-gold lightning sea, ten thousand lightning dragons bared their heads simultaneously, roaring as they lunged down to slaughter Zhang Mingyuan.
Zhang Mingyuan looked up and gripped Dog Slaughterer tightly.
The dark red blade trembled slightly.
The next instant.
Zhang Mingyuan laughed heartily and charged straight toward the ten thousand lightning dragons.
What a magnificent Qingyun Sacred Lord!
His pitch-black hair danced wildly, his robes billowed, and the Dog Slaughterer sword in his hand was stained with desolation as a dark red light of annihilation swept across the sky.
That sword was unlike any ordinary immortal weapon.
Any lightning dragon it touched crumbled inch by inch.
Any law it encountered turned to ashes.
Swinging Dog Slaughterer, Zhang Mingyuan didn't look like he was crossing a tribulation at all. He looked exactly like someone who had grabbed a brick and charged straight into the nest of the immortal tribulation!
With one slap of his sword.
A violet-gold lightning dragon instantly exploded into a shower of sparks.
With a backhand sweep.
Seventeen lightning dragons were decapitated at once.
Taking another step forward, Dog Slaughterer's sword light swelled to a thousand feet. Sweeping across the lightning sea, it actually plowed a bottomless trench right through the first layer!
Boom!
The first layer of the lightning sea shattered!
Below, the pupils of everyone in both territories constricted sharply.
“It... it shattered?”
Before they could even react, the second layer of pale white lightning descended.
That pale white lightning did not strike the physical body; it specifically targeted the soul.
Silent and incredibly bizarre.
Countless threads of lightning interwove into a net, attempting to rip Zhang Mingyuan's soul from his physical body.
Zhang Mingyuan raised an eyebrow.
“Targeting the soul?”
“The Soul-Tracking Imprint my wife planted on me won't agree to that, hey!”
As soon as the words left his mouth, Zhang Mingyuan slammed his sword down.
Boom!
The pale white lightning net was forcefully smashed into a million fragments of light by Dog Slaughterer.
The second layer of the lightning sea was extinguished!
“Holy crap... What, what's going on?”
The crowd below was completely dumbfounded by this scene. Something seemed a bit off here, didn't it?
Was this really a world-destroying lightning tribulation? Why was it as fragile as a glass lantern?
No, there were still seven more layers of tribulation above. They couldn't celebrate too early!
High up in the sky.
Zhang Mingyuan laughed heartily, charging all the way toward the remaining seven layers of the tribulation.
The spectacle was like this—
Smacking lightning whenever he saw lightning.
Cleaving stars whenever he saw stars.
Demolishing immortal palaces whenever he saw immortal palaces.
Seeing the skeletal immortal, he smashed the lightning lotus with a single strike.
Seeing the headless god and demon, he slapped away the phantom projection of mountains and rivers with one blow.
Seeing thousands of Dao weapons rain down, he swung Dog Slaughterer in a wide arc, sweeping across the eight wildernesses!
For a time, nothing in the immortal tribulation domain could stop him, and no one could stand in his way!
Zhang Mingyuan fought his way through like a god of slaughter.
Seeing this, the crowd below had completely lost the ability to speak. They could only stare blankly at that familiar, god-of-slaughter-like figure in the sky, feeling as though their entire worldview had been turned upside down.
This wasn't the immortal tribulation testing their Sacred Lord Zhang; it was Sacred Lord Zhang testing the immortal tribulation...
...
Boom!
The phantom figures of gods and demons of the eighth layer were slashed into nothingness.
Finally, the vertical pupil situated in the deepest depths of the tribulation domain opened completely.
Heaven and earth fell dead silent.
A colorless beam of judgment light fell from the vertical pupil.
At that instant, everyone felt as if their hearts were being squeezed.
The Frost Great Dao behind Su Jinxue almost manifested on its own.
But Zhang Mingyuan suddenly snapped his head up.
Within his eyes, azure light and dark red intertwined, ultimately turning into a deep, abyss-like intent of annihilation.
“What are you looking at?”
“Shatter for me!”
The Dog Slaughterer sword suddenly swelled.
Dark red sword light pierced through the vault of heaven.
Griping the sword with both hands, Zhang Mingyuan carried the power of annihilation and slashed at the vertical pupil.
Boom!
The world lost all sound.
The next moment, a crack appeared on the vertical pupil.
Immediately after, the cracks spread rapidly, weaving across the entire pupil like a dense web.
Bang!
The ninth layer of the immortal tribulation shattered!
The world fell into a dead silence in an instant...
“Ho... Holy crap!!!”
It was unknown which elder blurted out such a shocking curse on the spot.
The next instant, countless voices soared into the sky.
“The Sacred Lord is invincible!”
“The Sacred Lord is invincible!!!”
“I knew it! I knew the Sacred Lord would win!”
“Who just said the Sacred Lord couldn't win? Step forward! This old man will debate the Dao with him for three hundred rounds!”
“You said it too just now!”
“Bullshit! This old man was being cautious while observing the tribulation!”
The crowd was wild with excitement, and countless flying swords rose from the ground, dancing frantically like mad demons.
Over at Myriad Snow Palace, things were also completely boiling over.
“My Lord won!”
“He actually smashed right through the immortal tribulation!”
“The Immortal Lord's Dao companion is indeed the finest man in the world!”
Nian'an's eyes shone even brighter, and she almost jumped up on the spot.
While screaming in excitement, she roared frantically in her mind.
He won! He won!
My Lord won!
Immortal Lord, did you see that?! Your man is so fierce!
No, no, this scene must be recorded!
She had already thought of the headline for the front page of the next issue of 《Secrets of the Immortal Sects》—
《Shocking! Qingyun Sacred Lord Crosses Tribulation Like Beating a Dog; Myriad Snow Immortal Lord Stares Blankly, Her Heart Thrown into Complete Disarray on the Spot!》
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