"What's happening… Am I about to return to nothingness and become one with this world?"

"To think, from the moment I embarked on the path of cultivation, I have been cautious and diligent, never daring to slack off even for a moment. In the end, I cannot escape this tribulation…"

"In that case, compared to those cultivators who perished early for various reasons, I have only lived a few more years…"

"Wan'er, I'm sorry…"

"If there is an afterlife… I would rather be an ordinary mortal in the secular world. Although I would have no chance for longevity, I could at least seek familial bliss. Why envy immortals?"

Han Li's thoughts were chaotic, filled with a sense of helplessness and sorrow.

At that moment, golden light rippled through the surrounding void. Strands of the power of the Time Law converged towards his body at an incredible speed, but the surrounding world still proceeded at a snail's pace.

Strands of golden light transformed into five golden torrents that merged into his body.

Han Li was intimately familiar with these five strands of Time Law, the five strands of Time Law of the Great Five Elements Illusory World Divine Art, which he had cultivated diligently for many years.

What was lost was regained, and the power of the Time Law within his body rapidly became full again. His five senses also recovered.

The five strands of Time Law circulated madly within him, like a raging storm, cleansing his body.

The incantation of the Great Five Elements Illusory World Divine Art flowed through his mind, and his understanding of this cultivation method became unprecedentedly profound.

Han Li felt light all over, and with a "boom," a golden light filled his eyes, as if he had pushed open a door and entered a new realm.

The power of the Time Law surged in continuously, and the Time Law within him quickly reached its previous level. However, the Time Law converging from the void did not stop, but increased even more.

Five thick golden beams surged in like raging waves, pouring into his limbs and bones.

Heaven and earth spiritual Qi also swarmed in, injecting into his body.

Countless flesh buds sprouted on Han Li's broken body, and the injuries on his body were quickly repaired, soon completely recovering.

A towering golden light suddenly rose from his body, and a terrifying aura fluctuation several times larger than before erupted from him, spreading out like a tidal wave of golden light.

Almost all the spiritual Qi in the entire Central Earth Immortal Territory fluctuated and surged wildly.

The flow of time in the surrounding world shifted and suddenly returned to normal.

The Lord of Reincarnation Palace, the Demonic Lord, and even Gu Huo Jin, were watching Han Li's sudden transformation with astonishment.

From their perspective, this series of events was completed in the blink of an eye. Han Li, who was originally seriously injured and on the verge of death, had instantly transformed to his current state.

A hint of excitement flashed in the eyes of the Lord of Reincarnation Palace and the Demonic Lord.

Although the circumstances of Han Li's transformation were strange, they were not unfamiliar with the aura emanating from him at the moment, which was a sign of advancing to the Dao Ancestor realm.

Han Li's advancement to the Dao Ancestor realm at this crucial moment would give him a better chance of fighting Gu Huo Jin.

"That's not right. Gu Huo Jin is clearly still here. How can Fellow Daoist Han advance to the position of Time Dao Ancestor?" The Demonic Lord said with some surprise after his initial joy.

"Gu Huo Jin has fused with the power of chaos in an attempt to break through the Heavenly Dao, which is equivalent to giving up the position of Time Dao Ancestor. That's how Fellow Daoist Han can successfully advance. I think Gu Huo Jin didn't expect this either. It's the will of Heaven." The Lord of Reincarnation Palace turned his gaze and said with realization.

The Demonic Lord nodded vigorously upon hearing this.

Gu Huo Jin looked at Han Li, his face gloomy, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes, as if he wanted to do something.

"Don't even think about it!" With a flicker of figures, the Lord of Reincarnation Palace and the Demonic Lord stood between Gu Huo Jin and Han Li.

Gu Huo Jin frowned. Although his strength had greatly increased after merging with the vortex of chaos, he also had an issue of being unable to move, which was very inconvenient.

At the same time, the originally bright sky suddenly turned gloomy, and large patches of gray-black clouds appeared out of thin air, accumulating more and more until they filled the entire sky in the blink of an eye, revealing an incomparably heavy pressure.

This pressure was as high as the sky and as heavy as the earth, vast and irresistible.

"The Dao Heaven Tribulation!" The Lord of Reincarnation Palace and the Demonic Lord showed a look of worry on their faces when they saw this scene, but it was also mixed with a hint of joy.

The Dao Heaven Tribulation was a great tribulation of Heaven and Earth that had to be experienced when advancing to the Dao Ancestor realm. It was no small matter, and one could fall into it with a single mistake.

However, with the arrival of the Dao Heaven Tribulation, the area around Han Li became a forbidden zone. Anyone who entered would be attacked by the heavenly tribulation, and even Gu Huo Jin could not approach.

"The Dao Heaven Tribulation has come quickly, but the Time Law is the supreme law. The power of the Dao Heaven Tribulation is far greater than other ordinary laws. This尊 (Zun - a respectful way to refer to oneself) also prepared for a long time and barely survived with a bit of luck. You have advanced so suddenly. I don't believe you can survive it." Gu Huo Jin snorted and said, his expression seeming to have recovered a little, no longer as crazy as before.

At this moment, the sky overhead had completely turned pitch black, casting a dark shadow below, and a sense of solemnity permeated the silence.

"Chi chi" sounds were heard everywhere!

The dark clouds in the sky began to churn, forming an enormous vortex aimed at Han Li below.

Han Li looked up at the sky with a calm expression.

Having "died" once before, he had unknowingly figured out some things again, and his heart had become much more at ease.

Within the vortex, streaks of pitch-black lightning raced back and forth, looking extremely frightening. At the center of the vortex was a pitch-black hole, emitting a deep light, and it was unknown where it led.

Between the flashes of pitch-black lightning, a loud roar echoed as an aura of terror, many times greater than before, was released from the vortex, and the nearby void vibrated violently and twisted.

Han Li's body was enveloped by this aura, and he trembled slightly, but quickly stabilized his figure.

A flash of gray light emerged from the depths of the vortex, and countless dense gray clouds flew out, covering the sky and heading towards Han Li.

He had seen these gray clouds before, when Xie Dao Ren advanced to the Dao Ancestor realm and underwent the Dao Heaven Tribulation.

However, the number of gray clouds when Xie Dao Ren was undergoing the tribulation was not even one-tenth of what he was facing now.

Han Li's lips moved, revealing a smile.

When he witnessed Xie Dao Ren undergoing the tribulation in the past, he had fainted from the pressure as soon as the gray clouds appeared. Now that he was undergoing the tribulation himself, the pressure from these gray clouds was still great, but it was nothing.

A black ghostly light flashed in his eyes, and he quickly discovered the true form of the gray clouds, which were actually formed by extremely fine gray lightning bolts.

Although those lightning bolts were subtle, the power they contained was extremely terrifying, and they also contained a strange power that stirred up inner demons.

A gleam of light flashed in Han Li's eyes, and he let out a low shout. Ignoring the sky full of gray clouds, he punched out into the void.

Ten thousand rays of golden light bloomed from his fist, as if a scorching sun had suddenly risen.

Rays of golden light pierced into the gray clouds, easily tearing them apart.

The sky full of gray clouds trembled violently, riddled with holes, and then completely collapsed and dissipated as if ice and snow had encountered fire.

Mere lightning power could do nothing to Han Li. As for the power of the inner demons, Han Li had cleanly and neatly severed his three corpses one after another, passed through the three layers of heart tribulations, and refined the inner demons within his body, making him impervious to all evils!

Seeing Han Li so easily overcome the first great tribulation, the Lord of Reincarnation Palace and the Demonic Lord were both overjoyed.

"Hmph! The first great tribulation is just an appetizer. The real difficulties are still ahead." Gu Huo Jin sneered.

As soon as Gu Huo Jin finished speaking, the tribulation clouds in the sky churned violently again, and the originally pitch-black tribulation clouds suddenly turned blood-red.

Thick, blood-red lightning bolts rolled within the tribulation clouds, and the lightning intertwined to vaguely form a blood-red lotus flower shape, exuding a terrifying power that could destroy the heavens and the earth.

"Crimson Lotus Divine Lightning!" Han Li's eyebrows twitched.

The Crimson Lotus Divine Lightning was one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Lightning, ranked extremely high, even above the All-Heaven Divine Lightning, and its power was extremely terrifying.

The main function of this lightning was not to destroy the physical body, but to destroy the soul, so this lightning was also known as Soul-Extinguishing Divine Lightning.

Moreover, the Crimson Lotus Divine Lightning in the sky also contained the power of the heavenly tribulation, making it much more powerful than ordinary Crimson Lotus Heavenly Lightning.

Before he could think more about it, a loud roar echoed as the Crimson Lotus Divine Lightning in the tribulation clouds in the sky finally gathered, and the divine lightning gathered together to form a crimson lotus the size of a mountain peak, falling towards Han Li.

There was no fear on Han Li's face, and he opened his mouth and spat.

A golden light orb flew out from his hand and floated above his head. With a spin, the light orb decomposed and turned into a grand golden light shield.

The light shield was extremely crystal clear, looking like a diamond. Countless runes danced on the shield, and a square, stable, and incomparably tall tower pattern appeared in the center. The entire light shield gave people a sense of invincibility.

This was the True Words Sect's defense divine power, the Supreme Universe Magic Shield, as famous as the Undying Golden Cloud.

With a loud "boom," the Crimson Lotus Divine Lightning struck the Supreme Universe Magic Shield.

The magic shield trembled constantly, emitting a series of creaking sounds, and the runes and patterns on it became even more blurred.

However, the Supreme Universe Magic Shield showed no signs of shattering, steadily floating above Han Li's head, resisting the wildly flashing Crimson Lotus Divine Lightning, preventing it from falling.

The Crimson Lotus Divine Lightning did not break the magic shield, but the Crimson Lotus Divine Lightning above suddenly trembled, and a translucent Crimson Lotus illusory shadow separated out and penetrated the Supreme Universe Magic Shield in an instant, hitting Han Li with lightning speed.

Han Li was not surprised. He formed hand seals with both hands, and a complex imprint bloomed from between his eyebrows. The imprint, like a crystal of substantial light, bloomed and formed crystal-clear ripples that enveloped his body.

Boom!

The illusory Crimson Lotus struck the crystal-clear ripples on his body. Although the ripples trembled, they firmly resisted the attack of the illusory Crimson Lotus.

After a full quarter of an hour, the illusory Crimson Lotus finally shattered and disappeared with a bang, while Han Li remained unharmed under the protection of the crystal-clear ripples.

The Lord of Reincarnation Palace and the others in the distance had different expressions when they saw this scene.

But before the three could say anything, the tribulation clouds in the sky changed again and suddenly turned golden.

Countless thick, golden thunder dragons roared and rolled in the clouds, emitting a series of earth-shattering thunderous roars, as if they were about to collapse the heavens and the earth.

The golden lightning bolts emitted an extremely strong Time Law, and they were filled with a violent aura of destruction, quite similar to the Time Law in the shape of lightning that Gu Huo Jin had previously used.