The entire primordial land quietly floated within the middle void. From the outside, it appeared as a vast expanse of land and sea, enveloped in a milky white radiance.
However, if measured by actual scale, this land of mountains and seas was terrifyingly as large as a planetary system!
And at this moment, in the east of this magnificent land, above the boundless waters, a patch of blackness was visibly expanding.
Upon the primordial land,
Sects hidden within small worlds were all alerted. Instantly, streaks of immortal light shot out from various small worlds, all gazing towards the east.
"Is this an immortal tribulation?! Why is the scope so terrifying?"
"Looking at the direction, is it the Dragon Princess of the Vast Sea who has entered the late stage of ascension?"
"No, I cannot deduce it! But the power of this great tribulation does not seem like a seventh-level immortal tribulation!"
And in the center of the entire primordial land, within a golden city completely suspended in mid-air, a golden figure, entwined by a dragon of destiny, slowly opened its eyes.
Eyes devoid of joy or sorrow quietly gazed towards the extreme east of the continent, as if seeing through myriad mountains and rivers.
A moment later, a majestic and heavy voice slowly echoed in the great hall:
"It's not that Vast Sea Dragon Princess. This aura... could it be some reclusive old monster undergoing tribulation?"
"Heh, interesting. I didn't expect there to be someone like me who doesn't ascend to the nine heavens or nine earths, but dares to face the great tribulation head-on in this mortal realm."
*Buzz!*
As if sensing its master's mood, in the center of the great hall, a pitch-black divine sword faintly emitted a golden radiance.
As the golden radiance flowed, dragon patterns of beheaded dragons were vividly engraved upon the sword's body.
"Heh, it matters not. Whether it's a reclusive old monster or a true dragon crossing realms, if they dare to invade, it will merely be another sword strike."
With that, the sword's hum ceased, and the Lord of the Great Zhen Immortal Dynasty, who had reached the ninth level of ascension, slowly closed his eyes, becoming silent once more.
...
Originally, the True Dragon Supreme Tribulation that Linglong underwent occupied only a small corner of the Vast Sea.
After all, no matter how terrifying, the great tribulation of ascension was ultimately a test for those at the limit of their Dao path.
But now, with Chen Luo employing the Heaven-Deceiving Technique, the great tribulation had begun to riot completely!
Heaven's Dao is benevolent and favors the path of spiritual energy, bestowing corresponding great tribulations upon cultivators of spiritual energy to test those with sufficient aptitude for ascension.
But Heaven's Dao cannot be deceived!
Those who deceive Heaven shall incur the wrath of Heaven and Earth!
The original True Dragon Supreme Tribulation was already of top-tier power among immortal tribulations, something even the Dragon Princess had only heard of in legends.
But now, this great tribulation, after being deceived by Heaven, had completely broken free from the scope of immortal tribulations!
The pitch-black tribulation clouds continuously spread, instantly engulfing the entire Vast Sea.
Beneath the tribulation clouds, myriad living beings felt an unprecedented oppressive atmosphere.
Between heaven and earth, the spiritual energy that nourished all things, now, under the disturbance of the great tribulation, became increasingly violent!
All cultivators below the Immortal Ascension level felt completely disconnected from the external spiritual energy, only able to barely control the thoroughly refined spiritual power within their bodies.
And the wild marine demonic beasts, driven by fear and instinct, sank towards the depths of the ocean, as if only the boundless ocean's concealment could provide them with a sliver of security.
Their instincts were correct. Between the sky and the sea, amidst the chaotic and violent spiritual energy, visible terrifying storms formed.
And in the pitch-black rotating firmament, terrifying lightning flashed from time to time!
For a time, the storms and lightning made the entire Vast Sea seem to rage!
Everything between the sky and the sea appeared so fragile and insignificant before these rampant storms and lightning!
Further east of the Vast Sea, after a spatial fluctuation, a sect's small world, enveloped within a celestial barrier, was forcibly pushed out by the violent spiritual energy!
Dozens of immortal lights shot out from the floating islands within the celestial barrier. Venerable great demons had to reveal their true forms, striving to help the celestial barrier resist the external violent spiritual energy!
This was not the attack of a single cultivator, but the residual power of a tribulation of heaven and earth!
These Immortal Ascension elders, generally only at the early stage of Immortal Ascension, gazed in horror at the dark and terrifying firmament outside the Vast Sea's celestial barrier.
"What is going on?! What happened outside?"
"Where is the Dragon Princess?! Has anyone seen the Dragon Princess?"
"No! Is this an immortal tribulation?!"
"Are you foolish, old octopus? What you see outside is an immortal tribulation?! What kind of ascension can undergo such a tribulation?!"
Old Xie stared in horror as a mountain-like bolt of lightning descended. He knew that even his proud innate crab claws would likely turn to ashes in an instant under this lightning.
They scoffed at the old octopus's statement.
This was an immortal tribulation? Then what they underwent before was a joke?!
Now that the Dragon Princess was nowhere to be found, they, the elders, had to focus all their attention on maintaining the grand formation, otherwise, after the lightning storm, the entire Vast Sea Sect might be leveled!
This terrifying lightning storm, capable of casually annihilating the Ten Great Sects, and they called it an immortal tribulation?!
...
Compared to the other unaware onlookers and the Vast Sea Sect members who were incidentally caught up in it,
Both the Dragon Princess and Linglong were somewhat stunned at this moment.
They knew that the Heaven-Deceiving Technique would cause the great tribulation to mutate, but was this mutation too far beyond the norm?!
Compared to Linglong, a novice, the Dragon Princess was even more horrified. Even the sixth-level immortal tribulation she had undergone before was a joke compared to these tribulation clouds filling the sky.
Perhaps only those True Immortals of the ninth level who had resided for ages could trigger such a world-ending, terrifying great tribulation!
At this point, even with her confidence in Chen Luo, the Dragon Princess could not help but feel worried.
This great tribulation was too powerful! And Chen Luo only had the strength of the seventh stage of the Dao path!
He was even a newcomer who had only been cultivating for a month and a half!
"Master!" the Dragon Princess looked forward worriedly,
Only to see Chen Luo still suspended in mid-air, hands behind his back, looking at the pitch-black vortex in the sky with great interest.
Under the rotation of the tribulation clouds that now occupied the entire Vast Sea sky, the vortex eye at the center resembled the entrance to hell.
Even from thousands of miles away, Linglong could only glance at it before involuntarily lowering her head under the immense pressure.
And lightning bolts of various colors continuously flashed and weaved within the pitch-black vortex, with occasional leaked residual lightning striking the sea surface.
The terrifying power made the mother and daughter even more worried about Chen Luo, who was about to undergo the tribulation.
But Chen Luo, who was being worried about by the dragon girls, felt quite excited at this moment.
Great tribulations of different levels contained completely different spiritual patterns.
In the previous True Dragon Supreme Tribulation, billions of spiritual patterns flickered every moment, while in this unknown terrifying great tribulation, within Chen Luo's sight alone, trillions of spiritual patterns were constantly being born and dying!
His golden eyes were filled with a thirst for knowledge and power. Chen Luo wanted to understand more secrets of this world:
"Great tribulation! Not bad!"
"Come! Let me see your limits!"