Chapter 174: The Ancient Immortal Path Untraveled, the First Immortal Above All Realms!

Chapter 174: The Ancient Immortal Path Untraveled, the First Immortal Above All Realms!

“Boom!!!!!!!!”

The boundless Immortal Tribulation erupted, divine light surged, and even Chaos trembled. The terrifying waves swept across all the realms, affecting several major universes in an instant.

All living beings were stunned, looking up at the sky, helpless in the face of the vast and overwhelming divine might.

“Gods, what is happening? Just feeling a bit of the energy is already too much for me to bear!” A Supreme Sovereign-level cultivator nearly collapsed to the ground.

If even Supreme Sovereigns were like this, what about everyone else?

Many people looked toward the stronger beings, only to find that the True Immortals, who were usually high and mighty, were also trembling, equally shocked and helpless, and looking toward even stronger beings.

“…” Gu Tuo’s lips twitched. Why are they all looking at him? Does he know what’s happening?

Of course, he did have some suspicions, thinking that someone was undergoing the Immortal King Tribulation.

But if this was the Immortal King Tribulation, what was that earlier? What about the tribulation he himself had faced?

“Father…” Gu Qing barely regained his composure and wanted to ask, but saw his father, who had always seemed invincible, shaking his head helplessly for the first time.

“Don’t ask. Just watch. I have a feeling that something earth-shattering will happen today,” Gu Tuo said solemnly.

“Immortal King Tribulation!” Heng Ren, dressed in snow-white robes, said softly.

Only she had accompanied Shaohua to the outer reaches of Chaos, but even though she was already a Mundane Immortal, she couldn’t get close.

Shaohua’s Immortal King Tribulation was especially terrifying, causing vast expanses of Chaos to collapse. Each thunderbolt that struck caused the Chaos Void to shatter, with the residual lightning and fire capable of creating a new world.

It was astonishing. She didn’t know what the ancient Immortal Kings had faced, but this tribulation was extremely powerful. Even a Mundane Immortal would die if they got too close, unable to withstand it.

This was not a normal tribulation; it had reached the limit of what the realms could unleash.

“Boom!!!!!!!!”

Endless symbols of the Great Dao surged from all directions, many of which extended from the various realms and descended upon Shaohua. It was more terrifying than all the tribulations she had faced over the years combined.

Past, present, and all the rules and cosmic orders that had ever existed were now pressing down on her, making it extremely difficult to endure.

The Immortal King Tribulation was not a tribulation that a single universe could unleash; it was a higher-level tribulation from the realms, one that could even cause ripples in the Boundary Sea during the Ancient Immortal and Chaotic Ancient Eras, bestowing immense power.

Shaohua was bold and daring. After all, she was the originator of a path, having cultivated for 810,000 years. Why should she fear a tribulation that she could have broken through long ago?

She raised her long, powerful legs and kicked out. With a thunderous boom, the sky split, and the entire Chaos shattered.

All the divine punishments and tribulation lightning were shattered by her kick.

But the tribulation was still there, seemingly enraged. Chaos roiled, and countless punishments descended in an overwhelming wave.

“Chaos is my crucible, the tribulation is my fuel, the fire of all worlds refines my body!”

Shaohua took a deep breath and forcibly refined the chaotic tribulation energy, enduring the repeated impacts.

She actively accepted this refinement, making herself increasingly powerful. Her aura grew stronger, her Dao progressed rapidly, breaking through the limitations and advancing toward the Heavenly Curtain realm, the domain of Immortal Kings, truly ascending to a new level!

As expected, her physical body passed the test, enduring the judgment and trials.

Generally, to truly achieve the status of an Immortal King, the key was the refinement of the Soul Essence, which had to rise to the heavens and transform into an Immortal King Dao Fruit.

“Huh? What about my massive tribulation??”

Shaohua was about to continue when she suddenly realized that the tribulation was about to dissipate.

She frowned, her breathing quickened, and her graceful figure trembled, almost cursing out loud.

With no equals in the world, she had been counting on the tribulation to provide some pressure and further refine her Soul Essence. How could it just stop halfway?

This! Is! Not! Right!

Could it be that the system was so astonished by her strength that it realized the tribulation was useless and decided not to unleash it?

Shaohua gritted her teeth, finally coming to some conclusions.

The Immortal Domain was damaged, the realms were shattered, and the Boundary Sea had been severed by a single stroke of a sword. The Immortal King Tribulation that descended now was likely weaker than in the Ancient Immortal and Chaotic Ancient Eras.

At this point, the heavens couldn’t unleash a stronger tribulation, so this was the limit.

“I’m too strong,” she said, blaming herself.

But, to stop halfway just because you can’t handle it? There’s no such thing in this world.

“Come back here!!”

She let out a long cry, sweeping her spear horizontally, piercing deep into Chaos. She used the broken realm as a banner, transforming it into an Imperial Dao Flag.

The Imperial Dao Flag stirred up endless thunder and wind, enveloping the entire Chaos, vast and boundless, forcibly pulling back the dissipating tribulation.

In the midst of Chaos, Shaohua was radiant, her Word Manifesto reaching its peak, actively drawing down the Great Dao from the realms.

She felt the changes in herself. The blood in her body flowed like a tidal wave, and her Soul Essence shone brightly, like countless condensed suns, illuminating all the realms.

Before the tribulation was complete, she had already fully entered the Heavenly Curtain realm. She didn’t need any external force to refine her Soul Essence; she had completed the final leap on her own.

With every movement, she could feel her strength becoming overwhelmingly powerful, equivalent to reaching the pinnacle of the Immortal King Stage, leaping to the level of a giant.

This was not surprising. After wandering through the realms for hundreds of thousands of years, she had accumulated a deep foundation, not only refining and reconstructing the Destined Land Art but also exploring the path of the Heavenly Curtain realm.

Now, breaking through, she was like a fish leaping the Dragon Metamorphosis, or a roc spreading its wings, her momentum like the midday sun, brilliant and unstoppable.

“Boom!!!!!!!!”

Infinite paths of the Great Dao appeared, transforming into beams of destruction, chains of order, and tangible weapons, all converging on the Imperial Dao Flag in Shaohua’s hand.

Her means were extraordinary. The tribulation was about to dissipate, but she forcibly brought it back.

If the tribulation had a will, it would have realized halfway through that the target was too strong and decided to stop, only to be forcibly dragged back.

When it looked back, it was dumbfounded.

Really? An Immortal King tribulation against an Immortal King giant?

If it couldn’t strike the person, it could at least strike the artifact.

After all, it had come this far...

For a moment, lightning flashed, thunder roared, and the essence of the Dao boiled. An ordinary Immortal King would suffer here, unable to withstand this unprecedented Immortal Tribulation.

But Shaohua was disappointed, speechless, and her flawless immortal face showed a lack of interest. She casually threw the Imperial Dao Flag, letting it endure the tribulation, transforming it into an unparalleled Immortal King artifact.

The Imperial Dao Flag was indeed qualified to undergo the tribulation. Initially, it was formed from six immortal artifacts, but during the battle with the Dark Sovereign, the flagpole was riddled with cracks, and the banner was shattered and broken.

So many tens of thousands of years had passed, and the flagpole and spear had long been repaired. The array patterns on the flag’s surface had been restored, but she hadn’t yet refined a new array diagram.

When she had re-cultivated the Destined Land Art, she had returned to her youthful years. The power that had dissipated was equivalent to the entirety of her life force, all of which she had bestowed upon the Imperial Dao Flag, making it incredibly powerful.

Thus, the Imperial Dao Flag now fully qualified to become an Immortal King artifact.

It was said that imperial weapons and imperial formations best represented an emperor’s path. Shaohua had taken a spear and a diagram and combined them into a Dao flag, placing great hopes on it.

“Wow, this is terrifying. Why do I feel like I’m about to die?” In the Immortal Domain, Gu Tuo felt his scalp tingle, even experiencing a delusion that the heavenly tribulation was targeting him.

His Immortal King body, which had already passed the trials, was trembling, his legs weak, almost unable to stand.

Heng Ren was also in a similar state. She clutched her chest, drenched in sweat, and her body swayed.

The Immortal King Tribulation targeted those about to break through to the Immortal King realm. After Shaohua had actively invoked the heavenly paths, it became even more violent, giving Gu Tuo and Heng Ren the feeling of impending death.

Logically, Heng Ren’s level was actually lower, but unlike them, she looked into the depths of chaos with astonishing brilliance in her eyes. Instead of retreating, she advanced, staggering forward under the pressure of the heavenly tribulation.

She was using the Immortal King tribulation to hone herself!

Shaohua watched coldly as the Imperial Dao Flag endured the tribulation, seeing its blade shattered, its flagpole broken, and its flag surface torn.

The heavenly tribulation was a special calamity sent by the heavens, intended to obstruct one’s path. Otherwise, how could it be called a "tribulation"?

This was a life-and-death test, a great obstacle on the path, impossible to pass easily. Countless geniuses had perished under the heavenly tribulation, turning into ashes of calamity.

Unless, like her, one had already been honed to perfection in the mortal world, without a single flaw, truly capable of overlooking all enemies in this realm, no longer needing any further tests.

Her own path was the greatest tribulation, and the heavenly tribulation was not worthy to test her!

Just as she had said in her early years, she only needed to be the strongest. One day, even if the lightning tribulation appeared, it would be powerless against her. She didn’t need to rely on the heavenly tribulation to temper her body and soul.

Now, these words were coming true.

Shaohua no longer paid attention to the Imperial Dao Flag. She closed her eyes and carefully sensed, instantly understanding much.

At this level, as long as she didn’t die, the world closely related to her could continue to exist, without truly disappearing.

If she wished, she could nourish it, making the world vibrant and entering a glorious era.

But she didn’t choose to do so.

The worlds of the Immortal Domain were already incomplete and unfamiliar, with no reason or qualification to nourish them.

As for the Mortal Cosmos, the former Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, they had the qualification, but it wasn’t the best choice.

An Immortal King could create a world, and a great power could establish their own domain in chaos, manifesting a universe and starry sky.

But for her, it wasn’t necessary, as she already had a ready-made one.

“The Mortal Cosmos is just fine as it is. I seem to know where to nourish now,” Shaohua said with a smile.

She had cultivated the Destined Land Art, and the best world to nourish was the Spirit Realm behind the curtain!

The Lifesoil was the manifestation of the inner realm, and the curtain was the reflection of the Lifesoil. Therefore, the world most closely related to it was not the Mortal Cosmos, but the Spirit Realm behind the curtain.

“Boom!”

Her Soul Essence walked through the Lifesoil, mist rising and drifting toward an unknown place, finally merging into the curtain.

In the next moment, countless rays of immortal light illuminated all the curtains, dazzlingly bright.

Even from an infinite distance, it still directly influenced the Spirit Realms of the Three Realms through the curtain.

It was the symbols of the great path shining, the rules and order manifesting. The beings in the Spirit Realm didn’t know what was happening, but they felt this power was incomparable, capable of shaking the heavens and earth, remaking the world.

After more than 300,000 years, the Spirit Realm was in turmoil again!

“What’s happening?”

All the beings in the Spirit Realm were stunned, the strong uneasy, and the weak fearing the collapse of the heavens, not wanting any mishap to befall this sanctuary.

In the former Immortal Domain, now the Nine Nether Depths, Ye Fan suddenly opened his eyes, staring at the Taiyi Wheel that suddenly streaked across the sky, and pursued it using the Walking Secret.

Nearly 500,000 years had passed, and he had already lived eight lifetimes, his blood and qi unexhausted, time unable to age him, having walked the path of a Mundane Immortal.

Since Shaohua had reshaped the Three Realms, the symbolic artifact, the Taiyi Wheel, had been left in the Nine Nether Depths.

Meanwhile, in the Mortal Cosmos, Wu Shi, also a Mundane Immortal, directly suppressed the Donghuang Bell. Suddenly, a slender, white jade hand emerged from the Donghuang Bell and slapped him on the back of the head.

“This feeling is right. It’s definitely Sister causing this disturbance,” Wu Shi thought, immediately concluding.

Shaohua was enveloped in the light of the great path, standing on the Lifesoil, a strand of aura manifesting into a supreme manifestation, towering in the mist, overlooking the ages.

This was an Immortal King, whose every move made the vast heavens tremble, and all things wail.

At this moment, all the beings in the Spirit Realm of the Three Realms knelt down, worshiping the curtain, involuntarily chanting the name of the Heavenly Emperor.

She opened her eyes, a beam of light tearing through the endless mist, clearly seeing a few people.

A majestic voice echoed at the end of the curtain, a terrifying divine consciousness rising, resonating with all the curtains and Spirit Realms.

The scattered curtains in the Three Realms were fused by a great power, thousands of golden books and jade books merging into the true Golden Scripture Jade Tablets, held by her faith manifestation.

With the curtain unified, the Golden Scripture Jade Tablets unified, the Spirit Realm naturally became one.

“Now that the curtain is unified, the beings of the Three Realms can freely explore the myriad Spirit Realms. I will establish a tower that reaches the heavens and a heavenly list. Holding the list and ascending the tower will allow entry into the true realm,” Shaohua said calmly.

In the past, even Supreme Sovereigns found it difficult to enter the Spirit Realm, as any slight misstep would cause turmoil.

Now, after being nourished, it had been thoroughly elevated. Even a Quasi-Immortal King could wreak havoc inside, incomparable to the past.

Wu Shi was the first to break through the curtain, arriving in the so-called true realm, and was greatly surprised to find it was indeed a vast world.

Ye Fan also appeared, looking up to see Shaohua standing with her hands behind her back, and he couldn’t help but praise:

“No one has ever reached the pinnacle of the immortal path, but you are the first immortal above all heavens!”

(End of Chapter)

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