In the Seven Mystic Cave, Taiyuan stood facing Meng Tianjun and Chiyang Emperor.
The three were the paramount figures in Central Province, needing no superfluous words. After a few casual mentions about the Celestial Desolate Divine Master's Crossing the Tribulation, they set a meeting five hundred years later at the Tribulation Crossing Land.
As he watched the two transform into streams of light and vanish into the distance, Taiyuan swung his sleeve fiercely, and three thousand six hundred Yellow Turban Warriors emerged in response.
These warriors were condensed by him with the Terminus Dao Rhyme. They stood twelve feet tall, with faces like heavy dates, wielding giant axes, and their landing caused the ruins of the Seven Mystic Cave to tremble slightly.
"Inventory the Seven Mystic Cave's Treasure Vault. All treasures with Spiritual Rhyme are to be collected."
Taiyuan's voice was calm, yet the Yellow Turban Warriors all bowed in unison to receive the command, striding heavily towards the Grotto Heaven's hidden treasure pavilion.
Chen Sheng stood aside, watching the Yellow Turban Warriors methodically transport treasures. Just as he was about to speak, Taiyuan's deep voice sounded:
"If you don't kill the snake, it will bite back. Sparing him today will lead to revenge later. It would be better to end it once and for all."
Chen Sheng nodded: "I understand, senior brother."
But Taiyuan gently shook his head, his gaze falling on him, continuing to instruct:
"If you had informed us about the Seven Mystic issue earlier, why face such threats alone?"
"Our Dao Vein stands strong by being branches connected by shared breath. There's no need to face crises alone; call upon your senior brothers to share the burden. That's the confidence a Major Sect's True Inheritor should have."
Cold Monarch patted Chen Sheng's shoulder with a hearty laugh:
"The senior brother is right! Next time you encounter someone blind, just send word. I'll make sure they regret it!"
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Meteor Star also nodded, a rare hint of gentleness appearing on his stern face: "We all have communication imprints in our secluded places of cultivation; they can be reached in an instant without concern."
Chen Sheng's heart warmed, nodding lightly. He rarely invited trouble and was used to handling everything personally, indeed not fitting into the role of a Major Sect's True Inheritor.
Face the smaller enemy, then the greater one—this is the confidence the Sect's backing provides.
...
In the blink of an eye, five hundred years, Chen Sheng returned to his mansion in the Imperial Skies City and fully focused on breaking through the Third Volume of Terminus.
In the mansion, Yin Yang Qi spiraled into a Tai Chi formation, and the phantom of the Great Void Domain revolved around him, the momentum of the Dao Domain's rotation growing heavier.
Yet no matter how he deduced, he was always short of that opportunity to break through the window paper's thin barrier.
Meanwhile, the three of Taiyuan dispersed, either traveling famous mountains and great rivers to comprehend the heavenly law or visiting old friends to exchange insights, only to gradually return to Imperial Skies City as the Tribulation Crossing period approached.
"Let's go, my three junior brothers."
Taiyuan, draped in a gray robe, stood hands behind his back on the clouds. Meng Tianjun and Chiyang Emperor were already waiting not far away.
Chen Sheng and the other three responded by advancing, slicing through the sky, flying toward the Jade Vault Mountains at the far west of Central Province—where the Celestial Desolate Divine Master had chosen as the Tribulation Crossing Land.
Before reaching the Jade Vault, they saw the void already crowded with figures.
There were Refining Void Ten Tribulation Great Powers from the Spirit Realm, and even leaders of Longevity's Tenth Layer from the Taiyi Realm, and many rarely seen Twelve Tribulation existences.
Seeing Taiyuan's arrival, everyone respectfully saluted: "Emperor Yuan!"
"Fellow Taoist Taiyuan!"
Taiyuan smiled and nodded, returning the greetings one by one, while introducing the three of Chen Sheng to the crowd.
Soon, Chen Sheng made his official appearance among Central Province's top cultivators.
...
"It's here!"
Someone murmured in a low voice, prompting everyone to quickly look up.
In the western sky, countless pure-blood True Dragons roared, with their scales gleaming with a glazed luster under the sun, each possessing the power to move mountains and fill seas.
Beneath the True Dragons, they drew a golden war chariot forged from Nine Heavens Mysterious Gold. The chariot was engraved with sun, moon, stars, mountains, and rivers, the rolling wheels causing ripples in the void.
Around the chariot, countless divine and demonic beings stood guard, some wielding giant axes to cleave the clouds, others carrying long swords to summon Star Power, with ferocity and sacred light weaving into a formidable force.
A Refining Void Great Power cultivator couldn't help but exclaim: "What a grand spectacle!"
Beside him, a Longevity leader replied with a light laugh:
"Friend of the Celestial Desolate is, after all, the master of the Celestial Desolate Divine Court, ruling ten thousand races, not like our solitary selves. Such a spectacle is hardly excessive."
On the golden war chariot, a tall figure stood up slowly.
This person wore a purple-gold imperial robe, with a resolute face and eyes as bright as the sun and moon, surrounded by thousands of rays of light—it was the Celestial Desolate Divine Master.
His gaze swept over the void's numerous cultivators, nodding slightly as it landed on Taiyuan and the Twelve Tribulation Great Powers, and, across the void, he saluted:
"Thank you, fellow Taoists, for witnessing. Celestial Desolate is eternally grateful!"
With that, the Celestial Desolate Divine Master's form suddenly expanded, transforming into a towering Primordial Divine Spirit.
This divine spirit's form was boundless, surrounded by countless Dao Principles, each transforming into a rushing river, flowing with an ancient aura.
Even more astonishing was the Dao Domain unfolding around him—a Dao Domain enveloping the sky.
There were thirty-three heavens, each more vast than the last, a supreme emperor seated atop the thirty-third heaven, holding weapons, wielding control over killing.
This was the Celestial Desolate Divine Master's unrivaled Celestial Desolate Dao Domain!
"Watch closely, everyone. Today, I shall cross this Thirteenth Longevity Dao Tribulation!"
The Celestial Desolate Divine Master's voice echoed like thunder across the world. With that, he raised his hand, fiercely drawing toward the heavens above.
Instantly, the world changed color.
The clouds in the heavens above were forcibly torn asunder. Between heaven and earth, a giant primordial eye slowly emerged, its pupil chaos-colored, reflecting the birth and death of all things, a pressure suppressing eternity descending from above.
"Boom——"
The moment the Celestial Desolate Divine Master's eye locked onto the tribulation, the first heavenly tribulation descended.
It was a wind pillar condensed from the Divine Wind of Three Flavors, appearing in blue, red, and black hues, burning space into nothingness wherever it passed.
Following closely, countless chaotic divine thunderbolts accompanied it, containing the power to destroy everything, crashing down on the ancient deity's body.
Countless tribulation lights descended, instantly engulfing the deity's form, each one capable of killing ordinary Refining Void Great Power.
Simultaneously, at the moment the tribulation descended, terrifying shockwaves spread around.
The faces of the low-level cultivators watching changed dramatically, hastily bringing out their strongest defensive magical treasures. Many who lacked sufficient cultivation were swept by the shockwaves, their bodies turning into flying dust.
Even Void Refining and Longevity Realm cultivators dared not be careless, in a rush to unfold their Dao Domains to resist the shockwave invasion.
Taiyuan raised his hand to bring forth the Yuanhuang Bell, its chime resounding across the skies, a dim gray barrier enclosing Chen Sheng and the three within.
Inside the barrier, time and space remained stable as ever, the terrifying shockwaves outside unable to intrude in the slightest.
Cold Monarch looked at the ancient deity engulfed by tribulation, his eyes heavy:
"This is the Thirteenth Dao Tribulation, truly of unparalleled might."
"Though the Celestial Desolate Divine Master is strong, the power of this Dao Tribulation is more than ten times stronger than the Twelve Tribulations. It's uncertain if he can endure it."
Chen Sheng nodded, as he too felt enormous threats within those tribulation lights, with the Divine Wind of Three Flavors being merely the basic attack for Void Refining cultivators.
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Soon, the glow of countless heavenly tribulations suddenly scattered.
The crowd focused their eyes on the deity, who still stood between heaven and earth, the red gold-like skin unmarred by even a scratch. The heavenly tribulation that could severely injure the Twelve Tribulation Great Power had failed to harm him.
"Impossible!"
Exclamations of astonishment filled the void, cultivators of Refining Void and Longevity Realm having their expressions drastically changed, eyes filled with disbelief.
Even top Twelve Tribulation beings like Taiyuan and Meng Tianjun couldn't help but have their expressions moved.
Taiyuan slowly spoke, a tone of admiration:
"Such an immortal and indestructible divine body! Compared to ten thousand years ago, the Celestial Desolate friend has indeed advanced further."
Meng Tianjun also nodded in agreement:
"His divine body has already escaped the cage left by the pioneer sage, preliminarily forming the prototype of the Great Sage's holy body. Solely with this body, he can sweep through many Twelve Tribulation beings."
"Moreover, the Celestial Desolate friend has an invincible array of slaughter secret techniques."
Before the words could land, the tribulation eye descended with even more terrifying heavenly tribulation.
This time, the tribulation was no longer mere elemental attacks, but transformed into unparalleled figures.
There were phantom figures of ancient war gods wielding giant axes to cut deities, ancient sword dao great powers with sword qi cutting through Shi Fang...
"Come well!"
The Celestial Desolate Divine Master laughed heartily, his voice full of passion.
He raised his hand in a call, an ancient Treasure Cauldron emerging from the void, covered in runes, it was indeed his Lifebound Magical Treasure, the Taihuang Cauldron.
He wielded the cauldron fiercely, the body of the cauldron erupting in ten-thousand-zhang glow, transforming into primordial gods and demons, battling the figures manifested by the tribulation.
"Celestial Desolate Nine Forms · Slay God!"
The Celestial Desolate Divine Master shouted fiercely, wielding the Taihuang Cauldron to unleash a blade light spanning across the heavens and earth, instantly slicing the ancient war god's phantom into two.
Then, his figure flickered, transforming into a stream of red gold, shuttling among those figures, each fall of his Taihuang Cauldron shattering a figure.
His self-created "Celestial Desolate Slaughter Dao Secret Techniques" were truly earth-shattering, each move containing the essence of the Slaughter Dao.
At times, he invoked the power of the Thirty-Three Heavens to condense killing arrays, at times he used his divine body to clash with formidable enemies, growing braver as he fought, his aura becoming even more overwhelming.
"Hahaha, delightful! Delightful!"
After slaying the last phantom of the sword dao great power, the Celestial Desolate Divine Master raised a thunder spear, fused with tribulation lightning and slaughter dao power, fiercely throwing it toward the tribulation eye above Jiuxiao, laughing loudly with immense passion.
The twelve tribulation heads in the void were all infected by his unmatched aura, praised and admired him heartily.
But at this moment, Taiyuan gently furrowed his brows, his gaze tightly fixed on the changing aura of the Celestial Desolate Divine Master.
Chen Sheng keenly sensed the anomaly of his senior brother and promptly asked, "Senior Brother, what's wrong?"
"The Invincible Momentum."
Taiyuan slowly spoke, with a hint of understanding in his tone:
"Fellow Taoist Celestial Desolate is using the Dao Tribulation to temper his own invincible momentum, allowing all witnesses to recognize his invincibility, thereby condensing an unprecedented force of momentum."
"No wonder he invited so many cultivators to witness; it's quite a grand scheme he's set up."
A cultivator of the Twelfth Layer of Longevity from the Taiyi realm nodded in agreement after hearing this:
"Fellow Taoist Taiyuan speaks correctly, Fellow Taoist Celestial Desolate intends to use an invincible momentum to confront the Thirteenth Dao Tribulation, achieving an unprecedented Thirteen Tribulations feat."
"Once successful, he will be able to gain the support of two Grand Thousands, thereby refining the Dao Seed, breaking through to the Realm Creation, and creating an unprecedented precedent!"
"Only in Chongli Heaven are such conditions available."
Another Twelve Tribulations cultivator sighed: "With Fellow Taoist Celestial Desolate's heaven-defying strength, perhaps a miracle can truly be created."
...
Time slowly passed. Under the eyes of everyone, the Celestial Desolate Divine Master, relying on his immortal and unyielding divine body and earth-shattering secret techniques of the Killing Dao, overcame wave after wave of terrifying tribulations.
From within the Tribulation Eye, the descending catastrophes grew increasingly stronger, even displaying horrific phenomena like the collapse of Dao Principles and temporal reversals, yet they could not harm him in the slightest.
As the tribulations continuously tempered him, the invincible aura of the Celestial Desolate Divine Master grew ever more intense.
Gradually, it permeated the entire void, surprisingly causing the Power of Origin of Chongli Heaven to begin converging towards him, faintly showing signs of suppressing the entire Chongli Heaven.
The Tribulation Eye above Jiuxiao finally began to contract gradually, clearly indicating that the main body of the tribulation had ended.
As long as he overcame the final wisp of residual tribulation, the Celestial Desolate Divine Master would achieve success and renown, becoming the first cultivator to overcome the Thirteen Longevity Tribulations since ancient times.
But just as the Tribulation Eye was about to close completely, an unexpected change occurred—a brilliant golden light suddenly shot out from the center of the Tribulation Eye.
This golden light was not an attack-focused tribulation but contained an endless mysterious light of asking the Dao, silently entering the Celestial Desolate Divine Master's forehead.
At the moment that golden light entered the body, the majestic godly figure of the Celestial Desolate Divine Master abruptly stiffened.
His invincible aura began to dissipate rapidly; his red-gold skin gradually turned transparent, and the Dao Principles around him also began to disarray.
Within the time of an incense stick burning, that towering primeval divine spirit turned into nothingness, along with his Celestial Desolate Dao Domain, shattering completely with a slight crisp sound.
Only the Celestial Desolate Cauldron circled in the air, emitting sad wails, then transformed into a stream of light, vanishing into the Celestial Desolate Divine Court squad who came to protect him.
Such a turn of events startled everyone present, and the void plunged into instant silence.
A Longevity cultivator asked, eyes filled with confusion:
"What... what happened?"
Another cultivator looked equally puzzled:
"What exactly was that golden light?"
"The tribulation seemed to be ending, why did the Celestial Desolate Divine Master suddenly fall?"
Taiyuan frowned, pondered for a moment, then shook his head:
"Unclear, for Fellow Taoist Celestial Desolate to reach this step is already unprecedented; that final golden light, I have never heard of."
At this moment, an ancient cultivator from the Taiyi realm suddenly spoke, with a tone of regret:
"That is the Asking Dao Tribulation."
"Asking Dao Tribulation?" Everyone collectively looked at him, eyes full of doubt.
The cultivator slowly explained:
"Indeed, it is the Asking Dao Tribulation. This tribulation does not ask about combat strength, does not ask about the divine body, but only questions the Power of Origin of the Great Dao. I thought it was a myth, but it turned out to be real."
"It is said that only a Great Sage who has sublimated their Dao Embryo into a Dao Seed and transcends heaven and earth can respond to the great question of the Dao and overcome this tribulation."
"Fellow Taoist Celestial Desolate's combat strength is unparalleled, his divine body heaven-defying, and the self-created secret techniques of Celestial Desolate's Killing Dao are earth-shattering, but unfortunately, he remains trapped in the Longevity Realm, no divine ability can surpass the heavenly destiny."
As the words fell, a bitter laugh echoed through the void, as several giants of the Void Refining Twelfth Tribulation sighed, shaking their heads:
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"No wonder they say the Thirteen Tribulations is a death tribulation. Even if one can withstand the terrifying tribulations before, the final Asking Dao Tribulation—who can overcome it below the Integration Realm?"
"If one could overcome the Asking Dao Tribulation, one would have long since advanced to the Integration Realm; why endure the Longevity Tribulation's hardships?"
Taiyuan also sighed lightly, his gaze directed at the direction of the Celestial Desolate Divine Master's demise, eyes filled with complexity.