Aspiring to the Immortal Path

When Tang Jie said “die”, the Rootless Tree Ancestor felt the entire world beginning to reject it, all energies turning around and trying to kill it.

This was what made Domain Lords so terrifying.

An existence that controlled the Heavenly Dao had everything at their beck and call.

Immortal energy, spiritual power, and even core energy were at his command.

The only thing he couldn’t control was his enemy!

He could not control the Rootless Tree Ancestor, this powerful lifeform, nor could he control anything outside the Yellow Court World. The Yellow Court World was much smaller than the Divine Spring Domain, even smaller than the range of the Rootless Tree Ancestor’s roots.

Thus, the Rootless Tree Ancestor could still pull core energy from these roots, allowing it to fight back a little while still in Tang Jie’s absolute realm.

But this would only delay its death and make it more painful.

Everyone could see that as Tang Jie spoke, that sky-covering canopy rapidly withered, and a despairing scream arose from under the shadow of that wavering and ethereal world.

Even though the Rootless Tree Ancestor was desperately drawing on core energy, it was no defense against the punishment issued by Tang Jie’s will. Numerous roots began to die, and as those roots within the earth died, the Rootless Tree Ancestor lost its last source of energy, and the withering accelerated.

Soon, all of its roots withered away, and even that sky-scraping trunk began to shrink.

Its branches were rendered bald of leaves, green and brown giving way to a drab gray.

The elderly face on the trunk ceased calling out, gradually stiffening until it froze as if petrified.

It was dead.

Just like that.

All the chaos and havoc had vanished.

All that was left was Tang Jie’s will, vast and majestic, ruling the world.

Yun Tianlan, Xu Miaoran, Mu Ziyang, and Yiyi all looked up at him in a daze.

But that will then dissipated, leaving behind that phantom world rolled out like a scroll.

And then a dark thundercloud crackling with searing light appeared.

Yun Tianlan paled. “Oh no!”

Tang Jie’s third lightning tribulation had come!

The Dark Night Ancestor, Ice Dragon Emperor, and Rootless Tree Ancestor had all been of a higher level than him, and when fighting them, no matter how conservative he had been, he had ultimately overdrafted on his Heavenly Dao Realm.

Moreover, the integration of the Heavenly Dao Realm with his small world was an on-the-spot experience, and Tang Jie had had no idea how much it would cost him.

The result was that while he had successfully killed the Rootless Tree Ancestor, the third Heavenly Tribulation had come hot on its heels.

The Heavenly Tribulation had once again gotten stronger.

There were three thick lightning bolts, each one with far more and stronger energy than the last time, while Tang Jie didn’t seem correspondingly stronger. Other than the two instances of deeper fusion he had performed thanks to the Dark Night Ancestor and Rootless Tree Ancestor, he hadn’t made any obvious progress.

This meant that Tang Jie’s chances of enduring the Heavenly Tribulation were very low.

Even Tang Jie paled in the face of this lightning tribulation.

Without a word, Tang Jie began to gather energy to resist. Not only him, even the Yellow Court World began to produce ethereal trees of mottled light.

This time, he could only rely on the Yellow Court World to get through the tribulation.

The savage lightning stabbed down like a spear.

Under Tang Jie’s command, the ethereal trees expanded their canopies, making it seem like the battle just now with the Rootless Tree Ancestor. It was just that this was now the will of a single person, the manifestation of a small world’s power.

If Tang Jie were able to use the Heavenly Dao Realm, if Tang Jie were a little stronger, if the Yellow Court World were able to influence the main world a little more, perhaps he would have been able to resist the tribulation.

Alas, there were no “if”s. Without the Heavenly Dao Realm, the Yellow Court World had limited use, and he couldn’t even use its core energy. He could only combine his will with its limited world power to resist the might of the Heavenly Dao.

The lightning blasted down.

As the vast canopy was obliterated, the entire small world shuddered in fear of this world-destroying might.

Yes, this lightning could destroy the Yellow Court World.

The terrifying lightning from the main world instantly pushed the Yellow Court World over its limits, but none of the creatures in this world backed down, all them chanting in unison as they united their wills in resistance.

The second bolt of lightning chopped down.

Tang Jie’s mental manifestation appeared above the Yellow Court World, letting out a primal roar. He raised the Sovereign Blade and thrust it at the thundercloud.

Lightning spear clashed with sword in an all-destroying explosion.

This extinction-level lightning left Tang Jie in tatters, but the Yellow Court World lit up, linking with him and transferring to him life force.

They had once more endured the wrath of the heavens.

Xu Miaoran trembled in fear, but while she dearly wanted to go and help Tang Jie, Yun Tianlan held her back. “Don’t move! This is Tang Jie’s tribulation, and only he can go through it. Nobody can help him, or else it will provoke the Heavenly Tribulation and make it even stronger.”

“Then can he endure the next round?” Xu Miaoran asked.

Yun Tianlan said nothing.

He didn’t know.

The third lightning bolt was still gathering power, certain to be even more terrifying than the two before it.

To be honest, Yun Tianlan had never before seen this level of lightning tribulation. It was brutal and simple, but it was scarier than any other lightning tribulation he had ever seen. If this lightning tribulation was the regular army, then the lightning tribulations of the past were just rural militia, just playing around.

The moment the real deal appeared, everyone felt suffocated by its pressure. Everyone was rendered helpless and frightened, and it seemed absurd to ever say that humans could overcome the heavens. This lightning tribulation went against everything they knew about the cultivation world!

Why was Tang Jie’s lightning tribulation so frightening?

Yun Tianlan couldn’t understand.

But he knew that only the strong could incur the jealousy of the heavens.

Since ancient times, when had a lightning tribulation fallen on someone other than an illustrious character that dominated the world? Those who could incite the lightning had the power to threaten the Heavenly Dao, and the vast majority of people couldn’t even anger the heavens.

Thus, Tang Jie’s crisis was proof of his power and potential.

Yun Tianlan was confident that as long as Tang Jie was around, the Rosecloud Domain would have a wonderful future.

So all he could do was pray—pray like all the beings of the Yellow Court World, believing that Tang Jie could win.

He lowered his eyes and softly muttered, his expression pious, a True Immortal praying to Tang Jie!

Xu Miaoran was stunned, but with her sharp mind, she quickly realized what was going on. She quickly formed a hand sign and expanded her will, linking with the beings of the Yellow Court World.

Yiyi, Mu Ziyang, Tang Chuan, and the whale shark Fiend God did the same.

This was the only way they could intervene in the lightning tribulation.

But this wasn’t actual power, and the help a mental connection could offer was limited.

Tang Jie himself understood that the third tribulation had come too quickly, and even with the Yellow Court World, he lacked the strength to hold on.

As the thunder bolt gathered power, all its radiance faded, leaving only an immense will concentrating power to the maximum, only the Great Dao that could annihilate all with infinite power.

Tang Jie knew that there was simply no way he could resist the third bolt of lightning.

Suddenly, he had an idea.

This was prompted by something he had seen when he had integrated the Heavenly Dao Realm with the Yellow Court World.

Because the Yellow Court World had been his Heavenly Dao Realm at the time, every existence in this world had become known to him.

In that moment, Tang Jie had seen something very special, but the battle with the Rootless Tree Ancestor had taken precedence until now.

The Holy Soul Water!

Yes, he had seen the Holy Soul Water. It was under a nearby mountain range, in a sealed dimension.

Tang Jie instantly rushed down, his body shrinking back to normal size. As he burrowed into the mountain, he called out the Earth Elemental, who used its earth movement to instantly take him to that space, which he forcefully tore open.

This dimension containing the Divine Spring was extremely dangerous, with innumerable traps, some of which could even threaten True Immortals.

But Tang Jie recklessly charged in without a care.

At the same time, the third lightning bolt began to take aim. No matter where Tang Jie ran, the might of the Heavenly Tribulation would follow. There was no place in the chiliocosm in which one could evade the wrath of the Heavenly Dao!

The moment Tang Jie entered the Divine Spring dimension, the lightning appeared in it with a flash, its outburst of power instantly flattening everything within it.

All traps and formations were instantly vaporized, and two energies began to fiercely clash.

Tang Jie continued to sprint forward. He had originally appeared in a vast plain, but the appearance of the Heavenly Tribulation had transformed the plain into a shattered black void.

Tang Jie desperately ran, and behind him, the lightning gave chase like an all-devouring beast.

Finally, a pool of water appeared before Tang Jie, giving off a holy light.

The Holy Soul Water!

Tang Jie pushed his speed to the maximum and dove headfirst into the pool.