Chapter 733: Thunder Shaking the Nine Heavens

BOOM—

The heavens and the earth cracked apart.

The altar was finally and completely destroyed. A Celestial River manifested, and thunder rolled.

Endless Tribulation Thunder transformed into a light of destructive Dao, converging and surging almost entirely toward Ye Tianling.

This scene once again shocked everyone to their core.

"Is this Ye Tianling trying to get himself killed?!"

"He’s opening his mouth to swallow the Celestial Tribulation?"

"Madman, madman, madman!"

"Damn it, what kind of stunt is this? You want to die?! Then just die already! If you die, the Hell Celestial Tribulation will stop!"

"Hurry up and die! Hell Celestial Tribulation, put some more power into it! Strike this monster dead!"

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The crowd of prodigies couldn’t help but feel a flicker of anticipation, hoping Ye Tianling would be struck dead. Only then would they have a sliver of hope.

As for joining forces to kill Ye Tianling?

At this point, forget about whether they could kill him; even if they could, they wouldn’t dare use any more of their powerful abilities.

In this area, using powerful abilities was seen as a ’provocation’ by the Hell Celestial Tribulation, which would give ’special attention’ to anyone ’helping’ with the Tribulation.

For a Hell Celestial Tribulation, apart from someone with a peerless Thunder Flame Divine Body who had some hope of successfully passing the Tribulation, it was an absolutely fatal situation with no chance of survival for any other Cultivator.

No small number of prodigy Cultivators had triggered this type of Celestial Tribulation—if not a hundred thousand, then at least eighty thousand.

But so far, the only one to have ever successfully passed it was that Emperor Dao existence from the Dragon Race—the invincible Thunder Inference King.

Ji Yun coughed up blood. He had been struck twice by the Hell Celestial Tribulation and the experience was pure torture, leaving him with a lifelong trauma of both the Celestial Tribulation and Ye Tianling.

Even Qianyu, despite her Green Lotus Divine Body, was also struck twice by the Hell Celestial Tribulation. She specialized in defense, so while she wasn’t as battered as Ji Yun, she wasn’t much better off. Those two bolts of thunder had thoroughly taught her a lesson!

Her arrogance had vanished; she no longer saw Ye Tianling as a mere ant.

Duan Cangyue, Liu Yueru, Su Wanhe, Su Mufan, and the others had also been hit once or twice by the Hell Celestial Tribulation. Nearly all of them were severely wounded.

Even absorbing Dao Rhyme Fragments to recover wasn’t having much effect.

Wounds inflicted by the Hell Celestial Tribulation were extremely difficult to heal.

At this rate, it would only take two, or at most three, more strikes from the Hell Celestial Tribulation to kill them.

Therefore, Ye Tianling’s provocation of the Celestial Tribulation had paradoxically become the prodigies’ only hope—the hope that he would be struck dead by it!

The thought was absurd, yet like a drowning man grasping at straws, it became their hope for survival.

Meanwhile, Ye Tianling’s own situation was far from optimistic.

Within the terrifying Thunderous Celestial River, wisps of chaotic mist had even begun to form.

That mist was made entirely of Thunder Power, just so dense it resembled a chaotic fog. It was simply too ferocious.

This terrifying aura, this horrifying scene, was no longer just daunting, heart-stopping, or even despair-inducing.

And yet, despite it all, Ye Tianling’s expression remained utterly calm, utterly indifferent.

BOOM—

Ye Tianling pushed his Devouring Law, empowered by the Emperor’s Qi Transformed Dragon, and his Space-Time Law to their absolute limits.

Ye Tianling took a great gulp, locking onto a section of the Celestial River.

BOOM—

RUMBLE—

The Celestial River trembled as nearly all the Thunder Power within it went berserk.

Like a flood drowning the heavens, like a sea of fire spreading, like a tempest sweeping through, like the earth shattering.

The scene had unleashed the frenzy of Hell itself, triggering the rampage of destructive Celestial Punishment Thunder.

From the endless Celestial River, a violet-blue ray of lightning emerged, forming a pillar of destructive light that shot down.

BOOM—

Wherever the ray of lightning passed, only nothingness remained.

But at that same moment, Ye Tianling’s Devouring power erupted to its peak.

His Thunder Flame Divine Body was pushed to the point where his flesh and blood were on the verge of collapse, yet Ye Tianling’s Strong Heart had never been firmer.

His Invincible Will had never been more focused!

Simultaneously, Ye Tianling’s Space-Time Law, Celestial Dao Rule Domain, and Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart were all operating at their absolute peak.

PFFT—

When all his powers reached their limit, it was as if they underwent a fundamental metamorphosis.

His Battle Power that could Break Ten emerged on its own. Ye Tianling entered a state of Celestial Harmony Dao, Meditating on the Chaos Destiny Scripture and Visualizing the formation of a cosmic black hole.

VMMMM—

The violet-blue pillar of lightning blasted down toward Ye Tianling’s mouth, but he swallowed it all in a single gulp.

RUMBLE—

Inside Ye Tianling’s body, a world of thunder seemed to form, wreaking havoc with explosive force.

He was almost instantly pulverized into dust.

But in that instant, his Thunder Flame Divine Body underwent a qualitative transformation.

The Samadhi Celestial Fire instantly devoured the endless Celestial Tribulation Power.

Ye Tianling manifested Chaos, giving birth to a Small World within his body. Inside this Small World, merciless celestial punishment repeatedly blasted everything in all directions, shattering the Void.

The Small World was annihilated, only to reform again and again.

The creation of all living things would manifest, only to be immediately transformed back into raging Chaos.

Heaven and earth had just been separated, Chaos Birth occurred, giving rise to clear and turbid qi and dividing Yin and Yang, only to be instantly torn apart by thunder.

Yet Ye Tianling sat there quietly in a meditative posture, allowing his bloodline to rage and his physical body to explode over and over again. He showed not a hint of panic, remaining steady and calm, as if everything was under his control.

Powerfully swallowing the Hell Celestial Tribulation!

This scene was beyond just shocking.

Everyone’s eyes were filled with a deep sense of dread, as well as immense respect.

At this moment, they didn’t attack Ye Tianling.

It wasn’t that they didn’t want to, nor that they were unwilling to seize this opportunity to kill him.

Rather, Ye Tianling’s body now contained the core killing intent of the entire Hell Celestial Tribulation, like a Space containing a thunderstorm. If they attacked and detonated that Space, everyone would die.

Therefore, not only did they not approach Ye Tianling, but they immediately fled, trying to put as much distance between them and him as possible!

Even though they knew that if Ye Tianling successfully passed the Tribulation, his Battle Power would be unmatched, and they would have even less of a chance.

But right now, they had no better choice.

Thunder shook the nine heavens.

The destructive killing intent of the Hell Celestial Tribulation erupted even further.

The world truly became a Hell.

Boundless light of thunderous slaughter enveloped the area, striking down again and again.

Ye Tianling attracted the vast majority of the Thunder Tribulation, while the rest fell upon Ji Yun and the others.

They no longer attacked, instead trying every means possible to resist and evade the Celestial Tribulation.

Even so, aside from exceptionally talented Cultivators like Ji Yun, the other Cultivators were more or less struck by the Celestial Tribulation.

Being struck once by the Celestial Tribulation reduced their strength severalfold, making it even harder to resist subsequent strikes.

Soon, corpses began to appear on the ground.

These were all prodigies who had been struck dead by the Thunder Tribulation.

They weren’t top-tier prodigies, but they had fused the resources of two worlds. Though they might not have been at the Divine Son and Divine Daughter Level, they had definitely reached the Saint Son and Saintess Level.

But in the end, they could not live on to achieve greater glory, nor could they walk further down the path of Cultivation. Instead, they perished here.