406: Chapter 406 Breakthrough to Earthly Sovereign! Plotting Against the Heavenly Tribulation

A great war to purge the Yimo Clan began on the Tian Xuan Continent.

With the Great Desert of the Western Xuan Region frozen and several leading Demon Kings suppressed, the Yimo Clan was suddenly leaderless.

Gu Han had long since told the Eight Ancient Masters the locations of all the Demon Prisons of the Yimo Clan on the Fighting Qi Continent.

With the assistance of the Eight Ancient Masters, the purging went very smoothly.

In just a short year, most of the Yimo Clan on the Tian Xuan Continent had been wiped out.

The remaining scattered Yimo Clan members were listed as bounties by Xuanwu Hall, and could be exchanged for martial arts and other rewards at the Xuanwu Hall in the Western Xuan Region.

The act of purging the Yimo Clan was deeply ingrained in the hearts of all Cultivators, as everyone knew that purging the Yimo Clan was a matter of great righteousness for the world, and they could also receive rewards.

After most powerful Yimo were killed, their corpses or sealed bodies would be thrown into the Great Desert of the Western Xuan Region, now the central ice field of the Western Xuan Region.

Any Yimo thrown into it would be frozen by the cold, and over time, turn into a stream of pure energy that would vanish, entering a Qi Sea beyond the understanding of ordinary people.

On this day, Gu Han, who was in what was once Western Xuan City and is now Xuanwu City, opened his eyes, stepped out into the ten-thousand-foot-high sky, and spoke: "I ask the Eight Ancient Masters to appear and assist me."

This voice resounded across heaven and earth, and the Eight Ancient Masters, who had been active near the Western Xuan Region strictly monitoring the Seals left by the Symbol Ancestor, immediately appeared.

To be precise, it was the Seven Ancient Masters; the Lord of Devouring had been reborn in a unique way within the Heavenly Tomb and had not perished, but he could not appear for the time being.

However, with Zi Yan present, who had received the inheritance of the Six-Fingered Saint Dragon Emperor and raised her cultivation to the Ninth Grade Supreme Realm, they were even stronger.

"The Nine Great Divine Objects."

"The Eight Great Ancestral Symbols."

"Take your positions!"

Gu Han took out the strongest treasures of this world and handed them all over to the Seven Ancient Masters and Zi Yan to control.

The eight of them worked together, controlling the Eight Great Ancestral Symbols and the Nine Great Divine Objects to transform into a massive Formation that swept across a thousand miles.

This Formation began to continuously draw in Spiritual Qi from within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles, and once it all entered the Formation, it began to be purified and transformed into Spiritual Qi.

Spiritual Qi, like a galaxy, poured down in a continuous stream, all rushing towards Gu Han, impacting his Sovereign Sea.

However, as these rivers of Spiritual Qi descended, they immediately stirred up ten-thousand-foot waves, which also benefited the surrounding Cultivators, as well as Colorful Glass and the others in the Black Tortoise Mystic Realm.

A rumbling sound echoed endlessly between heaven and earth. Gu Han raised his hand to form Seals, separating his Physical Body, causing his Sovereign Sea to fly out, and his Spirit Soul also separated; all began to welcome the scouring.

Under the pressure of the Eight Great Ancestral Symbols and the Nine Great Divine Objects, his body, which was not inferior to a Dragon Phoenix, had almost every piece of flesh and bone crushed, but then relied on the power of ice to reassemble, repeating the cycle, tempered into steel.

Aside from his body, the Yin Yang Twin Flames danced above the Sovereign Sea, continuously devouring the pouring spiritual rain. Ling Qingzhu was also there, presiding over it, executing the Supreme Sensing Art to draw down the power of the Supreme, helping Gu Han solidify his foundation, deepen his potential, and nourish his spiritual power.

Quietly sensing the rapid enhancement of his Physical Body and spiritual power, Gu Han immediately operated the Black Tortoise Immortal Suppressing Art, integrating the essence, energy, and spirit of those Yimo into it, and his Spirit Soul also began to improve.

Ninety percent of the Yimo on the Fighting Qi Continent, the Nine Great Divine Objects, and the Eight Great Ancestral Symbols.

With the support of so many resources, Gu Han's essence, energy, and spirit began to advance by leaps and bounds.

In just one short month, he knew he had reached the limit of this Realm.

The spiritual power within the Sovereign Sea had been full as early as a year ago; to advance further, he had to break it to rebuild it.

Yet he took a different path, using the cold energy to turn the Spiritual Qi into crystals, continuing to reorganize and forge it.

Sharpening the axe does not delay the work of cutting wood, and now it had finally reached a point where even reorganization would not work.

He clearly sensed that cracks had appeared all over his Sovereign Sea.

If it were someone who didn't understand, they would think they had failed the Breakthrough or suffered a backlash, and would be scared out of their wits.

After all, every Cultivator knows the importance of the Sovereign Sea; breaking it means the cultivation base is lost in an instant.

But Gu Han knew this was "no destruction, no construction," so he kept his mind steady and let nature take its course.

As time passed, the cracks on the Sovereign Sea spread rapidly, and eventually, it could no longer hold and shattered.

Gu Han paid no heed, continuing to devour the spiritual power of heaven and earth and injecting it all in; if the Sovereign Sea could not be controlled, he would continue to strengthen his Physical Body.

"Rumble!"

A strange sound seemed to resound throughout the entire world.

Only Gu Han clearly sensed that the fragments of the shattered Sovereign Sea instantly filled his entire body.

At this moment, his Physical Body, all his Meridians, and bones were transformed into a blood mist under the impact of the spiritual power.

But Gu Han paid no heed, merely continuing to control the power of his Spirit Soul to operate the Black Tortoise Immortal Suppressing Art.

A cycle of destruction and repair continued endlessly.

A true transformation that transcended levels was also taking place.

Blood mist permeated the air; Gu Han's body was rebuilt amidst destruction, and each Rebirth caused his flesh and blood to be stained with a trace of the Sovereign Sea's aura.

Although the Sovereign Sea had shattered, it had not truly disappeared, but had merged into every inch and every thread of his body.

From being unique, it became omnipresent.

This is what it means for spiritual power to crystallize.

"The original me was just a lake, constantly adding water to the lake, adding ingredients to the water."

"But now, I have become a sea composed of countless lakes, and the seawater already contains the ingredients."

"Earth Supreme against a Ninth Grade Supreme is truly a dimensional strike."

Gu Han opened his eyes, and a terrifying fluctuation emanated from his body.

This fluctuation shocked the entire Tian Xuan Continent, making countless people's hearts race with fear.

"The Hall Master of Xuanwu Hall!"

At this moment, everyone understood that this Hall Master of Xuanwu Hall had completely transcended this world.

The Seven Ancient Masters looked excited; Gu Han stepping into Earth Supreme meant he was truly qualified to go toe-to-toe with the Otherworld Demon Emperor.

Although Gu Han's Realm was currently much lower than the Symbol Ancestor of the past, they were both Earth Supreme nonetheless.

And the Otherworld Demon Emperor was under the Seal of the Symbol Ancestor; the timing and geographical advantages were all on their side.

"Rumble!"

Suddenly, clouds containing lightning appeared in the sky, sweeping across ten thousand miles.

Thunder condensed within them, causing the Thunder Master's expression to turn fearful: "I couldn't even withstand a single bolt of this thunder."

Hiss.

Everyone's heart skipped a beat.

They all knew that the Thunder Master often used thunder to temper his body; the strongest thunder on the Tian Xuan Continent and the Thunder Ancestral Symbol were all his tools for Body Refining.

"This is the Earth Supreme Spiritual Tribulation."

Gu Han's voice appeared in everyone's ears.

"The Earth Supreme is too powerful; whenever one is born, it invites the jealousy of heaven, which descends as a tribulation."

"Only by surviving it is one qualified to step into the Earth Supreme Realm!"

Gu Han didn't mention one thing.

He was using the Nine Great Divine Objects and the Eight Great Ancestral Symbols to break through to Earth Supreme.

Therefore, he was born in response to the times, recognized by the Tian Xuan Continent, and was a legitimate Breakthrough.

In short, the Tian Xuan Continent, being a little brother of the Major Thousand Worlds, helped him apply to skip the tribulation.

But Gu Han himself was unwilling; instead, he took the initiative to summon this spiritual tribulation, solely for the purpose of tempering himself.

"How can the Black Tortoise Emperor not master a bolt of thunder?"

"The Heavenly Spiritual Tribulation, the thunder of the Lightning Tribulation, is just right!"