142: The Grand Celebration, the Eternal Night Demon Palace!

"Roar!"

An ancient, vast roar, filled with endless greed and devouring desire, echoed throughout the entire Qingyun Mountain Range, even spreading across half of the Eastern Wilderness!

Inside Huangtian City, countless Cultivators looked up in terror.

They saw that in the direction of Azure Cloud Sect, the sky was splitting open.

A terrifying, indescribably massive phantom slowly squeezed out of the Void Realm.

Its entire body was pitch black, wreathed in Chaos mist, and its giant mouth seemed connected to a black hole, emitting a terrifying suction force capable of devouring all things in the world.

The Taotie True Immortal Manifestation!

This is the Dharma Aspect that can only be condensed when the Great Five Elements Chaos Art is Cultivated to its extreme, representing the ultimate limit of the Devouring Dao!

"Rumble!"

Heaven and Earth sensed it, and the myriad Daos roared.

The originally clear sky was instantly covered by endless tribulation clouds.

The Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation descended once again!

This time, the tribulation clouds were ten times larger than when Lu Yuan ascended to Void Refining; purple-black lightning rolled within the clouds, each streak as thick as a mountain, radiating an apocalyptic Aura.

"Old Ancestor... the Old Ancestor is Undergoing Tribulation again?!"

On Taichu Peak, Qi Yunhe, who was in seclusion, was so terrified he nearly suffered Qi Deviation. He stumbled and crawled out of his Immortal Cave, his eyes nearly popping out as he stared at the terrifying Taotie phantom in the sky.

"How long has it been? He's already reached Body Integration?!"

Beside the Mountain Protection Array, the Azure Flood Dragon King, who was dozing coiled around a pillar, was so frightened that his scales stood on end, and he immediately burrowed deep underground, trembling.

"Too terrifying... this Aura... it's even more frightening than a True Dragon!"

In front of the Main Hall.

Gu Qingxue, Lu Xueyao, Su Yueli, Xiao Yuechan, and Fairy Lengyue stood side by side.

Looking at the figure in blue robes standing proudly beneath the tribulation clouds, their eyes were filled with pride and adoration.

"Husband... has finally taken this step," Gu Qingxue murmured, clenching her small fists.

Above the firmament.

Facing the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, which was capable of destroying heaven and earth.

Lu Yuan did not summon any Magic Treasure, nor did he even lift an eyelid.

He simply stood with his hands behind his back, his mind slightly stirring.

The ten-thousand-zhang-tall Taotie True Immortal Manifestation behind him suddenly raised its head and opened its giant mouth—which seemed capable of devouring the Universe—at the sky full of tribulation clouds.

"Roar!"

With a single roar.

An indescribable terrifying suction force erupted.

The vast tribulation clouds, which had been aggressive and ready to unleash thunder punishment, seemed to have met their nemesis. They were uncontrollably pulled and twisted, finally transforming into streams of pure lightning torrents, swallowed whole by the Taotie!

Devouring the Heavens and the Earth!

It could even swallow the Heavenly Tribulation!

"Hiccup—"

After devouring eighty-one streaks of Tribulation Lightning, the Taotie Dharma Aspect even let out a burp. Its originally pitch-black body gained streaks of purple lightning patterns, and its Aura became even more terrifying and profound.

Feedback!

An enormous, ultimate power of Thunder Origin was fed back to Lu Yuan through the Dharma Aspect.

"Crackling!"

Lightning flashed around Lu Yuan's body.

His Law of Thunder, which was originally only at Six Transformations Perfection, instantly broke through the Bottleneck under the infusion of the Heavenly Tribulation Origin.

The Law of Thunder, Seventh Molt!

"Body Integration Early Stage..."

Lu Yuan slowly opened his eyes; his pupils were filled with Chaos. His left eye showed the Taotie devouring the sky, and his right eye showed lightning destroying the world.

He clenched his fist, feeling the power within his body—a power hundreds of times greater than at the Peak of Void Refining—and an invincible conviction arose in his heart.

At this moment, even facing a Body Integration Late Stage Cultivator, he could suppress them with a single hand!

"Congratulations to the Old Ancestor on ascending to Body Integration! May your lifespan equal Heaven and your magical power be boundless!"

"Congratulations to the Old Ancestor on ascending to Body Integration! May your lifespan equal Heaven and your magical power be boundless!"

Below, hundreds of thousands of Azure Cloud Sect Disciples all knelt and bowed, their voices surging like a tide, shaking the Nine Heavens.

Lu Yuan slowly descended, retracting his Dharma Aspect.

"Husband."

Gu Qingxue was the first to greet him, her beautiful eyes filled with joy: "Congratulations, Husband, on achieving the Great Dao."

"It's merely a small step forward."

Lu Yuan smiled faintly, his expression serene.

"Husband, now that you have ascended to Body Integration, you are the undisputed number one person in the Eastern Wilderness. Should we host a Body Integration Celebration to announce it to the world?" Gu Qingxue asked.

"Naturally, we must."

Lu Yuan nodded: "Not only must we host it, we must host a grand one."

"It will be set for three days from now, and the location... will be Huangtian City."

"Now that I am the Lord of the Immortal Alliance, Huangtian City is the territory of my Azure Cloud Sect."

"Yes! This Concubine will go arrange it right away!" Gu Qingxue accepted the order, her eyes full of drive.

"Alright, you all go prepare."

Lu Yuan waved his hand: "I have some personal matters to attend to; I will be back shortly."

After speaking.

He raised his hand and lightly sliced the Void Realm.

"Tear!"

A stable Spatial Passage instantly formed.

Lu Yuan stepped into it, and his figure vanished from the spot... deep within the Ten Thousand Mountains.

This place was a Forbidden Ground in the Eastern Wilderness, overrun by Yao Beasts and shrouded in poisonous miasma; even Nascent Soul Cultivators dared not venture deep easily.

Yet, at this moment.

In the deepest part of the continuous mountain range, a massive Underground Palace shrouded in endless darkness was emitting heart-palpitating demonic might.

Eternal Night Demon Palace!

Deep within the Immortal Abode, in the Inheritance Grand Hall.

Gu Changge wore black robes, his face ferocious and fanatical.

He stood before a pitch-black Altar, constantly forming complex Spell Seals with his hands, breaking through the numerous Restrictions left by his previous life.

"Soon... it will be soon!"

Gu Changge's eyes were bloodshot, and his breathing was rapid.

Ever since his plan failed in Huangtian City and he lost Xiao Yuechan, the key, he had been like a stray dog, fleeing all the way here.

Fortunately, Heaven leaves a path for everyone.

Relying on the memories of his previous life, he finally found this extremely well-hidden Eternal Night Demon Palace.

Moreover, because he only had incomplete memories, he still needed to pass numerous trials to obtain the core Legacy.

But he didn't care.

As long as he could obtain the "Eternal Heart," he could reshape his Demonic Body, and even if he had to start over, he would still be the terrifying Eternal Night Demon Emperor!

"Open!"

As the final Spell Seal was struck.

"Buzz!"

The Restriction light curtain above the Altar finally dissipated.

A fist-sized heart, dark gold in color and covered with countless ancient Demonic Runes, quietly floated in the center of the Altar.

Although this heart had been separated from a body for tens of thousands of years, it was still beating powerfully.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

Every beat seemed to contain some ultimate truth of Heaven and Earth, radiating an immortal, indestructible, and eternal Aura.

The Eternal Heart!

This was the Natal Demonic Heart that he had spent ten thousand years refining from the most precious immortal material in this world during his time as the Devil Emperor in his previous life.

Its greatest characteristic was—undying and indestructible, untarnishable by myriad tribulations!

"Finally... it's mine!"

Gu Changge laughed wildly, extending his trembling hands, greedily reaching for the heart.

Once he achieved Fusion with it, Lu Yuan, Azure Cloud Sect, everyone would die!

However.

Just as his fingertips were about to touch the Eternal Heart.

"You can't handle this thing."