314: Promoted to Demon Lord, perfect control

That night, Nuna City was filled with lightning and thunder, and myriad Dao Principles manifested, attracting countless powerful Divine Thoughts to probe.

But the City Lord, Yue Li, easily shielded them.

"Junior Brother's Lightning Tribulation, its might is a hundred times stronger than Senior Brother's back then! How Heaven-Defying is this? Revered Master's Wisdom Eye is indeed beyond what we can comprehend!" Yue Li sat in the City Lord's manor, looking at the violent sea of lightning in the sky, her heart filled with awe.

At the center of the lightning, Xiao Zhuo stood unmoving.

The scorched marks on his blood god armor were slowly fading, and his eyes behind the faceplate were calm.

The armor seemed like an extension of his skin; the calamity lightning striking it was easily absorbed and refined by him.

This Demonic Lord's Tribulation, which would be a near-death experience for ordinary Demonic Generals, was like child's play to him, with no difficulty at all.

"It seems that the so-called breakthrough Lightning Tribulation is nothing more than this." Looking at the thunder spear, which was furiously gathering power and exuding multicolored divine radiance deep within the calamity eye, Xiao Zhuo understood.

In just half an hour, he had shattered the first eight rounds of Heavenly Tribulation.

This final strike, as always, gathered all the power of the calamity eye.

The grand momentum of heaven and earth was completely sealed by the calamity eye; ordinary Demonic Generals would be unable to borrow the Dao Principle's power at this moment.

However, Xiao Zhuo's Dao fruit resided within his zizai world, and the Dao Principle he comprehended had long since condensed into a phantom in his world.

Although its power was far inferior to the true Dao Principles of the Immortal-Demon Realm, it already far exceeded the limit that a Demonic General at the Peak could borrow by ten times!

Demonic Generals could borrow the power of the Dao Principle, while Demonic Lords could control the Dao Principle, making it manifest to attack enemies.

Devil Kings needed to walk a second Dao Principle; with two Dao Principles superimposed, their power would increase a hundredfold.

Whether Devil Kings or Demonic Lords, the power of the Dao Principle they could bear had its limits; the so-called degree of control was the maximum power they could perfectly wield.

This limit depended on the strength of their Physical Body and demonic essence.

The stronger the Physical Body and demonic essence, the more they could bear; the power of the Dao Principle could both amplify Divine Abilities and Cultivation Techniques, and also independently form offensive and defensive stances.

The higher the degree of control, the stronger the power exerted.

There were countless Cultivators on the same Dao Principle.

Only by attaining a saint position could one exclusively control a Dao Principle.

Even a Quasi-Saint merely stole fragments of the Dao Principle and integrated them into their body, condensing them into a Dao fruit.

Quasi-Saints were, in fact, "Dao Principle thieves."

If a Dao Principle was already controlled by a Saint, unless the Saint permitted it, it would be extremely difficult for another Quasi-Saint to emerge from that Dao Principle.

Even if one managed to deceive heaven and earth and steal a Dao fruit, once they appeared in the boundary realm, they would surely be detected by the Saint—their fate would be nothing but death!

Xiao Zhuo floated in the Void Realm, quietly waiting for the thunder spear to fully charge.

As his thoughts drifted, he recalled the subsequent path of Cultivation recorded in the ancient texts.

Boom—!

A sky-shattering roar pulled Xiao Zhuo's attention back.

The entire calamity eye suddenly collapsed, completely merging into that thunder spear!

Violent lightning swept across the surroundings; if Nuna City's barrier/boundary hadn't been activated, just the overflowing power would have been enough to destroy large sections of the city.

"It's finally here!" The jade blood saber in Xiao Zhuo's hand hummed into appearance.

He hadn't used this saber during his previous Undergoing Tribulation, but now he held it up.

Little Wood could absorb lightning!

Xiao Zhuo figured he couldn't fully absorb this thunder spear, which gathered the ultimate tribulation power; rather than letting it dissipate after being defeated, it would be better to let Little Wood devour it.

He thought it would be enough to help the jade blood saber advance to Saint-Grade.

This saber was bixue (green blood) and wood dual-natured; the two powers could freely transform, so there was no need to worry about the imbalance of the bixue (green blood) wood Origin power within it.

Xiao Zhuo's gaze was sharp, fixed on the multicolored thunder divine spear that had devoured the calamity eye, whose power had soared to the Peak, carrying the breath of destruction and creation, and causing space to shatter inch by inch!

"Little Wood, it's up to you!" With a thought, the jade blood saber trembled more violently, its blood-red patterns and verdant vitality simultaneously glowing brightly, and a clear, greedy devouring intent emanated from it.

Almost simultaneously, the thunder spear began to fall.

"Slash!"

With a low shout, Xiao Zhuo advanced instead of retreating!

His body transformed into a streak of light, tearing through the sea of lightning, and the power of his zizai world erupted, along with the power of countless Dao Principle phantoms within his world, all pouring into the jade blood saber's edge, as he fiercely slashed at the multicolored thunder spear!

Boom—!!!

The clash of saber and spear produced not a deafening roar, but a dull, peculiar sound!

Time and space seemed to freeze.

The spear tip cracked in response, then shattered inch by inch!

The jade blood saber at this moment transformed into a bottomless abyss; the blood-green light on its blade spun wildly, forming a devouring vortex!

The fragments of the thunder divine spear, which could severely injure an ordinary Demonic Lord, were like rivers flowing into the sea, greedily devoured and refined by the jade blood saber!

The saber body vibrated violently, emitting a joyful hum.

The bixue (green blood) wood dual-nature rapidly fused and transformed under the tempering of the lightning, and a Saint-Grade pressure, surpassing anything before, permeated the air!

The moment the thunder spear was devoured, myriad Dao Principles manifested between heaven and earth, and a vast, mighty power surged into Xiao Zhuo's body!

The power of his Divine Soul was the first to break through an invisible barrier—

Hum!

Deep within the zizai world, his soul infant suddenly bloomed with immeasurable radiance!

An indescribably cool and clear sensation swept through his entire body.

The tenth-tier soul infant's form instantly blurred, reorganized, and solidified like a miniature true body, sitting at the core of the world, exuding immortal spiritual brilliance.

The eleventh-tier soul infant—Grand Unity Divine Soul, achieved!

The qualitative change of the Divine Soul was like a fuse!

The four foundational Dao Principles of space, time, Soul, and lightning, which had already reached Perfection within his body, suddenly came alive under the guidance of the zizai world's Dao Principle!

He was no longer borrowing the scattered power of heaven and earth; he himself was the absolute Dominator of these four Dao Principles within the Minor Thousand Worlds of his body!

At his command, space folded and twisted, the flow of time changed at will, Soul power condensed into tangible divine weapons, and lightning transformed into an extension of his will!

The four Dao Principles condensed and formed within the zizai world; although still somewhat weak, they had already become independent Dao Principles!

A vast and mighty power, controlling heaven and earth, where words became law, surged and settled within the world.

The Grand Unity realm was achieved naturally!

Xiao Zhuo stood in the Void Realm, Dao Principle flowing around him, his gaze as deep as an abyss, truly stepping into the hall of powerful experts who controlled the power of the Dao Principle.

Perceiving the changes in his zizai world, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

His control over the four Dao Principles within his world was as natural as moving an arm; with a slight thought, they could be summoned outside his body—it was clearly complete control!

"Is this the advantage of the World Advancement Path? As soon as I entered the Demonic Lord realm, I already have complete control over four Dao Principles?" Xiao Zhuo's heart was filled with uncontrollable joy.

What excited him even more was that the speed at which his zizai world absorbed the power of the Great Thousand World's Dao Principle had increased a hundredfold!

The world barrier/boundary continued to expand, and a passage seemed to lead directly from his glabella to the sea of realms, continuously absorbing and integrating the power of the Dao Principle!

This meant that even without relying on the panel, as long as he absorbed enough Dao Principle power, his advancement speed would far exceed that of ordinary Demonic Lords and Devil Kings!

Even upon entering the Devil King realm, he would be an invincible existence controlling four Dao Principles!

Of course, the Dao Principles within the zizai world still needed long years to accumulate power, to go from "weak" to "strong," and even to reach a level comparable to the Dao Principles of the Major Thousand Worlds.

"Detecting that the host has become a Dao Principle Dominator, System upgrade initiated. Estimated upgrade duration: one hundred years."

Number One's voice sounded at the opportune moment.

Xiao Zhuo's eyes shot out brilliant light!

The System was upgrading again!

This news greatly invigorated him.

Each System upgrade brought new functions that were always a pleasant surprise; this time, it was highly likely related to the World Advancement Path!

This would undoubtedly significantly increase his Cultivation speed once again.

A mere hundred years?

For Immortals and Demons who often Cultivate in seclusion for a millennium, it was but a flick of a finger.

Boom!

Just at this moment, a colossal blood-red pillar of light suddenly shot up into the sky from the nearby Blood Prison Abyss!

The anomaly in the Blood Prison had finally begun!