491: The strongest in history, the cataclysmic calamity

Shen Yuanmo's Mahayana Heavenly Tribulation had arrived.

However, it was completely different from any Heavenly Tribulation recorded in the history of the Canglan Realm.

The tribulation clouds were not the usual leaden gray or thunderous purple, but a deep Color of Chaos that seemed capable of swallowing all light.

The area it covered had long since exceeded the scope of Tongtian City, spreading frantically in all directions.

Ten million miles, thirty million miles, fifty million miles... eventually, it enveloped nearly several hundred million miles around Tongtian City!

Countless old monsters in seclusion and countless ancient beings living in isolation were disturbed.

At this moment, they were all awakened by that World-Extinguishing Heavenly Might that reigned over all living beings, and they cast their horrified Divine Thoughts toward it.

Within those boundless Chaos Tribulation Clouds, what churned was not pure lightning either.

Pitch-black spatial cracks, like hideous giant maws, flickered in and out of existence.

Illusory rivers of time flowed within them, causing the surrounding scenes in the Void Realm to become bizarre and surreal.

Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind—the four elements that form the foundation of the world.

Within the clouds, they took on their most violent forms, colliding and annihilating each other, stirring up energy storms powerful enough to destroy stars.

And all of this was merely the backdrop.

The core of the tribulation clouds consisted of hundreds of millions of Chaos-colored World-Extinguishing Tribulation Lightning bolts.

Even before the Heavenly Tribulation had fallen, a mere sliver of aura leaking from the tribulation clouds had already created an apocalyptic scene.

On the ground, countless Cultivators with weaker cultivation bases were simply unable to resist the pressure of this terrifying Heavenly Tribulation.

One by one, they prostrated themselves on the ground, bleeding from their seven orifices, their Divine Souls feeling as if they were about to be crushed by that heavenly might.

“Open—!”

The Tianyan Old Imperial Uncle let out a furious roar, and his Mahayana Saint Lord Domain expanded without reservation.

It transformed into a massive golden light shield, firmly protecting the Disciples of the Tianyan Divine Dynasty.

Even so, his will projection teetered under this heavenly might, his face filled with dread.

“This is not a Heavenly Tribulation!” he growled hoarsely, his voice trembling slightly.

“This is Heaven's Punishment! It is the manifestation of this world's Heavenly Dao will. It does not intend to give the one Undergoing Tribulation any chance of survival; it wants to completely obliterate this person!!”

The Woman in Palace Attire from Star Plucking Tower and the Heavy-Armored General from the West City Military Camp also used their own heaven-reaching methods to protect their subordinates.

Their faces also bore expressions of extreme solemnity.

On the other side, within the camp of the Yaoguang Holy Land.

The Yaoguang Saintess's face was pale. She looked at the black-clad figure beneath the boundless tribulation clouds, who appeared incredibly small yet seemed to support the entire sky.

In her eyes was a complex light, almost akin to a pilgrim's devotion.

She remembered how she had previously tried to compete with this person inside the Tongtian Pagoda.

How laughable.

“So... this is his true power...”

She murmured to herself, her voice carrying a hint of relief, a hint of bitterness, and a hint of complete submission.

“I don't even have the qualification to look up to him.”

BOOM!!!

Just as everyone's hearts were shaken to the core, the terrifying Heavenly Tribulation changed.

There was no testing, no prelude.

The first strike was a killing blow!

“Roar—!!”

A Dragon's roar, loud enough to shatter stars, rang out from the depths of the tribulation clouds.

A ten-thousand-zhang Lightning Dragon, composed entirely of the purest black destruction tribulation lightning, tore through the Void Realm and roared downward.

That was no ordinary lightning, but the manifestation of the Law of Destruction.

Everywhere it passed, space collapsed layer by layer, and all life was severed.

That power was enough to instantly wipe out a top expert at the Half-step Mahayana level, along with their Divine Soul, leaving nothing behind.

When the Purple Cloud Holy Lord saw this, the ecstatic look on his face grew even more intense.

Die! Turn into fly ash under this very first strike!

However, facing this world-destroying strike.

Shen Yuanmo, standing below, didn't even lift an eyelid.

He only slowly extended a single finger.

A fair, slender finger, as if carved from fine jade.

At the tip of the finger, an imperceptible wisp of Chaos Qi slowly circulated.

Then, under the soul-shaking gaze of the billions of living beings in Tongtian City.

He used that finger to lightly tap toward the roaring world-extinguishing Lightning Dragon.

There was no earth-shattering collision.

There was no roar of Law annihilation.

That seemingly fragile finger tapped against the Lightning Dragon's hideous head.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

In the next instant.

The massive body of that black Lightning Dragon, whose power was enough to obliterate a Half-step Mahayana, suddenly stiffened.

Immediately after, starting from the head, fine cracks like a spiderweb instantly spread across its entire body.

Pop.

A soft sound, like glass shattering.

The black Lightning Dragon just like that, shattered inch by inch in the air and disintegrated.

It transformed into billions of streaks of pure lightning Origin.

After doing all this, Shen Yuanmo slowly looked up and opened his mouth.

He took a gentle breath.

The sky full of lightning Origin turned into a torrent and was swallowed into his stomach in one gulp.

He even chewed a bit, as if tasting some delicious delicacy.

A moment later, Shen Yuanmo's brow twitched imperceptibly.

He gave an evaluation that nearly caused all the great powers and giants above the Nine Heavens to lose their composure.

“The taste is not bad.”

“It's just a bit mixed.”

“...”

The frantic smile on the Purple Cloud Holy Lord's face instantly froze.

His mouth hung slightly open, and his eyeballs bulged so much they almost popped out of their sockets.

A strange 'clucking' sound came from his throat, as if he had seen the most absurd and inconceivable sight in the world.

He... ate the Heavenly Tribulation?

And he even complained about the taste?

“ROAR—!!!”

As if sensing this ultimate disdain and provocation, the Chaos Tribulation Clouds above the Nine Heavens completely went berserk.

The entire tribulation cloud churned frantically, and the heavenly might within it was more than ten times stronger than before.

This time, it was no longer just one.

But nine Lightning Dragons!

In the East, a white Lightning Dragon composed of Geng Metal Sword Qi, its Sword Intent piercing the sky and slicing through eternity!

In the West, a silver Lightning Dragon condensed from spatial turbulence; as its body swayed, the Void Realm folded!

In the South, a gray Lightning Dragon formed from Reincarnation Death Qi; everywhere it passed, all things withered!

In the North, a black Lightning Dragon entwined with Nine Nether Nether-Fire, burning the Divine Soul, incredibly malicious!

...Sword Dao, Space, Reincarnation, Time, Five Elements... nine Lightning Dragons containing different supreme Laws roared out simultaneously from nine different directions.

They blocked all of Shen Yuanmo's paths in the heavens and the earth, forming a certain-death situation.

The power of each Lightning Dragon far exceeded that of the first tribulation lightning just now.

With nine Dragons emerging together, such a display would instantly blast even a true Mahayana Saint Lord into dust.

“A bit interesting now.”

This time, Shen Yuanmo finally took it somewhat seriously.

His figure remained unmoved, but within his Dantian Sea of Qi, the Dao Embryo sitting in Chaos shook slightly.

The next moment.

BOOM!

A terrifying Dharma Idol, ten thousand zhang tall and looking exactly like him, surrounded by Chaos Qi, suddenly emerged behind him.

The moment this Chaos Dharma Idol appeared, it radiated a supreme overbearing aura of swallowing the heavens and earth, being the sole supreme being.

Facing the Law Lightning Dragons biting from nine directions simultaneously.

The Chaos Dharma Idol's movement was simple to the extreme.

It opened its mouth.

That mouth didn't seem like a mouth, but a black hole connected to the endless Return to Ruins.

A terrifying devouring force that could not be described in words erupted with a bang.