153: The Star Gate is about to be completed; the decisive battle begins.

The Xuanhuang Realm, the Northern Ice Field, in its deepest part.

This was the most desolate and unknown corner of the entire continent, covered in ice and snow all year round, never seeing the sun, where even the most cold-resistant Yao Beasts could not survive.

However, on this day, a figure appeared silently in the sky above this dead ice field.

It was Chu He, who had been in seclusion for nearly a thousand years.

He floated in the air, his gaze calmly looking down at the ancient ice layer that was ten thousand zhang thick below.

"This is the place," he murmured to himself.

He had chosen this place as the site for his Undergoing Tribulation for three reasons.

First, the area was sparsely populated, which would prevent the aftershocks of the Heavenly Tribulation from harming innocents.

Second, this place was far from Chu City, so no matter how powerful the Heavenly Tribulation was, it would not affect the protective array at home.

Third, and most importantly, what he was about to do next would cause too much of a commotion and required a sufficiently remote stage.

Chu He took a deep breath and no longer suppressed the terrifying power within his body that had already reached its critical point.

With a thought, he actively shattered the final barrier that separated him from the Integration Realm!

"Boom—"

A terrifying aura that could not be described in words erupted from his body, soaring straight into the nine heavens!

At this moment, the entire Xuanhuang Realm shook!

In the Eastern Continent, the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty, deep within the imperial palace, a Soul Transformation Ancestor who had been in seclusion for many years suddenly opened his eyes and looked north with a face full of shock.

"This... what kind of pressure is this? Has an Immortal descended into the world?!"

In the Western Desert, at the Ten Thousand Buddhas Holy Land, the Golden Body of an ancient Buddha shone for no reason, and all the high monks in the temple knelt down together, chanting the name of Buddha in terror.

In the Southern Border, within the Hundred Thousand Mountains, countless powerful Yao Kings prostrated themselves on the ground, shivering as if doomsday had arrived.

In the Central Continent, within the various Holy Lands and Hidden Families, those old monsters who thought they were invincible under heaven woke up from their slumber one after another, their faces filled with fear and confusion.

"Heavens! This aura... has already surpassed Soul Transformation! Is it Void Refining? No! It's even more terrifying than Void Refining!"

"Who is it? When did such a taboo existence appear in our Xuanhuang Realm?!"

"The direction is the Northern Ice Field... what on earth happened there?"

Across the entire world, all the powerhouses standing at the top of the pyramid felt a trembling from the depths of their Souls at this moment.

And this was only the beginning.

As Chu He completely released his aura, the sky above the Northern Ice Field was instantly shrouded in endless dark clouds.

Those were no ordinary dark clouds, but the Nine-Colored Tribulation Clouds formed by the purest law of destruction and the wrath of the Heavenly Dao!

Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, black, and white... nine colors of lightning churned and roared wildly within the tribulation clouds. Each bolt of lightning was thicker than a mountain range, containing terrifying power sufficient to easily obliterate Soul Transformation powerhouses.

The range of the tribulation clouds rapidly expanded from the initial ten thousand miles to a hundred thousand miles, a million miles... and finally, it actually covered nearly half of the Xuanhuang Realm!

The doomsday-like scene plunged the entire world into a dead silence.

In the center of the tribulation clouds, a golden vertical pupil, even larger and more majestic than the one last time in the Lingxuan Realm, slowly opened.

The eye of the heavenly dao!

It gazed down coldly and mercilessly at the figure as tiny as an ant below, its eyes filled with unconcealed killing intent and rage.

It recognized this ant!

It was this fellow who, last time in another world, had not only provoked its majesty but had even blown up its Law Clone with a single punch!

This was a great humiliation!

Today, in this fellow's own mother world, it would use the power of the entire world's Origin to bring down an unprecedented sure-kill tribulation and completely obliterate this rebel who dared to provoke the Heavenly Dao!

"Rumble—"

The entire Xuanhuang Realm trembled under the wrath of the Heavenly Dao.

However, Chu He, who was at the center of the storm, remained calm and composed.

He even had the leisure to look up at that massive golden eye and raise his middle finger.

"We meet again, defeated opponent."

"I didn't get enough of a fight last time. This time, let's try a different way to play."

An eerie smile appeared on Chu He's face, one that even made the eye of the heavenly dao feel a trace of unease.

He did not prepare to face the Heavenly Tribulation head-on like last time.

Instead, with a thought, he communicated with Su Qingxue, who was far away in Chu City.

"Qingxue, are you ready?"

Inside the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda, Su Qingxue, who was already prepared, took a deep breath and injected all her magic power into the myriad laws celestial map at the center of her forehead.

"Husband, I am ready!"

The next moment, the Myriad Heavens Star Domain Guardian Divine Array that shrouded the entirety of Chu City burst into brilliant light!

"Myriad Worlds Coordinates, activate!"

"Spatial Channel, open!"

With Su Qingxue's soft shout, the power of the entire array was precisely projected to the Northern Ice Field millions of miles away through the super relay station that was the myriad laws celestial map!

"Buzz—"

Under the startled gaze of the eye of the heavenly dao, the space behind Chu He distorted violently like the surface of water, and a massive spatial gate shimmering with brilliant starlight slowly took shape!

And that wasn't all!

"Tian'er! Batian! Ling Xi! Everyone!"

Chu He's voice, through the Bloodline connection, resounded in the heart of every child.

"Lend me your power!"

"Yes! Father!"

Inside the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda, Chu Tian, Chu Batian, and all the other children in the Spirit Transformation Realm simultaneously injected their purest Origin power without reservation into the Myriad Heavens Star Domain Guardian Divine Array!

The power of Chaos Annihilation! The power of the Primordial Hegemon Body! The power of the Innate Sword Heart!

...More than a dozen Soul Transformation-level powers of varying natures, yet all powerful to the extreme, were converted by the array and converged into a world-destroying energy torrent. Once again, through the myriad laws celestial map, it crossed space and was violently injected into that Starlight Gate!

"Boom!"

The Starlight Gate suddenly expanded, becoming incredibly stable. Behind the gate was a deep, heart-palpitatingly dark Void Realm.

The eye of the heavenly dao was completely dazed.

It couldn't understand what this ant was doing by opening a spatial gate while Undergoing Tribulation. Did he want to run away?

Under the lock of the Heavenly Tribulation, no matter where one ran in the Universe, there was no escaping death!

However, Chu He's next move completely overturned its understanding.

Chu He did not run away; instead, he turned around and gave a brilliant smile toward that massive Starlight Gate.

His voice seemed to penetrate endless time and space, reaching a certain distant coordinate.

"Guests from afar, welcome to the Xuanhuang Realm!"

"I, Chu He, have been waiting here for a long time!"

"As a welcoming gift, I have specially prepared a... grand fireworks display for you!"

Before his voice had even faded, he suddenly turned around to face the Nine-Colored Divine Lightning in the sky that had already brewed to its limit and was about to fall. He spread his arms and let out a wild laughter that echoed through heaven and earth.

"Come! let me see who is stronger: you, the so-called Heavenly Dao, or my soon-to-arrive enemies!"

He actually intended to... use the power of the Heavenly Tribulation to strike the Star-Devouring Demon Clan that was about to cross the boundary!

Madman!

This was a complete and utter madman!

For the first time, the eye of the heavenly dao produced an emotion called "horror."