75: Force of Destiny

You cannot help but sigh at the heartlessness of these Cultivators.

It was clearly you who gave them the opportunity to advance, yet among these people, there are very few who know how to be grateful.

The eight-hundredth year.

Over these years, the strength of Tianhai City did not improve.

Instead, under pressure from all sides and the fact that you did not provide any subsequent Cultivation Technique, it began to decline.

Your cultivation remained stagnant.

Even with your practice, it weakened slightly.

You know this was caused by the Power of Leadership.

In just a few decades, many Cultivators who were once grateful to you have forgotten you.

After handing Tianhai Island over to your Disciple Li Dahai, you left the Nanyang Cultivation World.

The nine-hundred-and-ninety-eighth year.

Just as you were traveling across the magnificent landscape of the entire Cultivation World, a piece of news caught your attention.

"Struggle for the Power of Destiny, an opportunity for Immortal Ascension."

These short eight words made the entire Cultivation World boil with excitement.

As everyone knows, once a Cultivator reaches the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, they will undergo a Lightning Tribulation every 5,000 years.

You can trigger this Lightning Tribulation early, but the consequence is that once you fail, your body will die and your Dao will vanish.

And if you can survive it, your cultivation will greatly increase, and you will gain another 5,000 years of lifespan.

Looking at the entire Cultivation World, almost all Tribulation Transcendence cultivators are at the first or second tribulation; very few people can survive the third Lightning Tribulation.

And if one can survive the ninth tribulation, then they can attempt to break through to the Mahayana Realm.

Mahayana is also known as Mortal Immortal.

Once a Cultivator reaches this Realm, the essence of their life will change.

At this time, Mahayana Cultivators can choose to undergo Ascension, or they can choose to remain in this world.

However, Mahayana Cultivators who choose to remain in this world will have their lifespan greatly reduced due to the suppression of the world.

And choosing Ascension will greatly increase their lifespan.

Therefore, generally speaking, no one will choose to remain in the Lower Realm.

And it is naturally extremely difficult for a Cultivator to break through to Mahayana.

In ancient times, there were some exceptionally talented Cultivators who were able to successfully break through to Mahayana on their own.

But looking at today, only by borrowing the Power of Destiny of this world can one successfully break through.

And now, this power has appeared.

Central Continent Cultivation World, Profound Heaven Dao Sect, Wuji Cave.

A place you have never been to.

After hesitating for a long time, you decide to go there and take a look.

The one-thousandth year.

You successfully arrived at the Profound Heaven Dao Sect.

At this time, the Profound Heaven Dao Sect, originally a place for Daoist cultivation, was already overcrowded.

Numerous Cultivators from the nine Cultivation Worlds had all crowded here.

At first, the Profound Heaven Dao Sect wanted to drive them away.

But which of these Cultivators who dared to come to such a place did not have high cultivation and deep backgrounds?

After the Profound Heaven Dao Sect discovered that they could not afford to offend so many people, they decisively opened their mountain gates and welcomed everyone in.

You blended into the crowd and entered the Profound Heaven Dao Sect.

From the conversations of others, you finally found the Wuji Cave where the Power of Destiny was born.

Legend has it that 100,000 years ago, the Old Ancestor of the Profound Heaven Dao Sect, Immortal Master Wuji, obtained the Power of Destiny in Wuji Cave, successfully broke through to Mahayana, and ascended.

However, at that time, apart from a few Profound Heaven Dao Sect Disciples, no one in the entire Cultivation World actually saw this scene, which led to Wuji Cave being forgotten.

And 50,000 years ago, the Sect Master of the Profound Heaven Dao Sect, Wu Yazi, did the same.

His Ascension process was exactly the same as Immortal Master Wuji, except that this time, his Ascension process was recorded by an image-recording stone, and countless people saw this scene.

And now, in three months, it will have been another 50,000 years.

Everyone is convinced that Wuji Cave will once again produce a portion of the Power of Destiny.

Although you know that you cannot obtain this Power of Destiny, you still intend to wait here quietly.

You want to see who will have the last laugh and successfully achieve Life-Stealing Ascension.

Time passed little by little.

In the blink of an eye, two months had passed.

At this time, the Profound Heaven Dao Sect was even more crowded; the grove in the corner that originally only had enough space for you to rest now had three people in it.

And the place closest to Wuji Cave was completely empty.

Only a few powerful Tribulation Transcendence cultivators were sitting there cross-legged.

Each of them was a powerful Cultivator who had survived nine Lightning Tribulations.

And here, you also saw a few familiar faces.

The first was Gu Xunxian.

At this time, he was standing in the ranks of the Taichu Imperial Court.

And the Taichu Imperial Court not only had an Old Ancestor at the ninth level of Tribulation Transcendence sitting at the very front, but also relied on their formidable strength to stand at the very front of almost all the forces.

There was also Dai Tianxiao.

His cultivation had actually reached the first level of Tribulation Transcendence now.

And beside him were two burly men whose cultivation had also reached the seventh level of Tribulation Transcendence.

Although this strength still had some gap compared to the Taichu Imperial Court, relying on the many hidden Tribulation Transcendence cultivators beside him, he already had a chance to compete for the Power of Destiny.

Finally, there was Sky Soul True Lord.

What surprised you a little was that this person originally only had fourth-level Tribulation Transcendence cultivation.

But after repeatedly going through great tribulations in the Eastern Continent Cultivation World, he was surprisingly still safe and sound.

Instead, he made another Breakthrough and successfully survived the fifth Lightning Tribulation.

However, this level of cultivation was nothing here.

Moreover, he was alone and had absolutely no chance to compete for this Power of Destiny.

Time passed in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, three months had passed.

One black and one white light orb slowly appeared in Wuji Cave.

In an instant, the wind and clouds between heaven and earth changed color, and countless Spiritual Qi surged towards those two light orbs.

This momentum was extremely grand, instantly attracting the attention of everyone present.

"There are actually two portions of the Power of Destiny?! One of them should belong to me, Xu Chen!"

You looked in the direction of the voice and discovered that the first person to make a move was actually a white-haired old man sitting at the very front.

His speed was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, he touched the white light orb.

However, how could the Power of Destiny be so easy to obtain?

The moment he touched the Power of Destiny, countless forces of slaughter assailed him like a violent storm.

With a shrill scream, Xu Chen's Physical Body was directly annihilated, and only his Primordial Spirit escaped into the distance.

"Heh, the Power of Destiny can only be obtained by those destined for it. Such a simple truth, and yet Fellow Daoist Xu still hasn't seen it clearly."

The middle-aged man who had been sitting beside Xu Chen took a step forward.

But his target was not the Power of Destiny, but—Xu Chen!

"Bang!"

With the sound of a Divine Soul shattering, this Tribulation Transcendence powerhouse who had roamed the world for tens of thousands of years completely vanished from between heaven and earth just like that.