Chapter 1241: Heavenly Dao Trembles (Part 1)
"What is that?"
The Feng Shen Platform erupted in shouts... The Calamity Thunder Domain was something the experts of countless star realms had long grown accustomed to, but a crimson thunder domain—no one present, nor anyone in the entire Eastern Divine Region, nor even the entire God Realm had ever seen one before. The history of the God Realm contained no similar memory or record.
"Could this be... the seventh level of heavenly tribulation?" Qianye Ying'er murmured softly.
"What?" Qianye Ying'er's words made all the Divine Emperors turn their heads in unison, their expressions violently shifting.
At this moment, the thunder domain in the sky had completely turned crimson, with not a trace of purple lightning remaining. Within the crimson thunder domain, blood-red lightning bolts twisted and shrieked continuously, dyeing heaven and earth from purple into a blood-like crimson. The rolling crimson thunder clouds were even denser and more dazzling than the rosy clouds of approaching dusk.
Before the crowd could recover from the shock of the sixth level tribulation descending, they found themselves stunned and lost in the suddenly crimson world, as if falling into an increasingly illusory dream.
Boom, rumble, rumble, rumble...
The sky boomed, the crimson light raged. The moment the crimson thunder domain fully took shape, every Xuan practitioner on the Feng Shen Platform who had undergone heavenly tribulation changed color drastically.
Because the Heavenly Dao's pressure that suddenly descended was no less than ten times... several dozen times heavier and more terrifying than that of the purple thunder domain!
Under this crimson pressure, not only Xuan practitioners of the Divine Tribulation or Divine Spirit Realm, but even all the Divine Kings felt an overwhelming sense of insignificance. They felt like tiny ants as insignificant as dust beneath the heavenly gate; under the wrath of the Heavenly Dao, they could be erased from the world in an instant.
Beneath the Divine Sovereign realm, all Xuan practitioners began trembling uncontrollably. This sudden sense of insignificance and fear had nothing to do with experience, mental state, or courage—it was the most instinctive reaction of the soul and body under the unbearably heavy pressure of the Heavenly Dao. And this most instinctive reaction was a testament to the extreme terror of this Heavenly Dao's might, this Heavenly Dao's wrath.
And such might and wrath were directed solely at a human whose cultivation was only at the Divine Tribulation Realm.
"What exactly is happening? What is going on?"
Mu Huanzhi and the others were completely dazed. Ever since the sky was covered by black clouds, everything that had happened was too bizarre and terrifying—almost every scene overturned their understanding completely.
"Slap!!"
Huo Rulie fiercely slapped himself across the face, then stood there blankly, staring at the world before him that was dyed completely blood-red... He grimaced in pain but did not wake up from the "illusion."
"Could it really be... the seventh level of heavenly tribulation?"
Long Huang kept gazing up at the sky, muttering to himself.
Crack!!!
Under the horrified gazes of countless eyes, the crimson thunder domain slowly parted at this moment, and a dazzling crimson light appeared in the center of the thunder domain. At that instant, the red light engulfing heaven and earth intensified several times over, and the already extremely terrifying Heavenly Dao pressure doubled, pressing down heavily on the Feng Shen Platform.
And on the Feng Shen Platform, the only existence was Yun Che. This told everyone a fact that would surely shake the entire God Realm...
"Could it be... be..."
"The seventh level of calamity thunder... after the sixth level!?"
"Ah... is this... real? Could the sixth level not be the limit? Could there be... a seventh level?"
"A crimson thunder domain never seen before, a seventh level calamity thunder never seen before... We are witnessing history!"
Shock, terror, excitement, numbness, exhilaration, disbelief... Everyone had forgotten that this was the Zhou Tian God Realm, that this was the extremely sacred Feng Shen Platform. Emotions and the scene had fallen into utter chaos...
The Zhou Tian Feng Shen Platform had existed from ancient times to the present, but it had never lost control to such an extent.
Yet no one from the Zhou Tian Realm stepped in to restrain it. Even the head of the Arbiters, the strict and merciless Quhui Zunzhe, stared fixedly at the crimson sky, not daring to look away for even an instant, lest he miss a single moment.
Because they were witnessing a true miracle with their own eyes.
The crimson light at the center of the thunder domain slowly emerged... one zhang, ten zhang, twenty zhang... fifty zhang... until it reached a hundred zhang.
But this crimson light was no longer the lightning of before—it was clearly a lightning sword that had compressed the power of thunder and lightning to the extreme!
Upon the lightning sword, crimson lightning shrieked, and Heavenly Dao might surged. In a trance, the crowd seemed to see an ancient god wielding a crimson sword, majestic over the mortal world.
The hundred-zhang lightning sword fully emerged from the thunder domain. Without a heaven-shaking roar or a peal of thunder, the lightning sword descended straight down from directly above Yun Che, falling upon the world.
Crack—
The lightning sword fell to the world, stabbing into the center of the Feng Shen Platform... and also stabbing into Yun Che's body. In an instant, red light filled the sky, thunder roared, and the purple lightning sea covering the Feng Shen Platform turned into a crimson lightning sea in the blink of an eye, dazzling countless eyes that were opened to their widest.
Everyone completely lost their voice, holding their breath. Between heaven and earth, only the thunder remained.
The falling lightning sword slowly sank. With each fraction it sank, the crimson lightning sea on the Feng Shen Platform grew more furious. When the lightning sword finally sank completely and disappeared, the calamity thunder aura surging in the crimson lightning sea on the Feng Shen Platform had become so terrifying that even the hearts of many powerful experts trembled and could not beat.
This was the Heavenly Dao Calamity Thunder—a crimson calamity thunder never seen before.
It was also the first appearance of the seventh level of heavenly tribulation in the history of the God Realm.
From the first level of heavenly tribulation to the sixth, the number of calamity thunders doubled each time, and the power of the calamity thunders also doubled.
But this seventh level of heavenly tribulation was a complete qualitative change. There was only a single crimson lightning sword, but its momentum and might were not merely doubled compared to the thirty-two calamity thunders of the sixth level... but a leap in level.
If the first six levels of heavenly tribulation were the punishment and trial for mortals seeking to cultivate the Divine Path,
Then this completely qualitatively changed seventh level of heavenly tribulation seemed like the Heavenly Dao, in anger and fear, sparing no effort to destroy a terrible demon god that would surely bring disaster to the world.
The crimson lightning reflected in everyone's pupils and faces, but for a long time, no one spoke.
People like Luo Shangchen, Jun Wuming, and Shui Qianheng were all frozen stiff, as if they had lost their souls.
The six levels of heavenly tribulation had set surging waves in their hearts.
But the seventh level descending before their eyes made them feel as if they had fallen into an illusion. As the top existences of the Eastern Divine Region, they could not even imagine what kind of terrifying talent could attract this unprecedented seven levels of heavenly tribulation.
If he remained in this world, what heights would he reach in the future...
Yun Che—this young man who claimed to come from a lower realm, studied under a mid-level star realm, and was not even half a Jiazi old—just what kind of monstrous being was he!?
"S...e...v...e...n... l...e...v...e...l...s... o...f... h...e...a...v...e...n...l...y... t...r...i...b...u...l...a...t...i...o...n..." Shui Yingyue's lips moved slightly, each word like a dream murmur.
Shui Yinghen's throat rolled, his lips turned blue, and he said with extreme difficulty: "Is... he... he... still... alive?"
"..." Shui Qianheng took a heavy breath: "That lightning sword is enough to annihilate a Divine King into nothingness in an instant..."
"Ah..." Shui Yinghen's mouth opened wide.
"No, it's not..." But Shui Meiyin shook her head slightly and said softly: "Brother Yun Che is still alive. I can feel it... He must still be alive!"
"!?" Shui Qianheng turned his head sharply. The Feng Shen Platform was covered with Heavenly Dao Calamity Thunder, its level beyond human reach. Even for a supreme Divine Lord, their divine sense could not penetrate the Heavenly Dao Calamity Thunder.
But Shui Meiyin's Stainless Divine Soul, and the soul imprint that Yun Che had left in the deepest part of her heart, which she had never been willing to erase...
Could it be that Yun Che was really still alive?
Yun Che had clearly been on the verge of death, barely clinging to life. The six levels of heavenly tribulation, a full sixty-three Heavenly Dao Calamity Thunders, had not obliterated him. Beneath this Heavenly Dao lightning sword, enough to annihilate a Divine King... was he still alive!?
Beneath the lightning sea that had turned from purple to crimson, Yun Che was not only alive but was feeling quite comfortable.
The crimson lightning sword fell from above his head, directly stabbing into his body. A surge of Heavenly Dao spiritual energy and thunder force more than ten times richer than before rushed madly into his entire being, causing every cell and every strand of hair on his body to tremble with excitement.
The level of the purple calamity thunder was already extremely high, and the crimson calamity thunder was even higher. Under the violently surging Heavenly Dao energy and elemental force, Yun Che's Desolate God Force was thoroughly stimulated. The Floating Tower spun rapidly, and countless streams of qi surged through his body like torrents... The calamity thunder could not harm Yun Che in the slightest, but was transformed by the Desolate God Force into extremely high-level Heavenly Dao spiritual energy, surging into Yun Che's body and profound veins.
The injuries that had been extremely severe—both internal and external—had all healed.
The profound veins that had been depleted were now filled with extremely dense profound energy. But strangely, this profound energy did not stay in the profound veins; instead, it quickly dispersed.
And deep within the profound veins, that mysterious aura was still struggling, and its struggles were far more intense than at first, gradually about to break free from the "cage" that bound it.
Above the sky, the crimson clouds continued to roll. The crimson thunder domain did not disappear; instead, it suddenly expanded rapidly at this moment.
The already dazzling crimson light grew even denser, and the Heavenly Dao pressure descended even more heavily... After a few breaths, the crimson thunder domain had expanded nearly tenfold. Following this was a tenfold increase in Heavenly Dao pressure!
The entire world turned into a deep, terrifying crimson. The sky and earth seemed to be covered with a layer of thick, coagulating blood about to dry.
"C...could it be..."
This was Zhou Tian Shen Di's voice, and it was actually trembling.
In the center of the tenfold thunder domain, a streak of blood-red lightning appeared, like a calamitous star releasing an annihilation light, piercing everyone's soul.
"T...h...e... e...i...g...h...t...h..." Long Huang let out a low voice that even felt unfamiliar to himself.
At this moment, the world fell into a terrifying silence. Perhaps the entire Eastern Divine Region had never been so silent. No one could speak, no one could think. In the depths of their pupils, in the depths of their hearts, there was only that one calamitous crimson light in the sky.
In deathly silence, the crimson lightning slowly descended from the massive thunder domain—one zhang... ten zhang... a hundred zhang... a thousand zhang!!
For the first six levels of heavenly tribulation, each additional level doubled the power. That was already a nightmare-like increase.
But this lightning sword was a full ten times larger than the previous one!
The eighth level of heavenly tribulation... This sound rang out in everyone's mind, like the most ethereal dream sound in this world.
Even the ultimate Xuan practitioners who had experienced countless events, weathered endless vicissitudes, and traversed every corner of the God Realm could not believe or accept the reality unfolding before them at this moment.
Crack—
The Heavenly Dao lightning sword fell onto the Feng Shen Platform in the soundless world. In an instant, a crimson light shot up into the sky, reaching the heavens, spanning between the sky and the earth, as if completely connecting the two.
The vast Zhou Tian God Realm was bathed in a bloody red, as if dyed in fresh blood, lingering for a long time without dispersing.