Chapter 1242: Heavenly Dao Trembles (Part 2)
The anomaly of black clouds covering the Eastern Divine Region had already alarmed the Western Divine Region and Southern Divine Region. Countless gazes and thoughts converged on the Eastern Divine Region.
But they could never have imagined that beneath the black clouds blanketing the Eastern Divine Region, an unprecedented, world-shaking heavenly tribulation was descending.
Eight-layered heavenly tribulation… In the Divine Realm, where six-layered heavenly tribulation was already a unique myth, these four words would sound utterly absurd and ridiculous to anyone who heard them.
No one had ever believed it could exist, nor had anyone even conceived of it.
Yet, it appeared, and right before their eyes.
Beneath the eighth layer of heavenly tribulation, the crimson thunder light that pierced heaven and earth lasted for a full hundred breaths before finally beginning to slowly fade. But the thunder sea on the Sealing God Platform continued to rage violently, annihilating everything within it.
Although the Heavenly Dao Calamity Thunder was terrifying, unless someone forcibly interfered, it would not harm other living beings. Thus, even with crimson thunder filling the sky, the power of the tribulation thunder remained concentrated only in the Sealing God Platform area.
Otherwise, the entire Zhou Tian God Realm would have turned into a disastrous sea of thunder.
Three layers: an unparalleled genius across the ages; four layers: one who looks down on an entire realm; five layers: destined to become a Divine Lord; six layers: a myth that appears only in a flash.
Eight-layered heavenly tribulation… No one could comprehend what such a concept meant, nor could anyone imagine what kind of talent and potential would incite such fear in the Heavenly Dao.
Even if the founders of the four eastern royal realms concentrated all their talents and cultivation into a single person, it would never reach this level…
Beneath the eight-layered heavenly tribulation, all the once-brilliant geniuses in the history of the Eastern Divine Region paled in comparison, reduced to mere mortals beneath the stars.
The red light that pierced heaven and earth vanished, but the crimson thunder sea on the Sealing God Platform still churned. The thunder tribulation force was too dense and terrifying; it would probably take another hour to completely dissipate.
At this moment, the blood-colored thunder domain suspended in the sky finally quieted down and began to slowly contract, just like the purple thunder domain had contracted earlier.
But this time, it contracted even more thoroughly. In just a few breaths, it shrank back to one-tenth of its original size, and still did not stop… gradually approaching complete disappearance.
The red light that had previously covered the sky and earth also grew increasingly dim. Finally, with a soft hiss, the thunder domain completely vanished. Above the sky, only rolling black clouds stretched endlessly.
The crimson thunder sea on the Sealing God Platform continued to release a dense red glow.
The disappearance of the thunder domain also signified the end of this terrifying heavenly tribulation.
Yet the black clouds continued to churn, showing no signs of dispersing. And the Heavenly Dao's pressure that covered the entire Eastern Divine Region still pressed heavily on everyone's hearts and souls.
"Finally… it's over."
Countless people murmured in their hearts and mouths. The tribulation had ended, but the shock it brought them might never fully dissipate in their lifetimes.
"An eight-layered heavenly tribulation… If I hadn't witnessed it with my own eyes, I would never believe it, no matter what," Zhou Tian Shen Di said, looking up at the black clouds in the sky, speaking softly to himself. "After today, the Divine Realm will surely be thrown into turmoil because of this. This Profound God Convention will be forever etched into history, and it may be an entry that will never be surpassed."
"…" Long Huang's gaze was fixed on the Sealing God Platform, submerged in the thunder sea. For a long time, he raised his head again and looked toward the sky…
After the thunder domain disappeared, the churning of the black clouds seemed to ease slightly, but the aura seemed to become even more oppressive.
"Eight-layered heavenly tribulation… Sigh… Could this really… be what Yun Che attracted? Not some… natural disaster?"
"Too… too terrifying. It's a thousand times more frightening than the most terrifying nightmare I've ever had. Eight-layered heavenly tribulation… If he survives… what will he become in the future?"
"With such a terrifying tribulation, even our sect master couldn't possibly withstand it. How could Yun Che still be alive!"
"Hooh…" Shui Qianheng slowly adjusted his breathing, but his heart was still in turmoil. He turned his gaze to Shui Meiyin, who had been staring blankly at the Sealing God Platform, her pale little face completely dazed.
"Mei yin, you…"
"Brother Yun Che is still alive," she said softly.
"What?" Shui Qianheng's brow furrowed deeply, and his body turned around completely.
"I can sense it. Brother Yun Che is still alive, and moreover… moreover…"
"Moreover what?" Shui Qianheng hurriedly pressed.
"…" Shui Meiyin did not answer, simply staring blankly ahead. Deep in her pupils, there flickered a brilliance even more dazzling and radiant than the stars.
In her soul battle with Yun Che, she had been defeated by his despicable methods. Under the backlash, her soul had been invaded by Yun Che, who had left a soul mark on her.
The sudden love she felt for Yun Che was significantly related to this. She herself was aware, or rather, very clear about it. But her Stainless Divine Soul was incredibly powerful, and erasing this mark would be as easy as lifting a finger. Yet she had never done so.
Because she liked and enjoyed the feeling of suddenly having someone on her mind, of being overjoyed when she saw him.
Especially watching him defeat Jun Xilei, defeat her own sister, and then defeat Luo Changsheng… That feeling of joy and pride made her willingly sink deeper into it. She never knew that looking up to a man etched in her heart could be so happy and satisfying.
Today, he had even attracted an unprecedented eight-layered heavenly tribulation, shaking the entire Eastern Divine Region for him…
Yun Che's soul mark influenced her, but her immensely powerful Stainless Divine Soul could also use this soul mark to sense Yun Che's existence in reverse.
If Yun Che died, his soul mark would naturally dissipate.
But at this very moment, Yun Che's soul mark still existed clearly in the depths of her heart. Not only had it not dissipated, she even faintly sensed that Yun Che's soul was becoming stronger at an inconceivable rate… It even seemed to be undergoing some kind of qualitative transformation.
Shui Meiyin slightly parted her tender, pink lips, utterly unable to understand what was happening to Yun Che.
Boom!
Boom, rumble, rumble, rumble——
The sky, which had been gradually calming down, suddenly rumbled loudly. Just as everyone instinctively looked up, a world-shaking thunderclap suddenly burst across the heavens and earth.
CRACK!!!!!!!
This thunderclap seemed to explode right beside everyone's ears and in the deepest part of their souls, making their entire bodies tremble violently and their faces turn pale… And most terrifying of all, a group of Upper Realm Kings, Star Gods, Moon Gods, Guardians, and even several Divine Emperors, all seemed to be struck by a heavenly hammer at that instant, their entire bodies shaking violently, their faces filled with horror.
CRACK!!!
CRACK!!
BOOM!! CRACK!!
CRACK, CRACK, CRACK, CRACK, CRACK, CRACK, CRACK——
The thunder light, which had already subsided, suddenly began to flash like mad. Looking up, countless lightning bolts were chaotically roaring within the black clouds, half purple and half crimson. Every moment was filled with ten thousand thunderbolts wreaking havoc, accompanied by incredibly dense, sky-shattering thunderclaps.
The black clouds covering the sky also seemed like suddenly boiling water, or like a ferocious beast freed from its restraints, churning violently.
An increasingly terrifying and oppressive aura silently descended upon the Eastern Divine Region.
"Th-this… what's going on?"
"What's happening again… Ah!!?"
CRACK!!!
CRACK, CRACK——
BOOM… CRACK…
Every moment was filled with ten thousand thunderclaps that shook the sky. The wildly flashing thunder light, like a dense spiderweb, covered the entire heavens. The black clouds rolled violently and slowly sank, as if intending to collapse the sky down upon the earth… And then, space began to tremble faintly.
"Th-this… in the end… is…" Zhou Tian Shen Di looked up at the sky. The trembling of space was clearly perceptible to him. But what was millions of times more terrifying was a pressure that made his heart tremble with fear, descending from the sky… getting closer and heavier.
A pressure that made even a Divine Emperor feel dread…
The three old sages of the Heavenly Mechanism, who had been kneeling all along, suddenly seemed to be struck by lightning. Their three aged faces had not a trace of color left under extreme shock, and their pupils were dilated to the point of nearly bursting.
"The Heavenly Dao… is trembling…"
"How can there be… such a thing…"
As the beings most capable of sensing the power of the Heavenly Dao, they actually felt the fear of the Heavenly Dao at this moment!
Like a mortal facing an ancient demon god, it was trembling, losing control of its reason, and wanting to destroy it forever from the world at any cost…
The power of the Heavenly Dao, which maintained and monitored the order and laws of the mortal world, which no one could defy and no one feared, was actually trembling in fear…
This was something they could never believe or accept, even if they completely shattered all their own understanding.
BOOM——
CRACK, CRACK, CRACK, CRACK, CRACK!!
Amidst the aura and sounds of an apocalyptic catastrophe, the sky suddenly split open. A pristine white light shone down from the fissure, falling upon the Sealing God Platform and enveloping the area where Yun Che was.
This white light seemed very soft, not glaring at all, but the moment it appeared, it illuminated the entire world in a ghastly white. Gradually, the area where the white light shone slowly expanded, forming a dazzling white zone amidst the rolling black clouds. White lightning bolts flashed within it and quickly became dense.
It was actually a white thunder domain!!
The moment this strange, and incredibly eerie white thunder domain formed, all Divine Lords and Divine Sovereigns dramatically changed expression. And below the Divine Sovereign level, more than half of the people were sweating profusely, trembling incessantly.
Because accompanying the white thunder domain was a Heavenly Dao might vast beyond their imagination, beyond their comprehension, and many times beyond their ability to bear.
Under this Heavenly Dao might, these profound practitioners of the Divine Path were weak in their limbs, their souls trembling, like a tiny larva facing the vast firmament, almost unable to resist falling to their knees in worship.
A thunder domain… a pale white thunder domain!
Within the thunder domain, beneath the dense lightning bolts, a white shadow was winding and moving, becoming clearer and clearer… It was unmistakably a white thunder dragon.
Extreme awe, extreme fear, extreme horror… a near-ethereal feeling as if their souls had been directly pulled out. Yet even with their souls stunned by the shock, they realized an extremely terrifying fact…
The heavenly tribulation had not stopped…
That strange white thunder domain was clearly… the ninth layer of heavenly tribulation!!
"Quhui… fall back!" Zhou Tian Shen Di roared.
Quhui Zunzhe had always been the closest to the Sealing God Platform. Even earlier, when the crimson thunder sword fell, he had not moved far. And with his powerful cultivation, the crimson thunder sword truly could not have harmed him.
But what was gathering within the white thunder domain was a supreme Heavenly Dao might that made even the hearts and souls of a group of Divine Lords, and even Divine Emperors, tremble!
Under Zhou Tian Shen Di's roar, Quhui Zunzhe quickly fled without the slightest hesitation, but his eyes continued to constrict.
At the center of the Sealing God Platform, beneath the crimson thunder sea, Yun Che slowly raised his head. In his pupils, the white thunder dragon within the pale thunder domain was reflected.
A voice, from an unknown source, was telling him that it was the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao.