# Chapter 1243: Heaven's Wrath Nine Tribulations
Black clouds blanketed the sky, thunder roared across the heavens. The entire Eastern Divine Region felt as if it were trapped inside a giant cauldron, oppressed and suffocated to the extreme. Meanwhile, countless seas churned with monstrous waves without any wind, and everywhere carried the terrifying aura of an approaching apocalypse.
Beneath the white thunder domain, the space of the God Conferment Platform continued to tremble violently—a trembling that originated from the Heavenly Dao itself.
Within the thunder domain, the phantom of the pale white thunder dragon had gradually transformed into a solid form, ceasing its circling. Slowly, a glistening white dragon head emerged from the thunder domain.
At that instant, ten thousand thunders shook the heavens. Countless profound practitioners were so horrified that they collapsed to the ground on the spot, their bodies limp from instinctive cowering, unable to stand no matter how hard they tried.
"How could this be?" Zhou Tian Shen Di swept his gaze over the chaos on the God Conferment Platform, his heart growing more alarmed by the moment.
The power of the Heavenly Dao was the order and law that transcended all things. It was omnipresent, yet impossible to grasp its existence. The most direct manifestation of the Heavenly Dao's power was the Heavenly Dao Calamity Thunder.
The Heavenly Dao Calamity Thunder was originally merely a tool to punish and test profound practitioners on the verge of breaking through the Divine Tribulation Realm. It was a part of the Heavenly Dao's order and laws, one of the most basic common knowledge points known to divine path practitioners.
But the Heavenly Dao power descending now was countless times beyond the scope of "calamity thunder." It even exceeded the limits of what humans could withstand!
The pressure alone was already enough to terrify a host of divine path practitioners to the point of death.
This absolutely could not be a "test." It was a "punishment" that spared no effort to unleash the most extreme Heavenly Dao might, leaving no room for mercy!
If the Heavenly Dao were not fearful to the extreme, how could it be like this!
The so-called "heavenly jealousy" had always been just a lamenting phrase. In this world, how could there truly exist something that would cause the Heavenly Dao to be jealous?
But now, they clearly sensed and witnessed the real "jealousy of heaven"!
"Nine tribulations... nine tribulations..." The head of the Three Heavenly Fate Elders, Mo Yu, murmured absentmindedly, dazed and lost.
"Is it really... nine tribulations?" Mo Wen's expression and posture were identical to Mo Yu's.
"Nine tribulations... the prophecy of our ancestors..." Mo Yu's gaze was vacant, as if facing an illusion.
But at that moment, Mo Yu's entire body trembled, and he shouted loudly to Zhou Tian Shen Di: "Divine Emperor! Quickly set up a barrier! The power of the Heavenly Dao has gone out of control... it might harm others!"
Unless someone forcibly intervened and courted death, calamity thunder would never mistakenly harm others. The previous eight layers of calamity thunder had been enormous in prestige and power, yet they had been tightly concentrated within the God Conferment Platform area, with almost no power leaking out.
But now, the trembling and loss of control of the Heavenly Dao power was clearly sensed not just by the Three Heavenly Fate Elders, but by all the Divine Lords and Divine Emperors.
Zhou Tian Shen Di did not hesitate at all. With a loud roar that echoed throughout the entire Zhou Tian Realm: "Everyone, leave this domain immediately! Retreat as far as possible! Protect the younger generation! The power of the Heavenly Dao is abnormal! Once this calamity thunder descends, it is enough to blast Divine Lords to death... retreat quickly!"
Enough to blast Divine Lords to death...
Every word struck like a thunderbolt from the nine heavens, especially when shouted from the mouth of Zhou Tian Shen Di himself.
The God Conferment Platform immediately fell into great chaos. But just as everyone was about to flee, a boom sounded from the firmament. Within the pale thunder domain, the white thunder dragon released a roar that was both like a dragon's cry and the wrath of heaven, then plummeted downward, straight toward the mortal world.
Wherever the dragon's body passed, space was torn apart like cloth, as if the entire world was being split in two from the middle.
The Heavenly Might erupted, pressing down on everyone like ten thousand mountains. Fleeing was already impossible. Zhou Tian Shen Di flew up and shouted sharply: "All Guardians, hear my command! Seal off the God Conferment Platform with full force!"
At Zhou Tian Shen Di's order, the seven Zhou Tian Guardians present instantly teleported to the edge of the God Conferment Platform. Brilliant light blazed on their bodies like flying stars in the sky, and their surging, ocean-like profound energy was released without reservation, transforming into a powerful sealing barrier.
The Zhou Tian Guardians, along with the Star Gods of the Star God Realm and the Moon Gods of the Moon God Realm, were the transcendent existences second only to the Four Divine Emperors of the Eastern Divine Region. Each of them possessed Divine Lord power sufficient to shake the world.
Under the combined force of the seven Guardians, one could imagine the formidable isolation barrier they created.
Beyond the Guardians, at the command of Quhui Zunzhe, all the Arbiters surged forward as well, pouring their power into the barrier.
"Qian Ze, protect Mei Yin and Ying Yue well. Everyone else, follow me!"
Shui Qianheng also leaped up at the first moment, followed closely by a group of Divine Sovereigns from the Glazed Light Realm.
"All Elders, follow me! Everyone else, protect the young disciples!" Luo Shangchen growled lowly, leading a group of Divine Sovereigns to charge forward.
Luo Gu Xie did not follow Luo Shangchen. Instead, with a wave of her sleeve, a layer of invisible barrier enveloped Luo Changsheng.
The stronger one's power, the more one could perceive the terror of this Heavenly Dao might. The power of the seven Guardians was terrifying enough, yet under the Heavenly Might, they clearly showed a sense of powerlessness, likely unable to seal off this pale calamity thunder. Therefore, the Divine Lords and Divine Sovereigns of the various upper-level star realms did not retreat but advanced instead, pouring all their profound energy into the barrier.
The originally transparent isolation barrier blazed with profound light, firmly isolating the God Conferment Platform area. This barrier, infused with the ultimate profound energy of over half the Divine Lords and countless Divine Sovereigns of the Eastern Divine Region, might be the toughest wall of despair ever created in the history of the Eastern Divine Region.
The space where Yun Che was located had become a completely isolated world of calamity.
He raised his head high, watching the Heavenly Dao calamity dragon plummeting from the firmament... This was the most terrifying pressure he had ever endured in his life, surpassing everything in his cognition. He didn't even doubt that this power was enough to annihilate all living and non-living things in the world...
But he felt not a trace of fear.
Deep within his profound veins, instead, a strange longing stirred.
As he remained motionless, the white thunder dragon in his pupils drew closer and closer, until it was right before him. The enormous dragon mouth opened, revealing fangs entwined with countless pale thunderbolts, and it ferociously bit down at his entire body.
Boom!
The thunder dragon descended upon the world. White light blazed across the sky. A pillar of white light shot upward, piercing through space and the firmament, reaching toward unknown distant star regions.
In the God Conferment Platform area, pale thunder light exploded. The barrier sealing the God Conferment Platform shuddered violently with a loud rumble, startling the group of Divine Lords into losing their composure.
This barrier, which concentrated the full power of most of the Eastern Divine Region's Divine Lords, was actually vibrating!
Crack!
The pale calamity thunder roared to the heavens. The power of the Heavenly Dao continued to erupt. The space in the God Conferment Platform area was completely distorted, then torn into countless fragments.
The completely out-of-control Heavenly Dao power could no longer confine itself to the God Conferment Platform area. It radiated outward violently, crashing against the barrier that sealed the God Conferment Platform, causing the barrier to emit mournful wails amid continuous trembling.
"This... this is..." Lu Zhou, the Realm King of the Covering Heaven Realm, pressed his hands firmly on the barrier, his face displaying the greatest shock of his life.
"This is... the true power of the Heavenly Dao? It's actually this terrifying!"
"How can something like this exist!" Shui Qianheng's pupils dilated. The tremor and might reflected back on him made his arms numb and his heart filled with fear. No matter how much he tried to calm his heart, he couldn't suppress it.
Boom! Boom!!
The power of the calamity thunder burst forth in waves, continuously shocking the barrier. At that moment, with an explosion like the sky breaking apart, a crack burst open on the barrier that had gathered the power of more than half the Eastern Divine Region's Divine Lords, and it spread rapidly.
"Wh... what!?" This scene terrified everyone to the point of their hearts nearly splitting.
The Divine Lords and Divine Sovereigns in front of the barrier had their faces tense with concentration. Vast profound energy surged up again, no longer holding anything back... But the crack still spread quickly, and the vibration of the entire barrier became increasingly intense.
Crack!!
Another explosive sound, and a second crack split open like a lightning bolt.
Horrified shouts almost drowned out the thunder. All the Divine Lords were thoroughly panicked. They had not dared to underestimate this rampaging Heavenly Dao power, so even with the Guardians at the front, they had all joined in... Yet even so, they still couldn't fully suppress this Heavenly Dao power.
Even more terrifying was that the core of the Heavenly Dao power was on the God Conferment Platform. What they were resisting was only the power at its periphery!
The Heavenly Dao cannot be defied. Heavenly Might cannot be touched. But the Heavenly Dao was ultimately ethereal—until this very moment, they had personally experienced and truly understood the terror of the Heavenly Dao's might.
If the barrier collapsed, and this Heavenly Dao power, which even the combined forces of a host of Divine Lords and Divine Sovereigns couldn't seal, went completely berserk... the consequences were simply unimaginable.
"Let's act," Long Bai said softly.
At that moment, Long Bai, Zhou Tian Shen Di, Fantian Shen Di, Xing Shen Di, Yue Shen Di, the Four Star Gods, and the Four Moon Gods all rose into the air. A sky-covering, sun-obscuring might descended like a heaven's gate falling, covering the barrier.
In an instant, the wind and clouds shifted.
Soon after, Shitian Shen Di also flashed to the front of the barrier, pouring his vast divine power into it.
Among the king realms, only Qianye Ying'er remained motionless.
Even the Divine Emperors were shocked and lost color, but her face showed no surprise or panic. She floated high in the sky, gazing fixedly at the center of the God Conferment Platform. Beneath her flying golden hair, the form-fitting soft armor outlined a figure more bewitching than a demon's. Only the golden mask blocked the view, preventing anyone from seeing what light flickered in her beautiful eyes at this moment.
The Dragon God, the Four Divine Emperors of the Eastern Domain, Shitian Shen Di of the Southern Domain, the Four Star Gods, and the Four Moon Gods all acted together—a terrifying force enough to completely overturn the Eastern Divine Region.
Under this power that ordinary people simply couldn't imagine, the cracks on the barrier finally stopped spreading.
The spirits of the Divine Lords and Divine Sovereigns lifted greatly, their minds slightly relaxed. Gradually, the cracks began to slowly repair, and the trembling of the barrier also noticeably calmed.
Just as everyone breathed a huge sigh of relief and felt completely at ease, a world-shaking explosion suddenly echoed between heaven and earth.
Boom!
The calamity thunder on the God Conferment Platform fully erupted. A white light several times more intense than before pierced through heaven and earth. In an instant, the barrier, which had just been fully restored, burst with countless dense cracks.
Before the Divine Lords and Divine Sovereigns could even feel horror, the barrier exploded with a loud bang. All of them were sent tumbling backward as if struck by heavy hammers.
"Ah!!"
"Damm... dammit!"
With the barrier's collapse, the entire Zhou Tian Divine Realm would be buried under the calamity thunder. Everyone's hearts sank into an abyss... But in the very next instant, the terrifying Heavenly Dao might suddenly disappeared.
Completely and utterly disappeared.
The rampaging white calamity thunder broke through the barrier but did not scatter. Instead, as if suddenly swallowed by the void, it dissipated without a trace. Long-missed gentle light shone down. People looked up, seeing nothing but clear skies for thousands of miles. The black clouds that had filled the sky just moments ago were also completely gone.
Everything was like a suddenly shattered bubble of a dream.
Everyone stood frozen there, unable to come back to their senses for a long time.
The God Conferment Platform was gone.
The area where the God Conferment Platform had existed was now a three-hundred-mile-wide void. Beneath the void was pitch-black darkness, extending endlessly.
This bottomless abyss, seemingly piercing completely through the Zhou Tian Realm, proved that what had just happened was not a true fantasy.
And above the center of the void floated the last remaining clump of pale thunder light.
The white thunder light contracted with a hissing sound, and a human figure gradually became clearer and clearer within the pale thunder light, until a face became completely distinct in everyone's vision.
"Yun... Che..."
Countless mouths gaped wide, emitting trembling voices from the depths of their souls.
Yun Che's entire body was devoid of any clothing, only a layer of pale thunder light, seemingly unwilling to disperse, draped over him like an outer garment. Not a single wound could be seen on his entire body. His black hair was several times longer than before, wildly scattering amid the thunder light.
The God Conferment Platform was as silent as death.
Zzzz... zzzz... zzzz!!
Yun Che turned his gaze, and in his pupils, pale thunderbolts flickered and hissed. He slowly raised his arm, a finger wrapped in white thunder pointing at a pale face:
"Luo... Chang... Sheng..."
"Come... and... fight... me... again!"