The Heavenly Dao of a mortal cultivation world was terrifying beyond imagination.
Even Han Li, who had once reached the Dao Ancestor realm, had never dared to confront it head-on.
Zhu Chen's current cultivation was only at the Eighth Cave Heaven.
Although the unrefined drop of Pangu's essence blood allowed him to temporarily unleash power comparable to a formation cultivator,
in front of the Heavenly Dao, he was still no different from an ant.
Zhu Chen admitted that he had underestimated the might of this tribulation lightning.
But everything was still within his expectations.
Aren't protagonists in fantasy novels always tempered by tribulation lightning?
If they can do it—
why can't he?
Yes.
This time, Zhu Chen intended to use the power of tribulation lightning to shatter his limits and achieve ultimate sublimation.
Bang!
At the exact moment when the last drop of Vermilion Bird Sacred Blood within Zhu Chen's body was evaporated by the tribulation lightning,
the primordial spirit clone seated cross-legged within his dantian suddenly opened its eyes.
Under the tempering of tribulation lightning, the primordial spirit clone began to merge with Zhu Chen's main body.
This was not a temporary fusion—
but a complete integration.
Although the natal Vermilion Bird had vanished under the lightning bombardment,
something else emerged within his body.
That was his primordial spirit clone.
No—
to be precise,
it could no longer be called a primordial spirit clone.
It had become his natal primordial spirit.
"Ninth Cave Heaven — open!"
"Tenth Cave Heaven — open!"
"Pangu Essence Blood — merge!"
At the instant his natal primordial spirit fully fused with his main body, Zhu Chen mobilized all the cultivation power within him, forcefully opening the Ninth and Tenth Cave Heavens!
Boom!
Boom!
As the two divine ring cave heavens manifested,
Zhu Chen's cultivation aura surged upward by two levels simultaneously.
But this was still not the end.
Seizing this opportunity, Zhu Chen drew out the remaining half-drop of unrefined Pangu essence blood from his natal primordial spirit and merged it into his collapsing flesh and blood.
After being tempered by this half-drop of Pangu essence blood, his body began to reconstruct at a visible speed.
At the same time,
his ten cave heavens, shrouded in divine light, showed signs of merging together as his physical body reformed.
His primordial spirit returned to its rightful position.
His physical body was rebuilt.
His inner world became unified.
At this moment, Zhu Chen finally completed a transformation from the inside out, shedding all mortal impurities and undergoing a complete metamorphosis.
Although the ancient Vermilion Bird was powerful, its upper limit was no more than that of a Celestial King.
But now, Zhu Chen's natal primordial spirit had fully merged with his original body.
Half a drop of Pangu's essence blood
half a drop of Pangu's essence blood
= a complete drop of Pangu's essence blood!
Although a single drop of Pangu's essence blood could not be considered a true inheritance of Pangu,
it already carried the power of an Ancestral Witch.
Moreover, this trace of Ancestral Witch power was born within Zhu Chen himself—it was not inherited from another witch.
On top of that, he had previously comprehended the Law of Power.
In a sense, he had directly inherited Pangu's legacy.
After all, none of the Ancestral Witches had ever mastered the Law of Power!
From this point alone, his foundation was already a level higher than that of the Ancestral Witches.
"Senior…"
Yuan Yao stood a thousand meters away, her expression grave as she watched Zhu Chen being engulfed by tribulation lightning, her eyes filled with worry.
After Zhu Chen was swallowed by the lightning, she had tried to help him escape.
Unfortunately, every magical treasure and spell she used was instantly annihilated upon contact with the tribulation lightning.
Now, only her natal magical treasure remained.
She hesitated, wondering whether she should use it for one final attempt—
even though she knew the chances were slim.
But anything left untried would leave regret…
"Senior Sister… this senior has treated me kindly. I, Yuan Yao, cannot stand by and watch him die. If we never meet again in this life… I'm sorry…"
Yuan Yao put away the Soul-Nourishing Wood. The confusion in her eyes slowly hardened into resolve.
Just as she was about to unleash her natal magic treasure in a final gamble—
a familiar voice suddenly echoed from within the lightning a thousand meters away.
"—Break!"
The instant that word was spoken, the massive lightning mass hovering in the sky shattered violently, breaking apart into countless lightning fragments.
"Mere lightning… nothing special."
Bathed in crackling lightning, Zhu Chen stepped out from the void, reappearing before Yuan Yao.
"Senior, you're still alive!"
Yuan Yao cried out in joy.
That lightning had carried the power to destroy heaven and earth—yet Zhu Chen had survived it unharmed!
However, in the next moment—
deafening rumbling sounds echoed across the sky, like countless drums being beaten at once.
More heavenly tribulation descended!
But this time, it did not take the form of lightning.
Instead, it condensed into a gigantic black hand that blotted out the sky.
The black hand slowly emerged from a裂缝 in the void, reaching toward Zhu Chen with overwhelming heavenly might.
This was no longer ordinary tribulation lightning.
It was a heavenly tribulation far more terrifying!
"Damn it! The tribulation has materialized—was this really necessary?"
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