Chapter Seven: Tribulation

  The vast and desolate world was not counted in years, but soon twelve billion years had passed. In these twelve billion years, Ye Qing's cultivation reached the peak of the Great Luo True Immortal, which is also the thirteenth layer of the Evolutionary Key. Ye Qing's soul also changed from blue to deep blue, and his massive soul energy was tens of thousands of times stronger than before. The current body of Ye Qing's Taigu Ancient Ape had grown from a thousand feet to ten million feet, giving people a sense of oppression.

  Ye Qing's cultivation had reached the peak of Daluo True Immortal, and if he didn't transcend the calamity, his cultivation wouldn't be able to progress any further. Originally, Ye Qing could have transcended the calamity and transformed into a Golden Immortal, but he knew that the stronger his physical body was, the more space there would be for future progress, so he had been suppressing his cultivation from transforming. Now that his own cultivation couldn't progress any further, Ye Qing was preparing to transform.

  Ye Qing flew into the air and released his suppressed cultivation.

  Only to see Ye Qing's carefree figure standing in the air, suddenly, thunder rumbled and flashed, a fierce gust of wind rose, the mountain peaks and rocks were scraped away with a loud whistling sound, like sharp blades striking the ground, producing a "ding ding" metallic collision sound.

  Ye Qing's eyes suddenly opened wide, staring at the sky above, muttering: "It has finally come."

  The thunderous roar shook the sky, and a vast, boundless atmospheric pressure came down from the horizon, as if to crush the entire earth.

  Only to see the purple sky produce a huge vortex, the entire purple sky also out of thin air produced black electric snakes, the electric snakes were absorbed by the vortex, gathering towards the vortex, and in just an instant, the vortex transformed into a black calamity cloud.

  The black cloud just stopped above Ye Qing's head.

  Ye Qing let out a loud roar, his head thrown back as he stared up at the dark clouds in the sky. A massive energy of a chaotic color began to emanate from his body, exuding an aura that had never been seen before. At the same time, the energy within him began to permeate every part of his body like a gas, and Ye Qing's entire being was surrounded by a brilliant black glow.

  Dark lightning snakes slithered and wandered in the rolling clouds of calamity.

  Suddenly, a massive oppressive force emerged from the dark clouds and pressed down on the entire ground. In an instant, the pressure in the space below increased by countless times, making it difficult for Ye Qing to breathe, and even the rocky ground emitted a "creaking sound", as if it was about to collapse.

  Ye Qing's face changed color, although he had guessed some of the circumstances in his heart, but he did not expect that when he truly faced the heavenly calamity, it would be so terrifying, as if facing a fierce beast head-on, with extreme fear in his heart, unable to muster any resistance.

  In the face of Tianwei's mighty power, Ye Qing's ferocity finally erupted. The demonic aura of the Hunyuan Demon Ape was enormous, and it had inherited the ferocity of the Taigu Demon Ape, which was also incredibly powerful. However, it had always been suppressed by Ye Qing's vast spiritual energy and had not shown itself. But at this moment of life and death, Ye Qing's spiritual energy could no longer suppress the ferocity of the Taigu Demon Ape.

  "Roar!" Ye Qing let out a loud roar towards Jie Yun.

  A loud thunderclap, a thick black lightning bolt seemed to be a giant python wriggling out of the dark clouds, and then with an unstoppable momentum, it struck down in a straight line, as if gods were killing demons, its power was extremely terrifying.

  Ye Qing has gone crazy, unleashing a massive power to strike at the lightning. The lightning's withering destruction struck Ye Qing's body with its devastating force.

  Ye Qing let out a loud roar and finally came back to his senses, starting to circulate the Evolution Technique to continuously absorb the lightning.

  Lightning passes through the body, entering every part of the flesh, constantly tempering and burning the flesh cells, then under the exercise of the evolution key, it becomes even more resilient and powerful.

  Ye Qing's entire body convulsed wildly, electric sparks dancing frantically as thunder boomed. The ancient demon ape's body continued to bleed profusely, the power of lightning surging into its flesh like a bursting dam.

  Ye Qing let out a pained scream, his entire body's cells suddenly activating, crazy metabolism starting up, constantly transforming.

  The lightning dispersed, Ye Qing let out a breath of relief, feeling his entire body go numb, and in his heart he cursed the heaven's calamity for being so twisted, making him endure the suffering of that lightning strike.

  However, he was very satisfied in his heart. At this time, he could feel a powerful and fierce energy surging through his body, every cell swallowing the power of thunder and lightning, and even carrying a hint of spiritual might. He could already imagine how terrifying and sharp his attack would be in the future.

  Rolling thunder, the black clouds were even more frantically rolling, and the electric snakes were flashing rapidly. After a moment, the momentum grew even stronger, and it was clear that the second heavenly lightning was about to descend. Suddenly, a dragon-like flash of lightning shot down from high altitude at incredible speed, directly striking towards Ye Qing's head below.

  Ye Qing continuously consumed the power of lightning, but a small part still struck his body. Ye Qing's cells were torn apart and reformed repeatedly. In this brief moment, it was as if he had experienced countless cycles of life and death. Gradually, he became numb, mechanically absorbing the lightning's strange energy and constantly evolving and transforming.

  After a long time, the second thunderbolt was finally withstood by Ye Qing.

  "Boom!"

  Before Ye Qing could catch his breath, a series of loud rumbles sounded out, the black tribulation clouds churned frantically, their momentum seeming to physically press down on him. A massive black lightning bolt burst forth from within the clouds and shot straight down at him with a deafening crash.

  This third thunderbolt was much more powerful than the second, and Ye Qing was directly blasted to the ground by the violently explosive power of the thunder, forced to endure the terrifying tempering of the thunder.

  Four paths, five paths, six paths, seven paths, eight paths. Ye Qing was under the continuous bombardment of the 99 Heavenly Tribulations, even if his physical body had been refined to be incredibly strong through the Evolutionary Key, it was still unbearable for his willpower, which had experienced numerous trials of life and death, to withstand the pain of his flesh. However, Ye Qing persisted in gritting his teeth to become stronger. The Evolutionary Key crazily rotated, constantly strengthening his body, as a massive amount of energy continuously roared within him. The Evolutionary Key rapidly advanced, breaking through the bottleneck and reaching the 14th layer, still continuing to advance.

  A black lightning bolt, like a nine-day dragon, emerged from the dark clouds in the sky and struck down towards Ye Qing with a devastating momentum.

  But if you look closely, you will find that this last thunder has a hint of difference. The outer layer is burning with purple-black lightning, the middle layer is the most powerful black lightning force, and the center has an additional shallow light purple lightning bolt about the size of an arm, which does not appear as violent and unstable as the black lightning. This green lightning is like a calm water, with tiny ripples, looking very peaceful and gentle.

  Ye Qing knew that the last wave of energy might be too much for him to handle, and he hesitated about whether to use the Bao Tian Blade. Very quickly, Ye Qing made up his mind not to use the Bao Tian Blade, and instead relied on his own strength to get through it.

  "Roar!" Ye Qing let out a loud roar, and in his mind flashed the axe marks of Pangu opening up the sky. Unconsciously, he followed the axe marks to slash away, and Ye Qing's power was constantly being drawn out. The enormous power was struck out to meet the last Heavenly Tribulation, destroying 80% of it. The remaining 20% struck Ye Qing's body, and the enormous thunder energy continuously destroyed Ye Qing's meridians and cells, only to be constantly repaired by the Evolution Key. Just like this, Ye Qing continued to grow stronger in agony. Finally, Ye Qing absorbed the last bit of energy from the Heavenly Tribulation, and the Evolution Key also entered its 15th layer. With the completion of the last Heavenly Tribulation, Ye Qing finally transformed into a Great Dao Body. From then on, Ye Qing had two bodies: one was the Great Dao Body, and the other was the Taigu Ancient Ape Body. The Great Dao Body's cultivation speed was fast, while the Taigu Ancient Ape Body was extremely powerful in battle. Both had their own advantages and could be switched between at will.

  Ye Qing had gone through the strongest 99 Tribulations, Ye Qing's evil energy was reduced by more than half, and his body had been tempered to be even stronger. Now, Ye Qing's Taigu Ancient Demon Ape body had already reached a height of one million zhang.