Prologue

  In the void, a demon god like a mountain stood proudly, facing the sky where purple lightning flashed incessantly. His axe-like face was calm and indifferent.

  Filled with the power of great destruction, the lightning flashed like a swift electric current in the air, gathering purple clouds of calamity, and an overwhelming pressure, like a mountain, pressed down on every corner of heaven and earth.

  The Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Thunderbolt, this is the world's most powerful thunderbolt, the demon among demons can enjoy such a thunderbolt. Countless generations of demon emperors, under the Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Thunderbolt, become nothingness. Its appearance represents death, and there has never been an exception.

  Facing the legendary thunder tribulation, the eyes of Xuantian Shi Huang showed no hesitation, nor a hint of fear, but instead a hint of joy. The strongest thunder tribulation in the world, which had been struggling with heaven and earth for eternity, would probably become his stepping stone to transcendence today. A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth!

  The purple thunderbolt had undergone a long period of fermentation, accumulating enough power. A loud rumble of thunder, carrying the force of great destruction, hacked down towards Xuántiān Shǐ Huáng. The lightning flashed and the thunder boomed, in just an instant, traversing countless spaces and times, suddenly rushing towards Xuántiān Shǐ Huáng.

  Xuantian Shi Huang clenched his fists with both hands, his body didn't dodge at all, and he forcibly took the hit. The purple lightning illuminated his body, charring it black, and he couldn't break through even an inch further. Xuantian Shi Huang's physical body had already been tempered to the extreme, and compared to ordinary magical artifacts, it was not weak in the slightest.

  This was only the first wave, a purple glow that burst forth in the sky, so fast that people couldn't react in time. He withstood seventy-two bolts of Nine Heaven's Xuan Huang Thunder, and apart from his skin turning darker, the Primordial Heavenly Emperor didn't have a single injury.

  The difficulty of the demon tribulation, the four-nine calamity of the Taoist sect, is only 49 levels, and after passing through it, one can ascend to the heavenly gate, achieve a immortal body, and become a celestial emperor. The strength of Xuan Tian's beginning emperor is already enough to attain immortality in the Taoist sect, but he is a demon, the most powerful among demons. The 72 levels are just the beginning, and the strongest ninth-level refinement of the divine thunder is the final hurdle. Countless demon emperors have failed at this point, their efforts all for naught.

  The calamity clouds slowly gathered, occupying the entire sky with calamity clouds, and began to converge. The color of the calamity clouds also changed from purple to dark black.

  On the face of Xuántiān Shǐhuáng, a solemn expression appeared. Even if he was extremely powerful, he didn't dare to be careless in front of the last nine layers of the Jiǔtiān Xuánhuáng Jié's Red Fire Tribulation Clouds. The previous Thunder Tribulations could be withstood by his physical body, but the subsequent Red Fire Tribulation Clouds represented the destructive power of the Immortal Realm, which was not something that a human body could withstand.

  As the great emperor of the unified Demon Gate, Xuantian Shi Huang had long been prepared. A golden light flashed, and a transparent painting scroll exuding pure Yang energy slowly unfolded towards Jieyun. In the exquisite painting scroll, a vast and gentle continent appeared: farmland, mountain peaks, rivers, lakes, cities, and countless living beings. The country within the painting and the painting within the country echoed each other, with the powerful dry yang energy making even the calamity clouds appear clumsy in comparison.

  One step into the void, and he transcended to become a Demon Lord, bringing with him the world within the painting, opening up a new realm, becoming its master. If he failed to transcend, his physical body would turn to dust, and his spirit would be annihilated.

  The tribulation slowly took shape, fiery red, with nine lightning bolts, like nine sugarcanes strung together, their power thoroughly contained within. All the tribulation clouds also gathered there, and the sky cleared in an instant. The enormous pressure that had permeated the entire world suddenly vanished, descending upon Xuanyuan Zhi's body instead.

  Under heavy pressure, Xuantian Shi Huang's merit turned nine times, and the five-color canopy suddenly took shape. On top of the canopy, a beautiful painting scroll was waving gently in the windless air.

  The thunderbolt is about to fall, and the entire strength of Xuantian Shi Huang is focused on the calamity cloud in the sky. A white light appears in the void, and five virtual shadows appear around Xuantian Shi Huang at the same time.

  Xuantian Shi Huang's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly activated the Qiankun diagram to turn towards him. Unfortunately, he was one step too late. Five high-level experts of the same level as him almost spoke in unison, reciting the incantation of Xuantian Wujie Seal. The divine text representing the ancient power transformed into a sealing force in the form of concentric circles under the joint exertion of these powerful experts, directly rushing towards the Qiankun diagram.

  The top-grade Pure Yang Treasure, the Qian Kun diagram, was only one step away from making a breakthrough. However, due to being implicated in the Thunder Tribulation, it was suddenly sealed, its power rapidly retracted, and transformed into an old, tattered scroll. With a "pop" sound, it fell down.

  Xuantian Shi Huang's eyes turned crimson, his teeth clenched, as he suppressed a surge of anger and said: "Despicable!"

  A Taoist wearing a Taoist robe, looking kind and gentle, said faintly: "Farewell, fellow Daoist Xuantian!"

  After finishing speaking, the five figures suddenly disappeared. The Xuantian Shi Huang, who was locked down by Lei Jie, could only watch as the Nine Layers of Scarlet Fire Tribulation Clouds fell down violently. His powerful physical body was reduced to nothingness under the Scarlet Fire Tribulation Thunder that could refine pure Yang energy. No one noticed that the Qiankun Map had been completely sealed and transformed into a worn-out scroll, which broke through space in the collision between the Tribulation Clouds and Xuantian Shi Huang, disappearing without a trace.