Within the Eastern Province.
At the Taiyi Sword Sect, the main peak of the Xuan Song Seventy-two Mountain Range, inside the Sect Master’s closed-door cultivation chamber.
At this moment, an overwhelming pressure spread out from the chamber, sweeping across the entire Taiyi Sword Sect and even beyond.
All within the vast expanse of tens of thousands of miles around the Taiyi Sword Sect knelt down facing the direction of the cultivation chamber.
It wasn’t by their choice.
But they were powerless to resist.
Those within the Taiyi Sword Sect, who were closest to the cultivation chamber, felt especially oppressed, as if a great mountain was crushing down on them, leaving them unable to catch their breath.
"What exactly is happening on the Sect Master’s side? This pressure... I can hardly bear it."
"Are you stupid? It’s obvious at a glance, the Sect Master is breaking through..."
"Breaking through? Hasn’t the Sect Master already reached the Tribulation Transcending Stage? What’s there to break through now? Could it be that there’s a realm beyond the Tribulation Transcending Stage?"
"Eight or nine out of ten, there’s a realm beyond the Tribulation Transcending Stage! There are quite a few of us in the Tribulation Transcending Stage here, yet none can withstand the pressure of the Sect Master’s breakthrough. If you say we are weak, what about those senior cultivators from the Hidden Sects of Zhongzhou? They’re still no match for our Sect Master. Doesn’t this suggest that the Sect Master may have long surpassed the Tribulation Transcending Stage?"
The many Elders of the Taiyi Sword Sect kneeling on the ground talked among themselves.
They quickly came to a startling conclusion.
There might very well be a realm beyond the Tribulation Transcending Stage!
During the discussions among the crowd,
a thunderous roaring sound suddenly exploded in the air.
BOOM!!!
This thunderous explosion caused everyone’s conversations to halt, as they all lifted their heads towards the firmament.
The previously clear sky had somehow become covered with dark clouds, within which pure black lightning flickered menacingly, the terrifying heavenly might stirring restlessly.
With the appearance of the dark clouds, a rolling evil wind blew, sweeping across the entire Eastern Province.
This scene, as if foretelling the arrival of the apocalypse, inspired awe and fear.
The disciples of the Taiyi Sword Sect below were stunned.
A long while passed.
Finally, an Elder regained composure and cried out in alarm.
"Is this the Heavenly Tribulation? Normal cultivators also face the Heavenly Tribulation when they break through to the Tribulation Transcending Stage, but… but it’s never this terrifying."
"This Heavenly Tribulation is so powerful that a single bolt could destroy the entire Taiyi Sword Sect! Quick, sound the Warning Bell, we must evacuate all disciples from the Taiyi Sword Sect!"
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The Elder urgently spoke.
The others also sprang into action, aware of the severity of the situation.
Indeed, the sight of this Tribulation had frightened them.
Normally, a Tribulation Transcendence consisted of localized thunderstorms, a couple of strikes from the heavens sufficed.
But this Tribulation? Looking at the range, it seemed to envelop the entire Eastern Province, and the heavenly might it contained could kill even those in the Tribulation Transcending Stage upon slight contact.
No wonder they were panic-stricken.
They even began to worry inwardly.
Could their Sect Master possibly survive such a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation?
If not...
What would become of their Taiyi Sword Sect? Who would be the successor?
Pick one from the Sect Master’s disciples?
But thinking of their Sect Master’s disciples, they couldn’t help but turn pale.
It’s simply indescribable.
Not one of them was of any substantial presence.
The strongest among them was merely at the Golden Core Realm, known for his Observing Heavenly Phenomena...
Frankly, this Observing Heavenly Phenomena was just like a weather forecast, extremely accurate in predicting the weather, guaranteeing rain tomorrow if predicted, with no chance for the sun...
But it was of no practical use.
It couldn’t manage the vast Taiyi Sword Sect at all.
As the Elders worried,
the previously gathering Heavenly Tribulation clouds quietly dispersed, and everything returned to normal, leaving the many Elders dumbfounded.
Before they could ponder further,
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a voice came from the direction of the cultivation chamber.
"I have made some breakthroughs, there is no harm. The Elders need not worry and may retreat."
The voice belonged to Ye Luo.
The many elders, hearing these words, immediately breathed a sigh of relief and exchanged glances before departing to maintain stability within the sect.
...
Inside the secluded meditation chamber.
Ye Luo watched the various elders leave and nodded slightly before lowering his gaze back to himself.
At this moment, Ye Luo exuded an aura that seemed to transcend the mundaneness of the world, with Sword Qi constantly swirling around him, causing ripples in the void simply by his presence.
The whole world seemed to be rejecting him.
It wasn’t the world’s rejection of foreign entities.
Rather, it was because his existence had transcended this world, making him an outlier.
This realm was no longer able to sustain him; only a higher, more majestic world could accommodate his being.
Ye Luo...
had broken through to the Mahayana Realm!
Feeling the power within him that could potentially destroy this realm.
Ye Luo was both happy and helpless.
Happy because he had broken through to the Mahayana Realm.
Helpless because there was still so much he hadn’t done.
At the moment of breaking through to the Mahayana Realm.
Ye Luo received a message from heaven and earth, instructing him to overcome the Ascension Tribulation and ascend.
At the same time, Ye Luo also understood why since ten thousand years ago, there had been no one ascending to the heavens.
Because the path of normal cultivation had been severed long ago, someone from a higher realm had used their divine skills to cut off this route, so since ten thousand years ago, no one had been able to ascend.
With the road severed, the world imposed chains on all beings to prevent the excessive birth of those at the Tribulation Transcending Stage, which could disturb the balance of heaven and earth.
The chains were the Spirit Roots!
Ye Luo had opened another path, which was why he was able to ascend.
But Ye Luo was not quite willing to ascend just yet.
That was his sense of helplessness.
There was still so much left undone.
Like going to his Respected Master’s side to filially pay back the kindness of his teacher...
Or like training someone who could become the next Sect Master of the Taiyi Sword Sect...
There were too many things he hadn’t done yet.
He didn’t wish to ascend.
But the time the universe could give him was running short.
Ye Luo knew that even if he wanted to forcefully stay in this realm, he couldn’t stay much longer.
"I estimate at most another year or two, then I will definitely have to ascend,"
Ye Luo estimated on his own.
If he forcibly dispersed the Ascension Tribulation, delaying his ascension, in another year or two, the universe would inevitably force him to ascend.
Because the world simply couldn’t sustain him.
"I can only settle all the matters within this year or two, hmm? My junior brothers and sisters are coming?"
Ye Luo suddenly felt something.
His gaze turned beyond East State.
With the power of his Mahayana realm, he could sense the entirety of the Divinity Continent in an instant.
Naturally, he saw that his fellow sect members were all headed towards East State.
Zhang Han from Yun State...
Su Qianyuan from Gu State...
Dantai Luoxue from Cang State...
Su Xi from Zhongzhou...
The Divine Doctor Hua in an independent space...
Practically all the sect members who were outside had come.
However, he could sense the whole continent in one thought.
He wondered if he could, with the power of the Mahayana Realm, peer through to the Wayless Sect where his Respected Master was.
As the thought arose.
Ye Luo immediately took action, directing his careful gaze towards Misty Mountain...