Chapter 1 'Heaven' is not a living being, nor is it a nascent soul or a will. In a sense, it is the collection of all concepts in the universe.

Time is It, space is It, and the rules, laws, and all things and spirits in the universe can be It.

Or not.

It sounds mysterious, but it is actually so.

An Qisheng traversed the sea of stars, and with a thought, he could illuminate the galaxy. Along the way, countless ghosts and monsters hidden in the sea of stars could not escape his discerning eyes.

But still, he could not find 'It'.

'It' may be eternal, but its profundity and depth make it difficult to find, difficult to see. 'Heaven' is essentially the sum of the 'Dao' of a realm.

Seeking Heaven is like seeking the Dao.

Only the seeker can understand the difficulties involved.

Hu~

A rainbow bridge crossed the galaxy, piercing through the void, its divine light shining brightly. From afar, across the sea of stars, countless experts were peering and watching with various means.

"After patrolling the heavens for so long with little gain, this time, I will finally meet..."

An Qisheng sighed softly.

"Teacher?"

Sun En bowed slightly and asked, "Do you need me to drive them away?"

"No need, let them see it too."

An Qisheng stood with his hands behind his back on the rainbow bridge, his Daoist robe and long hair fluttering in the wind. He stared into the distance, and the scene of the Imperial Pole was as he had expected.

Although there were some deviations, the heavenly tribulation finally arrived as scheduled.

Chu Mengyao, Feng Xinglie, and Yuan Duxiu's heavenly tribulations arrived simultaneously, and they advanced almost at the same time. Naturally, his influence was also involved.

The cultivators of the Myriad Yang Realm have no tribulations, only when they advance to the Tongtian (Reaching Heaven) stage do they face heavenly tribulations, and then when they touch the Heavenly Will.

Both are interactions between man and Heaven, not Heaven intentionally descending tribulations.

Calling it a tribulation is not as accurate as saying it is a disturbance of Heaven.

It is like throwing a stone into water, and the surface will naturally ripple. This is the root of the heavenly tribulation in the Myriad Yang Realm.

But in any case, this should be the time when people are closest to Heaven.

"Yes."

Sun En nodded, his expression also solemn.

After traveling for many years, he had of course guessed that An Qisheng wanted to find an extremely remarkable existence. Now, it should be time to see the result.

"Sun En."

An Qisheng spoke, and Sun En bowed, listening attentively.

"After today, if I disappear, you don't need to look for me. If I am still here, you don't need to come and see me."

An Qisheng's eyes were deep, as if the sea of stars was sinking and floating within them:

"The Law is insignificant, the Dao is difficult to fathom. I have taught you everything I can teach you. Our缘分 (yuanfen, predestined relationship) ends in this life. I hope there will be a day when we meet again!"

Gazing at the endless sea of stars, An Qisheng felt a sense of emotion, as if he had seen something.

"You..."

Hearing An Qisheng's words, which sounded like he was making arrangements for his affairs, Sun En's heart trembled slightly, and then he bowed deeply.

In his heart, countless scenes involuntarily emerged.

The old Daoist priest who descended from the sky in the Jiufu Realm, the hand that shattered his despairing hope, the years of searching, reuniting in this realm, the preaching along the way in the sea of stars...

Having lived two lives, how great was the favor he received from his teacher?

If anything happens to you, I will definitely avenge you even if I die ten thousand times...

Sun En's mind sank, and he gritted his teeth secretly, but he knew that there was no possibility of persuasion. He knew too well what kind of person An Qisheng was.

The decision he made, even if the mountains and rivers collapsed, the sun and moon fell, and the stars and universe were destroyed, could not be changed.

Hu~

When he stood up again, he saw the rainbow bridge rising, like a wisp of heavenly sword slashing through the eternal night, tearing apart the void, piercing through the sea of stars, and moving the sun, moon, and stars.

The divine light suddenly strengthened a thousandfold, like a thousand stars blooming together, and endless spiritual energy boiled and intertwined, transforming into countless visions surrounding and guarding it.

Its momentum suddenly rose to the limit.

This was not just going to find someone, it was clearly going to meet a life-and-death battle!

Rumble!

The sea of stars trembled!

Under the gaze of countless experts, the rainbow bridge tore through the void at an unimaginable speed, instantly covering hundreds of millions of miles. Its speed was simply like that of an ancient supreme being!

"How could it be so fast?"

Even the will of the Eternal Life Sect Master fluctuated, as if he had been frightened.

Heaven and earth were vast, and the sea of stars was boundless.

Whether it was a Feng Wang (Sealed King) or a supreme being, their speed seemed insignificant compared to the vastness of the universe. All cultivators, wanting to traverse the starry sky, had to tear through the void.

But tearing through the void also had its limits. How could it be so fast?

This was no longer just a Feng Wang. Even the escape speed of a supreme being was probably no more than this!

Buzz~

The rainbow bridge bloomed to the extreme, and hidden within it were shimmering heavens. Even more, countless immortal lights and Dao essences were present. Dimly, some people saw the mysteries within.

This rainbow bridge was not a supernatural power, nor was it transformed from spiritual energy, but the prototype of an extremely powerful treasure!

"Taiji?!"

The Eternal Life Sect Master suddenly raised his hand, opened the bronze coffin, sat up, and stared intently at the light of the rainbow bridge.

This was no longer a simple matter of shattering the void or tearing the void.

The rainbow bridge transformed from the Taiji diagram, with its thirty-six heavens constantly rotating and colliding, sometimes exploding and sometimes opening up.

And it was precisely the terrifying divine power that erupted from the opening and ending of the heavens within the Taiji diagram that propelled the extreme speed of the rainbow bridge!

A supreme treasure?

The pupils of the Eternal Life Sect Master shrank. The Taiji rainbow bridge had vaguely surpassed the scope of a Feng Wang spiritual treasure.

During the opening and ending of the thirty-six heavens within it, it already possessed the aura of a supreme treasure!

Rumble!

The sea of stars was boiling, and a terrifying and horrifying aura spread out from the void, until it was rendered to an indescribable intensity.

From across endless distances, experts were frightened by it. Looking over, they were even more horrified and stood rooted to the spot:

"He's, he's undergoing tribulation?! Yuanyang Wang, he's also undergoing tribulation?!"

In the starry sky, the rainbow bridge burst forth with divine light, and a large expanse of thunder sea descended, surrounding it. Hidden within the thunder sea were countless thunder dragons roaring, and even purple divine lightning seemed to want to transform into living beings.

Yuanyang Wang was also undergoing tribulation?!

The aura of the great tribulation filled the sky and the earth. As An Qisheng traversed the void, lightning and thunder accompanied him all the way, until it spread outside the Imperial Pole.

Countless people were stunned.

What kind of tribulation was such an existence, who seemed to have reached an extremely profound realm on the path of the Feng Wang, going to undergo?

At this moment, countless people's hearts were surging. Yang Shen and others, who were peeking from somewhere in the sea of stars, almost jumped up!

But in an instant, someone breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's the Feng Wang thunder tribulation! Yuanyang Wang did not completely undergo the thunder tribulation after advancing to Tongtian! This heavenly tribulation is not the tribulation of a supreme being!"

Many people felt as if they had been granted amnesty, and sweat poured down like slurry. They had thought that this Yuanyang Wang had already reached the time of achieving the Dao.

Only the Eternal Life Sect Master's heart skipped a beat.

He vaguely sensed that the reason why Yuanyang Wang's thunder tribulation had been delayed for so long was probably prepared for him!

For someone like him who was living in secret death with secret methods, once he suffered the baptism of thunder, the consequences would be unimaginable. It was not impossible to even draw out the true tribulation of a supreme being achieving the Dao!

'Too insidious...'

Even the Eternal Life Sect Master could not help but change his expression.

Shouldn't a genius like Yuanyang Daoist believe in the great spirit of鎮殺 (zhensha, suppressing and killing) all enemies and sweeping across the endless expanse?

How could he hide such a killer move, wanting to scheme against him?

For the first time, the Eternal Life Sect Master realized that his assessment of this Yuanyang Wang had been mistaken, and the fear in his heart had deepened instead.

"Yuanyang Wang also chose to undergo tribulation today?!"

"Why would he make this choice? This cannot be a coincidence... Among them..."

"What does Yuanyang Wang want to do? Is he trying to坑殺 (kengsha, to set up and kill) the other three tribulation-takers? Will multiple people undergoing tribulation cause changes in the heavenly tribulation?"

......

In the vast ocean, a golden dragon soared in the sky, feeling the thunder tribulation permeating the sky above, and let out a heaven-shaking roar:

"I am not reconciled!"

Long Aotian's heart was agitated, and he danced wildly in the air, his aura endlessly bursting forth, but no matter how he burned his blood, he still could not trigger the arrival of the heavenly tribulation.

This scene made many experts of the Dragon race silent, and also filled with unwillingness.

Long Aotian was a rare ancestral figure in the Dragon race, with a strong bloodline, and even ten thousand dragons washed him with their blood. He was now the most outstanding figure in the Dragon race.

But at this time, the four people undergoing tribulation were all from the human race, the Dragon race...

"Great Sun Heavenly Son, Yuan Duxiu!"

In front of the ancient temple in the desert sea, Emperor Amitabha lightly turned his prayer beads, and a hint of surprise flashed in his beautiful eyes: "How could he have such a transformation?

What does that Yuanyang Wang want to do?"

Many experts who peeped at this scene through various means could not calm down.

Unlike Yuan Duxiu, Feng Xinglie, and Chu Mengyao, Yuanyang Wang had already achieved Tongtian. He had chosen to undergo this heavenly tribulation today!

Who could believe this was a coincidence?

The Nine Provinces and Four Seas, all the holy lands, and all the races were completely alarmed, and even some ancient forces that had been living in seclusion for many years came out of seclusion.

But no matter who it was, or how high their cultivation was, feeling the terrifying aura of the heavenly tribulation that filled the heavens and the earth, they could only remain silent.

The great world was finally about to descend, and perhaps only these four people could stir up the wind and clouds in it?

It seemed that the great competition had not yet begun, but the ending had already been decided.

Those who could cultivate to Tongtian before the great world would only soar into the sky in the great world. How difficult would it be to surpass them later?

Rumble!

The thunder sea was violent, Feng Xinglie's hair was disheveled, his eyes were cold, and he roamed the thunder sea, his thunder saber pointed, and all the thunder seemed unable to get close.

Yuan Duxiu triggered the heavenly tribulation and took the first step, but he did not care. Chu Mengyao横空 (henkong, dominating the world) in ten days, strong and invincible, but he did not care either.

Only when An Qisheng triggered the thunder tribulation did his eyes suddenly explode, and his fighting intent was as violent as the tide.

In the Tongtian Tower, he competed with heroes of the past and present, either drawing or winning. Until he stepped out and broke through, what he was thinking at this time was only second to the thunder tribulation.

More than ever before, he wanted to fight that Yuanyang Wang!

Crack!

The thunder saber was like a lightning bolt, cutting through layers of thunder dragons. Feng Xinglie was wild and overbearing, fighting in the thunder sea, his eyes fixed on the starry sky: "After undergoing the tribulation, I will seek a battle!"

Rumble!

The thunder sea in the starry sky was boiling, and its horror far exceeded the power of the heavenly tribulation that was erupting in the Imperial Pole. The lightning within it was no longer lightning, and vaguely had a tendency to transform into living beings.

Heavenly tribulation is a tribulation, not a fortune.

It is not immutable, and will increase with the cultivator's cultivation level. Therefore, the Heaven-Deceiving Array is known as the number one tribulation-avoiding method in ancient and modern times.

Not a tribulation-breaking method.

You can avoid it for a while, but you can't avoid it for a lifetime, and the more you avoid it, the more terrifying the tribulation becomes!

Huhu~

Above the Taiji rainbow bridge, An Qisheng stood tall, allowing endless thunder to strike down, but before it could touch his body, it was swallowed by the Taiji rainbow bridge.

After thousands of years of refining treasures, the thirty-six heavens of course could not be fully completed, but even in its rudimentary form, its power far exceeded other Feng Wang spiritual treasures that had lost their original owners.

The Dao needs to be cultivated by oneself, and the treasure needs to be refined by oneself!

The Feng Wang spiritual treasure in the hands of the original owner was by no means comparable to the possession of later generations, let alone the 'Taiji Diagram' deduced by An Qisheng standing on the foundation of countless Feng Wang and even supreme beings throughout history.

This rainbow bridge had the power to suppress earth, fire, wind, and water. Even if the void was broken and the earth was overturned, it would stand巍峨 (wei'e, towering and majestic), which was precisely the prototype of the treasure he refined for the future destruction.

It was his hope, that even if the universe was destroyed, the heavens and the earth were destroyed, and all spirits vanished, this Taiji diagram could re-enact the earth, fire, wind, and water, and reopen the heavens and the earth!

This was his hope, and also his ambition.

'I have gained a lot in this world, and I should also leave a glimmer of hope for you...'

A thought flashed through his mind, and then it was submerged by his mind sea.

An Qisheng took a step forward, and the rainbow bridge transformed into light, draped over his body. As the Taiji laws intertwined, he rushed towards the extreme of the thunder sea.

Rumble!

With one step, it seemed that the thunder sea was completely enraged!

Countless extremely dangerous purple lightning bolts that were enough to destroy Dongtian (Cave Heaven) and annihilate Guiyi (Returning to One) shone with extremely dangerous light, like a net of heaven covering down, destroying everything.

An Qisheng stepped into the air, raised his arms, pinched pure yang with one hand, and captured pure yin with the other, slowly rotating, like embracing the Taiji, like evolving yin and yang.

In a trance, countless laws flowed down.

Moving yin and yang, transforming the four images, opening the eight trigrams, transforming into infinity...

Among them was a divine mountain whip that stood tall and拔天 (batian, towering to the sky), a mottled dark red Dao platform, a towering and sacred gate, a fiery alchemic furnace, and a deep and cold palace...

Even more so, there were thirty-six heavens stacked on top of each other, elevated but cyclical.

The tribulation was delayed for a thousand years, and its power increased tenfold, but An Qisheng was no longer what he was a thousand years ago!

With his fists across the sky, as yin and yang intertwined, the Taiji rotated. As his thoughts moved, the 'Dao light' that divided yin and yang jumped out crookedly.

Bang!

The Taiji covered the sky, destroying the thunder tribulation!

Thousands of thunderbolts were extinguished at the touch, countless purple electric sparks shattered噼里啪啦 (pilipala, crackling sound), and large swaths of the thunder sea were completely torn apart by the divine light.

"So easily?" Someone was stunned. This heavenly tribulation collapsed at the first touch?

"There are still changes!"

Someone exclaimed. Just as the thunder sea was torn apart by the Taiji, the sky seemed to be enraged. Then, from within the endless thunder sea.

An figure who could not see his face, but was sacred, strong, and invincible, walked out.

He was transformed by purple electricity, without any obvious characteristics, but everyone who saw him was恍惚 (huanghu, dazed and bewildered), and their divine thoughts surged.

It was as if they saw a peerless巨擘 (jubo, colossus) stepping out of the long river of time, his spear横击 (hengji, horizontally striking), seeming to截斷 (jieduan, cut off) the sea of stars and pierce through the universe!

The divine spear shocked the world, the supreme being of the universe!

"Impossible!"

Yang Shen screamed strangely, as if struck by lightning: "The imprint of the supreme being, according to legend, only the tribulation of achieving the Dao will have the descent of the imprint of the supreme being!"

He was shocked, but no one answered his doubts.

Including the Eternal Life Sect Master, all the great experts who peeped at the thunder tribulation with other means were all stunned.

The phantom of the supreme being of the universe appeared, as if it was just the beginning.

As the boundless thunder sea raged and the rolling thunder dragons ran and exploded, there were figures with cold, hot, wild, heroic, or tyrannical and cold expressions.

Stepping out.

Wielding invincible and strong momentum, from all directions, they stepped towards the center of the thunder sea, towards the Daoist in Taiji法袍 (fapao, dharma robes), surrounded by divine light, like an immortal and like a god.