Somewhere on the Leiming Continent of the Spirit World.

In the void, Han Li's figure emerged amidst flashes of lightning.

With a thought, his immensely powerful divine sense spread out, instantly covering the entire Spirit World.

The next moment, as a thunderous sound echoed, his figure was once again submerged in lightning. When the lightning dissipated, his figure vanished as well.

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A small island in the depths of the Boundless Sea. It was not large, only about twenty or thirty *li* in size, surrounded by the endless blue sea. The howling sea breeze swept across, and the surging waves rose and fell like ten thousand horses galloping.

Above the small island, a large patch of five-colored tribulation clouds floated, exuding an extremely strong aura of grimness. Around these tribulation clouds, new tribulation clouds constantly condensed under the intertwining of five-colored rays.

Beneath the layers of tribulation clouds, a graceful woman in a white robe stood against the wind, it was Yuan Yao.

Her white robe fluttered in the wind, her hands constantly forming hand seals in front of her, and her stunningly beautiful face carried a hint of solemnity.

Around her, seventy-two cyan flying swords floated, each emitting ten thousand sword lights. All the sword lights converged into a cyan sword lotus the size of several acres, protecting her figure perfectly.

In addition to the sword lotus, several other treasures floated beside her.

In the distance above the small island, several beautiful figures stood, gazing at Yuan Yao's situation above the island.

If Han Li were here, he would immediately recognize that he not only knew these people, but was also very familiar with them. They were his Dao companion, Nangong Wan, as well as Yan Li, Ice Phoenix, Silvermoon, and others.

The cultivation levels of the women had all reached the Mahayana Realm, and their appearances had hardly changed.

Apart from Nangong Wan and the others, there was no one else nearby.

Before long, the five-colored tribulation clouds in the air gathered to a size of several hundred *li*. Suddenly, they began to rumble and roll. In the middle of each tribulation cloud, a dark, shuttle-shaped hole appeared.

"Yuan Yao, you must hold on!" Yan Li muttered, her hands hanging on both sides already clenched tightly into fists.

Nangong Wan looked up at the incomparably thick five-colored tribulation clouds, a trace of worry flashed in her eyes, but she did not speak, her beautiful eyes fixed on Yuan Yao's direction.

Ice Phoenix and Silvermoon also showed worry, but knowing that they must not disturb Yuan Yao at this moment, they could only pray silently in their hearts.

Yuan Yao looked at the tribulation clouds in the air, her beautiful eyebrows furrowed. Seemingly aware of something, she formed hand seals even faster, causing the surface of the cyan sword lotus protecting her to surge with cyan light. At the same time, she unhesitatingly activated the other treasures.

For a time, within the cyan sword lotus that originally enveloped her figure, several other groups of treasures of different colors appeared, reflecting Yuan Yao's already stunningly beautiful face with mottled colors, adding a bit of charm out of thin air.

At this moment, a loud rumbling sound erupted in the air. Countless fire rain flew down from the black holes in the tribulation clouds, surging towards Yuan Yao overwhelmingly.

The temperature in the nearby void rose sharply, turning fiery red. The vegetation on the island was instantly scorched, and the ground turned into crimson lava.

The seawater in the sea area around the island was largely evaporated, turning into rolling white mist that roared upwards, forming a sunken pit. Seawater from other places rushed in, but was immediately evaporated.

Yuan Yao's face was still relatively calm, but a few crystal clear drops of sweat had already seeped out of her delicate nose.

As her jade arm waved, the cyan sword lotus around her spun rapidly, and countless cyan sword qi swirled out wildly, constantly shattering the falling fire rain.

However, the falling fire rain was endless, and there was a tendency to intensify.

This Ascension Tribulation lasted for a full incense stick's worth of time. Yuan Yao was still persevering, but her pretty face gradually paled, her fragrant sweat was dripping, and her white robe clung tightly to her body.

Although the cyan sword lotus around her was still brilliantly lit, if one observed carefully, it could be found that some flying swords had begun to show tiny cracks, and the cracks were increasing, beginning to approach their limit.

The situation of the other treasures was similar, they had reached the end of their rope.

At this moment, the fire rain falling from the five-colored tribulation clouds suddenly stopped, and the heat in the surrounding void quickly dissipated, disappearing without a trace in a few breaths.

Peace returned to the world, as if everything before had never happened.

Yan Li, Silvermoon, and the others who were watching from afar relaxed, although Nangong Wan's expression was still calm, deep in her eyes, there was a trace of solemnity.

Yuan Yao gently exhaled a breath, and quickly took out a blue pill and swallowed it.

But before she could circulate her energy to refine the pill, the five-colored tribulation clouds in the high sky gathered towards the middle, forming a huge five-colored vortex that rumbled and turned. A pitch-black and deep hole formed in the center of the vortex.

Rumble!

As a purple lightning flash passed through the hole, clusters of purple electric arcs condensed, turning into purple thunderballs the size of millstones. Striking purple lightning crackled and flickered on the surface, which was extremely terrifying. This was the most terrifying lightning tribulation in the Ascension Heavenly Tribulation.

Countless purple thunderballs fell like a torrential rain, overwhelmingly towards Yuan Yao. Although it no longer caused the temperature between heaven and earth to change suddenly, it was far more alarming than the fire rain heavenly tribulation just now.

Yuan Yao bit her pearly teeth, her hands quickly forming hand seals in front of her, urging all the remaining mana in her body to inject into the sword lotus and those few treasures around her.

The cyan sword lotus shone brightly, and its range expanded by nearly half, countless cyan sword qi intertwined into sword dragons, facing the sky full of thunderballs.

The few treasures turned into brilliant light, and flew into the sky together with the cyan sword lotus.

A violent and dense sound of explosions rang out. As soon as the two sides came into contact, they exploded like hot oil meeting cold water.

The power of the purple thunderballs was far greater than the cyan sword lotus and the few treasures. The thunder light only paused slightly, and then easily destroyed the cyan sword lotus and the few treasures in a devastating manner, falling mercilessly towards Yuan Yao, who had no defense.

At this time, Yuan Yao had very little mana left in her body. Although she still had some methods on her body, they were not worth mentioning compared to the previous spirit treasures. A miserable smile appeared on her beautiful face.

"Brother Han, it seems that we really have no chance to meet again in this life..." She muttered to herself in her heart, and directly gave up resistance, closing her eyes.

"Yuan Yao, don't give up!" Yan Li couldn't help shouting loudly, her voice already carrying a hint of crying.

Nangong Wan sighed softly, closed her eyes, and a tear slid down the corner of her eye.

Although Ice Phoenix and Silvermoon were also extremely anxious, they had no power to intervene in such a scale of heavenly tribulation, and could not even get close.

Countless purple thunderballs rolled down, submerging Yuan Yao's body. The roaring sound that resounded through the sky also drowned out Yan Li's heart-wrenching exclamation from afar.

In the rolling thunder light, the protective light on Yuan Yao's body was instantly shattered. The terrifying power of thunder and lightning was about to tear her body apart.

At this moment, a golden ancient mirror appeared out of thin air above her head, spinning around. Golden light emitted from the mirror surface instantly formed a golden shield more than a person tall, enveloping Yuan Yao's body.

Countless purple thunderballs hit the golden shield. The golden light flowed on the surface of the shield, only trembling slightly, firmly guarding around Yuan Yao.

Yuan Yao only heard bursts of roaring sounds in her ears, but did not wait for the heavenly thunder to fall. Unconsciously, she opened her eyes, saw the surrounding situation, and her almond eyes couldn't help but widen. She simply couldn't believe what she was seeing.

"How... how is this possible..." Yuan Yao murmured to herself.

She didn't think that in this world, there was anyone who could shake the power of this heavenly tribulation.

Nearby, a void fluctuation occurred on a sea surface, and a blurry figure emerged, it was Han Li who had finally arrived.

"Huff, I finally made it..." Han Li's eyes were fixed on Yuan Yao under the tribulation clouds, his expression slightly relaxed.

The tribulation clouds in the sky seemed to sense that someone was interfering with the heavenly tribulation, and suddenly grew ten times larger, as if in great rage.

Immediately afterwards, a vast heavenly tribulation pressure far surpassing the previous one erupted. Nangong Wan and the other women in the distance were suddenly struck by this pressure, their eyes rolled back, and they fell into a coma, falling towards the sea below.

Han Li, who was far away, saw this scene, and hurriedly flicked his fingers lightly.

A gentle golden light appeared under the women, supporting them and sending them to a safe place in the distance.

As soon as he finished doing this, the five-colored tribulation clouds in the high sky violently churned, and countless purple thunderballs that were several times larger rolled down, hitting the golden ancient mirror fiercely. The light curtain formed by the ancient mirror immediately fluctuated.

"Hmph!"

Han Li snorted coldly, and formed a hand seal. The spiritual light on the surface of the ancient mirror slightly flowed, and the golden light curtain suddenly became solid again. No matter how the increasingly fierce thunderballs fell from the sky, they could no longer easily shake it in the slightest.

Yuan Yao stared blankly at the frightening thunderballs constantly exploding and then dissipating extremely close to her. She only felt that all of this was as unreal as a dream.

A full quarter of an hour passed, and the pouring purple thunderballs finally subsided.

The five-colored tribulation clouds let out a muffled sound, and suddenly exploded and dissipated.

A purple light flashed above the tribulation clouds, and a long white crack emerged.

With a "buzz" sound, a white light beam shone down from the crack, enveloping Yuan Yao's body.

"How... how can this be... I actually survived the heavenly tribulation..." Yuan Yao finally reacted at this moment, muttering to herself, her face full of ecstasy.

She then remembered something, her beautiful eyes looked around, and quickly fell on Han Li in the distance.

"Thank you, Immortal, for your help. I wonder if you can show your true face. This little woman will definitely remember it forever," Yuan Yao said respectfully.

Han Li smiled slightly, but did not show his true self.

At this moment, a huge suction force fell from the white light beam, and Yuan Yao's body was carried by the light beam towards the high sky, disappearing in a flash.

Han Li breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at the small bottle in his hand, his brow furrowed.

The small bottle was now almost transparent, and could not last too long.

His expression suddenly changed, and he formed a hand seal to activate the small bottle. With a flash of golden light, he returned to the space-time tunnel again, turning into a phantom and flying towards the depths of space-time.

After a moment, he formed a hand seal and waved, and a bright white light shone in front of him. He had already left the space-time tunnel and appeared above another turbid sea.