Chapter 986 - Entering the Profound Dao Once More


    Immortal Gourd Mountain


    Beneath the Netherworld King’s stunned, terrified gaze, the vortex of tribtion clouds suddenly started revolving beneath the dome of heaven.


    Murky tribtion light full of a taboo aura descended from the depth of the vortex.


    ch!


    Tribtion light swept outward like a bolt of cloth, shing through the skies and mming into the tform of Rebirth. Light scattered like rain, and booms rang out.


    That destructive air of cmity, like the supreme might of heaven, caused a stinging pain in the Netherworld King’s eyes, and she almost felt suffocated.


    She was iparably certain that were this streak of tribtion light to strike her, she wouldn’t even be able to flee, let alone resist. It would instantly reduce her to power!


    But against all expectations, the tform of Rebirth didn’t move in the slightest.


    On the contrary, that wisp of tribtion light scattered like rain and disappeared into nothingness.


    “This…” The Netherworld King stared. She was finally starting to understand why Su Yi had chosen to prove his Dao here of all ces. So, the tform of Rebirth could resist divine tribtion!


    “But where is Su Yi after being frittered away to nothingness? Don’t tell me he’s hiding inside that mysterious sword?”


    Before the Netherworld King could get a handle on the situation, tribtion clouds churned overhead, lightning shed, and thunder boomed as yet another streak of explosive tribtion light descended upon the world below.


    It seemed as if it would split heaven and earth in two, like all of creation was as brittle as rotten wood.


    But as obviously powerful as it was, when it mmed into the tform of Rebirth, something stopped it. It couldn’t shake the tform, and it ultimately dispersed into nothingness.


    In the time that followed, the power of the tribtion only became even more terrifying. The vortex of cloud surged and revolved, and streak after streak of tribtion light descended, all of them full of the imposing might of the heavens. It was like an explosive downpour.


    The light illuminated the entirendscape, and it was as bright as midday. Especially atop the tform of Rebirth, where tribtion light scattered and misty radiance danced. It was radiant beyond measure.


    The Netherworld King squinted, her eyes narrowing into slits, and her heart shook. Her slender, graceful figure was taut; she couldn’t help it.


    This grand tribtion was more than just strange. It simply seemed that someone had vited a taboo, and the tribtion was dead set on erasing the tform of Rebirth from existence!


    “When the First Executioner weed his Tribtion of Profound Serenity, the Heavenly Prayer Star Realm called it a tribtion unmatched throughout the ages. A full six Wardens personally acted as his dharma protectors. It was thanks to them that the First Executioner survived this unprecedented grand tribtion and sessfully broke through.”


    “Butpared to Su Xuanjun’s Tribtion of Profound Illumination, the First Executioner’s Tribtion of Profound Serenity seems a bitcking…”


    The Netherworld King was shaken.


    How extensive was her experience? She’d seen too many rare and grand tribtions to count. And this was “only” the tribtion of someone entering the Imperial Realm. She would never have guessed it would be this strange and taboo!


    She even dared say with certainty that even a Profound Serenity Emperor most likely couldn’t have withstood this tribtion!


    But against the Netherworld King’s expectations, no matter how fiercely this taboo, grand tribtion raged, the tform of Rebirth never even budged. It just stood there, the intricate Dao Markings shifting and flowing as it surged with the gray power of the Laws of Rebirth. It seemed no amount of time or external power could move it!


    The first round of the tribtion soon ended.


    The depths of the ink-ck tribtion clouds suddenly surged with silvery firelight, and the tribtion clouds filling the sky were suddenly radiant silver.


    Then, countless streaks of electric tribtion light poured down like glittering silver snowkes. However, they were full of a cmitous, destructive, lethal aura.


    The secondyer of the tribtion was even more terrifying than the first!


    But a little less than ten minutester...thest of the secondyer of the tribtion fell, and the tform of Rebirth was still entirely unharmed.


    After taking all of this in, the Netherworld King waspletely rooted to the spot, and her mind was nk.


    All she could think was, This strange, powerful tribtion isn’t leaving him any path to life at all! In other words, anyone who underwent such a tribtion would be doomed beyond a doubt!


    But it seemed that Su Yi had long since anticipated this. That was why he’de to the tform of Rebirth. He was using a method the Netherworld King still couldn’t understand to contend with this grand tribtion.


    In the time that followed, the tribtion clouds became increasingly violent and explosive, as if they were intent on shattering the entirendscape. Boundless destructive power tore through the skies.


    The thirdyer of the tribtion was a radiant, searing gold. It manifested tens of thousands of lotuses that released arcs of electric light. They were utterly gorgeous, but also utterly terrifying.


    As the lightning fell, it stained heaven and earth a golden hue radiant beyond measure.


    The fourthyer of the tribtion was a clear green. It formed a range of immortal mountains covered in pavilions, pces, and purends… All of these scenes were straight out of legends of immortals, and they didn’t seem of this world. However, as they descended upon the tform of Rebirth, they released appalling destructive power.


    The fifthyer of the tribtion manifested all manner of True Spirit sacred beasts: the Bi’an, the Qiongqi, the Bifang, and the Xiezhi, among others.


    But no matter how strong the tribtion got, it couldn’t destroy the tform of Rebirth! The tform shrouded in a portion of the mysteries of reincarnation seemed utterly indestructible, as if ten thousand tribtions couldn’t destroy it. It seemed as if it would exist in perpetuity.


    And when the ninthyer of the tribtion appeared——


    The Netherworld King, whose mind had gonepletely nk, suddenly shuttered.


    A momentter, she sensed a powerful, lethal threat. She felt as if she’d been plunged into an icy abyss.


    She dared not even look at it. Instead, she instinctively closed her eyes, sealed off her senses, and circted her cultivation base to unprecedented heights!


    Up in the sky, the massive vortex of tribtion clouds suddenly shrank until it was just thirty feet across.


    And their shape changed too, like a talisman unfurling in the sky. They burst with dim light, like the radiance of primordial chaos. Streaks of contorted tribtion lightning surged within the “talisman” of cloud, as if it contained the will of the heavens.


    All of heaven and earth trembled.


    As enormous as the Burial Grounds of the Dao were, both the terrifying lifeforms lurking throughout its territories and the expert cultivators exploring them felt irrepressible terror and dread well within their hearts. Without exception, their expressions shifted.


    This was like the descent of the apocalypse, a divine punishment. That aura alone seemed capable of eradicating an entire world and every living thing in it!


    “How could an Emperor trigger such a tribtion!?” Shangguan Jie cried out, and his hair stood on end.


    An older-generation cultivator gasped, astonishment all over his face. “Never mind a Profound Serenity Tribtion; even a Profound Unity Tribtion wouldn’t necessarily contain such terrifying power.”


    These experts from the Wilds all felt an instinctive terror and unease.


    Within that grand hall, Huo Yao suddenly rose, walked up to the gates, and gazed into the distant dome of heaven.


    “A long time ago, I was fortunate enough to apany Master to the Nine Extremes Profound Capital and bear witness as Old Monarch Resplendent Skies proved his Dao and entered the Profound Unity Realm. However, the old monarch’s Tribtion of Profound Unity’s aura was nowhere near as strange or unsettling…” Huo Yao murmured, his handsome face shifting and uncertain.


    Ye Luo’s voice suddenly resounded from a shadowed corner. “Afraid? I urge you not to even attempt to escape. With the strength you’ve recovered thus far, you’re no match for me.”


    Huo Yao’s expression froze, and he suddenly wiped around and stared at the corner in which Ye Luo was seated. After a moment’s silence, heughed, “Nevermind whether I’m afraid or not. If I really wanted to leave, are you certain you could stop me?”


    Ye Luo rose, his gaze cold and indifferent. “Master already reimed your treasures, including the Controlling Currents Shuttle, and I’m dead-set on stopping you, even if it costs me my life. If you insist on trying it, well, go right ahead.”


    His voice was calm, without the slightest ripple of emotion.


    But Huo Yao’s expression shifted in response to the implications of his words.


    A whileter, Huo Yao sat cross-legged once more and said expressionlessly, “Junior Apprentice Brother, you’re too nervous. If I wanted to flee, why would I be waiting here?”


    With that, he silently shut his eyes and focused on treating his wounds.


    Ye Luo silently returned to his shadowed corner.


    Practically simultaneously——


    In the skies above Immortal Gourd Mountain, the ninthyer of the tribtion, the massive cloud talisman swathed in the light of chaos, trembled and swept forth.


    It seemed as if the skies could no longer take that level of destructive power. They rumbled, boomed, and split, forming countless rifts. The surrounding mountains and rivers swayed.


    And then, a thirty-foot talisman mmed into the tform of Rebirth.


    Boom!!


    Shockingly, this time, the “unmovable” tform of Rebirth shook. It burst with misty light in an attempt to block the power of the tribtion, but the talisman nheless gradually pushed it back.


    This was truly shocking.


    After all, the Laws of Rebirth filling the tform were damaged, but they still represented a portion of the secrets of reincarnation. How could they possibly be ordinary?


    Yet the lightning of the ninthyer of the tribtion was forcefully suppressing them, bit by bit!


    Just as it seemed the talisman’s power was about to envelop the tform of Rebirth, an inscrutable sword hum rang out.


    The illusory figure of a sword wrapped in nine divine chains appeared atop the tform.


    Bang!!!


    An explosion followed, shaking heaven and earth.


    The thirty-foot talisman emanating the dull light of chaos shockingly split into pieces!


    The tribtion light filling the skies scattered, illuminating the entirendscape.


    It was then that a bundle of source power emerged from the mirror-smooth surface of the top of the tform of Rebirth. A momentter, this source power absorbed the scattered tribtion light like mad!


    Whoosh~ Whoosh~


    As more and more of the tribtion light was devoured, the source power grew increasingly bright and resplendent. And amidst the misty, churning light, the source power outlined an illusory, indistinct silhouette.


    At first, this figure was nothing more than a transparent shadow, but it quickly solidified. Finally, after all of the misty light had been devoured, a tall, upright figure stood proudly upon the tform of Rebirth. His eyes were bright, and his ck hair hung loose. His handsome face was as unblemished as jade, and his gaze was as deep and profound as an abyss.


    When his eyes opened and closed, streaks of golden light shed by and manifested all manner of unbelievable scenes: the passing of countless years, the ups and downs of worldly affairs, withering and flourishing, the transformations of life and death, and the endless flowing of the long river of history…


    A powerful, imposing majesty spread from that tall, upright figure, piercing the nine heavens and ten earths and stirring up the wind and clouds!


    Gazing upon him from afar, it seemed he stood at the peak. The radiant full moon hung above him, while the Sword of the Nine Hells hovered beside him, and the tform beneath him shone with the Dao Light of Rebirth.


    Unmatched throughout heaven and earth, as contemptuous as a god!


    On this day, just two years after regaining the memories of his past life and restarting his cultivation, Su Yi overcame a nineyered, taboo tribtion, broke through, and stepped into the Imperial Realm once more!