Chapter 425: Surviving a Disaster, Lightning Tribulation Within the Body

The tenth bolt.

The eleventh bolt.

The twelfth bolt.

Zhou Chen had become numb; by the time the fifteenth bolt of the Lightning Tribulation arrived…

The Immortal Spiritual Power within Zhou Chen's body had been completely exhausted.

The three immortal flowers above his Dantian began to dim.

His entire body went limp, lying on the ground, unable to move.

"Am I… going to die?"

A hint of unwillingness flashed in Zhou Chen's eyes.

He had only just achieved a Breakthrough to the True Immortal Realm.

He had only just obtained a Twelve-Grade Immortal Foundation.

He had only just started to make a name for himself in the Spirit Realm.

Was he really going to die under the Heavenly Tribulation?

He was truly… unwilling to accept this.

Even facing such a desperate situation, Zhou Chen still did not give up, desperately channeling the remaining Immortal Spiritual Power in his body.

Just then.

The Small World within his body suddenly began to vibrate.

That sky-reaching World Tree suddenly erupted with a brilliant light.

Countless roots extended out from the Void Realm.

They pierced directly through Zhou Chen's body and shot toward the sky.

Boom—

The roots collided with the Heavenly Tribulation.

The thunder in the sky was actually absorbed by the roots.

Zhou Chen was stunned.

Holy crap? This World Tree… is absorbing the Heavenly Tribulation?

Is it because wood is an insulator?

An odd thought couldn't help but surface in Zhou Chen's mind.

Meanwhile, more and more roots of the World Tree appeared.

Densely packed, they blotted out the sun, completely protecting Zhou Chen at the center.

The terrifying thunder in the sky was all absorbed by the roots.

The sixteenth bolt of the Lightning Tribulation.

The seventeenth bolt of the Lightning Tribulation.

The eighteenth bolt of the Lightning Tribulation.

With the World Tree's frantic absorption, the light on its trunk grew brighter and brighter.

The Small World began to undergo a massive transformation.

The Small World, which originally only contained Chaos Immortal Qi, suddenly developed a miniature version of the Endless Void Lightning.

Countless purple bolts of lightning leaped through the air.

Striking the ground of the Small World.

Rumble—

Where the lightning struck within the Small World, everything within a hundred-mile radius was instantly reduced to ashes.

Zhou Chen projected his Divine Sense into the Small World.

He was shocked to discover.

That he could actually control these lightning bolts.

With a single thought, the lightning would strike a specific location.

With another thought, the lightning would dissipate.

"This…"

Zhou Chen was dumbfounded.

Within the Small World, the Heavenly Tribulation lightning had actually appeared.

And he could even control it.

What did this mean?

It meant that in the future, he could use the Heavenly Tribulation lightning within the Small World to temper Magic Treasures and his own body.

Even…

He could pull enemies into the Small World and use the Heavenly Tribulation lightning to annihilate them.

This was simply Heaven-Defying.

Could this be the law governing how the Lightning Tribulation operates in the Spirit Realm?

Zhou Chen fell into deep thought. The Lightning Tribulation was governed by the Heavenly Dao, but who governed the Heavenly Dao?

In the Void Realm, the Endless Void Lightning Tribulation continued.

But the World Tree had already completely adapted.

The final bolt of the Lightning Tribulation was born, and a full eighty-one bolts of lightning struck down simultaneously.

Each one was ten thousand feet thick.

The power was terrifying to the extreme.

This gave Zhou Chen a more direct sense of how powerful the Immortal King Realm truly was.

Even at the True Immortal Realm Tenth Layer, one would be like an ant before the Endless Void Lightning Tribulation.

At this time, the roots of the World Tree had all extended out from the internal Small World.

Densely packed, their number exceeded a million.

Rumble—

The lightning collided massively with the main trunk of the World Tree.

The entire Void Realm was trembling.

Cultivators within a ten-thousand-mile radius were all startled by this terrifying aura.

"What kind of Heavenly Tribulation is this?"

"It's too terrifying!"

"Is an Immortal King undergoing a tribulation?"

Countless Cultivators looked in this direction.

But before they could even get close, they were repelled by the residual power of the Lightning Tribulation, scaring everyone into keeping their distance.

Zhou Chen lay spread-eagled, watching with his own eyes as the World Tree completely absorbed the final bolt of the Lightning Tribulation.

As the dark clouds in the Void Realm slowly dispersed, a beam of Heavenly Dao Golden Light enveloped Zhou Chen, making him feel warm all over.

Under the nourishment of the golden light, all his injuries were restored to their original state and even strengthened.

This damn Heavenly Tribulation… is finally over.

Zhou Chen slumped on the ground, gasping for breath.

His strength was still insufficient.

At this moment, Zhou Chen felt a great sense of urgency to improve his own strength.

But at least he had survived.

At this time, the Small World within his body had undergone earth-shattering changes.

The area of the Small World had expanded to hundreds of millions of miles.

The trunk of the World Tree throughout the entire Small World had become even sturdier.

The canopy blotted out the sun, with no end in sight.

In the sky, purple lightning continued to leap about.

On the ground, vegetation grew frantically.

Those microscopic organisms, under the tempering of the lightning, actually began to evolve.

Some grew scales.

Some grew wings.

Some directly evolved into Yao Beasts.

Watching this scene, Zhou Chen was completely stunned.

The Small World was no longer a lifeless space… it had actually come alive, giving birth to so many primitive life forms.

He could even feel it.

Although the Heavenly Dao within the Small World was weak, it was gradually becoming complete, and Zhou Chen was the true master of this world.

Little did he know, giving birth to life in a Small World was something that could only be achieved after breaking through from the Immortal King Realm to the Immortal Emperor Realm.

This time, Zhou Chen had stumbled upon it and managed to achieve it ahead of time.

If word got out, he would have probably become a Spirit Realm Ginseng long ago.

Zhou Chen took a deep breath, carefully sensing the changes within himself.

The Immortal Spiritual Power in his body had completely recovered.

Moreover, it was more than ten thousand times stronger than before the Lightning Tribulation.

His cultivation at the First Layer of True Immortal Realm had also been thoroughly stabilized.

He looked up at the sky.

The sky was now clear.

It was as if the Heavenly Tribulation from just now had never happened.

"Endless Void Lightning Tribulation…"

A hint of lingering fear flashed in Zhou Chen's eyes.

If not for the World Tree, he would probably be dead by now.

But now.

Not only had he survived.

He had also obtained a Heaven-Defying improvement.

He opened the System panel to check Gu Ming's Opportunities.

[Name: Gu Ming]

[Realm: Quasi-Immortal Realm Tenth Layer]

[fate: Primordial Immortal Clan Bloodline (Nine-Colored), Child of Destiny (Nine-Colored), Myriad Laws Untouchable Physique (Nine-Colored)]

[Destiny: The legitimate son of the Gu Family of the Primordial Immortal Clan. At eighteen, he is already at the Quasi-Immortal Realm Tenth Layer. His talent is unsurpassed in the Spirit Realm. He will break through to the True Immortal Realm within three years, become an Immortal King within ten years, attain the Dao as an Immortal Emperor within a hundred years, and finally stop at the Ninth Layer of the Emperor Realm.]

[Recent Opportunity 1: In three days, attend the Tianbao Auction and bid for the Immortal Rank Top-Grade material, chaos divine iron, to refine a Lifebound Treasure.]

[Recent Opportunity 2: In ten days, the Gu Family Secret Realm will open, where he will obtain an Immortal King Legacy, greatly increasing his strength.]

[Recent Opportunity 3: In one month, he will encounter Zi Yan of the Zixia Sect and fall in love with her at first sight. After being rejected despite his persistent pursuit, he will forcibly abduct Zi Yan. After Dual Cultivation with Zi Yan, he will awaken the Primordial Immortal Body.]

When Zhou Chen saw the third Opportunity, he frowned.

"Zi Yan?"

"This kid actually got involved with Zi Yan? Don't even think about it."

Zhou Chen let out a cold snort.

Although he didn't have much of a feeling for Zi Yan, it didn't stop him from snatching this Opportunity.

Furthermore, by becoming a True Immortal, one could forge their own Lifebound Treasure, completely manifesting their Immortal Dao Mark and greatly increasing their strength.

A Cultivator with a Lifebound Treasure has a combat power more than ten times that of an ordinary True Immortal.

However, this process is very long for a True Immortal.

First are the Materials; ordinary Materials cannot catch the eye of a True Immortal. Good immortal Materials are hard to come by, and chaos divine iron is one of the better Materials among them.

Not all Cultivators can refine a Lifebound Treasure; only the foundation of an ancient Immortal Clan can support such consumption.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chen put away all the Formations, and with a flash of his figure, he disappeared from the spot.