Chapter 498: Immortal Emperor’s Tribulation, Who is Undergoing Tribulation?

As the dignified Saintess of the Gu family, when had she ever endured such insolence?

"Emperor Weapon, Illusory Disillusionment Kill!"

She turned the bronze mirror, preparing to attack Zhou Chen.

But just then.

"Roar!!!"

The trapped thunder beast finally broke free from the shackles of Moon in the Water, Flower in the Mirror.

Seeing the treasure it guarded stolen and these two humans chatting right in front of it, it was instantly enraged to the extreme.

It opened its bloody maw and fired a thunder ball condensed from its lifetime cultivation directly at the two people on the altar.

This strike was enough to level the entire altar!

Gu Qingyue's expression changed drastically. She wanted to defend, but the previous move had already exhausted most of her spiritual power; she couldn't block it at all.

My life is over!

She closed her eyes in despair.

However.

The expected destruction did not descend.

She only heard a crisp "ding."

Like the sound of metal clashing.

Gu Qingyue opened her eyes.

She saw the man named Ling Xiao blocking her path at some point.

Above his head, a primitive great bell hovered, shedding ten thousand rays of golden light. That terrifying thunder ball crashed into the golden light like a clay ox entering the sea, failing to even raise a ripple.

"This… what Magic Treasure is this?!"

Gu Qingyue's eyes widened.

An attack that even an Emperor Weapon couldn't block was actually stopped by this bell?

Zhou Chen glanced back at her and grinned: "Saintess, lend me a light."

After speaking, he formed a hand seal.

"Settle the Universe!"

The Qian and Kun Inscriptions on the chaos bell suddenly lit up.

The blocked thunder ball was actually swallowed in one gulp by the chaos bell.

The next moment.

The bell's mouth turned and aimed at the thunder beast.

"Giving it back to you!"

"Boom!"

A thunder ball ten times larger and a hundred times more powerful than before shot out from the bell's mouth.

This wasn't just the thunder beast's power; it also fused the Heaven and Earth power of the chaos bell and the Law enhancement of the rumble inscription!

For the first time, fear appeared in the thunder beast's massive eyes.

It wanted to run, but locked by the chaos bell's aura, it couldn't move at all.

"砰——!!!"

A loud explosion.

The thunder beast's massive body was directly blown into a mist of blood.

Not even a scrap remained.

One strike, an instant kill!

The entire underground space instantly fell silent.

Only the sound of the rolling thunder liquid remained.

Gu Qingyue stared blankly at this scene, her mind a complete blank.

An instant kill?

That was an Ancient Thunder Beast comparable to the First Layer Immortal Emperor Realm!

She couldn't even win by risking her life, yet this person… killed it in one move?

Who exactly is he?

Ling Xiao?

When did Xuantian Sect produce such a monster?

Zhou Chen put away the chaos bell and with a wave of his hand, caught a purple-gold inner core left behind after the thunder beast's death.

"Hmm, not bad. This inner core is of good quality; I'll take it back as a snack for Wangcai."

He threw the inner core into his storage ring and turned to look at the completely stunned Gu Qingyue.

"Saintess, thanks for clearing the path. If your Emperor Weapon hadn't held it back, it really would have been hard for me to strike."

Zhou Chen said with a smile.

These words were simply adding insult to injury.

Gu Qingyue's chest heaved violently with anger, and she almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

So after all her life-and-death struggle, getting injured and exhausting her Essence Blood, it was all just to pave the way for him?

"Ling Xiao! My Gu family will not let you off!"

Gu Qingyue gnashed her teeth.

"Welcome anytime."

Zhou Chen waved his hand: "But for now… if I were you, I'd run quickly. With such a big commotion, the old monsters in the Sect will likely arrive soon. If you're caught red-handed as a thief, it wouldn't be good for the reputation of a dignified Saintess."

Gu Qingyue's face froze.

She glared fiercely at Zhou Chen, as if to carve this face into her bones.

"We will meet again; I've noted this debt!"

After speaking, she put away the bronze mirror, turned into a streak of light, and fled toward the exit in a pathetic state.

Watching her departing figure, the smile on Zhou Chen's face slowly faded.

"She runs quite fast."

He looked down at the complete rumble inscription returned by the System in his hand.

"Four of them now."

"Qian, Kun, Xun, and Zhen."

"Half of the Inscriptions are already in hand."

Zhou Chen took a deep breath, a hint of fanaticism flashing in his eyes.

"I'll fuse them right here. Using the power of this thunder pool, I can complete a qualitative leap."

Underground thunder pool.

Zhou Chen sat cross-legged, hovering above the thunder liquid.

Before him, the chaos bell was undergoing a startling transformation.

As the rumble inscription merged in, a purple thunder pattern appeared on the originally primitive bell body.

This thunder pattern intertwined with the previous three patterns of Qian, Kun, and Xun, forming a perfect cycle.

Heaven, Earth, Wind, Thunder.

The four great Origin powers reached a subtle balance at this moment.

"Buzz—"

The chaos bell emitted a clear, long ring.

This sound was no longer the previous dullness, but carried a Soul-piercing shock.

It penetrated the underground rock layers, the Restrictions of the Myriad Thunder Prison, and even the Sect-Protecting Formation of the Xuantian Sect, echoing throughout the world for a million miles.

Inside Xuantian Sect.

Sect Master Ling Tian, who was discussing matters in the main hall, suddenly had the tea cup in his hand shatter.

"This bell sound…"

Ling Tian stood up abruptly, his eyes full of horror: "It's coming from the Forbidden Land? Could it be that one of the Old Ancestors has made a Breakthrough?"

Back mountain Forbidden Land.

Those two old fogies who had buried themselves in the dirt were also awakened by the bell sound.

"What a terrifying Dao aura!"

"This isn't an ordinary Breakthrough, this is… Emperor's Might?!"

The two old men looked at each other, seeing the shock in each other's eyes. They stopped playing dead, burst out of the ground, and rushed toward the Myriad Thunder Prison.

Meanwhile, the culprit, Zhou Chen, couldn't care less about the commotion outside.

He was in trouble.

Big trouble.

The energy feedback from the Fusion of the four Inscriptions far exceeded his expectations.

It wasn't just a cumulative increase in quantity, but a qualitative leap.

While the chaos bell was promoted to a Quasi-Immortal Emperor Weapon, it fed back an extremely pure Chaos Origin to Zhou Chen.

This Origin directly broke through the final barrier in his body.

The barrier of the Tenth Layer Immortal King Realm shattered.

A new, vast power that seemed to control everything germinated within his body.

That was… Immortal Emperor power!

"Crap, am I about to break through? But I haven't undergone the Mortal World Heart Refining yet!"

Zhou Chen's expression changed.

He originally wanted to suppress it; after all, the timing and location were wrong.

Undergoing Tribulation for the Immortal Emperor Realm in the Sect's Forbidden Land—isn't that asking for death?

Furthermore, without undergoing Mortal World Heart Refining, this Immortal Emperor's Tribulation would be infinitely more difficult than a normal one.

But this power was too overbearing; it couldn't be suppressed at all.

"Rumble—"

The sky outside instantly changed color.

What was just a clear sky was covered by endless tribulation clouds in the blink of an eye.

These clouds weren't ordinary black but displayed a strange nine-colored hue.

It was actually the Nine-Colored Lifeless Immortal Emperor Divine Thunder!

Zhou Chen had not undergone Mortal World Heart Refining, and under the influence of the rumble inscription, he was forced into a Breakthrough.

This led to the appearance of the legendary world-destroying Lightning Tribulation that only appears when one attains the Dao of the Immortal Emperor!

The entire Xuantian Sect was pressed down by this heavenly might, unable to breathe.

Countless Disciples lay on the ground trembling, and even those Grand Elders in the Immortal Emperor Realm felt their Souls shuddering.

"Who is Undergoing Tribulation?!"