“Wait until I have broken through the ten thousand Dao streams — then enter and face your tribulations!” This was Ye Fan’s roar, before he plunged into the sea of thunder.

This great tribulation was unprecedented. No one could say how vast a stretch of the heavens had been reduced to stellar ruins. The sea of lightning was boundless. Divine law convulsed across the sky, annihilating all life.

Ye Fan was to lead a group of people through the tribulation to become Great Emperors — something never seen before, witnessed only once since ancient times!

This truly shook the world. There had never been anything like it. A Great Emperor — how many had there been in countless tens of thousands of years? Now this many were gathered, all charging toward the threshold together. It was extraordinary.

Everyone who learned of this could only stand dumbstruck, unable to speak. It was simply too unthinkable — a little frightening, even.

These were Great Emperors — not roadside weeds. How many tens of thousands — even hundreds of thousands — of years might pass without a single one emerging?

What was happening now was utterly abnormal. Too monstrous.

Boom!

The presence pressing through the universe was suffocating — even across infinite distances, people could sense it, as though a million great mountains were pressing down upon their hearts.

At the edge of the universe, countless dead stars were reduced to dust at this moment, blasted apart beneath the world-ending tribulation lightning, with nothing left unpierced.

Chaos surged, scenes of heaven-opening and earth-splitting unfolded, and people looked on in shock: within the sea of lightning, there were not only creatures like the Roc, the Taowu, and the Coiling Serpent — there were also Undying Medicines drifting among them. This left people profoundly stunned.

What differed was that these Undying Medicines were unlike their ordinary selves. Now they were terrifying — emitting the presence of immortal Dao laws, unleashing tremendous divine might.

Behind each Undying Medicine, a face appeared — some male, some female — shocking the mortal world. They were extraordinarily powerful. Those laws could not be withstood.

Of course, only figures like Zhang Bairen, Taichu, and the Emperor could perceive any of this. They showed expressions of astonishment, silently watching from afar.

Within the sea of lightning, Ye Fan exerted his full force to shatter the sky. He was positioned at the center. Divine radiance, lightning, and divine laws all rushed toward him without end, boundless, shattering star rivers, reopening the universe.

The spectacle was utterly terrifying. The power of destruction was beyond compare. Even if ancient Great Emperors were resurrected, they would be astonished — these heavenly punishments were far too powerful, capable of striking down even supreme beings.

Ye Fan blazed with radiance across his entire body. Above his head, the cauldron of the primordial energy of all things rose and fell, advancing and retreating alongside him, surging ceaselessly toward the heavens — striking at the heart of the sky, trying to shatter it and tear apart the suppression of the ten thousand Dao streams.

On the Fire Mulberry Star, the Golden Crow Great Emperor’s gaze flickered. His expression shifted continuously. At last he sighed and said: “Unprecedented!”

All the powerful members of the Golden Crow clan trembled and shook. After all these years, they had long since given up any thought of revenge. Their clan had produced a supreme demon emperor — yet he had been defeated by the greatest Holy Body in history.

“Is he truly going to defy the heavens? He actually wants to become a Great Emperor alongside several of his friends — a method that has never existed since ancient times. Who would dare be so recklessly bold when crossing the Great Emperor tribulation?”

From every corner of the universe, a few supremely powerful figures of unmatched greatness sighed quietly.

“It is too unthinkable. His strength surpasses all imagination — even more formidable than father in his prime,” Huo Lin’er said softly. Light flowed in her beautiful eyes. Her blue hair drifted around her. Her figure was tall and graceful, her skin like congealed cream — stunning enough to astonish the heavens.

Beside her, Huo Qizi wore an expression of unprecedented gravity — like a dragon leopard, his physique long and powerfully built, his eyes sharp as blades, fixed upon the depths of the universe.

“Is he truly going to defy the heavens?” Within the Divine Organization, the white-haired Sword God stood with a long sword on his back, a strange expression on his face.

“What a Holy Body — truly unprecedented in his strength!” In the Dao Palace, the old woodcutter let out a sigh.

“Are we not also preparing to cross the tribulation? He has notified us as well — though it came suddenly, it is not too late.” The Yellow-Toothed Elder’s eyes glinted with a strange light.

In this moment, every supremely powerful figure across the entire universe was shaken. Huang Xu of the Dao, Yin Tiande, and others all fell into a brief silence. Such strength had truly exceeded their expectations.

“Boom!”

Within the sea of lightning, Ye Fan struggled. Those Undying Medicines, one after another, had become the most terrifying killing tribulations. Behind each one, a face had appeared, radiating a presence that spoke of boundless ages — as though it had existed for countless eons.

“It is as I expected. The Undying Medicines hide the greatest secret in the universe. No wonder even Great Emperors must cultivate one to study and observe,” Ye Fan murmured.

Though he was in the midst of a great tribulation, he could not suppress his shock. He continued to think while fighting with all his might, resisting the heavenly punishments — exchanging blows with all that lightning and radiance.

Among them all — the Vermilion Bird, the Hornless Dragon, the shadows of chaotic divine beings — none could truly deliver a killing blow. Only the faces behind the Undying Medicines were truly terrifying beyond measure, like immortals descending from on high.

“Is this the highest-level heavenly punishment within the Great Emperor tribulation?”

The tribulation lightning grew more intense. Endless tribulations descended in their entirety, assisting in the effort to strike down and annihilate Ye Fan — to obstruct him from becoming a Great Emperor.

In the end, the Undying Medicines soared, and other radiances swallowed the universe whole — nearly piercing through all of past, present, and future.

Ten thousand layers of lightning, blazing light stretching into the boundless, ancient palaces and towers manifesting in every direction, the nine levels of the immortal tribulation, the world-annihilating chaos lightning, the immortal spirit killing sea… So many great calamities, all crashing down together.

The scene was too terrifying — impossible to dissolve. The Golden Crow Great Emperor stood upon the Fire Mulberry Star in silence. Had he been the one to face these tribulation lightnings in the past — what would have become of him?

“Strike!”

At last, Ye Fan launched his counterattack. His entire body was soaked in blood — the first time in all these many years that he had suffered such grave injuries. His physical form had even been shattered several times.

He charged upward in defiance, striking at the heart imprint of the heavens, shattering the ten thousand Dao streams that blocked the way — like a god or demon, blazing a brilliant path of light, leaping into the nine heavens above, seeking to rival the high heavens themselves.

By now, who in this world could harm him? Hundreds of years ago, he was already unmatched under heaven — how else could he have leveled the great forbidden zones?

Yet now, his body shattered time and again, blood flowing freely, his peerless physique nearly reduced to blood mist, bones flying in all directions. Even the cauldron of the primordial energy of all things had long since been broken apart — reduced to fragment after fragment, revolving around him as it gradually reassembled.

“Master, you must not force yourself any further,” Yang Xi cried out.

The Monkey, Dao Yi, and the others clenched their fists. Ye Fan was not crossing the tribulation for his own sake — his primary goal was to assault the heart imprint of the heavens, to do battle with all the Dao streams since ancient times, to wage a great war against every rule of law!

This was defying the heavens in the most literal sense — he sought to smash apart all the great Dao streams of the universe, pierce through the rules of the universe, and shatter all constraints, so that the others could seize this moment and reach the Dao.

On the Fire Mulberry Star, the Golden Crow Great Emperor’s face went pale. His body was trembling. His Dao was crying out in lamentation. He was trembling involuntarily, unable to determine what would happen.

“If he shatters the vault of heaven and presses down upon the ten thousand Dao streams, will the imprint I share with this universe be destroyed — will I fall from the realm of the Great Emperor?” The Golden Crow Great Emperor’s face turned snow-white. A look of terror passed over him.

Naturally, he was unwilling. He charged upward in defiance, seeking an explanation.

Yet in the distance, a far greater tribulation descended with a crash, freezing him in place at once. That tribulation was the eternal immortal light — it had reduced Ye Fan to dust.

“Master!”

“Ye Fan!”

Everyone cried out. They saw clearly: from behind those Undying and immortal medicines, those faces floated up. Each exhaled a beam of light, transforming into tribulation calamities — destroying Ye Fan.

“I have already come this far — no one can stop me now!” From within the tribulation ashes, a furious roar rang out. Ye Fan’s blood and bones reassembled in the void, and he appeared once more.

And that cauldron had also been reforged within the lightning, hovering now above his head.

“I have already shattered the great Dao once, sent the ten thousand Dao streams scattering apart — this path is viable. My deductions are correct. Wait for me!” Ye Fan strained with everything he had.

Yet after a brief vacuum, the ten thousand Dao streams erupted with even greater ferocity and more terrifying force, pressing down together. Heaven and earth themselves shattered. Even those who had found unconventional paths to the Dao were filled with dread.

Ye Fan was like a butterfly in a storm — charging again and again toward the high heavens. Yet the rain poured down in torrents, lightning flashing and thunder cracking, striking him down again and again, even shattering him. Blood splashed across the sky. Yet he endured every time, unyielding, charging skyward again without end.

“Enough — stop forcing yourself. If you delay any further, you will squander even your own chance to become a Great Emperor.”

“There is no need for this. We understand your intention. Do not wager your life like this — you have a responsibility to the Heavenly Court!”

Shouts came from below, urging Ye Fan to cease this act that seemed like suicide.

“Ah—!”

Ye Fan roared in fury, unwilling to stop. The road of immortal longevity was vast — this was only the first step. He was not willing to give up. He kept striking out.

“Strike!”

He bellowed at his most powerful, heedless of the cost, charging upward in defiance. His entire body blazed with light. Even his primordial spirit burned — shattering the ten thousand Dao streams, bringing clarity and peace to heaven and earth.

“Right now is the moment. I will guard the Dao for you — cross your tribulations!” Ye Fan’s voice was calm, yet it shook the entire universe.

He struck out one fist after another, battling the ten thousand Dao streams — scattering them, preventing them from converging — buying time for Ye Tong, Yang Xi, and the others to cross the tribulation simultaneously.

Everyone’s hearts were shaken. But there was no hesitation — they chose to trust. For Ye Fan was wagering his life to buy them time. Every one of them began to prepare to face their tribulation.

“How is this possible — has he truly done it?”

“No — I think after today, there may be no more Holy Bodies in this world. How can human strength accomplish this — who could lead so many through the tribulation at once?”