Chapter 1245: Heavenly Dao Trembles (Part 2)

The phenomenon of black clouds covering the Eastern Divine Region had already alarmed the Western and Southern Divine Regions, drawing countless gazes and thoughts towards it. But they could not have possibly imagined that beneath the black clouds blanketing the Eastern Divine Region, an unprecedented, world-shaking lightning tribulation was descending.

An eight-stage lightning tribulation... In the God Realm, where a six-stage lightning tribulation was already the sole myth, these four words would sound utterly absurd and ridiculous to anyone who heard them. No one had ever even believed it could exist, nor had anyone ever conceived of it.

But it appeared, right before their eyes.

Under the eighth stage of the lightning tribulation, the crimson lightning, piercing through heaven and earth, lasted for a full hundred breaths before finally beginning to slowly fade. However, the sea of lightning over the Conferred God Stage was still raging violently, obliterating everything within it.

Although the Heavenly Dao's tribulation lightning was terrifying, it would not harm other living beings unless someone forcibly interfered. Therefore, even with crimson lightning filling the sky, the tribulation's power remained concentrated solely on the Conferred God Stage area. Otherwise, the entire Brahma Heaven God Realm might have already been transformed into a catastrophic sea of lightning.

A three-stage tribulation meant unparalleled genius, a four-stage meant being unmatched in a realm, a five-stage ensured becoming a Divine Master, and a six-stage was a fleeting myth.

An eight-stage lightning tribulation... No one could comprehend such a concept, nor could anyone imagine what kind of talent and potential would provoke such apprehension from the Heavenly Dao. Perhaps even if the ancestors of the four King Realms of the Eastern Region concentrated their talent and cultivation into one person, it would never reach this level...

Under the eight-stage lightning tribulation, all the past world-shaking geniuses in the Eastern Divine Region's history paled in comparison, becoming mere dust beneath a celestial star.

The crimson glow piercing through heaven and earth vanished, but the crimson sea of lightning over the Conferred God Stage was still churning. The power of the tribulation was too dense and terrifying; it likely wouldn't fully dissipate even after another hour.

At this moment, the crimson lightning domain suspended in the sky finally quieted down and slowly began to contract, just like the purple lightning domain that had rapidly contracted earlier. But this time, the contraction was even more complete; in just a few breaths, it shrank to a mere tenth of its previous size, yet it still didn't stop, gradually approaching complete disappearance.

The crimson light that had previously covered the sky also grew dimmer. Finally, with a soft hiss, the lightning domain completely vanished. Above the sky, only black clouds rolled endlessly.

The crimson sea of lightning on the Conferred God Stage was still emitting a dense crimson glow. The disappearance of the lightning domain also signified the end of this terrifying world-shaking tribulation.

However, the black clouds were still rolling, showing no signs of dissipating. And the Heavenly Dao's pressure, which blanketed the Eastern Divine Region, continued to firmly oppress everyone's hearts and souls.

"It's finally... over."

Countless people muttered in their hearts and aloud. The lightning tribulation had ended, but the shock it brought them might never fully dissipate in their lifetime. From the moment the first tribulation lightning struck until the lightning domain disappeared just now, looking back, it felt like a dream.

"An eight-stage lightning tribulation. If I hadn't witnessed it myself, I would never have believed it," the Brahma Heaven God Emperor murmured, looking up at the black clouds in the sky. "After today, the God Realm will surely be greatly stirred by this. This Profound God Convention will also be permanently etched in history, perhaps an entry that will never be replaced."

The Dragon Monarch's gaze was fixed on the Conferred God Stage, which was submerged by the sea of lightning. After a long time, he raised his head again and looked towards the sky...

After the lightning domain disappeared, the churning of the black clouds seemed to subtly calm down, but the oppressive atmosphere seemed to grow even heavier.

"An eight-stage lightning tribulation... Hiss... Was this really... caused by Yun Che? Or some... natural disaster?"

"Too... too terrifying. It's a thousand times more terrifying than the worst nightmare I've ever had in my life. An eight-stage lightning tribulation... If he survives... what will he become?"

"Such a terrifying lightning tribulation, even our sect master couldn't withstand it. How could Yun Che still be alive!"

"Whew..." Shui Qianheng slowly adjusted his breathing, but his heart was still churning with turmoil. He glanced at Shui Meiyin, who was staring blankly at the Conferred God Stage, her milky-white face frozen in a daze.

"Meiyin, you..."

"Big Brother Yun Che is still alive..." she said softly.

"What?" Shui Qianheng frowned deeply and abruptly turned his body.

"I can feel it, Big Brother Yun Che is still alive, and... and..."

"And what?" Shui Qianheng hastily pressed.

Shui Meiyin, however, did not answer; she just stared blankly, a brilliance more radiant and dazzling than the stars flickering in the depths of her pupils.

During the soul battle with Yun Che, she was defeated by his unscrupulous methods. Under the backlash, her soul was instead invaded by Yun Che, leaving his soul imprint. Her sudden development of affection for Yun Che was also largely related to this, a fact she herself realized and was very clear about. And how powerful was her Pure Soul of God! Erasing this imprint would be incredibly easy for her, but she never did so.

Because she greatly liked and enjoyed the feeling of suddenly thinking of someone constantly and being filled with joy upon seeing him. Especially watching him defeat Jun Xilei, then her own sister, and then Luo Changsheng... That feeling of elation and pride made her willing to let herself continue to immerse in it. She had never known that looking up to a man etched in her heart could be such a joyful and satisfying thing.

Today, he had even drawn an unprecedented eight-stage lightning tribulation, causing the Eastern Divine Region to tremble for him...

Yun Che's soul imprint affected her, but her incredibly powerful Pure Soul of God could also use this soul imprint to perceive Yun Che's existence in reverse. If Yun Che had died, his soul imprint would naturally have dissipated. But at this very moment, Yun Che's soul imprint still clearly existed deep within her heart and soul. Not only had it not dissipated, but she also faintly felt that Yun Che's soul was becoming even more formidable to an incredible degree... It seemed as if some strange qualitative change was occurring.

Shui Meiyin's tender pink lips were slightly parted, completely unable to comprehend what was happening to Yun Che.

Boom!RUMBLEEEEEEEE—

The sky, which had gradually quieted down, suddenly erupted with rolling thunder at this moment. Just as everyone instinctively looked up, a world-shaking bolt of lightning abruptly resounded through heaven and earth.

CRACK!!!!!!!

This bolt of lightning seemed to explode in everyone's ears and the deepest parts of their souls, causing their bodies to tremble violently and their faces to turn pale... And most terrifying of all, the Upper Realm Kings, Star Gods, Moon Gods, Guardians, and even the God Emperors, all felt as if struck by a divine hammer in that instant, their bodies trembling violently, their faces revealing utter shock.

CRACK!!!CRACK!!BOOM!! CRACK!!CRACKLECRACKLECRACKLECRACKLE…………

The lightning, which had already quieted down, suddenly flashed wildly as if insane. Looking up, countless bolts of lightning shrieked chaotically within the black clouds, half purple, half crimson. Every instant saw tens of thousands of lightning bolts raging, accompanied by earth-shattering thunderbolts of extreme density.

The black clouds filling the sky churned like suddenly boiling water, or a savage beast unleashed from its restraints, raging furiously. An increasingly terrifying and oppressive aura invisibly enveloped the Eastern Divine Region.

"What... what's happening?"

"What's happening again... Ahh!?"

CRACK!!!CRACKLE—BOOM... CRACK...

Every instant brought tens of thousands of thunderbolts shaking the heavens. The wildly flashing lightning covered the entire sky like a dense spiderweb. The black clouds slowly descended amidst their violent churning, as if threatening to bring the sky crashing down upon the earth... And at this moment, space itself began to subtly tremble.

"What... exactly... is this..." The Brahma Heaven God Emperor looked up at the sky. He clearly perceived the trembling of space. But millions of times more terrifying than this was a pressure that filled his heart with dread, descending from the sky... It grew closer and heavier.

A pressure that caused even God Emperors to feel startled and afraid...

The three Heavenly Mystery Elders, who had been kneeling on the ground, were now as if struck by lightning. Their three aged faces lost every trace of color under extreme shock, their pupils dilating to the point of nearly bursting.

"The Heavenly Dao... is trembling..."

"How can... such a thing... exist..."

As the people most capable of perceiving the power of the Heavenly Dao in the world, they actually felt the fear of the Heavenly Dao at this moment! It was like a mortal facing an ancient demonic god, trembling uncontrollably, losing all reason, yet wanting to destroy it forever from the world at any cost...

The power of the Heavenly Dao, which maintained and monitored the order and laws of the mortal world—a power that no one could defy and everyone feared—was actually trembling in fear... This was something they would absolutely never believe or accept, even if it meant annihilating all their own understanding.

BOOM—CRACKLECRACKLECRACKLE!!

Amidst the aura and sounds reminiscent of an apocalyptic disaster, the sky suddenly split open, and a luminous white light shone down from the crack, falling onto the Conferred God Stage, enveloping the area where Yun Che was located. This white light appeared very gentle and was not at all dazzling, yet the moment it appeared, it bathed the entire world in a stark white. Gradually, the area illuminated by the white light slowly expanded, forming a blindingly pale region amidst the rolling black clouds. Bolts of white lightning flashed within it, rapidly becoming denser.

It was indeed a white lightning domain!!

The instant this strange and incredibly bizarre white lightning domain formed, the expressions of all Divine Sovereigns and Divine Masters drastically changed. Below the Divine Sovereign realm, more than half of the people were drenched in sweat, trembling ceaselessly.

Because accompanying the white lightning domain was a Heavenly Dao might so vast that it surpassed their imagination, their understanding, and their capacity to bear by an unknown number of times. Under this Heavenly Dao might, these profound practitioners of the Divine Way felt their entire bodies go numb and their souls tremble, like a tiny insect facing the vast heavens, almost unable to resist kneeling in worship.

A lightning domain... a pale white lightning domain!

Within the lightning domain, beneath the dense lightning bolts, a white silhouette undulated and became increasingly clear... It was, strikingly, a white lightning dragon.

Extreme reverence, extreme fear, extreme shock... It was almost a sensation of one's soul being directly extracted, a feeling of being adrift. But even these souls, adrift in terror, realized an extremely terrifying truth...

The lightning tribulation had not stopped...

That pale white, bizarre lightning domain was clearly... the ninth stage of the lightning tribulation!!

"Qu Hwei... retreat!" the Brahma Heaven God Emperor roared.

Venerable Qu Hwei had always been closest to the Conferred God Stage. Even when the crimson lightning swords descended earlier, he had not moved away. And with his powerful cultivation, the crimson lightning swords indeed could not harm him.

But what was gathering within the white lightning domain was an ultimate Heavenly Might that made a multitude of Divine Masters, and even God Emperors, tremble to their very core!

Under the Brahma Heaven God Emperor's furious roar, Venerable Qu Hwei quickly fled without the slightest hesitation, but his eyes continued to twitch in fear.

At the center of the Conferred God Stage, beneath the crimson sea of lightning, Yun Che slowly raised his head. In his pupils, the white lightning dragon within the pale white lightning domain was reflected.