Chapter 1249: The Power of the Heavenly Dao

The oppressive power of a God Master was terrifying, capable of suppressing God Kings and God Sovereigns until their bodies and souls collapsed. Resisting or struggling would be impossible; even moving a finger would be incredibly difficult. Yet Yun Che reacted instantly, counter-attacking in a flash with no sign of being suppressed.

However, that was Luo Guxie’s power, and Yun Che’s counter-attack seemed as humble and powerless as a withered leaf in a hurricane to any observer.

The lightning dragon roared forth, directly confronting the storm. The space dramatically shattered the moment the two forces collided. Then, to everyone’s utter astonishment, the lightning dragon tore through the storm, passing straight through it.

“Wh-what!?” This scene caused countless profound practitioners to drop their jaws in disbelief.

That storm was the power of a God Master, and not just any God Master, but a late-stage God Master at the absolute peak of the profound way. Furthermore, to avoid harming Luo Changsheng, the storm’s power range had been severely compressed, making it even more penetrating and lethal—it was certainly powerful enough to pierce directly through a small star. Yet it was directly torn apart by the lightning dragon unleashed by Yun Che!

Even more terrifying, the torn storm force did not simply split into two streams and dissipate outwards. Instead, after being cleaved open, it dissipated layer by layer with the pale lightning dragon’s penetration. By the time the pale lightning dragon had completely torn through it, Luo Guxie’s storm power had vanished without a trace, not even leaving a single remnant.

The Heaven Emperor of Eternity and the Dragon Monarch, who had been rushing forward with all their might, simultaneously froze, their faces revealing a look of horror rarely seen in millennia.

The pale lightning dragon that had torn through the storm appeared to have not weakened in the slightest; its speed remained swift as lightning as it hurtled straight towards Luo Guxie. The latter, having launched his enraged attack, had been convinced Yun Che was certainly doomed and could never have imagined such an outcome. Caught completely off guard and dumbfounded, he was struck directly in the chest by the white lightning dragon.

*Crackle!*

The pale lightning exploded. Luo Guxie’s God Master-level protective profound energy, the most formidable defensive power in this world, instantly disintegrated. His chest and back simultaneously burst open as the pale lightning dragon pierced completely through his body, shooting straight into the sky and instantly vanishing from everyone’s sight.

High above in the distant sky, a ten-thousand-mile lightning domain exploded. Under the pervasive white radiance, an enormous spatial black hole appeared, causing the entire Heaven God Realm to tremble violently. It quaked for several breaths before finally settling down as the white lightning and spatial black hole vanished.

This scene was like divine wrath descending, and that pale lightning was precisely the most terrifying manifestation of heavenly might.

A gaping wound appeared on Luo Guxie’s chest, from which an overwhelmingly dazzling light erupted – a brilliance so intense that the world would never be able to forget it. This also sealed his fate: he could no longer return to peace, nor could he safely return to the Blue Pole Star.

Yun Che’s Great Way of the Buddha had indeed broken through under the lightning tribulation. Since breaking through to the fourth stage on the Primordial Profound Ark years ago, the Great Way of the Buddha had been steadily improving and increasing his physical strength, yet it hadn't undergone any qualitative transformation. On the Blue Pole Star, he had attributed this to the plane's limitations, but even after arriving in the God Realm, he still couldn’t find an opportunity for a breakthrough. He had long since realized that the Great Way of the Buddha had reached a bottleneck at the fourth stage, but despite several years passing, he had been unable to break through.

However, when the Heavenly Dao Tribulation Lightning struck, the exceptionally high-level Heavenly Dao laws and spiritual energy instantly created cracks in the bottleneck that had stalled the Great Way of the Buddha for years. When the seventh lightning tribulation descended, it completely shattered the bottleneck, propelling him directly into the fifth stage.

In the fifth stage of the Great Way of the Buddha, one would no longer absorb mere ordinary heaven and earth spiritual energy, but could truly assimilate the Qi of the Heavenly Dao! Normally, Heavenly Dao spiritual energy was ethereal and sparse. However, within the Heavenly Dao Tribulation Lightning, it was incredibly concentrated, especially the final ninth lightning tribulation, which embodied the highest level of Heavenly Dao power. The nascent power of the Desolate God absorbed with near-frantic intensity, elevating Yun Che’s profound energy from just having broken through to Divine Spirit Realm Level One all the way to Divine Spirit Realm Level Five. Had the Heavenly Dao power persisted, ascending directly to the Divine King Realm would have been merely a matter of time!

Yun Che raised his hands, took a shallow breath, and assessed his current power. With every major realm breakthrough and advancement in the Great Way of the Buddha, his perception of the world underwent significant changes. This time, with the dual breakthrough, the transformation was truly earth-shattering. The Divine Spirit Realm, built upon the foundation of Divine Origin, Divine Soul, and Divine Tribulation, marked the true first step into the Divine Path.

Everything was so astonishing that everyone felt as if they were dreaming, and Yun Che himself was no exception. However, this was no time for him to reflect. Before him, Luo Changsheng, covered in blood, slowly rose, radiating extreme ferocity and killing intent.

“Yun… Che…”

Luo Changsheng’s voice was hoarse and grim, like that of a beast whose throat had been torn. The pale lightning on Yun Che’s body had vanished, and with it, the aura that had filled Luo Changsheng with dread. All that remained was the aura of the Divine Spirit Realm. It no longer exerted even a trace of oppressive feeling on him.

“I will make you… wish you were dead!!”