Chapter 656: Ancient Heavenly Court in the Thunder Sea

Lightning descended, submerging the mountains in a boundless, vast ocean. Everyone retreated in awe. This was a colossal heavenly tribulation, terrifying to behold.

The ocean of lightning was terrifyingly boundless; a single bolt of electricity striking out could reduce a great mountain to ashes!

"This..." everyone gasped in terror. With so much lightning, what terrifying power would it unleash? If it all descended, this immortal land itself would cease to exist.

However, this lightning tribulation was unique. Only a few bolts of lightning occasionally shot forth, relatively concentrated, descending together and engulfing Ye Fan, not striking elsewhere indiscriminately.

"This is the most terrifying heavenly tribulation for ascending to the Immortal Stage after transforming into a dragon," exclaimed a powerful figure from the Ji family, his eyes wide. "Only a few ancient texts within the holy lands record it; outsiders would have no knowledge of this whatsoever!"

"This is no ordinary heavenly punishment; it has rarely occurred throughout history. There are bound to be mysterious and inexplicable events. Anyone who endures this tribulation is a heaven-defying prodigy, envied by the very heavens."

"Boom!" The ocean of lightning crashed down, its immense sound causing excruciating pain in people's eardrums. Many were knocked backward, bleeding from their ears, utterly unable to remain standing.

At the center of that vast electrical sea, Ye Fan continued to battle the death curse, his entire body glowing with divine radiance. The great dragon formed by his spine reared its head, spitting out a pearl that transformed into the Immortal Stage, merging with his own head.

This was the final secret realm—the Immortal Stage!

The great dragon within his body had fully formed, leaping upwards to become a platform reaching the heavens, thereby entering the profoundly mysterious final secret realm.

Although his body was severely damaged, it had transformed into an eternal light. The dragon leaped forth, illuminating all beings, returning to its primordial state, imbued with the profound mystery of creation.

The heavenly tribulation was peculiar; it descended slowly and hadn't yet launched a direct attack, but its terrifying divine power grew increasingly dreadful, chilling people to the bone.

"What appeared in that sea of thunder?"

"Endless palaces, stretching continuously!"

Everyone was greatly astonished and horrified. This sight was too uncanny; majestic, imposing palaces floated and sank within the terrifying sea of thunder.

"That's the Ancient Heavenly Court!"

"Incredible," someone whispered, "did the Ancient Heavenly Court truly exist in primeval legends? Ten thousand years ago, when the Demon Emperor sought to rebuild it, was that related to this?"

Everyone trembled with fear as, within the endless lightning, ancient buildings appeared one after another. All were formed from concentrated electrical energy, slowly taking shape and making it difficult for people to breathe.

The heavenly tribulation had not yet struck Ye Fan, not due to a lack of danger, but because the time was not right; it was still gathering power. People believed its ultimate descent would be earth-shattering!

At this moment, Ye Fan was still enduring a hellish torment. His golden blood had almost dried up, his bones were exposed, and his physical body was utterly ruined.

Heaven and earth formed the furnace, yin and yang the fire, intertwining and truly manifesting as a genuine Yin-Yang Bagua Furnace!

"How could there truly be a divine furnace? This was born specifically to grind down a Holy Body."

Ancient legends claimed that the founder of the Yin-Yang Sect, the most powerful and unrivaled saint of ancient times, transformed his body into a Yin-Yang divine furnace in his later years. He unleashed a death curse that had once annihilated an extraterrestrial deity.

Ye Fan endured endless tribulations with unyielding, iron-like resolve. He comprehended the Dao in this desperate situation, resisting the death curse and tempering his heart within the Yin-Yang divine furnace.

The flames of this furnace blazed fiercely, engulfing his body, yet it remained unable to grind him down. The two had contended for seventy-seven days without resolution.

Having reached this point, Ye Fan triggered his own lightning tribulation, preparing to break through both internally and externally!

This divine furnace seemed to have existed since ancient times, burning fiercely with an eternal divine light. It stood between heaven and earth, having refined Ye Fan for forty-nine days, its circulating yin and yang energies making it terrifyingly powerful.

"Shatter!" Ye Fan roared. By this point, he felt he could no longer wait. Breaking the deadlock was imminent; this was the result of his careful deliberation—using the heavenly tribulation to shatter the deathly stalemate.

The great dragon on his back radiated immense light, suppressing even the divine radiance of the Yin-Yang divine furnace. The true dragon leaped, its head merging with his own, evolving into the Immortal Stage.

"Boom!" The golden figure previously seated before his glabella swiftly returned to its place, merging with him. He had successfully ascended to the human body's final secret realm!

Simultaneously, the heavenly punishment fully triggered and erupted, submerging him in the electrical sea.

All sorts of divine lights, endless purple qi, Great Deduction divine thunder, Five Elements elemental electricity, Nine Calamity thunder... an unending torrent, all crashing down!

This was a boiling ocean, a world of tribulation. No one knew how many types of lightning tribulations descended simultaneously, each one terrifying beyond measure.

The great heavenly tribulation triggered by successfully breaking into a major secret realm was many times more terrifying than before. Such a calamity would cause even a Holy Lord to perish in regret.

Yet, Ye Fan struggled to hold on, gritting his teeth and enduring with his withered body. He used this heavenly tribulation to baptize his physical form and sea of consciousness, solely to dissolve the death curse.

No one knew how many types of lightning were drawn into Ye Fan's body, thoroughly baptizing his physical form. Eternal light flickered, and endless lightning flashed and danced; this was a world-shaking tribulation.

"Pfft!" Golden blood splattered as Ye Fan's broken body was riddled with holes. If even his powerful physical body was reduced to such a state, one could imagine how terrifying this thunder truly was.

"Crack!" His bones were shattered, and white bone shards protruded from his flesh, an extremely bloody and terrifying sight. Yet, he didn't even let out a whimper, continuing to draw the electricity into his body.

Simultaneously, the golden figure at his glabella, which had merged with his body after advancing into the Immortal Stage secret realm, reappeared. It sat cross-legged in the void, opening its mouth and inhaling, drawing in all the descending lightning.

The golden figure was like a bottomless pit; blazing electricity struck from all directions, and like rivers flowing into the sea, all were absorbed.

Both his physical body and divine consciousness were baptized, bathed in the light of the heavens, sparkling with dazzling radiance.

This was a terrifying display of power; the Holy Body's physical form and divine consciousness were almost shattered. One could only imagine the consequences if anyone else were to endure this.

"Thud!" With a colossal thud, the Heaven and Earth Bronze Furnace shattered, and yin and yang divine light scattered in all directions. The effect of triggering the heavenly tribulation finally became apparent: the Yin-Yang death curse had suffered a direct blow.

What possesses the most abundant Yang energy in this world? Naturally, it is lightning, capable of striking down all Yin spirits and obliterating all dark powers. Death curses also fall into this category.

This was the method Ye Fan had considered feasible to break the deadlock. At this moment, it appeared highly effective and capable of absolutely eradicating the death curse.

Swaths of lightning descended, and various tribulations emerged, completely submerging the void.

With a final massive thud, the area around Ye Fan became brilliantly illuminated. The Yin-Yang divine furnace was shattered and vanished completely, and the power of the death curse was obliterated, destroyed by the heavenly tribulation.

However, the cost was enormous. Even without actively drawing the lightning into his body, Ye Fan was almost shattered, with over a hundred broken bones and barely retaining human form. Even the golden figure was nearly torn to pieces, on the verge of destruction.

He had no choice but to do this; only by completely letting go could he eradicate the power of the death curse, otherwise it would leave behind hidden dangers.

"Little Ye Zi..." Behind him, Ji Ziyue, Pang Bo, Li Heishui, and others cried out in alarm.

Ye Fan suddenly opened his eyes. He could finally resist now, and he swallowed all three fragments of the immortal pill, obtained from the Qinling's Ancient Dragon Lair, in one gulp.

"Boom!" Dazzling divine light shot into the sky, instantly engulfing him. The joints throughout his body shifted, making continuous cracking sounds, and his flesh quickly swelled, restoring vitality, as if he had undergone a complete metamorphosis.

The Undying Immortal Pill had been nurtured within the Third Generation Origin Master for seventy thousand years, absorbing the essence of the Qinling's Great Dragon and seizing the fortune of the heavens. A complete pill could allow one to attain the Dao.

These were merely three percent fragments, yet they were still quite considerable—enough to bring the dead back to life and mend broken bones. Ye Fan's injuries rapidly healed, including those to his divine consciousness.

Moreover, as he now began to actively contend with the heavenly tribulation, the damage he received was minimized.

"Excellent!" Pang Bo and others cheered.

Meanwhile, the hostile forces were all deeply disappointed, their faces grim. This outcome was unacceptable to them.

A harmonious sound of dragons and phoenixes echoed as divine phoenixes danced around Ye Fan, true dragons coiled, Qilin looked towards the sky, and immortal spirits appeared one after another, dazzlingly brilliant.

Vital energy from all directions surged in like water. Moreover, immortal light from the lightning tribulation poured down overwhelmingly, converging on his body and repairing his wounds.

Ye Fan's body rapidly recovered and swelled. His flesh glowed with a crystalline luster, broken bones reconnected, and his body became like colorful glazed glass.

This was the marvel of the Undying Immortal Pill, instantly bringing the dead back to life and mending broken bones with immediate effect. He instantly became vigorous, no longer showing any sign of decay.

Finally, amidst the lightning and thunder, a figure like a war god stood frozen in the void. His black hair streamed, and his entire body shone with precious radiance, dazzling and brilliant.

Ye Fan ascended to his peak. With his physical body and divine consciousness healed, every move he made possessed infinite combat power, and he felt the immense strength of the Immortal Stage.

It was at this moment that true danger descended. In that sea of thunder, ancient buildings floated and sank, and humanoid beings emerged from within the magnificent palaces, resembling the Ancient Heavenly Court.

"Humanoid lightning!"

"The legendary humanoid lightning!"

From a distance, everyone cried out in alarm. Throughout history, only a handful of people could summon such lightning, and all of them eventually became heaven-defying existences, whose records were even vague in ancient texts.

"Boom!" A humanoid being charged, an eternal holy furnace suspended above its head, its firelight flickering. It was as mysterious and unfathomable as a descending deity.

"Heavens, humanoid lightning, how does it even have weapons? Are they formed from electrical energy..."

People's expressions changed; none could comprehend it.

The humanoid lightning was entirely as white as jade and incredibly sacred, while the divine furnace was crimson, as if forged from Phoenix Blood Red Gold—an exclusive sacred object of ancient Great Emperors—dazzlingly brilliant.

"A body of white lightning, a furnace of red lightning—is this naturally formed?" Pang Bo shouted, "I don't believe it!"

All of this was incredible, beyond people's comprehension, simply unimaginable.

"Did the Ancient Heavenly Court truly exist before primeval times, or was it controlled by gods?" a living fossil wondered, his heart trembling. "Could it exist in another form?"

Ye Fan summoned the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron, using it to resist while also intending for it to undergo tribulation and interweave with the laws of the Great Dao.

"Boom!" It was no different from fighting a real person. The Eternal Holy Furnace, seemingly cast from Phoenix Blood Red Gold, possessed infinite power and could even unleash the laws of the Great Dao, while the humanoid lightning could also wield holy power.

"This..." Even Ye Fan's heart trembled violently. How could this be? He was utterly astonished.

This was a terrifying confrontation. While overtly resisting the heavenly punishment, Ye Fan was, in reality, engaged in a life-and-death battle. His opponent's strength was peculiar, always identical to his own, resulting in an evenly matched and exceptionally brutal struggle.

"Fight on, use this to temper my holy cauldron!"

Ye Fan vaguely perceived something but still pressed forward, resisting with the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron, battling the humanoid lightning, and clashing head-on with the divine furnace.

After an unknown period, another humanoid lightning bolt flew down from the Ancient Heavenly Court. Above its head, an ancient mirror floated and sank, solidified from the void.

"It's so similar to our family's Void Mirror! What's going on?!" Ji Ziyue's lovely large eyes widened.

During the battle, Ye Fan muttered to himself, wondering how the Ancient Heavenly Court within the sea of thunder could send down such strange humanoid lightning, with weapons so realistic that they could even unleash the laws of the Great Dao.

In the end, he fought for half a day, covered in wounds and nearly killed, having continuously battled two humanoid lightning beings in an incredibly brutal struggle.

"How is that holy furnace, which appears to be cast from Phoenix Blood Red Gold, so similar to the Hengyu Cauldron?" Ye Fan's heart pounded violently. "And that ancient mirror, so much like the Void Mirror? Why is this happening?"

"The Ancient Heavenly Court in the sea of thunder is so terrifying, what secrets does it hold?!" He battled through blood, surging upward and looking towards the Ancient Heavenly Court, determined to see what was truly inside.