Chapter 1382: Heavenly Dao Tribulation

What's going on? Am I about to meet my demise and become one with this world? I've been so careful and vigilant throughout my entire cultivation journey, yet it seems like that was all for nought... Compared with all of the countless cultivators who perished earlier in their cultivation journeys, the only difference is that I was able to live a bit longer than them. I'm sorry, Wan'er.

If we can be reunited in the next life, I would rather that we were both mortals. Immortality would be out of our reach, but at least we wouldn't have to waste the majority of our lives toiling away in cultivation.

A hint of sorrow and resignation welled up in his heart as these thoughts drifted through his mind.

Right at this moment, streaks of golden light suddenly appeared in the surrounding space. They were rapidly converging toward him, imbued with bursts of time law powers, but the world was still moving extremely slowly.

These streaks of golden light surged into his body as five torrents of golden radiance, and they were none other than the five types of time law powers that Han Li had been cultivating for so many years through his Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra.

He was rapidly regaining what he had lost, and as his body was filled with time law powers once again, his five senses also began to recover.

The five bursts of time law powers were churning through his entire body in a frenzy, while the passages of the Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra flowed through his mind, giving him an unprecedented level of understanding of the cultivation art.

All of a sudden, it was as if a door had been opened, allowing him to step into a brand new world.

More and more time law powers continued to flow into his body, quickly restoring him to his former peak, but the influx of time law powers showed no signs of stopping.

The world's origin qi was also gushing into his body alongside the time law powers, and his injuries began to rapidly heal.

A burst of blinding, golden light erupted out of his body along with aura fluctuations that were several times more formidable than before, and all of the world's origin qi in the entire Middle Earth Immortal Region had begun churning wildly.

The flow of time around Han Li abruptly returned to normal, and the Reincarnation Palace Master, the Devilish Monarch, and Gu Huojin had all turned to him with alarmed expressions.

From their perspectives, all of this had taken place in the blink of an eye, with Han Li on the brink of death one moment, then making a breakthrough the next.

Looks of excitement quickly surfaced in the eyes of the Reincarnation Palace Master and the Devilish Monarch.

They didn't know how it had happened, but they could sense from Han Li's aura that he was making a breakthrough to become a Dao Ancestor.

If Han Li could become a Dao Ancestor at such a critical juncture, then their chances of victory would be significantly increased.

"How is this possible? Gu Huojin is still alive, how is Fellow Daoist Han able to become the Time Dao Ancestor?" the Devilish Monarch exclaimed.

"By taking in the power of chaos to try and transcend beyond the Heavenly Dao, Gu Huojin has relinquished the berth of Time Dao Ancestor. I'm assuming this is something that even Gu Huojin himself failed to anticipate," the Reincarnation Palace Master said.

𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

A hint of killing intent flashed through Gu Huojin's eyes as he turned his gaze to Han Li, but before he had a chance to do anything, he was confronted by the Reincarnation Palace Master and the Devilish Monarch.

Gu Huojin's brows furrowed slightly upon seeing this. His powers had been significantly enhanced after he became one with the chaotic vortex, but the process had also left him unable to move.

Right at this moment, dense blankets of dark clouds began to converge from all directions, quickly filling the entire sky, and a burst of almighty pressure descended from above.

A combination of concern and elation appeared on the Reincarnation Palace Master and the Devilish Monarch's faces upon seeing this.

They knew that this was the precursor for Han Li's Heavenly Dao Tribulation, something that he would have to overcome in order to become a Dao Ancestor, but failure to do so would spell his demise.

Once the Heavenly Dao Tribulation descended upon Han Li, anyone that tried to approach him would be struck by the power of heavenly tribulation, so even Gu Huojin wouldn't be able to get to him.

"As one of the three paramount laws, the Heavenly Dao Tribulation for the laws of time is far more fearsome than for other law powers! I had to make extensive preparations in order to transcend my tribulation, and even then, it was only through some strokes of luck that I managed to emerge unscathed, so there's no way he'll be able to transcend his tribulation completely unprepared," Gu Huojin harrumphed coldly, and it seemed that he had regained some sanity.

At this point, the entire sky had already turned as black as ink, and all of the dark clouds up above began to swirl, forming an enormous vortex directly above Han Li, who looked up into the sky with a calm expression.

Having just "died" once, he had gained some new perspective on life, leaving him in a composed and unflappable state.

Arcs of black lightning were flashing within the vortex, and at its center was a black hole that led to some unknown place.

A deafening thunderclap rang out, and the pressure emanating from the vortex instantly became countless times more fearsome than before, causing the nearby space to tremble and warp violently.

Han Li shuddered slightly under the pressure, but was able to immediately steady himself.

Countless dense, gray clouds surged out of the vortex before descending upon Han Li, and this was a familiar sight to him as he had seen the same gray clouds during Daoist Xie's Heavenly Dao Tribulation.

However, the gray clouds that had descended upon Daoist Xie at the time weren't even a tenth of what he was currently facing.

A faint smile suddenly appeared on Han Li's face.

Back when he had witnessed Daoist Xie's tribulation transcendence, he had fallen unconscious as soon as those gray clouds had appeared. Now that he was facing his own tribulation, he was able to face the same gray clouds with much more composure.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered that these gray clouds were formed by countless tiny arcs of gray lightning that were imbued with a type of peculiar power capable of bringing one's inner demons to the fore.

Han Li let loose a low roar as he threw a punch upward, and countless rays of golden light erupted out of his fist like a radiant sun.

These rays of golden light were able to tear the gray clouds apart with ease, and they quickly dissipated into nothingness.

The power of lightning posed no threat to Han Li, and as for inner demons, he had none to speak of after severing his three corpse souls.

The Reincarnation Palace Master and the Devilish Monarch were both ecstatic to see this, while Gu Huojin sneered, "The first tribulation is just the appetizer, the main course is still yet to come."

As soon as his voice trailed off, the black tribulation clouds up above suddenly turned a crimson color.

Thick bolts of crimson lightning were flashing within the tribulation clouds, taking on the shape of crimson lotus flowers that were giving off a fearsome aura of annihilation.

Red Lotus Divine Lightning!

Red Lotus Divine Lightning was one of the thirty-six heavenly lightnings, one that ranked above Cardinal Heavenly Lightning, and what was most fearsome about it was its ability to target the soul, an ability that gave it its alternative name of Soul Destruction Lightning.

Furthermore, this Red Lotus Lightning was far more formidable than normal Red Lotus Lightning as it was imbued with the power of heavenly tribulation.

Before Han Li had a chance to ponder the situation any further, the bolts of Red Lotus Lightning in the tribulation clouds converged to form a mountainous, red lotus flower that came crashing down upon him.

Han Li remained completely unfazed as a ball of golden light flew out of his hand, then transformed into a huge, golden shield of light that hovered above his head.

The shield was extremely translucent, looking as if it had been crafted from some type of crystalline material, and there were countless runes dancing over its surface, giving it an indestructible appearance.

This was another one of the True Mantra Sect's defensive abilities that ranked alongside the Immortal Golden Cloud, the High Heavens Shield.

The Red Lotus Divine Lightning struck the High Heavens Shield with an earth-shattering boom, and the shield shuddered violently as the runes dancing over it began to blur.

However, it displayed no signs of breaking as it continued to hover above Han Li's head, providing him shelter from the Red Lotus Divine Lightning.

All of a sudden, a semi-transparent red lotus projection flew out of the Red Lotus Divine Lightning up above, and it passed through the High Heavens Shield as it descended rapidly upon Han Li.

Han Li wasn't surprised to see this, and he quickly made a hand seal, upon which a complex mark appeared on his glabella, releasing bursts of translucent ripples that encompassed hsi entire body.

The red lotus projection struck the translucent ripples, causing them to tremble incessantly, but they were able to keep the projection at bay.

After a full fifteen minutes, the red lotus projection finally faded away, while Han Li remained completely unscathed, but before he even had a chance to catch his breath, the tribulation clouds up above suddenly took on a golden color.

Countless thick bolts of golden lightning were racing through the clouds, releasing deafening thunderclaps that threatened to shatter the entire surrounding space.

These bolts of golden lightning were giving off extremely formidable and destructive time law power fluctuations, and a grim look appeared on Han Li's face as he identified it to be lightning of time.