Chapter 2058 - The Meaning of a Tribulation

An oppressive atmosphere hung over heaven and earth, like a tide of murderous intent hanging in the air.

Now, when many of the gods looked at Su Yi, their gazes were heated.

In their eyes, Su Yi was a walking stroke of good fortune, the only person to have ever mastered reincarnation, as well as the owner of the Epoch Spark. This was a Taboo Treasure so precious as to drive even Master Gods mad with desire!

Who wouldn’t have been tempted?

“Hahaha!” Heavenly God White Flame threw back his head and laughed. “I would never have guessed that the prey I longed to capture even in my dreams would deliver itself to my door.”

He’d firmly locked onto Su Yi, and his gaze was utterly murderous. “Everyone present, heed my orders. Those beneath the divine level are to retreat. Everyone else is to join me in capturing him alive!”

“Got it!” The white-haired old man beside Jin Buyi was the first to agree.

At the same time, the other divine children’s Dao Protectors stepped forth, one after another. All of them were raring to go and seething with murderous intent.

There were nineteen Limit Realm Mid-Rank Gods and twenty-one Creation Realm Lesser Gods!

The divine children had long since fled further away, but they watched on in excitement.

Only Bi Kongliu and his two Dao Protectors felt rather awkward. They’d only just stuck out their necks on Su Yi’s behalf!

“If you dare try anything, I promise that you’ll become the common enemies of everyone in the Kingdom of Lasting Light, and that you’ll implicate the entire Bifang Divine Race!” Heavenly God White Flame glanced coldly at Bi Kongliu and his companions.

Su Yi took all of this in calmly. When he saw this, he couldn’t help but chuckle. The will to fight burned in the depths of his gaze.

He’d been eager for an opportunity to step into the Hidden Summit Realm. Now, he just had to see whether his opponents were enough to give him what he wanted.

Boom!

His clothing billowed around him, and he no longer suppressed his vital energy. Endless sword qi surged around him, and mysterious, inscrutable visions of reincarnation appeared around him, like endless abysses.

Many of the Lesser Gods’ imposing auras were instantly suppressed!

“Get him!” Heavenly God White Flame bellowed, and a resplendent, flaming silver spear appeared in his hands as he led the charge.

“Die!” The other gods attacked too, surrounding Su Yi from all sides.

Epoch Treasures whooshed through the air, and terrifying arts of the Divine Dao exploded toward Su Yi from all sides.

He didn’t retreat. Instead, he leaped into the fray so fast that his figure blurred.

Bang!

He blocked Heavenly God White Flame’s spear with a swing of his hand, then blurred, slamming into an Epoch Treasure and slashing with his right hand.

Splurt!

A bloody head flew through the air. It belonged to a Creation Realm Lesser God. He’d been slain on the spot before he even knew what had hit him.

Meanwhile, a white-haired old man attacked.

“Take this!” The white-haired old man drew a golden jade ruler and ruthlessly swung it at Su Yi.

Although Su Yi blocked this attack in the end, the impact sent him staggering backward.

The other gods seized the opportunity to attack explosively from all sides. They were ruthless and decisive, and their attacks were as quick as the wind. All of them had an abundance of combat experience, and their tacit cooperation was enough to make onlookers sigh.

Within moments, Su Yi had been thoroughly surrounded!

Nineteen Mid-Rank Gods put enormous pressure on Su Yi, and he could sense an impending lethal threat. Each was more terrifyingly strong than the one before.

The Lesser Gods created the outer ring of this encirclement, sealing off all possible openings. They’d left Su Yi with no hope of escape whatsoever.

What really made the onlookers’ hearts shake was that even thoroughly surrounded, he didn’t immediately suffer a crushing defeat. Instead, he fought fiercely, his sword qi flying through the air as he forged valiantly ahead.

𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Many of the Mid-Rank Gods were startled.

Now that the battle had truly begun, they were finally certain that Su Yi really was in the Great Profound Stage; his power of the Laws were all still within the bounds of the Great Realm.

But that only made his strength all the more shocking. Who could have imagined that the Great Realm expert like Su Yi could contend with so many deities at once!?

This was more than just heaven-defying. This broke an ironclad rule and violated a taboo!

This was a true Transgressor!!

“There’s no way he can last. Get him!!” roared Heavenly God White Flame. He and the other deities attacked ferociously, all of their methods on full display.

Before long, Su Yi was injured in numerous places, and his entire body gushed with blood.

Although his current strength was sufficient to contend with Limit Realm Mid-Rank Gods, and perhaps even kill one in a one-on-one duel, this was completely different. He was now surrounded by a full nineteen Mid-Rank Gods!

The lethal threat they presented stimulated Su Yi’s cultivation base, essence, qi, and spirit. He was more focused than ever before.

But this was exactly what Su Yi most longed for!

He needed an opportunity to shatter his cultivation base, face death, and overcome it if he was to create himself anew. Only then could he step upon the Hidden Summit!

If you weren’t a Transgressor, you wouldn’t be able to reach this level even if you shattered your cultivation base. Try, and you’d only cripple yourself.

Shattering the cultivation base was the first step toward the Hidden Summit.

The second step was rebuilding it!

This process of rebuilding oneself was a transformation leading to new heights beyond common knowledge, hence the “Hidden Summit.” It was much like how a phoenix underwent rebirth amidst the flame.

A moment’s incaution could lead to irrecoverable damage. You could forget about “rising from the ashes,” as you’d simply become a cripple without a cultivation base.

But it was different for Su Yi, as he’d mastered reincarnation! The power of reincarnation encompassed the taboo mysteries of rebirth, as well as the cycle of withering and flourishing.

Once he’d shattered his cultivation base, he’d be able to use the power and mysteries of reincarnation to rebuild his body. This was a completely unique ability, and without it, any talk of reaching the Hidden Summit was nothing but the ravings of a madman.

Thus, in this battle, Su Yi refrained from using the Sword of Proximity. Instead, he fought purely with his cultivation base.

Although he was repeatedly injured, the fierce, perilous battle relentlessly excavated his latent potential. It was a shocking sight, and an extraordinarily ironic one.

A pack of lofty, superior gods waved all manner of divine treasures about and attacked with full force, while their opponent, a single Great Realm expert, fought barehanded. He used his powers of the Grand Dao to stave them all off.

It was a ridiculous sight.

But no one cared. This was a life-or-death battle. At times like this, concepts like “fairness” and “dignity” were as fleeting as the clouds overhead. No one would pay them any heed.

The winner was king!

Moments later, Su Yi’s skin was torn and bleeding all over his body, and his clothes were stained red.

Many of the divine children spectating fell silent. Waves of emotion coursed through their hearts.

At first, they’d been excited and eager, but witnessing Su Yi’s unparalleled pride and magnificence as he faced a group of gods alone shook them to the core.

They couldn’t be happy, nor could they be excited!

Meanwhile, the gods surrounding Su Yi looked bewildered. Su Yi was far too tenacious! In his shoes, even a Mid-Rank God would have died a long time ago, unable to bear this onslaught.

But Su Yi was fending them off, and he’d lasted all this time!

Admittedly, he looked wretched, and he was repeatedly injured, but he hadn’t fallen!

......

About ten minutes later.

Crack! Splurt!

Su Yi’s right arm was ripped off with a spray of blood. His face was as white as paper, and his vital energy was in disarray. He seemed he might collapse at any moment.

“Quick, he won’t last much longer!!” Heavenly God White Flame’s eyes shone with delight.

The other gods were excited, too. They’d been fighting all this time, but they’d not yet managed to take Su Yi down. This made their hearts quiver with fright. They were terrified that Su Yi would unleash some taboo killer weapon out of nowhere and catch them off guard.

When they took in Su Yi’s wretched state, they all inwardly sighed in relief. At this point, no external treasure would be enough to change Su Yi’s fate!

Why isn’t Fellow Daoist Su using any treasures?

Bi Kongliu had been watching this entire time, his heart on tenterhooks.

Su Yi’s situation was far too dire; he could topple at a moment’s notice. Yet, despite this, for some inexplicable reason, he hadn’t used any treasures at all. Bi Kongliu found this baffling. Something... was clearly amiss.

“Get him!” The gods attacked with ever greater ferocity.

Meanwhile, Su Yi’s wounds got worse and worse. Even the spectating divine children couldn’t help but look pitying, and their hearts were incomparably conflicted.

It was hard not to admire such an enemy.

But at the same time, if this enemy survived, it would be an absolute nightmare!

Finally, a heavy impact rang out, and Su Yi was sent flying backward. His vital energy was already in disarray, and now, it completely collapsed.

His Great Profound Stage cultivation base collapsed like an avalanche and continuously receded.

He was like a withered leaf blowing in the wind. His life force rapidly faded away.

“No...” Bi Kongliu’s heart shook, and his expression shifted.

The other divine children’s eyes widened.

This is the reincarnation of the Swordmaster of Spiritual Desolation, a terrifying existence feared by even Master Gods. Is he really going to die a brutal death here today?

Indescribable astonishment surged through their hearts. A dazzling legend was about to perish before their very eyes!

The astonishment of this was so great that many of them almost felt that they were dreaming. It just didn’t seem real.

Even the gods looked a bit dazed.

Have we... just defeated the reincarnation of the Swordmaster of Spiritual Desolation?

Even now, they didn’t understand why Su Yi had never used any external items or revealed any powerful killer weapons. It simply made no sense.

They’d been most terrified of Su Yi’s death throes, and all of them were thoroughly on guard. Who’d have guessed that the anticipated death throes would never happen?

“Die!!” The moment Su Yi collapsed, a white-haired elder charged explosively, his hand reaching for Su Yi’s head.

He wanted to seize this moment of weakness to finish Su Yi off, once and for all!

They were gods, and all of them had overcome a hundred battles. None of them would show mercy, nor would they pass up the slightest opportunity!

Practically simultaneously, Heavenly God White Flame and the others charged at Su Yi. Su Yi’s death ultimately didn’t matter; what mattered was the good fortune he had on him. That was what they were really after!

But it was then that an indescribable, taboo aura surged throughout heaven and earth.

Boom!

Heaven and earth contorted, and time and space were thrown into upheaval. Endless tribulation light exploded into being, boring a hole through the past, present, and future to erupt with mysterious and taboo destructive power.

It was indistinct, but people could almost see a figure standing over the boundless River of Destiny.

The attacking gods’ expressions shifted dramatically as their bodies, souls, hearts, and even their essence, qi, and spirit were completely intimidated.

The white-haired old man, the first to charge at Su Yi, was only about a foot away from him. His right hand was on the verge of touching Su Yi’s head.

But it was then that the sky collapsed, and a streak of tribulation light appeared out of nowhere, obliterating the old man one inch at a time.