Chapter 668: Breaking Through, the Arrival of the Ancient Thunderbolt Tribulation (III)

Boom!

High above the sky, an endless amount of golden flames ignited, gradually forming a kilometer-wide golden star, radiating infinite light and heat.

The instant the golden sun took shape, an unfathomably powerful pressure descended from the heavens, causing the breathing of everyone in the floating city to become labored as they felt an oppressive weight on their bodies.

At the same time, the temperature of the entire world skyrocketed by dozens of degrees in the blink of an eye. Vegetation withered and dried up even though they were still dozens of kilometers away from the epicenter.

Such an awe-inspiring phenomenon left everyone shocked.

Blade King Mu Jun exhaled deeply. "What an immense law pressure... As expected, it’s a high-level fire law with the special nature of a sun."

Just as Mu Jun finished speaking, blinding blue thunderbolts suddenly exploded from within the dark clouds, forming an overwhelming net of lightning that covered the sky.

Tens of thousands of thunderbolts roared and detonated, shaking the entire world. The atmosphere churned violently, and the deafening booms echoed across the heavens and earth.

Under the devastating lightning destruction aura, the endless sea of thunderbolts converged, manifesting into a thunderbolt dragon over a thousand meters long, with ferocious scales, sharp horns, and clearly defined whiskers.

Roar!

The moment the thunderbolt dragon formed, an overwhelming mythical-level pressure spread across the land, and it let out a savage roar, exuding an unearthly divine presence.

Gazing at the radiant sun and thunderbolt dragon in the sky, Heavenly King Jiuyou nodded. "Such an intense scorching aura of destruction... It really is a high-level lightning law."

It wasn’t over yet, however. Endless darkness unfolded in the azure sky, vast and boundless like the cosmic void.

From the depths, a pair of black-golden vertical pupils emerged, so enormous that they blotted out the heavens. Around them, sixteen rings of black runes formed a law sequence chain, radiating an awe-inspiring aura.

Boom!

As the third law—the law of void—manifested, the world’s oppressive force skyrocketed again. Under this crushing law pressure, the atmosphere compressed into rings of white shockwaves, sweeping across the land in violent gales.

The combined might of these three high-level laws left countless cultivators struggling to endure, their faces filled with astonishment.

Even Jiuyou and Mu Jun momentarily froze in shock. "He actually condensed the law of void?!"

Before the crowd could recover from their shock, a colossal gray gate over ten thousand meters tall materialized within the infinite void.

It looked solid, its surface engraved with countless phantoms of living beings. As the gate slowly creaked open, a grayish energy seeped out, exuding a decaying aura of death, carrying the essence of all things withering and life fading into silence.

In an instant, the heavenly pressure surged again.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

With the fourth high-level law manifesting, the high-altitude atmosphere erupted,and even space itself trembled, forming waves of transparent ripples that swept across the sky.

"Four high-level laws... and two of them are top-tier laws of void and death!" Even Jiuyou and Mu Jun couldn’t hide their astonishment.

For cultivators, being able to condense a single high-level law meant they had the potential to become a heavenly king. Not only would their combat power far exceed others of the same level, but their future cultivation speed would also accelerate significantly.

However, even among high-level laws, there were distinctions.

Fire, lightning, ice, water, and earth laws belonged to one category, whereas Chen Chu’s death and void laws were in an entirely different league.

At their limits, earth, fire, death, void, and even the Destructive Dragon Emperor’s destructive lightning were all branches of supreme laws.

These high-level laws involved fragments of supreme laws, making them comparable in rank and strength to ordinary high-level laws, but with a significantly higher potential ceiling. If cultivated to the utmost limit, there was even a chance to advance into a supreme law.

Thus, these were classified as top-tier high-level laws.

Meanwhile, supreme laws were fundamental principles governing the vast cosmos—time, space, death, reincarnation, destruction, and creation, among others.

This was why Heavenly King Jiuyou and the others were so shaken. They never expected that upon breaking through, Chen Chu would condense that many high-level laws, even top-tier ones.

If he could successfully complete world creation and master a supreme law... Gasp!

Blade King Mu Jun sucked in a breath of cold air, his face quickly turning to excitement.

Truly worthy of inheriting the legacy of the ancient civilization’s emperor—this is terrifying!

As countless people below watched in shock, Chen Chu appeared in front of the golden, flame-burning sun. He was clad in black-red dragon scales, wielding a menacing halberd in his hands.

Behind him, the kilometer-wide golden sun burned, thunderbolt dragons coiled and roared, and black-golden pupils loomed over the void alongside the gate of death—he was like an ancient war god summoned into reality.

"So powerful!"

"Is this the prodigy of humanity? Unbelievable! Just the divine might of his breakthrough is suppressing the heavens and earth. I can’t even imagine how strong he’ll be once he fully forges his law-condensed form!"

"I have a feeling... he will become the fourth supreme powerhouse of our race!"

Countless cultivators in the floating city were overwhelmed with excitement. Even high-ranking experts of the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Realms firmly believed that Chen Chu possessed the potential for supreme power.

Just as everyone watched him in awe, a rupture suddenly formed in the sky hundreds of kilometers above. A black rift, spanning several hundred kilometers, tore through reality, resembling an all-seeing eye embedded in the azure heavens.

As an indescribable pressure spread outward, space-time quivered and trembled.

In an instant, Heavenly King Jiuyou, Blade King Mu Jun, and the Primordial King, who stood in the spatial layers, all tensed up.

The Primordial King slowly spoke, his ancient voice solemn. "This kid’s breakthrough is truly momentous... he hasn't even begun world creation, yet a tribulation has already appeared!"

Supreme laws were tied to the fundamental principles. Thus, attempting to wield them during world creation would inevitably provoke a mythical heavenly tribulation. If one endured it, they could grasp a supreme law. If they failed, at best they’d be severely wounded; at worst, obliterated by the apocalyptic power.

However, Chen Chu hadn't even started world creation, and his sheer potential had already drawn forth such a tribulation.

"A mythical heavenly tribulation..." High in the sky, Chen Chu slowly lifted his gaze, staring at the massive rift that resembled the all-seeing eye of heaven. A fierce battle will surged in his eyes.

Boom!

The four laws around Chen Chu entwined, and an endless surge of blood-red energy erupted from his body, instantly transforming a several-thousand-meter radius into the Blood Sea Purgatory.

His halberd suddenly grew heavier, empowered by the domain. Thunderbolts and fire intertwined along its blade, radiating with blinding brilliance.

Facing the tribulation, an ordeal reserved only for world creation, Chen Chu didn’t feel fear, but he dared not be careless either.

Boom!

From within the black rift, a blinding golden light suddenly burst forth. A golden lightning pillar, hundreds of meters thick, descended from the heavens, exuding an indescribably terrifying aura.

The very moment the pillar appeared, a heavenly oppression crashed down upon the world. Instantly, the souls of everyone trembled, their internal energies collapsed, and their bodies went limp, unable to stand.

Under the pressure of this soul-crushing force, Blade King Mu Jun felt his very laws disintegrate, his face paling in shock. A sharp, unrivaled saber will suddenly burst from his body, tearing through the heavenly suppression and slicing through the soul-crushing aura.

As everyone struggled beneath the Heavenly Dao’s pressure, Chen Chu alone remained unfazed. His halberd surged with light, expanding into a thousand-meter-long purple-gold war halberd that pierced toward the sky.

Boom!

The golden lightning pillar, which seemed both slow yet impossibly fast, descended. Space shattered, and the thousand-meter halberd exploded upon impact. Limitless thunderbolts engulfed Chen Chu, piercing through the skies, and crashing down beyond the edge of the floating island.

Boom!

In an instant, the land beneath for dozens of kilometers shattered apart. An explosive golden radiance flooded the world, consuming everything in its path.

By the time the golden lightning pillar faded, a kilometer-wide, bottomless crater remained on the ground. Above, a black passageway pierced through the heavens and earth, its very presence radiating an indescribable aura of destruction.