Chapter 744: The Plane's Crushing Pressure

After enduring three lightning strikes, Tang San's aura began to change noticeably. The golden trident symbol on his forehead became increasingly brighter.

"Boom!"

The fourth strike came crashing down, giving him no chance to catch his breath. The tribulation clouds above the Ancestral Court did not weaken in the slightest; instead, they grew stronger.

The most terrifying aspect of the Nine Heavens Ten Earths Divine Extinguishing Tribulation was that it would not cease until it achieved its goal. The lightning would not stop until Tang San was annihilated.

This was the crushing force of the entire plane!

The golden lightning descended once again, and upon sensing the chaos energy, the tribulation's hostility toward Tang San intensified. Only by destroying him could the chaos energy return to the plane's core.

This time, the destructive aura of the lightning was even more terrifying, as if thousands of gigantic electric serpents were rampaging. Even the Spacetime Lighthouse's control over time seemed to be failing—the lightning was just too fast and too powerful. The spatial barriers weakened, and space itself began to shatter, which meant that the lightning could not be divided as effectively as before.

Tang San's body was continuously broken and reformed, in a more brutal cycle than ever. But within him, yin-yang energy began to rotate, constantly tearing apart the destructive force of the tribulation. Only this primal energy from the dawn of the universe could counteract this world-ending power.

As the yin-yang vortex rotated, the Chaos Blue Silver Emperor continuously provided Tang San with life energy, allowing him to repeatedly reconstruct his body. And thus, the fourth strike was overcome!

After enduring the baptism of four waves of lightning, Tang San's body underwent another transformation. When the lightning tore through his skin this time, Crystalline vaguely saw that his muscles, bones, meridians, and even internal organs had begun to turn golden.

Tang San's body seemed to be tempered by the tribulation, and each strike only furthered that transformation.

The terrifying power of the Nine Heavens Ten Earths Divine Extinguishing Tribulation, instead of breaking him, seemed to be aiding him.

What Crystalline didn’t know was that the technique Tang San was using at this moment came from a sect in his previous life called the Body Sect, which specialized in physical cultivation. The highest level of this cultivation was known as the Immaculate Golden Body, and it was said that perfect mastery would make the user immortal. Of course, it was not true immortality, but even so, there was no doubt about it: the Immaculate Golden Body method was the single most formidable body cultivation method.

The Body Sect's techniques were originally only effective below the god level, but with Tang San researching and developing them during his time as a God King, they had all been elevated to function for gods as well.

The Nine Heavens Ten Earths Divine Extinguishing Tribulation was practically helping him refine and enhance himself to an unprecedented level, provided he could withstand the tribulation's destructive power and avoid death.

At this moment, the twisted expression on Tang San's face seemed to ease, as if the pain had lessened—or perhaps he had gradually adapted to it.

The fifth lightning strike followed closely, and this time, half of Tang San's body was directly shattered by the impact.

At the critical moment, a red light flashed within Tang San's body as another bloodline imprint radiated light.

This was the last bloodline imprint Tang San had integrated before the tribulation, his ninth bloodline imprint.

Before ascending the Crystal Sacred Mountain, Tang San had visited four other Sacred Mountains. One was the Sword Saint Sacred Mountain of the Sword Saint Demon Emperor and the following were the two Sacred Mountains of the Sunborne Nymph Emperor and the Earthshade Nymph Emperor. So... what was the fourth?

It was the Immortal Sacred Mountain of the Eternal Inferno Undying Demon Emperor.

Yes, the ninth bloodline imprint he integrated was from the Immortal Flame Phoenix lineage. At this moment, as the red light surged, Tang San was enveloped in a cluster of crimson flames. He activated the Immortal Flame Phoenix's innate ability—rebirth from fire, true immortality!

Nirvana Rebirth was one of the strongest abilities even when considering the demon races as a whole. Though Tang San's body continued to be destroyed by the lightning, his regeneration ability, enhanced by Nirvana Rebirth, greatly accelerated his recovery.

This was another of Tang San's trump cards.

This bloodline imprint was something he had planned since long ago. Nothing could enhance his endurance more than Nirvana Rebirth. From the beginning, Tang San never believed he could completely withstand the Nine Heavens Ten Earths Divine Extinguishing Tribulation. That was a fundamental impossibility. Well, unless he could persist until this tribulation raised his power back to the God King level, in which case even the full power of the plane wouldn’t be able to handle him.

But that was impossible. After all, no matter how many trump cards he had, they would eventually run out, and the process couldn’t possibly enhance him that much. What he needed to do was to endure as much of the tribulation as possible. Although it was life-threatening at any moment, the more he endured and absorbed, the greater the benefits would be.

Simply put, a single strike of lightning was equivalent to several years of arduous cultivation, and this was

after

reaching godhood. Moreover, the destruction attribute contained within the Nine Heavens Ten Earths Divine Extinguishing Tribulation was comparable to the destruction force of a divine realm. This was a special attribute that only a God King could control. At this stage, it was far more valuable than the power of Mei Gongzi's Golden Fiend Tribulation, and would become one of Tang San's ultimate trump cards in the future.

After withstanding five lightning strikes, Tang San had successfully cultivated the Immaculate Golden Body. Relying on the Immaculate Golden Body and Nirvana Rebirth, he endured the sixth.

But this time, except for his head, Tang San’s entire body was almost completely obliterated by the lightning. Without Nirvana Rebirth, he would likely have truly died.

This was a true risk, unlike anything he had ever experienced. This time, Tang San could not resurrect if he was actually killed. This was not just death, but death equivalent to being judged and executed by the heavens. If his body was completely obliterated, it would be a true death; there would be no coming back from it.

After six lightning strikes, Tang San had already exhausted most of his trump cards.

But at that moment, the seventh strike descended, and it was even stronger than the previous ones.

Above Tang San's head, a vertical eye slowly emerged. From the black-and-white pupil, a halo of black-and-white light shot out, enveloping Tang San below. This was the Discerning Eye of Heaven.

As Tang San’s strongest bloodline imprint before acquiring a transcendent bloodline, the Discerning Eye of Heaven had been finally raised to the peak of the ninth order after arriving in the Heaven Garden. Now, it had evolved alongside him to the tenth order.

A faint smile appeared on Tang San’s face.

Crystalline, watching from the side, found his smile utterly unbelievable. How could he be smiling at a time like this?

At that moment, a lotus seed that had been beside Tang San suddenly rose into the air and was absorbed by the Discerning Eye of Heaven, merging into it.

The seventh lightning strike descended, and after shattering before the droplet of chaos energy, it was immediately blocked by a black-and-white light. This black-and-white halo was, of course, Tang San’s Polar Luck Domain. While this domain couldn’t fully block the tribulation, it acted like a filter, sifting the lightning.

A strange scene unfolded. The lightning became much gentler after passing through the filter of the Polar Luck Domain. A certain aura within the domain seemed to merge with the lightning, dulling its ferocity and making it seem hesitant, as if unsure of what to do. And thus, the ferocious thunderbolt dispersed before falling upon Tang San.

After enduring the baptism of six previous lightning strikes, Tang San's body had become extraordinarily resilient. Though he was still covered in wounds, his body didn’t shatter this time, and it seemed he endured it with relative ease compared to the previous two strikes.

However, after withstanding this lightning strike, the glow of the Celestial Fox Sacred Mountain dimmed slightly.

The Celestial Fox Demon Emperor’s expression changed dramatically as he shouted loudly, "Don’t do that!"