Chapter 466 - 189: 9-Level Celestial Punishment, 6th Revolution of the Immortal Golden Body
Chapter 466: Chapter 189: 9-Level Celestial Punishment, 6th Revolution of the Immortal Golden Body
Ever since learning some of the truth, Su Bai had performed countless deductions, speculating on the nature of this realm’s heaven.
Now, it was finally time to test his theories.
BOOM!
Watched by all, Su Bai took a single step into the sky. Tens of thousands of feet up, thunder suddenly roared to life.
Countless thunderbolts, like a celestial river, cascaded down, carrying an endless Power of Destruction that sought to annihilate everything!
This was absolutely different from the natural lightning of the Mortal Realm. In a way, this could no longer be considered a simple change in the weather.
A pure Thunder Spiritual Mechanism was mixed into every bolt, making it far more violent and terrifying than the Thunder Divine Techniques of any Thunder Cultivator.
In fact, Cultivators who reached the Dao Palace Realm could use their Magical Presence to withstand ordinary lightning without any issue, unafraid of taking a direct hit.
But now, a single bolt falling from the sky was enough to make even a True Master of the Feather Transformation Realm turn pale.
CRACKLE!
The instant the tide of thunder crashed down.
The True Qi and Magical Presence covering Su Bai’s body clashed hundreds and thousands of times, a continuous, drumming impact like rain on plantain leaves.
Visible to the naked eye, ripples spread out in all directions, like layer upon layer of concentric circles.
"This isn’t lightning..."
Su Bai reached out and pinched a strand of Thunder Essence Qi, his eyes flickering as he saw through to its essence.
This so-called Celestial Punishment lightning was, in essence, still the Power of Destruction, pure to the extreme.
The lightning was merely its external manifestation.
The pure Power of Destruction meant that no one could find a moment’s respite under the Celestial Punishment. Unlike a normal Celestial Tribulation, it was impossible to gain any benefits from it, such as tempering one’s Physique.
This was... a battle to the death!
RUMBLE!
The moment Su Bai stepped into the thunderous tide, the Thunder Essence Qi in the world instantly intensified by thousands of times.
Near-tangible serpents of electricity crisscrossed the air, emitting terrifying, reverberating sounds that grew ever stronger.
In an instant, the sound of thunder filled the entire Netherworld. Countless Demon Ghosts trembled and fled in terror.
But no matter how the thunderous tide surged, Su Bai stood within it like a reef battered by waves, showing no sign of being moved in the slightest.
Even standing in the middle of the sea of thunder, his robes were not even slightly torn.
KRA-KAAACK!!
A Thunder Dragon in the void illuminated the heavens.
It also illuminated the faces of the many Cultivators who were using various means to peer at this location.
"The might of the Celestial Punishment is this terrifying!"
A small boat traveled through the void, following a channel as it approached the Netherworld.
As the lightning flickered, the expression on the old monk wearing a bamboo hat was hard to read.
The might of the Celestial Punishment was horrifying. He had once passed a "six-nine Thunder Tribulation," but compared to the sheer scale of the Celestial Punishment before him...
...the so-called "six-nine Thunder Tribulation" was nothing at all.
Even the legendary "nine-nine Thunder Tribulation" likely couldn’t compare to the might of this Celestial Punishment.
And this was just the prelude.
According to legend, the Celestial Punishment had a full nine layers!
Yet the Boxing Saint Daoist faced the might of the Celestial Punishment without batting an eye. It was clear that even the "nine-nine Thunder Tribulation" would be no problem for him.
In other words, he was already capable of ascending at any moment, rivaling or even surpassing every Feathered Transformation Realm True Master in history.
He wasn’t the only one; the other Cultivators who had approached the Netherworld through their own channels were also hesitating.
For the moment, they all halted their advance.
In the past eight years, Cui Yanliang’s implementation of new laws had shaken more than just a person or two.
The reason so few had dared to make a move was not because they didn’t care, but because of Su Bai’s power.
Unlike the Leader of Gui Chen Sect, the Divine Techniques of this Boxing Saint Daoist were even more tyrannical.
He could just sit cross-legged in the Da Yu Capital City, and a casual strike from him could reach any mountain or river in Da Yu, forcing them to flee.
It was precisely because the vast majority of them had suffered at the hands of the Boxing Saint Daoist Temple, forced to flee far from the Central Continent.
So, upon seeing the Boxing Saint Daoist standing completely unshaken within the thunderous tide...
...they naturally grew hesitant.
They dared not advance.
RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!
The heavens and the earth roared!
The thundercloud storm that pervaded the Mortal Realm of the Netherworld was like a monster with countless tentacles, brandishing tens of millions of electric serpents and Thunder Dragons like long whips.
They lashed down!
Wherever they passed, everything—tangible and intangible alike—groaned as if on the verge of collapse.
Even the void was lashed until it shattered!
The earth trembled, and the sky howled.
In the next instant, hundreds and thousands of Thunder Dragons violently collided, erupting in a blast of infinite light.
At this moment, even the Feathered Transformation Realm True Masters who were spying on the scene felt their vision go completely white.
Beings of the Feather Transformation Realm didn’t just observe the world with their naked eyes; they could also perceive it with their Divine Thoughts.
Ordinary Arrays, physical objects, and even towering mountains could not block their perception.
But at this very moment, they could not see clearly what was happening amidst the cataclysmic collision of thunder.
BOOM!
The shockwave was like an ocean, the sound like a star exploding.
From that one collision.
The Netherworld Land, tens of thousands of feet away, instantly cracked and shattered.
An indescribable, immense force slammed down.
In the blink of an eye, the world turned upside down!
Volcanoes, earthquakes, lightning, hurricanes...
One natural disaster after another struck instantly, as if the apocalypse had arrived.
Countless Demon Ghosts that had just burrowed underground were annihilated by the fierce and unyielding shockwave before they even had a chance to breathe.
Even powerful Great Demon Ghosts with profound Cultivation would be turned to dust in an instant if caught in the aftershocks, completely powerless to resist.
WHOOSH!!
Jin Yunfeng grabbed Nianxin Daoist Child and Chen Shaoyou, weaving through the hurricanes stirred up by the Thunder Essence Qi and rushing toward the distant altar.
The Celestial Punishment was too savage; it cared not whether the mountains and land were destroyed, let alone the people on it.
At this moment, in the vast Netherworld, the only truly safe place was paradoxically beneath that very altar.
Otherwise, no matter where one stood, they risked being caught in the aftershocks of the Celestial Punishment.
Any single one of those thunderbolts possessed a Power of Destruction that would make even a Feathered Transformation Realm True Master turn pale.
A Great True Master at the Ninth Level of Feather Transformation Realm might be able to resist one or two bolts.
But when faced with this world-ending sea of thunder that blotted out the sky and seemed ready to cleanse the entire world at any moment...
...no one was willing to resist it head-on.
Not even a Spirit Immortal, or even one touched by the Celestial Mandate!
WHOOSH!
As Jin Yunfeng tore through the landscape, he saw the earth cracking all around the Netherworld and mountains being shattered by thunderbolts.
Under such terrifying pressure, even Great Demon Ghosts with considerable Cultivation shed their fear of the Netherworld Giant City.
They, too, were now running frantically toward the altar.
"His Cultivation isn’t far off from ours at our peak, but I wonder how many layers of this Celestial Punishment he can withstand."
Atop the walls of the Netherworld Giant City, Venerable Hei Ming suddenly spoke as he watched the white-robed Daoist who seemed to be letting the lightning crash over him in the sea of thunder.
"The Celestial Punishment has nine layers. You and I can withstand the Sixth Layer. If he fights for his life, perhaps he too can withstand the Sixth Layer."
"But even if we were to join forces, we couldn’t withstand the Seventh Layer."
Venerable Bai You murmured, unable to stop himself from recalling an unpleasant memory.
Back when they waged war against the heavens, it had taken the combined strength of seven of them just to barely break through the seventh layer of the Celestial Punishment, a feat that left six dead and one wounded.
He himself had suffered damage to his very source, spending several thousand years just to bring Hei Ming back from the brink.
The might of the Celestial Punishment grew more inconceivable with each successive layer.
Its power was beyond imagination!
"The Venerable Lord thinks so highly of him," Venerable Hei Ming said. "Perhaps things will be different this time?"
As Venerable Hei Ming spoke, his gaze fell upon the ancient, eerie altar atop the city gatehouse.
"If his altar can truly devour the Seven Heroes and Three Li, then perhaps things will be different..."
"But are we really going to help him?"
"The Seven Heroes and Three Li are immortal and indestructible. There’s no harm in letting him try. At worst, we can just capture them again within the next hundred years to sacrifice to the Venerable Lord..."
Venerable Bai You caressed his black rod and slowly lowered his eyelids.
"But since he’s made such a show of his own greatness, he’d better live up to it."
"Otherwise, people are dying in this world at every moment. Losing him wouldn’t make a difference."
"And gaining him is no great boon!"
KACHA!
Just then, from within the endless tide of thunder, a sound suddenly rang out, like a mirror shattering.
Su Bai’s gaze sharpened, his expression shifting slightly.
’Just the first layer of Celestial Punishment already surpasses the "nine-nine Thunder Tribulation."’
’The celestial might of the Jin Yun Great World truly does far exceed that of this realm’s heaven!’
This realm’s heaven had to resist being devoured by the Jin Yun Great World, so it couldn’t possibly focus all its energy on dealing with Cultivators.
Otherwise, if the Thunder Tribulation for a Cultivation breakthrough possessed the might of a Celestial Punishment, it would be impossible for this realm to ever produce a Cultivator who could surpass the Dao Palace Realm.
They would inevitably perish during the Thunder Tribulation for their breakthrough.
But the heaven of the Jin Yun Great World was different.
Even from across an unimaginably vast expanse of void, its casual interference had created a prelude to a Celestial Punishment that already surpassed the might of this realm’s "nine-nine Thunder Tribulation."
Just how powerful its true might could be was already beyond anyone’s imagination.
BUZZ!
As the thought crossed his mind, Su Bai waved his long sleeve, shattering layers of thunder. He glanced indifferently at Venerable Hei Bai on the city wall.
"In that case, you two should watch closely!"
BOOM!
In that instant, Su Bai’s voice was louder than the thunder!
Amidst the surging tide of thunder, streams of Divine Light burst forth from Su Bai’s body.
They crisscrossed and interwove within the boundless tide of thunder and roiling essence qi.
From them evolved a vast and profound, dark, starry sky!
The starry sky was vast, seemingly endless and without boundary.
It seemed that wherever the sea of thunder reached, so too did the starry sky!
It was as if the sea of thunder enveloped the starry sky, and yet also as if the starry sky had given birth to the sea of thunder.
"Hm?"
Venerable Hei Bai, as well as the many Feathered Transformation Realm True Masters who witnessed this scene, all felt their hearts tremble.
They were utterly mesmerized!
In a trance, they seemed to see something within the starry sky, which was now so entangled with the sea of thunder that the two were indistinguishable.
Celestial Palaces appeared, along with mountains, rivers, plants, insects, and fish...
...and countless Divine Spirits!
"Where is he?"
The trance came and went in a flash, not even lasting for a thousandth of an instant.
But when the many Feathered Transformation Realm True Masters snapped out of it, their expressions changed drastically.
They had actually lost sight of Su Bai!
With their level of perception, they couldn’t remember the last time they had experienced such a thing.
"Wait!"
"He... Has he transformed himself into a void?"
Aboard the small boat, the old monk lifted his bamboo hat. His eyes narrowed, as if he had seen through the mystery.
Venerable Hei Ming’s brow furrowed slightly, then relaxed.
"Bai You, have you never seen this Divine Technique of his before?"
Bai You shook his head slightly.
BUZZ!
As everyone pondered, a terrifying golden light, surging to its absolute limit, suddenly erupted from within the vast starry sky that was entangled with the boundless sea of thunder.
It soared into the heavens!
At the same time, a mysterious Golden Shadow slowly rose from within the endless sea of thunder.
Then, a voice that could not be drowned out even by the sound of exploding thunder slowly resounded in everyone’s hearts.
It seemed to be answering Hei Ming’s question, yet it also felt like a calm statement of fact:
"At the Fifth Golden Body Transformation, one can already ensure that the physical body remains immortal and indestructible, even after millions, or tens of millions, of years have passed."
"And at the Sixth Golden Body Transformation, even if heaven and earth decay and the world collapses, the physical body remains immortal, and the Primordial Spirit remains vast and indestructible."
Here, Su Bai’s voice paused.
Then, he threw a punch, unleashing a boundless golden light that crushed the infinite sea of thunder.
In an instant, the sea of thunder retreated, and the golden light surged!
"This is the Sixth Transformation Immortal Body!"