Chapter 168: Early Stage of the Tribulation Crossing Heavenly Monarch

Deep within the thunder.

This was the first bolt of thunder of winter.

Under the continuous convergence of boundless lightning, dark clouds gathered densely, as if a torrential downpour was about to erupt.

Had anyone paid attention, they would have been astonished to find a person standing right in the heart of the thunder.

Someone was undergoing a Tribulation Transcendence.

Although the outer lightning possessed world-destroying, supreme might, its power was insufficient for undergoing a true Tribulation Transcendence unless one ventured deep into the core of the thunder.

The thunder consisted of nine layers.

To transcend the tribulation, one had to enter at least the fifth layer.

This was forged naturally by heaven and earth, yet such lightning existed only in the void. Should it truly strike, even the entire Grand Void Sacred City could be cleaved in two.

Chu Feng possessed the Wuji Thunder Sacred Body.

It had already reached the highest tier, and a single step further would elevate it to the Wuji Thunder Immortal Body.

Moreover, within his body flowed the Wuji Sacred Blood, the Supreme Bone, and the Dual Pupils.

With all four elements fused into one.

Chu Feng himself had no idea what level his innate talent had attained.

Rumble...

Finally, Chu Feng began to welcome the first bolt of thunder.

The lightning entered his body.

A wave of comfortable warmth surged into his heart, making Chu Feng almost moan in pleasure.

"Is that it? You're looking down on me, Chu Feng, way too much. This bit of thunder isn't even enough to scratch an itch."

"Ah, right, how could I forget? Not only do I possess the Wuji Thunder Sacred Body, but I also master the Five Thunders, a supreme divine art among the Thirty-Six Tiangang Spells."

In other words, while others undergoing the tribulation were walking through the gates of hell, his own tribulation felt merely like taking a bath in the lightning.

Others faced a narrow escape from death.

Yet he found it thoroughly comfortable.

If word of this got out, it was hard to imagine how many people would die of envy and jealousy.

Pity, it would be wonderful if he could cultivate a supreme thunder technique.

"Fate Mall, do you have any divine spells or techniques capable of condensing thunder power?"

Glancing at his fate value, he found he had precisely five hundred million.

"By the way, recommend any thunder techniques within my budget."

[Option One: Wood-Type Divine Thunder, priced at five hundred million.]

[Option Two: Metal-Type Divine Thunder, priced at five hundred million.]

[Option Three: Blazing Flame Divine Thunder, priced at five hundred million.]

[Option Four: Water-Type Divine Thunder, priced at five hundred million.]

[Option Five: Thick Earth Divine Thunder, priced at five hundred million.]

Chu Feng frowned; these were all thunder techniques of the Immortal-Emperor tier.

"System, don't you have the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, the Doutian Divine Thunder, the Shangqing Divine Thunder, the Taiqing Divine Thunder, or the Yuqing Divine Thunder?"

[Dream on, Host, you can't afford them.] The system replied full of disdain.

A price list appeared before Chu Feng.

[Purple Firmament Divine Thunder: 500 billion.]

[Doutian Divine Thunder: 1,000 billion.]

[The Three Pure Ones Divine Thunders: 500 billion each.]

Truly exorbitant.

This was clearly prompting him to diligently harvest the system's task rewards like wool.

Never mind.

The mastery of the Five Thunders could also condense the Five Thunders technique; come to me, all these thunder forces!

With a wave of his hand, the thunder filling the sky continuously gathered toward Chu Feng's palms, subsequently beginning to refine his primordial spirit. As time flowed, the lightning gradually dissipated, entirely absorbed by Chu Feng.

Yet, Chu Feng was far from pleased.

With merely this bit of thunder, he felt nothing at all.

This would not do. Since he had entered the Tribulation-Crossing Heavenly Monarch realm, the more thunder power, the better. Supreme lightning of the heavens and myriad worlds, descend upon me!

In an instant, the thunder that had just vanished appeared once more.

The previous lightning had been a natural convergence of heaven and earth, but this bolt was a trial cast down by the Heavenly Dao itself, appearing even more formidable and majestic.

The entire realm was surrounded by thunder.

This domain happened to be the skies above the Lingyun Sword Sect.

Within the Lingyun Sword Sect, the strongest individual was Zhou Yuan, who was at the Integration stage. Even while alive, she lacked the qualification to sense the Tribulation Heavenly Thunder, let alone anyone else.

She merely wondered why the sky had suddenly turned so dark.

Was it going to rain?

The thunder struck.

Chu Feng neither dodged nor evaded, employing the mastery of the Five Thunders, and swiftly absorbed the lightning. Sure enough, as the lightning was absorbed, his internal magic power underwent purification.

"Huh, why does it feel like the enhancement isn't very significant?"

"Ah, right, how could I have forgotten? Having cultivated the Great Prime Heavenly Immortal Scripture combined with the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Great Sorrowful Hymn, my inner magic power was long ago condensed into pseudo-immortal power, which only Immortal Emperors are qualified to wield. It has already reached the mortal limit; any further enhancement, and the mortal world probably wouldn't tolerate it, causing the Heavenly Dao to banish him immediately."

Of course, achieving True Immortal might was no simple feat.

Ten days later.

Deep within the void, Chu Feng abruptly opened his eyes.

An astonishing aura erupted from his entire being.

In his wake, this powerful force formed a spatial black hole that emitted a dark, ominous glow, as though it intended to swallow everything in sight.

Only at this moment could Chu Feng be considered to have truly and completely stepped into the early stage of Tribulation Transcendence.

His magic power was now interwoven with pure-yang thunder energy, enhancing his combat power by at least tenfold.

Over these ten days, the Lingyun Sword Sect had also undergone tremendous changes.

Sweeping out with his divine sense.

Chu Feng discovered that, precisely as the system had predicted earlier, Chen Changsheng had truly become the sect master of the Lingyun Sword Sect and had refined the Kongsang Immortal Sword.

Nourished by the feedback of the Kongsang Immortal Sword, his cultivation had broken through to the peak of the Golden Core stage.

As for the three women—Zhu Ling'er, Li Lili, and Lin Leilei—they no longer enjoyed their lofty status and were instead relegated to performing menial chores. Their clothes were no longer luxurious, replaced instead by the standard attire of ordinary disciples.

With Zhou Yuan dead.

They had fallen from direct disciples down to core disciples.

Furthermore, because of their former arrogance and condescension, which had offended countless disciples and elders, Zhu Ling'er was now responsible for transporting ores within the Artifact Forging Pavilion.

Li Lili was tending the fires inside the Pill Refining Workshop.

Lin Leilei was sweeping the grounds of the sword sect.

Naturally, none of this had anything to do with Chu Feng.

Ripping through the void, he returned directly to the Grand Void Sacred City.

"Husband, you're back."

Upon returning to his quarters.

Ji Ling'er rushed forward with evident excitement.

"Husband, thank you."

Ji Ling'er had already become the Saintess of the Ji family, enjoying elevated status, enhanced cultivation, and holding a magic treasure that had leap-frogged from the mere Nascent Soul tier to the Great Ascension Heavenly Human tier.

She had also obtained the first volume of the Void Emperor Scripture, which recorded all divine spells and techniques cultivable prior to the Great Ascension Heavenly Human stage.

Her guardian had changed as well.

An elderly woman at the Great Ascension Heavenly Human realm.

At the late stage of Great Ascension Heavenly Human.

She now possessed treasures, divine sources, and miraculous elixirs in abundance.

Only now did she truly look like a Saintess.

Chu Feng smiled and said, "If you want to thank your husband, just saying it isn't enough."

"Unless you use your mouth to help your husband solve a practical problem."

At this moment, Ji Ling'er's subjugation value had reached an impressive 99 points.

Showing a strong tendency to surpass the others from behind.

Previously, the highest subjugation value had belonged to Shen Qianxue at 98 points.

Ji Ling'er smiled and nodded. "Ling'er will obey whatever Husband wishes."

"Good."

Chu Feng said with great delight, "It's getting late, let's rest. Your husband has been away for over ten days, and my little brother has been longing to come home and take a look."

"He's all curled up."

Ji Ling'er blushed and said, "The elder sisters are still here."

Chu Feng smiled, "Then we'll all do it together."