In the sky, the toad demon who had reached the eighth level of tribulation had transformed into a burly man with a square face.

Thunder and fire refine the golden body.

Having completed his tribulation, he had almost completely transformed into a human.

His whole body was shimmering with golden light!

"Haha... everyone, it's me, Old Ha, taking my leave now!"

Having said that, Ha Yao opened his arms wide, quietly awaiting the approaching guiding blue light.

One breath... two breaths... the time it takes for an incense stick to burn...

After overcoming the tribulation, as long as one fully unleashes their cultivation, they will be greeted by a guiding azure light.

This azure light can both cleanse the immortal body and guide those undergoing tribulation to the immortal realm.

If you don't want to go, simply withdraw all your magical power, and the azure light will disappear when it can't find its target.

But once the blue light disappeared, one could only wait for the next tribulation.

The limit for remaining in the mortal realm is the ninth level of tribulation.

After the ninth tribulation of lightning, one will inevitably be guided to the Immortal Realm!

Because after the ninth tribulation, one enters the True Immortal Realm, which surpasses even immortals.

The mortal realm can no longer contain such a level of power!

At this moment, everyone in the Heavenly Palace held their breath and watched quietly.

"No need to rush! There's no difference between those at the eighth level of the Tribulation Transcending Realm and those at the fifth or sixth level like us. It's normal that they can't be guided to ascension..."

Despite this, everyone's expressions remained solemn, and they almost dared not breathe.

If even passing through nine levels of tribulation doesn't allow for ascension...

That would mean the end for that generation; there would be no chance whatsoever.

Putting everything else aside, those dozens of strange beasts in the sky, all at the eighth or ninth level of the Tribulation Transcending Realm, could forever trample the entire Lingyu Cultivation World under their feet!

The heavenly tribulation doesn't seem to be too difficult for these demonic beasts to overcome...

But in reality, they are all exotic immortal beasts from the immortal realm, specially collected by the Xuanxian Mansion.

Those who have transcended the ninth level of tribulation may actually still be at the fifth or sixth level of True Immortal!

Just as concerned as those in the Heavenly Palace were countless independent cultivators and sect members who knew the inside story.

The patriarchs of the Black and White Sword Sect and the Flame Demon Sect, both Transcending Tribulation Immortals, were also among them.

Everyone was praying, praying for a miracle to happen.

"You must ascend to immortality!"

"Thirty-five thousand years! In my world of cultivation, not a single ascendant has survived... They all perished under the tribulation lightning. But in the past, the most they could achieve was the sixth level of tribulation. Now, these demonic beasts are comparable to true immortals, and they can even withstand the ninth level of tribulation lightning. They can definitely do it!"

"If one cannot ascend to immortality, what difference is there between that and death?"

"I'd rather die than not ascend to immortality!"

...

Soon, the final lightning bolts struck from the sky.

The thirty extraordinary beasts, most of which had reached the ninth level of tribulation, transformed into human form and silently waited in the air for the guiding azure light.

Not only them, but also countless other cultivators in the cultivation world who knew the truth...

One breath... two breaths... ten breaths...

One stick of incense!

No response.

There was no response!

In a mortal realm, an old man who was listening to a tune and eating peanuts suddenly burst into wild laughter.

"Hahaha... Hahaha..."

"It's over! There's no hope left!"

"The Lingyu Cultivation World! It's dead! It's dead!"

The old man's manic reaction drew disgust from the other diners.

"Old man, everyone's listening to music, what nonsense are you making?"

"Where did this lunatic come from? What Lingyu Cultivation World? Aren't the most famous sects in the cultivation world the Wandering Sect and the Empty Sect?"

"He's probably gone mad from dreaming about cultivating immortality... He has no spiritual roots, that's all there is to it. But this old man's hysteria is even worse; he probably thinks he's some kind of great power!"

......

Seeing the old man's disgusted expression, the waiter grabbed him and was about to throw him out.

To everyone's surprise, this exertion didn't budge the old man at all.

The old man looked up at the waiter, tears still streaming from his eyes.

But his aura gradually increased.

Copper Skin Realm, Iron Bone Realm, Physical Body Realm...

The waiter stumbled back, staring at the ferocious beast before him, which seemed to have suddenly awakened from its primordial state. He opened his mouth, uttering a series of incoherent groans.

The old man's aura was rising at an increasingly rapid pace, becoming terrifying.

Transformation into spirit, return to emptiness...

The aura spread, and before the ordinary people around could even scream, they were turned into dust and scattered.

"Since we're all going to die anyway, what's the point of cultivation? Just come with me!"

"boom!!"

...

The explosion drew the attention of the nine people in the palace, and even the forty-two strange beasts who, after undergoing their tribulations, were unaware of what had happened.

But this explosion was just the beginning...

"boom..."

"boom...."

Mushroom clouds rose one after another over the central continent.

Each explosion represents the fall of a cultivator undergoing tribulation.

Each time one survives a tribulation of lightning, they can live an additional thousand years.

But for them, who have lived for tens of thousands of years, what is a thousand years?

Moreover, tribulation lightning is not easy to pass. Throughout history, nine out of ten Mahayana cultivators have died under the first tribulation lightning. How many people can survive nine tribulations lightning?

Moreover,

What good would it do to survive nine tribulations of lightning? It would still just be waiting to die!

Rather than waiting to die, let's have a spectacular explosion!

This is the sound of despair.

This is a cry to heaven and earth!

Inside the Heavenly Palace, the eight people remained silent...

As eight of the world's most outstanding individuals, they are bound by too many responsibilities.

They cannot fall yet.

Old Master Xu let out a long sigh: "Looks like it's not going to work!"

The burly man beside him chuckled: "Heh, it's not entirely unexpected... It's been like this for over 30,000 years, and our ancestors didn't go mad, did they?"

Even if he wasn't crazy, once he said those words, he wasn't far from going insane.

Silence, silence. A full hour has passed; there's absolutely no way the guiding azure light will appear.

Most of the strange beasts in the sky have already begun to retreat.

Only a few revealed their true forms, circling in the sky, occasionally roaring and throwing an energy ball into the air.

Among the eight, a swordsman dressed as a scholar spoke up.

"Since this path is blocked, let's think of another way!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an old woman beside him paused, holding her long cane.

"What other options are there... We already came up with all the options 30,000 years ago! The Seven Tribulations Loose Immortal of the Five Elements Sect, Zi Yun of the Boundless Great Dao Sect, weren't they all brilliant and invincible in their time? And yet, the result was still the same!"

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Zi Yun, an Eighth Tribulation Loose Immortal of the Boundless Great Dao Sect, could only suffer annihilation against Him...

It's likely that only some sect ruins remain, where a fragment of his soul can still be seen.

Five Elements Sect, Five Roots Born! Seven Tribulations Loose Immortal,

However, his technique of burning his spiritual root is enough to allow him to face an Eight Tribulation Realm expert.

In the final battle, the aura it unleashed even surpassed the level of the Nine Tribulations...

But so what?

Their deaths... could hardly be described as a battle.

That was just suicide; whether He saw the two "little bugs" beside Him, no one knew.

That wasn't an equal battle...

That's something that shouldn't even exist in the lower realm!

Everyone was in despair...

The clear, melodious female voice rang out again.

"Seniors... perhaps you should first consider how to deal with these tribulation-crossing demonic beasts!"