Within Nuwa's Heavenly Eye, countless powerful bolts of lightning surged forth, converging into a single, terrifying heavenly punishment as imposing as a mountain.

"Rumble..."

With the appearance of this thunderous divine punishment, the incredibly resilient spacetime within the Mountain and River Map began to twist wildly.

Laozi looked up at the terrifying thunderous heavenly punishment emanating from above him, which made his heart tremble, and his expression became extremely solemn.

"What a miserable situation!"

"Although I knew that Nuwa was incredibly powerful because she used the secret techniques passed down by the Great Shang Ancestor to become a Primordial Saint... I never imagined that she would be so incredibly powerful!"

"That is the Heavenly Dao's Divine Eye, the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao! Nuwa now possesses power almost equivalent to the Heavenly Dao itself?"

"It seems that this time, my old Taoist priest is not just going to suffer a major setback... Perhaps, I will perish here!"

Laozi understood that with his current power, he would most likely be killed if he faced Nuwa, who was capable of condensing such a powerful Heavenly Dao Divine Eye.

However, Laozi did not surrender easily.

He sighed heavily in his heart.

Immediately, he tried his best to clear away the negative emotions in his heart, concentrated all his mind, activated the Taiji Diagram, and faced the Nuwa version of the Heavenly Tribulation!

......

soon.

The Tai Chi diagram and the Heavenly Thunder Punishment collided.

"boom......"

Accompanied by a deafening roar capable of stunning even a Grand Luo Immortal.

It was as if two universes had collided and exploded.

An extremely terrifying energy shockwave erupted from the point of collision, tearing apart large swathes of space and time.

A desolate and chaotic spacetime turbulence permeated the surroundings.

However, the primordial space-time created by the Goddess Nuwa using the Map of Mountains and Rivers is layered upon layered, with an unknown number of layers.

Tearing apart many layers will instantly create many more.

Therefore, even though the shockwave from the collision between the Taiji Diagram and the Heavenly Thunder Punishment was terrifying, it still failed to break the Mountain and River Map, allowing Laozi to escape from it!

......

The first Heavenly Tribulation was stopped by Laozi.

However, while the Taiji Diagram blocked this heavenly lightning punishment, it did come at a price.

Because the Heavenly Thunder Punishment was too powerful, the mere collision with the Taiji Diagram caused a backlash that made the Taiji Diagram's owner, Laozi, bleed from the corner of his mouth.

Laozi suffered some minor injuries, which did not appear to be serious.

However, his face looked as if he had lost his parents:

"It failed!"

"This is really the end!"

"Unless Hongjun intervenes to save me, I will surely perish here!"

It turns out that Lao Tzu had just devised a plan to use the collision between the Taiji Diagram and the Heavenly Thunder Punishment to tear apart the space of the Mountain and River Map, thereby escaping to safety.

However, his wishful thinking back then failed.

......

After the first Heavenly Thunder Punishment.

"Crackling...crackleling...crackleling..."

From the crimson-gold Heavenly Dao Divine Eye hanging in the sky, streaks of lightning danced.

In a short while.

An even more powerful second Heavenly Tribulation was brewing!

at the same time.

Beyond the map of mountains, rivers, and the state.

The powerful sword strike from the Tongtian Sect Leader, which seemed capable of shattering everything and made the Primordial Celestial Venerable tremble in his heart, landed on the Primordial Celestial Venerable who was locked onto by this sword!

......

"Clang... clang... clang..."

The sword energy descended, transforming into an incomparably terrifying sword energy storm that enveloped the Heavenly Dao Holy Body of the Primordial Celestial Venerable.

"Hiss... hiss... hiss..."

In an instant, Yuanshi Tianzun suffered an even more painful ordeal than when he was sealed away by Di Xin!

His magical treasure-level clothing shattered in an instant.

His saintly skin, even more resilient than a magical treasure, was quickly covered in wounds under the terrifying, killing sword energy.

And it was accompanied by excruciating pain.

The right arm of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, along with part of his body, was forcibly shredded into dust by the killing sword energy!

......

It was just one sword strike.

The Tongtian Sect Leader severely injured the Primordial Heavenly Lord!

And after this sword strike.

The Tongtian Sect Leader raised his hand towards the Primordial Heavenly Venerable once again.

"Clang..."

Following the actions of the Tongtian Sect Leader.

Another terrifying sword aura emerged and slashed towards the Primordial Celestial Venerable!

Today, taking advantage of this opportunity, the Tongtian Sect Master will kill this utterly despicable Yuanshi Tianzun right here!