Chapter 1109: Chapter 466: Breaking Through to Divinity Transformation (Part 2)

At the spot between his brows, a point of spiritual radiance was nurturing like a cosmic singularity; that was the origin of his Divine Sense and the imprint of his life beginning to fuse at a profound depth, about to give birth to a Divine Soul belonging solely to a Divinity Transformation Cultivator—his Primordial Spirit.

A breath far more agile than a Nascent Soul, far more vast, far closer to the origin of heaven and earth, began to emanate from this Nascent Soul in the midst of metamorphosis.

The Nascent Soul transforming into the Primordial Spirit—this was a leap in the very level of life; the process was incomparably mysterious, and the increase in power it brought was nothing short of earth‑shattering.

Yet the Dao of Heaven maintains balance; to seek extraordinary power, one must bear extraordinary tribulation.

Right at the most critical moment of Xu Ping’s inner transformation—

Outside the cave abode, the sky shrouded by a quasi‑fifth‑rank Array suddenly darkened.

It was not darkened by clouds blotting out the sun, but by the manifestation of an even deeper, even more oppressive law.

Endless tribulation clouds converged from the depths of the void, rolling and roaring, taking on a purple‑black hue that made one’s heart quail.

Within the tribulation clouds, countless thick electric serpents roamed and wove about, a destructive aura pouring down to blanket all, firmly locking onto Xu Ping within the cave abode.

The Divinity Transformation Tribulation descended!

This was by no means comparable to a Nascent Soul Tribulation; its might was greater by not just tenfold or a hundredfold.

The pressure released merely by the condensation of the tribulation clouds already turned Duan Shuang’s face pale in the distance as she guarded, and made the Water Lake Rat and Spirit Worm, who were guarding the grand Array, feel their Divine Souls tremble.

Inside the cave abode, Xu Ping abruptly opened his eyes; within his gaze there was neither joy nor sorrow, only a glacial calm and steely resolve.

"It’s here."

Xu Ping rose to his full height in a single motion; with one step, his figure had already passed through the Array’s light curtain, appearing high in the outer sky, alone facing that vast heavenly might!

He did not summon any defensive Magical Treasure, nor did he display any Divine Techniques or Magic.

He simply faced the Thunder Tribulation head‑on, his body revealing that Nirvana Golden Body through which a faint golden, immortal Dao‑rhyme flowed.

Xu Ping intended to use this body, tempered a thousand times over, to meet the heavenly tribulation by sheer force.

"Boom‑crack!"

The first heavenly tribulation descended like a purple Thunder Dragon, rending the long sky, carrying the terrifying will to purify all things and judge all living beings, and struck down ruthlessly upon Xu Ping’s crown.

Dazzling lightning instantly engulfed him.

The raging Thunder Power crazily bored into his body, wantonly ravaging his meridians and flesh, even battering against his Divine Soul.

Yet Xu Ping merely swayed slightly, then stood firm.

The faint golden blood‑energy around him began to boil of its own accord.

Beneath his skin, those runes like billions of miniature star systems spun wildly, forcibly absorbing, dismantling, and refining that Thunder Power which would have instantly severely injured a Late-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator.

A strange sensation of tingling mixed with burning spread throughout his body.

The destructive energy contained within the Tribulation Thunder was ground away by the Nirvana Golden Body, while that thread of incomparably pure Power of Heaven and Earth Creation within was greedily absorbed by the Golden Body.

This caused the toughness of his fleshly body to actually rise at a speed visible to the naked eye, slowly increasing.

"Not bad!"

Xu Ping’s lips couldn’t help but curve into a slight smile, his mood instantly becoming quite good.

With the current strength of his physique, in the entire mortal realm, there was almost no heavenly material or earthly treasure left that could directly enhance his body.

Yet this Divinity Transformation Thunder Tribulation had at this moment become a great tonic for him.

Although he had anticipated this in his heart, he had not expected the effect to be this strong.

Thus, Xu Ping no longer passively endured; instead, he actively circulated the Cultivation Technique of the Nirvana Golden Body, like a bottomless abyss, even more frenziedly devouring and tempering the Power of Tribulation Thunder!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The second, the third, the fourth...

Each Tribulation Thunder was thicker than the last, fiercer than the last.

Their color shifted from purple to deep violet, then to purple‑black, and finally even bore a trace of dark gold that seemed capable of annihilating all things.

Xu Ping remained standing, unshakable.

His body was like divine metal cast into form; under the baptism of myriad lightning, not only did he suffer no damage, but that faint golden luster grew ever deeper and purer, and the power contained within his flesh and bones grew ever more terrifying.

He could even feel that his Nirvana Golden Body, under the frenzied tempering of this heavenly tribulation, was steadily striding toward the mid‑stage of the First Turn.

This was no small fortune.

The Divinity Transformation Thunder Tribulation comprised a total of twelve layers of Thunder Tribulation.

For the first eleven, no matter how their might climbed, no matter how they transformed, Xu Ping received them all in invincible fashion, relying on his flesh alone to withstand them.

He was like a deity born within a sea of lightning, reborn as he bathed in thunder; his aura not only failed to weaken, it grew ever more vast and fearsome.

At last, the twelfth, and final, Thunder Tribulation began to condense.

It was as though the entire sky’s tribulation clouds were hollowed out, all destructive energy converging into a single point.

It transformed into a terrifying pillar of lightning only as thick as an arm, yet condensed to the utmost, its entire body presenting a "chaotic void" hue that seemed able to devour light itself.

The pressure radiated by this lightning pillar had already, thoroughly and completely, reached the might of the Divinity Transformation Level.

It was even several degrees stronger than a full‑force strike from an ordinary Cultivator who had just entered Divinity Transformation.

Xu Ping’s pupils narrowed slightly.

He could feel that this bolt of tribulation, he could still force his way through it by relying on the Nirvana Golden Body.

However, to do so would inevitably cause considerable shock and damage to the Golden Body, requiring time to rest and recover.

"No."

Xu Ping instantly rejected this thought.

"After the Thunder Tribulation comes the most insidious and hard‑to‑guard Heart Demon Tribulation; I must maintain a perfect state to face it, and cannot allow the slightest slip."

In the flash of a thought, Xu Ping had already made his decision.

Facing that chaotic lightning pillar that seemed able to end all things as it thundered down, Xu Ping, for the first time, finally employed a Magical Treasure!

"Clang!"

A clear, soaring sword cry, as if it could sever karma and cleave open chaos, rang through the Ninth Heaven.