Overgeared

Cultivating meant going against the will of heaven.

Cultivators were people who had overcome the limitations of talent that heaven had bestowed upon human beings through the practice of defying the natural order. They even extended their lifespans, but defying the natural order would bring forth a heavenly sword to strike them down. The phenomenon of heaven sending down lightning to bury the sins of human beings who dared deviate from the heavenly command was called the Thunder Tribulation.

The time when the thunderbolts struck down was influenced by the cultivator’s original destiny—in other words, their lifespan. For a cultivator in the qi refining realm, who would die at the age of 60 if they stayed mortal, they would be struck by thunder at 60 years of age.

Quite a few cultivators endured this first wave of Thunder Tribulation without difficulty. However, many would not be able to withstand the second Thunder Tribulation that came 30 years later, and they would end up burning to death. Then, for the third Thunder Tribulation that came another 30 years later, the majority would be unable to withstand it and die.

This was because the Thunder Tribulation became stronger the more a cultivator experienced it. Therefore, the safest way for a cultivator to survive the thunder was to increase their realm. Every time their realm increased, the Thunder Tribulation was reset.

In the case of getting from qi refining to foundation building, the first Thunder Tribulation only arrived after a period of time that was equivalent to twice the natural lifespan of a human.

Suppose that the time equivalent to twice the natural lifespan was 120 years. Then the second, third, and fourth Thunder Tribulations would come every 60 years. The same formula was applied similarly every time their realm was raised.

A cultivator needed to constantly become stronger by increasing their cultivation so they could survive these tribulations. Immortals also had to do this. True and golden immortals would also suffer from Thunder Tribulations every tens of thousands of years.

There were a lot of immortals who gained eternal life but died because they couldn’t endure these trials, way more than cultivators. This was because it was way more difficult for an immortal to increase their realm than it was for a cultivator. It was virtually impossible for an immortal to increase their realm before the third or fourth Thunder Tribulation arrived.

Basically, they had to be prepared to go through more than seven of these trials, unless they succeeded in completely defying heaven and reaching the realm of a great immortal, where they were liberated from the Thunder Tribulation.

Becoming an immortal meant that death was inevitable. This was why Zhang Hui had been delaying his ascension. He found out from several sources that there were a number of special substances in the middle world that helped prevent Thunder Tribulations. He didn’t intend to become an immortal until he gathered all of them and smelted them into Treasures.

However, the value of the rank 2 Super Galaxy Treasure was so great that it made him change his mind. He ultimately ascended because he wanted to duel the owner of the Super Galaxy Treasure.

“I have no time to waste.”

From the moment he became an immortal, every minute and every second mattered to him. His top priority was to quickly find the owner of that specific Super Galaxy Treasure.

After realizing that Hayate’s energy had been severely weakened by the explosions, he made a decision. Hundreds of new beads appeared and dyed the surroundings in various colors.

“Time for you to die.”

Space distorted where the beads exploded. Hundreds of black voids swallowed up the surroundings. The world turned black, and snowflakes blossomed like flowers.

A clear white energy spread, filling the cracks in the dark space one by one.

“Um...?”

Zhang Hui frowned. The space cracks caused a secondary explosion and the whole area was about to be annihilated. However, the gravitational pull generated by the white energy stopped the space cracks from expanding and prevented them from exploding.

the world

size, the range of my energy is

a kind way of explaining

out like a formation of spears. Zhang Hui saw no way to escape, so he

Hui, but the many spears engulfed the fortress

was the power of a large-scale attack that used dragon-killing energy. The ultimate attack created to hunt the old dragons was even a threat to an immortal. Even though Hayate

‘He’s formidable.’

he stood in the crumbling fortress. The two explosions he’d just caused weakened Hayate’s energy a lot. It was obvious that Hayate was seriously injured, but he

pulled back the surrounding distorted space and restored it, one could tell

white spears were now colliding with Zhang Hui’s shield. Zhang Hui noticed that his spiritual

guess you are

the cultivation world. Some sects even worshiped dragons as gods. As the first female cultivator whom Grid killed proved, the concept of the

Kurarararara!

them. Zhang Hui’s shield grew even thicker before turning into dragon scales. At

“Deal with this.”

techniques were inspired by their worship of the dragons. The higher the rank of the

that Zhang Hui learned was a prime example. This mystical art created dozens of dragons that chased the targets and devoured them. No cultivator had ever

heads and flickered brightly. In an instant, they reached Hayate

“......?”

slightly but that smile only lasted for a moment. He saw that his shield, which had become thicker and harder after turning into dragon scales,

‘Why?’

of restrictions because he had descended into the secular world instead of staying in the upper world, but

shield and protected himself with it. He thought he would be safe this way. However, the shield had cracks in it now. The white energy that still formed spears were slowly but surely destroying his shield. For some reason, the spears seemed to be even stronger

like he also couldn’t believe it. He had already slashed the dozens

to die?” he asked

Dragon-Killing Sword became even clearer. Moreover, the white glow

the white sword so intimidating? He

didn’t know what was going on. The dragon shield was full of cracks and finally shattered

course, an immortal couldn’t die so easily. Zhang Hui stepped back just before the blade

power abides a law of

Sword. There was hatred in his eyes. This was a sword that slayed dragons. He had a vague idea why it suddenly became

he summoned hundreds of beads again. The beads spun at the speed of light, creating a huge storm that engulfed Hayate. Hayate should have

“What?”

understood that the Dragon Head Demon Arts was ineffective against this enemy and couldn’t deal as much damage as usual, but he had no idea that this trump card of his would be deemed powerless

recognized you as a dragon,” Hayate said. “It’s amazing that

you’re saying makes

as a mortal. The two Absolutes didn’t understand each other at all.

on a Super Galaxy Treasure, but I ended up being threatened