Strongest War Emperor

Magical Treasure Secret Artifacts were a Martial Artist’s primary defense against Tribulation Thunder. Any artifact connected to a Martial Artist’s Divine Soul was incapable of provoking it.

The only thing that could truly provoke the Tribulation Thunder was an external force!

For example, if Xue Shiyin intervened to help Shen Lang resist the Tribulation Thunder, such an external force would cause the Tribulation Thunder to change, becoming stronger and more frenzied.

Therefore, for something like a Thunder Tribulation, outsiders could only help by setting up things like a Grand Array. They absolutely could not intervene to help the person facing the tribulation resist it.

The presence within the Immortal Celestial Saber was hidden so deeply, yet the moment the saber appeared, it actually caused the power within the thunderclouds to triple...

Shen Lang was extremely annoyed!

The Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation was already absurdly powerful on its own. For it to suddenly triple in strength... if this happened to anyone else, death would be certain!

And they would surely suffer Soul Scattering, turning to ash!

’I don’t care what kind of revered entity you are. I’ll deal with you later!’

Shen Lang tightened his grip on the Immortal Celestial Saber and looked up, staring intently at the thunderclouds high above.

Meanwhile, Xue Shiyin noticed the change in the thunderclouds. Her expression shifted slightly as she barked coldly, ”Hey, you... I’m talking to you, Zombie! Get out of here, now!”

Below, Duanmu Xie was stunned for a moment, then shook his head like a rattle-drum. ”I cannot. I am my lord’s faithful protector. How can I just up and leave?”

”Idiot!” Xue Shiyin cursed. ”Outsiders can’t interfere with a Tribulation Thunder! If you interfere, it will only multiply the power of the attack!”

”You’re a Zombie, a creature of yin and evil, and your Cultivation is extremely high. Your presence here will only cause unpredictable changes in the thunderclouds! If you happen to provoke the Tribulation Thunder and it makes you its target, you can prepare for your soul to scatter and your body to turn to ash!”

”Gah?” A shiver ran through Duanmu Xie’s entire body. Without a second thought, he turned and bolted, gone in a flash!

But you couldn’t really blame him. Thunder Power was the bane of Zombies, to say nothing of a Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation.

Although this Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation had been triggered by Shen Lang’s breakthrough to the King Martial Realm, Duanmu Xie felt his heart pound with terror just watching it.

If that Tribulation Thunder were to target Duanmu Xie, and its power increased to a level that an Emperor Martial Realm expert would have to face...

Then no one in heaven or on earth would be able to save him.

Seeing Duanmu Xie flee into the distance, Xue Shiyin withdrew her gaze and looked at Shen Lang in surprise.

With her level of Cultivation, she was naturally aware of every minute change in the thunderclouds high above.

Given Shen Lang’s power, attracting this legendary Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation was understandable.

But Shen Lang had just taken out the Immortal Celestial Saber. How could that have brought about such a massive change, causing the Thunder Power in the sky to multiply?

It was simply unimaginable!

’What’s so strange about this Immortal Celestial Saber? It makes no sense. If there was something odd about it, Shark’s Kiss would have been struck into charcoal by a Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation long ago. How is it that he never even encountered one and is still alive and kicking?’

Xue Shiyin couldn’t figure it out no matter how much she thought about it, and she couldn’t help but turn back to size up Shark’s Kiss.

Baffled by her stare, Shark’s Kiss just responded with a goofy chuckle.

At that moment, the thunderclouds in the sky grew larger and thicker. The already dim sky plunged into complete darkness, as if it were the end of the world!

A howling wind sent Shen Lang’s waterfall of black hair flying. He stared unblinkingly at the thunderclouds high above, his eyes deep and profound, reflecting the birth and death of countless stars.

”Hmph!”

Shen Lang’s body trembled. His joints collided, and in an instant, a sound like ten thousand drums beating in unison erupted from within him, shaking heaven and earth!

At that moment, boundless Battle Intent surged forth.

The Immortal Celestial Saber erupted with a light so brilliant that no one dared to look at it directly!

Just then, a deafening roar came from the thunderclouds, and an unimaginably immense pressure enveloped Shen Lang!

A bolt of purple lightning then came crashing down toward Shen Lang!

Shen Lang felt a force capable of shattering mountains, splitting seas, and extinguishing all life crushing down on him.

It was as if the weight of the entire world was pressing down on him, an unbearable burden!

The purple lightning contained the purest form of destruction, and nothing else!

”Bring it on!”

Shen Lang, utterly fearless, let out a furious roar!

The Immortal Celestial Saber, like a bolt of black lightning, suddenly slashed upward!

A bone-chilling Sword Intent—piercing, majestic, and capable of slicing through eternity—poured from the tip of the blade, instantly filling every inch of space within the Imperial Capital!

A colossal Sword Gang, so tyrannical it could dominate the world, materialized and shot across the sky, viciously slamming into the terrifying purple lightning as if to tear the Azure Vault asunder!

BOOM!

Amidst a thunderous roar that echoed through the clouds, the bolt of immense lightning, carrying a powerful pressure, right before everyone’s horrified eyes...

Was sliced in two!

The purple lightning that seemed powerful enough to grind the entire Imperial Capital to dust...

Was simply obliterated by a single slash!

Energy rippled outwards in all directions like a wave, then dissipated without a trace under the control of Chaos and the others!

Before anyone could react, purple Thunder Balls began to rain down from the sky, one after another.

Their speed increased, and their power grew stronger!

Even with several Emperor Martial Realm experts holding up a barrier, the people in the Imperial Capital felt their hearts shatter with fear, as if they were facing the apocalypse.

Wherever Shen Lang’s long saber pointed, a flurry of Chain Rapid Slashes followed, and the Thunder Balls were continually sliced apart by the light of his blade!

Heaven and earth thundered endlessly as the winds and clouds changed color!

「On Cangxia Mountain」 The Third Prince, who had been hoping to see Shen Lang turned to ash in the Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation, collapsed back into his chair with a THUD.

’Why... Why is he so strong? Why has he become this powerful!’

Dejection and despair coiled around the Third Prince’s heart.

He had thought that by reaching the King Martial Realm with the help of Elemental Power Fragments, he had already left Shen Lang far behind and that his revenge was at hand...

He never expected Shen Lang’s Cultivation to have advanced so much, nor that he would be surrounded by a group of King Martial Realm experts.

And in the end, even a Zombie Emperor had shown up...

He had assumed that even if Shen Lang broke through to the King Martial Realm, he would at most be only a notch or two stronger...

But he never imagined that the pressure released when Shen Lang condensed his Nascent Soul would cover a region more than two hundred li wide!

And now, he was even destroying the Purple Tribulation Thunder bolts one by one as if they were soap bubbles!

In the face of such absolute power, the Third Prince’s confidence was shattered once again!

The Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation was something that made even mighty experts’ faces pale at its mere mention.

When an ordinary expert encountered such a Thunder Tribulation, they were already halfway to death’s door.

Only by relying on powerful Magical Treasure Secret Artifacts and formidable arrays set up at the cost of countless resources could one possibly hope to resist it.

But Shen Lang had crushed that terrifying Purple Tribulation Thunder with just a casual strike...

A bitter taste filled the Third Prince’s mouth, and an indescribable sense of powerlessness washed over him.

’He cannot be matched!’

The four words surfaced in his mind, leaving his face a mask of defeat.

His previous air of carefree elegance had vanished completely.

Beside the Third Prince, Dugu Zhange’s eyes were wide as saucers. He stared blankly ahead, muttering to himself, ”It must be a mistake. That can’t be a Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation. It’s just purple, that’s all. It must be a mistake!”

But even he didn’t believe his own words.

As a King Martial Realm expert, he could clearly feel the world-destroying pressure released by the Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation. How could he possibly be mistaken?

So, those nearby could see Dugu Zhange’s hands trembling uncontrollably, unable to stop no matter how he tried.

However, that wasn’t even the most unbelievable part...

Just as the purple lightning falling from the thunderclouds grew larger and faster...

Shen Lang seemed to have already become very familiar with the power he gained after breaking through to the King Martial Realm.

Before the disbelieving eyes of the crowd of old-timers, the Immortal Celestial Saber returned to its sheath with a sharp CLANG!

’What... What is he doing?’

Everyone was stunned.

They saw Shen Lang let out a wild laugh as the Xingtian Battle Armor he wore suddenly disassembled and was stored away in his Sumeru Ring!

Then, Shen Lang’s body shot up several zhang in height, and he threw a vicious punch right at the Tribulation Thunder descending from above!

’He’s actually going to fight the Purple Tribulation Thunder with his physical body!’

The old masters from the various sects felt their vision go black, and they nearly fainted!

The crowd of Spirit Martial Realm and Xuanwu Realm Martial Artists were completely dumbfounded.

”This is insane! This is insane! This is so damn insane...”

In the White Bone Hall’s location, an old master muttered to himself, repeating the three words, ”This is insane!” over and over.

Dugu Zhange and the Third Prince stared blankly, their mouths slightly agape, having forgotten to close them.

’The power of the Tribulation Thunder is truly immense. Supreme Yang and Firmness, the destruction of all things... I cannot miss an opportunity like this!’

Shen Lang had already blocked dozens of Tribulation Thunder bolts and had thoroughly analyzed them inside and out with his Silver Eyes of Truth. He had now gained a relatively deep understanding of the Tribulation Thunder’s power.

And after this period of Cultivation, the power of his Chaos Divine Body had once again increased dramatically. His physical body was tyrannical, enough to sweep across the entire Western Wilderness!

Even more unimaginably, just as his Nascent Soul finished condensing and he broke through to the King Martial Realm while the thunderclouds gathered...

Shen Lang had inspected his body and discovered that it had undergone an earth-shattering transformation!

And the Ten Divine Beast Particles within his body had increased by a hundred and fifty thousand, just in the short time it took to condense his Nascent Soul!

A full one hundred and fifty thousand Ten Divine Beast Particles!

Back when he was still in the Spirit Martial Realm, during his journey from Celestial Phoenix City to the Profound Dao Sect, he had used the Tenfold Gravity Chamber and the Golden Needle Acupoint Forging Body Technique. In seven days, he could only generate about twenty-one Ten Divine Beast Particles, averaging three per day.

After that, at the Profound Dao Sect, he used a medicinal liquid made from Thousand-leaf Fruit and Ice Soul Water Jade for body forging, increasing the count by one hundred eighty to two hundred particles a day. In a little over three months, the number of Ten Divine Beast Particles in Shen Lang’s body grew to over nineteen thousand!

During the period he was sealed by Lan Mengling, he gained another three thousand-plus particles because of the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire.

After that, Shen Lang began to use the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire directly for Body Forging. For the past half-month, he had spent over six hours a day in Divine Fire Body Forging, gaining around three thousand eight hundred particles each time.

By the time Shen Lang was preparing to break through to the King Martial Realm, the Ten Divine Beast Particles in his cells had already reached over seventy-two thousand six hundred!

Now that his Nascent Soul was formed and he had broken through to the King Martial Realm, his entire being had undergone an earth-shattering transformation. Combined with his previous total, the number of Ten Divine Beast Particles in his body had now reached two hundred twenty-two thousand, seven hundred!

Chaos Divine Body, invincible in this world!

Such tyrannical power allowed Shen Lang to completely let go. Not only did he want to use this Purple Tribulation Thunder to temper his physical body, he also wanted to absorb it to cultivate the Thunder Control Divine Technique!

Such a crazy thing, under all of heaven, only Shen Lang would dare to do, and only he would actually do it!

Under the horrified gazes of the old masters from the various factions, Shen Lang shattered the Purple Tribulation Thunder, then immediately absorbed the dispersing Thunder Power into his body!

Purple lightning coursed over Shen Lang’s body, tempering his muscles, bones, skin, and marrow!

The Ten Divine Beast Particles in his cells began to sprout like bamboo shoots after a spring rain!

’The Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation truly is a destructive energy. In terms of purity of power, it’s more than ten times stronger than the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire!’

A crazed light shone in Shen Lang’s eyes. He stopped punching the Tribulation Thunder apart and instead sat down cross-legged directly in the void!

BOOM!

A massive Thunder Ball instantly crashed down on top of Shen Lang’s head...

”Shen Lang!” Xue Shiyin shrieked, taking a step as if to charge into the area enveloped by the Tribulation Thunder.

’This isn’t an ordinary Tribulation Thunder!’

’An ordinary Martial Artist might be able to use the peripheral power of a regular Tribulation Thunder to temper their body and Divine Soul, but this is a Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation!’

’This is a Purple Tribulation Thunder of Supreme Yang and Firmness, capable of destroying all things...’

’No one in this world has ever dared to face a Purple Tribulation Thunder with just their physical body, without any protection whatsoever!’

’And with his head, no less!’

At that moment, it was as if time had stopped. Everyone, without exception, was stunned.