Regardless of what happens to the Old Dragon King, it has nothing to do with Jiang Chen at the moment. He is currently looking expectantly at the Thunder Pool in the Nine Heavens, waiting for its promotion to be completed.
As long as the Thunder Pool successfully ascends, the powerful supplemental force that it will produce is enough to propel Jiang Chen to break through, stepping into the realm of flesh and blood creatures.
Jiang Chen is willing to risk all dangers, even slaying a Dao Sovereign, to help the Thunder Pool ascend. His main goal besides obtaining a divine artifact at the Taoist Master Level, is largely to achieve a breakthrough.
Because of integrating the Blood God Sutra, Jiang Chen’s Emperor Pan’s Heavenly Divine Great Dao Scripture has become more complete. This also means that he needs more power to break through and the resources he prepared in advance are not sufficient.
Thus, out of necessity, he decided to take a risky move and push Thunder Pool toward ascension. Fortunately, he eventually succeeded. The Nine-horned Demon Dragon was devoured by the Thunder Pool, and the Thunder Marsh world it conceived began to transform into the Middle Thousand World.
Between heaven and earth, infinite Dao light flickered, Great Dao patterns interwove like a net, and waves of Innate Dao Rhyme engulfed everything.
After devouring all the power of the Nine-horned Demon Dragon, the world within the Thunder Pool finally completed its ascension, transforming into the Middle Thousand World.
At that moment, a force of Heaven and Earth that was beyond imagination surged out, overflowing from the inside of the Thunder Pool, rapidly refining its material, transforming it into a divine artifact of the Dao Sovereign’s rank.
It was then that a heavy, suppressive atmosphere abruptly came from above the sky, making it difficult to breathe.
Jiang Chen suddenly looked up to see, above the sky, an enormous cluster of dark clouds had gathered, as inky black as pitch, obscuring more than half of the heavens.
Inside the heavy clouds, countless terrifying lightning bolts flickered, giving off an aura similar to the end of the world.
"Heavenly Tribulation!"
Cultivators must face Heavenly Tribulation during their ascension, so do Magic Treasures, and Divine Artifacts are no exception.
This Thunder Tribulation is Thunder Pool’s tribulation number. If it survives, it will instantly become a Dao Sovereign, if not, it will be reduced to ashes.
"An Artifact Tribulation, huh?"
Although he was surprised, Jiang Chen was not worried. The Thunder Pool is the ultimate treasure of Thunder Dao. It fears nothing, especially not the power of thunderbolts. The mere Heavenly Tribulation, what could it do to it?
Jiang Chen decided to strike first and take the initiative. Without waiting for the Heavenly Tribulation to form, he already summoned the Thunder Pool. It rushed into the pitch-black clouds, transforming into a gigantic vortex of thunder, wildly devouring the surrounding heavenly thunderbolts.
The power of thunderbolts is the nutrients of the Thunder Pool. The Heavenly Dao sending down the Thunder Tribulations, was it on purpose? It seemed less like a catastrophe and more like delivering nutrient supplements.
The movement of the Thunder Pool seemed to be provocative to the Heavenly Tribulation, causing the black clouds to seethe even more intensely. Thunderbolts emerged that were capable of destroying a Small Thousand World, striking directly towards the vortex formed by the Thunder Pool.
Regrettably, despite the power of the thunderbolts, the Thunder Pool was now far beyond its previous self, possessing the mighty power comparable to a Dao Sovereign. It didn’t even regard the Heavenly Tribulation, which could destroy a Small Thousand World, as a threat.
People saw the Thunder Pool shudder slightly, the vortex enlarged, and as soon as the heavenly bolt struck down, without the chance to explode, it was devoured by the vortex, providing nutrients for the Thunder Pool’s ascension.
The Heavenly Tribulation surged, requiring a total of eight hundred and ten Heavenly Thunders before it finally ended, and it was only by devouring these Heavenly Thunders that the Thunder Pool completed its final transformation and truly stepped onto the level of Dao Sovereign.
Indestructible Innate Dao Light flickered from the body of the Thunder Pool, making the void transparent. Vaguely, one could see the ghost-like apparition of a river behind the Thunder Pool.
Countless images of the Thunder Pool were present on the river, appearing to be from the past or the future, seemingly limitless.
This was the projection of the river of time and space. It also marked the Thunder Pool’s elevation to a Taoist Master Level Divine Artifact, drawing upon the power of the past, present, and future to deliver a peerless strike.
The moment the Thunder Pool ascended, strands of mysteriously supreme Heavenly Earthly Origin fell from it, rushing towards Jiang Chen like a waterfall and engulfing him.
Bathing in the Heavenly Earthly Origin, Jiang Chen felt that his whole being was sublimated. Every cell was breathing, immersed in boundless power, uttering a satisfied groan.
The next moment, with a loud explosion, Jiang Chen’s whole body blew apart, his physical form, divine soul, and even the true spirit were all blown into numerous pieces.
However, he instantly reassembled his shattered flesh and blood, divine soul, and true spirit, reforming his body once again.
At this moment, Jiang Chen ascended into the final stage of the God-Demon Realm - the realm of flesh and blood creatures. Every drop of blood, every piece of flesh could evolve into a clone with considerable combat strength.
Normally, it should not be so simple for Martial Daoists to achieve this breakthrough, especially into the realm of flesh and blood creatures. It is extremely dangerous, any slight carelessness can lead to the risk of death.
Throughout history, there have been Ancient Martial Artists who failed to regenerate after their bodies were shattered. Their fate was typically quite tragic, dying then and there, with no remains left behind.
But for Jiang Chen, this breakthrough was as easy as eating and drinking. This was partially due to his unparalleled talent, but mostly because of the Heavenly Earthly Origin.
This is the most profound force in heaven and earth, the transformation of the world’s original source. It is even more mysterious than merits and capable of upgrading one’s cultivation level without any side effects.
It was under the protection of this force that Jiang Chen was able to complete the breakthrough so easily.
The transformation continued!
The power contributed by a Middle Thousand World is tremendous, enough for a half-step Dao Sovereign at their peak to be promoted to become an Innate Dao Sovereign.