Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

"Hmm."

Standing to the side, the scholar with the green sword slung across his back spoke calmly, "There should be no problem now. Although it's as terrifying as the Unification Heavenly Tribulation, it seems that it won't cause too much harm to Brother Qiu. The injuries on Brother Qiu just now were mostly superficial wounds. They seem horrific, but in reality, they didn't cause any true damage to the bones or tendons."

"That..."

At that moment, the Heavenly Axe Sect Master heaved a sigh of relief. After confirming there were no issues, he also felt a secret pleasure. Wasn't this showing loyalty? During such a difficult time for the elder, he didn't retreat or flee. Instead, he had stayed by his side all this time. Could this not be considered loyalty?

His desires were simple.

He wanted to go to the Third Grade Continent to see what it was like, to see how the inhabitants of a higher Grade Continent lived, to see if there were more opportunities on the Third Grade Continent, to see if the Spiritual Energy was richer there, to see if there was anything new that he had never seen before.

But he was aware of his limitations.

Even though he was an absolute powerhouse on the Vast Continent, with his cultivation at the peak of Void Refining, nobody dared to call him weak anywhere he went. As long as he avoided provoking those extremely rare individuals, he could practically do as he pleased on the Vast Continent.

Even so, he knew that without the help of an influential person, it would be virtually impossible for him to even get a glimpse of the Third Grade Continent in his lifetime.

So he had been serving the elder without asking for anything in return, with one single purpose in mind—to catch a ride on the elder's coattails to a higher Grade Continent. The idea that the Vast Continent would be reduced to ashes in ten thousand years was not that urgent to him.

After all, his lifespan wouldn't reach that far into the future.

And he had no descendants or such.

As for the Heavenly Axe Sect... it was hard to say whether it would still exist in ten thousand years. Ten thousand years were too long; too many unknown events could happen in that time. Perhaps another lower-grade continent would be destroyed tomorrow, greatly advancing the timeline of the Vast Continent's destruction.

Just then—

The seventh Heavenly Thunder boomed down once again!

The eighth Heavenly Thunder followed closely behind!

Then, after brewing for hundreds of breaths longer than any previous interval, the whole world seemed to come to a near-halt for a moment. Every living creature within tens of thousands of miles saw nothing but blinding white light and no other substance!

A thunderous power, more terrifying than the sum of the previous eight Heavenly Thunders, blasted down from the clouds toward that figure high in the sky!

"Boom!!!"

Fat Long and the others almost simultaneously held their breaths, fully activating their Protective Spirit Qi, their eyes filled with trepidation and unease as they gazed towards the distant horizon. They had just been brimming with confidence, but this ninth Heavenly Thunder completely shattered it!

The power of this Heavenly Thunder was far greater than a normal Unification Heavenly Thunder, extremely terrifying!

The might of this ninth Heavenly Thunder was more horrendous than the sum of the previous eight and its power was unimaginable.

And they watched with wide eyes.

The figure that had been suspended in the distant sky vanished in the wake of the thunder, the storm revealing a vast emptiness where no person stood. Brother Qiu... was gone!

Just then—

A Heavenly Dao Decree echoed throughout the heavens and the earth!

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"Heavenly Dao Decree": By the senses of Heavenly Dao, from Xuantian State on the Vast Continent, Human Clan Cultivator, Sect Master of Chao Tian Sect, Heavenly Dao Saint, Heavenly Dao Evil Man, Human Clan's Guardian God, Unrivaled Heavenly Pride Chen Qiu, King of Xuantian, has successfully transcended the 'Heavenly Slaying Thunder Tribulation' with the means of shocking the heavens at the peak of his Void Refining Cultivation!

He is the first in the history of the Vast Continent to transcend the 'Heavenly Slaying Thunder Tribulation'!

He is bestowed with A Thread of Unrivaled Heavenly Pride, a strand of Heavenly Dao Destiny, and a random Seven-colored term limited to one year, for all beings to take as an example.

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As the proclamation of the Heavenly Dao Decree resounded,

Fat Long, who had been on edge, let out a long breath, but quickly realized something. While transforming into Liu Guang with Ao Tian and others, shooting toward Brother Qiu's location to face the Heavenly Tribulation, he looked at Ao Tian questioningly, "What's the situation, could the grade be wrong? Such a level of tribulation, and you're telling me it's only a First Grade Heavenly Thunder?"

"What about the Annihilation Thunder Tribulation?"

"Annihilation Thunder Tribulation has no grade."

Similarly transforming into Liu Guang and shooting toward Brother Qiu, Ao Tian's eyes filled with shock, and he spoke in a hoarse voice against the storm, "In the heritage of the Dragon Clan, there are records of this part of information, like the First of the Nine Thunder Tribulations, the Ninety-Nine Thunder Tribulations, the Annihilation Thunder Tribulation."

"They are all considered ungraded Heavenly Tribulations."

"Among them, from weakest to strongest, naturally, it is the First of the Nine Thunder Tribulations, the Ninety-Nine Thunder Tribulations, the Annihilation Thunder Tribulation. The named tribulations definitely have a stronger power than the Ninety-Nine Thunder Tribulations, the First of the Nine Thunder Tribulations."

"Brother Qiu's Void Refining Ninety-Nine Thunder Tribulation, the reason it's stronger than the Annihilation Thunder Tribulation, is mainly because of different Cultivation. The Annihilation Thunder Tribulation was what Brother Qiu experienced during his breakthrough to Divinity Transformation. Under the same Cultivation Realm conditions, the power of the Annihilation Thunder Tribulation would certainly be stronger than the Ninety-Nine Thunder Tribulations' power."

"And these, all fall into the category of ungraded Heavenly Tribulations."

"Beyond this, there are the First Grade Heavenly Tribulations, Second Grade Heavenly Tribulations, Third Grade Heavenly Tribulations, and so on."

"According to the Dragon Clan's records, these graded Heavenly Tribulations would basically not appear on low-grade continents like the First, Second, or Third Grade continents. These graded Heavenly Tribulations would only be encountered after one's Cultivation reaches an extremely high level."

"And during special situations like tribulations."

"For instance... racial fate transfers, continent upgrading, and so on."

"Continent upgrading?" Fat Long suddenly caught the key point in Ao Tian's words and frowned, "Are you saying that the grade of a continent can still rise?"

"Yes, yes."

Ao Tian spoke with a complex expression, "Of course, it's possible. Otherwise, where did these Second Grade Continents and Third Grade Continents come from? They naturally all rose from being First Grade Continents, and every time a continent upgrades, it would face such an extremely terrifying graded Heavenly Tribulation."

"However, this is a matter of many years ago, not sure exactly how many years, as the heritage has lost the scale of time, it is only known that it has not happened for a long time that a continent has upgraded, to the extent that even the requirements for a continent's upgrade have been lost to time."

"Not just on the Vast Continent or Xuantian Continent."

"According to the fragmented messages in the Dragon Clan heritage, all continents basically experienced two historical disruptions, one was 30,000 years ago, and one was even earlier than 30,000 years, but it is already unknown how much earlier it was."

The Sect Master of Heavenly Axe Sect, deep in thought, nodded, and it did seem true. A lot of information about the Vast Continent is cut off at 30,000 years.

In just a few breaths—

Fat Long had already arrived at Brother Qiu's location where he was going through the Heavenly Tribulation, only to see that what was originally a wasteland had now turned into a huge and immense charred crater.

And Chen Qiu lay there with his body covered in blood at the center of the crater, his eyes tightly shut, unconscious and having fainted. Even though he had already passed out, he still tightly grasped the battered Heavenly Mechanism Umbrella in his hand. His injuries seemed to be beyond being described as severe; they were clearly on the brink of death.

His body was riddled with countless wounds, a truly harrowing sight to witness.

Scattered nearby were several Nascent Souls that had already shattered.

Countless fragments of Spiritual Treasures were now slowly falling from the sky amidst the storm. Chen Qiu had been struck down to the ground by the Ninth Heavenly Tribulation; naturally, he reached the ground faster than these free-falling fragments of Spiritual Treasures.

They rarely saw Brother Qiu use Spiritual Treasures; he hardly used others besides the Heavenly Mechanism Umbrella, yet now, the sky-obscuring fragments of Spiritual Treasures proved that Brother Qiu had at least simultaneously activated thousands of Spiritual Treasures just moments ago.

Amongst the fragments of Spiritual Treasures, it was clear at a glance that many were not Protective Spiritual Treasures.

The howling wind passed by, and the atmosphere seemed extremely somber.