"Heavenly Thunder... summon!!"

Under the unparalleled might of the Demon Emperor, Lin Jing's first target, "Elder Lei Gu," was drenched in black lightning.

Within him, a black poison scorpion's tail gleamed with thunder light, piercing heavily into Elder Lei Gu's heart.

The lightning Gu poison diffused throughout his body; his fusion with the Lei Gu pushed his physical form beyond limits, allowing him to barely regain mobility under the Demon Emperor's oppressive force.

At this moment, Elder Lei Gu swiftly made a decision — to summon the heavenly thunder, strike the city-sealing barrier, and then find a loophole to escape!

However, his despair was that this sliver of hope was also not granted by the Demon Emperor...

Such tribulations were already nothing to fear for the Demon Emperor.

Nascent Soul, Divinity Transformation, Void Underworld, Dao Inquiry, Ascension...

After Dao Inquiry is the Ascension Realm, which is less a realm and more a transitional phase, with no essential difference from Dao Inquiry cultivators, the sole difference being the ability to sense the Immortal Realm.

However, due to the changes in world rules, the ascension realm capable of reaching the Immortal Realm no longer exists.

Even if one overcomes the heavenly ascension tribulation, they remain in the Dao Inquiry period, unable to gain the chance to sense the Immortal Realm, leading to the gradual disappearance of the Ascension Realm on the Celestial Essence Continent.

Yet, even so, despite lacking the ascension opportunity, many powerful Dao Inquiry cultivators still choose to challenge the ascension tribulation to verify their own Dao!

The Demon Emperor, happens to be one of those Dao Inquiry strength cultivators who tried overcoming the ascension tribulation in this era without ascension and is a figurehead of the Celestial Essence Continent. Such Dao Inquiry cultivators do not number above ten across the Celestial Essence Continent.

Had it not been for the era's constraints, she would have long ascended to the Immortal Realm.

It is precisely because of having the experience of overcoming the ascension tribulation that the Demon Emperor dares to directly challenge the shape-shifting tribulation.

Currently, although this Thunder Tribulation Gu is extremely formidable, it is merely a Void Underworld level Gu. Trying to summon a tribulation capable of interfering with a demon emperor who has overcome an ascension tribulation and a shape-shifting tribulation is nothing short of delusional.

Bang!

In the skies, within the black tribulation clouds, the faint silhouette of a colossal black scorpion appeared. But before the thunder tribulation could take shape, a deep space tiger roar shattered the entire Heaven-Reaching City's space, instantly dissipating the just-formed thundercloud.

"Is this the Lord of the Demon Court? I wonder how they compare to the Gu God... which is stronger, which is weaker." Seeing his full-powered Thunder Gu unable even to facilitate an escape, Elder Lei Gu felt desolate inside.

Puff.

Before Elder Lei Gu could further react, the tiger roar that shattered the thunder tribulation also shattered his organs, crushed his Primordial Spirit, expelling the Thunder Tribulation Gu fused with his heart.

"Old fool, bear it yourself..."

Realizing escape was a lost cause, the Thunder Tribulation Gu decided to self-destruct, seeking rebirth opportunities. However, what awaited it was the mocking laughter from Elder Lei Gu, who was kneeling, legs weak and miserable.

"Can't escape, with so many enemies present, the Demon Court Saint Child specifically comes after me... I understand very well what his intentions are."

The nearly blind Elder Lei Gu looked at Lin Jing descending from the skies, shrouded wholly in the power of ice and fire, as if seeing the form of the Ice Flame Holy Maiden from the Gu God Sect of the past.

The Ice Flame Holy Maiden of the Gu God Sect also practiced both flame and ice power, using fire to balance the Ice Soul Gu's strength.

"Your Majesty the Demon Emperor, please help me extract the Gu. This Thunder Tribulation Gu may be greatly useful in researching the Transformation Pill."

Upon Lin Jing's arrival, the Thunder Tribulation Gu, just on the verge of suicide, was horrified to find its body beyond control, a domineering demon power separating it from Elder Lei Gu.

"Longevity Body——" The forced extraction of the Gu insect from his body made Elder Lei Gu emit a painful scream, echoed by the Thunder Tribulation Gu. Though its cultivation had reached the Void Underworld phase, under the Demon Emperor's power, the thunder energy was being erased at an alarming speed, and its realm swiftly plummeted.

Void Underworld... Divinity Transformation... Nascent Soul... Core Formation... Foundation Establishment... Qi Cultivation... In no time, the power of the Thunder Tribulation Gu was stripped bare, and a mindless black lightning-formed poison scorpion floated before Lin Jing.

"This is the essence of the Thunder Gu. I have already reshaped its essential power. You now have two choices. One is to find a place abundant in thunder, and re-nurture it there. It will, like your Ice Soul Gu, become a newborn Gu insect for you to command."

"The second choice is to let it become nourishment for the Ice Soul Gu, for the Ice Soul Gu to devour it, thereby absorbing its power. But for the Ice Soul Gu, this also poses a limitation..."

"The reason the Gu God Sect cultivators didn't make the Ten Supreme Gu mutually devour each other is because, post-supreme Gu mutual devouring, the blended power would prevent them from rebirthing post-death at their corresponding attribute location!"

"I choose the second." Lin Jing seized and sealed the Thunder Gu within a wooden box that emerged from thin air.

He had long known the Demon Emperor's reminder: once a Supreme Gu possesses another's unique power, it loses its rebirth capability.

Yet, the Ice Soul Gu was unconcerned, as rebirth amounts to being the same Ice Soul Gu, but without any memories, hence it wouldn't be itself.

Rebirth is an unchosen extreme option meant to preserve bloodlines.

If possible, every being wishes to climb the peak in one lifetime.

Devour the other nine Supreme Gu, replace the Gu God's position, the future the other Supreme Gu cannot see, the Ice Soul Gu now perceives, how could it relinquish?

"Two Supreme Gu combined as one..." Now, stripped of the Thunder Gu, Elder Lei Gu also lost his last hope, sighed slightly, and weakly opened his mouth: "I am willing for His Highness the Saint Son to implant a Gu insect, become a servant, and request..."

Before his words finished, a ghost fire had already ignited on Elder Lei Gu, draining all his power sealed by the Demon Emperor. Under the blazing ghost fire that devoured both flesh and soul, Lin Jing slowly rose into the air again.

"I am the Demon Court Saint Child, what use are you to me?"

Feeling the ghost fire's level rising terrifyingly, consuming the power of Elder Lei Gu's residual soul, Lin Jing locked onto the next target, the Nine-Child Demon Venerable of the Yin Corpse Sect.

This demon possessed nine Nascent Souls, its soul strength immensely terrifying, which could certainly let the ghost fire complete its ultimate evolution.

In a flash, Lin Jing's figure descended near the Nine-Child Demon Venerable, who was prone here. His nine Nascent Souls had already abandoned his body, forming a nascent array, struggling arduously. Upon seeing Lin Jing's arrival, the Nine-Child Demon Venerable's pupils contracted.

"If only I had known, I should have directly in the Ancient Country..."

"Transporting me to Qingzhou was Yin Corpse Sect's greatest mistake." As Lin Jing arrived, the Demon Emperor acted again, suppressing the Nine-Child Demon Venerable; had Yin Corpse Sect dared to resist the Ancient Country's pressure, continually capturing Lin Jing in the Ancient Country, this wouldn't be the conclusion.

Now, having sent Lin Jing to Qingzhou, the Nine-Child Demon Venerable regretted it...

Watching the ghost fire raging, he realized they had forced out an even more fearsome monster.

"Tell me, Yin Corpse Sect is so intent on finding me, for what reason finally?"

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