Published: February 26, 2025
Tan Yun chuckled and embraced Fang Zixi as they left the Tower of Longing for the Lord, disappearing into the cave dwelling. They then transformed into two beams of light, flying a million celestial miles beyond the mountains.
“Go ahead, I will guard you here and won’t let anyone disturb you,” Fang Zixi said with a smile.
“Don’t worry, I will be.” To ease Fang Zixi’s concern, he jokingly replied, “I haven’t married you yet, so how could I bear to leave?”
“It’s already this time, and you’re still teasing me? I’m not talking to you anymore!” Fang Zixi pouted her cherry lips, clearly displeased.
Tan Yun chuckled again and transformed into a beam of light, vanishing from Fang Zixi's sight.
A moment later, under Fang Zixi’s anxious gaze, the distant horizon was engulfed by terrifying rolling dark clouds. She understood that Tan Yun had sensed the barrier of the dao saint realm.
Next, Tan Yun was about to undergo his tribulation.
She released her divine consciousness, quickly enveloping the vast dark clouds below, where Tan Yun stood proudly, his figure towering at three hundred sixty thousand feet, his eyes filled with deep worry and affection.
“Boom!”
With a thunderous sound, Fang Zixi's heart trembled. She saw a dragon-like heavenly tribulation crashing down, shattering the void as it descended from the clouds, colliding with Tan Yun, who was as gigantic as a mountain.
To her relief, Tan Yun only took a step back, and that terrifying heavenly tribulation dissipated.
“He truly is a prodigy,” Fang Zixi mumbled, her red lips lightly parted.
“Boom, boom, boom—”
Following that, increasingly terrifying heavenly tribulations emerged from the Sea of Clouds, engulfing Tan Yun...
Time flowed like water, and in the blink of an eye, three years had passed.
The dark clouds shrouding the mountains for millions of celestial miles quickly receded, revealing a sky full of stars.
Beneath the vast starry sky, Fang Zixi shed tears, floating down to Tan Yun, who lay in a pitiful state after the tribulation.
Tan Yun, resembling a mountain, collapsed in a pool of blood, the corners of his mouth curving into a smile, “Silly girl, don’t cry. I’m fine, aren’t I?”
“You’re the silly one; you’re the one who cried.” Fang Zixi hurriedly wiped away her tears, pouting, “I’m just happy that you succeeded in your tribulation, why would I cry? You must have seen wrongly.”
“Alright, alright, I must have seen wrongly.” Tan Yun, feeling weak, closed his eyes.
At that moment, if one could look inside Tan Yun’s body, they would discover that the ten primordial dao emperor embryos in his spirit pool had rapidly fused into a singular primordial dao sacred embryo.
Meanwhile, deep within Tan Yun's mind, as the primordial dao emperor soul birthed the primordial dao sacred soul, an incredibly powerful and terrifying aura spread from his body, enveloping the surrounding void for millions of celestial miles, instantly filling the space with spider-web-like cracks.
Feeling the aura emanating from Tan Yun, Fang Zixi, who was at the ninth layer of the dao ancestor realm, felt an unexpected fear and exclaimed, “Tan Yun, I feel your aura is even more terrifying than when I was at the great perfection of the dao ancestor realm!”
Tan Yun smiled slightly, “So, now my strength surpasses levels, I can certainly kill the high priest if I face him again.”
“Mm, you definitely can.” Fang Zixi looked at Tan Yun with admiration, seriously stating, “I estimate your current strength has an eighty percent chance of defeating the western continent emperor and a fifty percent chance of defeating Hu Yan Zhang.”
Tan Yun frowned, questioning, “Are the western continent emperor and Hu Yan Zhang really that powerful?”
“They are.” Fang Zixi affirmed, “Although there aren’t many great experts at the great perfection of the dao ancestor realm in the supreme ancestor realm, they are still divided into nine ranks in private.”
“For example, if the first rank is the weakest and the ninth rank is the strongest, the high priest is only considered seventh rank, the western continent emperor is eighth rank, while Hu Yan Zhang is ninth rank.”