Published: August 10, 2026
Chapter 1058: Refine Essence into Qi, Refine Qi and Return to Spirit! (End)
Whoosh, whoosh~
Countless true spirits of countless beings as tiny as dust particles flickered in the darkness like tens of thousands of shooting stars.
Yet they vanished in an instant, then sank into the abyss of the ordinary, disappearing into the depths of darkness without a trace.
Before Liu Yu's eyes, apart from the "meteor shower" and the abyss of the ordinary, there were also faint scattered traces of buildings in the distance.
Some of these structures had existed for so long that they had almost disappeared, while others were only somewhat dilapidated.
But judging from the remaining traces, every one of them had a rather strange shape.
Some looked like altar platforms, some like ritual altars, and so on. Without exception, they all served some functional purpose.
It was not hard to guess that these buildings had all been made from local materials and had some special use.
The key point of the Transcendence Tribulation was to rely on one's own power to trigger a resonance with the Great Dao, then fly to the heights of the Land of Eternal Tribulation and draw in the power of the abyss of the ordinary to cleanse the true spirit.
There were generally three ways to pass this tribulation.
The first was to endure it by one's own strength.
The second was to make a "great vow."
The third was to rely on ritual assistance.
The first method, enduring it by oneself, was the hardest.
A slight mistake, and the true spirit would fall into reincarnation. It required an extremely profound influence upon the cultivation world, or even upon the world itself.
The second method was also full of restrictions.
First, not just anyone had the qualifications to make such a vow; second, not every vow would be recognized.
Moreover, to pass this tribulation through this method, the vow must be fulfilled afterward, otherwise one would inevitably suffer unimaginable misfortune.
And before the vow was fulfilled, one could not advance to the next major realm.
As for the third method, that was the buildings before him.
Constructing "Ascension Platforms," "Flying Immortal Ritual Altars," and the like, then using Primordial Spirit Power to carve rituals upon them, borrowing the power of "patriarchs," "senior experts," and the like, temporarily enhancing one's influence over heaven and earth, and thus passing this tribulation to complete the transformation of the true spirit.
In the countless worlds, so many beings as tiny as dust particles ultimately had to enter the great thousand cycles of reincarnation and struggle bitterly there. Why should a mere cultivator be any exception?
The plain reality itself had a kind of "gravity." Even divine abilities could not defeat the arrangements of fate and destiny. Not everyone could escape from it.
So among the three hurdles of divine transformation, the Heavenly Gate alone was enough to eliminate a batch of people. And among those who remained to advance, most would fall at the Transcendence Tribulation.
For those who had pushed open the Heavenly Gate and completed the transformation of their Primordial Spirit, this hurdle, where all divine abilities and techniques became ineffective, was the hardest of all.
As for the final thunder tribulation, comparatively speaking, it was actually the easiest.
However, there was always a way around difficulties. By drawing on some experience left by their predecessors, strong members of all races had come up with all kinds of methods that could reduce the difficulty of this tribulation somewhat.
Otherwise, if they relied entirely on their own strength to endure it, even the three great powers would not have been able to hold out.
It would be impossible for them to continue as they did now, where among several generations of true lords, there was always someone who could successfully advance.
For example, the third method: the "Ascension Platform" and "Ascension Ritual Altar" before him were relatively good options.
Of course, whether it was an altar or a ritual altar did not matter.