After being reborn, the villain comes with a spoiler tag.

Countless bolts of lightning appeared out of thin air above the Gate of Heaven and struck Huo Yu in front of the gate.

The fire phoenixes swirling around Huo Yu absorbed most of the lightning, while a few bolts passed through the fire phoenixes' defenses and dissipated on the invisible barrier in front of him.

Huo Yu didn't bother defending against the Heavenly Tribulation; instead, he focused entirely on bombarding the Heavenly Dao Gate with a continuous barrage of attacks. In the blink of an eye, dozens of attacks had struck the Heavenly Dao Gate, yet it remained unmoved.

Huo Yu's expression grew colder and colder, while the fervor in his eyes burned ever brighter.

At this moment, Long Yucheng, who was relentlessly pursuing, also arrived at the Gate of Heaven and joined the already chaotic battle.

In an instant, the sky was filled with dazzling sparks from the clash of thunder and flames before they were extinguished.

The heavenly lightning descending from the Gate of Heaven has formed a dense net, within which two figures are locked in combat.

Long Yucheng possesses a natal magic weapon with the lightning attribute, and since the lightning tribulation was not originally aimed at him, he was less affected by the heavenly lightning and could go all out to deal with Huo Yu.

Huo Yu not only had to defend against the heavenly lightning, but also had to withstand attacks from Long Yucheng, yet he remained unaffected and handled the situation with ease.

The fire phoenix surrounding Huo Yu was almost blackish-purple in color. The silver-white electric current surrounding its body collided with the blue tribulation lightning, partially neutralizing it. The remaining portion of the tribulation lightning entered the fire phoenix's body, making its color even deeper.

The silvery-white lightning was the same silver lightning ball that Long Yucheng had previously created. Long Yucheng knew at a glance that he had unintentionally done a favor for Huo Yu.

However, he had no time for regret. Huo Yu could break through the Heavenly Dao Gate and ascend to immortality at any moment. If he wanted revenge then, he would have to wait until he reached the Great Ascension stage and ascended to the Immortal Realm to find him.

Thinking of this, the lightning on Long Yucheng's spear grew even stronger. He had to kill Huo Yu here today!

However, to Long Yucheng's surprise, Huo Yu remained in control despite the combined attack of the Heavenly Tribulation and himself, and did not even weaken his attack on the Heavenly Gate.

Although the solemn Gate of Heaven showed no sign of opening, Long Yucheng still felt that time was becoming increasingly urgent.

"Is that the only method?"

A ruthless glint flashed in Long Yucheng's eyes.

Huo Yu had no interest in paying attention to Long Yucheng. He had already realized during their first exchange that Long Yucheng was a whole realm lower than him.

Although he didn't know what methods Huo Yu had used to withstand the pressure of the Heavenly Dao Gate with his Nascent Soul stage cultivation and fight him above the tribulation clouds, Huo Yu didn't care at all.

His eyes were fixed on that gate to the Heavenly Dao; his initial fervor gradually cooled, and his gaze grew increasingly sinister.

He had used almost all his strength to bombard the Gate of Heaven, but the Gate of Heaven remained completely unmoved!

how can that be!

At this moment, the lightning of the heavenly tribulation had changed from dark blue to light red, and the power of each bolt of lightning had increased by nearly a hundred times.

The Fire Phoenix was gradually becoming overwhelmed, with more and more lightning bolts passing through its defenses, and some even penetrating Huo Yu's barrier and striking him directly.

Once the Heavenly Tribulation begins, it will never end, and the intensity of the tribulation lightning will only increase until the person undergoing the tribulation successfully overcomes it or dies and their life is extinguished!

"If one hears the Way in the morning..."

Huo Yu murmured, the flames in his eyes blazing like wildfire, instantly raising the temperature of the entire space as if it were in a furnace.

Long Yucheng, who had been keeping a close eye on Huo Yu, immediately noticed the abnormality. His eyes lit up, his attack paused, he stood with his gun in hand, and his aura surged like a tidal wave, gradually increasing.

Several bolts of lightning, carrying a chilling aura of destruction, seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, deviating from their original trajectory and passing by Long Yucheng, with several of them striking him directly.

However, Long Yucheng remained motionless, his gaze fixed intently on Huo Yu, silver lightning slowly coursing around him, as if it could erupt at any moment.

The flames in Huo Yu's eyes grew increasingly intense, and his entire body was even engulfed by golden flames, which were the soul fire generated by his burning divine soul, dazzling and eye-catching!

Both of them chose this deadly path of burning their souls without prior agreement, and then at the same moment, they moved!

Huo Yu transformed into a ball of golden flame, instantly passing through the crimson electric grid and speeding towards the mysterious and unpredictable Gate of Heaven.

At this moment, the fire phoenix, which had turned as black as ink, let out a mournful cry and resolutely threw itself into the embrace of the golden flames, covering the flames with a layer of black outer flames.

Immediately afterwards, a silver light streaked across the sky, following closely behind!

The two beams of light were almost simultaneously annihilated by the dazzling golden radiance of the Heavenly Gate. For a moment, all the heavenly lightning seemed to freeze, and then slowly dissipated into the air.

The crimson tribulation clouds began to dissipate gradually, and the Heavenly Gate above the tribulation clouds slowly disappeared, as if it had never existed.

Huo Yu's physical body completely collapsed under Long Yucheng's fierce attack, which came at the cost of burning his divine soul.

Huo Yu's soul was also on its last legs; the fervor in his eyes gradually faded, and he returned to calm.

"If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening..."

Just as it was about to burn out, Huo Yu saw that the seemingly indestructible Gate of Heaven had actually cracked open, and behind it, rosy light swirled and shadowy, and a wisp of celestial music drifted out from the crack.

However, before it could even reach Huo Yu's ears, it vanished without a trace along with the disappearance of the Heavenly Gate.

The truth glimpsed through that crack struck Huo Yu like a bolt from the blue.

In the last moment before his consciousness faded, he saw that in the body left behind after Long Yucheng's soul had burned away, there was a golden light that was similar to the Gate of Heaven. They seemed to be echoing each other, telling some unknown secret.

"I see……"

"To hear the Way in the morning! To hear the Way in the morning! Is this what they call the Way of Heaven? How laughable! How laughable! Utterly laughable!!"

Huo Yu roared to the sky until his soul was completely consumed by fire.

His soul, his body, and everything else about Huo Yu vanished completely in this world, but his almost manic laughter seemed to still echo in this world for a long time, inspiring awe in all who heard it.

The story of the Demon Lord, the Heavenly Tribulation, the Gate of Heaven, and the mysterious person who challenged someone of a higher level has been passed down in the cultivation world ever since, becoming a timeless tale.

No one knows what Huo Yu glimpsed in the Gate of Heaven, but his last words are like a dark cloud that is hard to dispel, lingering in the hearts of all cultivators.

But all of that is now just a thing of the past.

Our story begins the moment Huo Yu opened his eyes again.