Cultivators often encounter bottlenecks when refining spiritual power. As the fundamental source of spiritual power, the primordial energy of heaven and earth also presents bottlenecks that are difficult to overcome.

Xi Heng tried to break through this bottleneck, but failed.

At this point, their strength has reached a point where further improvement is nearly impossible.

Therefore, I have returned to this celestial realm today to save my progress and prepare to break through the tribulation before me with all my might.

With her current cultivation level, she no longer needs to worry about the first eight tribulations; she can easily stop them by casting a few spells.

When the only noteworthy ninth wave arrived, Xi Heng released thirty-six floating cities of death energy in advance, which were arranged in an array in all directions.

The Death Qi Iron Chains traced extremely complex straight-line array patterns in the air, connecting the various cities to each other. Each array point was the main body of a huge floating city.

On the ground, there were smaller arrays of light indicating advancement, while above, an array of death energy sealed off the heavens.

Fortunately, the advancement site was a standard Jingtian Realm plain, so vast that it was unimaginable for ordinary cultivators. This prevented the sudden appearance of these deathly cities from causing panic and commotion among the cultivators within.

As golden lightning fell from the sky, the floating city of death energy swiftly sent out chains, forming a giant net to block the golden dragon lightning tribulation within.

The dragon roared wildly, causing the heavens and earth to tremble endlessly.

The dark clouds unleashed an even more immense power, causing the ninth heavenly tribulation to increase several times over.

However, the giant net was already well prepared. The power of time made the death energy burst several times stronger, tightly binding the golden dragon formed by the ninth heavenly tribulation from head to tail.

After swaying and rocking several times, the chains showed signs of breaking.

However, the speed of the death energy had clearly caught up with the speed at which the chains were breaking. Before one chain could be completely broken, another chain had already bound it.

Using the power of time to accelerate such a large area of ​​time would be extremely taxing on Xi Heng.

Even if the ninth lightning tribulation and the death aura are allowed to slowly dissipate on their own, victory is still not guaranteed.

However, she has other options available...

Xi Heng raised his hand and waved it, and the sky suddenly turned dark.

Another complete city of deathly energy stood between humanity and the heavens, breaking through the clouds like a giant meteorite and falling.

The intense death aura transformed into wailing sounds, offsetting the continuous rumbling of the lightning tribulation. With each fall, the intent of death descended upon the heavenly tribulation.

The two forces were still quite different. The moment they touched, the entire deathly aura was spread by the power of the lightning tribulation and began to disintegrate from the center.

Each cluster of towers and halls on it seemed to have been blown apart like trees split by lightning, shattering into countless fragments scattered in all directions.

At the same time, all the death energy that had been tightly sealed within the floating city erupted in that instant.

A huge, jet-black firework exploded on the horizon, causing a spatial tremor that expanded rapidly outwards.

The explosion generated such a violent shock that it slammed into the earth. Xi Heng used his spiritual magic to stabilize himself and remained unaffected by the wind, only his white hair fluttered wildly.

Amidst the howling sound, thunder roared.

The deathly aura pressed down on the golden lightning, as if a dark cloud had gathered the lightning back in.

The black chains binding the golden dragon continued to vibrate, while muffled thunder roared continuously from the deathly mist. Clearly, this final heavenly tribulation was fiercely resisting, but ultimately it could not break free from the surrounding deathly aura.

Xi Heng was only hit by the edges of the lightning, and even if the shield around her was broken, it would be difficult to cause her fatal damage.

The thirty-six floating cities of death energy, arranged in a dragon-locking formation, and enhanced by the power of time, are capable of withstanding a true tribulation of lightning.

Xi Heng unleashed all the power he had accumulated until now, and the golden dragon lightning tribulation that was initially unimaginable to overcome began to slowly dissipate.

Enveloped in a deathly aura so dense it was almost tangible, the lightning tribulation gradually diminished in size. The golden lightning, which had occasionally emitted clouds of deathly aura, gradually disappeared, and the dragon's roar weakened and vanished.

Seeing this, Xi Heng also withdrew the power of time that was spreading across the floating city of death energy.

She has already slightly aligned herself with the Heavenly Dao of Time and established her own node in the Sea of ​​Time. In addition, she has amplified the Time Magic with the primordial energy of heaven and earth. Even so, she still cannot sustain the consumption of time acceleration for the floating city of death energy for long.

However, it's still fine for passing through the tribulation of lightning.

Gradually, the thunder subsided.

The floating city shattered into countless pieces of varying sizes and fell to the ground, the crashing sound lasting for several minutes.

The tribulation clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, and the remaining traces of death energy from the tribulation of lightning also sprinkled onto the earth, turning the fields and grasslands into a barren, black, scorched wasteland.

"Success..."

Xi Heng truly felt that the threat that had been looming over his heart had disappeared. He breathed a sigh of relief, and the floating city that had been standing steadily in all directions was taken back.

As the deathly aura and debris dissipated, the dark, ominous clouds finally vanished.

The bright sunlight shone again on the girl's clothes, adorning the gold and red patterns on the fabric.

Having survived sixty-seven ordeals and nearly a hundred save/load attempts.

With cultivation power increased several times and all preparations complete, facing the tribulation again is like running to the finish line normally; one naturally passes through this tribulation.

After the tribulation, the accompanying primordial energy of heaven and earth was absorbed by Xi Heng.

The primordial energy left behind by this ninth great calamity is the purest, even higher than before.

Simply taking it in gave her a completely new feeling.

While attempting to refine it with my eyes closed, my mind was free and at peace, tranquil and serene.

Thoughts ran clear, and consciousness seemed to enter a state of serene light, reaching a state of 'spiritual emptiness'.

It was as if all things in heaven and earth had become clear and pure, and my mind was extremely peaceful, as if I had reached the legendary state of non-birth and non-death, without coming or going.

After Xi Heng had completely refined the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within his body, his state of mind finally began to fluctuate again, and he suddenly trembled.

As the realm of spiritual emptiness was broken, a certain barrier between the mind and the power of time was also suddenly broken, bringing them even closer.

The lingering haze in my perception dissipated, and the power of time became clearer.

"Is this so..."

Xi Heng then realized that he had finally reached the Dao Integration Realm.

The spiritual energy from the first eight tribulations of lightning could not compare to that left by the final tribulation.

Previously, no matter how strong one's power was, one's actual realm was only infinitely close to the Dao Integration Realm.

Now, I have truly become a Daoist cultivator in the true sense.

"I suppose... the realm section on the personal interface in the save/load space has changed, and the number of save attempts will also increase by one."

She slowly got up and looked around. The advancement array had been severely damaged by the lightning tribulation and was not suitable for use until it was repaired.

Therefore, the concentration of spiritual energy here is no longer as perfect as before, and has gradually become somewhat chaotic.

As he casually observed, Xi Heng thought to himself, "The tribulation is over, but... that final bolt of lightning energy was truly interesting. If I were to comprehend it a few more times, I might gain quite a bit."

As soon as the thought crossed her mind, the girl's figure transformed into white flames.

When it reappears, it has already entered the save/load space.

After observing the changes to his personal interface, he raised his hand to save another floating city and clicked to load the save file to relive the time before the tribulation.

As the senses of circulation flowed through his body and mind, Xi Heng returned to the center of the complete ascension array.

With the attainment of the Dao, one calmly gazes at the vast sky, awaiting the gathering of calamity clouds.

A minute passed, and the sky remained unchanged.

By the third minute, the sky was still clear, and Xi Heng realized that the tribulation lightning might not be coming again.

"After achieving the Dao, will there be no more tribulations?" she asked herself.

"The tribulation lightning must know that I have attained the Dao, but since everything has clearly gathered, will it really not fall?"

She said to the sky, "Since we're already here, why don't you just unleash the lightning tribulation?"

Unfortunately, the heavens are merciless and silent. Xi Heng waited for several more minutes, but the lightning tribulation still did not gather.

"Tsk."

She wanted to experience the special energy descending during the final tribulation a few more times, but now it seems there's little hope.

After shaking his head, Xi Heng snapped his fingers and began to freely move between the loading space and the save space.

It ran hundreds of times in just a few minutes, preserving many items.

During this time, it was thought that this method could be used to continuously preserve the floating cities of death energy, and to push the number of cities to a considerable extent in a short period of time.

However, a sudden increase in the amount of death energy can also cause some problems—the amount of death energy can be infinite, but one's own ability to control it has its limits.

"It's probably impossible to manipulate the death energy of more than a hundred floating cities at the same time... Let's save a thousand for now."

If we really encounter a major natural disaster in the future, we can use nearly a hundred floating cities to push forward and resist, while the remaining nine hundred floating cities can serve as reserves. This should be enough to hold them off for a while.

Xi Heng nodded slightly and began the loading process repeatedly.

Repeatedly return to the save/load space from the save file, save items, click load, then return and load again.

The repetitive efficiency was not slow; a thousand floating cities were saved in just one hour.

Xi Heng spent some time saving up other advancement materials and miscellaneous items, finally breaking free from the simple, repetitive save-loading loop and returning to the advancement area in the Heavenly Realm.

After breathing in the fresh air for a while, spatial fluctuations appeared around him. Xi Heng transformed into white flames and drifted back to the portal where he had left the Ascension Plains in just a few seconds.

Upon entering, one's figure floated back to a hall within a palace.

Ignoring the crowd around him, Xi Heng walked out of the lobby on his own.

Generally speaking, when a rogue cultivator like her advances to the Dao Integration Realm and successfully leaves this hall, she will be greeted by a large number of organizations and cultivators of the same realm in the city. Even if they are strangers to each other and have never heard of each other's names, they will still offer all kinds of gifts to congratulate her on her success.

Once you step onto the path of harmony, everything in the world will immediately become gentle and approachable, and there will be fewer times of extreme conflict.

Cultivators below the Dao Integration level often use the term "fellow Daoist" on their lips.

But once their own interests are threatened, yesterday's companions and fellow practitioners become today's formidable enemies.

Once one reaches the Dao Integration Realm, since there is no path to immortality, there are generally few conflicts between them. Even if a situation does arise, many other Dao Integration Realm cultivators will take the initiative to help mediate, and no one in the same realm will be allowed to fall into a desperate situation due to conflicts between cultivators.

The fellow Daoists referred to in the Dao Integration Realm can be considered true 'fellow Daoists'.

The atmosphere among people is gentle and peaceful. Occasionally, there are grand banquets that invite many like-minded people to participate. They all have long lifespans and can easily travel between different realms. Their numbers are also not large, so it is normal for them to get to know each other over the centuries.

It is often said by cultivators that only by entering the Dao Integration Realm can one be considered to have truly achieved success in cultivation.

Because of reaching this state, one's entire life will be different from now on.

However—these are all statements made before the explosive expansion of major calamities.

Now that calamities are befalling the world, it is unknown whether the situation of cultivators who have attained the Dao has changed.

Xi Heng thought for a moment, then shook his head.

Whether she exists or not is irrelevant to her. Although she has attained the Dao, there is no divine decree to reveal her existence, so no one knows about her.

At this moment, walking among the halls of the place of advancement, he simply strolled among the crowd, rarely attracting attention.

Upon arriving at the entrance, no other Daoist cultivators rushed to greet him, offering words of praise and various gifts.

Xi Heng was leisurely and carefree, so he walked along the street and joined the crowd.

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Su Ziyuan sent another batch of information about what she had seen and heard, saying that the calamity of transformation in the Northern Frontier had taken a sudden turn, producing strange and enormous humanoid aggregates that formed a massive army that was pressing in. Many cities that had held out for a long time had already fallen to this giant legion.

Images were also sent, showing that each giant was as tall as a small mountain, and that even the mere step they took could cause tremendous tremors.

The cultivators' methods could hardly stop their advance; the purple-skinned giants didn't even need to fight seriously, as they could simply trample the city into ruins.

It is said that a group of Dao-Merging cultivators came here to fight, but Su Ziyuan has not seen them yet, only the giant's footsteps never stopping.

"This army seems even more difficult to deal with than the Black Tide," Xi Heng muttered to himself as he watched the video recording.

Then he replied to Su Ziyuan, telling her to take care of herself.

The Heavenly Realm is already deeply mired in difficulties, the transformation of the Northern Continent has intensified, and the calamities of light in the east are no less severe.

It is said that there are other crises in the west and south, but what they are is unknown.

“In fact, it’s not just the Heavenly Realm, the void is like this too…” Xi Heng looked up at the sky and could still see the calamity in the void in the twilight.

"The end of the world may not be far away. When it comes, I'll bring Su Ziyuan and Chen Fenghuo to the Spirit Fire Space and return to the peaceful times we had before." She silently made a preliminary plan.

However, it's possible that the so-called apocalypse might be safely weathered by the cultivators...

Xi Heng gave a soft chuckle and continued walking slowly.

I randomly bought some snacks from a roadside shop and then opened the portal in front of it.

After entering the Penglai world, he was teleported back to the hall where he lived with Yin Wanluan.

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