Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 494: Chapter 301: Dao Completed _2

“The Dao of the Five Elements, the principle of the void?”

“This…!!”

His thoughts flashed, and a sudden realization made Xuan Zhen lose his voice.

“What happened?”

Xiao Miao was puzzled and about to ask further when suddenly…

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Thunder roared and the earth shook mightily.

Within the multicolored lightning, a beam of purple brilliance suddenly burst forth.

Pregnant with purple qi and brewing within the thunder, it had yet to be unleashed, but its aura alone made all corners weep in shock.

Even Xiao Miao, who was miles away, felt a sense of impending disaster pressing down on him, causing his heart to race and his limbs to quiver, involuntarily dropping to his knees in fear.

Not just him, all creatures within the ten directions, along with all intelligent cultivators, could not help but kneel down, trembling uncontrollably.

“Destruction God Thunder!”

Xuan Zhen took a deep breath, looking at the purple light gestating within the clouds of tribulation, unable to utter a single word.

The Innate Five Elements Thunder Tribulation, in the Deity Transformation Tribulation, was already the utmost form of tribulation thunder, and its emergence foretold a calamity of ninety-nine extremes.

But in the Return to Void Tribulation, the Innate Five Elements could at most reach the level of sixty-nine extremes. To reach the level of ninety-nine extremes, one had to add another Destruction God Thunder.

Destruction God Thunder?

This was no longer just a Heavenly Tribulation, but a Heavenly Punishment – a thundering punishment from heaven and earth that would not allow the existence of anything that defied the natural order!

What had he done?

Even if a man-made tribulation brings forth an instrument tribulation, and the Five Elements merge with immortal artifacts, it should not reach the extent of a Heavenly Punishment, right?

Could it be…

They saw Xu Yang sitting in front of the Five Elements Orb, channeling mana, infusing Yuan Skill, and imprinting all sorts of talismans, golden seals, array patterns, and Dharma seals into the orb.

It was precisely—the Unity of All Methods, Heavenly Crafts Natural Creation!

Deity Transformation People Tribulation, Immortal Spirit Instrument Tribulation, and Creation Law Tribulation!

Three calamities merged into one, a thundering punishment from heaven and earth!

Such an act of creation was already defying heaven, and naturally, it would incur heavenly punishment.

Seeing this, Xu Yang was unconcerned.

Heavenly Punishment?

It was all within reason and expectation.

Did he think that he could fleece the Heavenly Dao so easily?

There is a cause behind everything, and an effect follows – every bite and every sip is predestined.

But what of it?

You have the Heavenly Secrets, I have the Divine Power Method!

“A tree without roots, the flowers are not right, away from the Yin and Yang Dao is incomplete.”

“To follow is mundane, to defy is divine, it all depends on turning it upside down in the middle.”

With the Dao song sung, Xu Yang burst into laughter, looking at the Destruction God Thunder ready to unleash from within the tribulation clouds, he swept his sleeves and threw the Qiankun.

Immediately…

“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”

Streams of Spirit Light burst forth, like floodwaters breaking through a dam or the Milky Way spilling from the heavens.

Storage bags opened one after another, and countless magical treasures flew out.

Magic Artifact after Magic Artifact—they were all Magic Artifacts, turning the Heavenly Tribulation into a sea of magical instruments in an instant.

“These… Magic Artifacts?”

Upon witnessing this scene, Xuan Zhen was again stunned.

He, of course, did not think Xu Yang was a fool or a madman; he assumed Xu Yang had some kind of heaven-defying, fate-altering method to convert thunder, a technique for crossing the tribulation that led him to insanely attract the Heavenly Punishment Thunder.

But like this…

Magic Artifacts?

They were indeed Magic Artifacts, many of them beyond count!

However, no matter how many there were, they were still just Magic Artifacts that even cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage would disdain to use!

How could such a number of Magic Artifacts make any difference?

In the midst of astonishment…

“Merge!”

Xu Yang struck with his left hand, imprinting the final Dharma seal, completing the Heavenly Crafts Natural Creation Skill.

Instantly…

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Thunder boomed, the Magic Artifacts moved. With the resources accumulated over decades from the Green Jade Mountain and Fish and Dragon Island, as well as assistance from both Taoism and Divine Martial lifetimes, tens of millions of Magic Artifacts sprang to action. Amidst the shocked and bewildered stares of countless onlookers, they swirled around the Immortal Spirit Treasure, the Five Elements Orb, constructing a form.

Who knows how long it took, in the blink of an eye or perhaps thousands of years. Within the dazzling brilliance and amidst the roaring thunder, a city of White Jade, a Heavenly Palace Immortal City, majestically appeared before all.

It was—the White Jade Capital!

“This… ”

Upon witnessing this scene, everyone was still coming to terms with it, when the White Jade Capital shone brilliantly. Especially the Five Elements True Spirit Palaces to the east, west, south, north, and center each showed their colors with divine light coalescing; the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, and even the silhouette of the Kylin, appeared faintly visible.

“In the Heavenly White Jade Capital, lie the Twelve Towers and Five Cities.”

“An Immortal caressed my crown, and upon binding my hair, I received eternal life.”

Xu Yang laughed, then, with a sweep of his sleeve and hands clasped behind his back, walked into the White Jade Immortal City. The ancient stone stele, towering like a mountain, moved accordingly, fitting into place like the final core piece of the primed White Jade Immortal City.

“Boom!!!”

The stele fitted into place, uniting the Five Elements; Immortal Light from the White Jade burst forth, solidifying into the might of Chaos Yuan. The city stood tall within, subtly dividing heaven and earth, forming its own world.

The Dao of the Five Elements, blended with the void, albeit still lacking the laws of time, was now sufficient to create the mysteries of the world.

By now, the White Jade Capital had faintly formed its own realm, already displaying some of the grandeur of the Temple of War God.

It was this grandeur that stirred the final Heavenly Secrets.

“Boom!!!”

Thunder roared, and the winds and clouds changed abruptly.

Within the Tribulation Clouds, a purple light shone brightly, condensing into the shape of an eye—a tightly closed amethyst pupil.

The purple crystalline pupil closed tight, but pulsed continuously, seemingly exerting great effort before finally prying open a sliver.

The upright pupil drew a horizontal line, revealing a glimpse of its vision, cold and apathetic, overlooking all living beings!

The Heavenly Dao is unkind, treating all creatures as straw dogs!

Completely impartial and selfless!

“Boom!!!”

With the opening of such a Heavenly Eye, the thunder that filled the sky vanished instantly. The Number of Ninety-Nine Absolutes, the one hundred and eight layers of thunder, all entered the Eye of Heavenly Punishment and morphed into a beam of deeply purple Destruction God Thunder which poured down violently, shooting into the White Jade Immortal City.

“Rumble!”

The Destruction God Thunder struck, and the White Jade Immortal City, which stood as its own realm, instantly revealed an expanse of annihilation.

There was black and white light, the energy of Yin and Yang, merging into the color of Chaos Yuan.

There was the light of green, red, and yellow, combined with black and white, constructing the attributes of the Five Elements.

There were earth, wind, fire, and water—four elements in unity, reenacting the creation of heaven and earth.

Lights of five colors flashed amid thunder and lightning.

The skies shattered, the earth caved in, stars fell and the sun plummeted.

The universe went dark, with sand flying and pebbles rolling.

Gold snakes danced wildly, and dragons rose with the roar of a tsunami.

In the end, all turned into boundless chaos, with only a Demon God standing defiant, muscles twisted like a demon dragon. With a lift of its great hand, it reached into the infinity of chaos and grabbed a strip of purple thunder, which transformed into a Heaven Opening Divine Axe, and cleaved directly towards the White Jade Immortal City.

Destruction is the beginning of creation, the fundamental force of heaven and earth.

This strike is a calamity, but also an opportunity for creation!

If you can withstand it, bear it, you may seize the mechanism of heaven and earth and establish your own Dao.

If you cannot withstand it, cannot bear it, then you will be reduced to ashes, your life and Dao extinguished, and all talk becomes irrelevant.

Could Xu Yang withstand it?

If he were alone, with his own strength, naturally he could not, not by any means!

Human power is limited; within the confines of the mortal realm, strength is confined!

No matter how gifted or brilliant you are, even if you possess the legendary Immortal Spirit Body, daring to confront Destruction God Thunder and the Heavenly Punishment of the Number of Ninety-Nine Absolutes with a Deity Transformation body will only lead to one possibility, one outcome: death!

Inevitable death, with no return from calamity!

Even for Xu Yang, there are no exceptions, even if his foundation is incredibly strong, even if his mastery of Thunder Series is divine, even if he has various skill characteristics and external enhancements, to confront the overwhelming Heavenly Might alone would also lead to inevitable death, with no return from calamity.

But he is not alone, nor is he relying on the strength of just one person.

The Heavenly Dao sets its destiny, and Three Calamities become punishment.

Divine Powers and Wonderful Skills, creating prodigious mysteries.

“Rumble!”

In the midst of chaos, the White Jade Immortal City stood proud, its aura of five colors rotating, Immortal Light merging with the Yuan, moving from the acquired back to the Innate, and turning Yin and Yang into Tai Chi.

In the end, only a Yin Yang Tai Chi Diagram was left, which flew out of the chaos and met the Heaven Opening Divine Axe wielded by the Demon God.

Then…

“Bang!!!”

A tremendous sound, both audible and silent.

Chaos Demon God, opening heavens and earth.

Tai Chi Yin and Yang, creating life and destiny.

All of that, everything there was, became illusory images, faded away like smoke dispersing into the air.

The Eye of Heavenly Punishment, Destruction God Thunder, and even the Tribulation Clouds in the sky all vanished without a trace, as if it had all been a bizarre and magnificent dream.

In the end, only the White Jade Immortal City remained, standing high in the heavens, commanding the realm of the Ninth Heaven and proving that everything that had just happened was not an illusion but real and tangible.

The crowd that had fallen to the ground in awe of the might of Heavenly Punishment awoke as if from a dream. Gazing at the White Jade Immortal City standing majestically in the sky, they still felt a sense of unrealness.

In contrast, the birds and beasts with lower Spirit Wisdom paid it no mind, having returned to their normal lives long ago.

Only countless commoners and thousands of cultivators were still immersed in the recent events, eyes filled with confusion, at a loss for what to do.

Just then…

“My Dao’s foundation—complete!”

Within the Immortal City, a light voice resonated, settling the dust.