The Demon Lord of All Forms

Chapter 134 True Man, Karma

The ice spread, lightning crackled, and beneath Yun Weiyang's feet, the earth cracked, the mountains were frozen, and even the air turned into tiny ice crystals.

Yun Weiyang's face was pale, and cold air emanated from his mouth and nose. The frost spread and lightning crackled. The chill of the True Heavenly North Pole Thunder seeped into Yun Weiyang's body, freezing his meridians and weakening his life force. The fusion of his Dharma form and Golden Core within his body also gradually stopped under this chill.

We can't delay any longer. If the Dharma Aspect Golden Core fails to integrate into the Dao Embryo Cave Heaven, his advancement this time will be considered a failure.

Yun Weiyang took a deep breath and poured all the power in her body into the Great Fate Sword. The eerie light on the sword suddenly surged, and in an instant, a stream of light tore through the heavens and earth, crisscrossing east and west.

Tear!

The sword light slashed down, piercing through heaven and earth, tearing apart the yin and yang of the world. This sword was so fast that even the heavenly tribulation couldn't react in time. The thunderclouds were still rolling when the sword light had already pierced through, going straight from the clouds to the earth, splitting a ten-thousand-mile abyss in the ground.

On both sides of the abyss, the earth cracked open, magma gushed out, and was frozen by the cold, forming a strange black and red ice field.

In an instant, the thunderclouds shattered.

Countless sword lights burst forth from the Great Fate Sword, taking this opportunity to converge into a dark, raging wind that swept across the heavens and earth.

The fragments of thundercloud were torn into fine powder, and the lightning burst in the gale, turning into countless points of light that gradually dissipated in the annihilation of the sword light.

After a long while, the wind stopped, the thunderclouds disappeared without a trace, and the layers of tribulation clouds in the sky dissipated, revealing the clear light of day.

The tribulation of becoming a true immortal has finally been overcome.

Within Yun Weiyang's body, the Dharma Image, embracing the Golden Core, finally sank into the Dao Embryo Cave Heaven.

In the dimly lit Dao Embryo Cave Heaven, wisps of lightning and demonic energy intertwined, piercing through the darkness of the cave heaven.

Lightning exploded, demonic energy surged, and the grotto-heaven began to evolve. Originally only a few feet in diameter, the Dao Embryo Grotto-heaven expanded more than ten thousand times under the impact of lightning and demonic energy, transforming into a small world with a diameter of a hundred miles.

Within this small world, clouds and thunder churned, and endless spiritual energy intertwined, transforming into a chaotic void.

In the vast and boundless primordial chaos, there was neither light nor darkness, neither heaven nor earth, only a turbulent primordial sea. Yun Weiyang's thousand-faced true magic avatars and trillions of Heavenly Demon Pills had dissolved into this chaos, transforming into rolling demonic energy that surged within the small world.

Yun Weiyang's consciousness entered the small world, standing in the chaos, and rolled up her sleeves.

Sword light exploded, thunderclouds surged, and in the small world, all things in nature stirred. The sun rose from the east, the moon hung in the west, stars twinkled in the sky, mountains rose and fell on the earth, rivers flowed through the valleys, plants and trees grew in the mist, birds flew in the sky, beasts roamed on the ground, and fish and shrimp swam in the water.

Everything looked magnificent and beautiful, but Yun Weiyang knew that it was all an illusion.

These suns, moons, stars, mountains, rivers, plants, and living beings are all merely illusions created by demonic energy. The small world we are in now has not yet truly taken shape; it is only a rudimentary form of the universe.

The cave heaven of the True Person Realm is ultimately just a primordial chaos, with only the two energies of Qian and Kun circulating. In the future, as Yun Weiyang's cultivation progresses, this embryonic Qian and Kun will be able to transform into a complete Qian and Kun world. However, the True Person Realm can only create a desolate Qian and Kun at most.

Only by passing through the second nine-day tribulation and becoming a Great True Person can one differentiate this nascent universe into Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, creating a small world; only by passing through the third nine-day tribulation and becoming a Celestial Being can one complete the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man within this small world, transforming it into a true world; and only by passing through the fourth nine-day tribulation and becoming a Celestial Immortal can one completely evolve and perfect this world, thus becoming independent of the Nine Provinces of Heaven, supporting the world, ascending to the Outer Heavens, transforming it into one's own innate Dao Domain, and from then on, enjoying endless lifespan and carefree existence.

Yun Weiyang closed his eyes, his consciousness withdrawing from the small world. He was completely naked, and his charred skin was peeling off piece by piece, revealing the new skin underneath. The Qingtian Divine Power was still operating, repairing the hidden injuries in his body.

The sky was clear and bright, but Yun Weiyang looked up at the finally calm sky, feeling no sense of relief.

The fourth tribulation, the True Heavenly North Pole Thunder, is a tribulation that only appears when a Great True Person undergoes the Second Nine Heavenly Tribulation, yet it descended upon him during his First Nine Heavenly Tribulation. If he had not possessed the Great Fate Sword, and if he had not already devoured most of the fortune of the Upper Mystic Realm, and if his cultivation had not far surpassed that of ordinary Golden Core cultivators, this fourth tribulation would have been enough to blast him into dust.

Why?

Yun Weiyang closed his eyes, and the memories of Tai Ming Tianmo surged in his mind.

Since the birth of Tianyuan Jiuzhou, tens of thousands of people have undergone tribulation. Almost everyone's first nine heavenly tribulations are only three levels. The power of the tribulation lightning is related to the cultivator's cultivation level, foundation, and techniques, but it is also closely related to one thing: karma.

Yun Weiyang opened her eyes, a flash of understanding in them.

Slaughter, karma, the way of heaven is balanced. The more you kill, the heavier your karma, and the stronger the heavenly tribulation.

Yun Weiyang devoured tens of thousands of cultivators from the Upper Xuan Realm. Although he refined the souls of these cultivators and suppressed their lingering resentment, their karmic burdens remained deep within his soul, like a persistent, incurable affliction.

When the Heavenly Tribulation descends, karma transforms into fuel for the tribulation lightning, turning what should have been a gentle Heavenly Tribulation into a purgatory where nine out of ten die.

"It's alright," Yun Weiyang said softly, her eyes sparkling.

After all, he had only devoured cultivators from the Upper Xuan Realm. Although his karma was heavy, it was still within his tolerance range. With the Great Fate Sword protecting him and the Thousand-Faced True Magic Image suppressing him, he eventually overcame the fourth tribulation, even though it was dangerous.

But what about Su Qinghe?

Yun Weiyang frowned.

After consuming the memories of the Tai Ming Heavenly Demon, Su Qinghe is now ready to undergo the Nine Heavenly Tribulations. However, the karmic burden of killing on Su Qinghe's body is countless times greater than that of Yun Weiyang.

That was the overwhelming karma that had devoured several grotto-heavens and hundreds of millions of living beings. Lin'an City, Jiangdu City, Canghuang Realm, Qingyun Realm... Su Qinghe's incarnations were all over Tianyuan Nine Provinces. The souls of those mortals, cultivators, demons, and monsters that he devoured turned into points of light on the Wheel of Rebirth, but their karma sank deep into Su Qinghe's soul.

Yun Weiyang couldn't imagine how far the Nine Heavenly Tribulations would evolve if Su Qinghe were to undergo his tribulation, with all nine layers of lightning descending simultaneously. There was only one Great Fate Sword, and Su Qinghe didn't have any Yuan Yang Treasure to protect him. Even if Su Qinghe had a Yuan Yang Treasure, if he were to encounter all nine layers of lightning descending at once, his Yuan Yang Treasure would probably be reduced to scrap metal.

Gathering her thoughts, Yun Weiyang turned and walked towards the True Demon Sect. The Upper Xuan Realm was no longer of any value to her. The cultivators had been devoured by her, the demons had been slaughtered, and the mortals were cowering in their homes, trembling with fear. The flame of cultivation in the entire world had been completely extinguished by her. All that remained was to obtain the purpose of this trip, which was the three tokens that determined the ownership of Youzhou.