Chapter 468 - 413: Dao Tribulation, Human Tribulation

’Take my whip!!’

An unknown amount of time passed.

Trapped in the narrow gap, Wu Dao’s form finally grew to the level of the three great Dao Sources. He waved his branch-like tentacles, coiling them around the Qi Dao Source, and began to devour and drain it.

At the same time, he was also captured by the tentacles of Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

He was endlessly drained and hollowed out, only to retaliate by absorbing them back to grow stronger. His form fluctuated wildly, shrinking and expanding in a constant back-and-forth.

Ultimately, Wu Dao’s absorptive power proved superior. He drained the three great Dao Sources dry and became the sole torrent of the Great Dao in the Chaos!

But his consciousness also sank into a muddled chaos.

His ’cognition’ rapidly faded, gradually turning into a blank slate as he drifted toward death.

But it wasn’t over!

Why wasn’t it over?

The Primordial Magnetic Dao had devoured all the Daos of the Initial Tribulation, transforming into the one and only Great Dao.

As long as this ended and he returned, the devoured nutrients would become the future branches of all creation.

The Great Tribulation should be over...

Within his muddled, chaotic consciousness, the last vestiges of clarity that had emerged after an unknown change were also rapidly fading away.

BZZZZ—

And at that moment, the Chaos Qi vanished completely.

It revealed an indescribable Dao Source below, one of unimaginable size!

Amidst the chaotic blur, unsure if it was illusion or reality, Wu Dao saw a pair of eyes within that indescribable Dao Source—eyes that encompassed all things and all beings, eyes that held humanity. This was completely different from the merciless, primordial slaughtering program, the Tree Diagram, from before!

Moreover, it had no attribute of attraction or devouring.

It was pure malicious and murderous intent!

The Initial Tribulation!

An anomaly like this shouldn’t exist!

Something that the Primordial Magnetic Dao could not encompass should never have been born within the Primordial Magnetic Tribulation!

Was this a tribulation brought by the Great Dao itself?

’At a time like this...’

’No!!’

Wu Dao abruptly broke free from the chaos!

How can the merciless Great Dao possess humanity?

’Those who block my Dao shall be slain!!!’

Wu Dao roared like a colossal beast of Chaos!

He didn’t care why this anomalous Dao Source had appeared. If it dared to block his path, he would smash it to pieces and grind it to dust!

BOOM!!

The inextinguishable flame, forged through countless trials of life and death, blazed furiously!

It burned away the darkness brought by death!

It burned away confusion!

It illuminated the self!

CRACKLE—

The Primordial Magnetic Tree Diagram self-immolated, becoming a torch!

Without a moment’s hesitation!

Wu Dao charged into the abyssal maw of the indescribable Dao Source!

Within the eyes of the indescribable Dao Source, pure malicious intent flared intensely.

The torch’s light flickered from the brilliance of a great sun to the spark of a firefly, until it was completely submerged in darkness.

In the invisible darkness, the torch burned out.

Only a few embers remained.

Countless tentacles swarmed out from the abyssal mire.

They extinguished the embers and enveloped the Dao Source.

The devouring began.

Was this the end?

Wu Dao’s consciousness seemed to plunge into eternal darkness. There was no life flashing before his eyes, no resentful sighs—only a silent, final curtain call.

「Outside.」

"Father God!!"

The Primordial Star Mother watched as the primordial particles assimilated, like stars withering and dying out.

On her small face, an expression of human-like sorrow appeared.

She called out Wu Dao’s name, like a helpless little girl about to lose her family.

"Alliance Leader!!!"

On the Shanhai Pass battlefield,

Zhao Jianji and the other Primordial Demons also sensed a great sorrow from the very root of their bloodline as it perished. They fell to their knees, roaring and wailing in grief!

"Daoist Venerable! No!!"

Throughout the All Heavens,

believer after believer was overcome by a sorrow that rose from their hearts, weeping uncontrollably.

"This shouldn’t be..."

「In an unknown land.」

The Slaughter Emperor sensed that his karmic link with Wu Dao was dissolving. His brow furrowed deeply, and he abruptly looked up toward the highest point of the Celestial Court, his gaze turning incomparably cold.

Wu Dao was not within the Dao.

He had realized this long ago.

Otherwise, there would be no explaining how he, the foremost expert of the Five Tribulations, could not see through Wu Dao even up close.

With a trump card like that, unless Wu Dao himself was stupid enough to court death and expose it, otherwise, those in the All Heavens who could kill him were...

’Stealing the Dao, stealing the Dao.’

’I should have thought of it sooner!’

The Slaughter Emperor sighed helplessly. To steal the authority of the Great Dao was to inevitably face *that* one.

If that one was determined to kill him and was willing to pay a certain price, then assassinating Wu Dao in the middle of his Dao-stealing process would not be difficult.

"What a pity. Hmm?"

The Slaughter Emperor retracted his cold gaze. Just as he was about to let out a regretful sigh, he suddenly discovered that the karmic link between him and Wu Dao had become clear once more!

’How could...’

"Hahaha, I almost forgot!"

The Slaughter Emperor had barely formed the surprised thought when he suddenly remembered the trump card Wu Dao had won from him all those years ago in a life-or-death bet—a loss that had pained him deeply. He couldn’t help but laugh heartily.

So what if he was the Great Celestial Venerable?

As long as you have not truly succeeded, you are still bound by the rules of the Dao. And within the Great Dao, there is more than one existence capable of matching you and blocking your path!

"Father God?"

「At the same time.」

Inside the Extreme Dao Bell, the Star Mother, who had been methodically ringing the bell, began to weep with joy. She could sense Wu Dao’s aura again, shifting from deathly stillness back to vibrant life.

BZZZZ—

「At the end of the Primordial Magnetic Tribulation.」

Within the eyes of the indescribable Dao Source, a human-like ripple of emotion appeared.

In that endless darkness, the torch had been extinguished.

SLOSH— RUMBLE—

In its place, from within the shriveled Primordial Magnetic Dao Source, arose the ceaseless sound of the tides of the Sea of Suffering and the churning of the Mud Furnace Purgatory.

In the unseen realm, the two strands of Dao Essence seemed to communicate with two colossal entities in a distant land, prying loose a sliver of the supreme Power of Origin.

The moment the Dao Essences of the waves of the Sea of Suffering and the Mud Prison Abyss spread out, the countless tentacles that had been devouring the Primordial Magnetic Dao Source scattered and annihilated themselves in a frenzy, as if they had met their natural predator.

"Was it tasty?"

Wu Dao’s cold, domineering voice rang out.

Like a tender shoot sprouting from ashes, his consciousness, which should have been reduced to deathly silence, grew stubbornly tall and straight. He indifferently met the gaze of the human-like, majestic eyes that had manifested in the Abyss.

SLOSH~

RUMBLE!

The Sea of Suffering surged, and Nirvana turned!

It ignited the Primordial Magnetic Dao Source that the indescribable Dao Source had previously devoured. Like a wildfire sweeping across a prairie, it engulfed the pair of majestic eyes, tracing back to the origin to strike at the instigator.

The Endless Sea of Suffering, the Eighteen Netherworlds.

Two Supreme Dao Artifacts that targeted the will.

After obtaining their two strands of Dao Essence back then, they had become one of Wu Dao’s ultimate trump cards, making him fearless against the mental erosion of any expert.

As for the existence targeting him, he already had a good idea who it was.

Using the tribulation of the Great Dao to make a move... It was truly impossible to defend against!

It had almost damned Wu Dao to eternal perdition.

But as long as *it* was not the true Great Dao, it would have to yield in the face of the Mud Hell Sea!

Otherwise, even if he couldn’t leave behind a Heart Demon like the Thunder Accumulation Empress and the Taiqing Empress did, he could still inflict trauma on its consciousness and Divine Soul!

BZZZZ—

The Mud Hell Sea surged, drowning everything.

"Heh, you piece of trash."

Before the pair of majestic eyes dissipated, Wu Dao sneered, but secretly, he seared the memory of this being into his mind.

Because, that piece of trash’s goal was similar to his own.

A battle between them in the future was inevitable!