Chapter 573: Chapter 572: Does the Heavenly Dao Cataclysm Have Will? Forbidding the Daoist Court’s Ascension to the Celestial Court? [Part 2]

Swish!

All the powerful beings’ gazes were at this moment, focused on the North Sea.

At that time, both the Venerable Emperor Chong’en and Mencius were nearly exhausted.

However, the difference was that the Venerable Emperor Chong’en’s weakness came from the power of rules within the Saint’s Book.

As for Mencius, he was truly drained to the point of blood and energy exhaustion by the gods summoned by the Celestial Book.

The power of the Saint’s Book’s rules was indeed terrifying, capable of rendering the Venerable Emperor Chong’en powerless.

But there were too many gods summoned by the Celestial Book of God Sealing, as if endless.

They formed an impenetrable wall, always protecting the Venerable Emperor Chong’en, preventing Mencius from breaking through the gods’ barrier despite days of relentless assault.

Instead, he grew weaker and more distressed.

In the end, Mencius chose to give up.

"You win."

Mencius said, voluntarily closed the Saint’s Book, his face already pale and weary, unable to fight any longer.

"Well played!"

Once the restraint of the rules was lifted, the Venerable Emperor Chong’en finally felt relieved. He did not press his advantage relentlessly because he understood that even though Mencius was exhausted and defeated, killing a Quasi-Saint with a Holy Soldier was still extremely difficult for him.

If he truly forced Mencius to a desperate fight, he wouldn’t gain anything good himself.

If other Quasi-Saints were to emerge at that time, it would be a great loss.

The most crucial thing was, he had no enmity with Mencius, their contention was merely for a seat.

Life and death were not the original intent.

Therefore, after much consideration, the Venerable Emperor Chong’en also recalled the gods, then said to Mencius, "Your Vast Righteous Qi is no less than that of the former Kong Sheng; in the future, you are sure to have a seat among the saints."

At this, he glanced at the towering Celestial Dao Gate and smiled, "Of course, maybe I will die in the Saint Tribulation, so this seat might eventually fall to you."

Mencius faintly smiled, said no more, just turned around calmly and said, "Go ahead."

After speaking, he walked away from the North Sea.

In this round of the seat battle, he was utterly exhausted, so he knew that even if the Venerable Emperor Chong’en did not survive the Saint Tribulation, should he take his place, he would surely meet the same fate.

Therefore, he chose to leave cleanly.

And the seemingly relieved Venerable Emperor Chong’en continued watching until Mencius disappeared from the North Sea boundary, finally setting aside his inner vigilance.

Calming his thoughts, he looked up at the Celestial Dao Gate.

The Venerable Emperor Chong’en took a deep breath, then, under the watchful eyes of all, ascended the Celestial Dao Steps.

The Celestial Book was not closed, the gods still watched all sides, guarding against any accident.

"Isn’t anyone making a move?"

"Just watching him become a saint?"

Outside the Eastern Desolate Daoist Court, the Long-armed Ape felt somewhat surprised.

The Queen of Ten Thousand Beasts said, "Those contending for the Mortal World seat are mostly badly injured and don’t dare take any more risks."

"And those contending for the Underworld seat can’t afford to offend him, after all, this is a matter of give and take."

Saying this, she glanced at Sun Wukong with her beautiful eyes, "Well, are you going to make a move?"

Sun Wukong glanced at the Daoist Lord in the distant Celestial Domain, then nodded, "We cannot let him become a saint!"

The Eastern Venerable Emperor Chong’en had already developed enmity with his side.

He even gave up his own Dao Field on the Overseas Immortal Mountain to escape Lin Heng’s pursuit.

If he successfully becomes a saint.

It will certainly be a major threat to the Daoist Court!

Considering this, Sun Wukong decisively said, "Go stop him!"

With that, along with the Queen of Ten Thousand Beasts and Long Yang, they were about to shoot towards the North Sea.

Who would have thought that just as they were about to act.

The sky above the Daoist Court suddenly plunged into darkness.

Hmm?

The sudden darkness caused the footsteps of the three Quasi-Saints to halt, and their brows furrowed in unison, their hearts filled with intense unease.

"Not good!"

"The aura of a Celestial Tribulation?"

The three looked at each other, with eyes filled with suspicion and uncertainty, gazing into the sky.

At that moment.

A lightning bolt of unknown length zipped across the Celestial Domain, accompanied by a thunderous roar, shaking the entire Daoist Court territory.

In that instant, a terrifying aura of heavenly might spread and enveloped the Daoist Court.

Countless creatures were afraid and instinctively prostrated themselves on the ground.

Meanwhile, the grand commotion in the Eastern Domain also attracted the attention of the Quasi-Saints near the North Sea.

Several astonished gazes were cast this way.

Then, each of them cried out in surprise.

"The aura of a Celestial Tribulation?"

Rumble!!

The thunderbolt above the Celestial Domain completely tore through the sky, and the terrifying aura was poured down unrestrainedly.

The entire Daoist Court felt the doomsday-like might overhead.

The fear from the soul caused countless creatures to tremble!

"What is happening?"

"Isn’t it... supposed to be an ascension to the Celestial Court?"

"Why does it feel like the end of the world?"

The Immortal Court’s soldiers changed color, and the various immortals were equally puzzled and suspicious.

Shen Gongbao was also completely bewildered.

"Why is this happening?"

"In all the past ascensions to the Celestial Court, there was never any mention of tribulation, was there?"

Both the Ox Demon King and Tianpeng questioned, their brows knit into a single line.

"I don’t know what’s going on either, this, this... wait..."

Shen Gongbao suddenly realized something, looked up sharply, and said, "Could it be that under the Heavenly Dao Mega-Tribulation, the Heavenly Dao does not allow us to grow?"

Shen Gongbao’s expression turned extremely grim.

"This... how could it be?"

"Even if there is a mega-tribulation, it shouldn’t cause the Heavenly Dao to directly bring a tribulation onto us, right? The Heavenly Dao doesn’t have consciousness; it is merely the rules of the world; it..."

Tianpeng’s words were interrupted.

"The Heavenly Dao may not be without consciousness," interrupted by the Ox Demon King, his tone serious, his expression grave.

Tianpeng’s brows furrowed slightly.

Then in the next second, his divine soul trembled.

A giant thunderbolt struck down, covering the heavens, capable of enveloping an entire continent. It roared down with a cosmic booming sound.

Boom!

Lin Heng acted, transforming into a Heaven-Reaching Giant, striking out at the continent-sized thunderbolt coming head-on.

The thunderbolt shattered, turning into a rain of lightning, pouring down onto the Daoist Court.

A Chaos Tai Chi Diagram appeared timely, growing against the wind, instantly transforming into a world-shocking disk, generating an incomparable devouring power as it spun swiftly.

It absorbed the scattered lightning, one by one, then extinguished them.

However, before the Daoist Court’s immortals could breathe a sigh of relief, they heard another world-shaking explosion, a flash of radiant white light before their eyes.

Unexpectedly, another giant thunder fell, and this time, it was two continent-sized giant thunders.

The giant thunders, like Celestial Dragons, surged and roared, fierce and sinister, as if they were about to consume a portion of the world.

The terrifying pressure caused countless souls to tremble, not daring to look up directly.

Lin Heng’s face turned grim; he could clearly feel that somewhere in the void, there was a colossal force not allowing him to establish the Celestial Court!

"So, is it the will of the Heavenly Dao?"

Lin Heng’s eyes flared with anger.

"This poor Daoist insists on going against the heavens!"

He shouted loudly, all four of the Immortal Slaying Swords unleashed, shining brilliantly as they struck toward the two giant thunders.

The might of the four swords was overwhelming, cleaving through the Celestial Tribulation thunders even in the sky.