After eliminating the Nirvana Supremacy powerhouse from the Blackwater Empire, the Divine Dragon Empress paid no further attention to the other powerful figures of that empire.
The moment she left, the grand army of the Divine Dragon Empire appeared within the borders of the Blackwater Empire.
“Everyone, gather all resources and send them back to the Divine Dragon Empire!!”
“Understood!!”
Wasn’t the whole point of the Divine Dragon Empress attacking the Blackwater Empire precisely to seize its vast reserves of resources?
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have taken such a risk, attacking such a powerful empire in the first place.
Now that the battle was won, it was naturally time for her subordinates to collect the resources and transport them back to the Divine Dragon Empire, for Ye Wushuang’s eventual use.
Ye Wushuang, however, knew nothing of this.
At that moment, he was at a critical juncture in his cultivation.
“So, there really is a barrier between the Celestial Immortal Realm and the Immortal King Realm. No wonder so many people get stuck at the Celestial Immortal Realm, unable to break through to Immortal King.”
“However, this kind of barrier isn’t much for me to overcome!!”
Whenever Ye Wushuang cultivated, he did so steadily and firmly.
He had solidified and consolidated every single one of his cultivation realms to the utmost degree.
His foundation was incomparably stronger than anyone else’s.
Therefore, although he consumed far more resources than others, breaking through to the next realm was actually much simpler for him.
Whenever he pushed for a breakthrough, those realm barriers, under the force of his immense energy, became as weak as paper, easily pierced.
This was precisely why, back then, Ye Wushuang had suggested Murong Wan’er cultivate from scratch again.
He believed that once she rebuilt her foundation, breaking through to the Immortal King Realm wouldn’t be so difficult for her anymore.
And now, Ye Wushuang was personally experiencing this advantage.
He could clearly sense the barrier to the Immortal King Realm within him. He even felt that with just a little more effort, this barrier would shatter.
It wouldn’t plague him for thousands of years like it did other geniuses.
This meant that, essentially, Ye Wushuang faced no bottlenecks in his cultivation.
However, Ye Wushuang didn’t immediately charge into the Immortal King Realm.
Instead, he continued absorbing resources, focusing on further consolidating his foundation.
Although he could break through from the Celestial Immortal Realm to the Immortal King Realm at any moment now,
he felt his current realm wasn’t yet perfectly solidified.
For instance, his Divine Dragon Nine Transformations technique hadn’t kept pace, and neither had the cultivation of his Undying Heavenly Art.
Cultivating these techniques was different from other Dao methods.
They required dedicated cultivation at every single realm, unlike other methods where once you learned them, you were done and didn’t need to delve deeper.
Therefore, Ye Wushuang was now channeling more of the purple energy within him into his bloodline, accelerating the cultivation of the Divine Dragon Nine Transformations.
Simultaneously, his Undying Heavenly Art was spinning wildly, on the verge of entering a new nirvana cycle.
This process was incredibly satisfying for Ye Wushuang.
He could clearly feel his strength rapidly increasing, his body swiftly growing more powerful.
Especially with the Divine Dragon Nine Transformations, his bloodline power had already become extremely profound.
This deep bloodline power even gave him a feeling of being on the verge of transforming into a divine dragon.
It was a very marvelous sensation, and though he had never truly transformed into a divine dragon before,
Ye Wushuang could sense he didn’t resist this feeling; in fact, deep down, he was anticipating its arrival.
So, the purple energy within him poured madly into his bloodline, as if it needed no conservation.
This massive transfer naturally slowed the increase of his own spiritual energy considerably.
As a result, it took Ye Wushuang a full two months to fully saturate his bloodline power, until it could no longer grow.
After that, he himself was on the verge of entering a state of nirvana, about to break through his current realm.
Ye Wushuang sensed he was about to step into the Immortal King Realm.
Once he entered the Immortal King Realm, the power he could unleash might be comparable to that of a Nirvana Supremacy powerhouse.
At that point, he would finally possess some genuine ability to protect himself.
Therefore, Ye Wushuang took a deep breath.
“Alright then, I’ll use this nirvana to break through to the Immortal King Realm!!”
With that, Ye Wushuang directly initiated his nirvana!
The moment his nirvana began, dark clouds slowly started gathering in the nine heavens above.
It was the heavens sensing Ye Wushuang undertaking an act of defying fate, so a heavenly tribulation was about to descend.
However, although the clouds were gathering, their momentum wasn’t strong.
It seemed as if the heavens had grown accustomed to his heaven-defying deeds and were no longer willing to send down tribulation.
Or perhaps, they had been somewhat intimidated by his unyieldingly powerful actions and were reluctant to strike recklessly anymore.
Thus, the tribulation clouds didn’t feel very threatening to others.
People simply thought the sky was clouding over, as if it were about to rain.
Only those with considerable strength could sense that this wasn’t about rain at all—someone was about to undergo a heavenly tribulation.
Hence, the Divine Dragon Empress couldn’t help but worry.
She wondered if Ye Wushuang would encounter a heavenly tribulation when breaking through, and if so, how he would handle it.
Ye Wushuang was unaware of her concerns.
His cultivation was progressing exceptionally smoothly.
Having decided on nirvana, his transformation proceeded very quickly.
In just one day, his nirvana was complete.
After the nirvana, his physical body’s strength had increased several times over.
Simultaneously, his realm naturally ascended to the Immortal King Realm.
The energy within him was now dozens of times more vast and profound than before.
Feeling the immense power within himself, Ye Wushuang couldn’t help but smile.
Then, he looked up at the dark clouds in the nine heavens.
Staring at the clouds, which hadn’t even fully formed yet, Ye Wushuang almost felt his mouth water.
For Ye Wushuang, undergoing tribulation was a tremendous tonic.
The lightning tribulation not only strengthened his body, but the ‘tribulation liquid’ it produced could provide him with a massive amount of energy.
Therefore, while others feared tribulation, Ye Wushuang eagerly anticipated it.
Just like now, his gaze was fixed on the heavens, hoping for the tribulation clouds to gather and the lightning to fall.
That way, he could get another great boost.
But the tribulation clouds in the sky seemed to sense Ye Wushuang’s thoughts. Just as they were about to condense, they suddenly began to disperse.
Judging by their actions, they clearly had no intention of letting Ye Wushuang undergo tribulation. They had developed a fear of him undergoing it.
This reaction left Ye Wushuang somewhat dumbfounded.
He couldn’t help but curse under his breath.
“Doesn’t it know I’m lacking resources? Just come down already!!”
If he hadn’t spoken, maybe things would have been different. But the moment he did, the dark clouds scattered even faster!
