Qin Renhuang just became an immortal, and you told me this is the prehistoric time

boom--! ! !
The fourth bolt of lightning struck down amidst this violent surge of energy! Its power far surpassed any of the previous ones!
At this moment, the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Formation is still in the void, fully absorbing the partially converted energy to undergo its own transformation, and is unable to return to provide assistance.

The brocade robe, however, seemed powerless against the lightning, failing to absorb much of its power.

Ying Shaoyang looked at the earth-shattering lightning, but there was no fear in his eyes.

He never intended to rely entirely on these external things.

He knew that his greatest strength and reliance lay in being the ruler of the Great Qin world and having his fate intertwined with that world! He firmly believed that he could accomplish anything in his own world!

"I am the Mandate of Heaven!"

He let out a long roar, took a step and shot into the sky like a cannonball, neither dodging nor avoiding, and took the initiative to meet the fourth bolt of lightning that struck down!

Bang! ! !
A deafening roar! Ying Shaoyang's figure collided violently with the lightning, and the next moment, he crashed heavily to the ground from mid-air at an even faster speed, creating a huge crater in the desert!

Zizzi——!
His entire body was enveloped and bound by blinding lightning, and the sand beneath him instantly melted at the intense heat, flowing like lava. Terrifying destructive power surged and raged within him, attempting to utterly annihilate every inch of his flesh and every wisp of his soul!

Ying Shaoyang gritted his teeth, unleashing the full potential of his Martial Saint body. Every cell was desperately trying to dissipate the invading destructive energy, and his blood and qi flowed like a raging river, repairing the damage.

Within his Purple Mansion, his fifty-meter-tall primordial spirit shrank by one-fifth under the impact of this lightning! However, the wisp of pure Yang energy at the core of his primordial spirit became increasingly solid and refined under the baptism of destruction, and even began to actively absorb the spiritual power within the primordial spirit, accelerating its own growth!

As the thunder subsided, Ying Shaoyang stood up somewhat unsteadily, looked up at the sky, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.

The fourth bolt of lightning had passed, but the fifth bolt, which was expected to follow, was nowhere to be seen.

His mind raced, and he instantly understood.

"The tribulation of the Earthly Immortals should not have occurred in the still-growing world of Qin... It was I who forcibly catalyzed the growth of the world, which has prematurely triggered this tribulation."

His divine sense, aided by the authority of the world's core, immediately understood the reason. The previous tribulation had first drained the energy of heaven and earth within the Great Qin World, and then began to draw energy from the void.

At this moment, the semi-converted energy in the nearby void had been temporarily drained! If someone could use their world-level access to observe like him, they would see the void energy in the distance surging towards the tribulation clouds above his head, as if summoned, but it would still take some time.

Outside the dark clouds, the cultivators guarding the area saw that the tribulation clouds seemed to have stopped expanding and even showed signs of shrinking. Just as they were about to breathe a sigh of relief, some even cheered as if they had survived a calamity.

suddenly!

An indescribable, suffocating pressure, like a tangible mountain, crashed down from the sky! Centered on the dark clouds, the air within a radius of thousands of miles seemed to freeze, energy completely subsided, even the sound of the wind disappeared, and everything fell into an absolute, deathly stillness!
Ying Shaoyang frowned, sensing a destructive force far exceeding anything he had felt before locking onto him.

He knew that the power of the upcoming tribulation lightning would be greatly increased, and he himself would need to deal with it with all his might, so he had no energy to spare to protect the people around him.

"retreat!"

With a thought, the He Shi Bi jade at his waist flashed slightly.

The next moment, all the Qin cultivators who were originally guarding hundreds of miles away—fox demons, Taoists, imperial concubines, imperial guards, and imperial guards of the Eastern Depot—felt that an irresistible, gentle force enveloped them. In a flash, their bodies were uncontrollably sent flying backward, instantly transported thousands of miles away!

An undeniable aura, carrying both reassurance and command, swept through everyone's minds.

Everyone understood that this was His Majesty's will; he did not want them to be stationed nearby.

Although they were forcibly taken away, the worry on everyone's faces did not lessen at all, but instead became even more intense.

They gazed into the distance at the area shrouded in deathly silence and darkness, their hearts filled with unease and concern for His Majesty's safety.

Empress Lü Zhi, Yao Yue, and the other imperial concubines exchanged glances, each seeing a resolute determination in the other's eyes.

Their lives, their glory, everything was already inextricably linked to Ying Shaoyang. If His Majesty could not overcome this calamity... they would rather leave with him than live alone in this world.

Looking at the terrifying calamity in the distance, far exceeding any record in any ancient text, they knew the danger involved and had already made up their minds.

Just then, in the void, the vast, semi-transformed energy of heaven and earth, which had gathered from a greater distance, finally arrived at the dark tribulation clouds!

With the support of this new force, the aura of destruction at the core of the tribulation cloud suddenly rose to a new peak!
The fifth bolt of lightning descended from the sky without warning!

This bolt of lightning was no longer a simple pillar of light; its form was more concentrated, like a spear of judgment, precisely locking onto Ying Shaoyang's soul and falling straight down! The power it emitted was more than twice that of the fourth bolt of lightning!
Ying Shaoyang's pupils contracted slightly, and he instantly understood the key point!
"This increasing power... is not the normal pattern of a tribulation of lightning for a celestial being!"

His heart was awe-inspiring.

"I'm afraid this also includes the 'price' of helping the Great Qin world improve and imprint its laws!"

He realized that this was the first true "heavenly tribulation" in the history of the Great Qin world since the creation of heaven and earth!
As the first person in this world to attempt to attain immortality, what he endured was not only a personal tribulation, but also a "world tribulation" that this newly born world needed to experience! The combination of the two created this terrifying power that far exceeded the ordinary!
"Miscalculation..."

A helpless, bitter smile appeared on Ying Shaoyang's lips.

"If I had known this would happen, I should have let someone else take on this first tribulation before I faced it."

Although I now possess the strength to easily overcome tribulations in a mature world, I have unfortunately encountered this unprecedented 'First Tribulation of Heaven and Earth'!

However, things had come to this point, and he had no choice but to face it! He took a deep breath, his eyes burning with renewed fighting spirit, ready to meet this unprecedented fifth thunderbolt, a test that combined personal and global challenges!

Ying Shaoyang's mind raced. He knew that with his current strength and resources, he was highly confident he could survive this tribulation even if he had to tough it out. But simply surviving it wasn't his goal. What he wanted was to seize the greatest possible benefit for himself and, more importantly, for the Great Qin world during this process!

"it's time!"

A glint of light flashed in his eyes, and he made a decision. Thousands of miles away, in the Qin capital of Xianyang, chaos was raging.

The people first felt that the energy of the surrounding world had been instantly drained, becoming like the ordinary world. Before they could be shocked, something even more shocking happened—the majestic and solemn imperial palace, regarded as the symbol and core of the Qin Empire, along with its foundation, suddenly disappeared in full view of everyone!

Only the giant tree, now transformed and towering, remained, along with a group of bewildered palace maids and eunuchs.

"The palace...the palace is gone!"

"Your Majesty! It is Your Majesty's divine power!"

"Look at that tree!"

The Qin officials and common people who were heading towards the palace to investigate were all stunned, staring at the suddenly vanished palace site and the lonely giant tree, at a loss for what to do.

At this moment, beneath the calamity clouds of the northwestern desert, Ying Shaoyang held a miniature, yet imposing, palace complex in his hands, radiating a magnificent national destiny and a profound aura—the Qin Imperial Palace! At the base of the palace's phantom, the enormous ancient alligator tortoise shell was clearly visible.

"A month has passed, yet I haven't been able to erode the spirit within your tortoise shell and allow you to perfectly integrate with the palace. I have no time to wait any longer!"

Ying Shaoyang's gaze sharpened.

"Then let this divine power lend me a hand!"

He suddenly tossed the phantom image of the palace he was holding into the air!
The miniature palace complex and the tortoise shell below, the moment they left his palm, grew in the wind and quickly returned to their original size, even appearing more magnificent and majestic, as if a real heavenly palace had descended, and bravely met the fifth bolt of lightning that was about to strike, which was now twice as powerful!

Boom--!!!
A thunderclap boomed, striking precisely the tortoise shell atop the palace!

There was no violent explosion as expected. The lightning, which was powerful enough to destroy mountains, disappeared into the ancient tortoise shell as if it had been thrown into the sea!

Then, a strange scene unfolded: the incredibly hard tortoise shell seemed to transform into a flowing liquid, flashing with lightning, and began to deeply merge with every brick, tile, beam, and pillar of the Qin Imperial Palace at an unprecedented speed!
"Om-!"

An invisible wave swept out, and the people of Qin Capital, thousands of miles away, seemed to hear a muffled thunderclap in their minds, making them dizzy and buzzing.

Above the desert, the power of lightning, after merging with the tortoise shell, did not disappear. Instead, it seemed to come alive, transforming into countless fine electric snakes that rapidly crisscrossed and moved within the vast palace complex!
Wherever it passed, the walls, pillars, and tiles of the palace—all the constituent materials—were forcibly squeezed, melted, and fused under the terrifying pressure of the thunder!
Puffs of black smoke billowed from all parts of the palace, signifying the complete refining and elimination of the last remaining impurities! The massive amount of planetary materials that Ying Shaoyang had previously invested were perfectly fused together by the power of thunder at this moment, leaving only the most essential parts.

A moment later, a bolt of lightning, noticeably weakened but still pure and powerful, flew out from the bottom of the palace. As if guided, it entered Ying Shaoyang's body below and then disappeared, absorbed and neutralized by his powerful physical body and primordial spirit.

The Great Qin Imperial Palace, which had been baptized by thunder and completely merged with the tortoise shell, burst out with brilliant light, flew into the sky on its own, pierced through the world barrier, and appeared in the void together with the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array that had been waiting outside!

The palace unfolded once more in the void, its area spanning hundreds of miles! And its internal space expanded to thousands of miles! After merging with the ancient alligator turtle shell, its stability and potential underwent a qualitative leap.

The surrounding semi-transformed energy of heaven and earth, like gentle flowing water, was greedily absorbed and refined by the imperial palace and the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array.

They are all absorbing and digesting the power of the laws and the pure energy contained in the lightning bolt just now. It is foreseeable that after this tempering, their power will be greatly enhanced!
At this moment, the dark clouds in the sky faded slightly due to the release of the fifth bolt of lightning, but they still firmly locked onto Ying Shaoyang, as if accumulating power and waiting for the energy in the void to gather again.

The void, which was originally filled with violent semi-transformed天地能量 (heaven and earth energy), was now completely emptied by the lightning tribulation. Only at the 天地胎膜 (heaven and earth membrane) did the flickering lightning patterns become clearer and more complex. Upon closer inspection, each main lightning pattern had five tiny branches extending from it!

When the semi-converted energy from afar slowly enters this void, it is affected by the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array and the invisible suction force of the Great Qin Imperial Palace, and can only flow forward with difficulty and converge towards the tribulation clouds.

Several hours passed in tense anticipation. At the heart of the dark clouds, lightning began to flicker and gather once more; the sixth bolt of lightning was brewing!
During this time, more and more people gathered in the distance outside the dark clouds.

Behind the Qin emperor's concubines and fox spirits, high-ranking officials such as Wang Guan, Li Si, Zhang Juzheng, Wang Jian, Yang Duanhe, and Liu Bang, the Minister of the Imperial Household, also rushed over with worried expressions, following the clues left by the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Further afield, countless imperial guards and regular soldiers were continuously assembling. Even from distant grassland tribes, desolate yet devout sacrificial prayers and invocations echoed, praying for their emperor.

As Ying Shaoyang sensed the sixth bolt of lightning about to form in the sky, whose power had probably doubled, he gently stretched his arms.

"go with!"

With a thought, the thousand-thread brocade robe on his body flew out again, but instead of heading towards the lightning, it flew into the void and transformed into a giant net covering dozens of miles. It began to actively absorb and filter the semi-converted energy in the void, both accumulating power for itself and slightly slowing down the speed at which energy flowed into the tribulation clouds.

He planned to withstand the sixth bolt of lightning with his pure physical body and primordial spirit!

"Boom——!!!"

The sixth bolt of lightning, like a roaring dragon of destruction, tore through the darkness that had not yet fully recovered, and struck straight down!

The instant the lightning struck, Ying Shaoyang's long hair stood on end! His entire body turned charred black, as if he had been thrown into a furnace of purgatory! A violent and destructive force, far exceeding anything before, surged into his body, madly destroying everything in its path!
His vital energy was constantly being worn down and refined under this destructive power. Although it became more refined, its total amount was decreasing rapidly! The spiritual power in his primordial spirit was also constantly dissipating and merging in the struggle against the will of thunder.

He suddenly spat out a mouthful of jet-black blood, which was the cells in his body that had been completely destroyed by the lightning and the last impurities hidden deep inside.

His hand seals and primordial spirit operated in sync. Most of the spiritual power in his primordial spirit was lost in this violent collision, but the remaining small part was condensed and became several times stronger!
A strong suction force was generated within his body, eager to replenish what he had consumed. However, the surrounding spiritual energy and spiritual energy had already been drained, and he was unable to absorb any replenishment at all.

"To undergo the Heavenly Tribulation for the first time in the world is so difficult..." (End of Chapter)