Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 900 The Emperor of Calamity
Amidst the boundless sea of ​​lightning, Duan De undoubtedly felt extremely relaxed and at ease.

After entering the realm of alternative path to enlightenment, this cursed power flared up several times, each time significantly enhancing Duan De's strength and making his foundation for enlightenment unimaginably solid.

Under the constant tempering of this curse power, which seemed to come from a force even higher than that of ordinary Daoists, Duan De's Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Skill, as well as his physical body and primordial spirit, became incredibly powerful.

Even without attaining enlightenment, Duan De is absolutely on par with most enlightened individuals. Even disregarding the hidden power of his immortal artifact, the Heavenly Nether Treasure, and the power within his several reincarnation seals, based solely on his achievements in this life, he possesses a near-immortal physical body and primordial spirit.

Therefore, even without undergoing tribulation, Duan De's strength was already almost on par with that of an ordinary Dao Prover.

This is because Duan De's unique path to immortality in the mortal world has resulted in the condensation of several reincarnation seals within his body, allowing him to have a much higher upper limit than other cultivators in this unconventional path to enlightenment. It is also a manifestation of his talent and ability.

After all, it is not an easy thing to grow one's Dao to a level comparable to that of a Daoist without relying on the Heavenly Heart Mark and the ultimate leap.

All these reasons meant that ordinary tribulations for attaining enlightenment could not affect Duan De at all. For him, the power of this tribulation was not as great as the curse he had suffered before.

Furthermore, Duan De even began to consciously guide his own tribulation of enlightenment into his body, attempting to use the power of heaven and earth to cleanse himself, thereby weakening or removing this curse power.

Of course, Duan De himself was also very clear that the power of the curse, which could even affect immortal artifacts and the Samsara Seal, was simply not something that a great tribulation of enlightenment of this scale could affect.

Therefore, the final result was that it had no effect on these curse powers.

Duan Deming clearly possessed such immense power, yet his path to enlightenment was not as strong. This was because the Samsara Seal within him was too transcendent, and the immortal artifact could conceal cause and effect, thus making his path to enlightenment tribulation so ordinary.

But after he introduced the power of the Heavenly Tribulation into himself, the human universe seemed to finally notice the abnormality within him. Suddenly, the might of the heavens surged, and various immortal medicines that took human form began to emerge from the depths of the endless sea of ​​thunder, as well as the various Dao-proving beings from before, and countless divine palaces, immortal pavilions, and divine beasts that seemed to come from the immortal realm.

Duan De remained unfazed by this change. Making his path to enlightenment even stronger was something he intentionally did.

Only in this way can he further test the power of his own curse and try to target it; secondly, he also needs a more powerful heavenly tribulation to make his final leap more perfect, and use this tribulation to perfect his tribulation-crossing skills in this life.

Thus, in the new round of the great tribulation of enlightenment, Duan De encountered a far more terrifying impact than before, and for a time he began to bleed continuously, making it difficult for him to remain calm.

During this process, Duan De's own Dao fruit finally began to sublimate, becoming more and more powerful and perfect.

To his surprise, the curse power within him erupted again during the tribulation. This time, it was far more terrifying than ever before, making it difficult for him to maintain his balance. His body was disintegrated by the combined forces of the tribulation and the curse power, and he was torn to pieces.

This filled Duan De with great resentment. The power of the curse had only erupted less than a few decades ago, and now it had returned. Most importantly, this power of the curse seemed to be completely unselected by the tribulation of enlightenment. He had deliberately guided the heavenly tribulation to impact the power of the curse, but the result was that he could only injure himself, while the power of the curse still flared up normally.

Therefore, Duan De's tribulation directly turned into a super-amplified attack from both inside and outside, making Duan De suffer greatly.

This attempt also made Duan De realize more deeply that this curse power was not something that belonged to the mortal world, at least not something that any normal Daoist could do. Even if he succeeded in attaining Dao, he would have absolutely no hope of completely eliminating this curse power.

Fortunately, Duan De was not entirely unprepared for this worst outcome and had made mental preparations in advance. Therefore, although he was somewhat resentful, it did not affect his mindset. He immediately developed the Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Technique to begin the greatest tribulation of his life.

As Duan De continued to refine his Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Skill, his various indicators had reached a near-perfect state, and his Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Skill had reached a new level.

Thus, his great tribulation to attain enlightenment was finally over. And almost simultaneously, the curse power that had erupted within him completely vanished, leaving no trace.

As Duan De continued to recover his condition, his Dao aura began to completely merge with the Heavenly Heart Mark.

Due to the external heavenly tribulation and the internal curse, Duan De suffered considerable injuries. It took him a long time to fully recover, and the Dao Prover of this era thus revealed his immense power. A terrifying wave of cosmic pressure instantly swept across the endless starry sky, drawing the attention of countless cultivators.

At this very moment, the one who would prove the Dao in this generation was born. Duan De did not intend to give himself a new title in this life, but because he had always used the Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Art as his main cultivation scripture, and had even developed it in a completely different new direction, Duan De in this life was called the Tribulation Emperor by the cultivators of the human universe.

After fully recovering, Duan De keenly realized that the cursed power within him was far from gone; on the contrary, it had become even more unfathomable and elusive. Clearly, he might not be able to resolve the cursed power in this life or even in future ones.

He sighed helplessly, and could only put it aside and start paying attention to his own condition.

In this life, Duan De has only just attained enlightenment, yet he already possesses the combat power of a Heavenly Emperor, comparable to the Undying Heavenly Emperor and the God Emperor in his first life when he first attained enlightenment. This is undoubtedly a huge improvement.

Even in his most powerful incarnation as the Underworld Lord, he only reached this level after undergoing a special transformation, which was also related to the various unexpected gains brought by Liang Yu. Now, he directly possesses such strength.

With this starting point, Duan De's achievements in this life will inevitably be even more powerful, and it will not be difficult for him to reach the state that Yuanshi Tianzun hopes for, comparable to Mingzun.

It is foreseeable that if he can achieve such results in every subsequent life, he will become even more powerful after becoming a mortal immortal, and even the immortal artifact Tongtian Mingbao, which is dormant within him, will become even more divine.

Duan De did not feel arrogant about this. Although he had no memories of his past life, he knew that the human universe was no longer what it used to be, and although his current achievements were very powerful, they were not enough to make him stand out from the past and present.

(End of this chapter)