Chapter 15: Hundred Calamity Thunder Light

The sky above the Dragon Valley's small world suddenly turned dark, and infinite catastrophe clouds began to spiral and gather.

Di Tian charged upwards into the sky at an angle to avoid the residual power of the impending tribulation damaging the dragon bones below.

The closer he got to the catastrophe clouds in the high sky, the fiercer the winds became, like steel knives stabbing into his ribs.

These were just appetizers. The real main event was the black catastrophe cloud above his head, which was brewing the calamity lightning.

It didn't take long before the thunder tribulation was ready, rumbling loudly, obscuring the sky, and electric snakes danced within the dark clouds.

"Boom!"

In an instant, the first bolt of thunder struck. The thunder exploded with a deafening sound.

It was met by Di Tian's black dragon claw, which struck out violently, dispersing the thunder.

With a successful strike, his expression remained calm as water, without a hint of fluctuation.

This was only the first bolt of thunder. The tribulations for soul beasts are divided into nine stages for each set of nine thunderbolts. A ten-thousand-year-old soul beast faces only nine bolts in its first tribulation, but for ferocious beasts, it's eighteen bolts, increasing incrementally.

The last time Di Tian faced the ninety-thousand-year soul beast's tribulation, he was met with a terrifying eighty-one bolts of thunder.

Having previously undergone the ninety-thousand-year tribulation and now with his increased strength, handling the first eighty-one thunderbolts wasn't particularly difficult.

The real challenge lay in the unknown number of tribulations following these, as no soul beast had ever survived the million-year tribulation. No one knew how many more thunderbolts would follow after the eighty-one. It might be nine, or more.

The catastrophe clouds in the sky seemed to pause for a moment, flashing with a mysterious light. Within it, a thunder dragon could be faintly seen flying and roaring, causing the originally dark thunder to take on a purple hue.

"Ha!"

Di Tian shouted fiercely, his eyes glowing with divine light, and his bloodline surged, sounding like thunder and the ringing of bells.

His right hand shot out instantly, his knuckles rapidly thickening as black dragon scales covered his arm. Soon, it transformed into a black dragon claw.

Facing the thunderbolt brewing in the sky, black dragon scales spread over the claw. Di Tian transformed back into his true form, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, his true beast form being stronger than his humanoid form.

His dark dragon wings unfurled, covering the sky like a black curtain, and with a flap, a hurricane was created.

He charged against the oncoming eighty-second thunderbolt.

"The eighty-third, eighty-fourth, and... the ninetieth!"

Di Tian silently counted as his body, a hundred-zhang-long Golden-Eyed Black Dragon, was bathed in the ninetieth thunderbolt. His body was covered in countless wounds, all charred and even carbonized by the lightning.

Before he could even catch his breath, the spiral catastrophe clouds released a burst of purple light. The ninety-first purple thunderbolt struck, hitting the back of Di Tian's spine.

It created a long, vicious black scar, with white smoke rising from it, and the hundred-zhang black dragon body plummeted a hundred meters, only halting after Di Tian gritted his teeth in pain and flapped his wings to slow his fall.

"Damn tribulation, so ruthless!"

The million-year tribulation wasn't going to end so simply. Di Tian had anticipated this, but he hadn't expected the pure purple thunderbolt to be so crafty, almost ignoring physical distance, directly crossing space to strike him.

Knowing the tribulation was unconscious, curses were useless. Di Tian quickly gathered his focus and prepared to trigger his bloodline's instantaneous evolution.

When his dragon eyes closed and opened, his golden eyes turned into a dazzling rainbow, with light spilling from the corners of his eyes, radiating like a tail of colorful flowing light that extended for hundreds of meters.

At the same time, the Dragon God Core within him trembled, emitting a radiant nine-colored glow, awakening the rare but pure Dragon God blood hidden deep within Di Tian's veins.

"Roar—Roar—"

The roar broke free from the encapsulating rainbow light, and the original Golden-Eyed Black Dragon body vanished, replaced by a hundred-zhang-long Seven-Colored Divine Dragon.

This form closely resembled the Dragon God at the God King level. The dragon's scales were a vibrant seven colors, resembling a scaled-down version of the Dragon God.

Evolving into the Dragon God form, Di Tian's aura skyrocketed several times, with a divine and powerful energy surging through him.

Using the Dragon God Claws, which he had perfected, he struck the ninety-second thunderbolt, shattering it, and then surged upwards to attack the catastrophe clouds that were generating the lightning.

In fact, Di Tian didn't want to act so aggressively. If possible, he would prefer a more cautious approach.

But reality didn't give him the chance to choose. It gave him the fate of being forced into action.

Many soul beasts and soul masters had the ability to stimulate bloodline evolution, but without exception, they had one flaw: it was unstable and hard to maintain. Di Tian was no exception.

Therefore, he had to quickly destroy the thunderclouds while his strength was exploding with power.

Under his full offensive, both the thunderclouds and his Seven-Colored Divine Dragon body's rainbow light dimmed one level.

The thunderclouds dissipated, transforming into the first hundredth thunderbolt, glowing a deep purple.

"Ha... Ha..."

Di Tian took deep breaths, "This should be the last one, right?"

He looked at the first hundredth thunderbolt, his expression serious to the extreme. This wasn't just the power of a god-level force. It could even destroy the weakest of divine bodies with a single strike.

A faint memory resurfaced in his mind, and he recalled!

The million-year tribulation of soul beasts was exactly the same as the Hundred Calamity Thunder Light used by the God Kings to punish evil gods in the past!

Evil gods who had committed serious crimes would be stripped of their god rings and positions, leaving only their divine bodies to be bound to the Divine Punishment Platform.

They would then "enjoy" a slow death under the Hundred Calamity Thunder Light. Only when the first purple divine thunder struck would there be enough power to destroy the divine body and bring the sinful god to their ultimate end.

He vaguely remembered that if the sinful god survived the Hundred Calamity Thunder Light, a second stage would begin... but now wasn't the time to slowly recall the details.

Di Tian gritted his teeth, mustering the final brilliance of his Dragon God form. He struck with both Dragon God Claws, tearing apart the thunderbolt.

The nearly world-shattering purple thunderbolt was torn in two and dissipated.

Di Tian fell from his Dragon God form, and his once-thriving Dragon God bloodline returned to a deep slumber. The black dragon hovered above the sky.

The dark clouds disappeared, but the anticipated clear sky did not come.

At that moment, Di Tian's golden dragon eyes blinked, and the surrounding space shifted in color. Energy storms surged, and the sky and earth changed.

At the same time, his muddled memories were suddenly clarified by this scene.

If a sinful god were fortunate enough to survive the Hundred Calamity Thunder Light, the second stage of divine punishment would begin: the Four Calamities of Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water would refine the god for five days.

The sinful god, having been stripped of their god rings and divine positions, would be unable to recover. Only their shattered divine body would remain, unable to withstand the grueling trials of the Four Calamities.

(End of Chapter)