Chapter 41: Spiritual Transformation Tribulation

The instant Clayne placed the mirror containing Old Demonif Fu back into the tiny immortal world, the entire sky above the Silent Sword Sect darkened violently.

Not gradually.

Not slowly.

Violently.

The peaceful atmosphere vanished almost instantly as endless black clouds began swallowing the skies above the floating islands.

BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

A deafening explosion erupted across the heavens afterward.

The floating islands trembled heavily.

Several immortal halls shook violently.

The rivers flowing beneath the islands erupted upward while spiritual energy became chaotic throughout the entire region.

Meanwhile, the disciples of the Silent Sword Sect instantly panicked.

"Heavenly tribulation?!"

"Another heavenly tribulation?!"

"What is happening this time?!"

"Who is breaking through again?!"

Several disciples rushed out from the halls while looking upward with pale faces.

Because they remembered clearly what happened during their senior Li Core Formation breakthrough.

That heavenly tribulation alone already damaged parts of the sect.

And now—

The pressure in the sky felt even more terrifying.

Far more terrifying.

Meanwhile, Clayne stared upward with widened eyes afterward.

"What the hell?"

Immediately, he understood something.

This heavenly tribulation appeared because of Old Demonif Fu.

And if he left the mirror inside the Silent Sword Sect—

The entire place would likely become ruins.

Without hesitation, Clayne grabbed the mirror once more.

The moment he lifted it away from the Silent Sword Sect territory—

The heavenly clouds above the floating islands instantly weakened.

The violent pressure faded.

The thunder gradually stopped roaring.

Then slowly—

The clouds disappeared completely.

The disciples below became stunned afterward.

Several of them remained frozen while staring blankly toward the heavens.

Meanwhile, Clayne stared suspiciously toward the mirror in his hand.

"This old monster really attracts problems."

Then suddenly—

An idea appeared inside his head.

The forest.

Immediately afterward, Clayne thought about the giant spiritual forest region instead of the Silent Sword Sect.

The scenery inside the tiny world instantly changed.

The floating islands vanished.

The immortal palaces disappeared.

The massive spiritual forest returned once more.

Endless towering trees stretched across the land while glowing rivers flowed peacefully between mountains.

The entire place looked mystical and alive.

Meanwhile, Clayne carefully lowered the mirror into the center of the spiritual forest.

And then—

The heavens exploded again.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!

This time, the sound felt even more terrifying.

The sky above the entire forest twisted violently as endless black clouds formed instantly.

The clouds no longer looked natural.

They looked alive.

Like endless abyssal monsters devouring the heavens themselves.

The spiritual energy across the forest became chaotic immediately afterward.

Meanwhile, the demon beasts throughout the region reacted first.

Several giant horned beasts suddenly roared fearfully before fleeing deeper into distant mountains.

Birds exploded upward from the trees in enormous flocks.

Massive serpents slithered desperately through rivers.

Even the spiritual insects hidden beneath leaves began escaping wildly.

The entire ecosystem panicked.

Clayne watched everything silently afterward while slowly realizing something horrifying.

The creatures inside this tiny world—

Were genuinely terrified.

Then suddenly—

The clouds changed.

The first transformation arrived.

The endless black clouds gradually turned deep crimson red.

The sky looked like fresh blood spreading endlessly across the heavens.

An overwhelming pressure descended afterward.

BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

Several smaller demon beasts instantly collapsed unconscious.

The rivers slowed.

The trees bent heavily.

Even the air itself became suffocating.

Meanwhile, inside the mirror, Old Demonif Fu slowly opened his eyes.

The moment he saw the heavens above—

His soul trembled violently.

"No..."

"No no no..."

His expression completely changed afterward.

Because he recognized it immediately.

This was not ordinary heavenly tribulation.

This was soul tribulation.

A heavenly punishment specifically targeting souls and demonic existence.

And soul tribulations were infamous even among Nascent Soul cultivators.

Because ordinary heavenly tribulations destroyed the body.

But soul tribulations destroyed existence itself.

Meanwhile, the heavens twisted again.

The second transformation arrived.

The blood red sky gradually turned dark violet afterward.

Endless lightning slithered throughout the clouds like gigantic serpents moving across the heavens.

The pressure intensified instantly.

The mountains throughout the forest trembled violently.

Several fishes within the glowing rivers immediately fled desperately downstream.

Others sank lifelessly from terror alone.

Then gradually—

Silence spread throughout the forest.

An unnatural silence.

The birds vanished completely.

The insects disappeared.

The beasts no longer roared.

Even the rivers seemed quieter now.

The once lively spiritual forest slowly transformed into empty stillness beneath the terrifying heavens.

Only thunder remained.

Meanwhile, the clouds transformed once more.

The third transformation arrived.

Golden lightning exploded endlessly across the sky afterward.

Cracks spread throughout the heavens themselves.

Clayne’s eyes widened slowly afterward.

Because inside those clouds—

Shapes began appearing.

Enormous shapes.

Dragon shapes.

Lightning dragons.

At least eleven gigantic dragons slowly emerged from the heavens afterward.

Each dragon possessed a different color and terrifying aura.

One glowed crimson red.

Another burned silver white.

One shined deep violet.

Another crackled blue.

Others radiated black lightning, golden lightning, emerald lightning, and pale heavenly lightning.

Each one looked horrifying.

Each one radiated enough pressure to destroy mountains.

And when they roared—

BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!

The entire spiritual forest shook violently.

Several mountains cracked apart.

Ancient trees exploded into splinters.

The rivers erupted upward violently from pressure alone.

Meanwhile, Old Demonif Fu’s face gradually turned pale.

Actually—

Paler than pale.

For the first time in countless years—

True fear appeared within his eyes.

Because he finally understood.

The heavenly tribulation was targeting him.

A mere trapped soul.

"How..."

"How can this happen..."

"I’m already dead..."

"I’m only a soul now..."

But the heavens ignored him completely.

Suddenly—

The first lightning dragon descended.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

The crimson dragon crashed directly toward the mirror.

Old Demonif Fu screamed instantly afterward.

"AAAAAAARRRGGGHHHHHH!!!"

The lightning passed directly through the mirror surface as if it did not exist.

Then it struck his soul directly.

Old Demonif Fu instantly convulsed violently afterward.

His soul body cracked everywhere.

Smoke erupted endlessly from him.

The agony looked horrifying.

Not physical pain.

Soul pain.

The kind of agony capable of erasing sanity completely.

Meanwhile, Clayne instinctively stepped backward afterward while staring in disbelief.

Because the mirror itself remained completely unharmed.

Only Old Demonif Fu suffered.

Then—

The second dragon descended.

BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

Blue heavenly lightning exploded directly into Old Demonif Fu’s soul afterward.

His screams became even more miserable.

His entire left arm shattered into soul fragments instantly.

Then immediately—

The third dragon descended.

Golden lightning erupted violently afterward.

Old Demonif Fu vomited massive amounts of soul essence while screaming hysterically.

"STOP!!!"

"PLEASE STOP!!!"

"I’LL DIE!!!"

But the heavens continued mercilessly.

Again.

And again.

And again.

The dragons descended endlessly afterward.

Each strike stronger than the previous one.

Each strike nearly annihilating him completely.

The fourth dragon burned half his torso away.

The fifth dragon shattered portions of his soul core.

The sixth dragon nearly dispersed his entire consciousness.

Meanwhile, the surrounding forest continued collapsing violently beneath the heavenly pressure.

Several mountains split apart completely.

Ancient spiritual trees turned into ash.

The rivers boiled endlessly.

The sky itself looked furious.

Then eventually—

The heavens transformed once more.

The fourth transformation arrived.

And the moment it happened—

Even Clayne instinctively felt danger.

The entire sky turned pure white afterward.

Not ordinary white.

A terrifying heavenly white that erased all other colors completely.

The eleven lightning dragons began merging together slowly.

Their gigantic bodies twisted around one another endlessly inside the heavens.

The pressure became so terrifying that several remaining demon beasts in distant regions instantly fled beyond the forest boundaries entirely.

Meanwhile, Old Demonif Fu stared upward afterward with hollow eyes.

At this point—

His soul already looked destroyed.

Half transparent.

Half shattered.

His Nascent Soul aura weakened almost completely.

His spiritual energy exhausted entirely.

Yet despite all this—

The heavenly tribulation still continued.

Another merged dragon descended afterward.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!

Old Demonif Fu’s scream no longer sounded human afterward.

The heavenly lightning burned through his memories.

Burned through his cultivation.

Burned through his soul.

Everything about him seemed close to complete annihilation.

Then another dragon descended.

And another.

And another.

Each strike nearly erased him entirely.

Eventually—

Old Demonif Fu stopped screaming.

Not because the pain disappeared.

But because he no longer possessed enough strength remaining to scream.

His soul body flickered weakly afterward.

Like a candle about to extinguish.

Meanwhile, the heavens above continued roaring endlessly.

Then slowly—

The clouds opened.

And the final heavenly tribulation revealed itself completely.

Old Demonif Fu slowly raised his head afterward.

Then instantly—

His expression froze completely while staring upward at the final thunder tribulation descending slowly from the heavens above him.