Chapter One Hundred and Fourteen: The Broken Bridge

  "Five thunders rumbling, it's really five thunders rumbling! This guy is truly rebellious and unorthodox." Several saints outside almost jumped in shock. Even they, who had survived two calamities, were terrified by the divine spirits.

  "Five thunders rumble, the true heavenly way of five thunders. Even a holy king would be struck to dust, let alone him." A holy king said, "The true Five Thunders Rumble is not just the descent of the five thunderbolts, but the five elements, which are the true five elemental calamities."

  Jīn léi, mù léi, shuǐ léi, huǒ léi, tǔ léi. These five kinds of pure yuanqi thunderbolts are called the Five Elements Thunderbolt, also known as the Five Thunders Crashing Down. At the same time, they bring down the five paths, and in the human world's great trend, it is the most ferocious destructive power. The life force of water, fire, earth, wood, and metal have all been eliminated, leaving only destructive energy.

  In the mortal world, those who have committed heinous crimes will also suffer from the Five Thunderbolt Tribulations, which is to say that they will be struck by the Five Thunders. Disaster and calamity will befall them, and Heaven's Way will inevitably lead to their demise. However, when it comes to the Five Thunderbolt Tribulations in the mortal world, it does not refer to Heaven directly unleashing its thunderbolts.

  For example, Jin Lei refers to death caused by sharp objects, metal, iron tools, and car accidents, all of which are called Jin Lei. Mu Lei refers to death caused by sticks, falling from high places, being crushed by trees, etc., all of which are called Mu Lei. Huo Lei refers to death caused by fire, electric shock, lightning strikes, etc., which is also the most terrifying. Shui Lei refers to drowning, flooding, accidents while walking, illness, and so on. Tu Lei refers to death caused by being buried in soil, building collapse, falling objects from high places, and so on.

  So in the mortal world, there is a common saying of being struck by five thunders, but only cultivators can experience real thunder tribulations. Ordinary people do not have divine power, and even if they are struck by lightning, it would be useless. Moreover, killing an ordinary person with thunder tribulation would be like using an axe to kill a chicken. Therefore, many people die suddenly and inexplicably every day, which must be because their fate is inescapable and their evil deeds are unforgivable.

  Of course, there are also unexpected things, but are there really so many unexpected things in the world? Or is it just retribution?

  The Master's Five Thunderbolt Seal is completely different from that of ordinary people. If this calamity were to befall an ordinary person, even a large city with millions of people would be reduced to nothing but dust.

  At this time, Qin Hao was facing the Five Elements of Water, Fire, Earth, Wood and Metal, with five thunders striking his head. This was much more terrifying than the usual tribulation by thunder, although it was not as severe as the ultimate tribulation by thunder that a cultivator would face at the end of their cultivation journey, known as the Nine Punishments.

  If it weren't for Qin Hao's aura of a nameless immortal cultivator, the several people present would probably still think that Qin Hao was the king of all kings, transcending even the Great Emperor.

  "This man is indeed a villain beyond redemption." Several saints and kings finally agreed, but only the lady Huayang beside him did not speak out, whether he was a villain beyond redemption or not remained to be determined.

  "The heavens are unjust, viewing me as a mere weed. I will trample this heaven and change my fate." Qin Hao's anger reached his crown, he believed he had acted righteously, sat upright, yet now he was to be struck by the five thunders. Wasn't this injustice? He changed his fate through cultivation, seeking a thread of life, but the heavens sought to destroy his destiny, cutting off his path to cultivation. Wasn't this merciless?

  "The heavens shook with a loud rumble, as if the Tao itself was moved to anger. The yin and yang energies clashed in a spectacular display of fury, with five thunderclaps booming from above, striking Qin Hao's head like a bolt of lightning. In an instant, his body grew even more robust, exuding an aura of terror that seemed to demand he kneel down and submit."

  "I'd rather die standing than live kneeling, hahaha!" Qin Hao's angry words echoed through the sky, with occasional taunts. When the Five Elements Thunderbolt struck down, that heavenly will followed closely, pouring into every inch of his flesh. He could even clearly see those wills constantly destroying the will in his body, and the acupoints on his body originally contained his rebellious spirit to defy heaven and change fate, but now they were all destroyed.

  Golden thunder falls, wooden thunder closely follows, then water thunder, repeatedly washing his will, followed by earth thunder. Qin Hao still holds on to his will, the last thread of survival. The heavens are unjust, he defies the heavens and walks against them. What fault does the Panhuang divine vein have? Why doesn't the heavenly way allow it to cultivate?

  The Panhuang opened the sky and earth, with his body in harmony with the Tao. In the end, his descendants ended up like Tang Seng's meat, and people all over the world were watching their fortune. Is this not unjust? It is called the favor of the heavenly way, but it is actually a plot to harm life for wealth. Even when alive, they are not as good as a dead family dog. Is this not unjust?

  Now facing a great calamity, Qin Hao's will is burning more and more fiercely under the thunder, like a raging fire.

  "Injustice, injustice, injustice, it's all injustice. You can take my life, but you'll never make me surrender, don't even think about it." Qin Hao looked up at the sky with his head held high, although his physical strength had completely dissipated, the will in his mind remained unwavering.

  "The last thunderous fire descended, burning his spirit and will to refine his last wisp of intention. Qin Hao struck the purple energy around his will, guarding his heart and not allowing any invasion. All laws were unable to invade. He saw his physical body disintegrating, his acupoints discontinuing, and his painstaking cultivation becoming illusory."

  However, his heart remained unchanged, water could not invade, fire could not dissolve, he was left with only a skull, but still held his head high: "Destroy my cultivation foundation, I can start all over again, you destroy once, I come again."

  Ordinary people would probably collapse in spirit and give up if they encountered such a situation, seeing their cultivation destroyed. The pain of failure would be endless. But Qin Hao was different. Even if his cultivation was destroyed, he could start all over again. It was not that he had no other choice, but it was also his only choice. If his will was crushed, everything would be over.

  The rumbling thunder finally came to an end, but Qin Hao's will remained. The purple energy entered his body, and his flesh grew wildly once more. Along with his will, it was like a grass root, withering in autumn and growing wildly again the following year, regardless of wind or rain. What could the heavens do? Qin Hao seemed to have realized that he was destined to be a grass root, even if he were to grow in the cracks of rocks. This year, he might wither, but his roots would still remain. What was there to fear about failure? He would come again next year.

  What's failure? As long as the root is still there, everything can start anew. Qin Hao's will was that root. When his physical body grew back again, Qin Hao felt that although he hadn't broken through to the 28th rank of the Dao, his physical strength was probably enough to shatter a human dao weapon. His slender body could rival the hardness of a mid-grade human dao weapon. He could even shatter low-grade human dao weapons.

  "Hahaha" Qin Hao burst out laughing, he didn't know why the purple gas suddenly had the effect of "life and death, flesh and bone", but he knew he held on tight, however this was only the eighth thunderbolt.

  "The...!" The holy kings outside were stunned, they could see Qin Hao going crazy, under the five thunderbolts, he was actually fearless, this was something they couldn't do.

  "Could this guy be the reincarnation of some great emperor?" Some saints and sages said so, for Qin Hao to have survived such a catastrophic event was extremely rare. At that time, even saints couldn't see through it, so they thought Qin Hao was the reincarnation of some great emperor.

  "He is even more demonic than the ancient evil spirits." Some saints said.

  "He is the great demon king of Taigu's horizontal life." A holy king determined.

  Upon hearing this, Lady Huayang wanted to laugh, but she didn't laugh out loud. All of this was only because Qin Hao was a Panhuang Shenmo, which would stir up such a calamity. The saints and kings saying he was a great demon head was simply an unfounded fabrication.

  Rumbling

  "Look, the Yin-Yang eyes have changed, pure purple." The Holy Kings all looked over.

  "This is......"

  "Zi Xiao Shen Lei..."

  They were terrified, even Huayang Madame heard the thunder movement, her face was also filled with fear. The Purple Thunder Tribulation is a tribulation that can be crossed by the Great Emperor, but it has now appeared on a small and unknown person's body. Although some extremely evil and heaven-defying people may encounter thunder tribulations during their tribulation, none of them were as terrifying as Qin Hao, even the Purple Thunder had appeared.

  "It's likely that the remaining thunder has all condensed into this Purple Cloud Divine Thunder, which is almost a fatal outcome." The Holy Kings couldn't help but sigh, even among the seven of them, the Purple Cloud Divine Thunder only needed one strike to turn them into nothing but ashes.

  "Zi Xiao Shen Lei!!!" Qin Hao gazed up at the sky, muttering to himself. The strange phenomenon in the air, the yin-yang fish, seemed to be mocking him for his arrogance, as if telling him he would surely die.

  "Is that the last one?" Qin Hao's hand appeared with the Nine Dragons Divine Light Fan, he wanted to take this opportunity to refine his equipment and complete the weakest of the nine dragons' divine light fan, the Thunder Great Momentum. As for the Wind Great Momentum that was forcibly inserted, there would be opportunities later, and now he also needed to use the Nine Dragons Divine Light Fan to weaken the power of the thunderbolt.

  A loud rumble of thunder for hundreds of miles, making people's hearts tremble with fear, and the sound of explosions echoing from time to time. This land was destined to have no vitality at all. Qin Hao felt that this heavenly phenomenon was accumulating power, accumulating the power of the Purple Thunderbolt.

  A loud rumble, a few breaths of time, a purple lightning bolt as thick as a small mountain struck down, completely submerging Qin Hao. The several Holy Kings felt their divine spirits tremble, the Purple Thunderbolt had descended, they felt powerless in their hearts, and even thought to themselves, fortunately it was not them who were undergoing this tribulation.

  "The mighty purple lightning almost submerged Qin Hao's physical body, but he held the Nine Dragons Divine Light Fan and continuously absorbed the purple divine lightning, replenishing the Nine Dragons Divine Light Fan's mighty momentum. However, in just a few breaths' time, it was nearly full, and if he continued to absorb more, it would burst from being overfilled. Even the momentum inside seemed to have a feeling of being ground to extinction."

  He had a feeling that the Nine Dragons Divine Light Fan was about to cross its tribulation, the tribulation of crossing treasures, and achieve great perfection. However, Qin Hao now had the heart but not the strength, so he hastily put away the Nine Dragons Divine Light Fan and threw it into the Jade Disc. His own Purple Cloud Divine Thunder had yet to be crossed, and another treasure tribulation was coming; he couldn't afford to be injured.

  But when he put away the Jiulong Shen Guang fan, the entire power of the Thunderbolt poured into his body. At this moment, he knew the terror of the Zi Xuan Shen Lei, but he was not afraid. His blood and energy were churning and fighting against the thunder, and he had a faint feeling that he was about to break through the 28th sound.

  "Hooooo......" He even felt the vast starry sky, the call of the Azure Dragon Star Mansion, that was the ninth heaven's dragon chant: "Twenty-eighth tone, breakthrough."

  Qin Hao's mouth was shouting, his heart was also shouting, suddenly he felt the white tiger's last roar, broke through, the white tiger's great momentum was complete, all 28 acupoints were fully open, that terrifying power could shake everything.

  "The momentum of the green dragon is rising...". Qin Hao took advantage of the momentum and pursued, about to succeed.

  But at this moment, the pressure of the Heavenly Way became even stronger, as if it would not allow him to break through, blocking his vital energy and the purple divine lightning constantly eroding his will.

  Qin Hao even saw that this purple divine thunder condensed into a line in his body, splitting his only thread of life and his cultivation fate.

  "Nothing..." Qin Hao felt so powerless.

  A loud "boom" sound, Qin Hao felt his meridians being severed, his future was pitch black, that kind of sky-lacking feeling lingered, and his connection with the Azure Dragon Star was instantly cut off, like a broken bridge that could no longer span...

  PS: First update