Chapter 261: Transcendence in This Lifetime (Seventeen)

It was indeed Su Chen who attracted the Emperor's Tribulation.
During the hundreds of years he spent refining the corpse of the Undying Nether Emperor, his cultivation advanced further, becoming uncontrollable and directly attracting the most terrifying Emperor's Tribulation.
The Ninefold Emperor's Tribulation.
The appearance of the Ninefold Emperor's Tribulation immediately attracted the attention of all races in the universe.
Such a terrifying Emperor's Tribulation.
Is it truly the Tribulation to become an Emperor?
An unparalleled aura rose.
"He...he passed the Ninefold Emperor's Tribulation?"
All beings were astonished. This was the legendary Ninefold Emperor's Tribulation, yet he passed it so easily?
Su Chen passed the Ninefold Emperor's Tribulation with great ease.
With his current strength, he was capable of fighting a true Great Emperor.
Not to mention the marks left by those Great Emperors during their past tribulations?
One era, three Great Emperors.
If we include the deceased Eternal Night Great Emperor.
One era produced four Great Emperors.
This era was far too terrifying.
"Such powerful suppression from the Great Dao!"
At the moment Su Chen became an Emperor.
Both the Formless Sword Emperor and the Daylight Emperor felt their own Emperorly Dao being suppressed by the new Great Dao... They almost lost their qualification to control the power of heaven and earth, were forcibly squeezed out of their Emperorly status, and were almost forced to become Supreme Beings who severed themselves.
"One person attains the Dao, suppressing all laws."
The two sighed inwardly.
Their era had ended.
Su Chen passed the Emperor Tribulation.
The moment his own aura attained the Dao, suppressing all laws.
He sensed an incomparably terrifying aura crossing space.
Boom!
Heaven and earth shattered, and countless star rivers instantly crumbled.
It was vaguely visible that it was a pitch-black hand, crossing the barrier, the aura contained within its palm lines enough to obliterate everything.
"Who is that?!"
Countless beings dared not look directly at it. Even the two great emperors of this era, the Formless Emperor and the Daylight Emperor, felt fear in their hearts at this moment, as if facing a being of a higher level.
The colossal hand traversed barriers, annihilating the starry sea, and actually reached directly for Su Chen.
"Just as I thought..."
Su Chen was not surprised by the appearance of the colossal hand. This was a terrifying being that had lain dormant for hundreds of millions of years. He had suspected it back at the ruins of the Jade Pool Holy Land; perhaps in this life, there was another being like him in his previous life, or perhaps like the God Lord or the Demon Lord of Tai Cang.
That terrifying being actually wanted to grab Su Chen and refine him directly.
At this moment, an unparalleled, deadly blade appeared in Su Chen's hand, suppressing all ages.
The owner of the colossal hand exclaimed the instant he saw the unparalleled, deadly blade appear in Su Chen's hand: "The Undying Nether Blade!"
He recognized the Undying Nether Blade!
Su Chen slashed directly with his sword. The giant hand didn't even have time to retract before Su Chen severed it in half, the undying Netherworld energy tinged with black flames burning within.
The owner of the giant hand cried out in pain.
"The Undying Nether Emperor isn't dead? No, he's definitely dead!"
"Bastard!"
At that moment, from the other side, a terrifying aura swept in.
The owner of the giant hand had to suppress his urge to suppress Su Chen, roaring, "Ten Absolute Martial Emperor, you bastard! I will suppress you sooner or later and devour you!"
The aura vanished, as if nothing had happened.
The owner of the terrifying giant hand seemed to have encountered a formidable enemy.
He had originally intended to ambush Su Chen and refine a Nine Tribulation Emperor.
In the end, his attempt backfired spectacularly.
Su Chen refined the corpse of the Undying Nether Emperor, completing the Undying Nether Blade with the Emperor's Great Dao. This most deadly weapon of all time became even more powerful, striking the owner of the giant hand. Although it didn't severely injure him, it still caused him some damage.
The owner of the giant hand seemed to be still fighting with an unparalleled expert.
Another unparalleled expert was blocking the owner of the giant hand.
This scene was like a dream.
It directly shattered the worldviews of countless powerful beings from all races.
This world actually harbored such terrifying beings.
After forcing the terrifying beings back, Su Chen didn't pursue them. The two terrifying beings didn't seem to be in this universe, but in a strange space.
"So they were the immortal spirits who escaped from the Netherworld back then."
Su Chen looked in the direction where the auras of the two terrifying beings disappeared.
He felt a faint familiarity with the aura of the owner of that hand.
It was the aura of someone at the same level of life.
Both were celestial spirits.
Besides the celestial spirits of the Jade Pool Holy Land, only the celestial spirit that escaped from the Underworld could have grown to this level.
Su Chen's mind raced through the events leading up to this.
In his previous life, he searched the entire universe but couldn't find any trace of the Underworld celestial spirit. It seemed it was waiting for his failed transcendence before emerging to prove itself and become the strongest being after the Imperial Era. The so-called path to transcendence was just a deception; countless emperors and sovereigns after the Imperial Era likely fell into the Underworld celestial spirit's clutches, becoming its sustenance for growth.
The current Underworld celestial spirit was probably no weaker than the former God Lord and the Great Azure Demon Lord, and the powerful being who blocked its path was also an unparalleled being.
Su Chen sheathed the Undying Underworld Blade.
He didn't know where those two powerful beings were currently fighting.
But with the Underworld celestial spirit's reappearance, he would definitely kill it.
He, Su Chen, truly didn't hold grudges.
Su Chen returned to the Myriad Laws Emperor Sect.
The Myriad Laws Emperor Sect, with two emperors reigning simultaneously in one era, was unprecedented.
The entire Myriad Laws Emperor Sect was filled with jubilation.
"I never expected you to reach the Emperor Realm so quickly,"
The Formless Sword Emperor exclaimed with deep emotion.
The title of Great Emperor, the strongest being, had actually been achieved by two within a single era in his Myriad Laws Emperor Sect.
After his exclamation, the Formless Sword Emperor asked the question that had been lingering in his mind: "What exactly was the being that attacked you before?"
He didn't know the origin of that terrifying being.
Su Chen said softly, "That was the first being to attain Dao after the Emperor's Era."
The Formless Sword Emperor seemed to realize something, his expression changing: "You mean..."
Su Chen nodded: "The legend of transcendence is false. That being didn't transcend; instead, they are trapped somewhere."
"Or perhaps, they are plotting something?"
Su Chen's words were calm.
But these words were enough to overturn the current understanding of all living beings.
The Sword Emperor of No Form was filled with astonishment and disbelief.
The legendary transcendence sought by all beings... was it a lie?
The being who seemed to have transcended death hadn't died, but had been lurking somewhere.
This secret sent chills down his spine.