I bear witness to immortality in the human world.

The Eighth Calamity!
The surging decaying power was like boiling water. Most Dao Saints and Martial Saints in the world would decay at this stage. Only a handful of people in each state could survive the eighth tribulation. Even in the Great Jin Dynasty, out of hundreds of Dao Saints and Martial Saints, only a handful could survive the eighth tribulation.

However, Wu Ming remained unmoved in the face of this eighth tribulation. The purple divine lightning surrounding him surged and clashed with the decaying power of the eighth tribulation, preventing it from eroding his primordial spirit core.

With his level of cultivation, he could even survive the ninth tribulation with just the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning. Naturally, the eighth tribulation could not stop him, nor could it leave any trace of decay on him.

at last,

The surging, decaying power gradually faded and dissipated.

Wu Ming's figure was revealed, and he felt the changes within himself, his eyebrows twitching slightly.

"Did we lose about one percent?"

The eighth tribulation, as the second hurdle before attaining immortality, is extremely difficult to overcome. Even if most Dao Saints and Martial Saints manage to overcome it, they often suffer from the depletion of their vital energy and the decay of their soul power due to this tribulation, and it is quite normal for them to suffer significant damage.

Often, after overcoming this hurdle, it takes two to three hundred years for the body to slowly heal, recover, and rebuild its foundation.

However, Wu Ming, due to the power of the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning and his solid foundation, survived the first tribulation and endured the eighth tribulation, losing only one percent of his own strength.

Such a minor injury has almost no impact on him, especially with the help of the Word of Mastery. He can fully recover in a few days at most.

"Let's make a slight adjustment."

After a moment's thought, Wu Ming decided to take a short rest.

With his strength, he could easily break through nine tribulations in a row, but he always acted with prudence and there was no need to force it. A thousand years of cultivation had already passed, so what was there to wait for a few more days?

He closed his eyes and began to practice the "Zhe" mantra, slowly healing the minor damage caused by his decline.

in this way,

By the fourth day, his blood, qi, and soul power were completely circulating without obstruction, and he had returned to his peak condition.

Wu Ming didn't linger. After calming his mind, he activated his thoughts and forcefully triggered the Ninth Calamity!
Boom!!!

The Ninth Calamity of Decline is not only the last Calamity of Decline, but also the final threshold to attain immortality. Throughout millions of years of world change, countless cultivators have come and gone, but only a handful have truly achieved immortality.

At this moment, Wu Ming immediately sensed the difference when he triggered the Calamity of Decline. This ninth Calamity of Decline was several times more powerful than the eighth, and it was a calamity that most Dao Saints and Martial Saints could hardly withstand.

That dull, decaying power surged like black smoke, eroding Wu Ming's flesh and bones, and his primordial spirit, trying to bury him completely and turn him into a handful of yellow earth.

"Purple Heaven Divine Thunder!"

Sensing the decaying power eroding him, Wu Ming did not hesitate at all and immediately activated the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder to fight against the decaying power.

However, the power of the Ninth Calamity was terrifying. Even the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning could not completely block the power of the Calamity here. Wu Ming could feel that many subtle decaying forces were slowly eroding his primordial spirit and body through the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning.

"At this rate, I should be able to survive this ninth tribulation with just the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning. However, after surviving it, I may lose nearly half of my primordial spirit and soul power, and then I will have to face the final counterattack of my inner demons. There is a slight possibility that I might fail."

Wu Ming sensed the changes throughout his body, but his expression remained unchanged.

He had long ago determined that the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning was enough to survive nine tribulations. After surviving, he could retain nearly half of his primordial spirit and soul power. Even if he fell into weakness, he would not be afraid of inner demons, and the possibility of failure was far less than one percent.

But for Wu Ming, even if it's only one percent or one thousandth of a chance of failure, he has to eliminate it completely. At least for the step of proving immortality, he wants absolute certainty.

"Slay evil and dispel falsehood, kill the whole world!"

Wu Ming's eyes, which had been reflecting the light of the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, suddenly changed. His left eye still reflected the purple light, but his right eye was suddenly soaked with blood red, and an overwhelming killing intent burst out from his body.

This murderous intent remained calm within the Black Emperor's Palace, but if it were released to the outside world, it would be enough to terrify a city like Jingye City, with its millions of inhabitants. Its overwhelming power could shake an entire nation!
And at this moment,
This overwhelming killing intent directly targeted the ever-emerging corrupting power and pounced upon it.

This is the power of the third step of the Law of Slaughter, and also the most powerful law power. When Wu Ming unleashed it, it filled all the gaps in the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning in just an instant, crushing the decaying power that had seeped in piece by piece.

Wu Ming sat cross-legged in the air, with putrid dust constantly emanating from his body. However, this dust was completely blocked by the purple lightning and the blood-red killing light, unable to corrode his primordial spirit and body in the slightest.

Wu Ming has fully comprehended the third step of both the Thunder Law and the Slaughter Law. As long as he masters one of them, he can prove immortality. Not to mention that he masters both, and when he unleashes them, even the decaying power of the Ninth Calamity cannot harm him in the slightest.

I do not know how long it has been,

at last,

Wu Ming's body trembled violently, and all the decaying dust gradually faded away until the last speck of dust completely dissipated. His primordial spirit and body instantly merged internally and externally, as if heaven and earth were united, radiating a dazzling and radiant light.

Like a chaotic blue lotus, it slowly emerges from the muddy pond and gradually blooms, wanting to completely break free from the mundane world and the troubles of the mortal realm, ascending from the human world to the clouds and becoming an immortal or a god!
thump.

Just then, a bell rang.

The radiant light abruptly stopped, and the flower that seemed about to bloom also came to an abrupt halt.

The path to immortality, which was on its way, was abruptly cut short. And the one who cut that path short was none other than Wu Ming himself.

He abruptly suppressed the elation that was emanating from him, the feeling as if he were about to ascend to immortality, extinguishing his own transformation and breakthrough, and simply floated in the air, calmly saying:
"Having come this far, why not give up?"

As the words fell.

hum! !

The celestial light surrounding him and the ever-changing aura suddenly reversed, transforming into swirling, malevolent black mist that obscured everything in Wu Ming's sight.

Within the billowing black mist, a figure with a blue face and fangs rose from the ground, reaching to the heavens and earth, surrounded by demonic power. His face was exactly the same as Wu Ming's, only filled with ferocity and evil.

"As expected of me, even at this final moment, I didn't reveal the slightest flaw."

This evil demon is a manifestation of Wu Ming's inner demons, or to put it simply, it is a part of Wu Ming, a reflection of the shadowy part of Wu Ming's heart.

All the evil thoughts and wicked intentions of the world will fall into the Asura Demon Realm and become the source of power for demons. But he comes from beyond the heavens, and his evil thoughts and wicked intentions will not fall into the Demon Realm, but will only continue to accumulate.

On this long path of spiritual practice, he kept the precepts in mind from the very beginning, using the "Lin" mantra as the core to eliminate all inner demons, so that his mind was free of distractions and he could move forward step by step.

however,
No matter how pure his mind is, he is still a mortal, not a true immortal god.

As long as one does not achieve immortality, the inner demons will never be eradicated. Even if the mind is pure to the extreme, without a trace of dust, it will still rise up at the last moment of attaining immortality. These inner demons that rise up are not so much evil thoughts and demons in the heart, but rather 'human nature'.

To attain immortality is not to completely rid oneself of humanity, but to elevate it, shed its dust, and attain liberation and freedom.

“You are me, and I am you. I knew you would come, so how could I reveal any flaws?”

Wu Ming looked at the towering, boundless demon, and felt as if he were an ant floating beneath it. However, he showed no fear; instead, he simply sighed.

Having survived the tribulation using the laws of thunder and slaughter, his primordial spirit and body showed no weakness. Under these circumstances, he remained steadfast in his inner self, revealing no mental flaws. Thus, his inner demons had no chance of winning.

It can be said,
Having arrived here, the final calamity has been completely averted.

Wu Ming's feelings at this moment were not a sigh of joy at finally arriving here and about to prove immortality, but rather a sigh of joy at about to eliminate the last inner demon, bid farewell to 'humanity', and ascend from the human world to the divine position.

"That's true."

The towering demon with a blue face and fangs slowly opened its mouth, then stared at Wu Ming and said, "Have you thought it through? With this step, you will bid farewell to the past. With this step, you will be reborn. All mortal things will be severed from you, and everything in the human world will have nothing to do with you anymore. Although you can attain immortality, in the end you will be accompanied by a green lamp and live a lonely life forever."

Wu Ming remained silent, though he was fully aware of everything.

To attain immortality is to transcend the human realm. All old friends and relatives in the human realm will eventually decay and die with the passage of time. Everyone he knows will perish, and he will walk alone on his journey.

This was not what he had hoped for, but he was unwilling to decay along with the world. This was the path he had chosen, and he had already walked firmly to this point. Even if he faced eternal loneliness after crossing this path, he had already made his decision.

"Alright, alright, alright... Since you've made up your mind, then go ahead."

Wu Ming's inner demon looked at Wu Ming. He was of one mind with Wu Ming and had long understood Wu Ming's will. At this moment, he burst into laughter. This laughter was initially filled with evil and ferocity, but as the laughter gradually spread, the fierce face with green fangs gradually lost its ferocity and became peaceful.

The towering, all-encompassing demonic figure, as its expression gradually calmed, began to slowly shrink.

That wicked, unrestrained laughter gradually transformed into a peaceful, joyful, and carefree laugh.

finally,
All evil thoughts vanished, and the towering demonic shadow transformed into a state exactly like Wu Ming, even its eyebrows and expression became identical to Wu Ming's. After revealing a smile, it took a step forward and merged into one with Wu Ming.

Wu Ming sat quietly in the void, watching this scene unfold. Only after the inner demon completely dissolved and merged with himself did his body finally shine with light once more.

Physical martial arts, primordial spirit techniques, the laws of thunder, the laws of slaughter...

Since embarking on his cultivation journey, the scenes he had experienced, step by step, now appeared one after another, pouring into the central light. In the end, he completely absorbed his inner demons, his original mind becoming one with them, and his primordial spirit and physical body.

Everything vanished in that dazzling light.

I don't know how much time passed.

As the light faded, a foot slowly emerged from the receding light.

The figure that gradually emerged was Wu Ming's young face. He looked no different from an ordinary person, but he had already developed an aura of transcendence. The dust of the mortal world could no longer settle on him.

Wu Ming slowly raised his head, a sense of ease quietly rising within him.

After a thousand years of arduous cultivation, I have finally arrived here.

At this moment, he
He has achieved immortality! (End of Chapter)