Chapter 146: The Awakening of the Forbidden Existence

The Awakening of the Forbidden Existence

Deep within the Heavenly Secret Realm.

The countless formations continued to thunder.

BOOM!

BOOM—RUMBLE!

One formation after another activated.

Leandro Salvatore stood silently within the darkness.

His black hair moved gently in the violent currents of spiritual power.

His green eyes remained cold.

There was no excitement on his face.

No satisfaction.

No hesitation.

Only calculation.

Even after Eugene had been annihilated, he did not immediately approach.

He continued laying down formations.

One after another.

A new array appeared.

Then another.

Then another.

He reinforced the killing formation.

Then reinforced the reinforcement.

There was no such thing as being too careful.

Not here.

Not against an existence who had possessed double pupils and reached such a terrifying realm.

Leandro understood one simple truth.

If an enemy had even a one-percent chance of surviving, that one percent was enough to ruin everything.

So he eliminated that possibility.

He continued until the space around the battlefield had become a terrifying death zone.

Only after confirming that Eugene was dead beyond any doubt did he finally move.

Swiftly.

Silently.

He approached the massive Cloud Spiritual Elixir.

"Well..."

Leandro’s gaze settled upon the youth sealed within.

His footsteps slowed.

Something felt wrong.

The moment he looked at that young face, an inexplicable sensation rose from deep within his blood.

Familiarity.

Resonance.

Almost as though something inside him recognized the sealed youth.

Leandro frowned.

His expression became slightly more serious.

"What are you?"

He didn’t receive an answer.

Instead, he raised one hand.

A sharp edge appeared against his fingertip.

A single drop of blood emerged.

It hung in the air for a moment.

Then fell.

Drip.

The blood touched the Cloud Spiritual Elixir.

For a moment—

Nothing happened.

Leandro’s expression remained calm.

After all, this was only a substitute body.

The blood within it was not his true origin.

But the next instant—

BOOM—RUMBLE!!

The entire Heavenly Secret Realm shook.

Leandro’s expression changed.

He immediately retreated.

The sky darkened.

Clouds gathered from every direction.

Not ordinary clouds.

Tribulation clouds.

Endless black layers rolled across the heavens, swallowing the light until the entire world became dim.

Within them, destructive lightning began to gather.

One bolt.

Then ten.

Then hundreds.

Each streak of lightning contained enough destructive power to make even powerful cultivators tremble.

The Great Laws of World seemed to be roaring.

Rejecting.

Suppressing.

Destroying.

It was as if something that should never have existed was about to be born.

The heavens themselves refused to permit it.

Countless killing intents gathered within the clouds.

Innate murderous will.

The annihilation of all things.

Leandro stared at the scene from a great distance.

His green eyes narrowed.

"This is..."

Even he had not expected such a reaction.

The Cloud Spiritual Elixir continued cracking.

Crack.

A thin fracture appeared across its surface.

Then another.

Crack—crack—crack!

The sound spread through the silent world.

Leandro retreated even farther.

He did not dare interfere.

Whatever was sleeping inside—

The heavens had already noticed it.

And the heavens were angry.

Only the Cloud Spiritual Elixir remained beneath the terrifying tribulation.

Then—

The shell cracked open.

A young man slowly opened his eyes.

His gaze was ancient.

Far too ancient for his youthful appearance.

His voice was quiet.

Yet it carried across the entire Heavenly Secret Realm.

"The gods are dead. The demons are gone. I remain."

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Sovereign Blessed Land.

The peaceful atmosphere shattered.

Victor, who had been immersed in cultivation, suddenly opened his golden eyes.

His long, shoulder-length black hair lifted violently around him.

The black robe covering his body fluttered.

Golden dragon embroidery glimmered beneath the surging spiritual power.

For an instant, his handsome face was completely expressionless.

Then—

A terrifying killing aura erupted from his body.

BOOM!

The surrounding space trembled.

Victor rose from his cultivation platform.

With a single thunderous step, he shot into the air.

Space itself shook beneath his feet.

The golden light in his eyes became colder.

At that moment, a familiar voice sounded directly inside his mind.

[Ding! Red-Quality Destiny clansman has appeared! Heaven and earth reject him, the Great Laws of World envies him. Host, please proceed immediately!!!]

Victor’s gaze sharpened.

The next instant—

He disappeared.

BOOM—RUMBLE!

BOOM—CRASH!

The terrifying heavenly thunder roared and howled.

Countless symbols of destruction exploded across the void.

Black lightning spread unchecked throughout the heavens.

It crawled through the darkness like countless enormous serpents, illuminating the clouds for brief, terrifying instants before disappearing again.

The tribulation clouds had already swallowed the sky.

Like pools of endless ink, they nurtured dense, tangible thunder.

Every bolt contained enough destructive force to make the soul tremble.

If that thunder descended—

Even the entire Dawn Empire would be reduced to nothing in an instant!

This was the wrath of the heavens.

The punishment of the Great Laws of World.

The savage fury of existence itself against beings that defied all reason, beings that stood above the established rules of the world.

The terror contained within those tribulation clouds was enough to make even ancient experts shudder.

Even Stellar Sovereign experts, before the Great Laws of World, were no different from ants.

"Heaven and earth reject him!! What kind of being is sealed within that Cloud Spiritual Elixir?!"

"What kind of existence could cause the rules themselves to repel him?!"

"Ten Thousand Tribulation Thunders! If he can survive this tribulation, his future will be limitless!"

"If such an existence survives the heavens’ wrath... we might not even qualify to be his slaves!"

Derek and the other experts murmured among themselves.

None dared raise their voices.

They simply stared at the terrifying tribulation.

The Ten Thousand Tribulation Thunders were among the most dreadful forces between heaven and earth.

They could traverse countless worlds, crossing unimaginable distances before striking directly upon the one who faced the tribulation.

There was nowhere to hide.

No distance was enough.

No ordinary barrier could protect against them.

Alaric’s expression remained dark.

He had no attention to spare for such matters.

His thoughts were still consumed by Eugene.

The double-pupiled prodigy was dead.

His greatest trump card had vanished.

And with him had vanished the monumental fortune that might have transformed the Azure Sovereign Kingdom.

The frustration gnawed at Alaric’s heart.

It was almost unbearable.

Then his gaze slowly turned toward Derek.

"Young ruler Derek!! Are you pleased with yourself?!"