(If the earlier chapters don’t interest you, you can start from Chapter Seven.)
The Divine Domain had not seen a Great Emperor in over ten million years. Today, the thunder of an imperial tribulation rang out!
“An imperial tribulation!!!”
A man in a white Daoist robe sat cross-legged beneath the tribulation clouds.
“Boom!”
Bolt after bolt of lightning rained down, but in the end, the man failed to overcome the tribulation.
Fortunately, his sect was the number one sect in the Divine Domain. The entire sect joined forces, and despite failing to become an emperor, he did not die or have his soul extinguished! Though all nine of his meridians were broken and he had lost all his cultivation, he relied on his sect to reconnect them and restore his cultivation!
The man went into seclusion again for a hundred years. With his path ahead clear, he could become an emperor! Then he traveled through the mortal world, found an opportunity to break through, and attained the Emperor’s Dao!
“Kid, want some candied hawthorn?” A man in a white Daoist robe held a skewer of candied hawthorn in one hand and a wine gourd in the other. After speaking, he tipped his head back and poured wine into his mouth.
The little boy stared at the candied hawthorn held up in the man’s hand, swallowed, and nodded vigorously.
“Become my disciple, and you can have some.”
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