The Hundred Tribulations Path is the harshest punishment the Heavenly Realm can impose on a divine lord who has fallen into demonic ways. The condemned must descend to the mortal world and endure a hundred lifetimes, suffering every kind of human hardship. Once the trials are over, they may have a slim chance of returning to the Heavenly Realm if they have purged their resentment. But if even a trace remains, the Heavenly Dao will erase them. That is why it is considered the most severe punishment. Gods guilty of grave crimes would rather become demons than enter the Hundred Tribulations Path and return to the divine realm. There have been no exceptions! Yinglong had no desire to return to the Heavenly Realm either, but the many divine lords there refused to let him become a demon. So they turned a blind eye when the Queen Mother of the West caught him off guard and hurled him into the Hundred Tribulations Path…
