Dragon Country's growth in science and technology, naturally, did not lag behind in cultivation.
Dragon Country had established numerous cultivation technology research institutes on Xiū Qí Star, a cultivation world in World 4. After all, research into cultivation technology was more convenient and faster when conducted in these cultivation worlds.
After cultivating for a period on Xiū Qí Star in World 4's cultivation world, Su Han felt that his cultivation speed was still a bit slow. Thus, he began to search for blessed lands among various cultivator planets in the vast universe.
After several months of searching, Su Han finally found a blessed land.
After Su Han set up a teleportation formation in that blessed land, he began to cultivate. This teleportation formation was to prevent any eventualities should something happen in Dragon Country, allowing Dragon Country's people to still contact Su Han through the formation.
While searching for blessed lands, Su Han noticed that the scope of the cultivation universe seemed not as vast as the great universe of World 3. Su Han understood that this was likely because the cultivation universe had not yet observed the existence of planetary bodies many light-years away.
After cultivating in the blessed land, Su Han's cultivation grew continuously. After cultivating for three months, Su Han's cultivation finally reached the Tribulation Transcending stage.
Upon entering the Tribulation Transcending stage, Su Han could feel the existence of the Heavenly Tribulation. However, even at this realm, the Heavenly Tribulation would only descend after sufficient cultivation.
Su Han's accumulation in the Tribulation Transcending stage was not yet sufficient, so the Heavenly Tribulation would not descend yet. But once the accumulation was sufficient, the Heavenly Tribulation would descend. However, if this sufficient accumulation was not strong enough, one would be annihilated by the Heavenly Tribulation.
Having reached the Tribulation Transcending stage, Su Han cultivated for a while longer before deciding to actively seek opportunities.
Su Han once again ventured into the cultivation universe. During this period, Chu Shi had to remain within Dragon Country to provide support.
Of course, as Dragon Country ventured into the cultivation universe, they continuously set up various teleportation formations to allow Dragon Country's mystical sects to conduct spatial jumps for communication. Su Han's exploration in the cultivation universe also yielded many cultivation resources. With these resources, Dragon Country's strength in cultivation was also steadily growing.
Time flew by, and another year passed. Su Han's strength finally grew to a sufficient extent. As soon as Su Han unleashed his magical artifacts, the Heavenly Tribulation would descend directly. Once Su Han transcended the tribulation, he would be able to ascend to the Immortal-Demon Great World.
Su Han did not immediately begin transcending the tribulation, as he was unsure if he could return after ascending to the Immortal-Demon Great World. After all, the teleportation gate was located on Xiū Qí Star. It was important to note that based on the exit point of the teleportation gate, the exit could not be moved. Only the entrance could be moved.
What truly existed in the Immortal-Demon Great Universe was unknown to Su Han, and he could set up that entrance-type teleportation gate in the Immortal-Demon Great Universe. However, if one entrance-type teleportation gate were to be lost, Dragon Country would have to establish new transportation rules.
Just as Su Han was in a dilemma, the teleportation gate system, which had been silent for a long time, finally responded.
"Ding dong, congratulations to the host for cultivating to the Tribulation Transcending stage. A new mission is now issued: Ascend in broad daylight. Ascend to the Immortal-Demon Great Universe world. Mission reward: Establish a teleportation gate in the Immortal-Demon Great Universe."
Upon seeing this mission reward, Su Han's hesitation vanished. The reward was a teleportation gate. This would eliminate the disparity between the cultivation world and the Immortal-Demon Great Universe.
Su Han immediately began preparations for transcending the tribulation.
First, he set up a formation. After the formation was set up, he took out numerous magical artifacts for defense.
Once prepared, he also notified Chu Shi and other cultivators to observe, so they could gain experience for their own tribulations. Concurrently, he obtained advanced Level 2 civilization high-definition cameras from the Tǎ Tǎ Jiǎo Province planet in World 3 to record the event, as this material would undoubtedly become important research data in the future.
After all preparations were made, Su Han began his tribulation under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of Dragon Country cultivators.
As Su Han removed the artifacts that concealed his cultivation, a vast amount of tribulation clouds began to gather in the space outside the planet.
In the cultivation universe, these Heavenly Tribulations appearing from space were perfectly normal. If they only appeared on a planet, it would be considered somewhat backward.
The cameras on the spacecraft in the orbit above the planet also recorded the tribulation clouds in space.
A cultivation researcher in a spaceship said, "Clouds have appeared in space. How did these clouds form? Where did they come from?"
"Director, from the video playback, these tribulation clouds appeared out of thin air."
"Out of thin air? The cultivation universe is truly magical. It seems there must be some energy existing in the dark. This energy is similar to the dark energy in our technological universe."
"..."
On the ground of the planet, the cultivators were also amazed, looking at the tribulation clouds that enveloped the entire sky.
"So powerful, even the sun can't be seen."
"These tribulation clouds have turned the surroundings into darkness."
"Alright, it's starting now. Everyone be careful."
"..."
After the tribulation clouds had brewed for fifteen minutes, the first Heavenly Lightning Tribulation descended. The diameter of the lightning was two meters. Upon striking, it completely engulfed Su Han.
After the first Heavenly Lightning Tribulation ended, a pit twenty meters wide and three meters deep appeared on the ground. In the center of this pit, Su Han, apart from his clothes being blown to tatters, suffered no injuries.
Su Han then transformed a magical artifact into a garment and wore it.
The Dragon Country cultivators observing nearby were relieved to see that Su Han was unharmed.
"That lightning tribulation was truly immense. It completely submerged Sect Master Su Han."
"However, these lightning tribulations look formidable, but they don't have that much power."
"Of course, it's not that they don't have immense power. It's mainly because our Sect Master Su Han is powerful."
When the second Heavenly Lightning Tribulation descended, it could no longer shatter Su Han's magical artifact clothing.
The second Heavenly Lightning Tribulation also had a diameter of two meters. It also engulfed Su Han.
After the second Heavenly Lightning Tribulation disappeared, the diameter of the crater on the ground became even larger, and the pit became deeper. Su Han could also sense that the power of the second Heavenly Lightning Tribulation was even greater.
After the second came the third Heavenly Lightning Tribulation...
There was no cliché plot where the cultivator was left on the brink of death after transcending the tribulation.
After enduring nine Heavenly Lightning Tribulations, Su Han successfully transcended the tribulation. Apart from being a little disheveled, Su Han was not seriously injured.
The tribulation clouds in the sky dispersed, and a celestial light of creation descended. Su Han's body directly transformed from a cultivation body to a celestial body.
Immediately, a pulling force appeared, and Su Han could sense that this attraction was originating from a higher-level space.