The dark green trees are about half the height of a person, intertwined from two small tree trunks, as if they are supporting each other.

When it appeared on the Immortal Queen's palm, the green Qi turned into mist and cloud, and the entire sky naturally revealed a pure green color. Though it lacked earth-shattering power, its grade was sufficiently proven.

Without a doubt, it was a Second Grade Dao Artifact, bearing the Second Grade Dao Fruit East King.

The Immortal Queen softly held the dark green tree, and with a raise of her hand, this Second Grade Dao Artifact rose into the air like cloud mist, drifting to Tianxuan's front.

The Second Grade Dao Artifact was sent just like that, and the Immortal Queen's action could be described as decisive.

Among the great powers of the world today, there are actually quite a few with multiple Third Grade Dao Fruits, but when it comes to Second Grade Dao Fruits, there aren't many possessors. The number of Second Grade Dao Fruits known to the public is actually far below that of third-rank strong people.

Many strong people have aspirations of ascension, yet have no Dao Fruit with which to ascend.

This is one of the reasons for the average sixth brother among third grades. Unable to ascend oneself, they cannot tolerate others ascending.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that some third grades who appear not to have Second Grade Dao Fruits have actually obtained compatible Second Grade Dao Fruits, just waiting for a major event. The circle of third grades is so treacherous, hence the saying that once a third-grade moves, there are reactive consequences.

Back to the main topic, given the rarity of Second Grade Dao Fruits, the Immortal Queen sent it out in pursuit of ascension, showing decisiveness and determination to an extreme degree.

Anyone who dares block her ascension will face a relentless vendetta.

This extreme will, without doubt, communicated out, and the Immortal Queen's eyes tightly fixed on Tianxuan.

In terms of strength, the Immortal Queen, having attained Third Grade Dao Fruit Perfection and holding the Plain Cloud Realm Flag, was already the leading female cultivator. Purely in terms of power, even the Tianxuan before ascending to third grade, not to mention current Tianxuan, was inferior to the Immortal Queen.

Guanyin, being a powerful entity from Buddha Country, possessing a natural advantage with her Bodhisattva Dharma Image, still found it insufficient to match the Plain Cloud Realm Flag. The Immortal Queen's "Heavenly Severity" ranked among the top slaughter skills, with Guanyin finding difficulty in facing it.

Even Third Grade Perfected Drought Demon Ba, in a state of madness, was impossible to defeat the Immortal Queen.

In terms of strength, the Immortal Queen was already capable of being first, but she lacked prestige, and she was shackled in some aspect of cause and effect.

For decades, Guanyin's name has always been juxtaposed with the Immortal Queen, representing prestige.

Back when Tianxuan leveraged the Immortal Queen's fresh ascension to defeat her with the help of several fourth-grade allies, this was cause and effect. This cause and effect is like a nail, firmly pegging down the Promotion Ceremony of the West Queen Mother Dao Fruit, leaving the Immortal Queen helpless.

Both prestige and cause and effect, in the end, were concentrated on Guanyin and Tianxuan.

As for Tan Wuwei, she was actually insufficient to become an obstacle to the Immortal Queen, but to ensure the Immortal Queen wouldn't hesitate, she also lowered her head alongside Guanyin.

And with the removal of Guanyin, who had been a stumbling block, there remained only Tianxuan.

Everyone's gaze focused on Tianxuan, whether friend or foe, even in another layer of the void, the Heavenly Eye shrouded by Yellow Cloud slowly opened, watching Tianxuan.

Regarding the situation concerning Heaven, the Heavenly Monarch naturally couldn't be absent.

Even when Tan Wuwei made suggestions, her considerations included the aspect of Heaven. Her close association with the Heavenly Monarch as the leader of the Mo Sect, covertly joining Buddha Country and becoming one of the Six Great Bodhisattvas, couldn't be divorced from the Heavenly Monarch's covert support.

Tan Wuwei fully exerted her divine skills, with scenes of bizarre landscapes flashing through her pupils, witnessing Tianxuan gradually opening his mouth, then—

The future abruptly halted at this moment.

Due to involving Heaven, Tan Wuwei's divine skills couldn't sustain further progression.

But precisely because it involved Heaven, the result was already evident.

"Whether due to the threat of Heaven's Punishment or concerns about exposing Heaven's situation, this palace must complete this transaction."

Tianxuan's tone was leisurely, gentle yet resolute, "Unfortunately, this palace shall disappoint you."

She chose to renege, or perhaps she initially intended to renege.

However, the current situation was clear; Tianxuan reneging means facing the backlash of the Oath of Heaven.

As those words fell, a heavy pressure descended from the sky as if Heaven were collapsing. The sky dome cracked open, resembling an open eyelid expanding outward, with a colorless pupil emerging within; instantly, the azure sky transformed into shade, innumerable Calamity Clouds filled the long sky, forming a massive vortex surrounding the celestial eye-like fissure.

Much akin to when Jiang Li ascended to fourth grade and faced the heavenly tribulation, but far more terrifying than the calamity then.

The current world had lost the soil for heavenly tribulation to arise, like when Jiang Li crossed the tribulation, it was supplied with essence qi by Yuxu Temple to create the calamity. But this time, the heavenly tribulation wasn't formed by essence qi, but manifested from an intention.

Heaven and earth naturally conformed to this intention, spontaneously forming Thunder Cloud, where everything seemed to become an enemy, and omnipresent pressure came from above and below, even space itself resisted the target of the heavenly tribulation.

This was the punishment decreed by Heaven.

Even after enduring the injury from the Heavenly Shooting Bow and having its incarnation decapitated, Heaven still possessed this terrifying power. Even third grade faced a life-and-death crisis under the threat of Heaven's Punishment.

Being the Emperor as the supreme entity was heavily injured by Heaven's Punishment; confronting it, Tianxuan couldn't fare well either, with one wrong move leading to annihilation.

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