After the Nirvana Cleansing realm, the next great challenge was the Void Tribulation realm.
At this stage, a cultivator had absorbed so much of the Great Dao's power and forged such a deep connection with the universe that they faced an unexpected danger—they risked being pulled into the vast cosmic forces, their very existence dissolving into nothingness. If they weren't careful, they could lose themselves completely, their consciousness swallowed by the endless void.
That's why this stage was called Void Tribulation.
The word Void represented emptiness—a terrifying nothingness where one's sense of self could vanish forever, leaving behind only a husk, a body without a soul.