Song Taiyi stared at the gathering clouds with an indifferent expression on his face. As the first thunder was about to strike Song Taiyi's aura transformed in the blink of an eye. He stood firmly on the ground like an immovable mountain. His aura finally gushed out. Like a sharp sword finally revealing its edge. An invisible barrier formed around him . The barrier was compressed to the maximum such that no aura could leak out. After the barrier a sharp sword qi spread out as tiny swords surrounded Song Taiyi. After the preparations were done Song Taiyi sat down in lotus position as he waited for the thunder strikes to begin. He stared at the now gathered clouds with visible contempt in his eyes which he did not even try to hide." I cannot fail no matter what," Song Taiyi said as his carefree expression turned solemn. His aura grew chaotic but the shields that he had set did not waver." What is he doing?" The hidden voice asked Taiyi's master who was waiting for Taiyi out of the platform. At this point even Taiyi's master had a grave expression on his face. He wants to rebuild a new foundation for himself by destroying his previous foundation and then creating a new one," Taiyi's master said causing the owner of the voice to swallow his next words. This new information had greatly shaken the owner of the voice." That technique has been lost for many years now so how could he have gotten hold of such a technique? The ancient emperor had already gotten rid of these informations and personally destroyed them so how could he have gotten them? That man was cautious so he could not have left anything," the hidden voice said in a trembling voice." Everyone has his secrets so there is no need to inquire about what you shouldn't know," the old man replied nonchalantly. "Will he really survive?" The hidden voice asked." It is hard to say. Using the sixty four thunder,forty nine swords and four imperial thunder is indeed the best way but doing this means that the tribulation will double at worst towards the end it might tripple. Which means he will be facing one hundred and twenty eight thunder strikes,ninety eight swords and twelve imperial thunderstrikes. If at first he had a ten percent chance of survival now he has less than one percent chance of survival. Haaah. The situation is out of hand. Hopefully,he will make it out alive. Seal this place," the old man said with a sigh as an invisible ripple spread out from the tip of his walking stick and formed a dome that hid the events taking place on the emotion severing cliff but even then the thunder strikes could still be heard and the dark clouds could be seen. Even the celestial gods could feel the terrifying strength that was accumulating in the thunder clouds from a distance. Most of the gods in the heavenly realm could only sigh at this sight. Even they could feel the terrifying strength of the thunder strikes let alone Song Taiyi who was facing the thunderclouds. At this moment everyone believed that Song Taiyi was done for. With the heavenly realm in chaos most of the celestial gods made their activities more evident. With Song Taiyi not being around most of them expressed their desires for the heavenly throne but were still weary of Song Taiyi so they acted with a bit of restraint as they did not know if Song Taiyi left behind any countermeasures against them. Everyone was waiting for someone who will play the role of the mantis.
It had already been a day and a half yet the thunder strikes atop the emotion severing cliff seemed endless. This was already the hundredth thunder strike and Song Taiyi outer defenses had already been destroyed. Song Taiyi was still relaxed even when his defenses were being broken. No defence is impenetrable and no fortress is unconquerable. The thunder strikes did not pose much of a challenge rather what came after. By using the thunder to remove impurities and to remove emotions then the sword tribulation was meant to cut off all emotions but Taiyi wanted to use the sword tribulation to cut off his spiritual root and foundation and this was when the true trial would begin as after cutting off the spiritual root he would significantly weaken leaving him vulnerable to the strongest of the tribulations which was the imperial thunder tribulation. The imperial thunder tribulation was the most dangerous of the other tribulations. Taiyi calmly faced off against the thunder tribulation after which he removed all the shields that he had erected. In order to cut off his spiritual root he would have to use his own body to withstand the sword strikes. The thunder clouds had already disappeared and the clouds were now clear and calm but beneath the calmness a storm was brewing as a sharp sword qi started spreading out. Taiyi solemnly stared at the dark clouds as he rose up to the clouds." Come on. No emotions should let me down. Today,I am cutting off all emotions and returning to chaos. I am chaos. The unfettered lord of chaos. How can emotions and a false spiritual root hold me down," Taiyi arrogantly said. His arrogant voice spread throughout the realm instilling fear in many and shocking many. A giant sword appeared in the sky surrounded by another three large swords after which ninety four swords surrounded swords forming a large scale formation. Song Taiyi showed no fear in the face of such a mighty formation rather he had a calm expression on his face as he arrogantly stared at the swords formation. As if infuriated by Song Taiyi's words the giant sword in the middle trembled and the swords started striking down at Taiyi one by one after which another layer of two by two. As the swords struck down, Taiyi's body remained suspended. No visible wound could be seen. Although it was known as a sword tribulation it was more of a mental tribulation. The swords were cutting off emotions at the same time they were severing the connection that Taiyi had with his spiritual root. The pain experienced in such a process could only be termed as unbearable. No one would want to experience such torture yet Taiyi willingly subjected himself to such a situation for the sake of power. He did not dare to claim to be righteous but for the sake of fulfilling a promise he made,this little pain meant nothing to him. He did not even flinch as his spiritual root was being severed and his strength was dropping as time went by rather he was still as relaxed as ever and if not for his twitching facial expressions one might think that he was feeling nothing. It was as if the pain was just a cool breeze. As the three large swords finally dropped, Taiyi's body shuddered and blood could be seen coming out from his orifices. After the three swords,the giant sword finally came slashing down and Taiyi's aura dropped till he was now a lower god yet he still showed the same resolve on his face as before.