Chapter 1150

With the addition of the rules, one would reach the Earth Prime Realm, breaking away from the realm of mortals and reaching another height that most people could not match.

More and more tribulation clouds gathered in the sky, descending several feet from the sky. The dark clouds shrouded the entire city as if the end of the world had arrived. Thousands of tribulation lightning flashed, and the entire city was sometimes bright and sometimes dark. The first tribulation lightning was brewing in the tribulation clouds.

One could imagine that once this tribulation lightning was successfully brewed, it would not be much weaker than the first tribulation lightning that the Black Tortoise had experienced.

The tribulation clouds pressed down, and the oppressive aura was like the end of the world. The residents in the city fell into panic and began to flee out of the city. Once the tribulation lightning fell, the entire city would cease to exist.

Su Mengyao looked at Zi Chen excitedly, very happy for Zi Chen. However, Xing Dao Li frowned slightly and said to himself, "He really broke through just like that."

Zi Chen felt a unique power. This power was called the rules.

At this moment, the rules had already arrived and were added to his body.

Zi Chen's expression was solemn and dignified. His gaze was fixed on the increasing power of the rules between his fingers. The Divine Thunder of Rule did not fall because the power of the rules in his hand had not completely spread out and reached his body. However, the surrounding power of the rules was already added to his body.

After a moment, just as Zi Chen's body was wrapped by the power of the rules, Zi Chen spoke again, "The rules are everywhere, but this is not the rule that I want."

After saying that, Zi Chen pointed his finger forward. The ball of rules that had just condensed dissipated in an instant.

The ball of rules dissipated and scattered between heaven and earth, just like when they had just gathered. However, the power of the rules that enveloped Zi Chen did not dissipate. Instead, it went out of control in an instant.

The power of the rules that was extremely docile just now turned into the sharpest weapon in the world in the instant that it went out of control, cutting towards Zi Chen's body.

Puff, puff, puff. Immediately, there were many sharp marks on Zi Chen's body. Golden blood gushed out like a fountain. Zi Chen's face instantly turned pale. His body was unstable, and he half-knelt on the ground, coughing up large mouthfuls of blood.

At this moment, he suffered the backlash of the rules.

This was the punishment for breaking the rules, just like how mortals would be punished for breaking the law.

The tribulation clouds in the sky could no longer sense the existence of the Tribulation Taker. The dark clouds slowly dispersed.

There were at least a hundred wounds on Zi Chen's body, and more than ten on his face. It was a ghastly sight, but when he looked up at the dissipating Tribulation Clouds, his eyes were incomparably bright. His mouth was open, and he seemed to be smiling even as he coughed up blood.

Su Mengyao was stunned by the previous scene, but she quickly reacted and immediately rushed to Zi Chen. She supported Zi Chen and asked nervously, "Zi Chen, how are you? How are you?"

"Painful, very painful."

Zi Chen grimaced and sucked in a breath of cold air.

To be able to make Zi Chen complain of pain, it was obvious how much nomological damage Zi Chen had suffered during the nomological backlash. Furthermore, he had a Perfect Body. His powerful physique failed to defend against these nomological powers.

"Let me help you up," said Su Mengyao.

"No, no need. I'll lie down for a while," Zi Chen hastily stopped her. But as soon as he opened his mouth, he aggravated his wounds.

At this moment, Zi Chen's wounds still had nomological powers on them. These nomological powers had yet to dissipate. Zi Chen's wounds were unable to heal for a long time. Blood kept flowing out of his wounds.

Xing Dao Li, who was still in shock, was now truly stupefied. His reaction was much slower than Su Mengyao's. He only reacted after Zi Chen had been lying on the ground for a long time. Then, he abruptly slapped his thigh, jumped up, and shouted excitedly, "Zi Chen, I finally understand why Senior Cauldron Spirit wanted me to follow you. Your vision is very broad, much stronger than mine was back then."

Zi Chen rolled his eyes, indicating that he had heard Xing Dao Li's words. However, he was unable to reply.

"Unbelievable, truly unbelievable. I didn't expect you to so decisively give up the opportunity to advance to the Earth Prime realm. You even managed to block the nomological backlash."

"Oh, right, Perfect Body. You are a Perfect Body. I had been wondering why such a monstrous physique would appear among the weak humans. Now that I see you blocking the nomological backlash, I seem to understand a little. Perhaps Perfect Bodies exist specifically to block the nomological backlash. With a Perfect Body, they have the initiative to choose when they choose to make a nomological breakthrough."

Xing Dao Li appeared very excited.

The reason for his excitement was that Zi Chen had given up on making a nomological breakthrough. Instead, he had survived. It was just like how in the mortal world, when someone disobeyed an imperial edict, he should have been beheaded. But miraculously, he didn't die.

And this was undoubtedly the first time he had seen such a situation in his life. He found it unbelievable.

This was because in his original worldview, there was only death in such a situation. Indeed, even spirit bodies didn't dare play like this. They would die if they played like this.

Seeing Xing Dao Li jumping around him in excitement, Zi Chen used the strength he had just accumulated to say, "Old Master, can you stop swaying in front of me? I feel even weaker. I'm about to die."

Xing Dao Li reacted and smiled embarrassedly. "Then quickly get up and recover."

Zi Chen was slowly helped up by Su Mengyao. Then, he sat cross-legged and began to circulate his body's strength and cultivation technique to expel the nomological powers.

Moments later, Zi Chen opened his eyes. Seeing that Zi Chen's injuries didn't show any signs of recovery, the two of them asked nervously, "How is it?"

Zi Chen said, "I can't. These nomological powers are like maggots. There's no way to expel them."

"Impossible to expel? How is this possible?" Xing Dao Li was also puzzled.

Zi Chen said again, "I don't know why, but I keep feeling that these nomological powers seem to have fused with my body. They are a part of my body, just like my bones and flesh. They can't be separated or expelled."

"How can this be?" Xing Dao Li frowned and began to think.

"Senior, hurry up and think of a way. Otherwise, Zi Chen will die." Su Mengyao said nervously.

Xing Dao Li muttered, "This situation shouldn't have happened. Since it's a backlash from the nomological powers, it's fine to expel them. But why are there still some nomological powers remaining in your body after the backlash? The nomological powers of the world are the Heavenly Dao. Since it's the Heavenly Dao, it shouldn't be so boring as to continue killing if it can't kill in one strike."

Zi Chen opened his eyes and suddenly said, "Could it be a reward?"

"Reward? What reward?"

"The nomological powers didn't kill me, so they left these nomological powers to me. Perhaps it's compensation."

Xing Dao Li understood the meaning of Zi Chen's words and immediately said, "Then try and see if you can refine them."

Zi Chen closed his eyes again and began to mobilize his cultivation technique to refine the nomological powers contained in the wounds.

The power of the natural order was like a thin thread. What Zi Chen had to do was to use his enormous strength to grab a thin thread from the many wounds and pull it to his own territory. Then, he would slowly refine it and divide it up.

On Zi Chen's body, a wound suddenly stopped bleeding. Then, under the power of blood and qi, the wound was healing at a visible rate.

"It worked. It must have worked." Su Mengyao was very excited when she saw the wound heal.

Xing Dao Li looked at Zi Chen as if he was looking at a monster. Then, he cursed, "Damn it, how is this a reward and compensation? This is simply a benefit after the backlash."

Su Mengyao was not used to Xing Dao Li's cursing, but she still asked curiously, "Benefit? Senior, what is benefit?"

Xing Dao Li said, "Think about it. Didn't Zi Chen just comprehend the nomological powers?"

Su Mengyao nodded and said, "Yes, but he gave up."

"That's right. Under normal circumstances, if you give up something, you won't get something, right?" Xing Dao Li asked.

Su Mengyao understood what he meant, but she didn't understand the deeper meaning. She was confused.

"What a stupid girl. Let me give you another example. You like Zi Chen and are in a relationship with him, but one day, you decide to give him up. Does that mean you've lost him?"

Su Mengyao blushed and nodded.

"That's right. What I mean is that if you give up something, you won't have it again. But Zi Chen is different. He gave up the nomological powers, but some nomological powers remain in his body. After Zi Chen refines these nomological powers, he will master them. It's equivalent to regaining what you lost. Moreover, he won't occupy a spot and won't need to go through a lightning tribulation."

This time, Su Mengyao really understood.

Zi Chen didn't break through, but he had mastered the nomological powers. Moreover, he didn't need to take responsibility for it.

After adding the nomological powers, one would need to go through a lightning tribulation to reach the Earth Realm. But Zi Chen now had the nomological powers and didn't need to go through a lightning tribulation. At the same time, he could continue to search for his own nomological powers.

When Zi Chen really broke through, he would master one more nomological power than other Earth Realm warriors.

"Unbelievable. It's really unbelievable."

Xing Dao Li shook his head and sighed, "If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it. There's actually such a magical scene in the world. But this is exchanged with one's life. Not many people in the world would dare to do this."

Within Zi Chen's body, pure Yuan Qi constantly appeared and reached his wounds. It dragged along the nomological threads and started to refine them one by one. The power of Qi and Blood was responsible for healing the wounds after the refinement. The powerful spiritual sense was used to control these two powers.

After the refinement, the nomological powers would truly become a part of Zi Chen's body. Then, they would be hidden within Zi Chen's body.

The tribulation clouds dissipated and the oppressive aura disappeared. The chaotic city regained its tranquility once again. However, no one dared to come to the area where Zi Chen was. This was because the things that just happened here had already been spread out by some people.

Knowing that the terrifying lightning tribulation was caused by this person, those cultivators didn't dare to come to find trouble.

Su Mengyao and Xing Dao Li stayed beside Zi Chen to protect him. They quietly waited for Zi Chen to refine all the nomological powers.

The nomological powers that covered his body took Zi Chen one day and one night to completely refine them.

As the last nomological power disappeared, Zi Chen opened his eyes.

Su Mengyao immediately went forward and asked, "How do you feel?"