"Brother Han speaks the truth. The Azure Cloud of today is truly thriving and prospering with each passing day."
"After the Li family was gone, Region Prince Jiang even opened up trade with other prefectures and regional cities through the Nangong family of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion. We no longer have to risk being hunted down just to buy and sell Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures."
"..."
In these hundred-odd years, Azure Cloud has indeed gained many talented individuals.
The native people of Azure Cloud listened as these newcomers spoke with great eloquence and assurance, and they all kept their feelings hidden, not showing them outwardly. Yet, when they exchanged glances with one another, they could all see the fury in each other's eyes.
Only they, the natives, knew the truth of the saying, "One generation plants the trees, the next enjoys the shade." Otherwise, where would these people get off making such thoughtless and cynical remarks?
Old Ancestor Tianye secretly made a note of Han Qiusheng and the other loose-tongued individuals.
He decided that after he returned, he would have a good chat with Feng Chunlin and the people of the Mi family. Once the war with the Wu Clan was well and truly over, they would no longer have any use for this scum. It would be a good time to freshen up the spiritual air of the Azure Cloud region.
Fortunately, these people's arrogant talk did not last for more than a few sentences.
As the aura within the hundred mountains grew more and more potent, Han Qiusheng sensed the aura of the distant Wu Clan members.
His voice was solemn as he said, "There are many Wu Clan members, and even some at the Divinity Transformation realm. The one breaking through within the hundred mountains is using spiritual power, so it must be a senior of our Human Race. Fortunately, I have already sent someone to report back to the Jiang family seniors and Senior Shenghuo. Everyone, if the Wu Clan dares to disturb our Human Race senior's breakthrough, then it will be a great battle!"
Seeing the crowd nod in agreement, and with more and more cultivators from Azure Cloud arriving, a faint smile appeared on Han Qiusheng's face. Although he did not know who this senior undergoing the breakthrough was, he did not mind making a Divinity Transformation expert owe him a favor.
In the blink of an eye, half a month went by.
For some unknown reason, the Wu Clan experts gathered in ever-increasing numbers.
Normally, if a Human Race cultivator were breaking through to the Divinity Transformation realm, these Wu Clan members would likely spare no expense to prevent Azure Cloud from gaining another Divinity Transformation expert.
But now, they were being remarkably restrained; shockingly, there wasn't the slightest bit of movement from them.
For the many cultivators of Azure Cloud, the Great Tribulation for a Nascent Soul breaking through to Divinity Transformation was also an extremely rare sight.
"The lightning tribulation is about to begin!"
They stared in shock at the hundred mountains. The lightning in the sky grew increasingly dense, and the oppressive might became much more intense. The Wrathful-Eyed Vajra formed by the lightning tribulation was roaring wildly, and arcs of lightning gradually formed in the air.
Especially beneath the lightning tribulation.
They saw it. From the center, which was shrouded in black mist, a profound array gradually revealed itself, spreading outwards in all directions, swirling and spiraling.
Those ghostly souls were wailing mournfully, as if the oppressive might of the lightning tribulation was also making them even more agitated. They began to float into the air, revolving around the center, as a wind filled with ghostly Qi swept out in all directions!
"Since when did our Azure Cloud produce such a Ghost Cultivator?"
"Is this the 'Nascent Soul Leaving the Body' stage? I fear this must be a senior with a profound foundation who has cultivated for over fifteen hundred years. Otherwise, from where would they have gotten so many ghostly souls to command?"
"That Wrathful-Eyed Vajra is the manifestation of the Divinity Transformation tribulation, and it has already taken form to suppress the breakthrough. I have witnessed a breakthrough to Divinity Transformation before; it is likely that the form that Senior's Nascent Soul will take as a Primordial Spirit is about to appear. That is also the very source of a Divinity Transformation cultivator's comprehension... Quick, look, that's..."
As the lightning tribulation arrived, all the cultivators observing it roused their spirits.
Witnessing a Nascent Soul break through to Divinity Transformation would also be of great help to their own cultivation!
The next moment, their expressions turned grave.
"It's the third-grade Divinity Transformation tribulation!"
Above the black mist, the storm of dead souls unexpectedly began to gradually condense together, and a Nascent Soul appeared!
It was...
Two doors—two colossal doors!
These two doors were closed, yet even gazing from afar, one could still perceive an ancient and mysterious aura emanating from them.
The two entirely black doors radiated a deathly Qi. Upon the doors, which were the color of profound metal, were two bronze rings, and carved upon their surface were the images of ferocious Asuras.
It just floated there in the air, as if should someone pull the two bronze rings and open the doors, a great terror would be revealed!
"This..."
Unlike the astonishment of the others, Old Ancestor Tianye stared at these two doors, completely stunned.
Once, when he led the disciples of the Ghost Eye Sect back to Azure Cloud and participated in the border war, he had gathered the power of all his disciples to use the Ghost Eye Sect's secret technique, the 'Gate of the Netherworld', to summon a million souls from the Netherworld to slay their enemies.
These doors... they were very similar to the Gate of the Netherworld that their Ghost Eye Sect had summoned.
"The third-grade Divinity Transformation tribulation."
In the sky, the winds surged and the clouds roiled, the ghostly Qi was grim and chilling, and arcs of lightning were densely packed.
The Wrathful-Eyed Vajra formed by the lightning tribulation had already thrown a punch towards those ghostly doors. With the roaring sound of the collision, the aftershocks of spiritual power rippled outwards in all directions.
On the Wu Clan's side, Soul Duke, who was being blocked by Lei Dong, breathed a sigh of relief amidst his solemnity.
Back then, his companion, Moon God, had died at the hands of the Li family.
He also knew that Li Dalong, having merely broken through to the early stage of Nascent Soul, was already able to fight a battle with Lei Dong. Furthermore, he knew with absolute clarity that the Heaven-Piercing Coffin, that Dharma Treasure which he could never probe for any issues, had returned to Li Dalong's hands.
What he feared most was that this person, Li Dalong, possessed outstanding natural talent and had obtained some great fortuitous encounter and comprehension on the ancient battlefield, enabling him to overcome the fifth-grade Divinity Transformation tribulation.
But if it was only the third grade...
He himself had also faced a third-grade Divinity Transformation tribulation, and especially having been immersed in the Divinity Transformation realm for many years, he had already reached its mid-stage. Even if Li Dalong had that strange coffin, it would be nothing to fear!
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