The gathering of immortal qi had ended, and a lightning tribulation descended. It was a sea of thunder, blazing with golden radiance and surging purple mist. Countless Order Divine Chains lay within, while void runes gathered and churned.
Without question, it was another Annihilation Thunder Tribulation.
"Damn thief of a Heaven...!"
Ye Ming cursed helplessly.
For others, the Annihilation Thunder Tribulation existed only in legends, yet he encountered it every single time. At this moment, even Ye Ming began to wonder whether that damn thief of a Heaven was deliberately targeting him.
Perhaps the nine strands of immortal qi Ye Ming had condensed earlier were simply too terrifying.
Now, when they saw the rarely witnessed Annihilation Thunder Tribulation, everyone watched the scene calmly.
If it had been any other prodigy, countless people would have long since been shocked beyond words. But when it came to Ye Ming, everything had become utterly ordinary.
"Haha, serves you right for condensing nine strands of immortal qi."
Some elders even burst into laughter. It was the Sixth Elder, Blood Soul, who was not worried about Ye Ming in the slightest.
After all, it was not as though they had never seen Ye Ming face the Annihilation Thunder Tribulation before. When the lightning struck in the end, it merely blew apart a set of clothes. Nothing else happened at all. Where was the justice in that?
Not to mention that Ye Ming now had nine strands of immortal qi upon him, so there was even less reason to worry.
At this moment, the experts within the forbidden zone all watched the scene with calm expressions.
The only one whose expression changed was Liu Mingyue.
"Th-this is the Annihilation Thunder Tribulation!!!"
Liu Mingyue's beautiful eyes were filled with boundless shock.
The Annihilation Thunder Tribulation likewise existed only in legends. Liu Mingyue had merely heard of it before; this was her first time seeing it!
Nine strands of immortal qi, an Annihilation Thunder Tribulation—either one was enough to shake the world wherever it appeared.
What she had seen and heard today dealt an incomparable blow to Liu Mingyue, a daughter of heaven.
Only now did she realize that compared to Ye Ming, the Imperial Son, she was like a country bumpkin...
Liu Mingyue was somewhat dazed. While she had been smug over condensing four strands of immortal qi, he was playing at a level that existed only in legends!
Who was the real good-for-nothing?
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
Above the heavens, thunder roared like true dragons soaring through the sky, shaking heaven and earth. The terrifying might of the Heavenly Tribulation made the entire forbidden zone tremble.
"What do you think? How will the Imperial Son pass this lightning tribulation this time?"
The Sixth Elder asked the elders beside him with a calm smile.
"In my view, this Annihilation Thunder Tribulation is countless times more terrifying than the last one. The Imperial Son should at least lose a layer of skin, right?"
An Annihilation Thunder Tribulation that could cause supreme prodigies to perish could only break a layer of Ye Ming's skin in the eyes of these elders!
If word of this got out, no one would believe it!
"I think he'll at least have to suffer some damage to his muscles and bones!"
Another voice rang out. It was the Grand Elder, Gu Yuan. He had not appeared when Ye Ming underwent the lightning tribulation last time, so he naturally did not know what had happened.
As he shook his head and spoke, he inwardly sighed. Had these old geezers lived so long that they had become fools? Although it was indeed frightening that the Imperial Son could condense nine strands of immortal qi, this was the Annihilation Thunder Tribulation. No matter how confident they were, they should still take it seriously.
Gu Yuan was already preparing to act in advance if he saw that something was wrong with Ye Ming.
After all, in the eyes of this old man, Ye Ming's importance now surpassed everything else.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
The Heavenly Tribulation gathered with increasing ferocity. In the eyes of countless people, such overwhelming might was absolutely not something a Dao Palace Realm cultivator could survive.
"Heh, let me see just how terrifying this lightning tribulation can be this time!"
A voice that shook heaven and earth rang out. It was Ye Ming.
His body was enveloped in dazzling divine flames, like a Chaos Demonic God. His aura rose steadily, his skin shimmering with crystalline radiance, sacred and divine to the extreme.
The blood within his body began to boil. His Blood Qi shook heaven and earth, rolling like thunder.
Boom!
A shocking scene appeared. Ye Ming did not wait for the Heavenly Tribulation to descend. Instead, he shot into the sky himself, charging straight into the ninth heavens and plunging into the Sea of Thunder.
This sight frightened countless people silly.
"Imperial Son, you absolutely must not! This is the Annihilation Thunder Tribulation!"
Even though the Sixth Elder had faith in Ye Ming, a worried expression inevitably appeared on his face.
"Hiss! Make preparations. If the Imperial Son is injured later—"
"Uh... charging into the lightning itself, and this is no ordinary lightning!!!"
Gu Yuan was completely dumbfounded. He felt that the strange things he had seen today surpassed everything he had witnessed before combined.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
In the Sea of Thunder above the heavens stood a body like that of a Demon God. It was Ye Ming.
His ink-black hair fluttered in the wind, while nine strands of immortal qi made him appear even more extraordinary.
At this moment, he attacked, slaughtering in all directions within the Sea of Thunder. His battle intent surged, his aura reaching its peak. With a Fist Seal clenched in his hand, he threw a punch, and chaotic Demonic Light exploded through ten thousand miles of void. His momentum was incomparably vast, inspiring fear in all who saw it.
His physique was simply too powerful. The blood throughout his body began to boil, his Blood Qi shattering the cosmos and rolling like thunder. Bathing in the Sea of Thunder, he tempered an even more powerful physique...
"Uh..."
"This..."
"This is a little ridiculous..."
At this moment, the speechless crowd stared at Ye Ming's majestic figure, not knowing what to say.
They looked at one another, their minds buzzing...
Time passed, yet no one shifted their gaze. They stared blankly at the heavens, watching Ye Ming's Demon God-like figure bombard the Sea of Thunder.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
At the final moment, the Sea of Thunder vanished. After bathing in the Annihilation Sea of Thunder, Ye Ming's body became even stronger.
With that, Ye Ming's breakthrough finally came to an end.
"The third level of the Dao Palace Realm. Not bad!"
Ye Ming's voice was calm, neither arrogant nor impatient.
As he sensed his current realm, he had broken through three levels in succession, and his foundation was incomparably solid. He could feel the power contained within his body. If his current self faced opponents with the strength of Lin Jian and Long Hao—
Ye Ming believed he could take them down with one punch each!
Time passed. Several months had gone by since Ye Ming's breakthrough.
At this moment, news that the Supreme Secret Realm in the Mystic Heaven Immortal Domain was about to open spread widely throughout the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.
For a time, it drew the attention of countless prodigies from great powers.
The Supreme Secret Realm had been left behind by a Supreme Being. Countless divine relics were hidden within, and one might even obtain the complete inheritance of a Supreme Being.
Even forbidden powers, immortal lineages, and Archaic Imperial Clans found it incomparably alluring.
In a short time, countless prodigies throughout the Three Thousand Dao Provinces began to move. Among the prodigies of the world, none would submit to another.
This time might be the first clash of prodigies since the Golden Age began...
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