Under the protection of his divine kingdom, none of the lightning tribulations could enter Ye Xiwen's body. They were completely dissolved, and even the lightning energy was wholly absorbed by Ye Xiwen and converted into his own strength.
Ye Xiwen laughed heartily. Never before had he crossed a tribulation so smoothly. A ninety-percent-complete divine kingdom was a true world; it could devour any kind of power. What could heaven and earth not contain?
The thunderstorm lasted an entire year before finally ending. The heavenly tribulation seemed somewhat unwilling to let go, yet it could do nothing to Ye Xiwen.
Having truly condensed his divine kingdom and stepped into the Sage Realm, Ye Xiwen felt that his Dao had undergone an earth-shaking transformation.
It could be said that his understanding of the past had been fundamentally overturned. This was an entirely different realm. Before the Sage Realm, a god could still become powerful by specializing in a single discipline. But upon cultivating to the Sage Realm, that road was blocked. The broader one's exposure to martial paths in the early stages, the more worthwhile it became later on. Though one did not cultivate every path to an equal level, one could still be considered extraordinarily well-rounded.
The path Ye Xiwen had insisted upon in his early years now brought him rich rewards. Being able to condense a divine kingdom to ninety percent within mere decades, the martial path he had chosen in the beginning had played an immensely important role.
"I, Ye Xiwen, have returned!"
Ye Xiwen clenched his fists. He had heard all the gossip and slander of the past several centuries. It was not that he did not care; he simply had not wished to bother with it, nor had he had the time. But now, he was returning.