A King Realm cultivator triggering a Heavenly Tribulation was already exceedingly rare.
Yet Xiao Chen was merely at the Half-King Realm, and azure lightning had appeared in the heavens.
Qiongqi felt that something was wrong!
Though it was only the lowest-grade azure Lightning Tribulation, the incomparably dense killing aura high in the sky was so oppressive it made one suffocate.
It gave people the feeling that—
Heaven wanted to kill someone.
"Lord Yellow, is there something wrong with this Lightning Tribulation?" Xiao Chen asked gravely. As he spoke, he activated the Diamond Sutra, covering his entire body in golden armor.
A Lightning Tribulation appearing in the King Realm was rare, but with his talent, it was not particularly strange.
Yet Qiongqi's anxiety made him vaguely uneasy.
"Greetings, Ancestor Qiong!"
Seeing Qiongqi appear with such a grave expression, Old Master and Second Master also realized something was amiss. They hurried to Xiao Chen's side and bowed to Qiongqi.
Qiongqi raised his eyes to the Lightning Tribulation filling the sky, his expression solemn. Completely ignoring Old Master and Second Master beside him, he said in a low voice, "With your talent, it is not strange for a King Tribulation to appear. But you are only at the Half-King Realm. By rights, one must at least reach the King Realm to trigger a Heavenly Tribulation. It seems your talent is too high—merely being a Half-King has already aroused the Heavenly Dao's vigilance!"
The gods had long dwelled in the high heavens.
They were the masters of the Three Realms.
They controlled everything.
Yet the gods had once been human as well.
After ascending, they became lofty rulers.
In order to control the number of powerful humans and reduce the threat they posed to themselves,
the gods established a series of rules.
They obstructed