After carefully tempering his essence, qi, spirit, and Inner World, Song Ankang prepared to break through to the realm of Fourth Grade Heavenly Immortal. He was only a little over a hundred years old.
Having cultivated from nothing to his current level in merely a hundred-odd years, Song Ankang could already be called the foremost person on the Xuanhuang Continent.
The secret realm for the breakthrough had long been prepared. It lay within a remote race in the Central Plains, located in one of that race's forbidden lands. Ghost Sand naturally formed a barrier there, and the place was exceptionally well hidden, with no trace of human habitation for hundreds of thousands of miles around.
Song Ankang had also arranged a screening Heavenly Array Group around this forbidden land, capable of blocking outside detection and ensuring that he would not be disturbed within.
As for a defensive Heavenly Array Group, there was no need. Such external aid would inevitably invite the heavenly tribulation's backlash, making its power even more terrifying and making it harder for Song Ankang to withstand.
For this breakthrough, Song Ankang had specially brought along the four Planet Grade Ultra Heavenly Servants as well. They guarded the surroundings of this forbidden land in secret, basically ensuring that nothing would go wrong.
Once everything was ready, Song Ankang released his Inner World and exposed it between heaven and earth. It was immediately sensed by the power of heaven and earth. Rolling black clouds surged over at once, bringing all manner of heavenly tribulations with them.
An Inner World that had never undergone heavenly tribulation was like an unregistered black-market household without identification. Once discovered, it would immediately be struck down by the relevant authorities.
On the Xuanhuang Continent, the method of striking down such Inner Worlds was heavenly