"I want to grow stronger!"
Within the Sea of Thunder, Shi Hao looked up at the endless lightning and roared. He wanted to grow stronger through the tempering of the Heavenly Tribulation, hoping to cultivate a third strand of Immortal Qi.
Boom!
Lightning crashed down. Heaven and earth shattered, ghosts and gods wailed, and a rain of blood fell across the world, scarlet and dazzling. Endless bolts of lightning erupted with deafening force. Everything was a vast blur; the beings outside could see nothing, only the continuously surging aftershocks of lightning spilling outward.
Countless beings within this Lesser Thousand World were terrified. They kept their distance and watched, as did the descending outside prodigies and First Generations cultivating nearby. News of this place quickly spread, and many factions and inheritances beyond the Immortal Ancient World also turned their attention to it.
The Sea of Thunder surged into the heavens and shook the earth as Shi Hao struggled within it. The Immortal Ancient World had opened many times, and he was not the first cultivator to choose to undergo a lightning tribulation. But he was very likely the first prodigy to successfully endure the supreme Heavenly Tribulation after cultivating a third strand of Immortal Qi.
That was right. Shi Hao had already cultivated his third strand of Immortal Qi during the tribulation. Such a foundation naturally drew forth the supreme Heavenly Tribulation. After arduous tempering, the harvest would finally come.
"Is it over?"
At the end of the Heavenly Tribulation's tempering, the illusory Dao-mark imprint of the Immortal Slaying Platform finally vanished. Shi Hao wriggled with difficulty. He felt completely dried up, unable to squeeze out even a drop of divine power.
At the end of the boundless Sea of Thunder, a golden pool appeared, scarcely half a meter across. Beside