(The aftereffects are severe: coughing, a runny nose, dizziness and a foggy head. The most frustrating thing is that I've completely lost my sense of smell and taste. Sob~)
A human body and a beast body knelt prostrate in the main hall, both murmuring words under their breath, seemingly performing some sort of prayer unique to the Sea Clan for the dead.
Looking at the scattered bones strewn throughout the main hall, Qin Fengming's brows drew tightly together.
He could imagine the state Ancestor Shan Ao had been in back then and determine what kind of circumstances he had faced before his death.
He had survived his own terrifying Heavenly Tribulation, but the immense lightning power within the tribulation had not dispersed after it ended. Instead, it had remained inside Ancestor Shan Ao's body, where he had suppressed it with his powerful magic power.
He must have intended to slowly suppress and purify the lightning power within his body, using it to temper his physical body. It was also quite possible that Ancestor Shan Ao had deliberately absorbed some of that lightning power.
But he had miscalculated, and in the end, the lightning energy had detonated his physical body.
Of course, it was also possible that Ancestor Shan Ao had truly suffered severe injuries during the Heavenly Tribulation. Nothing had seemed wrong at first, but after returning to the Spiritual Sea Palace, his injuries had worsened, leaving him unable to suppress the lightning energy stored within his body.
Whether everything had changed drastically immediately after his return or whether he had later become unable to suppress it because of his worsening injuries was naturally impossible to determine.
However, it was certain that Ancestor Shan Ao's body had contained a massive amount of Heavenly Tribulation Lightning energy. It could be said