Sky Phoenix Oasis—the sky was black as ink, like a vat of thick ink overturned above.
As the thunderclouds churned violently, a flash appeared. Then two enormous lightning tribulation spears, each as thick as an adult's arm, came crashing down upon the massive golden tower.
The entire giant tower shattered with a roar, turning into streaks of golden fragments that vanished into the void.
The remaining lightning tribulation had not weakened in the slightest.
At that moment, Ye Xuefu was already covered in golden lizard scales. A spear artifact and a golden shield artifact rose into the air.
In an instant, thunderous booms rang out again.
The lightning tribulation was indeed extraordinarily powerful. Lightning flashed and surged for a long while before finally dispersing.
The dark clouds in the sky dispersed along with it.
Ye Xuefu's figure was revealed. Though he looked somewhat bedraggled, his face was full of smiles, and even held a glimmer of tears.
For old-generation clansmen like them, their original goal had been merely the Purple Mansion. Now that he had broken through to the Golden Core and gained a thousand years of life, he was naturally filled with joy and melancholy. During the lightning tribulation and Heart Demon Tribulation, he had even briefly recalled his own life.
When one general's achievements were forged, ten thousand bones withered. When a Nascent Soul immortal clan rose to greatness, how could fewer than a million bones have withered beneath it?
"Congratulations to Uncle Ancestor Xuefu on breaking through to the Golden Core and attaining the True Person Dao!" Ye Jingcheng was the first to speak.
A thousand voices of congratulations followed.
To Ye Xuefu, everyone here was a junior.
Every face seemed exceptionally dear to him.
"Breaking through only now means I have already failed much of the