Vast dark clouds hung overhead, as if a torrential downpour were about to flood the entire Sea of Sand.
Heavy, suffocating!
At last, as the final lightning tribulation descended in the form of a Black Tortoise Beast Shadow, all the dark clouds scattered away.
The sky immediately blazed with rosy light, and countless cultivators emerged from the spirit mountains. There was not much time left before the Earth Immortal Realm opened.
Thus, aside from special circumstances, none of the Ye Family's upper ranks were currently in seclusion.
"Father!"
"Husband!"
"Jingcheng!" Ye Qing Feng, Chu Yanqing, Heavenly Ancestor Xue Fan, and the others all came out.
At this moment, every eye brimmed with smiles.
Ye Jingcheng clasped his hands and returned several greetings before looking toward the distant turtle silhouette.
The turtle silhouette in the distance had already taken human form.
He looked like a youth, yet strangely wore a long white beard. His eyes rolled incessantly as they fixed on Ye Jingcheng.
"Congratulations, Turtle Ancestor!"
"Congratulations, Great Azure!"
Waves of congratulations also rang out across the spirit mountain.
To the Ye Family, Turtle Ancestor was no longer merely an ordinary spirit beast. It was more akin to a Clan Protecting Spirit Beast and part of the family's foundation.
"Congratulations, Turtle Ancestor," Ye Jingcheng also said.
"Boy Cheng, that lightning was too fierce just now. It struck this Turtle Ancestor's shell until green smoke rose from it. Open your grotto-heaven and let me go in for a soak." Turtle Ancestor naturally missed Ye Jingcheng's Treasure Light and spirit pills.
Although it was inconvenient to give them to it in front of so many people now, once Ye Jingcheng had time, he would enter the grotto-heaven and distribute spirit pills and Treasure Light.
Moreover, even if Ye Jingcheng did not give it