"What exactly is this terrifying aura?"
"It feels as though heaven and earth themselves are in a rage. Could heaven and earth be sending down a great calamity?"
Seeing the strange phenomenon above the heavens, some Dragon Clan members who did not know the truth spoke with trembling voices, unable to help asking.
"It is not a heavenly tribulation, but heavenly punishment."
A Dragon Clan expert wore a grave expression as he explained, "A heavenly tribulation is more like a trial, a barrier cultivators must overcome. At the very least, there is still a sliver of hope for survival."
"Heavenly punishment, however, is completely different. It is the most terrifying heavenly penalty descended in the wrath of heaven and earth."
"Several thousand years ago, an incomparably terrifying Heaven-Devouring Fiend Beast was born in the Demon Kingdom. Relying on its supreme fiend beast bloodline, it devoured Demon Cultivator tribes in every direction. In the end, its deeds stirred the wrath of both heaven and man, provoking heaven and earth to send down heavenly punishment."
"A territory spanning a full thousand li was turned into nothingness beneath the destruction of heavenly punishment. That Heaven-Devouring Fiend Beast, which had run rampant throughout the Demon Kingdom, was reduced to calamity ash on the spot."
"Ah? It was actually that terrifying?"
"But no one in our Dragon Clan has done anything that would stir the wrath of heaven and man. Why would heavenly punishment appear?"
"Could the Ancient Ancestor have brought it upon us?"
Someone asked in confusion.
The Dragon Clan expert fell silent for a moment before continuing, "Back then, the Ancient Ancestor forcibly crossed the lightning tribulation, leaving behind many hidden dangers. Several hundred years ago, in order to quell unrest, he even suppressed and killed quite a few clan members. Later, to