Although the sight of Li Yi enduring the terrifying Lightning Tribulation had shocked countless cultivators throughout the Primordial World, as the ten-thousand-year deadline gradually drew near, everyone's attention soon returned to the Witch and Yao Tribes. The coming battle between them would surely be incredibly bloody—perhaps even a battle that would shape the future of the Primordial World.
At some point, a faint layer of baleful energy began to spread across the world. A bone-chilling killing intent expanded through the air.
Countless cultivators gradually grew restless and irritable, unable to focus on their cultivation. They felt as if they might lose control and go berserk at any moment.
This was especially true around the great cities of the Witch Clan and above the Heavenly Court, where the baleful energy was as thick as ink. An inexplicable force stirred the hatred between the two tribes from deep within their hearts, and it erupted like a volcano, growing more and more violent!
The old relics who had survived since the Primordial Era saw this and recalled the Great Tribulation of All Beings from that time. They shivered, realizing that Heaven had unleashed its killing intent and that this tribulation would be no ordinary affair. Perhaps the Witch and Yao Tribes would, like the three ancient tribes before them, be forced off the stage of history.
One by one, they holed up in their caves. Some of the oldest even hid beneath thousands of feet of profound ice and froze themselves in place.
Heavenly Court!
A streak of light, swift as a bolt of silk, burst into the great hall as if bearing urgent news, heedless of the Heavenly Court's rules.
"Reporting to the Heavenly Emperor, we've found something that can heal soul damage, but..."
A Yao cultivator at the peak of the