Of course. The Great Derivation is fifty, Heaven's Evolution is forty-nine, and one escapes.
Even for the most heinous of sinners, Heaven and Earth would leave them a sliver of life.
As long as they could pass the trial of the lightning tribulation at their current realm, they would not only advance smoothly to the next realm, but also receive generous rewards. The tribulation's lightning would awaken the vitality within them, and after their cultivation advanced, their strength would become far greater than that of an ordinary breakthrough.
In an unnamed mountain forest.
A demonic martial cultivator silently circulated his technique, reaching the threshold of a breakthrough.
The instant his cultivation broke through, thunderclouds gathered in the sky, and a lightning tribulation descended.
Because he had committed many heinous deeds, once sacrificing the lives of the inhabitants of several villages and towns to fuel his cultivation, the thunderclouds above were exceptionally dense as he broke through.
One tribulation bolt after another descended. It was an unusually rare Four-Nine Lightning Tribulation!
All thirty-six bolts struck in succession, each one more powerful than the last.
Every bolt left wounds so deep they exposed bone on the demonic martial cultivator's body.
However, his martial foundation and ability to react on the spot were countless times stronger than Zhou Kang's had been.
After the many Demonic Sects in Qing Province were destroyed, he had survived for years as one of their remnants, miraculously staying alive despite being relentlessly hunted by countless Righteous Path martial artists in Qing Province. This showed just how tenacious his will to survive was—and how formidable his wits and methods!
As the final bolt of lightning faded, a gigantic crater remained in the valley floor.
It was the mark left by the tribulation.
However, the demonic cultivator had prepared thoroughly