In Ling Tian and the others' minds, the final tribulation lightning was overwhelmingly powerful. Any cultivator or Natal Dan Artifact struck by it would be reduced to body and soul alike, leaving nothing behind. They had seen this for themselves when Ling Tian had used that half-ruined weapon to touch a wisp of lightning, only for it to vanish without a trace. And that had been no more than leftover Lightning Power. If they faced the final tribulation lightning head-on, they would have no chance of surviving.
That was why Ling Tian was so astonished when he sensed Yun Lingzi's Natal Dan Artifact, the Long Sword, emitting a series of sword cries. Poixiong, meanwhile, was overjoyed. He had discovered that a great deal of Lightning Power remained on the battered Long Sword, and that it was purer than the Lightning Power scattered elsewhere.
Most importantly, Poixiong could still communicate with it, because a sliver of its consciousness remained.
"You can still communicate with it?!" Ling Tian exclaimed, astonished by Poixiong's words.
"Since it still has a wisp of consciousness, of course I can communicate with it," Poixiong replied. Then he muttered to himself, "This Long Sword is certainly powerful, but it should still fall short of what I was at my peak. Back then, I was nearly reduced to body and soul alike, even with my old master protecting me. How did it manage to survive?"
"Perhaps Senior Yun Lingzi was protecting it, too," Ling Tian guessed. As he spoke, he looked up at the sky. "Of course, it's also possible that the Lord of the Universe was much weaker than Senior Yuan Yi was when he weathered his tribulation. The final tribulation lightning would have been weaker as well, so it wouldn't be impossible for the Long Sword to