In the blink of an eye, several more days passed.
A full month had gone by since Ye Kang began his closed-door cultivation.
And there were fewer than six days left until the new year. In six days, the Mitian Grand Assembly would officially begin.
At this critical juncture, countless eyes were fixed on the academy. Su Zhongjing often came to the mountain opposite, hoping to see how Ye Kang's cultivation was progressing.
Unfortunately, he was destined to sense nothing, because Ye Kang wasn't cultivating in his Cave Mansion at all.
He only appeared inside the Cave Mansion when stabilizing his cultivation, frantically absorbing the surging spiritual energy to replenish the true qi he had expended.
When he was truly about to break through, however, he would enter the Ink Jade Realm.
After all, the thunder tribulation was simply too powerful. If he broke through inside the academy's Cave Mansion, it might level the entire back mountain.
At that moment, in the Ink Jade Realm, beside Thunder Valley,
a huge, black crater had suddenly appeared. Billows of black smoke rose from within, as if it had just been the site of a devastating explosion.
The reality was even more brutal than an explosion. This was Ye Kang's ninth thunder tribulation.
Just moments ago, the thunderclouds had nearly filled the entire sky above the Ink Jade Realm, while countless bolts of lightning writhed like enormous dragons probing the depths of the sea.
The thick bolts intertwined, transforming into nine pillars of heavenly lightning. Under their ferocious assault, even Ye Kang was utterly unable to resist.
Fortunately, he had a blessed land to help him.
Thunder Valley's unique properties allowed the blessed land to secretly absorb the power of the tribulation and convert it into strength for Thunder Valley.
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