Qingyao Mountain.
Thunder shook heaven and earth, surging back and forth like the tide, stretching on without end.
Amid alternating purple and blue flashes, time passed slowly. Ten days slipped by in the blink of an eye.
Vast, surging thunder crashed down, and another newborn abyss appeared among the towering mountains. Smoke billowed like a sea, mists churned, and haze veiled the sky.
Amid the mingled moisture, scorched stench, sulfur... and other motes of dust, Pei Ling hovered quietly in midair.
Rolling tribulation lightning swallowed him completely. Like a waterfall formed from thunder, it plunged down around him, surging and washing over the entire land.
In the distance, beneath the dim, bewildering firmament, Crimson Gold Flames blazed like the sun hanging in the sky.
The Golden Crow's brilliant eyes pierced through rivers and mountains, layers of tribulation clouds, and endless thunder, gazing calmly at the junior of the Human Race undergoing tribulation.
Amid the rumbling, Pei Ling suddenly opened his eyes.
Purple and blue light still flashed alternately before him, but his injuries had completely healed.
Tribulation lightning burst through the void overhead, bolt after bolt. Every strike that fell upon his body was absorbed by his flesh.
His aura continued to grow stronger, already far beyond what it had been during the fifth Dao Tribulation.
The Heart Demon Tribulation was over, and the lightning tribulation was nearly finished!
This time, the Demon Emperor hadn't intruded upon his Heart Demon Tribulation. Instead, he had simply waited here for the lightning tribulation to end.
Pei Ling's expression was calm. The immortal hadn't appeared. That was good!
Ten days ago, the Demon Emperor hadn't succeeded... and there wouldn't be a second chance!
Rumble...
A vast, muffled sound shook heaven and earth, and terrifying waves of sound rolled in every direction.
The majestic