Dense darkness. Thunder roared, and purple lightning split the sky, illuminating a thousand li in an instant before vanishing just as swiftly.
Zhong Kui Yueji stood in midair, his aura surging with immense power. His sleeves stirred though there was no wind, and deep in his eyes, pale golden flames blazed. With every flicker, his aura climbed higher.
The golden firelight nearly spilled from him, bathing his entire face in gold. He looked majestic and imposing, yet utterly devoid of emotion.
At that moment, Zhong Kui Yueji seemed to have temporarily silenced all seven emotions and six desires. His Dao Heart was clear and empty, his whole being bright as glazed glass, free of desire and thought as he transcended toward some higher realm.
Rumble...
The Heavenly Tribulation that had been brewing for so long finally descended. A thousand-zhang-long lightning dragon trod the clouds, wrapped in electricity, its body streaked with purple and gold. Its pupils were almost pure white. Ferocious and vast as a mountain, it opened its jaws, spewing lightning and gale-force blasts of astral energy as it roared and plunged toward Zhong Kui Yueji!
The instant the thunder crashed, immense radiance flooded the entire sky.
Yet once its power entered the Eternal Night, it was rapidly weakened layer by layer, unable to damage even a blade of grass in the desert.
Ning Wuye stood far beyond the range of the lightning tribulation, suspended in midair as well, his expression grave as he watched the scene before him.
Their way back had vanished, and they had encountered the Alien Fiend in the Eternal Night Desert. The Eternal Night Whisper, surging like a tidal wave, had nearly turned them both into demons, just like those foreign races who had fled here long ago!
With their backs to the wall,