So What If It's Purple Firmament Divine Lightning?

It wasn't just the area around Kunlun. Even from trillions of miles away, the divine senses of many powerful ancestors immediately turned toward Kunlun Mountain.

"Boundless divine lightning—this is Heaven's wrath!"

"Isn't the dojo on Kunlun Mountain the home of those three exalted beings?"

"Could one of them have defied the Heavenly Dao, bringing down Heaven's punishment?!"

At that moment, countless powerful ancestors looked on in utter confusion.

High above the nine heavens, within an endless palace complex, stood a magnificent hall of unparalleled grandeur, filled with countless wonders and exuding an authority that overwhelmed three hundred million miles.

A figure bathed in the color of the blazing sun trembled slightly.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

"The Three Pure Saints were granted ten billion merit points just a thousand years ago, and now the Heavenly Dao has sent down Purple Firmament Divine Lightning to punish them!"

"Hmph! That immeasurable merit should have belonged to my Heavenly Court in the first place!"

This was none other than the Lingxiao Treasure Hall of the Demon Clan Heavenly Court!

It wasn't only the Demon Clan. In the far north, within the boundless Blood Sea, a streak of blood-red light flickered incessantly.

"Purple Firmament Divine Lightning has fallen on the Kunlun dojo, too?"

"Ha ha ha! So what if it's a Sage's dojo? The Heavenly Dao still rejects it!"

There was only one person in the Blood Sea who would dare speak so recklessly: Ancestor Minghe!

In the Western Lands, amid a desolate wasteland drained of spiritual energy, there was only one mountain of spirits.

Above the dojo on Spiritual Mountain, two ragged Daoists smiled.

"Senior Brother, what do you make of the strange events at the Kunlun dojo?"

"Hmph! How could they bear such boundless merit? When virtue fails to match one's position, disaster is sure to follow!"

Snorts of derision rang out across the Primordial World.

Meanwhile, Kunlun Mountain was in utter chaos.

This was Purple Firmament Divine Lightning!

All those beneath the Sages had to keep well away from it.

Even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal couldn't withstand a single strike.

A Quasi-Sage might not last three breaths against it.

Yet here on Kunlun Mountain, apart from the three Sages and Randeng, the deputy sect leader of the Sect of Elucidation, the strongest among them was only a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

Under the boundless divine lightning, every one of them trembled in fear!

"The Purple Firmament Divine Lightning is heading straight for the Immortal Palace. Could it be aimed at Senior Disciple Brother?"

Inside a cave dwelling in the Interception Sect's territory, Qiongxiao gazed anxiously at the Sect of Interception Immortal Palace, then turned toward Yunxiao and Bixiao beside her.

The latter two were already watching the Sect of Interception Immortal Palace with deep concern.

"Ha ha ha! Interception Sect, this is what you get for acting so arrogantly!"

"Your teachings say you're seizing a sliver of life from Heaven and Earth and accepting disciples without discrimination. Hmph! You don't respect fate or revere the Heavenly Dao. This must be the Heavenly Dao punishing you!"

"You deserve it!"

On another mountainside, disciples of the Sect of Elucidation clenched their teeth and shouted viciously toward the Interception Sect's territory.

The two sects had long been irreconcilable. If not for their two Sages holding them back, a battle would have broken out long ago.

And now, even with a Sage present, nothing could stop the Sect of Elucidation's disciples from hurling insults at the Interception Sect.

Of course, Tongtian had no time to care what the Sect of Elucidation's disciples were saying.

He gazed at the sky, his brow furrowing slightly.

Purple Firmament Divine Lightning—could it be because of the cultivation art Changqing was practicing?

That art was strange in countless ways. Could the Heavenly Dao find it intolerable?

As Tongtian pondered, his brow furrowed even deeper.

Even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal might not withstand this Purple Firmament Divine Lightning.

If it came down, Changqing wouldn't be able to resist it with his current cultivation!

No, he was Tongtian's favorite disciple. If the Purple Firmament Divine Lightning fell, Tongtian would shield him himself!

As Tongtian thought this, four rays of Slaughtering Sword Light had appeared in his hand at some point.

Tongtian wasn't the only one on Kunlun Mountain who had been alarmed.

Within the black-and-white Daoist Palace, Taishang slowly opened his eyes, his expression neither joyful nor sorrowful, then slowly closed them again.

A variable—if he couldn't withstand even this Purple Firmament Divine Lightning, how could he change the Primordial World?

Meanwhile, Primordial Heavenly Lord wore a faint smile.

Hmph!

A mere Houtian Being was rejected by the Heavenly Dao.

A pheasant hoping to become a phoenix—what a delusion.

Countless powerful ancestors across the Primordial World focused their attention here.

Lin Changqing, right at the heart of the storm, knew nothing of it.

He slowly opened his eyes and looked over himself. The three thousand six hundred acupoints had settled, absorbing all the reddish-brown aura.

As soon as he stood, Lin Changqing realized that his cultivation hadn't changed. He was still just one step away from becoming a Golden Immortal.

But his strength had already undergone a tremendous transformation.

Within his three thousand six hundred acupoints stood mighty phantoms, each one a vision of a god or demon.

Any one of them possessed an aura close to that of a late-stage Mystic Immortal.

Their three thousand six hundred forms connected throughout his body, bringing about a qualitative leap in Lin Changqing's strength!

Even a Golden Immortal no longer intimidated him!

Lin Changqing smiled faintly. After cultivating the Divine Demon Prison Suppression Art, he was no longer the same as before.

He was no longer constrained by his innate nature when it came to breaking through. All he lacked now was an opportunity.

His aura drawn in, Lin Changqing rose to his feet.

With a single step, he appeared outside the Immortal Palace.

Senior Disciple Brother had emerged from seclusion!

In an instant, one Interception Sect immortal after another turned toward the Immortal Palace gates. But their eyes held not joy, only boundless worry.

Over in the Sect of Elucidation's territory, everyone was jubilant, laughing without restraint.

"Ha ha ha!"

"And here I thought he'd made some breakthrough after receiving ten billion merit points. He's still just a Mystic Immortal!"

"He's nothing but trash. Why bother with him?"

"That ten billion merit points must have been some mistake by the Heavenly Dao. This Purple Firmament Divine Lightning is here to strike down that Houtian trash and correct its earlier error!"

"Hmph! Just wait for the show!"

One sneer after another rang out from the Sect of Elucidation. They made no effort to hide their words from the Interception Sect. In fact, they shouted on purpose so the Interception Sect's disciples would hear them.

"Impudent!"

"What right do you have to speak ill of our Senior Disciple Brother?"

The Interception Sect's disciples could no longer hold back, and some were about to step forward and argue.

The two disciples who had spoken weren't core members of either sect, but both were at the peak of the Mystic Immortal realm.

Normally, other disciples would surely have stepped in to stop such a dispute.

But now, everyone's attention was fixed on Lin Changqing.

Even Sage Tongtian stood at a distance, watching Lin Changqing with a worried frown.

So the Purple Firmament Divine Lightning really was aimed at Changqing!

Tongtian was deeply worried, but Lin Changqing showed no fear. He raised his head and looked toward the sky.

"Purple Firmament Divine Lightning?"

Lin Changqing's brow twitched. The corner of his mouth lifted in a faint smile.

The Purple Firmament Divine Lightning was indeed terrifying; even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal couldn't withstand a single strike.

But he wasn't the least bit afraid.

Ever since the boundless thunderclouds appeared, Lin Changqing hadn't felt the slightest sense of danger.

The Purple Firmament Divine Lightning must have appeared because he was cultivating the Divine Demon Prison Suppression Art.

But the Divine Demon Prison Suppression Art wasn't the only thing he had.

Lin Changqing looked up at the sky. Endless thunderclouds churned, and purple-black lightning surged like dragons and serpents threading through the clouds.

The moment this savage lightning seemed to sense Lin Changqing's defiance, it came crashing down.

Ten thousand rivers of lightning converged into one. The purple-black bolt swelled to several yards thick, tore through space, stirred the Great Dao, and crashed down!

"Senior Disciple Brother!"

"Senior Disciple Brother, watch out!"

Cry after cry rang out from the Interception Sect.

"Ha ha ha..."

Unrestrained laughter rang out from the Sect of Elucidation's territory.

"The Kunlun dojo? Hmph!"

Countless snorts of derision echoed across the Primordial World.

Sword light flickered in Tongtian's hand as a formation appeared, ready to be unleashed.

In Taishang's abode, the kind-faced old Daoist opened his eyes once more.

Only Lin Changqing remained perfectly still.

"So what if it's Purple Firmament Divine Lightning?"