Ye Hei's eyes snapped open, and two beams of tangible light shot from them.
He took a single step and stood high in the sky, his robes billowing and his black hair whipping in a wind that wasn't there.
Looking at the terrifying Sea of Thunder covering the entire sky, he showed no fear. Instead, his eyes burned with battle lust.
"Come! Let the Heavenly Tribulation be my furnace and divine thunder my fire! Temper my Sacred Body, refine my Dao Embryo, and prove my sacred Dao!"
As if answering his battle cry, the Nine Heavens Thunder Sea erupted!
"CRACK—!!!"
The first wave of tribulation descended: eighty-one bolts of lightning, each as thick as a mountain ridge, lunged down like apocalyptic dragons, claws bared. Space shattered wherever they passed, and all things turned to ash!
Ye Hei let out a long roar and swung his golden fist, meeting the apocalyptic thunder dragons head-on with his overwhelming Blood Qi. He finally smashed them apart and absorbed their lightning essence to temper his body.
Next came Five Elements Heavenly Thunder, Yin-Yang Divine Thunder, Taiyin True Thunder, Taiyang Sacred Thunder, and more, one after another. They became a vast sea of thunder that swallowed him whole.
Even the faint aura escaping from the thunder sea made Dragon Horse tremble in the distance, nearly crumpling to the ground.
Ye Hei charged left and right through the sea of thunder, drawing the tribulation into his body to temper his flesh and spirit. His sacred foundation grew stronger at a furious pace.
But the true test had only just begun.
When the waves of tribulation subsided, an aura that made heaven and earth tremble spread from the depths of the tribulation clouds.
Figures made of thunder slowly emerged: some wore imperial crowns, some radiated monstrous demonic