"My lord, Yang Zhengmao has returned!"
Chen Lin was brooding over the loss of the Forced Crossing Scroll when Han Shenliu brought him some good news, her face brimming with excitement.
"Where is he? Bring him here!"
His attention diverted, he immediately put Consort Yu's affairs aside.
There were countless nightmare realm scenarios. Losing this one simply meant finding another; there was no need to keep dwelling on it.
"My lord, Yang Zhengmao cannot come right now. He is undergoing his tribulation."
As Han Shenliu finished speaking, energy surged outside the cave, and peals of thunder rang out.
Chen Lin was rather taken aback, but he asked no further questions. With a flicker of movement, he brought Han Shenliu outside.
He saw Yang Zhengmao on the Tribulation Platform, already in position to face the first bolt of tribulation lightning.
A brief sweep of his senses confirmed that this was a nascent soul lightning tribulation.
Now he was truly astonished.
The man had only recently formed his core, and his potential had already been exhausted. Yet he had leaped straight to the point of forming a nascent soul. There was no question about it-he must have encountered an extraordinary opportunity in the Nightmare Realm!
"My lord."
Just then, a figure flashed into view, and Shang Xuelian appeared beside Chen Lin.
She had been in secluded cultivation, but after sensing someone undergoing a nascent soul tribulation, she had come out to take a look. When she saw that it was Yang Zhengmao, however, her face also filled with astonishment.
"He actually reached Golden Core Perfection?"
Shang Xuelian checked again. After confirming that it really was Yang Zhengmao, she voiced her bewilderment.
Chen Lin shook his head. "It isn't Golden Core Perfection. He has already successfully advanced to Nascent Soul. His cultivation must