Heavenly Jealousy Red Lightning, Nine Lightning Bolts of Punishment!

The enormous Soul Dragon blocked the terrifying aura of lightning outside.

Thunder rumbled across the skies as the Soul Dragon let out an earth-shaking roar at the red lightning, as though roaring out Hun Tianchen's unwillingness in his stead.

Under that dragon roar, the red lightning trembled slightly before condensing a bolt as thick as a water barrel and sending down punishment upon Hun Tianchen beneath the Soul Dragon's protection!

Anyone capable of drawing forth Heavenly Jealousy Red Lightning was someone whom even the heavens could not tolerate existing in this world.

"Roar—"

The Soul Dragon met the crimson lightning head-on. The instant the two came into contact, Hun Tianchen's face turned pale. The Soul Dragon was directly annihilated within that bolt of lightning!

He knew the strengths of the Soul Dragon Obscuring the Sun Dou Technique all too well. Though its destructive power was inferior to Soul Dragon Soaring to Heaven, within the range of Soul Dragon Obscuring the Sun, it could affect the speed at which Dou Qi circulated within a person's body, strip away the protection granted by their Luck Force, and even influence the fortune of their entire life.

Within the range of Soul Dragon Obscuring the Sun, life and death, the upper and lower limits of a person's lifetime, and the strength or weakness of the power they could unleash—all rested on a single thought from Hun Tianchen.

Yet a Soul Dragon Obscuring the Sun like that had been instantly destroyed by a single bolt of lightning?

If he himself were struck by that lightning, the consequences would be unimaginable!

After the first bolt struck, a second red bolt followed immediately after. The crimson thunderclouds continued gathering powerful lightning aura, preparing to deliver another punishment.

Seeing how quickly the thunderclouds had gathered, Hun Tianchen lost his usual calmness. His hand seals changed again, and another Soul Dragon appeared at his side.

"Soul Dragon Protecting the Body!"

This was his strongest defensive method. By using the Soul Dragon to protect himself, not only could its physical body resist external force, but his own body could temporarily become comparable to that of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan!

If he could obtain the bloodline of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan's royal family, then this series of Soul Dragon Dou Techniques would be enhanced to their fullest potential.

As the Soul Dragon protected his body, the thunderclouds sent down a bolt even larger than before, its aura more than twice as powerful as that first strike.

Even the Hun Clan Dou Saints nearby changed expression at the sight of such lightning.

Hun Tiandi's face tightened as he saw this. Just as he was about to go forward and help disperse the lightning, Nihility Devouring Flame stopped him.

"Don't go help him! This isn't a pill-refining lightning tribulation—this is Heavenly Jealousy Red Lightning! If outside assistance appears, the power of the Heavenly Jealousy Red Lightning will increase its destructive force according to the strength of that external aid. If a peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng like you goes to help, the power of the Heavenly Jealousy Red Lightning will increase ten thousandfold! By then, forget about you—even the entire Soul Realm will be destroyed by this Heavenly Jealousy Red Lightning!"

"Going over there would only make things worse. It would be better to let Hun Tianchen endure it himself. He can only rely on himself to survive this lightning tribulation!"

Stopped by Nihility Devouring Flame, Hun Tiandi finally halted. He stared in Hun Tianchen's direction, his gaze filled with concern.

BOOM!

The second bolt struck Hun Tianchen with unerring precision. Terrifying lightning instantly spread through the surrounding area, its dreadful aura continuously radiating outward. Even the barrier personally erected by Hun Tiandi rippled with energy.

With such power, even high-level Dou Zuns might not be able to withstand it. Could Hun Tianchen hold on?

As the blinding lightning faded, Hun Tianchen's pristine white robes came into view. He was still completely unharmed, though the Soul Dragon coiled around him had become somewhat illusory.

At this rate, Soul Dragon Protecting the Body would disappear after blocking at most one more bolt of lightning.

Once the second bolt ended, the third followed close behind, giving Hun Tianchen no chance to catch his breath.

"Just how many bolts does this damned Heavenly Jealousy Red Lightning have?" Hun Tiandi suddenly turned toward Nihility Devouring Flame.

"According to the records, Heavenly Jealousy Red Lightning has appeared eight times on the Dou Qi Continent. Most of them involved six lightning punishments; those six strikes alone killed four people. Some involved seven lightning punishments, which killed three people, while one person died to eight lightning punishments."

"With Hun Tianchen included, this is already the ninth occurrence. The number of lightning punishments varies according to the talent of the one being punished, so I don't know exactly how many there will be." Nihility Devouring Flame's eyes were full of shock.

If he had not lived for so long, he would never have come across such knowledge. After all, these matters concerned an exceedingly ancient era.

In that era, there had been many Dou Dis on the Dou Qi Continent...

At that moment, a dazzling crimson flash lit up the sky and earth of the Soul Realm. Thunder roared immediately afterward, and another bolt of lightning stretched across the vast view like a red ribbon before everyone's eyes, radiating blinding brilliance beneath the lightning's illumination.

Its point of impact was still Hun Tianchen!

Hun Tianchen's face turned ashen. He clenched his hands into claws and viciously clawed at the lightning.

He had chosen to confront it head-on.

"Soul Dragon Tearing Heaven Claw!"

With one claw strike, it was as though the sky itself had truly been torn apart. The third bolt of lightning was forcibly ripped to pieces by him.

Then came the fourth, the fifth, the sixth...

"Soul Dragon Soaring to Heaven! Soul Dragon Blood Rain!"

For the fourth strike, he chose to use the remaining Soul Dragon Protecting the Body to endure the red lightning head-on. For the following strikes, he collided directly against the lightning.

His white robes began to tear apart. The lightning's power kept multiplying with each successive strike, and the Dou Qi within his body was nearly exhausted.

As he watched the thunderclouds overhead, they began gathering a seventh bolt of lightning!

At this sight, both Nihility Devouring Flame and Hun Tiandi changed expression.

"Seven lightning punishments?"

Hun Tianchen opened his mouth. The Soul Dragon tightly coiled around him opened its mouth as well, rapidly absorbing the surrounding heaven and earth energy to replenish the Dou Qi within his body.

Feeling his Dou Qi recover once more, Hun Tianchen changed his hand seals again.

"Soul Dragon Nine Heavens Dance!"

Nine Soul Dragons roared as they charged toward the heavens, colliding head-on with the seventh bolt of lightning again and again!

Fortunately, Hun Tianchen was powerful, and having just advanced to the Dou Zun realm, his strength had doubled out of nowhere. For now, he could still barely deal with this seventh bolt of lightning.

After the seventh bolt of lightning was destroyed, the thundercloud sent down an eighth!

"Will this ever end?" Hun Tianchen stood in the void, raising both hands. "Soul Dragon Ascending to Heaven!"

Once again, he collided head-on with the lightning. This time, the lightning was even more powerful. Hun Tianchen's soul dragon actually failed to overpower it, and the remaining force of the lightning struck heavily against Hun Tianchen's body!

After the eighth bolt descended, the thundercloud actually gathered a ninth bolt of lightning. Suddenly, with a crack, a streak of red lightning tore across the sky. Like a crimson dragon, it illuminated heaven and earth with an eerie brightness as it writhed through the pitch-black sky. Mist swirled around it, adding an indescribable sense of oppression to the atmosphere.

Deafening thunder rumbled dully, like a viciously snapping vine whip. Accompanied by lightning, every lash tore streaks of light across the sky, as though some colossal beast had opened its bloody maw, ready to devour all things.

Immediately afterward, rolling thunder surged in, booming through the heavens with a deafening roar.

The dense sea of lightning swept down like a tide, blotting out the sky and earth. In an instant, it was about to engulf Hun Tianchen's entire figure!

"Tianchen!" Hun Tiandi panicked. Seeing that the situation had reached its worst point, he was just about to intervene by force when he heard Hun Tianchen shout.

"Soul Dragon... Heaven Slayer!"