Before they could recover from their shock.
Crack—!!!
The second bolt of lightning followed close behind! It was even thicker than the first, its color shifting from silver to deep purple, carrying even more terrifying energy!
The Eight Treasures Glazed Pagoda rose to meet it once more!
Boom—!!!
After the lightning faded, the pagoda still stood firm. Moreover—the tower underwent another change.
Another brand-new tier slowly condensed.
The Eight Treasures Glazed Pagoda evolved into the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda!
The vortex slowly stopped spinning, and the dark clouds began to disperse at a visible rate.
Within only a few breaths, the sky returned to clarity, as if the terrifying Heavenly Tribulation had never appeared.
It had come in a rush and left in a rush, as though the Heavenly Tribulation had merely gone through the motions.
All it left behind in the valley was the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda floating in midair, its entire body flowing with nine-colored radiance and exuding a sacred, majestic aura.
Ice Empress and Snow Empress stared blankly at the scene, their minds utterly empty.
A Martial Soul... had truly undergone a tribulation?
This was beyond everything they had known through hundreds of thousands of years.
Yet the anomaly was not over.
The evolved Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda did not immediately return to Jiang Bai's body.
It hovered in the air, the nine-colored light flowing across its body faster and faster. At its base, an enormous golden vortex slowly began to rotate.
The instant the vortex appeared, an indescribably terrifying suction force, as though it could devour heaven and earth, erupted!
"What?!"
Ice Empress cried out in alarm.
She felt her body being dragged by that force beyond her control, flying toward the golden vortex!
Snow Empress's expression changed slightly as well. She released her Soul