Dark clouds spread across the horizon, thunderbolts crisscrossed in every direction, and the whole of Xuanye City was blanketed by torrential acid rain. This was the natural cycle of the calamity-baleful devil qi sweeping across the world.
But just then, as the thunder grew more and more furious, the murky rainwater suddenly turned clear. The acrid smell vanished, replaced by an incredibly fresh breeze that seemed to sweep through the buildings and streets, like a wind blowing across a spring wilderness carpeted with green grass.
Aside from the ceiling overhead, which had been split open by lightning, and the thunderball that was contracting and expanding as it gathered at the center of the Cloud Vortex, An Jing even felt as though he had returned in an instant to a Spirit Land in the Huaixu Realm... No, this was fresher and more natural, more comfortable, than a Spirit Land in the Huaixu Realm.
"Looks like it really isn't a punitive lightning tribulation."
He raised his head and saw the scene. An Jing fully believed Heavenly Monarch Xi Yi's judgment, but couldn't help wondering to himself, How strange. I spread the Ascension Path in Huaixu and received a reward from the Tianyuan Heavenly Dao, so why didn't I receive a reward from Huaixu when I spread Martial Dao in Tianyuan? Could Huaixu be stingier than Tianyuan?
"Don't think such nonsense." Fuxie said solemnly, "Don't mutter under your breath. Don't think it can't hear you, and don't think the Heavenly Dao doesn't know. Every word you speak is heard; every thought you have receives a response. The Heavenly Dao knows everything!"
But soon, even Fuxie couldn't keep a straight face and burst into laughter. "I think it's a matter of degree. Look, the Ascension Path has already become the orthodox path of your