After the time it took to burn a stick of incense, the humanoid phantom had swelled to ten thousand zhang tall, seeming to have reached its limit.
Han Changming's face was flushed red, veins bulging. Forming a hand seal, he made the humanoid phantom open its gaping maw and inhale fiercely, swallowing the spiritual qi vortex whole.
After its body erupted with dazzling yellow light, the humanoid phantom vanished.
Thunder rumbled as a massive thundercloud suddenly appeared high in the sky. Lightning flashed and thunder roared within its black, oppressive mass, where countless silver lightning serpents could be seen. Fierce winds rose.
The thundercloud churned and surged like boiling water, vaguely divided into six masses.
The Six-Nine Lightning Tribulation was divided into six rounds, with nine tribulation bolts in each round.
When cultivators advanced to the Void Refinement stage, they not only had to face the challenge of unifying the five elements, but the Six-Nine Lightning Tribulation was also a formidable hurdle. It was not as though one could survive it merely by possessing a formation or high-grade treasures.
When different cultivators attempted to advance to Void Refinement, the power of their Six-Nine Lightning Tribulations varied. There was a high chance that special lightning power would appear during the tribulation, such as two-colored divine lightning or three-colored divine lightning.
One or two bolts of special lightning were nothing much, but if there were too many of them, no amount of treasures would help.
Zhao Zongyu had given Han Changming a jade slip containing his insights from advancing to Void Refinement, which offered Han Changming some useful guidance. Beyond that, Zhao Zongyu had also explained the circumstances of the Six-Nine Lightning Tribulation to him.
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