Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation

The Nascent Soul took shape, radiating violet-gold light.

At this moment, True Man Lei Yan's strength had reached the Nascent Soul Early Stage.

Whoever dared harbor crooked thoughts now would simply be courting death.

At this moment, a gray cloud appeared out of thin air directly above Heavenly Tribulation Valley.

The surrounding spiritual energy visibly converged into the gray cloud, which continued to expand.

Very soon, the gray cloud's diameter reached ten li.

It absorbed spiritual energy faster and faster, yet its area no longer expanded.

Its color merely continued to deepen, changing from lead-gray to iron-gray, until it was black as ink.

A formidable pressure descended, though it did not cover a particularly wide area—only a fifty-li radius around True Man Lei Yan.

After half a quarter-hour, the tribulation cloud stopped absorbing spiritual energy.

True Man Lei Yan's Nascent Soul had left his body, leaving his body unable to move and his eyes tightly shut.

The three-inch Nascent Soul, however, wore a grave expression.

With a wave of his tiny hand, an octagonal violet-gold pagoda appeared.

The pagoda stood one chi tall and had nine levels.

Upon seeing the violet-gold pagoda, True Man Yunhe smiled. "The Violet Gold Exquisite Pagoda, the heirloom treasure of Senior Brother Lei Yan's line, has not been used for ten thousand years.

"By now, it should have fallen to upper fourth grade as well. I wonder how much power it still retains."

The Violet Gold Exquisite Pagoda had been forged by the founding patriarch of True Man Lei Yan's line more than sixty thousand years ago.

It was said to have originally been a seventh-grade artifact, but without sufficiently high-grade spiritual energy to nourish it, its grade had gradually fallen.

Yet its foundation as a seventh-grade artifact remained. Whether in durability or function, it