Whoosh...
In the back courtyard of Qinghui Garden, God Huang Tian looked serene as countless streams of spiritual energy from heaven and earth poured into his body.
Powerful blood and qi surged through his meridians. His sinews and bones rang together with a faint tremor, while his true qi flowed like a mighty river through every circuit of his body.
Pop.
At one moment, a sound almost too faint to hear rang out in his mind.
Second rank. He had done it!
A jade-like glow radiated from God Huang Tian. His skin was as fine as the finest jade, and his bones shone like diamond-bright crystal.
"Phew..."
He slowly opened his eyes and let out a long breath. Even his breath carried a trace of pure, ethereal energy.
"Not bad."
Feeling the abundant blood and qi and surging true qi within him, God Huang Tian smiled. "I should be able to fight a Celestial now..."
"Hm?"
Suddenly, his brows rose. With a tap of his toes against the ground, his sleeves fluttered and he shot into the air. Looking out, he saw dozens of streaks of light cross the sky more than twenty miles beyond the prefectural city like falling stars. Faintly, he could hear someone shouting "Wei Shen."
"The wielder has been forced into the open?"
He understood at once. With a thunderous boom, he tore across the sky, trailing a long, spiraling wake of air!
Under the bright moonlight, he flew at astonishing speed. In the blink of an eye, he crossed nearly twenty miles and caught up with the twenty-odd streaks of light.
"So fast!"
"Who can fly that fast?!"
In the sky, someone heard wind and thunder rolling behind him and looked back in shock. A white whirlwind shot past him and sped farther ahead.
"Is