Sheng Yao hurriedly tore open space and left with the two elders of the Consecration Pavilion. The Han Clan's front courtyard finally fell quiet.
Han Chi stood on the steps, still reeling from what had just happened.
A Pill Tower Elder had come all the way to Tianbei City, only to rush back with the news before even drinking a cup of tea.
Seeing this, Lu Heng turned to Han Chi.
"Uncle, I'll return to the alchemy chamber."
Han Chi nodded repeatedly.
"Yes, yes. Important matters come first."
Lu Heng nodded and returned to his private cultivation chamber.
It was time to refine the Heavenly Dragon Bone-Forging Pill and the Yuan-Returning Soul-Stabilizing Pill for Hei Qing.
Lu Heng took out the Myriad Beast Cauldron. Three-colored Heavenly Flames roared from his palm, and a startling heat surged along the cauldron's inner walls.
Day after day passed.
The skies over Tianbei City had not settled once in half a month.
Nearly every cultivator in the city lived on edge, afraid a bolt of lightning might suddenly fall on their head.
At noon on the seventh day, dense black clouds gathered above the Han Clan.
Pill Lightning in four colors—blue, silver, red, and gold—churned through the clouds. The thunder rumbled as though someone were beating a drum against everyone's chest.
High in the sky, the Five-Color Wheel appeared behind Lu Heng. As it turned, it generated a fierce pull, devouring the four-colored lightning that rained down.
Violent Thunder Force coursed through his meridians. Far from harming Lu Heng, it became pure energy that his Five Elements Spirit Body absorbed completely, tempering the body that had only just entered the Dou Zun Realm.
Seven days later, another storm of Four-Colored Pill Lightning arrived as expected.
Lu Heng handled it the same way, easily dispersing