Earth Vein Guardian

Beneath the tribulation clouds, Chu Ming was fully aware of the prying eyes and malice from afar, but he had no time to spare for them now.

He raised his head to gaze at the spinning gray vortex, feeling the ever-growing pressure of the laws.

The mana and realm origin within him, having only just completed their transformation and not yet fully stabilized, rippled faintly.

He was not in perfect peak condition.

Refining the Dao Seed and expanding his realm had consumed far too much of his focus and reserves. Then, just now, he had forcibly piled on resources.

Though he had successfully broken through, there was inevitably a certain "hollowness" in the finer details.

This heavenly tribulation had come at just the right time—and it was also the greatest trial.

He took a deep breath. The gold-gray light in his eyes settled, no longer carrying its piercing edge, but gaining a steadiness as weighty as the earth. Come, then. I'll borrow the power of your heaven-and-earth laws to give this newborn realm of mine a proper tempering!

As if sensing his intent, the light at the heart of the tribulation cloud vortex dimmed.

The first tribulation descended.

It was not thunder.

Nor was it flame.

It was rain.

Gray rain.

At first, it fell in a fine drizzle, scattered drops here and there. Yet in an instant, it became a torrential downpour!

The raindrops came in shades of gray, each one seemingly containing one or several incomplete, chaotic, yet intensely corrosive fragments of laws! There were scorching fragments of fire laws, icy fragments of water laws, razor-sharp fragments of metal laws, sluggish fragments of earth laws... and even more bizarre combinations of conflicting laws mixed from different attributes!

"Rain of Law Tempering!" Venerable Lingfeng's pupils narrowed slightly as he