Beyond the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy lay an endless mountain range stretching for hundreds of thousands of miles.
Atop an exceptionally steep mountain peak, Tai Cang and the others stood at the summit.
"I'm starting."
Northern Nether Dragon Kun, floating in midair, gently nodded to those below before swallowing the drop of violet-gold blood in his hand. At the same time, an obscure ripple slowly spread from within his body.
"Rumble!"
Drawn by that ripple, a sudden explosive roar came from high above as clusters of black thunderclouds brimming with destructive aura rapidly gathered.
"This is the Super Black God Lightning Tribulation."
Northern Nether Dragon Kun looked up at the sky and muttered solemnly.
When spiritual beasts evolved into divine beasts—when they transcended mortality and became divine—they would undergo a Spirit Tribulation known as the Black God Lightning Tribulation.
It was both a harsh trial imposed by heaven and earth upon spiritual beasts and a reward.
If they endured it, the energy of heaven and earth would cleanse them and stabilize their cultivation.
If they failed, they would suffer severe injuries and fall into slumber at best, or perish on the spot at worst.
It was cruel, but it was reality.
When divine beasts advanced from Ninth Grade Sovereign to Earthly Sovereign, they would likewise undergo a Spirit Tribulation. Though it was still Black God Lightning, its power was tens or even hundreds of times greater than before.
As a divine beast that wielded both the power of water and lightning, Northern Nether Dragon Kun was naturally no stranger to Black God Lightning. Yet it was precisely because he knew it so well that he understood the ill intent behind this Super Black God Lightning Tribulation.
"Isn't Black God Lightning merely a variation of Black Demon Lightning? What difference is