Zhou Tong slowly opened his eyes. It was the dead of night, silent and still, with all creation hushed.
But just then, without warning, a fissure split open in the heavens.
There were no storm clouds gathering, no howling winds. The pitch-black night sky simply tore apart, as if ripped open by an invisible hand.
Then a heart-stopping beam of deep purple light slanted down from the dark of night.
It was a force of destruction, domineering to the extreme.
At the same time, a vibrant emerald-green light flashed after the deep purple beam and flew toward Sunset Forest.
At that moment,
Zhou Tong sat cross-legged in a cave, awaiting the arrival of the divine trials.
The next instant, a deep purple beam and an emerald-green beam flew to the cave entrance at the same time, then entered Zhou Tong's brow.
In an instant, a surge of green life energy, like a clear spring, swiftly nourished his meridians, making his Martial Soul, the Thunderous Hell Vine, pulse with delight.
"So this is the Seed of Life?"
"The life force inside it is simply too powerful."
"And its quality is incredibly high. It doesn't seem like energy that could exist on Douluo Continent at all."
"As expected of the Goddess of Life's divine power. It's boundless, and its vitality flows without end."
Zhou Tong was filled with astonishment.
"I wonder what the Seed of Destruction is like."
As he pondered, his scalp suddenly prickled.
It felt as though some terrifying presence had fixed its gaze on him.
Before he could react, a bolt of purple-black lightning appeared inside his body like a ghost, then exploded like Heavenly Lightning.
"Ah—"
In an instant, Zhou Tong let out an agonized scream that shattered the silence.
If the Seed of Life had felt like