The Flame Emperor Descends! Punishing the Scum!

"Is this... a Heavenly Tribulation!?" The Ice Empress stared at the black thunderclouds above the sky, her pupils shrinking instantly. A voice suppressed with horror could not help but escape her lips.

"Ah-Chen! What is happening! Why is there a Heavenly Tribulation?" The Ice Empress kept her gaze fixed on the black thunderclouds in the sky, unable to stop herself from asking.

"This is a normal phenomenon." Xiao Jinchen casually swallowed a Soul-Returning Pill and explained, "The Humanoid Transformation Pill I am refining for you is a seventh-grade pill. Pills are divided into grades one through nine; when a pill reaches the seventh grade, it triggers a phenomenon of heaven and earth, attracting pill lightning."

Just as Xiao Jinchen and the Ice Empress were speaking, a vortex filled with black lightning suddenly appeared within the black thunderclouds in the sky, and countless bolts of lightning began to condense within it.

"Crackle!"

Inside the vortex, countless bolts of lightning converged, finally transforming into a massive, silver-white pillar of lightning that struck down fiercely like a giant thunder dragon.

"Hmph!"

Xiao Jinchen's eyes turned cold. He formed seals rapidly with his hands and stomped his right foot violently.

"Earth Gale Flame!"

Xiao Jinchen let out a low shout, and the space beneath his feet suddenly began to boil violently.

Ten zhang of scorching magma erupted like a sudden volcanic explosion, shooting straight into the clouds, only to spin crazily in an instant, transforming into a suffocating crimson fire tornado.

Accompanied by a piercing sonic boom that tore through the air, the fire tornado whistled out like lightning, heading straight for the terrifying pill lightning in the sky.

"Boom!"

A loud explosion suddenly rang out from the collision between the fire tornado and the pill lightning, setting off waves of violent soul power fluctuations.

The scorching fire tornado and the massive silver-white lightning pillar eroded each other, but in the end, the fire tornado gained the upper hand, annihilating the lightning pillar.

"Is this the extent of the pill lightning in the Douluo Plane?" Xiao Jinchen grinned, saying with disdain.

The Black God Thunder Cloud seemed to sense Xiao Jinchen's provocation; the black clouds surged continuously, and low, rumbling sounds echoed throughout the world.

"Boom!"

In an instant, a silver-white lightning pillar, even thicker than the previous one, descended like a ferocious, enraged silver dragon, smashing down with the momentum to pierce through heaven and earth.

God Realm.

Amidst the swirling clouds, a man holding a dung-yellow trident frowned.

This person was none other than the pure and noble God King Tang! The man who, in the original story, manipulated Huo Yuhao's entire life.

"How can this be? Why has the fortune of the Child of Destiny changed?" Tang San muttered in confusion.

Suddenly, Tang San's expression shifted abruptly, and he exclaimed, "This is... a Heavenly Tribulation? This place seems to be... the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well!"

"How could a soul beast be undergoing a tribulation at the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well? It shouldn't be possible for a soul beast to be undergoing a tribulation at this time! No! For the sake of my ten-thousand-year plan, I must verify this!" Tang San felt a jolt of alarm. With a wave of his hand, a blue light screen appeared before him.

"Someone! Someone has actually broken into the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well!" Tang San looked at Xiao Jinchen, who was confronting the pill lightning within the screen, his tone filled with astonishment.

"How is this possible! Someone actually bypassed the Green Spirit Poison Array I set up!" Tang San's eyes turned cold and sharp instantly, and a blue-gold divine sense shot toward Xiao Jinchen in the lower realm.

"Whoosh!"

Just as Tang San's divine sense was about to touch Xiao Jinchen's forehead, the Exotic Flame Ring on the latter's finger suddenly vibrated slightly. In an instant, formless soul fire swept out from the ring, burning Tang San's incoming divine sense into nothingness in the blink of an eye.

Down in the lower realm, Xiao Jinchen was still busy crafting a fire lotus to counter the pill lightning, completely unaware of this.

"Who! Who dares to ruin my ten-thousand-year plan! I see you have already paved your own path to death!" Tang San's eyes turned blood-red, and he roared, panting like an ox, "If you have the guts, come out and face this God King!"

While Tang San's threat of "You have paved your own path to death!" still echoed in the air, the void above his head suddenly began to tremble violently—no, to be precise, the entire God Realm and even the entire Douluo Universe began to shake violently at this moment.

"Crack!"

Accompanied by a crisp sound like shattering glass, a massive rift suddenly tore open in the sky above the God Realm.

As wild winds howled, the rift did not heal; instead, a terrifying aura that made one's heart tremble seeped out from within.

The next instant, a pair of black eyes suddenly opened deep within the rift!

The gaze was like a torch, and a pressure as tangible as reality poured down. It simply watched Tang San silently, and even the surrounding space froze instantly.

A wisp of seven-colored flame flowed within those eyes; Tang San felt as if his soul were about to be crushed just by being stared at.

High above the firmament, those pitch-black eyes merely swept past with indifference, devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

However, with just that single gaze falling upon him, Tang San felt a boom explode in his mind, as if an invisible giant hammer had smashed deep into his soul.

The tearing pain originating from the depths of his soul was so intense that he couldn't even scream, only managing to squeeze out a few broken roars from his throat.

Tang San clutched his head tightly with both hands, curling up on the ground like a shrimp. Crimson blood trickled down from the corners of his eyes, nostrils, and ears—a shocking sight.

A trace of disdain flashed through the black eyes in the sky before they slowly closed. The massive rift above the God Realm vanished as the eyes closed, as if it had never appeared at all.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

In an instant, just after those black eyes disappeared, four figures streaked in from four different directions of the God Realm.

"Tang San? What have you done this time!" The God of Destruction landed, looked at the curled-up Tang San on the ground, and asked coldly.

Tang San stood up in agony, wiped the blood from his face, and roared, "How would I know? Can't you see I've been reduced to this state!"

"Hmph!" The God of Destruction snorted coldly, "Is this the first time you've actively interfered with the lower realms? This time, you've caused such a massive commotion."

"Tang San? What exactly happened?"

The Goddess of Life asked with concern, then extended a finger and tapped it lightly toward Tang San.

A soft green light ignited instantly, enveloping Tang San. Under the healing power of this energy, the wounds on his body began to close rapidly, and his previously ghastly pale complexion finally regained a hint of color.

Once Tang San's face improved slightly, Ji Dong and Lie Yan walked over as well.

The two exchanged a glance before looking at Tang San in unison.

Their gazes were not as cold as the God of Destruction's; instead, they carried a measure of gravity and confusion, as if waiting for Tang San to explain exactly what had happened.

Watching the reactions of Ji Dong and Lie Yan, Tang San could not help but think to himself, Hmph! So even you two, Ji Dong and Lie Yan, refuse to speak up for me? It seems all of you have already paved your own paths to death!

Although this was what Tang San thought, he certainly could not express it.

"I don't know either," Tang San said, shaking his head while feigning an innocent expression.

"Let's go!" The God of Destruction stared coldly at Tang San and spoke slowly, "Convene the Divine Realm Committee!"