"This is... the Heavenly Tribulation!?" Ice Empress stared at the black thunderclouds above, her pupils contracting in an instant. Her voice trembled with suppressed shock as the words escaped her lips.
"Ah Chen! What's going on? Why is there a Heavenly Tribulation!?" Ice Empress kept her eyes fixed on the black thunderclouds overhead and couldn't help asking.
"This is normal." Xiao Jinchen casually swallowed a Soul-Returning Pill and explained, "The Humanoid Transformation Pill I made for you is a seventh-grade pill. Pills are divided into grades one through nine. Once a pill reaches the seventh grade, it triggers celestial phenomena and draws Pill Lightning."
As Xiao Jinchen and Ice Empress spoke, a vortex suddenly appeared in the black thunderclouds above, wreathed in black lightning. Countless bolts of lightning were gathering inside it.
"Crackle!"
Countless bolts of lightning converged inside the vortex, finally forming a gigantic silver-white pillar of lightning. Like a thunder dragon, it crashed down with tremendous force.
"Hmph!"
Xiao Jinchen's gaze turned cold. His hands swiftly formed seals, and he stamped his right foot down.
"Earth Gale Flame!"
Xiao Jinchen barked the words, and the space beneath his feet suddenly roiled violently.
A ten-zhang-wide torrent of scorching lava erupted like a volcano, shooting into the sky. In an instant, it spun wildly, transforming into a crimson fire tornado that made it hard to breathe.
With an ear-splitting sonic boom that tore through the air, the fire tornado roared forward like lightning, hurtling straight toward the terrifying Pill Lightning above.
"Boom!"
A tremendous crash rang out where the fire tornado collided with the Pill Lightning, unleashing wave after wave of violent Soul Power.
The scorching fire tornado and the gigantic silver-white pillar of lightning devoured each other. In the end, the fire tornado prevailed, annihilating the pillar.
"So this is all the Pill Lightning the Douluo Plane can muster?" Xiao Jinchen grinned and scoffed.
The Black God Thunder Cloud seemed to sense Xiao Jinchen's provocation. The dark clouds immediately churned, and a series of deep rumbles echoed between heaven and earth.
"Boom!"
In an instant, a silver-white pillar of lightning even thicker than the last came crashing down. Like a ferocious silver dragon in a rage, it struck with enough force to pierce heaven and earth.
The Divine Realm.
Amidst a sea of swirling clouds, a man holding a yellow-brown trident frowned.
This man was none other than the pure and noble God King Tang! In the original story, he had controlled Huo Yuhao's entire life.
"Why? Why has the child of fortune's luck changed?" Tang San muttered, perplexed.
Suddenly, Tang San's expression changed drastically. He exclaimed, "This is... the Heavenly Tribulation? That place looks like... the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well!"
"How can a Soul Beast be undergoing tribulation at the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well? At this point in time, it shouldn't be possible for any Soul Beast to be undergoing tribulation. No, for the sake of my grand plan, I have to confirm it!" Alarmed, Tang San swept his hand, and a blue screen appeared before him.
"Someone's there! Someone actually broke into the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well!" Tang San stared at Xiao Jinchen, who was facing off against the Pill Lightning within the screen, his voice full of astonishment.
"How is this possible? Someone actually made it through the Green Spirit Poison Array I set up!" Tang San's gaze instantly turned icy. A blue-gold divine sense shot toward Xiao Jinchen in the lower realm.
"Fwoosh!"
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 quivered. In an instant, an invisible soul flame swept out from the ring, burning the divine sense Tang San had sent until not a trace remained.
Down in the lower realm, Xiao Jinchen was still shaping a Fire Lotus to contend with the Pill Lightning. He hadn't noticed a thing.
"Who was it!? Who dares ruin my grand plan! You've got a death wish!" Tang San's eyes were bloodshot as he panted like an ox and roared, "Show yourself if you've got the guts!"
Tang San's threat—"You've got a death wish!"—still echoed through the air when the space above his head suddenly began to tremble violently. No—in truth, the entire Divine Realm, even the whole Douluo Universe, was shaking violently.
"Crack!"
With a sound like glass shattering, a vast rift abruptly split open in the sky above the Divine Realm.
Gale-force winds howled, but the rift didn't close. Instead, a terrifying, heart-stirring aura seeped out from within.
The next moment, a pair of black eyes snapped open deep within the rift!
Their gaze was sharp as a torch, and a palpable pressure poured down. They simply watched Tang San in silence, freezing even the space around him.
A thread of seven-colored flame flickered in those eyes. Merely being watched by them made Tang San feel as though his soul were about to be crushed.
High above, those pitch-black eyes swept over him indifferently, betraying not the slightest emotion.
Yet that single glance struck Tang San like a thunderclap inside his mind, as if an invisible giant hammer had slammed into the depths of his soul.
The tearing agony from deep within his soul was so unbearable that he couldn't even scream. All he could manage was a few broken growls forced from his throat.
Tang San clutched his head with both hands and curled up on the ground like a shrimp. Bright red blood streamed from the corners of his eyes, his nostrils, and his ear canals—a horrifying sight.
A trace of disdain passed through the black eyes in the sky before they slowly closed. At the same time, the enormous rift above the Divine Realm disappeared, as if it had never existed.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
In the blink of an eye, just after those black eyes vanished, four figures streaked through the air from four different directions in the Divine Realm.
"Tang San? What have you done this time?" God of Destruction had barely landed when he looked at Tang San curled up on the ground and asked coldly.
Tang San struggled to his feet, wiped the blood from his face, and roared, "How should I know? Can't you see what state I'm in!?"
"Hmph!" God of Destruction snorted coldly. "How many times have you interfered in the lower realm of your own accord? This time, you've caused an even bigger commotion."
"Tang San? What happened?"
Goddess of Life asked with concern, then reached out and lightly pointed a finger at Tang San.
A gentle green light flared at once, enveloping Tang San. Under its healing power, the wounds on his body began to close rapidly, and some color finally returned to his deathly pale face.
Once Tang San had recovered a little, Ji Dong and Lie Yan walked over as well.
The two exchanged a glance, then turned together to face Tang San.
Unlike God of Destruction, their expressions weren't cold. Instead, they were grave and puzzled, as though waiting for Tang San to explain what had happened.
Seeing Ji Dong and Lie Yan's reaction, Tang San couldn't help thinking, Hmph! You two won't even speak up for me? I say all of you have a death wish!
Although that was what Tang San thought, he obviously couldn't say it aloud.
"I don't know either." Tang San shook his head, pretending to be completely innocent.
"Come!" God of Destruction stared coldly at Tang San and slowly said, "Convene the Divine Realm Committee!"