"Good heavens! Just what heaven-defying divine ability was Nephew Jiang cultivating to make the Heavenly Dao send down Heavenly Retribution?!"
The immortals were utterly stunned, every one of them staring dumbfounded.
Inside the cave dwelling.
Shi Ji felt the heavenly might above her head, as though it could destroy everything, and her face instantly turned deathly pale. Her eyes were filled with panic. "Disciple! What is going on?!"
Just then, Jiang Yun's gentle voice rang out. "Master, do not worry!"
"Your disciple is defying fate and reversing to Innate, achieving the Primordial God-Demon Body. This is an act against heaven, so the Heavenly Dao does not permit it and has sent down Heavenly Retribution as a trial!"
"Wait here. Your disciple will return shortly!"
As his words fell, a gentle yet irresistible surge of magical power emerged from thin air, lifting Shi Ji, Yang Jiao, Yang Chuo, and the others who were still in seclusion.
In an instant, they were teleported out of the cave dwelling and sent to a safe area far from the Heavenly Retribution.
The next moment!
Boom!
A figure in snow-white robes directly burst through the roof of the cave dwelling and hovered in midair!
Jiang Yun stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at the pitch-black Heavenly Punishment Tribulation Clouds that radiated an aura of destruction.
There was not the slightest trace of fear in his eyes. Instead, blazing battle intent burned within them!
"Heavenly Retribution?"
"Eighty-one destructive divine lightning bolts!"
"Excellent! I can borrow your heavenly might to give me a hand!"
For a Houtian lifeform to reverse to Innate was already an act against heaven.
This Heavenly Retribution was both punishment and trial!
If he failed to overcome it, he would perish completely.
But if he succeeded, the world would be