Northern Kuru Continent.
Bai Ze stood atop Ten Thousand Demon Mountain, watching Haotian and Yellow Dragon bathed in golden light as bolts fell from the eye of thunder...!
His calm expression turned ashen.
Shang Yang stood to his left, his face as dark as Northern Kuru Continent's sky.
Nine Infants stood to his right, endless fury burning in his eyes.
With every bolt that fell came the scream of a Demon Race cultivator.
Thunder poured into their bodies one after another, shattering and purifying their chaotic demonic Qi. Their Dao origins, flesh, and Essence were transformed along with it into the purest spiritual energy, which rained down upon Northern Kuru Continent's mountains and rivers!
A two-headed python demon at the peak of Taiyi coiled atop a mountain, demonic Qi surging around him as he tried to withstand the descending thunder.
Though only one step from Great Luo, he endured just three bolts of Heavenly Tribulation.
The first bolt shattered half his protective demonic Qi. The second split his body open. The third sheared away half the mountain, and his body exploded in the lightning. His flesh became spiritual energy that nourished every living thing within a million li.
Scenes like this played out across Northern Kuru Continent.
The Demon Race's younger generation, the "elites" who had risen so quickly through the Demon Core Method, fell in swathes beneath the thunder like wheat before a scythe.
Their cultivation, flesh, and origins all became the purest spiritual energy under the judgment of Heavenly Tribulation, replenishing the land the Demon Race had ravaged.
After absorbing that energy, Northern Kuru Continent's mountains and spiritual veins began to revive.
Faint light returned to dried-up spiritual veins. Nourished by spiritual energy, the mountain plants grew greener, and even the miasma that had lingered for countless years