On the Jiuli Tribe's city wall, a barefoot woman stood among the crowd. She looked at Chiyou, then up at the thunderclouds gathering in the sky, her lips curving slightly.
Beside her stood a burly man with Giant Axe resting on his shoulder, his face full of concern as he watched Chiyou.
Within the lightning tribulation, Yellow Dragon smiled back at Houtu's gaze. Chiyou truly did enjoy Empress Houtu's favor; she had even come in person to safeguard his breakthrough.
Since the lightning tribulations had been established, Chiyou and Xuanyuan were the first to temper themselves alone through a Great Luo lightning tribulation. This deserved plenty of publicity.
Whenever living beings had faced their tribulations before, he had simply let the rules he had established run their course. He never interfered.
He had personally set the rules for heavenly tribulations, dividing them into three tiers: the Three-Nine Tribulation, the Six-Nine Tribulation, and the Purple Heavens Tribulation. The appropriate tier was automatically selected according to the cultivator's aptitude and innate foundation.
Those with solid foundations faced the Three-Nine Tribulation, outstanding prodigies faced the Six-Nine Tribulation, and those with the potential to become Sages faced the Purple Heavens Tribulation.
The rules were there for all to see, fair and impartial, with no need for personal intervention.
But fairness was relative, too. These two youngsters were worth his personal attention.
Xuanyuan, the Human Race's next Human Emperor, had been taught by Guangchengzi and bore the fortune of the Human Race. In a few tens of thousands of years, he had soared from Golden Immortal to the peak of the Taiyi Realm. Few of his generation in the entire Primordial World could rival the solidity of his foundation.
Chiyou, born of both the Witch Race and the Human Race, enjoyed Empress Houtu's personal protection.