Within Mo Lin's spiritual world, the Heaven-Devouring Titan Python and the Space-Evading Mantis were utterly shocked. If attempting to devour a heavenly tribulation could be called rare throughout history, then successfully devouring one was truly unprecedented and would likely never be seen again.
Although the Heaven-Devouring Titan Python and the Space-Evading Mantis had never undergone a heavenly tribulation themselves, they had at least seen others do so. Weren't the five dragon sons on Soul Beast Island all calamity-level beasts? These two were also Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Having lived so long, they had surely witnessed scenes of tribulation before, and likely tribulations of more than three hundred thousand years. Those scenes remained vivid in their memories.
Yet the Asura Demon Sword showed no shock whatsoever. Instead, it looked as though disaster was imminent. Indeed, before Mo Lin began absorbing it, the sword had known that Mo Lin was capable of—and might actually succeed at—absorbing the heavenly tribulation. It had long noticed the Qi that had been born after Mo Lin fused the Yin Five Thunders and Yang Five Thunders at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
The Asura Demon Sword had not possessed complete independent consciousness for long, but it had already gained sentience before its first master became a god. Thus, within Mo Lin's spiritual space, it not only developed intelligence rapidly, but also recalled many memories of fighting enemies, cultivating, and becoming a god alongside its master. Its breadth of knowledge and experience far surpassed that of Mo Lin and the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Therefore, when that gray Qi was born, it immediately drew the Asura Demon Sword's attention.
Unfortunately, the Asura Demon Sword could not command this Qi. Though it had fused with one of Mo Lin's souls, it could not control Mo Lin's body and