The instant the first bolt of tribulation lightning struck!
Jiang Ding's eyes gleamed.
The arc traced by that lightning of destructive order was too beautiful!
It held a beauty that seemed born of heaven and earth, natural and harmonious. It far surpassed the power of lightning order wielded by the thunder troops and generals of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Sect in the upper realm, and likewise surpassed the Blood Dao Order Force of that dried blood clot.
By its nature, it passed through the shortest path of the rules and descended upon his head with almost no loss of power.
"To learn from heaven and earth—that is the true path!"
Jiang Ding sighed.
With the heavenly tribulation upon him, he showed no intention of dodging or drawing his sword to strike it down. Divine light shone in his eyes as he carefully observed and scanned the lightning's destructive order. He was learning from it, gaining insights and folding them into his own six orders.
Boom!
The tribulation lightning descended faster than the spiritual senses of many cultivators. It struck Jiang Ding on the head, only to be blocked by the hazy yet real embryonic world surrounding him.
In an instant, heaven and earth within that world seemed to collapse.
The ice-and-snow-covered ground was torn open by the tribulation lightning. Snowcapped peaks crumbled. Every living thing was destroyed by lightning and reduced to charred remains. Magma surged from underground and formed rivers like the blood of heaven and earth, melting the glaciers as countless plumes of steam rose.
The embryonic Sword Realm shook beneath the heavenly tribulation. The world had suffered a great calamity.
But in the end, it stabilized. The world had not been torn apart completely, though many of its plants had been destroyed and much of its