Heart Tribulation Fire, a New Trait!

Night lay black as ink.

Fine snow fell with a soft rustle. All around was silent, save for the occasional crack of a branch breaking beneath the snow.

In the darkness,

a pair of fiery eyes suddenly appeared.

In an instant, heaven and earth grew clear.

Wherever his gaze fell, nothing could hide.

He saw countless streams of qi flowing between heaven and earth.

He saw a golden dragon circling above the imperial palace.

Above the golden dragon, blood-colored clouds churned and sank.

"What is this?" Jiang Ning's gaze sharpened.

"The imperial family's fortune and calamity made visible?" he murmured, deep in thought.

After a moment, he half-closed his eyes. When he opened them again, the raging flames had vanished. His eyes showed nothing unusual and had returned to normal.

"The trait's rank rose, and Fiery Spirit Sight really did grow stronger. I can see more forms of qi, and its power to pierce illusion must have improved too!" He nodded slightly.

His gaze returned to the panel.

Even after two successive breakthroughs, the Ninefold Nether Tribulation Fire True Formula still had excess experience points. That meant he could push the art further.

He checked his source energy points again.

[Source Energy]: 271733

With more than two hundred thousand points left, he did not hesitate.

At a thought, his source energy points began to plummet.

Boom—

A roar suddenly exploded through his mind, leaving his consciousness hazy.

The next moment,

he saw endless flames swirling overhead. Bloodred fire churned without end, vast and boundless, like the wrath of heaven.

This is...

His heart jolted. The sensation he had felt moments ago in the Inner Landscape Grounds surfaced in his mind.

When the Nine-Nether Tribulation Flame Grand Celestial Venerable had taught the Great Dao and manifested its resonance, he