The two left the main hall. Zhang Zaizhi took a jade talisman from his sleeve and sliced it through the air.
A streak of azure escape light wrapped around them, then flew toward the outskirts of the Spirit Plant District.
The escape light moved neither too fast nor too slowly. Along the way, Zhang Zaizhi continually pointed out the spirit fields below, introducing Xu Changqing to the grades and ownership of each plot.
After flying for roughly half an hour, the escape light began to descend.
Just then, a muffled peal of thunder suddenly sounded ahead.
It was not the Wind and Thunder Directorate's artificial heavenly thunder, but Tribulation Lightning stirred by the laws of heaven and earth.
Zhang Zaizhi raised his eyes. "Someone is undergoing Tribulation Transcendence."
The escape light shifted several degrees to the side, bypassing the core region of the tribulation lightning before stopping far away.
Xu Changqing lowered his gaze.
Below lay an open stretch of fields, and at their far end stood a small mortal town.
Above the town, a figure stood suspended in the air, spiritual power surging around him. He seemed to be at the critical juncture of breaking through from the Golden Core Realm to the Nascent Soul Realm.
There were two bolts of tribulation lightning, each one genuine heavenly thunder.
After taking them head-on, the figure swayed, yet ultimately steadied himself.
The next instant, heaven and earth spiritual energy poured into his body like a tidal wave.
The Golden Core shattered, and the Nascent Soul was born.
The Golden Core broke; the Nascent Soul formed.
A soft spiritual radiance began to emanate from his body. Within it, a tiny figure with the same face as him could vaguely be seen sitting cross-legged above his head.
This was the Nascent Soul he