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Xu Changqing had just dug up a tree when his heart suddenly skipped a beat. He abruptly looked up, his gaze piercing through the dense green mist of Azure Emperor's Garden to see a cluster of multicolored clouds appearing above the Secret Realm.
The riot of colors was strikingly beautiful, yet it carried a bone-chilling danger.
Xu Changqing came to a realization. "These are Tribulation Clouds."
Ever since Senior Brother Zhu had failed his Tribulation Transcendence and perished, body and soul extinguished, he had investigated the matter.
An Inferior Nascent Soul faced the Phantom Lightning Tribulation: nine bolts of gray phantom lightning that would trigger false illusions upon striking.
A Superior Nascent Soul faced the Phantom Shadow Tribulation: twelve kinds of silver heavenly lightning that could replicate all manner of attacks.
A Supreme-Grade Nascent Soul faced the Law Tribulation: fifteen layers of multicolored Thunder Sea that could stir up heavenly and earthly phenomena.
From this, it was clear that the multicolored Tribulation Clouds before him represented a Supreme-Grade Nascent Soul—fifteen full layers of multicolored Thunder Sea.
Strangely, the Tribulation Clouds were not particularly large, far from the sky-covering, sun-blotting scale he had expected.
Xu Changqing observed them closely before realizing that the restrictions of Azure Emperor's Garden had weakened them.
Yet judging from their scale, the Tribulation Clouds were slowly brewing.
Clearly, even within Azure Emperor's Garden, this tribulation could not be avoided. It had to be faced.
Xu Changqing watched for a while, his expression gradually settling. He muttered to himself, "Since it's still brewing, I'll keep looking a little longer."
The Tribulation Clouds were blocked by the restrictions and would not descend anytime soon, so he could not be bothered with them.
With a sweep of his Divine Sense, he stored the tree in his Portable Space, then