"Hum, hum, hum..."
As the earthly tribulation began, a great humming rose across Nine-Dragon Island. Most of the formations, temporarily shut down because the heavenly tribulation had yet to descend, began operating again. Countless barriers of light, large and small, spread across the island in interlocking rings-a spectacular sight.
The cultivators gathered in Nine-Dragon Island's ten cities to witness the ceremony showed little unrest. Instead, they rose into the air, gazing in every direction and discussing what they saw.
After all, the earthly tribulation had only just begun. Its greatest threats were tsunamis and earthquakes, and its targets were the terrain, earth veins, buildings, and the like. As long as they were not swept into the epicenter, cultivators could handle it with ease.
The moment the earthly tribulation began, the thunderclouds high above dispersed at tremendous speed.
A moment later, a streak of purple appeared high in the sky and descended like a meteor, its speed enough to make hearts pound.
Yet it landed as lightly as a feather and as steadily as Mount Tai, without causing the slightest tremor.
The Tribulation Purple Lotus was now a mysterious, fathomless purple. Its many layers of petals bloomed one atop another, radiating purple light with solemn majesty. Perfect and exquisite, as though fashioned by Heaven itself, it exuded an aura of holiness, elegance, and tranquility.
On the Purple Lotus Altar, the Golden Sea Dragon remained coiled around the Totem Tower, the Heaven-Supporting Pagoda. Lightning wreathed the pagoda, adding a sacred solemnity and an inviolable dignity to it. Yet it did not harm the Golden Sea Dragon; instead, the dragon seemed to revel in its soothing comfort.
Xiao Ying had manifested his Sky-Supporting Witch Body, roughly five hundred zhang tall, with three heads, six arms, and eight wings. He stood proudly before the