The universe was desolate. Darkness was its eternal theme; coldness, silence, and death filled every stretch of starry sky.
Even a sun, on the scale of the entire universe, was no more than a cluster of candle flames.
And today, one starfield became an exception, taking on a different color. Darkness and silence were shattered, replaced by the utmost clamor.
Rumble!
A vast Thunder Sea formed out of thin air. Bolts of lightning danced like swarming serpents, bringing momentary radiance as they blasted apart swathes of void.
Nine-Colored Divine Lightning, Five Elements True Lightning, Destruction Demon Lightning, and other terrifying Heavenly Tribulations descended, seemingly intent on destroying this world.
Faintly, beneath the endless Heavenly Tribulation, golden blood could be seen splashing through space, while bone fragments stripped of all divine power drifted amid the stars.
Before long, a group of Human-Shaped Lightning emerged from the thunderclouds. Each possessed different traits, yet all were incomparably savage and frenzied. Every strike was a killing blow, utterly merciless.
Blood dried, bones shattered, arms broke, and necks split. The golden figure had already become a bloodied wreck beneath the siege of countless Human-Shaped Lightning, beaten until his body exploded.
The Heavenly Tribulation did not cease, nor did the power of the Human-Shaped Lightning. Nearly everyone facing such a trial could only endure it by dragging out time.
As time passed, another change arose in the vast Thunder Sea above. An Ancient Heavenly Palace descended from the heavens, directly suppressing the golden figure to the ground and leaving him unable to rise again.
The Sacred Physique had fallen!
But this was also the final tribulation. The Thunder Sea gradually dispersed, and the starry sky returned to its desolate appearance.
"Cough, cough!"
Master Ye coughed up mouthfuls of golden blood. He took out chunks of Divine