Ch. 202Slaying Ferocious Beasts with a Casual Wave of the Hand!
Plot points and events
- Ye Tian enters the Heavenly Dragon Tower’s third and final trial: a hellish volcanic realm filled with lava, corpses, Fierce Beasts, and ghosts.
- He spots a Flame Lizard and a dragon-like beast watching him. Unfazed, he decides to begin the trial by attacking the lizard.
- Though only at spirit opening fifth heaven, Ye Tian badly wounds the divine ability realm Flame Lizard with a single strike, then kills it with sword-like finger attacks.
- After the effortless victory, Ye Tian’s body glows with runes and he breaks through to spirit opening sixth heaven.
Character development
- Ye Tian shifts from appearing lazy and harmless to revealing a decisive, ruthless, and overwhelmingly powerful side. His confidence in his physique and bloodline reinforces his sense of superiority.
- The watching disciples and newly arrived elders are stunned by both his strength and his rapid cultivation progress, which has advanced from awakening sixth heaven only days earlier.
Significant themes
- Extraordinary talent and rapid growth: Ye Tian’s progress defies expectations.
- Overwhelming power: He easily defeats an enemy many realms above him.
- Reputation and hidden nature: Observers reinterpret his former laziness, seeing it as a mask for the fearsome “God Emperor’s Son.”
Character interactions
- Ye Tian directly confronts and kills the Flame Lizard, which had expected to prey on challengers.
- The spectators watch his fight with disbelief, praising his talent and struggling to reconcile his performance with what they thought they knew of him.