"Was this the Void Immortal Tribulation?"
The Demonic Venerable, Lord of Nine Li Mountain, stood upon the sea twenty thousand miles away.
He gazed solemnly at the Calamity clouds. The aura of destruction emanating from within made even him, an existence at the chaos heaven deathless peak, feel his heart tremble.
An eerie blue-green light rose in his eyes, piercing the layers of Calamity qi and lightning. He barely discerned the outline of the island beneath the clouds, and the Mountain Bearing Black Tortoise beneath it, whose body stretched over two thousand miles.
"It really is Qian Yuan Island! The one undergoing the Calamity belongs to Qingping Dao Palace. But to undergo it on the island itself—doesn't he fear the heavenly Calamity destroying the island and damaging the grotto-heaven?" The Demonic Venerable was somewhat taken aback. Calamity qi and lightning shrouded the center of the heavenly Calamity, obscuring it even from his mystic sight, but his cultivation still allowed him to make out its general features.
He did not rush to act. Whether this person from Qingping Dao Palace could survive the Calamity remained unknown, so naturally, he would not take a risk now.
Tribulation lightning was a test imposed by heaven and earth. The stronger one was, the greater the Calamity one had to face; otherwise, it would be difficult to complete the final transformation through it.
Generally, after a cultivator survived a Calamity, his old strength was exhausted while his new strength had yet to arise. This was his weakest interval, and the moment when human calamities had always emerged. It had almost become a convention in the Cultivation World.
"Still... Qingping Dao Palace is no ordinary force."
The Demonic Venerable's gaze darkened as it swept toward Qian Yuan Island.
"There are at least Gu Yuanqing and another