He lay on the ground.
His ruptured flesh was recovering.
The residual power of the rules thunder tribulation ravaged his body, slowing his recovery considerably.
Qin Shujian did not move. He just wanted some peace and quiet.
Ever since breaking through to eighth heavenly being,
this was the first time Qin Shujian had suffered such a blow.
Although he understood how powerful a rules thunder tribulation was, he had never actually experienced one.
With his current strength,
only a handful of True Immortals across the Four Great Continents could pose a threat to him.
Although he had never said certain things aloud,
Qin Shujian had been rather pleased with himself.
But—
the rules thunder tribulation just now had thoroughly taught him some humility.
It had made him understand
that even the weakest rules thunder tribulation possessed power beyond that of an ordinary True Immortal.
Before heaven and earth,
his strength was still far too meager.
"Alas!"
Qin Shujian heaved a heavy sigh. As he gazed at the clear sky, his expression grew complicated.
It had been so close.
He had come so close to dying beneath the rules thunder tribulation.
In all his years roaming the world,
Qin Shujian had never encountered such great danger.
"I really can't make oaths carelessly. The consequences are far worse than I imagined."
Now he understood
why so many people feared rules oaths and dared not violate them in the slightest.
Faced with a thunder tribulation like that,
even the Demon Emperor would probably have gone down.
As for someone strong enough to withstand it,
probably only Emperor Zhao could manage.
However,
there was also something Qin Shujian could not understand.
"Senior, the thunder tribulation wasn't particularly powerful at first, so why did it keep getting stronger later? Does a rules thunder tribulation grow