Zhao Qi'er did not keep Liu Changxu waiting long. Just two months after Liu Zeyuan tragically perished during his tribulation transcendence, her heavenly tribulation for the Integrated Body stage finally descended with earth-shaking force!
On an ordinary morning, the sky had been bright and sunny, without a cloud for ten thousand miles, when a sudden, drastic change swept over it.
Spiritual energy churned wildly like horses that had broken free of their reins. Thick, dark clouds rapidly spread across the sky, like an endless, ink-black net enveloping the entire world.
At the sight of this astonishing change in the heavens, Liu Changxu flashed into motion, becoming a streak of lightning that arrived before Ascending Immortal Peak in an instant.
By then, Zhao Qi'er was already standing quietly atop Ascending Immortal Peak.
She wore a suit of azure Treasure Armor that shimmered with flowing light. Her exquisite face was cold as frost, like a statue of an inviolable goddess, and a powerful, mysterious aura radiated from her, inspiring awe and dread in all who looked upon her.
Soon, a dazzling bolt of silver divine lightning split the layers of darkness with overwhelming force. Like a meteor hurtling toward the earth, it carried boundless destructive power as it plunged toward Zhao Qi'er!
Seeing that terrifying bolt descend, Zhao Qi'er dared not slacken in the slightest. She immediately formed hand seals and cast a spell, sending an emerald-green bead blazing with brilliant spiritual light out of her body.
The moment the bead appeared, it swelled in the wind. In the blink of an eye, it had grown to a size of ten thousand zhang, hovering steadily above her head.
With a tremendous crash that shook heaven and earth, the divine lightning, brimming with destructive power, slammed into the green bead.
In an instant,