After Cihang left, neither the Heavenly Court nor the Underworld troubled Chenxiang again. Chenxiang sat alone on a mountaintop, eyes closed, pondering his affairs while enduring his Heavenly Tribulation and Heavenly Demon Tribulation.
Boom! Boom! Boom! After seven days of gathering strength, endless thunderbolts finally descended, striking at his head. In an instant, a vast storm of lightning engulfed the mountaintop where he sat.
Inside the Heavenly Emperor Palace in the Heavenly Court.
Gungun was still holding a flower and smiling when Xiong Yuan, the Drum-Bearing Heavenly King, walked in.
"Your Majesty." Xiong Yuan bowed to Gungun. "The Nine Heavens Thunderclap Universalizing Heavenly Venerable has sent word that Chenxiang has begun undergoing his tribulation. If he survives the Heavenly Tribulation, he will enter the realm of Great Immortals. Wen Zhong requests your instructions: should he intervene and make Chenxiang fail?"
"No need. Cutting off another's path of cultivation is immoral. Let him undergo his tribulation," Gungun said with a smile.
"But if Chenxiang enters the Great Luo Realm, he will be something of a problem for our Heavenly Court. Great Luo and Taiyi are, after all, two entirely different levels," Xiong Yuan said solemnly.
Even he, a heavenly king and an elder of the Iron-Eating Beast Clan, was only at Great Luo. Chenxiang was hostile toward the Heavenly Court. If he became a Great Immortal, it would surely be bad news for them.
That was what Xiong Yuan thought.
"A Great Immortal is indeed not to be underestimated, but he is different. Even if he survives his tribulation, only one road will remain before him. We need only wait quietly for his arrival. Leave him be," Gungun said.
"You mean... if he succeeds, he will openly attack the Heavenly Court?" Xiong Yuan asked, momentarily stunned.
"Yes." Gungun nodded.
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