Heavenly Tribulation, the main hall.
It was already the summer solstice, and considerable time had passed since the Shangyuan Festival.
"[Heaven-Commanding Tribulation] is a Divine Ability of the realm's will, the Thunder Palace's means of passing judgment and carrying out punishment. It can pronounce guilt, bring down tribulations, bind,
behead-it can be called an exceptionally comprehensive Divine Ability."
Xu Xuan sat on a blue meditation cushion on the raised dais, expounding mysteries and teaching the Dao. Black-and-white thunder continually solidified around him, crisscrossing like beams and pillars.
"I administer punishment on Heaven's behalf; my heart is Heaven's heart. Thus, I can summon Heavenly Tribulation and bring punishment down upon others..."
"Altar thunder is defined through yin and yang. In its yang aspect, it possesses the nature of punitive killing and disintegration. Its color is pale silver, and my Dao calls it [Destruction]. Cultivated to its profoundest reaches, it has neither yin nor yang and can chastise the spirit. Its color is deep black, and my Dao calls it [Chastisement]."
"Destruction targets life, the body, the external, the tangible, overcoming them through force. Chastisement targets nature, the Dao, the internal, the intangible, overcoming them through principle. Thus, the calamity of thunder is called [Destruction and Chastisement], punishing and annihilating all that exists and all that does not, enthroned at the utmost heights of Greater Yin and Greater Yang."
His attainment in altar thunder was so great that perhaps only the Qilin of Kunlun could rival him in this world. Indeed, if he faced those Demon Manifestations again now, he would be intent on slaying them. He even felt inclined to battle Deliverance himself.
Liu Xingfang listened silently below. The aura of his Divine Ability had already become exceptionally stable, even carrying a majestic air of slaughter somewhat akin to divine thunder.