"You said I'm a Spirit Transformation Stage cultivator now, but I haven't even undergone tribulation lightning. How could I possibly be one?" Yun Huanling was still clearheaded enough to quickly spot the inconsistency.
The voice chuckled softly. "Naturally, it's because you're still on Heavenly Cloud Mountain. Once you leave, trust me, you'll very soon feel heavenly thunder's enthusiasm..."
Heavenly Cloud Mountain was an immortal's magic treasure, so it was naturally beyond the restraints of the Azure Realm's Heavenly Dao. Like Swallowing Heaven before it, its internal affairs were outside the Heavenly Dao's jurisdiction. Returning to the Azure Realm, however, was another matter. Anyone who advanced here would inevitably face heavenly thunder's baptism upon leaving.
Remembering his experience inside Swallowing Heaven, Yun Huanling's face paled slightly.
Back then, he had merely formed his core, yet the lightning had blasted him until he had only a breath left. Now that he had reached Spirit Transformation, who knew how much bloody wind and rain awaited him?
After an unknown length of time, Yun Huanling finally let out a slow breath. What was coming could not be avoided. He might as well accept his fate.
More than his own situation, he now wanted to know what exactly had happened to Su Jiu. Thinking this, Yun Huanling asked aloud.
The voice fell silent, only speaking again after a dozen or so breaths.
"She's advancing too."
Yun Huanling's expression changed completely. He could not help demanding, "Because of your spring water too? What exactly is wrong with this spring water of yours?"
Perhaps because he was too agitated, Yun Huanling suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his chest.
It was just like the countless times he had experienced it before. But it had clearly eased afterward, so why had it flared up again here?
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