Seeing Xiao Yan shatter the Spiritual Tribulation with such an effortless slap, the Ancestral Stone Spirit, who had been watching all along, could not help gaping. Although this first strike was merely the weakest, its power was still far from negligible. An ordinary Earth Supreme would have had to go all out to withstand it. How could they possibly have managed it as easily as Xiao Yan?
Xiao Yan paid no attention to the Ancestral Stone Spirit's shock. Instead, he continued looking up, gazing impassively at the Spirit Clouds overhead. When the second strike of the Spiritual Tribulation descended, something suddenly occurred to him. Rather than shattering the lightning again, he allowed the formidable bolt to slam into his body.
At this sight, the Ancestral Stone Spirit's mouth opened even wider. This time, however, it was not merely because Xiao Yan could withstand the lightning so easily, but because he was actively absorbing the power of the Spiritual Tribulation lightning! Throughout history, everyone who faced a Spiritual Tribulation had exhausted every means at their disposal to avoid failure. Who else would have treated it as nothing, as Xiao Yan did, and even claimed its power for himself?
Ever since the Ancestral Stone Spirit had mentioned that he could possess Spiritual Power of different attributes simultaneously, Xiao Yan had been collecting wonders of other attributes to incorporate into his body. Apart from flames, however, the Elemental Wonders he had collected most were lightning-attributed. This Spirit Tribulation Lightning was also a form of heavenly lightning, and an immensely powerful one at that, so naturally, he could fuse it into himself as well.
However, Spirit Tribulation Lightning generally appeared only when a Supreme broke through to Earth Supreme, making it exceedingly rare. Thus, even mighty Heavenly Sovereigns had difficulty finding it, while Supremes