"Rumble!!"
As the last few bolts of heavenly lightning struck, the tribulation clouds above Undying Mountain finally began to disperse.
In the sky, Little Lei let out a thoroughly satisfied roar.
Having clearly enjoyed itself to the fullest, it circled majestically overhead, then shot into the courtyard with a whoosh and vanished into Si Chen's body.
Little Lei knew exactly where to draw the line. That terrifying heavenly tribulation had not harmed so much as a blade of grass or a tree in the courtyard.
Even the soil on the ground remained untouched.
It had poured all the thunder punishment, along with the flesh-tempering power needed to advance to Immortal King, into Xie Changsheng.
Not a trace had leaked out. Not a drop of rich water was allowed to flow into an outsider's field.
Of course, the process had been painful, the methods brutal, and the results-well, extraordinarily effective.
After all, he had successfully advanced to Immortal King, hadn't he?
As for Xie Changsheng at that moment...
He lay in the middle of the courtyard, black smoke rising from his entire body.
His eyes had rolled back, his limbs twitched every so often, and white foam dribbled from his mouth.
"Hiss..."
The onlookers from the Eastern Region all sucked in a breath.
Tragic!
Absolutely tragic!
A commotion this great could hardly have escaped the notice of everyone else on Undying Mountain.
Before long, people had gathered one after another outside the courtyard, packing the area.
Besides Si Kai, Si Che, and the other elders of the Si Household, there were Zhao Wuji, Wen Yao, Zhou Dian, and others who had only recently ascended from the Lower Realm.
They clung to the courtyard gate, staring at the lump of "charcoal" on the ground with black lines across their faces.
"Such a