"Who was so damned inconsiderate, going to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land to undergo a tribulation? Aren't they afraid of drawing out something big?"
"Exactly. The Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land is no ordinary place. Those demonic howls have existed for tens of thousands of years at the very least. If they really stir up an upheaval there and the creatures inside step out of the forbidden land, who in the entire Eastern Wasteland could stop them?"
"Whoever's undergoing that tribulation might not want to live, but we still do!"
"..."
The cultivators cursed furiously at the person undergoing a tribulation at the edge of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.
Time flew by. People discovered that the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land had stopped expanding, and even the demonic howls had not sounded again.
The countless cultivators' hearts gradually settled, and the holy lands paid much less attention to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, turning once again to plotting over Purple Mountain.
At Jiang Zhu's seclusion site.
"Roar!"
A sudden dragon's cry shook heaven and earth like a thunderbolt from a clear sky.
Even with the protection of the array patterns, those outside the seclusion site were startled by the sudden dragon's cry and stared blankly toward its source.
Extremely dense dragon qi radiated from there. The dragon's cry resounded through the nine heavens, and even the void trembled violently beneath it, rumbling without end.
"Has he broken through again?" Yan Ruyu looked toward Jiang Zhu's seclusion site.
"Roar!"
Another dragon's cry rang out. A black dragon circled Jiang Zhu, its cries rising one after another.
As time passed, Jiang Zhu's spine began to glow. One cluster of light after another lit up, seven in all, rising layer by layer like steps.
Whoosh! At that moment, inside the seclusion site, Jiang Zhu's