The nine waves of Lightning Tide arrived as expected, ten thousand bolts blazing, purple becoming the only color between heaven and earth. Like a leaf of duckweed in a tsunami, Taiyi was swallowed in an instant.
Boom!
Endless lightning and searing divine radiance lit the world as brightly as day, dazzling and brilliant, like a boundless fire raging fiercely enough to burn the void into collapse.
Hum!
At last, the sea of lightning in the void dispersed, leaving only a golden figure standing proudly in the air, his blood and vital energy surging into the heavens. He seemed like a Heavenly Emperor descending upon the world, with the power to swallow mountains and rivers.
Yet Taiyi, wreathed in divine light like a Sun Deity,
showed not the slightest joy at having survived the lightning tribulation. Instead, he looked solemnly toward the highest heavens.
For he knew the heavenly tribulation had not ended.
Hum! Suddenly, a heart-quailing aura spread, and thunder rumbled once more. A brilliant, dazzling sea of lightning appeared again high above, countless bolts interweaving and radiating a terrifying aura of destruction that covered the entire sky.
"Just as I thought. I knew it wouldn't be so simple..."
Taiyi's gaze blazed as he looked up at the starry sky.
As a Sun Sacred Body rarely seen throughout the ages, he was not rejected by the Great Dao as the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body was, but that did not mean his lightning tribulation would end so easily.
The light in his eyes flickered, a mysterious, intimidating presence spreading from them.
It seemed to be nurturing some terrifying power.
It made the heart tremble.
Boom!
Lightning descended. This time, it was not a sea of lightning, but nine shadowy figures interwoven with electrical light, like nine gods!
Taiyi's gaze sharpened. The