When the True Intent Cultivators of every faction realized that the infant atop the ancient tree's crown was the second Dharma body Yang Lingshu had cultivated, the worry in their hearts was completely swept away.
For once one reached the level of a True Intent Dharma body, it was impossible to suffer even the slightest harm from a tribulation of proving the Dao.
Nine Purple Firmament Lightning Tribulations had descended in succession, yet they had failed to harm him in the least. Knowing that this could no longer be done, the tribulation spirit within the tribulation clouds intended to call it quits and return home.
Yet its earlier actions had still violated the great laws of the Canglan Immortal Dao. As the manifestation of the Canglan Immortal Dao's will, Xu Cang naturally would not allow it to retreat safely after breaking the Canglan Immortal Dao's rules.
Thus, when the tribulation spirit withdrew its tribulation arts and intended to disperse the tribulation clouds, it discovered that the clouds it had summoned no longer obeyed its command. They had even turned the tables, transforming into a cage that trapped its spiritual essence within the clouds.
What was worse, the aura of the one undergoing the tribulation below, who should have been thoroughly dead, began to revive amid the ancient tree's lush and flourishing branches and leaves.
The ancient tree's luxuriant branches and leaves resembled a great hand at that moment, slowly closing around the center of its crown and gently cradling the palm-sized infant body.
Rumble—
Rumble—
Now that it had been restrained, the tribulation spirit in the heavens began struggling desperately, attempting to break free from the tribulation clouds.
"Hmph. Do not make futile resistance. Where there is cause, there is effect. You cannot escape."
Xu Cang's cold voice drifted through