Wu Tianjun walked out of Ma Long City and immediately saw the sky darken as tribulation clouds gathered, blackening an entire stretch of the heavens.
"Haha, we meet again!" He tilted his head back and laughed, looking up at the sky. It had been eight months since he underwent his divine tribulation. He had already used more than half of his Lightning Tribulation Fluid, leaving him with only a little over ten thousand units, which was far from enough for him, his spirit bodies, and his protectors. Undergoing a tribulation now was exactly what he wanted! "I hope there's more this time!" Wu Tianjun muttered to himself.
"Boom... Boom...!" Black lightning intertwined in the sky, striking through the thunderclouds. The terrifying aura suppressed the surrounding demonic beasts, rendering them immobile. Even super demon races at the Saint God Realm dared not release their demonic energy at this moment; such pressure made them feel threatened. Only a few Saint Ancestor Realm demons, watching the tribulation clouds from afar, looked on with extreme solemnity. In less than a year, powerful beings in the Yuan Mu Star Forest had continuously made breakthroughs. In particular, two had surpassed the Divine Realm to reach the Saint Ancestor Realm, and a mysterious cultivator had undergone a Lightning Rain tribulation, drawing their attention. Now, someone was undergoing a tribulation again—it was only natural for them to pay attention!
"Something's not right with this lightning tribulation!" a Saint Ancestor Realm demon transmitted, staring at the black clouds. They were communicating with each other from within their respective territories.
"This aura..." another powerful demon spoke, his voice trembling slightly.
"It seems to be the one who underwent the Lightning Rain tribulation..." a Saint Ancestor who had witnessed Wu Tianjun's tribulation that day sighed and said. He had fled the moment he saw the lightning rain back then, so he didn't know who it actually was!
"Isn't that guy the one who surpassed the Divine Realm and then continuously summoned lightning rain? Does he have a grudge against the Heavenly Dao?!" another said.
They communicated via sound transmission, but in reality, they were very far from where Wu Tianjun was undergoing his tribulation, so they weren't afraid of being affected. Only a few nearby demon races, as soon as the tribulation clouds gathered, scrambled to abandon their territories and flee. Even the half-step Saint Ancestor demon guarding the Nine-Colored Sacred Lotus fled in terror! What was the point of anything if they lost their lives? They would just wait for this guy to finish his tribulation and then return.
"Hmm! It's quite a bit stronger." Feeling the violent power within the tribulation clouds, Wu Tianjun grew a little solemn, yet also more excited. The stronger it was, the more Lightning Tribulation Fluid there would be!
The tribulation clouds gathered with immense ferocity. Nearly an hour had passed, and they still hadn't descended. Normally, a cultivator's lightning tribulation would take at most a quarter of an hour to gather. Wu Tianjun's tribulation was certainly a bit special!
"Whoosh..." An hour passed. From the tribulation clouds, a black feather descended. The air seemed to freeze. Centered on Wu Tianjun, a gloomy aura permeated for nearly a million miles. As the first lightning feather fell, the black clouds continued to expand, quickly reaching two million miles, incredibly terrifying. Even from a great distance, these black clouds were visible.
As the lightning feather descended, the power of Heavenly Punishment arrived, immobilizing Wu Tianjun. It was much stronger than before!
"Haha, truly overbearing! Excellent! I hope you can help me restore my samsara power!" Wu Tianjun felt incredibly excited by the oppressive sensation. Ever since he sealed the Green Demon Star, his samsara power had been almost completely depleted, recovering at an incredibly slow pace!
"..." The black feather fell onto Wu Tianjun and immediately entered his body. Its incredibly violent and overbearing power began to destroy his physique.
Wu Tianjun didn't let that domineering power distract him from looking up at the tribulation clouds. Without overthinking, he leaped into the sky, entering the tribulation clouds while simultaneously activating both his Divine and Demonic meridians! The Taiji diagram spun rapidly, quickly absorbing all the berserk power within his body, and then its suction force intensified. Wu Tianjun became like a bottomless pit, absorbing the surrounding lightning rain as well as the Heavenly Punishment power!
From afar, one would see that within the tribulation clouds, a constantly expanding vortex was forming. The faster it spun, the more it radiated an earth-shattering suction force!
"As expected, it's that mysterious cultivator again. Perhaps he's some powerful expert who has reincarnated and is cultivating anew, with such terrifying cultivation speed!" a Demon Clan Saint Ancestor spoke with apprehension.
"Hmph! The starry sky is merging, constantly strengthening the void. There are quite a few powerful experts cultivating anew!" another powerful Demon Clan member said.
"Over on the Human Clan's side, I heard there's also a powerful expert cultivating anew in the Demon Origin Mountain Range, undergoing a lightning rain tribulation. I wonder which race this one belongs to?" the Demon Clan Saint Ancestors communicated via spiritual messages.
"Hmph! It's not necessarily a human. No one saw the lightning rain appear in the Demon Origin Mountain Range; that Human Clan Saint Ancestor was merely speculating!" another said with a cold snort.
"In ancient times, there was also a legend that the void in the Primordial Era was shattered, preventing powerful experts from breaking through the Saint Realm to higher levels. Now that the starry sky is merging, the void is becoming even more rigid. I fear it won't be long before someone might surpass the Saint Realm!" another Demon Clan member said, a hint of excitement in his voice, for he too might have the chance to reach higher levels.
"Hmm! That might be right!" another agreed.
The Demon Clan Saint Ancestors quickly fell silent, continuing to observe the mysterious cultivator undergoing his tribulation. Unlike the previous two times, although the lightning rain covered a vast area, it didn't descend below but was instead sucked into the vortex, thus not greatly affecting the ground. Only the pressure became even more terrifying.
"Haha! As expected! The stronger the lightning rain, the more Lightning Tribulation Liquid there is!" Wu Tianjun said with a joyful laugh. This time, he had collected over sixty thousand units of Lightning Tribulation Liquid! Enough for them to use for a long time!
Two hours later, Wu Tianjun had absorbed almost all of the lightning rain and Heavenly Punishment power. His Samsara power was now more than twice as strong as before. His cultivation had also stabilized at the late-stage Divine Realm Second Layer, and his Demonic meridian had just broken through to the late-stage Divine Lord. As he slowly descended from the sky, his cultivation became even more ethereal; it was fundamentally impossible to discern his true cultivation level!
"Hmph! Absorbing so much lightning rain, yet my Demonic meridian only managed a slight breakthrough to late-stage Divine Lord. The higher I go, the more energy I need!" Wu Tianjun said with a hint of disappointment. His Minor Demonic Realm was powerful, yet he still didn't dare to use its world power. If he could utilize world power, his Demonic meridian wouldn't be inferior to Saint-God level combat power! If anyone could see Wu Tianjun's Minor Demonic Realm, they would likely find it unbelievable. His Minor Demonic Realm currently appeared as a chaotic mass, just like an ordinary person's, yet it was enormous, already over a hundred times larger than that of a typical cultivator, and it was still expanding! Wu Tianjun himself couldn't explain this phenomenon!
"Huh! Inherited memories..." As Wu Tianjun broke through, he also gained some inherited memories.
Rong didn't cultivate; he merely continuously refined various powers to grow stronger. Primordial Beings were inherently in harmony with nature, so as long as they grew, they would fundamentally reach the Chaos Realm. Of course, there were stronger and weaker ones, and not all Primordial Beings could fully mature; some were killed, others couldn't grow due to insufficient conditions!
Huang wielded two types of power: Heavenly Punishment and Destruction, which was why it was considered the strongest among all Primordial Beings. Naturally, other Primordial Beings also wielded two ultimate powers, such as Fei, who controlled Myriad Manifestations and Destruction power, and Rong himself, who controlled Reincarnation and Fate! During the Great Primordial War, Rong once severed a part of Fei's body and absorbed it. Rong also fought Huang, but being slightly weaker, he could only use his strange Reincarnation power to escape! Although Huang was considered the strongest Primordial Being, it dared not openly slaughter other lifeforms, otherwise, it would face a siege, and even Huang could perish!
The Primordial World also had its Heavenly Dao. At that time, it was also considered a Primordial Being, except it only had a will and no physical form, wielding Heavenly Punishment power. In those days, where there were Chaos Realm Primordial Beings, there would be no Heavenly Dao will. According to Rong's legacy, the Heavenly Dao's will had not even reached the Chaos Realm! Wu Tianjun speculated, "It only has a will, not consciousness!"
After Wu Tianjun completed his tribulation, he also received a bit of inherited memory. He speculated that perhaps the more ultimate powers one comprehended and wielded, the stronger one would become! This made him even more excited. His Demonic Vein was the Primordial Demonic Vein, wielding Life power, and his Divine Vein wielded Space-Time power. Didn't this mean that if he achieved the Chaos Realm one day, he would wield four ultimate powers? At that time, even if Huang were to be reborn, he wouldn't fear it! This starry sky would be his to command! If the Primordial Beings dared to cause trouble again, he wouldn't hesitate to cut them down. He now understood why the Old Demon had looked at him with such shock back then; he could become even stronger than the Primordial Beings.
"Huh! Five-Element Chaos Saint Body?" Wu Tianjun suddenly remembered Wu Tianyuan. "Haha! Wahahaha!!! Big Brother might have awakened the Devourer bloodline! Wahahaha!" He burst into laughter. Wu Tianyuan might also be like him, wielding an ultimate power: Myriad Manifestations power! Wu Tianyuan had also passed through the lightning rain. Anyone who wished to pass through the lightning rain must possess an ultimate power; otherwise, suppressed by Heavenly Punishment power, no matter how strong they were, they would undoubtedly die! Thinking of this, Wu Tianjun grew suspicious. Could that person not be Wu Tianyuan? This thought made Wu Tianjun pause slightly and frown. If it truly wasn't Wu Tianyuan, then that person would be very dangerous to him!
"Hmm! I'll confirm whether it's Big Brother later!" Wu Tianjun stopped thinking and decided to investigate later. They had both passed through the lightning rain and would meet soon.
"Perhaps I should find a secluded place to undergo tribulation!" Wu Tianjun opened his Heaven-Penetrating Eye and realized that quite a few Saint Ancestor Realm Demon Race members were looking in his direction. Although they were very far away and dared not approach him, it wasn't good to remain like this.
After completing his tribulation, Wu Tianjun quickly entered Demon Dragon City and headed to the training grounds. The others were still there, waiting for his return. With the thunderous aura outside, they had no need to venture out.
“Huh! Take these!” Wu Tianjun tossed a jade bottle and a storage ring to the Eight Great Spirit Children. They contained Tribulation Liquid and pills he had refined over the past months.
“This…” Lu Wanzheng caught them, and as he released his spiritual sense to investigate, his eyes widened, and he froze in place.
“Hmph! Explain yourself, Crimson Pill Master! Why did this young master fail to refine a Divine Lord-grade pill?” Wu Tianjun didn't wait for their reactions but turned to Crimson Pill Master and asked, clearly brimming with questions.