Tian Yunchen’s resolve became firm, his expectant gaze meeting Tian Yongheng’s calm one.
He didn’t know why, but those calm, red eyes of his youngest brother always seemed reassuring, soothing and filled with an undertone of confidence beneath whenever he looked at them, as if he could take on the whole world with one hand and not even break a single sweat.
Was it just because he had effortlessly killed all those supposedly almighty figures right in front of him? Or was it something else?
Either way, he felt that whatever this youngest brother of his would say, he would do it, no matter how absurd this may seem. He had come to know it in the past few years.
For him, Tian Yongheng had become a figure of undeniable power, unprecedented strength, and remarkable feats. He even thought for a split second that it may be difficult to find a talent as great as Tian Yongheng even in the Upper Realm, before quickly dismissing the idea as to not anger the Immortal Gods who could be seeing through his thoughts at this moment.
Seeing him like that, Tian Yongheng nodded. With that, Tian Yunchen sat down cross-legged in a cultivation stance and opened the vial containing the drop of Silver Cascade Holy Water.
It was silver in colour, shining brightly as if taken from the essence of the stars themselves.
Without thinking any further, Tian Yunchen swallowed it in one go.
Tian Yongheng just stood a few meters away and watched as Spirit Qi began to gather around him rapidly, circling around him.
The weather above the Eternal Peak and the surrounding hundreds of miles began to change drastically, dark clouds beginning to linger above as if they would explode at any moment and rain down the divine punishment from heaven.
*Crackle!*
Sounds of thunder crashing and lightning strikes could be heard from time to time, and within a couple of minutes of Tian Yunchen consuming the Silver Cascade Holy Water, the sky above was filled with dark clouds, stretching out to even more than a thousand miles radius.
All the disciples outside, and the people in the radius of thousands of miles were astonished to see this spectacle unfolding right before their very eyes.
While the Immortal Cultivators had various thoughts in their minds, with some thinking that this was the birth of a Natural Treasure, or the phenomenon was caused by the grand ascension of a heavenly being, the mortals were utterly terrified of this scenery.
They were only thinking of one thing; it was the wrath of the gods!
Many mortals even hid in their houses thinking that it was the end of the world, and they had angered the heavens in some way or another to deserve this.
Their thinking was valid too, as they could not make up any other reason for the divine vision before them. Mortals’ thought process was very narrow minded, as most of them were illiterate, and not to mention that even the most literate person in the ancient times used to believe in things such as bad omens and signs from heavens.
Yan Jingfei also observed the celestial phenomenon above, and couldn’t help but think to herself.
Is someone going through a lightning tribulation?
The magnitude of the phenomenon above was simply way too large, and as someone who was very close to ascension herself in her past life, this was the only guess she had. After reaching the peak of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, a cultivator would have to undergo lightning tribulations to advance to Immortal Ascension Realm.
The same thing applied to all the major realms ahead. Yan Jingfei was already in the Immortal Ascension Realm in her past life, so she naturally knew this.
On the other side of the Eternal Peak, Yang Wei was intently watching the skies above too. Zhou Yi couldn’t help but speak at this moment, sending his words directly to Yang Wei’s mind.
"I may be wrong, but from my knowledge, this phenomenon only occurs when one goes through lightning tribulation to breakthrough after the Tribulation Transcendence Realm. I don’t think any cultivator in the vicinity is ascending, but someone undergoing a lightning tribulation is plausible.
If this person succeeds, he’ll enter the Immortal Ascension Realm, and if he fails, well, it’ll depend on his Providence and Destiny whether he survives or not. Although I have never experienced it for myself, I’ve heard from senior experts that a lightning tribulation is incredibly strong and has the power to even damage the soul of the person going through it."
"Why can’t it be the birth of a Natural Treasure of heaven and earth?"
Yang Wei, being curious, asked this.
"Because the commotion here isn’t big enough to be a Natural Treasure’s birth. The birth of a Natural Treasure of heaven and earth is an event that only happens less than ten times in a hundred million years, or an era. The last time a Natural Treasure was born was more than three million years ago, and I doubt it’ll appear again in such a short span of time.
Even at that time when the Natural Treasure appeared, it caused a bloodbath all over the cultivation world, with many Immortal Ascension Realm supreme experts dying in vain for it.
At that time, the Holy Lord of the Great Path Holy Land alone with only a single sword in his hand rushed into the Pristine Waters and fought against an overwhelming force of ten thousand Demons, all in the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, and managed to get out unscathed with his near-invincible might sweeping across all.
He was the one who obtained the Natural Treasure at the time, further enhancing the inheritance of the Great Path Holy Land. You can only imagine from this that how great of a deal a Natural Treasure is."
Hearing his words, a chill ran down Yang Wei’s entire body. A Natural Treasure was far bigger a deal than he had originally anticipated. He quickly discarded the idea of a Natural Treasure being born right now.
Yang Wei, at this moment, couldn’t help but wonder who the person going through the lightning tribulation be. He had one thought in mind.
A powerful cultivator was about to be born in the Qingyun Region under the watchful eyes of heaven and earth, if he succeeded, that is.
In fact, all of these people’s speculations were wrong.
Inside of Tian Yongheng’s cave abode, Tian Yunchen was sweating profusely, his consciousness being pulled in and out of a illusory, silver river.
The Silver Cascade Holy River!
Instantly, his Providence began to soar exponentially, his Connate Providence beginning to recover itself.
Tian Yongheng, who was watching all of this from the sidelines, was quite excited about what kind of Connate Providence his eldest brother will transform. There was a high chance he may get his previous Holy Whirlwind Constitution back, but he didn’t care about that.
He was also quietly observing the celestial phenomenon outside with interest, the lightning strikes becoming more gathered and frequently landing on the Eternal Peak of all areas, only to end up being blocked by his Dao Field. This confirmed his suspicions about the phenomenon outside being a result of Tian Yunchen’s Connate Providence and Fate being altered.
Multiple days passed, with the sky remaining just like that. Although it had no major impact on Immortal Cultivators who casually used to spend hundreds of years locked up in their caves to cultivate, it’s impact was way too significant on mortals.
Most mortals couldn’t sleep for the past few days, and they didn’t have the heart to do their work too. Who would work in the face of a world destroying event?
Most of the time, they used to kneel down on the ground towards the sky and beg for salvation from the heavens and the gods to forgive them for whatever sins they had committed. They thought that only this way could the calamity be averted.
Immortal Cultivators, who the mortals often saw as their "gods", didn’t pay them any heed whenever passing by them.
Putting aside the matters of the mortal world, the news quickly began to spread throughout the Qingyun Region that a cultivator was potentially undergoing lightning tribulation or was even about to ascend.
The highest cultivation that someone had in the vast Qingyun Region was the Supreme Elder of the Qingyun Sword Sect, who was at the Nascent Soul Realm. However, undergoing lightning tribulation meant that the other party was at least at the peak of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, a whole major realm above the Nascent Soul Realm.
This led to further speculations that this cultivator might be an old monster who was cultivating in seclusion since a long time in the Qingyun Region, or was someone from outside of the Qingyun Region who had come here to undergo the tribulation because of certain reasons.
However, the higher ups of the Qingyun Region didn’t press on this matter, knowing that they might disturb the tribulation of the senior if they cause any trouble, and so did the other cultivators.
But there was one thing everyone was sure of; the lightning tribulation was lingering above the Eternal Peak, a newly risen force. It meant that the senior might possibly be in the Eternal Peak!