Two full hours had passed since Chu Feng activated the formation.
A full two hours, and Li Muzhi and the others still hadn't left.
On the outside of the formation, they chatted among themselves while watching Chu Feng cultivate.
The formation Chu Feng had set up was clearly one designed to enhance comprehension. As Chu Feng sat cross-legged within it, everything proceeded exactly as the formation should — nothing out of the ordinary.
Everything was utterly unremarkable, with absolutely nothing noteworthy to see.
And yet, despite that, it still drew the unwavering attention of Li Muzhi and the others.
Rumble—
Suddenly, the thunder in the sky above grew ear-piercingly loud, and even the radiance began to shift.
This caught the attention of Li Muzhi and the others.
More precisely, it caught the attention of the entire Hidden Dragon Martial Sect.
The Hidden Dragon Martial Sect had already been shrouded in the anomalous phenomena of the Great Tribulation, but now people noticed that within those phenomena, an entirely new anomaly had appeared.
Blinding Nine-colored Divine Thunder was coiling through the sky.
Its might was so overwhelming that it resembled nine colossal thunder beasts, as if they intended to tear the void apart and annihilate all of creation.
Even the Great Tribulation that had originally obscured the sky dimmed to nothing in the wake of the Nine-colored Divine Thunder's appearance.
"That's the anomaly triggered when a Heaven-grade Bloodline holder breaks through."
"Someone's about to break through?"
"But why are today's phenomena so much more powerful than what we've seen before?"
"More than powerful — that pressure feels like it could destroy everything."
"What a terrifying aura…"
"Such phenomena could never be triggered by an ordinary person. But who could it be?"
"Could it be the Zuoqiu brothers breaking through again?"
"Impossible. It hasn't been long since their last breakthrough — there's no way they're advancing again so soon."
"Besides, even their last breakthroughs didn't trigger anything like this."
"The phenomena are getting stronger. It looks like they're about to descend."
"Who on earth is causing this?"
Gazing at the phenomena in the sky above, Li Muzhi and the other disciples exchanged speculation.
At the same time, their curiosity only grew — who was behind these extraordinary phenomena?
Rumble—
At last, the phenomena from the Nine Heavens came crashing down.
But when the phenomena descended, Li Muzhi and the others panicked.
They had never imagined that the phenomena would be headed straight for them.
"Could this mean…?"
Li Muzhi and the others all turned their eyes toward Chu Feng.
Because, as things stood, the only person who could have triggered such phenomena was Chu Feng.
They knew that the anomalies brought about by a Heaven-grade Bloodline would only impact the one who triggered them. But the phenomena were so terrifying that Li Muzhi and the others all retreated hastily, putting as much distance between themselves and Chu Feng as possible.
The phenomena quickly descended from the Nine Heavens and struck Chu Feng's body.
But after the phenomena landed, Li Muzhi and the others were once again stunned beyond belief.
The terrifying Nine-colored Divine Thunder had barely entered Chu Feng's body before he absorbed it entirely.
They had all witnessed Heaven-grade Bloodline holders breaking through before.
Triggering the Divine Thunder phenomena was merely the first step — withstanding the Divine Thunder was what truly completed the breakthrough.
But never before had anyone seen someone neutralize the Nine-colored Divine Thunder as swiftly as Chu Feng just had.
"Done."
Chu Feng's eyes remained closed, but his heart surged with elation.
Chu Feng had broken through successfully. His cultivation had risen from the Sixth-rank Supreme to the Seventh-rank Supreme.
This wasn't something he had achieved through his own cultivation alone — it was the Hidden Dragon Soul Armor that had granted him this advancement.
Even the Divine Thunder phenomena had posed absolutely no difficulty for him. It was the Hidden Dragon Soul Armor that had neutralized the power of the Nine-colored Divine Thunder on Chu Feng's behalf.