The palace where Li Yue'er and Chu Feng resided was actually transformed from one of Li Yue'er's supreme treasures.
Though the palace's interior gleamed with golden splendor, the truth was that the two of them were merely inside a single stone.
This stone had been placed by Li Yue'er deep within a mountain, looking completely unremarkable.
No one would ever guess that this stone was a supreme treasure, and that hidden within it were two cultivation geniuses — Chu Feng and Li Yue'er.
But at this moment, above this originally desolate mountain, dazzling nine-colored lightning had appeared.
That nine-colored lightning surged from the depths of the sky, blanketing the entire horizon. Looking up, the whole sky was nothing but lightning.
It raged, it roared, it danced — ever-changing.
Sometimes it was like ten thousand dragons soaring in unison, sometimes like colossal hands, as if about to tear the void apart.
In short, the spectacle was absolutely magnificent, awe-inspiring.
"Heavens, what is happening?"
The people living in this region who harbored any ambition had all departed for the Soul Infant Sect.
Those who remained were people without ambition, or those with extremely poor cultivation talent.
They could be considered the very bottom of the Hundred Refinements Mortal Realm, living lives like ordinary commoners.
Moreover, this place had always been a remote, barren backwater — no powerful factions nearby, and no experts passing through in the past.
People like them had never witnessed such a spectacular sight. At this moment, nearly everyone had dropped whatever they were doing.
They were all completely captivated by the sky-obscuring, divine-dragon-like lightning overhead.
There were cheers, screams, excitement, and panic.
But even more people were simply awestruck by the phenomenon.
"That must be someone with a Heaven-grade bloodline breaking through, right?"
"I've heard that when Heaven-grade bloodline holders break through their cultivation, they can summon Divine Thunder," a young man said.
"That Nine-colored Divine Thunder is indeed a power unique to Heaven-grade bloodlines, but... I've seen Heaven-grade bloodline holders break through before, yet I've never witnessed anything this spectacular. This kind of phenomenon doesn't seem like a simple Heaven-grade bloodline breakthrough. Could it be... a heavenly tribulation descending?"
An elder who seemed to possess some knowledge spoke up.
"A heavenly tribulation descending?"
"Heavens, how could a heavenly tribulation suddenly descend? If I'd known, I should have gone with my second brother to the Soul Infant Sect."
The less knowledgeable a person was, the more foolish they became, and the more foolish they were, the more cowardly. Hearing that this might be a heavenly tribulation, they panicked — chickens scattering, dogs jumping — and began packing their belongings, dragging their families and fleeing into the distance.
But the sky covered by the Divine Thunder was simply too vast, and these people had limited cultivation. No matter how they traveled, no matter how far they ran, they could only remain beneath that lightning.
It felt as though no matter how they fled, they could never escape the palm of that lightning.
"It's over, it's over! This terrifying lightning seems to cover the entire Hundred Refinements Mortal Realm. This truly is a catastrophe — our Hundred Refinements Mortal Realm is going to be destroyed!"
Under these circumstances, many felt they could not escape this calamity. Not a few were so frightened that they wept and wailed.
Especially as the thunder grew ever louder, causing the very earth to hum and tremble without cease, people felt even more certain that doom was inescapable.
In truth, they were not the only ones gazing upon the sky full of lightning.
Right now... inside that palace, Li Yue'er was looking upward.
For a Spirit World Master of her caliber, this special palace was incapable of blocking her line of sight.
So what filled her eyes was not the ceiling of the palace, but the vast expanse of sky above, and the nine-colored Divine Thunder in the heavens.
But precisely because she could see the magnificent spectacle in the heavens above, a deep worry surfaced in Li Yue'er's eyes.
"This lightning is far more terrifying than the last time. I wonder if Chu Feng can endure it."
"The Divine Punishment Mystic Art is powerful, but the punishment of lightning is truly fearsome."
"Something an ordinary person simply cannot withstand," Li Yue'er said.
She had been present the last time Chu Feng broke through, and the lightning in the heavens back then had already shocked her.
This time's lightning was several times more turbulent than before. Li Yue'er feared Chu Feng could not endure the torment of this lightning.
Her worry was not unfounded — asking herself honestly, if it were her, she would not be able to withstand such ferocious lightning.
"Don't you worry, little girl. Chu Feng will definitely succeed," a sweet voice rang out.