"A bunch of incompetent fools."
Baili Xukong's face twisted with fury. A wisp of martial power flame surged from his palm, reducing the map to ashes.
Clearly, the Prison Sect's investigation of the Immortal Star Domain had been negligent.
Rumble— Before long, another wave of Nine-colored Divine Thunder materialized above the Immortal Star Domain.
"What's going on?"
"He's breaking through again?"
"Consecutive breakthroughs?"
"How massive an opportunity did this kid stumble into?"
"Why does it feel like breaking through is as easy as drinking water for him? He just decides to break through and does it?"
Seeing the Nine-colored Divine Thunder that had yet to fully dissipate before condensing once more with even greater might, everyone's expressions turned complicated, their hearts churning with frustration.
The very person they were trying to capture was right beneath their noses, and he had the audacity to cultivate and break through right in front of them.
And yet, there was absolutely nothing they could do about it.
The feeling was simply suffocating.
Seeing this, a flash of determination crossed Jie Tianran's eyes. He promptly ceased activating the grand formation.
Instead, after sweeping his palm across the Universe Bag, two black talismans appeared in his hands—along with a blank sheet of paper and a brush.
Every item was extraordinary.
He activated the brush, and an incredibly powerful sealing force materialized instantly.
At that moment, every powerhouse of the Prison Sect felt the shift in Jie Tianran's hands.
They involuntarily shifted their gazes from the Nine-colored Divine Thunder to Jie Tianran.
They could all tell that both the paper and the brush were sealing treasures unlike anything they had ever seen.
But what truly captivated their attention were the two black talismans.
By now, Jie Tianran was using the brush to sketch upon the paper.
And what he ultimately rendered was the Nine-colored Divine Thunder.
Once the painting was complete, Jie Tianran placed one of the black talismans atop it.
He then formed a hand seal, and the Nine-colored Divine Thunder in the painting actually floated out of the artwork and merged into the talisman.
The two fused swiftly.
The black talisman was now entwined with nine-colored lightning.
"Palace Master, what exactly are you doing?"
Baili Xukong asked, confused.
The top priority right now was activating the formation to strip Chu Feng's suppression formation from the Sacred Artifact.
Yet Jie Tianran was devoting all his effort to setting up this new formation, leaving Baili Xukong and the others thoroughly puzzled.
Just then, Jie Tianran held the other black talisman—the one that had not yet fused with the Nine-colored Divine Thunder—between two fingers, and formed a hand seal.
The next moment, he swept his wide sleeve.
The black talisman transformed into a massive formation eye that drifted toward Baili Xukong and the others.
Simultaneously, Jie Tianran hurled the black talisman that had already fused with the Nine-colored Divine Thunder.
It shot at incredible speed into the Nine-colored Divine Thunder that Chu Feng had summoned.
"Palace Master, could it be that you intend to borrow the power of this lightning tribulation to deal with Chu Feng?"
Baili Xukong vaguely grasped Jie Tianran's intention.
"Yes."
"This formation can alter the nature of the lightning tribulation and greatly amplify its power, but it requires cultivators to activate it."
"So I need all of your assistance."
Jie Tianran finally revealed his plan.
"Is this reliable?" Cang Li asked.
The reason he asked was that they had all noticed how sinister those black talismans appeared.
"I would never do anything to harm you all."
"Today, Chu Feng borrowed your Prison Sect's Sacred Artifact to suppress you all—that was truly brazen."
"But he was far too overconfident, daring to break through right here."
"This, however, gives you all the opportunity to turn his own lightning tribulation against him."
"Surely you all want to give him a taste of his own medicine?"
Jie Tianran countered.
"Are you certain it will work?" an elder of the Neutral Faction asked.
"As long as you all lend your power, this lightning tribulation will undergo a qualitative transformation. Even if it cannot directly annihilate Chu Feng—"
"—it will certainly cause his breakthrough to fail and destroy his Heavenly Thunder Bloodline."
"His path of cultivation will end right here."
Jie Tianran said.
"Fine."
"That little bastard Chu Feng dared to disregard our Prison Sect so brazenly."
"And to break through repeatedly right in front of us—I'll make him pay the price."
As the elder of the Neutral Faction spoke, he stepped into the formation eye.
Upon seeing this, Cang Li, Baili Xukong, and the others also stepped into the formation eye one after another.
If they had still harbored any doubts about Jie Tianran's words before…