The voice echoing in Chu Tian's heart belonged to a clone created through the "Yi Qi Hua San Qing" technique.
He placed no restrictions on this clone, allowing it to move freely. In fact, Chu Tian didn't even consider it a mere clone.
After it helped him eliminate Zu Yunxi last time, it had gone out to play after leaving the Shen Hai Palace and returning to Blue Star.
When it spoke just now, Chu Tian only then began to sense its location. If he could sense its direction, it meant he could go home by flying in that direction. How could he not be happy?
Even this clone had become increasingly unrestrained lately, learning more and more Blue Star languages, which he hadn't paid attention to.
"I'm going out to have fun, you just stay put on Blue Star!"
Chu Tian didn't want to waste words with it. Since it could sense its position, that was enough.
"Stay your sister! There's an old man here looking for you, couldn't find you, and grabbed me… I'm loyal unto death.
And I got beaten up badly… He told me to tell you to get back here quickly. Some things have exceeded predictions and might arrive earlier."
The clone's voice was agitated, sounding like it had been bullied and was unable to fight back.
"Old man? Did you ask him if his name was Dao Tian!" Chu Tian was startled, then guessed who the old man looking for the clone was.
"Ask your grandpa! He's gone. I thought you were my enemy, so I didn't dare contact you, afraid he'd hear.
Chu Tian smiled upon hearing this. This fellow was quite considerate, fearing his location would be revealed and that guy would find him.
Chu Tian should have been gratified by its actions, but at this moment, he couldn't feel gratified. He wished that old fellow Dao Tian would find him and take him home.
However, since the clone had good intentions, he couldn't blame it and could only say helplessly,
"Something's come up. I'll be back as soon as possible."
While communicating with the clone, his body streaked through this grayish world like a beam of light, using his fastest speed to fly rapidly in the clone's direction.
He had teleported earlier, which took more than ten minutes.
He really didn't know how long it would take to fly back physically.
There was no other way. If Sui Xing were here, it would be great.
Chu Tian was anxious. He understood clearly what Dao Tian meant by "arriving earlier."
He didn't know if his current strength was sufficient to deal with the so-called tribulation.
But Chu Tian felt like something was still missing.
Dao Tian hadn't urged him for a long time.
Could it be that his strength was enough?
In the past, Dao Tian always urged Chu Tian to cultivate.
At some point, Dao Tian began to communicate with him less and less.
He used to be like a house pet, and later like a wild bird.
Chu Tian couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried.
He was rushing his journey with all his might.
On Blue Star, at the tavern Chu Tian had visited before, a young monk suddenly appeared.
If this young monk wasn't Fahai, who else could it be?
Fahai came here and went directly to the tavern's basement.
Anyone who tried to stop him was immobilized by just a glance from him.
When he reached the basement, he saw the same scene Chu Tian had seen before.
Countless Brahmic runes swam on the walls.
A glow flashed in his eyes, and he sighed.
"I told you to wait for me! Alas..."
After speaking, he left directly.
After he left, the man and woman, the two fallen angels, and many werewolves and vampires seemed to have received a pardon.
Everyone broke out in a cold sweat.
That one glance had frozen them on the spot, as if any movement would lead to death, a death from which there was no recovery.
"Who is this little monk? Why are the people coming out of the Eastern world getting more and more ruthless?"
A werewolf spoke, dropping the bone it was holding in its mouth.
Others just shook their heads slightly; no one dared to reply.
After Fahai left here.
He glanced in the direction of the Vatican.
"I'll wait for him to come back... and deal with matters here himself!"
At this moment, the young Fahai no longer had any of his previous flippancy.
Judging by his gaze, he looked like a fully enlightened monk.
However, it was only for this moment.
After saying this, he looked up at the sky.
"Hmm? Is it coming for me?"
A purple light appeared in the sky.
It was like swift lightning.
Even Fahai's agile body couldn't dodge it.
This purple light was faster than teleportation.
It directly landed on his brow.
A lightning bolt symbol instantly condensed on his forehead.
Fahai's body trembled.
He raised his hand and touched his forehead.
"This... is the mark of the lightning tribulation? I can undergo tribulation?"
His eyes widened.
Lightning tribulation was something that only existed in ancient times.
After the mythological era, lightning tribulations had disappeared.
No matter how high a cultivator's cultivation was,
Without the lightning tribulation, they couldn't break through the final barrier.
That final barrier was the so-called ascension realm.
Below ascension, all are ants.
These eight words had long been forgotten.
Because for too long, no one had undergone tribulation or ascended.
After the mythological era, after an unknown amount of time, how many geniuses... how many peerless prodigies... had died because no heavenly tribulation descended, and their lifespan was exhausted!
Fahai's heart was filled with mixed emotions after discovering this purple lightning mark.
Earlier, he had discovered the divine spark, which ignited a pursuit he hadn't had before.
But that divine spark was taken by Chu Tian.
It shattered his hopes again.
Amidst great highs and lows, he gained some enlightenment.
When he returned to Blue Star with Chu Tian and reached the summit of the Taihang Mountains.
He discovered that feather, and at that moment, he felt that there were still demons in this world stronger than him!
He had completely disregarded his previous enlightenment.
But after discovering this.
His desire to subdue demons and eliminate evil reappeared.
So, he returned to the nine-story demon tower in the lake.
He took back some things that rightfully belonged to him.
He also underwent a transformation there.
But after this recent improvement,
He still couldn't control the leakage of his internal aura.
This was why he had stunned those fallen angels into immobility with just a glance.
With his current realm, if he could fully settle himself, he might become an enlightened monk in the eyes of the world, or even a divine being like the myriad gods and buddhas.
Those divine beings stepping on auspicious clouds and lotuses, with halos above their heads.
But none of these were what he pursued. No one knew what he pursued, only he himself knew.
Even if he wanted to break through the limitations of this world and become what they called an ascendant, it was only the first step of his pursuit.
Fahai touched the mark on his forehead.
The thoughts that had been suppressed before reignited.
"Old man... I can also undergo the lightning tribulation. You tricked me into Buddhism back then and caused me so much suffering. This time... when I break free from the shackles of this world, I will seek revenge!"
As he spoke, his eyes flickered.
A pinkish-gold light emerged from the depths of his eyes.
It was the color of the "Fo Yao Tong Yuan Xuan Ci Guang" that Chu Tian had previously snatched away.
After this light flashed, Fahai's figure moved and disappeared from his original spot.
Having the purple lightning mark meant he had the strength to undergo tribulation.
He could summon the lightning tribulation at any time.
What he needed to do now was to perfect his concentration.
...
In the Land of the Rising Sun, at the headquarters of a yakuza gang.
A burly figure sat in a slumped posture, like Ge You.
In his hand, he held a monster the size of a small earthworm.
This monster had a slender body that bifurcated in the middle.
It grew three heads.
The burly man held its tail and swung it back and forth.
As if playing with a pet.
The expressions on the three heads of this small three-headed snake were all different.
But what was the same was.
They all wore an expression of having lost the will to live.
*Shua...*
A purple light pierced through the roof and landed on the burly man's brow, appearing as a lightning mark.
"Holy crap, what is this..."
The guy jumped up, and the small three-headed snake in his hand was flung away.
*Peng...* Its small body crashed through the wall.
However, it immediately crawled back.
Its body had grown significantly larger.
About a meter long.
It stared at the burly man in front of it, at the purple lightning on his forehead.
The three heads spoke human language.
But it was in a pouting tone of the Dragon Country's language.
"Boss... you... actually got the mark of the heavenly tribulation! Oh... impossible... the heavenly tribulation ended in the mythological era... how could this be?"
The three heads speaking together sounded like gibberish.
If Chu Tian were here, he would definitely recognize who this burly man was.
It was the Qin Shi Huang whom he had thrown into the Land of the Rising Sun...
That was his current identity, the overlord of the yakuza gangs in the Land of the Rising Sun.
And also the owner of this three-headed snake.
The origin of this three-headed snake was also extraordinary.
It was the totem of the Land of the Rising Sun.
Yet, it was kept as a pet by Qin Shi Huang.
As the three-headed snake spoke, Qin Shi Huang was also dumbfounded.
Despite living for so long,
He had always pursued the path of immortality. He never expected that... at this moment, when he was indulging in eating, drinking, and merrymaking.
He had actually received the recognition of the heavenly way.
To pass the lightning tribulation... meant immortality.
All of this came too suddenly.
...
In the Vatican, deep beneath the earth.
A colossal city.
Its size was almost comparable to the surface cities.
This city relied entirely on electric lighting. Deep within, in a dark prison.
Suddenly, purple light flashed.
Four purple light spots pierced through the thick ground and landed on the foreheads of four people.
As the purple light spots passed, they illuminated this dark prison.
There were several familiar faces of Chu Tian here.
These people had their scapulae locked behind their backs.
Huge chains fixed them to the wall.
These were Chu Tian's old brothers.
Among them, Old Yang had a purple lightning mark on his forehead.
Wei Du's Old City Lord was also present.
And the lightly clad Little Dragon Girl.
The other was the drunkard Old Li.
The four were weakly suspended there.
But at this moment, they all opened their eyes simultaneously.
A sharp glint flickered in each of their eyes, completely unlike their exhausted appearance.
At this very moment, in another direction of the underground city.
There was a grand hall.
Inside the hall sat a bird-man.
This bird-man actually had eight wings.
He suddenly opened his eyes and looked up at the sky.
"Lightning tribulation? This..." For a moment, his eyes flashed with golden light.
Thinking about something unknown.
His facial expression changed, for he was like a statue, as if his muscles had already solidified.
But his mood was fluctuating.
...
Deep sea of the Southern Ocean.
Two purple lights appeared simultaneously.
One purple light shot directly towards the imperial palace of Whale Fall City.
No need to guess, that was the lightning tribulation mark belonging to the Merman King.
The other pierced through a massive black coffin that had been stationed in the center of Whale Fall City.
This abnormal phenomenon occurred almost simultaneously in various places on Blue Star.