I reign supreme in the Western fantasy world for eternity.

It was near noon, atop the western mountains.

The sky was cloudless, the sun blazed overhead, and you could even see waves of heat emanating from the ground.

Ji Tian sat cross-legged in the center of the array with his eyes closed. The Emperor's Banner was planted three feet to his side, hanging low and motionless.

Lilith was still sleeping, probably because she was tired after hitting someone with a club all day yesterday.

Ji Tian didn't disturb her. After refining the resentment in the Human Emperor Banner, he placed his money bag and a sect token made from a portion of spiritual power on her bedside.

In this way, even if Ji Tian dies at the hands of a powerful heavenly tribulation, Lilith can still reach the sect located in the Eastern Territory with the protection and guidance of the token.

The online article depicts the Xiao family being reduced to only Grand Dou Masters to maintain their reputation. He did not ask the Red Dragon for help in "protecting" the sect, nor did he reveal the sect's address.

Finally, with half an hour left until noon, he stretched out his hands, made hand seals, and prepared to summon wind and rain and prepare for a tribulation of lightning.

Spiritual energy surged from his dantian, flowing through his meridians into his palm, transforming into an extremely thin golden ray of light, like a stretched spider silk, shooting straight into the sky.

The light burst open high in the sky, turning into countless tiny specks of light, which scattered in all directions.

Those specks of light fell into the air, onto those few scattered wisps of clouds, like seeds falling into the soil.

Moments later, the cyclops began to grow.

The white clouds, like fermented dough, expanded, tumbled, and spread outwards at a visible speed.

One cloud becomes two, two become three, and three become one.

Half an hour later, the entire sky was covered by leaden-gray clouds.

The sunlight was completely blocked, and the mountaintop was shrouded in an eerie, dim yellow light, like dusk, but the blazing sun still hung high overhead.

Lightning began to flash in the clouds—blue, purple, and white—like lightning snakes darting about in the clouds. These were streaks of lightning tribulation brewing on the horizon, containing endless killing intent.

Ji Tian nodded in satisfaction and took out a dark purple pill from his Purple Mansion.

Tribulation-Crossing Pill.

It's called a pill, but it's actually the essence of magic crystals he collected when he hunted monsters, supplemented with some mushrooms that can produce illusions to trigger inner demon tribulations. He then used spiritual power to compress, condense, and shape it, finally rolling it into a ball the size of a pigeon egg.

The appearance is average, but the medicinal potency is strong.

He opened his mouth, threw the pill into his mouth, and chewed it twice.

It tastes like burnt bones, and it's a bit bitter.

"Add some sugar next time, otherwise the apprentices probably won't eat it." He frowned, then swallowed.

The potent medicinal power exploded in his stomach, transforming into a strong current that surged through his meridians to his limbs and bones.

The golden elixir in the dantian seemed to have been doused with hot water, its surface shimmering with a faint golden light, and the cracks were even larger than yesterday.

He closed his eyes, made hand seals, and activated the array patterns on the mountaintop.

The array patterns shone from the depths of the rock, and golden light spread along the engravings, like a fallen giant tree standing up again, its branches stretching out in all directions, weaving a net of light covering a radius of hundreds of feet.

The Emperor's Banner trembled violently at the center of the formation, its surface billowing even without wind, emitting a low, fluttering sound.

The lightning in the clouds began to converge on the same human emperor banner.

The gathering of countless souls, imbued with such heavy yin energy, was enough to attract all the lightning within a radius of dozens of miles.

When the first bolt of lightning struck, Ji Tian didn't even hear a sound.

Too fast, too small.

Light is faster than sound, and thunder is faster than man.

The bolt of lightning was as thick as a forearm, bright purple in color, and struck straight down from the clouds, hitting the banner pole of the Emperor's Banner with pinpoint accuracy.

The black soul imprint on the banner suddenly lit up, and purple lightning traveled down the banner pole, flowing through the array patterns into the ground, blasting a spiderweb-like crack on the rocks at the mountain peak.

Ji Tian was completely unharmed.

The myriad souls shielded him from the first bolt of lightning. The souls screamed and trembled within the banner, weakening the power of the lightning layer by layer. By the time it reached Ji Tian, ​​only a tingling warmth remained.

He took a deep breath and felt the electric current coursing through his meridians, as if someone were gently pricking his acupoints with a fine needle.

He opened his eyes, looked up at the sky, and said disdainfully, "Not enough? Let's have more!"

As if the clouds understood his words, the frequency of the lightning flashes suddenly increased.

The second thunderbolt was as thick as a bowl.

The third one is as thick as a water bucket.

The fourth, the fifth, the sixth... each one thicker and more ferocious than the last.

The Emperor's Banner trembled wildly in the sea of ​​thunder, the purple aura on its surface was shattered into pieces, and the myriad souls within the Soul Seal emitted sharp cries, but they did not dissipate.

Ji Tian's robes were scorched at the edges, his hair was curly, and purple electric streaks appeared on his skin.

The golden core trembled violently in the dantian, but the crack on its surface remained unmoved, indicating that it was not yet satisfied.

Ji Tian sighed inwardly. These were merely ordinary lightning bolts without the blessing of the Heavenly Dao, unable to even damage his physical body.

The opportunity to break through is right in front of us, and we cannot afford to make the slightest mistake!

Ji Tian's face hardened, and he casually threw down the Human Emperor Banner, deciding to summon a forbidden lightning spell with power comparable to nuclear weapons from his previous life.

Even if I were to cleave this main peak in two today, and achieve ultimate sublimation through the power of the forbidden spell, I, Ji Tian, ​​would still break through to the Nascent Soul stage today!

"The pivot of ether, the wedge of judgment."

Thunderbolts strike from the heavens, and all punishments return to the abyss!

"Forbidden spell, activate!"

The moment the incantation was cast, the world changed color.

The nine thunderclouds suddenly began to spin, forming a huge vortex with a center as deep as the eye of an abyss.

Lightning flashed between the clouds, like a power grid slowly spreading out over hundreds of miles.

A sudden gust of wind arose, sending sand and stones flying. The mountain peak beneath his feet began to crack, and countless fragments of rock were ionized and suspended, forming a ring of meteorites around him.

His heartbeats were in sync with the thunder, as if the heart of the entire world was beating in his chest.

not enough!

The stars in the heavens appeared in Ji Tian's eyes, constantly rotating and getting faster and faster.

Inner demon tribulation, activated!

Just as the inner demon was brewing within his consciousness, Ji Tian's remaining awareness outside was far from sufficient—

A cold, malicious consciousness emerged from the Emperor's Banner.

That consciousness, like an invisible snake, followed the electric current of the lightning tribulation and the array patterns, silently crawling towards him, trying to seize the body of the human who was almost entirely just a powerful physical body!

Ji Tian was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter:

"Are you protecting me?"

"What a wonderful spirit! Knowing how difficult my tribulation was, it even took the initiative to bear the brunt of the lightning for me! It wasn't for nothing that I raised you for so long." Ji Tian nodded with satisfaction. "With such a spirit, how can I worry about not breaking my Golden Core or failing to achieve my Nascent Soul!"

He grabbed the Emperor's Banner, raised it high above his head, and allowed it to temporarily take control of his physical body.

"Come on! Let me see your backbone!"

Having said that, he withdrew his last wisp of consciousness back into his body, focusing all his energy on fighting the inner demon tribulation!