Yin Ming could hardly believe his ears.
How is this possible?! This person in white has lived for tens of thousands of years, just like a firefly?!
Could he also be the embodiment of some mountain or river?
Or is it that his cultivation has truly reached the legendary tenth realm, which allows his lifespan to be extended indefinitely?!
As if unable to accept the news of the original author's passing, Liu Ying suddenly clutched her chest and half-squatted on the ground, her dark green hair obscuring her facial expression, making it impossible to discern her emotions at that moment.
This was the first time Yin Ming had ever seen her so distraught. He was about to go over and help her when she stopped him with her raised hand.
"Fine." Yin Ming stopped where he was.
It's good to let her have some time to process this devastating news on her own.
But the man in white had no intention of letting her go, and continued to say those words that were extremely grating to Liu Ying.
"It was my oversight to say that this matter was handled by me. In fact, with Zu Long's talent, he should have been able to advance to the tenth realm when he underwent his tribulation."
"Unfortunately, this is not allowed, so I unleashed several more bolts of heavenly lightning, causing him to fail his tribulation. However, although he was clearly lifeless, he suddenly came back to life for some reason..."
"I saw that his cultivation level remained at the ninth realm after his resurrection, so I didn't continue to make things difficult for him. As far as I'm concerned, as long as he's not at the tenth realm, his existence or not is not important."
The man in white spoke with great seriousness.
"I just never expected that my momentary soft-heartedness would cause him so much trouble later. If I had dealt with him earlier, there wouldn't have been so much trouble later."
Yin Ming: ...
What did he hear next?
The original form of the Ancestral Dragon could have advanced to the tenth realm...?
Was it because the white-robed man struck him with several more heavenly lightning bolts during his tribulation that he failed...?
No, is this some kind of niche language? Why does he seem to have a hard time understanding it?
In other words, there should have been cultivators at the tenth realm in this world long ago, but this man in white interfered and sent down several more bolts of heavenly lightning, killing them.
...This is really outrageous.
Who exactly is this person in white...? Is he the Thunder Spirit who governs tribulations in the Divine Demon Continent?
That doesn't make sense either. I've never heard of a peak ninth-realm cultivator being struck by tribulation lightning during their tribulation.
Even ancient texts have never recorded anything related to this.
Even those books didn't mention that a tribulation of lightning would occur when advancing from the ninth to the tenth realm...
Is it because no one has successfully triggered the tribulation lightning, or because all those who attempted to undergo the tribulation have died, that no one knows about or records this event?
Yin Ming couldn't help but ask the man in white, and to his surprise, the man actually kindly answered his question—
"You could say that. None of them actually triggered a tribulation lightning. Also, if it weren't for that ancestral dragon's innate constitution, it wouldn't have been able to trigger a tribulation lightning either."
The man in white suddenly turned his head slightly, facing Lingyao's direction, "The only one who can trigger the tribulation lightning is the one beside you... and his demonic pet."
Yin Ming looked at Ling Yao, somewhat puzzled. Why did the white-robed man sound so subtly proud when he said those words?
No? What are you so proud of? Lingyao is the one who's amazing, not him!
However, Yin Ming did sense that the white-robed man's attitude towards Ling Yao was different.
Yin Ming even had a feeling that the man in white was only being so polite to them because of Ling Yao.
Why is that? Yin Ming pursed his lips. Could he see the protagonist's halo hidden above Ling Yao's head?
"Is it because they cultivate a single type of true qi that they are unable to trigger a tribulation of lightning?"
Lingyao's voice suddenly rang out.
The man in white paused for a moment, then slowly nodded. "Very clever."
Yin Ming scratched his head, completely bewildered.
Huh? How did you come up with this answer?
Why is it that, despite all being brains, Lingyao's brain seems particularly useful?
After a moment's thought, Yin Ming's tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly; he had understood.
Working backwards, why are only Lingyao and Longmeng able to trigger the lightning tribulation?
In other words, why are Lingyao and Longmeng so special? What do others lack compared to them?
The answer is—because they are the only two people in the whole world who cultivate both spiritual and resentful energies at the same time!
Tsk, no wonder.
No wonder in the original story, the Divine Demon Continent only had Ling Yao, a cultivator at the tenth realm, and Long Cheng, a tenth-realm resentful dragon. It turns out that no one else had the necessary conditions.
Just as they had guessed, something was limiting the upper limit of cultivation, which was why the highest cultivation level among all cultivators in the world was only the peak of the ninth realm...
Well... let's get back to the point.
According to what the man in white just said, the First Emperor could clearly do it too.
Why did the man in white try to stop Zu Long from advancing to the tenth realm?
Not allowed? Who is forbidding it?
In response, the man in white raised his chin at Ling Yao, "Because the Divine Demon Continent can only have two people at the tenth realm."
Hearing the obvious bias in the white-clad man's words...
Yin Ming: ?
In other words, regardless of whether others have the conditions to advance to the tenth realm, even if they do, he wouldn't allow it, right?
No... why should I? This is so unreasonable.
"Did you kill Chu Ya and the others too?"
Liu Ying, who was standing to the side, seemed to have composed herself and slowly raised her head. Her beautiful eyes were bloodshot, and her once bright red lips were now frighteningly pale. She spoke almost through gritted teeth.
The man in white readily admitted, "It was me."
"Their actions disrupted the world's order, and they deserve to die."
Upon hearing this, Liu Ying scoffed, then laughed angrily, "You keep talking about the order of the world, but what exactly did they do to disrupt that order?"
"Is the order of this world something that needs to be maintained by killing people? And who gave you that high hat, allowing you to stand on a superior position and decide the life and death of others?"
"Is your confidence based solely on your cultivation level and these insignificant sculptures and formations? If I possessed such confidence, could I also decide your life or death?!"
In the end, a vibrant green spiritual energy, like a blazing flame, suddenly erupted from Liu Ying's body, and the powerful pressure of the peak of the ninth realm swept towards the white-robed man's face with all its might!
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