The blood-colored ferocious beast formed from the Thunderbolt was forcibly devoured by Fang Yuan, and the scattered lightning splashed all around, leveling the mountains within a hundred miles to the ground!
"My heavens, the eighth one...!" Ruan Tianhe's voice trembled.
Ancient records stated that nine tribulations were the extreme, but at this moment, the thunderclouds in the sky not only hadn't dispersed but instead condensed into a thunderous vertical pupil that obscured the sun!
That seemingly divine eye slowly turned, with its cold pupil reflecting the small figure of Fang Yuan. The clouds trembled, and the air wailed, as if the entire world was awaiting some sort of judgment.
Suddenly—
"Boom!!!"
The vertical pupil suddenly collapsed, turning into a pure white light that fell, causing even space to shatter inch by inch, revealing the pitch-black void!
Clearly, this was the most terrifying one!
"Interesting."
Fang Yuan chuckled lightly, and instead of retreating, he stomped on the mountain peak and soared into the sky, charging towards the world-destroying thunderbolt!
"Boom—!!"
The dazzling white light swallowed everything.
Ruan Tianhe had to shut his eyes, his ears filled with the deafening roar. When he opened his eyes again, he saw Fang Yuan hovering in mid-air, with a spark of lightning still lingering on his fingertips.
And that world-shattering ninth thunder tribulation had been crushed by him in his palm!
The residual power of the thunder dissipated, and the mountains within a hundred miles were flattened, as if a god wielding a giant axe had cut away a piece of this world.
Ruan Tianhe stood at the edge of the cliff by the thunderclouds, desperately stabilizing himself. He looked at the newly formed wasteland, and his Adam's apple involuntarily rolled: "Nine tribulations, a full nine, this is the limit of the Heavenly Dao!"
Above in the sky, Fang Yuan moved his muscles and bones, and with joy, he exclaimed:
"Tsk tsk, after eating these nine bolts of heavenly thunder, my strength has actually grown stronger!"
"This is a huge profit."
After the ninth bolt of lightning, his health was directly reduced by two-thirds, but through continuous tempering, his total health had actually increased!
From the previous 800,000, it skyrocketed to 1.5 million!
This was the effect of the thunder tribulation refining his body. Not only that, but Fang Yuan also felt a stronger force surging within him!
He clenched his fist and suddenly threw a straight punch into the void!
Boom!!!
Even just the punch's wind obliterated a mountain peak a thousand meters away into dust!
Seeing this scene, Ruan Tianhe's pupils shrank. He naturally knew that the heavenly thunder could temper the body, as he too had experienced it,
And now, after Fang Yuan endured nine bolts of thunder, his physical strength had likely undergone a qualitative leap!
Though both were at the Martial Saint realm, the gap between the two had likely become insurmountable!
But there was no time for further astonishment because, as the last bolt of lightning dissipated, the Heavenly Palace Gate began to slowly manifest in the clouds!
The golden gate shimmered with eternal brilliance, and the breath leaking from the gap in the door caused the sea of clouds for a thousand miles to boil!
Fang Yuan and Ruan Tianhe both tensed up, the former's eyes burning with battle intent, while the latter's fingers trembled slightly.
It came, the Heavenly Palace Gate was opening. Would that terrifying existence appear again?
Fang Yuan also stared at the situation with the Heavenly Palace Gate. If there was any anomaly, he would activate [Time Reversal] and return to the time before the door opened.
However, the anticipated demon army did not appear. On the other side of the Heavenly Palace Gate, there was only a pure, white light, as clear as the first snow.
Fang Yuan smiled slightly, just as he had expected. The [Heavenly] faction had no control over the Heavenly Palace Gate passage. The last time Ruan Tianhe was ambushed while ascending was purely a trap set by the Pope.
"Looks like Your Majesty's plan was correct," Ruan Tianhe sighed with relief, his tense shoulders finally relaxing.
At that moment, a powerful gravitational force suddenly erupted from the Heavenly Palace Gate, as if an invisible giant hand was pulling them towards the door.
Fang Yuan's eyes flashed with excitement as he laughed aloud, "Come, let's go see some new sights!"
With that, his figure shot like an arrow, rushing towards the gravitational pull.
"Understood!" Ruan Tianhe replied, following closely behind, both disappearing into the dazzling white light.