Feeling the terrifying energy coursing through his body, Chu Yi’s face lit up with an excited smile.

However, that smile was somewhat frightening. After all, the only part of Chu Yi that wasn’t charred black by lightning was his set of white teeth.

But Chu Yi didn’t care about that. He had truly entered the Golden Elixir stage!

From this moment on, he had reached the highest realm currently achievable in this world!

But soon, Chu Yi noticed something was off.

Logically, since he had completed his Tribulation Crossing, the dark clouds in the sky should have dispersed, right?

Yet, the dense clouds above still hadn’t cleared, and lightning continued to churn within them!

The spiritual energy vortex with a diameter of ten kilometers also hadn’t disappeared; in fact, it seemed to be expanding!

At the same time, not only above North Hill High School, but across the entire China, dark clouds were gathering!

The Cultivation Home forum was once again in an uproar, with posts flooding in non-stop:

“Fuck? Is our Mr. Chu really that badass? Crossing a tribulation and causing dark clouds to cover all of China?”

“To be honest, even in cultivation novels, this is a top-tier lightning tribulation! One person crossing a tribulation, and the entire country is covered in dark clouds!”

“With so many dark clouds, Mr. Chu won’t be struck dead by the first bolt of lightning, right? This is hell mode right from the start!”

“As far as I know, Mr. Chu has already completed his lightning tribulation. So why haven’t the clouds above North Hill High School dispersed, and instead, the entire China is covered in dark clouds?”

“I don’t care about any of that. All I know is that our Mr. Chu is truly badass! Probably the only person in the world who can cause a lightning tribulation like this!”

“……”

The discussions on the Cultivation Home forum continued, but no one could make sense of it.

While they were engaged in heated discussions, dark clouds began to gather over countries around the world!

The leader of the Free Nation, looking at the terrifying, electrified clouds in the sky, immediately issued an order for all citizens to stay indoors.

At the same time, he learned through spies in China that this sudden extreme weather phenomenon was likely caused by a guy named Chu Yi undergoing a tribulation.

Upon hearing this, the leader of the Free Nation felt his worldview being shattered once again.

What kind of godly figure had emerged in China?

Not to mention undergoing a lightning tribulation, but causing global weather changes just by crossing a tribulation—was this even human?

Looking at the clouds in the sky and feeling the power of the lightning within them, the leader of the Free Nation couldn’t help but swallow hard.

Just the aura from this lightning made him believe that if he were struck, he, an A-level Biotics Man, would have to say goodbye to the world…

But the leader of the Free Nation was actually better off compared to the leader of Fusang. That guy was truly in a miserable state.

The sky over Fusang was also covered by electrified clouds, and when this phenomenon occurred, the leader of Fusang was dining in a restaurant.

He hadn’t even started eating the delicacies served to him before a bolt of lightning pierced through the ceiling and charred him black…

Because of this, the leader of Fusang noticed the sudden weather change and hurriedly issued a stay-at-home order.

For a while, leaders of all countries around the world became busy, investigating the cause of the unusual weather!

After nearly an hour of frantic investigation, they learned that this weather anomaly was actually caused by a person!

…

The originator of all this, Chu Yi, was also puzzled as he looked at the dark clouds in the sky.

“System Brother? Didn’t I already successfully cross the tribulation? Why haven’t these dark clouds dispersed? Are they addicted to striking me and want to do it again?”

【Due to the host’s successful advancement to the Golden Elixir stage, the world’s spiritual energy density will increase, hence this phenomenon.】

Hearing the reason from the System, Chu Yi was a bit stunned. He hadn’t expected that his advancement to the Golden Elixir stage would accelerate the resurgence of spiritual energy in the world!

Wasn’t the resurgence of spiritual energy supposed to follow a certain rate?

And now it had sped up because he entered the Golden Elixir stage?

Chu Yi’s face showed a contemplative expression. He felt something was off.

The information from the System made him feel like this resurgence of spiritual energy was someone’s game.

Whenever someone advanced to the highest realm that could be accommodated, an emergency update would occur to allow for higher realms?

And he felt like a pawn used for someone else’s entertainment…

At that moment, a bolt of lightning that had been brewing in the sky suddenly struck down!

According to its original trajectory, it would hit near the entrance of North Hill High School!

But just as the lightning was about to strike within two hundred meters of the school’s entrance, a flawless white barrier suddenly blocked its path.

The Two Elements Micro Dust Formation began to operate, firmly blocking the lightning outside the barrier!

Chu Yi looked at the lightning blocked by the formation, utterly confused.

When he was crossing the tribulation, the Two Elements Micro Dust Formation didn’t help block a single bolt. Now it was acting up?

There was no one at the entrance of North Hill High School, so why was the formation blocking the lightning?

Wasn’t this advanced formation supposed to be smart?

“Boom!”

The lightning seemed to understand it couldn’t strike the entrance of North Hill High School and veered off at a miraculous angle, hitting a valley three kilometers away!

When the lightning struck the valley, Chu Yi’s expression changed.

The aura emanating from the valley was very familiar to him!

He finally understood why the Two Elements Micro Dust Formation had blocked the lightning from striking the entrance of North Hill High School!

Because the aura coming from the valley was that of a void rift!

Ignoring his current appearance, Chu Yi stepped onto his green flying sword and flew straight to the valley!

Three seconds later, Chu Yi appeared in the valley, where a long and wide void rift greeted him!

The void rift emitted a faint purple light, and dense spiritual energy continuously flowed out from it.

However, the dense spiritual energy didn’t catch Chu Yi’s attention. His eyes were fixed on the void rift.

From the void rift, Alien Beasts were pouring out continuously!

Scanning the horde of Alien Beasts, Chu Yi’s face turned grim.

Because all these eager-to-rush-out Alien Beasts were uniformly SS-level!