There was a blinding light in the Sacred Leader’s Palace. Ten Divine Pillars appeared and absorbed the Divine Lightning that was spreading around.
A fort made of golden lightning appeared in front of the Divine Firmament’s Sacred Leader and blocked all the Lightning Fists that were coming in his way.
It was worth mentioning that previously when the Sacred Leader had been defending against the Fingertip Lightning Fist, the Lightning Fort had been shattered.
However, when facing the even stronger Mixed Lightning Fist, there was no crack on the Lightning Fort in front of the Sacred Leader.
After all the energy was absorbed, the lightning and heavenly aura around the Sacred Leader finally calmed down, and he spoke indifferently. “Not bad. That skill was up to my standard, but not as good as mine when I was at Foundation Establishment.
“However, Tian’er, you have to remember—Do not be complacent. There are many people in Eastern Wilderness, and there will be someone who is stronger than you somewhere out there.
“Although you are invincible in the Foundation Establishment stage, your enemy won’t always be of the same stage.
“There was a Soul Formation Elder in our sacred ground that was invincible in his league. However, he was attacked by a group of Saint-realm cultivators.
“In the end, he tried his best but still lost the fight. He lost his cultivation and started over again with the Godfiend path.
“Thus, you have to remember—Do not be complacent and arrogant before you are stronger than everyone else.”
Shen Tian felt slightly disappointed by what the Sacred Leader said.
This golden-halo Son of Providence is so bugged!
I’m doing my best here… I’ve merged the three extraordinary items into one and had the Longyuan Divine Armor…
But I’m still not as good as my Master when he was young… This world is too scary. I’ll need to play safe here.
Shen Tian took a deep breath and said, “I understand, Master. Regarding the group of Saint-realm cultivators…
“They were so arrogant in attacking us, are we not going to take revenge?”
The Sacred Leader sighed. “There is no way we can get revenge. The seven Saints that attacked us hid their identities very well. They were very cautious.
“What’s more important was that the said Soul Formation cultivator wanted his friend to escape first. So, he sacrificed all his cultivation to self-detonate and killed the attackers.”
Wait… What???
Shouldn’t the story be like the Divine Firmament Sacred Ground is being bullied by other sacred grounds?
It should be—”My senior was being bullied by those sacred grounds and lost his cultivation, then I took revenge for him as his junior and destroyed all the enemies”, no?
Why did it turn out to be the Soul Formation cultivator self-exploded in order to let his friend escape?
And he killed ALL the seven Saint-realm cultivators? Are you kidding!?
That was seven Sages that survived the heavenly tribulation! They were at the brim of reaching immortality!
Although it was not rare to see cultivators killing opponents that were stronger than them, each of the seven Sages could do the same when they were young too!
Not to mention that a Soul Formation cultivator killing a Sage was way harder than a Golden Core killing a Nascent Soul. Not to mention that he did it while he was outnumbered 1 to 7!
This senior must be so talented! I wonder how strong he would be without the incident.
However, even such a talented senior could end up losing everything… The cultivation world is really dangerous. I need to be extra careful in the future!
Either I’ll be good with everyone, or I’ll destroy them completely. I cannot afford to make any mistake!
Seeing that Shen Tian had understood, the Sacred Leader nodded his head in satisfaction.
“Tian’er, you don’t have to be too worried. You are the Heavenly Dao’s Son, born with great providence.
“Normally, you will be fine, and the problems will resolve on their own. Alright, it’s time to go back and prepare for the trial!”
Shen Tian nodded and left the Sacred Leader Palace with his Lotus Shooting Gun. He stared into the blank space while heading back to Saint Mountain.
He felt very tired. Not only because he had overused his power, but he also felt very insecure by what the Sacred Leader had told him.
Even such a gifted Soul Formation Elder could end up like this…
The cultivation world is really not for people that do not have good luck.
Now I feel that my green-with-red-spot halo is no longer safe!
Shen Tian had already flown past many Spirit Mountains as he was lost in thought.
The Longyuan Divine Armor he was wearing had attracted the attention of many disciples.
“Damn! The armor looked so cool! It has the avatar of the Mixed Divine Lightning! That’s so amazing!”
“Only our Saint could deserve such glorious armor! It looked so good on him!”
“Excuse me? What are you talking about? It should be—this armor deserves our Saint to wear it, okay?”
“That’s right! He invented the Yin-Yang Lightning Explosion Talisman after a few days he joined us, and he healed our First Senior Brother!”
“I heard that there was a Great Demon in Fog City, and our Saint was the one that resolved the issue!”
“What? Our Saint took care of a Great Demon by himself? Is he a Sage already?”
“Can you guys stop talking? Just look at how handsome he is!”
“Clothes make the man. Senior Brother looks so good in that armor! Oh, I’m fainting.”
Then, a man carrying a sword on his back appeared.
“Guys, I have news.
“I’ve just heard that starting from tomorrow, all the Foundation Establishment cultivators could buy Lightning Explosion Talismans at a 30% discount.
“Of course, only those who are participating in the trial ten days later are allowed to buy. They are only allowed to buy 10 per person.
“I also heard that our Saint had started a Favored Ones group. They are recruiting right now, and many people have joined them.
“Even the Yin-Yang Lightning Explosion Talisman’s other inventor is in the group too.
“If you guys manage to join the group and work for him, he will bless you!
“What? You asked me so what if he blesses you? Of course! You get 60% off for Lightning Explosion Talismans! Is that enough?
“Hold on! I know you guys are in a hurry. Here is the application form.
“Those who want to join the Favored Ones group do not miss this chance!”
.At Saint Mountain…
Shen Tian sat on the Enlightenment Stone with his legs crossed and his hands playing with the Hariti Rosary Beads. He was recovering his dharmic power while listening to the others’ reports.
Song Fugui, Liu Taiyi, and Eunuch Gui were together with him. All of them felt that the Longyuan Divine Armor was perfect for Shen Tian!
According to Qin Yundi, this armor was worn by the Sacred Leader when he was young.
The Sacred Leader has passed his used armor to His Highness. It’s obvious that he wants His Highness to take his place!
Eunuch Gui was smiling uncontrollably.
Her Majesty would be so happy for him if she knew about this!
Shopkeeper Song said, “Master Heavens, Haoran Mountain’s Li Yunfeng wanted to join us recently.
“I believe our organization needs intel-gathering and leaders.
“Master Heavens, do you want to let Brother Li have a shot at it?”
Li Yunfeng?
Shen Tian started thinking after hearing this name.
The fellow who could ‘keep secrets’ well and is a news reporter?
Hmmm, I need to control how others think of me too.
He is talented, and I need him to be on my side!
So that in the future…
He will not talk bad about me!