"Let's wait and see. We'll know soon enough..." Qian Daoliu clasped his hands behind his back and spoke softly.
He too wanted to know who was condensing a Soul Core and attempting to break through to Titled Douluo.
However, they didn't have to wait long before sensing something amiss.
In the distant sky, dark clouds suddenly began to appear.
At first, they were only the size of a palm.
But within a minute, they had covered half the sky!
The originally clear and bright sky darkened at a visible pace.
"Boom—"
Within the dark clouds, lightning flickered, accompanied by continuous rumbling thunder.
Moreover, the direction in which these clouds were gathering was precisely the mountain peak where Ye Feng was located.
"Xue'er, run!!! This is a Thunder Tribulation!!!!"
Qian Daoliu didn't react at first, but as the clouds drew closer, he cried out in alarm, hastily pulling Qian Renxue into a rapid retreat.
"Thunder Tribulation...??"
Qian Renxue, being pulled back by Qian Daoliu, wore a completely bewildered expression on her pretty face.
A Thunder Tribulation—wasn't that something only hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts were said to encounter? Why would it appear here?
"I can't be mistaken. The biggest difference between Thunder Tribulation clouds and ordinary dark clouds is that the former contains Rule Power! That's the power of the world itself..."
Qian Daoliu's tone was grave.
"But isn't this just a breakthrough to Titled Douluo? How could there be a Thunder Tribulation?" Qian Renxue was even more confused.
She had only heard of such a thing in legends and had never seen it before.
"The reason for the Thunder Tribulation is that the heavens and earth do not permit the existence of beings that defy the natural order..."
"For example, Soul Beasts cannot become gods precisely because divine-level Soul Beasts are too heaven-defying. That's why there's the suppression of heavenly rules—a tribulation every hundred thousand years."
Qian Daoliu patiently explained. As one of the most powerful existences in this world, he naturally knew many secrets.
"Heaven-defying? How is condensing a Soul Core heaven-defying? Unless..."
"Unless the person condensing the Soul Core isn't a Soul Douluo, but... Ye Feng, who's only at the 50th rank!!!"
Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue seemed to have guessed something, their eyes simultaneously filling with disbelief.
...
Not only were Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu stunned.
At this moment, inside the cave, Ye Feng was equally dumbfounded.
"What the hell?! I'm just condensing a Soul Core—why the hell is there a Thunder Tribulation??"
"Tang Wulin also condensed a Soul Core around the 60th rank. Why didn't the Thunder Tribulation strike him?"
Ye Feng was so angry he nearly cursed aloud.
This was the first time he'd heard of a Soul Master attracting a Thunder Tribulation while condensing a Soul Core!
This was targeted harassment! Blatant discrimination!
Of course, one thing Ye Feng hadn't considered was that Tang Wulin had only condensed his Soul Core in his twenties, whereas Ye Feng...
Had been cultivating for less than a year...
Ye Feng also suspected it might be because he didn't belong to this world.
After all, he only knew he was a transmigrator and remembered fragments of his past life.
But how he had died in his previous life,
how he had come to this world,
or why he had been reborn as an egg—
he had no idea.
Perhaps this was the reason the Thunder Tribulation had appeared.
However, with the lightning in the sky growing increasingly terrifying, Ye Feng could no longer afford to be distracted. He focused on completing the Soul Core condensation as quickly as possible, preparing himself for what was to come.
As for the Thunder Tribulation, he wasn't particularly afraid. After all, his current combat power was extremely formidable, and he possessed the overpowering Lexical Trait [Void Walker]. Even if he couldn't withstand it, he could always escape to another Plane.
At this moment, Ye Feng turned his gaze inward.
The vortex of Soul Power within him continued to endlessly absorb the Heaven and Earth Essence from the outside world, like a bottomless pit that could never be filled.
When condensing a Soul Core, the more Heaven and Earth Essence one absorbed, the more powerful the resulting Soul Core would be.
For ordinary Soul Masters, condensing a Soul Core was an extremely difficult and painful process.
After all, the power of a Soul Core was too terrifying. Most Soul Masters had to exert all their strength just to suppress it, often struggling to control it—like dancing on the edge of a blade, where the slightest misstep could lead to an instant explosion.
But Ye Feng's spiritual power was exceptionally strong, and his physical strength was equally monstrous.
To him, the Soul Core was like cotton candy—something he could manipulate at will.
Even as the Soul Core grew increasingly powerful, it remained firmly under Ye Feng's control.
...
Time passed slowly.
One day went by.
Two days went by.
Three days went by.
The thunderclouds in the sky grew thicker and thicker, their oppressive aura intensifying, yet they still refused to descend.
The power of the Soul Core also grew stronger, and the pressure increased accordingly, transforming from "cotton candy" into a "small spring," constantly resisting Ye Feng's suppression.
Ye Feng remained completely unfazed. He felt he could still accumulate a bit more.
But while Ye Feng was calm, Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu, who were over ten kilometers away, were growing restless.
"What's going on… It's been three days, and he still hasn't succeeded? Absorbing this much Heaven and Earth Essence—is he trying to self-destruct?!" Qian Daoliu's face was full of confusion and a hint of alarm.
In theory, the longer the Soul Core condensation process took, the stronger the Soul Core would be, as more time meant more absorbed Heaven and Earth Essence and a more powerful core.
When he had condensed his own Soul Core, it had taken a full day and night—already a record-breaking feat in the history of Spirit Hall.
And that had been his absolute limit. If he had absorbed any more, the Soul Core would have likely broken free from his control and exploded on the spot!
Yet the guy in the distance had persisted for three full days and nights, and it seemed he was still far from reaching his limit…
Just how strong was he to be able to control such a monstrous Soul Core? Wasn't he afraid it would explode?
If a Soul Core of that terrifying magnitude were to detonate, the resulting devastation would be no less than a meteor impact—leveling everything within a hundred-mile radius…
"Grandfather, will Ye Feng be alright…?" Qian Renxue was now absolutely certain that the one condensing the Soul Core was Ye Feng!
Other than him, she couldn't imagine anyone else capable of such defiance of the heavens, attracting such a terrifying Thunder Tribulation.
"That kid is too greedy. If this continues, he might lose control of the Soul Core's power… He'll die." Qian Daoliu's tone was grave.
No matter how heaven-defying he was, he was still just a 50-level four-ring Soul Ancestor—he didn't even have his fifth Soul Ring yet.
Though Qian Daoliu didn't understand how the boy had managed to condense a Soul Core so quickly, this level of greed was simply excessive.
How could his body possibly withstand it?
"Ah! What should we do?! Grandfather, can you save Ye Feng?"
Qian Renxue nearly burst into tears upon hearing this.
Never in her wildest dreams had she imagined that Ye Feng, who had survived Slaughter City, would end up being killed by his own Soul Core's explosion.
This outcome was something she simply couldn't accept.
"I can't help it. That boy was simply too greedy."
Qian Daoliu shook his head.
In matters like this, not even a Demigod like him could intervene—even an actual deity would be powerless.
At the same time, he felt a pang of regret.
If that person truly was Ye Feng, his strength and Talent had completely earned Qian Daoliu's recognition.
As long as his character was passable, Qian Daoliu wouldn't make things too difficult for him and might even acknowledge him as a grandson-in-law.
However, after the previous incident, Qian Daoliu still feared Qian Renxue might harm herself over Ye Feng, so he added, "Of course, there's also a chance your little boyfriend is even more extraordinary and can actually control the power of the Soul Core..."
"But that's impossible," Qian Daoliu