Is It Reasonable

The roar of the thunder tribulation continued, shaking the entire Taichu Holy Land so violently that dense cracks split the ground.

The thunderclouds constantly churned, birthing more and thicker thunder dragons. Thunder dragons hundreds of feet thick roared and crashed into the clouds; each collision tore through large swathes of the void, emitting a terrifying pressure that left people breathless.

Standing within the protector formation, Ji Lingxuan found it somewhat unbelievable.

Something was wrong, very wrong.

Having lived for so many years and thoroughly read the Holy Land's ancient texts, she had never heard of a breakthrough to the Great Ascension Realm triggering a thunder tribulation!

In the Tianxuan Continent, it was a known fact that only a breakthrough in the Tribulation Transcendence Realm would draw a thunder tribulation to temper the soul and physical body.

That was exclusive to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm. How could the Great Ascension Realm possibly cause such a terrifying spectacle?

Moreover, this thunder tribulation was not an ordinary tribulation at all!

Just who exactly was Ye Chuan?

His physique, his methods, and this heaven-defying thunder tribulation...

"Holy Son, is... is this truly a Great Ascension Realm thunder tribulation?"

"I have personally witnessed several elders transcend their tribulations, but I have never seen such terrifying tribulation power! If this were to strike the Holy Land, the entire Taichu Holy Land would be leveled to the ground!"

Elder Zhao's eyes were filled with horror. "It's beyond terrifying! Mr. Ye... can he withstand it?"

The surrounding disciples of the Taichu Holy Land had long since devolved into a chaotic mess.

Just as everyone was panicking, Ye Chuan, who was on the tribulation platform, slowly opened his eyes.

He looked up at the thunderclouds in the sky, then glanced down at the crumbling buildings of the Holy Land, and frowned slightly.

This wouldn't do.

If this thunder tribulation continued to strike down like this, the Taichu Holy Land would likely be demolished. Ji Lingxuan had helped him quite a bit; he couldn't just let her Holy Land be destroyed by his breakthrough.

"Forget it, I'll move somewhere else," Ye Chuan muttered to himself.

In the next second, his figure vanished directly from the tribulation platform.

"Where is he?!" Elder Ling exclaimed, instinctively looking up.

Everyone followed his gaze, only to see Ye Chuan already hovering thousands of feet in the air, standing directly beneath the thunderclouds. Shrouded in the black mist of primal chaos, he looked completely calm, as if the apocalyptic thunder tribulation above had nothing to do with him.

Right at this moment, the second wave of the thunder tribulation crashed down!

This time, the pillars of lightning were thicker and more numerous than the first wave, mixed with golden arcs of lightning. Hundreds of feet thick, the chaos thunder dragons smashed viciously toward Ye Chuan with an apocalyptic might, as if seeking to tear him completely apart!

"Watch out!"

But in the next second, everyone was left dumbfounded.

Facing the sky full of crashing lightning pillars and thunder dragons, Ye Chuan didn't even try to dodge. He even slowly opened his arms. The power of chaos around him instantly surged, forming an invisible barrier.

The first lightning pillar struck the barrier without making the slightest sound of impact. Instead, like a drop of water merging into the ocean, it was instantly devoured by the chaos, transforming into pure energy that surged into Ye Chuan's body.

Immediately after, the second, the third... hundreds and thousands of lightning pillars, along with those few terrifying thunder dragons, all rushed toward Ye Chuan over one another, only to be entirely swallowed by the black chaos mist around him without wasting a single shred of energy.

Ye Chuan closed his eyes, continuously absorbing the power of the thunder tribulation.

This thunder tribulation was just the thing to strengthen his Indestructible Chaos Body; it was simply free nourishment delivered right to his door.

Perfect.

The crowd below was completely stupefied, even forgetting to breathe.

Looking at the figure high in the sky surrounded by the thunder tribulation, calmly devouring the lightning, the shock in Ji Lingxuan's heart was beyond words.

She was finding it harder and harder to see through Ye Chuan.

Devouring tribulations to break through and defying the heavens, this had completely shattered all the common sense of cultivation on the Tianxuan Continent.

This also made Ji Lingxuan increasingly certain that Ye Chuan did not belong to this world and most likely came from the Upper Realm!

Fortunately, their Taichu Holy Land had chosen to stand on Ye Chuan's side.

The thunder tribulation continued, each wave more terrifying than the last, but Ye Chuan's speed of devouring the tribulation also grew faster and faster.

Under his devouring, the chaotic thunderclouds in the sky grew thinner and thinner. The lightning pillars and thunder dragons became fewer, and the originally apocalyptic pressure weakened bit by bit.

Half an hour later, the final thunder tribulation, a chaos thunder dragon that had condensed all the remaining tribulation power, was swallowed whole by Ye Chuan in a single gulp.

The sky full of chaotic thunderclouds finally slowly faded away. The pitch-black sky returned to a clear and boundless blue, and rays of golden sunlight spilled down, dispersing all the gloom.

High in the sky, Ye Chuan slowly opened his eyes. A golden light flashed in his pupils before returning to calmness.

The black chaos mist around him slowly retracted, and an aura several times more tyrannical than before erupted from his body, sweeping across the entire Taichu Holy Land.

[You have entered the Early Stage of the Great Ascension Realm]

[You have entered the Middle Stage of the Great Ascension Realm]

[You have entered the Late Stage of the Great Ascension Realm]

[You have entered the Peak Stage of the Great Ascension Realm]

...

Phew.

Having devoured too much energy, he had reached the peak of the Great Ascension Realm in one breath. He could even start preparing to break through directly to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm!

"Jiejiejiejie, not bad, the power is not bad."

Ye Chuan raised his hand, feeling the extremely surging power within his body. With a gentle wave, a surge of spiritual energy roared out, striking a thousand-foot-tall mountain in the distance.

Boom!!!

That tall mountain was instantly leveled to the ground, not even leaving a single piece of rubble behind, only a massive deep crater.

Satisfactory.

A faint smile curled on Ye Chuan's lips. With a blur of his figure, he instantly teleported back to the tribulation platform.

Below, Ji Lingxuan, Elder Ling, Elder Zhao, and all the disciples of the Taichu Holy Land finally snapped out of their daze. They quickly stepped forward and solemnly cupped their hands toward Ye Chuan.

"Congratulations, Daoist Ye, on breaking through to the Great Ascension Realm!"

Ji Lingxuan looked at Ye Chuan, her eyes full of admiration. "Ye Chuan, you are incredible! Devouring a tribulation to break through, no one from ancient times to the present has ever been able to do such a thing!"

"Thank you for the materials, Holy Son," Ye Chuan replied.

"It's a small matter." Ji Lingxuan asked Ye Chuan, "Do you want me to find a place for you to consolidate your realm? Consolidating the early stage of the Great Ascension Realm will take some time."

"No need." Ye Chuan casually released his aura. "I'm already at the peak of the Great Ascension Realm and am preparing to break through to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm."

This single sentence left everyone present dumbfounded.

Ji Lingxuan: "?"

The elders: "?"

What did that mean?

What do you mean you just broke through and are already preparing to break through to the next major realm?

"I absorbed a lot of soul energy, as well as the power of the thunder tribulation. Breaking through a major realm is very reasonable, isn't it?" Ye Chuan asked.

"Reasonable?" Having her worldview completely shattered, Ji Lingxuan turned to look at the elders beside her, who were also slightly bewildered.

Reasonable?

"Will your realm be unstable this way?" Ji Lingxuan asked.

"No." Ye Chuan shook his head.

Ordinary cultivators relied on cultivation to rank up, making their realms superficial and in need of consolidation.

But he was different; he had leveled up step by step relying on the system!

The superiority was immediately apparent!

It was all hard work and sweat!