Chapter 266: Divine Retribution

Above the Grand Court, abyssal storm clouds churned violently. Massive arcs of pure heavenly lightning gathered within the darkness, illuminating the terrified faces of the hundred thousand cultivators below.

The air became saturated with static electricity. Even the star-iron plates beneath their feet began to hum with a lethal, vibrating frequency.

The true Lightning Tribulation was preparing to descend.

But then, it paused.

An invisible consciousness of the Heavenly Mandate descended upon the crater where Lin Yuan stood.

The Heavens possessed a will. Cold, impartial, and governed by the principle of universal balance, it silently examined the cultivator standing defiantly amid the dust. Its vast consciousness swept over Lin Yuan, analyzing the conceptual signature radiating from his newly forged Primordial Spirit.

The Heavens recognized the Merged Dao.

It recognized the Divine Thunder circulating through his meridians.