Become a king right from the start, beginning with receiving rewards from all the heavens.

Gazing at the calamity clouds gathering in the sky, I thought of the Heavenly Dao of this world.

If one undergoes tribulation in another world, it is a test of heaven and earth for the cultivator.

So, this tribulation in this realm is Heaven's way of annihilating any living beings that might threaten Him in the future!

Otherwise, from ancient times to the present, there have only been three to five immortals in the human realm!

At this moment, at least several thousand people in the inner city stood in the air looking down at the land of tribulation clouds.

"Huh, isn't this the location of the Prince Ni's residence...?"

A surprised exclamation rang out, though the voice was very soft.

But who are those people standing in the void at this moment? How could they not hear this muttering sound!

Nioh undergoing tribulation?

The air seemed to vibrate for a moment, and the expressions of the crowd changed visibly.

The name Renwang Xia Zhaoyan has been mentioned far too many times in the past six months.

Based on his performance over the past few months, in some people's minds, Prince Ren's talent has already ranked among the top ten of all the princes.

Fortunately, King Ni was not qualified to compete for the throne, otherwise even more people would be having trouble sleeping now.

"Is Ren-ou undergoing tribulation? Isn't he at the Blood Exchange Realm?"

Some people find it hard to believe, because it is common knowledge that a cultivator's first tribulation is to break through from the acquired realm to the innate realm.

"You're such a shut-in, all you do is cultivate. You rarely pay attention to King Ren. He was already at the peak of the Acquired Realm during the previous court assembly!"

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"This is impossible. How could he have gone from the mid-stage of the Blood Exchange Realm to the Innate Realm in less than eight months?" The one who couldn't accept it the most was King Qiong himself.

At this moment, he and his many subordinates also stood in the void, looking at the tribulation clouds that were gathering in the distance.

No one could answer his question!

Just like Lu Nanyue, the chief eunuch at this time, he was also unable to answer the same question for Emperor Xia.

"Your Majesty, perhaps Prince Ren has finally seen the light!"

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"Get it...hehe...do I look like an idiot to you?" Xia Hongwu's dissatisfied voice echoed around him, and Lu Nanyue could only laugh awkwardly and bow his head.

"Judging from the appearance of these tribulation clouds, it's the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation!"

"Could this kid have taken some kind of treasure to improve his aptitude?" Emperor Xia asked, his face full of doubt.

At this moment, the others had the same question, as they knew about Niou's aptitude!

The most I'll face in the future is the Tribulation of the Three Nine Heavens!

"Your Majesty, this is the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, His Highness..." Lu Nanyue's face was solemn!

Emperor Xia waved his hand, "It's alright!"

"If we really can't overcome the remaining challenges, then the Ancestors and the others will step in!"

The Great Xia royal family can be truly ruthless towards their descendants. For example, princes who fail in the struggle for the throne will basically go to their ancestral land to cultivate.

To put it simply, they are tools and consumables for procreation.

But when things get better, they really do get better. If any descendant fails to survive the tribulation, the royal ancestor will personally intervene.

He used the Great Xia Dynasty's powerful magic weapon to forcibly help his descendants overcome the tribulation of lightning!

Just then, everyone saw that the tribulation clouds had finally condensed!

The Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation!

Niou's talent indeed exceeded everyone's expectations.

Click!

Lightning flashed through the clouds, illuminating half of the inner city.

The next moment, the first lightning tribulation descended!

Xia Zhaoyan did not launch an attack, but instead gathered all his true essence, forming a golden protective shield around his body.

Boom! The lightning tribulation exploded on the true essence shield.

Lightning flashed everywhere, and the stone slabs on the ground were burned with black marks the size of fingertips.

Xia Zhaoyan's protective shield swayed a few times before returning to normal.

At this moment, he held a handful of spirit crystals, and a large amount of energy surged into his body.

It is rapidly restoring the true energy within its body.

The rate at which true essence is consumed during tribulation is even faster than that of normal combat.

At this moment, the second lightning tribulation descended!

The lightning tribulation, only as thick as a baby's finger, descended with an aura of destruction.

Click!

The lightning struck the shield and instantly turned into scattered bolts of lightning that dissipated into the air. However, this time, dozens of tiny cracks appeared on Xia Zhaoyan's shield!

In the backyard of the Prince's mansion, his surroundings were now ravaged, with traces of lightning strikes everywhere.

"It seems I can only passively endure three lightning tribulations at most!" Xia Zhaoyan simultaneously activated his two main cultivation techniques, extracting the maximum amount of energy from the spirit crystal.

The next moment, his true essence shield was instantly restored.

And it looks even brighter than before.

At this moment, the third lightning tribulation struck.

Click!

Although the lightning tribulation shattered and dissipated, Xia Zhaoyan's true essence shield also dissipated.

"Oh no, His Highness's true energy replenishment can't keep up with the consumption, should we help..." Wanwan's anxious voice rang in Shi Feixuan's ears from the shadows.

"No, without His Highness's orders, we cannot act rashly!" Shi Feixuan's expression changed, and she quickly stopped Wanwan's impulsiveness.

"Don't forget, no one outside knows that we are at the peak of the Grandmaster realm!"

At the same time, everyone looked serious, because what followed was the intensity of the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation.

This is more than one order of magnitude stronger than the power of the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation.

However, Xia Zhaoyan was not in a heavy mood as the outside world thought.

Just now, the three lightning tribulations actually allowed my Immovable King Body to break through from the late stage of the first level to the perfect level!

"My current physical strength is comparable to that of a mid-stage Purple Mansion Realm cultivator!"

"A mere tribulation of sixty-nine days—even without using my physical strength, I can overcome it with my magical artifact!"

The fourth tribulation of lightning has arrived!

This time, Xia Zhaoyan was holding the Longquan Sword and was also wearing the magical artifact, the Spirit Light Inner Armor, which was previously awarded by the system.

With such a comprehensive offensive and defensive setup, even a pig at the Innate Realm could survive this tribulation with a 100% success rate.

The Longquan Sword was unleashed, drawing streaks of true essence lotus flowers in the air!

A deafening explosion rang out in the air, and the fourth lightning bolt dissipated into the air before it even struck.

At this moment, the onlookers realized that the weapon in Niou's hand was actually a magical artifact!

"What an unparalleled sword! Among all the swords I've ever seen, it definitely ranks in the top five!"

Grand Tutor Bai Wujin couldn't help but sigh, for he was a swordsman and, of course, a lover of swords.

He once traveled alone with a sharp sword to the far north, where he slaughtered all the demons within a radius of ten thousand miles.

The sword energy left there has not completely dissipated to this day, and it is also a place where many swordsmen in the martial arts world often go to comprehend swordsmanship.

"After this, I estimate that the sword of the King of Benevolence will be listed on the Divine Sword Ranking!"

If someone else said that, probably no one would believe it; instead, they would laugh at the other person.

But since this was said by the Grand Tutor, one of the Three Dukes of the Great Xia Dynasty, no one doubted it.

Because he has three swords listed on the Great Xia Famous Swords Ranking.

Even on the Heavenly Desolate Divine Sword Ranking, he has a sword on the list!

This was a true swordsman; the sword energy he left behind has not yet completely dissipated!

Xia Zhaoyan swallowed a pill and held a handful of spirit crystals in his left hand.

"It seems that at the early stage of the Innate Realm, using magical artifacts is indeed somewhat beyond my capabilities."

"With just one move, you almost drained a third of my true energy!"