In the Astral Sky Sect, everyone with enough strength quickly flew upward above the mountains, intending to look at what was happening. The maids and highest-level elders of the sect saw that and frowned, wanting to intervene so that people didn't disrespect Yasenia. However, Tatyana's voice spread around the entire sect. "Don't stop them. We have nothing to hide. Whether Sect Master fails or succeeds, our sect's future will not be affected. We are the Astral Sky Sect, and we are proud to be under Lady Yasenia Dravory's leadership, regardless of her successes or failures. As a sect, we will respect the creator and first ancestor of our family and sect!"
Hearing Tatyana's strong announcement, everyone who flew up now had another kind of expression. They went from feeling curiosity to having a serious face.
Once they were at the top, everyone could easily see the massive Empyrean Dragon looking up at a gigantic Heavenly Tribulation. The sky was completely black, and the gathered clouds could be spotted from several hundreds of kilometers away. Even those in the Astral Sky City could see them.
It was at this moment that Yasenia's voice boomed outward, flattening several kilometers of forest around her. The dragoness spoke wrathfully, looking skyward. "YOU WANT TO KEEP ME AWAY FROM MY CHILDREN!? LET ME SEE YOUR WORST, HEAVEN!"
The shockwave from her roar was strong enough to push some people who were flying on their swords back. Seeing the openly defiant figure of their Sect Master when facing the all-powerful Heaven came as nothing but a shock for many.
The Heavenly Tribulation gathered an enormous bolt of tribulation lightning in the clouds that shook the sky, and then it threw it at Yasenia. Unlike a breakthrough tribulation, Heaven wouldn't warn of how many bolts or how strong they would be.
RUMBLE!
Seeing the lightning bolt that could literally flatten several mountains, everyone's faces became pale. Yasenia pushed against the ground, going onto her hind legs, and her energy flowed out, filling her entire body with her deep energy reserves.
When the massive dragon stood and clenched her fist, the aura around her exploded outward like a volcano erupting. Then, she punched upward. "[Nascent Star Burst]!
A blinding white glow surrounded her fist, and the world around her exploded when she completed the motion.
BOOOM!
The space cracked for several kilometers, creating black lines that stretched around the impact point, and a gale razed everything down.
The formations on both Astral Sky City and Astral Sky Sect activated, protecting everyone.
Yasenia took two steps back, falling back down again. Then, instead of waiting for Heaven to attack again, she counterattacked. "Since you've brought war to me, don't blame me for retaliating! [War Intent Level 9], [Monarch Intent Level 9], [Celestial Intent Level 9]!"
Her auras merged together with finesse, increasing her strength several-fold as everything around her fell under her deep influence. "[Empyrean Galaxy Domain!]"
Between the black tribulation clouds and Yasenia, the phantom black night sky appeared together with the massive Sun, Moon, and spiral galaxy made out of thousands of stars.
Then, the dragoness activated [Celestial Cosmos Dress], and a blue transparent cloth surrounded her draconic body with cosmic imagery that gave her dragon form a regal look.
RUMBLE!
While Yasenia deployed her auras, the Heavenly Tribulation started raining down tens of Tribulation Lightning Bolts from the sky, each with more than enough strength to shatter mountains. However, the dragoness used her [Empyrean Galaxy Domain] to fight it back while she activated three more skills.
The first skill was [Celestial Assimilation]. With it, her energy intake increased exponentially, creating a literal energy vortex around herself.
Then, with that skill activated, Yasenia activated [Celestial Cosmos Body Reinforcement]. The energy gathering around her seeped into her scales, muscles, bones, and organs, multiplying her physical strength.
Finally, with those activated, the dragoness stomped the ground, creating tremors, and roared. "[INTERNAL CELESTIAL COSMOS IGNITION]!"
With her roar and skill activation, it felt like the world around Yasenia had collapsed.
BOOOOOOM!
Her presence, stronger than ever, managed to bend the space around her own body. Everyone looking was horrified at Yasenia's strength, even the girls.
The children asked, baffled by seeing this figure of their mother for the first time. "I-Is that Mommy's true strength?"
Angel looked at Aurelia's awed face and giggled. "Yes. Your Mommy is very strong, isn't she?"
Aurelia nodded, looking at the majestic dragon defying the heavens.
The Heavenly Tribulation's constant assault finally managed to pierce through Yasenia's [Empyrean Galaxy Domain], destroying both the massive Sun and Moon that were holding it off.
Then, the lighting bolts rushed at Yasenia. The dragoness opened her mouth. "Disappear! [Celestial Dragon Breath]!"
ROAAR!!
WHOOOM!
A beam blasted skyward, destroying everything in its way, including space. The galactic-blue-colored dragon breath was highly destructive.
Once it breached through the lightning bolts and attacked the sky, instead of piercing through, it actually exploded against the thick Tribulation Cloud Blanket.
BOOM!
The explosion created a massive void, with space shattered and a small hole in the tribulation.
RUMBLE!
The Heaven was clearly angered at Yasenia's attack. However, the dragoness was unsure if her attack had hurt it in the slightest. Yasenia flapped her gigantic wings and jumped, flying skyward.
Seeing the mountain-dwarfing dragon fly upward was a sight many here would probably never forget.
"Soluna! Draheart!"
The Empyrean Spirit appeared and landed on Yasenia's head. Meanwhile, Draheart manifested and quickly melded with Yasenia's body, armoring up her limbs, neck, and back. As a weapon, it also enhanced Yasenia's arms.
The Heavenly Tribulation's lightning bolts started colliding with each other within the clouds before Yasenia arrived, eventually creating one hundred Heavenly Tribulation Soldiers who raised their swords skyward and looked at Yasenia.
Their size was not as large as the dragoness, but they were still around five hundred meters tall. Usually, they would've scaled up to her size, but that only occurred when fighting the breakthrough tribulation. In this one, Heaven was trying to kill Yasenia, not test her.
ROAR!
The dragoness roared as the one hundred soldiers came at her. Then, she clawed forward, using [Sun Dragon Claw] and [Moon Dragon Claw] interchangeably.
The sky was instantly lit up with the rumbling and explosions of the battle. The one hundred Tribulation Soldiers battling the enormous dragon looked like a scene of legend.
Yasenia and Soluna released a barrage of attacks against them, blasting them off, flying with each blow. Size-wise, it looked like finger-sized people fighting with a normal-sized human.
When one of them was hit squarely by the dragoness's tail strike toward the Astral Sky Sect, and once it collided against the barrier, the people realized the sheer size of the tiny-looking beings. Five hundred meters tall was tall enough to dwarf some small mountains, casting a bright glare on those spectating.
Yasenia punched, kicked, used her body, and beamed them with her dragon breaths. Her attacks remained fluid and constant as she threw the Heavenly Tribulation Soldiers flying one after another.
"BEGONE! [COSMIC STAR NOVA]!"
BOOOM!
A white sphere of destruction exploded outward, blasting off all the Tribulation Soldiers. The dragoness looked skyward again and noticed that Heaven had not been sitting still all this time. Similar to her at first, it had been buying time.
Once she looked up, she noticed a beast-shaped Heavenly Lightning Bolt that was not smaller than herself. The enormous eastern dragon made out of pure lighting looked down at Yasenia and roared with a thunderous sound.
Yasenia roared back and flew at the descending dragon.
Both gargantuan beasts collided and opened up the sky.
BOOOM!
Yasenia's enormous body flew down in the collision, smashing into the ground like a meteor. However, the dragoness was quick to get on her four legs and welcome the Eastern Dragon rushing at her. "ROAR!"
She used [Heavenly Constentalion Steps: Pegasus Gallop], tackling the Eastern Dragon into the ground. Using her powerful body, she lunged forward while applying the second sky onto herself. [Ursa's Grasp] descended, further increasing her physical resilience and strength.
Then, they clashed again.
A claw strike landed on the Tribulation Dragon's face, smashing it into the ground again. While it was down, Yasenia felt danger from her side and quickly lowered one of her wings.
BOOM!
The long tail of the Tribulation Dragon smashed her side, moving her several steps to the right. Taking the chance, the Tribulation Dragon escaped Yasenia's grasp and opened its mouth, gathering energy.
Yasenia reacted quickly and followed through, releasing [Sun Dragon Breath].
WHOOM!
BOOM!
Both breaths collided, creating another explosion that rocked the earth. "Come here!"
Yasenia burst through the cloud, grabbing the Tribulation Dragon's face and biting its neck. "ROAR!"
The Tribulation Dragon coiled around Yasenia's waist, and while trying to claw her with its front legs, its body burst with powerful lightning bolts.
RUMBLE!
"ROAR!!"
Yasenia's body tensed in pain as the Tribulation Lightning charred her scales. Her golden eyes flashed with ruthlessness and she headbutted the dragon with her horns.
BANG!
The Tribulation Dragon's head got blown back, simultaneously stopping the release of electricity that was charring Yasenia. Then, the dragoness took the chance to pierce into its body with her claws and lift it upward.
Once she lifted it above herself, Yasenia roared as she pulled opposite sides. "ROAAAR!!!"
The Tribulation Dragon roared in pain and thrashed around, trying to escape Yasenia's attempt to split it in half.
Soluna, on Yasenia's head, shook her head to clear her mind from the headbutt. Then, she looked upward and placed her hands together. "[Sun Beam]!"
BOOM!
She hit right in the middle where Yasenia was pulling and continued the beam attack. With that help, Yasenia released a roar-like scream and used all of her physical strength. "RRAAAH!!"
RUMBLE!
The Tribulation Dragon was ripped apart in two halves, releasing a powerful burst of Tribulation Lightning with its death.
The dragoness fell down on her four limbs again, panting heavily, and her body filled with charring marks.
She looked upward again, her eyes defiant. However, she was stunned to find three more of those Tribulation Dragons on the clouds. Yasenia's eyes widened. "Huh?"
Tatyana suddenly appeared by Yasenia's side and smiled. "Love. That was a great battle. I am sure that you still can continue fighting, right?"
The dragoness looked at Tatyana and gritted her fangs. "I can."
Tatyana nodded and smiled. "However, love. You are not yet strong enough to challenge Heaven. At least, not when they are fighting with everything they have."
Yasenia looked skyward again and saw that Distancia's Heaven was actually waiting, not sending those three Tribulation Dragons down. Tatyana looked upward and smiled. "Distancia's Heaven knows that if it fights you, it will need a lot of energy. Therefore, they are giving you a chance right now. To leave."
Yasenia bit down hard, her aura turbulent. She asked through her gritted teeth. "I lost?"
Tatyana chuckled. "You did. You lost."
Yasenia lifted a claw, wanting to slam it downward. However, this was Astral Sky Sect's terrain. Her hit might damage things more than they already were. Instead, she placed it back down and looked at Tatyana. "Now what? Do I leave this world?"
Tatyana asked, her face serious. "What if you have to leave? What does that change?"
Yasenia complained with a whine. "I will only be able to see my darlings and babies from a distance…" Yasenia sighed and looked skyward. "Okay. You win, I'll leave."
The Tribulation Cloud didn't disappear. However, Yasenia could feel its aggressiveness dropping down. Soluna patted Yasenia's head and smiled. "Don't be sad, Yasenia. I can be outside your dantian more often if you feel lonely~."
Yasenia smiled weakly. "Thanks, Soluna." She then looked back toward her children and smiled widely. "Babies, Mommy will always be watching, okay?"
Estrella asked, her eyes widened. "M-Mommy, did you lose?"
Yasenia laughed softly. "Mommy lost. It seems that I am still not strong enough to beat the Heavens. However, that doesn't mean anything. I will just become stronger until I can, that's all."
She extended her wings and began flapping them, her body slowly lifting off. "Remember to work hard, okay babies?" Then, she said to the girls. "See you later, dears."
The girls smiled, looking at the dragoness with adoring eyes. Then, Yasenia flew up, and Tatyana followed behind.