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Chapter 28 - Heavenly Lightning

Sheng Tian sat legs crossed in a cave he had found. He had left to find a secluded place to refine the heavenly lightning as soon as his tribulation was over.

He took out the xiantian dao stone and crushed it, revealing a walnut sized pearl that coursed with lightning and swallowed it. It then settled in his dantian, leaving his core alone.

"A magical beast's laws are innate, meaning your beast cultivations cannot receive any other laws beside the ones you inherited. To unlock those laws you would have to reach a higher cultivation level"

Sheng Tian nodded at Wu Di and proceeded to refine the heavenly lightning. Once one reaches the Foundation Realm, their spiritual sense is unlocked and it replaces the consciousness. Sheng Tian's spiritual sense is abundant and can already be used for other tasks besides sight and sense.

The heavenly lightning that was originally wild and chaotic had become docile and he was able to move it all into his dantian. Sheng Tian coughed blood as his dantian instinctively rejected the foreign energy. The lightning seed started to revolve and crazily absorb the heavenly lightning.

It took a few hours for all of the heavenly lightning to be absorbed by the law seed and when it was done the seed had doubled in size. The originally black colored pearl was now light blue in color and had a golden halo around it. In it he could see seals that represented his comprehension in a particular law.

Sheng Tian stood and punched the stone wall nearest to him. Qi flowed out to empower his attack and in it contained countless lightning bolts that resembled a much smaller version of the tribulation though it packed much more power.

He nodded in satisfaction and left the cave. It was time to return to the sect.

His speed had increased tremendously. The ability to fly coupled with his movement technique allowed him to traverse hundreds of miles in an instant. If he maintained his speed then he could make it back to the sect in three days.

He was about to reach the entrance of the sect when he saw a long line of people, mainly youths, lined up there. He descended and immediately caught the attention of everyone there.

Gasps and shouts rang out as young girls became star struck by Sheng Tian's unrivaled face and young men became awed at the sight of him flying.

At the front of the line sitting on huge elevated platforms were a group of elders. Most of whom he had already met before. They bowed when they saw him as they had already burned his image in their heads.

"We greet the young master" they echoed.

Sheng Tian nodded at them and turned to elder Bai whom he was most familiar with "why are there so many people here?"

"Today is the official disciple examination where youths from all over the continent would come and try to enter our sect"

Sheng Tian nodded and turned to the Mission Hall elder whose name he did not know and handed the sect issued spatial pouch to him. After a quick scan he took out his identification badge and a white light shot out and entered Sheng Tian's badge.

"You all wouldn't mind if I stayed and watched right?"

They hurriedly bowed "we wouldn't dare"

Sheng Tian then sat in a chair he pulled from his spatial ring and gestured for the elders to continue.

They turned to face the youths and pretended that Sheng Tian was not there.

The elders' voices boomed as they explained the rules for this examination. There were a total of five tests. The first test tested one's age. The sect would not accept anyone over the age of eighteen but would make exceptions if their cultivation was high.

The second test tested their aptitudes or talent. The ranks are Mortal, Earth, Profound, Immortal, Divine, God, and Celestial and each rank is separated into four sub-ranks, Low, Mid, High, and Peak. In order to pass they would have to at least be an Earth level talent.

The third, fourth, and fifth tests tested their fighting capabilities. The third was an individual test where they would fight against puppets. The fourth was a group test where they are paired with random people. The fifth test though will not eliminate anyone but will determine your ranking in the sect and the support you will receive.

Once all that was done the peak masters would choose disciples to follow them to their peaks and some elders might even pick a few.

In a room somewhere in the sect, the peak masters and the sect master gather watching a screen. On it was the ongoing disciple examination.

"H-he reached the Foundation Realm?" said Du Fang who had previously fainted and had not met Sheng Tian yet. This time he got to see his face though he looked as if he might get a heart attack.

"Truly terrifying," said Zhan Feng.

Long Chen smiled, "the other sects will have a heart attack once they see him. There's still quite some time left and I won't be surprised if he can reach the peak of Foundation during this time"

A few of the other peak masters also smiled. They had been suppressed by the Sacred Blood Sect and the Everlasting Temple for a while now and nothing would be more satisfying for them to be utterly crushed in the upcoming competition.

Back at the disciple examination, Sheng Tian watched as countless youths passed the first test. The first test was not that important as most people would know of the basic requirements to enter the sect. Only a select few were turned away as they were either using a transformation art or ate some pill to change their appearance. This was all futile as the bone testing pillar is always accurate and would never fail.

He used his All Seeing Eyes and was surprised to see that there were quite a few individuals with special constitutions or high talent.

"Since I'm at the Foundation Realm the sect master won't penalize me if I take a few right?"