Those who relied on their own cultivation and comprehension to ascend to Ultimate Realm were especially scarce as hen’s teeth.
During those times, many individuals relied on magical items as an opportunity to invoke the lightning tribulation and achieve the breakthrough.
However, cultivators who reached Ultimate Realm by relying on magical items were slightly inferior. Whether it was in terms of their grasp on cultivation techniques or in their cultivation, they couldn’t quite measure up to those who reached the Ultimate Realm through their own enlightenment.
Upon witnessing Berthold’s breakthrough into the Ultimate Realm, the people of Gael’s faction grimaced.
They believed the disparity in strength between Berthold and Jared had become even more pronounced since the former had achieved a breakthrough.
Meanwhile, Jared was still under the onslaught of the lightning tribulation. Despite having endured countless strikes, he remained motionless, his body exuding a distinct scent of charring.
Berthold looked down at Jared, sneering, “I was going to kill you myself, but it seems like that won’t be necessary now.”
Harlan smirked smugly.
After all, his son had reached Ultimate Realm, he became the leader of Violet Flame Sect, and the Divine Flame Seal was still in his possession.
Most importantly, he believed the hundred-year offering from Demon Seal Alliance was about to be his, as he assumed Jared was dead.
Everyone thought Jared a joke, but no one had imagined that he, a cultivator breaking through to reach Fifth Level Tribulator, would face a lightning tribulation far more formidable than the one Berthold endured.
Berthold’s lightning tribulation had already subsided, yet Jared’s was still raging on. What that signified was clear as day.
Seventy-eight, seventy-nine… Gael remained silent as he counted.
“Dad, what are you counting?” Juliet asked.
“Jared’s lightning tribulation, which is now sitting at eighty-one. It’s more and fiercer than the lightning tribulation of Ultimate Realm,” Gael said nonchalantly.
After enduring eighty-one lightning tribulations, the clouds above Jared’s head also dissipated.
A radiant golden light filled the sky, instantly illuminating the entire area, covering hundreds of meters.
Feeling the radiance of the golden light, Berthold was taken aback. “This…”
After all, that divine light was far more intense than when he made his breakthrough.
The others were also taken aback as they experienced that blinding, golden light.
Jared, who was sitting cross-legged, had risen. His body was suspended in mid-air, basking in a golden glow.
At that moment, his somewhat charred skin was radiating a golden glow.
However, he still appeared rather disheveled due to his torn clothes.
When Juliet and Carla saw that, they blushed because they were women.
“Judd, can I borrow a piece of clothing to cover myself up?” Jared turned to Judd.
Judd removed his long robe and turned to Jared. “I can, but with this arcane array barrier in place, how am I supposed to give it to you?”
Jared glanced at the crimson chains that reached the clouds with disdain. Swiftly, he grabbed and tugged it gently, immediately causing Blood Cage to shudder.
In just a fleeting moment, the arcane array was broken, and those crimson chains shattered and vanished one after another.
Jared didn’t break the arcane array by destroying the core. Rather, he shattered it with sheer brute strength.
Breaking an arcane array with that method was vastly more difficult, yet Jared achieved it effortlessly.
Everyone was baffled. Jared had merely advanced a minor cultivation level, yet it appeared as though his strength had significantly increased.
His aura, especially, was breathtaking and was even more impressive than when Berthold ascended to Ultimate Realm.
Carlo watched, aghast, as the arcane array he had painstakingly crafted crumbled under the casual wave of Jared’s hand. For a moment, fear struck him so profoundly that his legs gave out, and he wetted his pants.
“Jared, you’re awesome! Here’s the clothes,” Judd exclaimed excitedly, tossing his clothes to Jared.
