Above the Tianmo Sect.
Gu Qinghuan hovered before that giant, ice-blue crescent moon manifestation.
Those cold eyes now seemed to contain endless frost.
She had broken through.
Under the influence of extreme anger, her Lunar Physique had been thoroughly triggered.
The bottleneck that had plagued her was violently smashed through at this moment.
She had stepped into the legendary, ethereal Tribulation Transcendence Stage.
To her, the entire world had become much clearer.
Even though she was only at the Early Stage of the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, the very nature of her power had undergone a world-shaking transformation.
This was a power that stood above the laws of the world.
It was a power sufficient to make the entire Northern Region tremble.
Now, she even felt as though she were the sole supreme being in the heavens and on the earth.
Even her beloved Master, at her peak, had never stepped into this realm.
Within the sect, the disciples and elders of the Tianmo Sect who had been watching the commotion were all terrified out of their wits the instant they felt this pressure.
They scrambled to activate the Great Mountain-Protecting Array.
They did not know what exactly had happened.
They only knew that Her Highness the Saintess seemed to be confronting the Sect Master, and the current Saintess was like a deity.
On the other side.
The moment A Lin felt this pressure, a grave expression appeared on her cute little face.
She could feel that the strength of the bad woman in front of her was no longer inferior to her own.
She instinctively shielded Lu Ning and Murong Zhao behind her.
Her large, black eyes, which had been innocent just a moment ago, were now filled with vigilance.
Murong Xi was also completely stunned by this sudden turn of events.
She looked at Gu Qinghuan in the sky, whose aura was fully unleashed like an ice goddess.
Her sword heart, which she had just reconstructed, trembled violently once again.
The legendary Tribulation Transcendence Stage!
This woman… she actually broke through to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage?
How is this possible!
Murong Xi’s heart was filled with shock and bitterness.
She had always believed she was the top existence among the younger generation of the Northern Region.
But looking at it now, she was entirely superficial.
At that moment, Gu Qinghuan’s cold voice slowly rang out.
“Murong Xi.”
“Do you still want to be my Master’s disciple?”
Hearing this, Murong Xi’s body shook violently.
She slowly raised her head and met Gu Qinghuan’s icy gaze.
Her eyes, which had regained their clarity, showed no sign of fear.
“Yes.”
She spoke only one word, yet it was extremely firm.
“Good, very good.”
The corners of Gu Qinghuan’s mouth slowly curled into an arc.
“In that case, this seat will first cripple you.”
“Then, I will let you watch with your own eyes how this seat turns your most respected Master into someone who belongs only to me!”
As her voice fell, she slowly raised her right hand and pointed a finger gently toward Murong Xi, who was being protected by A Lin below.
A finger-light of ice-blue, condensed from pure Lunar Power, instantly tore through the void and swept toward Murong Xi.
Everywhere the finger-light passed, space itself froze, as if it intended to seal the entire world in ice. Seeing this, A Lin’s expression changed drastically.
She gave a delicate shout, and a violent power instantly erupted from her petite body.
A pillar of fire condensed from purple-black flames met that ice-blue finger-light.
Boom —
Two completely different powers collided in the air.
The entire mountain range of the Tianmo Sect trembled violently under the impact of this strike.
However, a scene occurred that left A Lin in shock.
Her innate divine ability actually retreated steadily before that ice-blue finger-light. In the end, it was forcibly annihilated.
After crushing the flames, the ice-blue finger-light did not lose its power and continued to sweep toward her.
A Lin could only watch helplessly as the finger-light, filled with the aura of destruction, grew larger and larger in her pupils.
However, just as the finger-light was about to hit them, a black figure appeared in front of them.
The newcomer was none other than Lu Ning.
She looked at the incoming ice-blue finger-light without the slightest ripple in her eyes.
She immediately expanded her Heavenly Demon Domain, then slowly raised her right hand and similarly pointed a finger gently toward the incoming light.
A gray-white divine light, filled with the aura of chaos, shot out from her fingertip.
There was a soft sound.
That ice-blue finger-light, which was enough to freeze the world, dissipated silently like a fragile bubble before that gray-white divine light.
In the sky, Gu Qinghuan’s pupils suddenly contracted the moment she saw this scene.
She looked down at Lu Ning, who had neutralized her full-strength strike with a casual finger.
An expression of unbelievable shock appeared on her cold and beautiful face.
‘Master… she was actually hiding her strength as well?’
“Qinghuan.”
Lu Ning’s voice rang out again, breaking the dead silence.
She slowly raised her head and met Gu Qinghuan’s shocked gaze.
The corners of her mouth curled into a playful arc.
“Do you think that because you luckily broke through to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, you are invincible in this world?”
“Do you think that having the strength to suppress everything means you can do whatever you want?”
Lu Ning paused, and a glimmer of heart-palpitating cold light flashed in her indifferent eyes.
“You are too naive.”
“Before me, you will always be a child who hasn’t grown up.”
Gu Qinghuan stared blankly at Lu Ning, who appeared like a deity with her aura fully unleashed.
Her brain went blank. She could not understand.
Why would Master… why would she possess such terrifying power?
Clearly, the other party’s aura was only at the Middle Stage of the Great Ascension Stage.
She was even much weaker than she had been at her peak.
How could she have such terrifying strength?
At this moment, Lu Ning thought to herself: ‘Was merging the power of the domain the only way to barely block this traitorous disciple’s move?’
‘The gap between the Tribulation Transcendence Stage and the Great Ascension Stage is still too large; that domain cannot be used again for a short period.’
‘Won’t this traitorous disciple’s forced breakthrough attract the powerhouses from the Middle Region?’
‘Last time, Master was there to handle things, but now that she isn’t here, if another one comes, we’ll all be finished.’
‘No, I have to stabilize this traitorous disciple first. I absolutely cannot show any weaknesses; otherwise, she might try those forced operations again.’
On the surface, Lu Ning spoke with a calm and relaxed demeanor.
“Qinghuan, if you do not stop now, I will have to retract the command for you to be my personal maid. Furthermore, I will expel you from the Tianmo Sect.”
“Or do you think that with your current strength, you truly have the certainty to defeat me and take the position of Sect Master from my hands?”
Lu Ning deliberately emphasized the word “personal,” and Gu Qinghuan reacted instantly.
“Master, do you really want me to be your personal maid?”
“Of course. This is my punishment for you. When your performance satisfies me, I will naturally restore your status as the Saintess.”
Just then, Gu Qinghuan retracted her Tribulation Transcendence Stage aura.
Immediately after, her figure moved, and she arrived in front of Lu Ning, hugging Lu Ning’s arm in an instant.
“Master, I was wrong. I will be your personal maid properly. Please forgive me, Master…”