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Dark clouds gathered over Mount Fuji and expanded at a terrifying speed. Before long, the sky within a 100-mile radius of that place was covered by thunderclouds, but they were still spreading.

150... 200... 300... 400... 800... 900...

The dark clouds stopped expanding at a radius of 999 miles and covered most of the sky in the Tokyo area. After that, hundreds of lightning bolts fell simultaneously, making Mt. Fuji tremble. The phenomenon alerted everyone in Tokyo, including the three official organizations.

They thought a space collapse with the highest threat level would appear in Tokyo. That made the higher-ups in the official organization worry. Thus, the Holy Union and the other two official organizations quickly dispatched their best Realizers to the epicenter of the phenomenon, Mount Fuji.

***

On Christmas Eve, Setsuka watched the scenery outside before her bedroom window. She would occasionally look at her smartphone with a sad expression. Her face was pale without the slightest light, and large dark circles were visible under her eyes. Setsuka had had no appetite for several days and could not sleep well.

Setsuka wasn't alone in that place, as other people were with her. That person was her best friend, Kaede. She cancels all her plans that night and comes to Fuyushima Temple to accompany Setsuka.

"How about we go out with Kohana for dinner together?" Kaede said. She felt sad when she saw her best friend's condition. Kaede had tried to persuade Setsuka to eat, but the other side refused.

Because of that, Kaede asked her to hang out and have dinner with Kohana. She wanted Setsuka to get some fresh air and entertainment to distract her from thinking about Tenku for a while.

"I'm not hungry. You can take Kohana if you want to have dinner out." Setsuka refused flatly.

"You two gave the same answer. I've asked Kohana for dinner, but she also turned me down." Kaede smiled bitterly.

Before she entered Setsuka's room, Kaede had already met Kohana in the living room. She asked her for dinner, but the little girl answered with a sad face.

Setsuka ignored Kaede's words and checked her smartphone. But then she was shocked when she saw an incoming message.

"Huh! He replied to my message! He finally wants to talk to me!?" Setsuka smiled broadly and said excitedly.

"What's wrong, Setsuka?" Kaede was confused by Setsuka's sudden change in mood. But before she could get an answer from her best friend, she heard a notification sound from her smartphone.

Kaede quickly checked and came up with an answer as to why Setsuka was getting excited. She also sent a message to Tenku but didn't tell Setsuka.

"Did Tenku send you a message?" Kaede asked softly. She felt happy when she saw her best friend's expression getting better.

"Yes! I asked him what he was doing now. I keep trying to contact him via messages and phone calls. I didn't hope he would respond because I knew he was avoiding me. But I didn't expect that he would reply to my messages!" Setsuka nodded vigorously.

"That's good. Then what message did he send you?" Kaede smiled when she saw Setsuka acting like a little girl who had gotten a doll and chocolates from her father. Then she also secretly looked at her smartphone to see Tenku's reply.

Kaede raised her eyebrows when she read Tenku's message to her. She looked at Setsuka and waited for her answer. Kaede sent a message to Tenku with a question similar to her best friend. She wanted to know if the reply from Tenku on her smartphone was the same as Setsuka's.

"She said that she was on Mount Fuji. What was he doing there on Christmas Eve? Is she spending time with other girls?" Setsuka's face clouded over after thinking about that possibility.

"You're overthinking, Setsuka. Instead of you being prejudiced, why don't you ask him directly?" Kaede smiled wryly when she heard Setsuka's words. She was relieved that Tenku gave the same message to her best friend. If Tenku's answer differed and he lied to her, Kaede would be disappointed and sad.

"You are right." Setsuka quickly typed a message on her smartphone and sent it to Tenku. But after she waited for a while, no reply came from him. Setsuka checked her smartphone again and found Tenku had not received her message.

Setsuka could only think of two possibilities. First, Tenku turned off his smartphone because he didn't want to be disturbed. Second, Tenku lost its signal in that area. As Setsuka thought of the first possibility, she frowned at the thought of Tenku spending Christmas Eve with other people.

"Please calm down, Setsuka. He might have important business to come to Mt. Fuji. So it's not certain he's going there with a girl to spend Christmas Eve together." Kaede quickly comforted Setsuka when she saw her expression. She was worried that her best friend's power would go out of control and freeze the entire room. It was already very cold outside, and Kaede didn't want it to be full of ice.

"But..." Setsuka wanted to reply to Kaede's words, but her sentence stopped after she heard the sound of thunder.

Rumble!

"Huh? It's unusual for lightning to strike when it's snowing." Kaede said confusedly and walked over to the window to see the situation outside. Then she felt strange seeing Setsuka silently looking in a certain direction.

"Why are you silent..." Kaede suddenly stopped her words when she saw the amazing phenomenon outside. Hundreds of lightning fell from the sky, like dragons descending to Earth.

"What's that?" Kaede said in a trembling voice. Afterward, she heard her smartphone ringing and immediately checked it. Setsuka also got the same message as her. It was sent by the Holy Union to inform all its members about the phenomenon and to instruct them not to approach the area.

When the two girls read the news, they were astonished to find out that the center of the phenomenon was Mount Fuji. Setsuka stood up from her seat in panic and looked at the thunderstorm.

"What is Tenku doing in that place?" Setsuka said worriedly, and Kaede felt the same way too.

***

At the same time, Wang Haotian enjoyed his time with his granddaughter at the Wang family's mansion. He sat in the living room, sipping tea and watching television.

Wang Haotian had taken care of all his affairs in Beijing and had purged all the spies in the Wang family. He settled the matter calmly because the Gu family didn't make any moves after the martial arts competition ended due to pressure from all sides.

On the other hand, Wang Ruyue sat next to him and kept staring at her smartphone. She looks busy and ignores her grandfather. Wang Haotian was displeased when he saw that.

"What are you doing, Yue'er? Did that brat send you a message?" Wang Haotian asked in annoyance.

Since returning to Japan, Tenku had never even given any news to Wang Haotian unless his master contacted him first. Meanwhile, he frequently exchanged messages with Wang Ruyue daily, whether morning, noon, or night.

"Yes, I asked about how he was and what he was doing now. If Tenku was here, wouldn't that be great? We can spend Christmas Eve together." Wang Ruyue pouted and complained to Wang Haotian.

"He has a lot of things he has to do in Japan, whether it's his school affairs or his organization. So there was no way he'd stay in Beijing any longer. Didn't you say that he participated in the joint mission of the three organizations?" Wang Haotian looked at Wang Ruyue and said.

"You're right. I didn't expect that he would face another multiple space collapse, especially this time with a total of three portals." Wang Ruyue replied.

"Then what is he doing now?" Wang Haotian was curious about Tenku's activities tonight. Usually, he would spend Christmas Eve with Wang Haotian. But now, his master is not with him, and Wang Haotian wants to know what Tenku is doing.

"He said that he was on Mount Fuji." Wang Ruyue replied.

"Mount Fuji? What is he doing there on Christmas Eve?" Wang Haotian said confusedly.

"I don't know. He didn't reply to my messages anymore after that. I tried calling him, but his smartphone was off." Wang Ruyue shook her head and pursed her lips.

Not long after Wang Ruyue finished her sentence, news about the terrifying phenomenon in Tokyo was broadcast on television. That made Wang Ruyue and Wang Haotian speechless.

"Where is the brat now?" Wang Haotian asked.

"Mount Fuji." Wang Ruyue replied briefly.

"I'm going back to Japan now." Wang Haotian stood up from his seat and said seriously. When he saw the news, he felt that Tenku had caused it. Wang Haotian had never personally seen a cultivator break through to the innate realm, but he was certain that that phenomenon was the Thunder Tribulation.

Wang Haotian took out his smartphone and intended to book a plane ticket. But the voice from his granddaughter stopped his finger in midair.

"I will come with you, Grandpa!" Wang Ruyue also stood up and suddenly said.

"You also want to come to Japan?" Wang Haotian was startled when he heard her words.

"Yes. I don't have any mission from the organization, and my school is off for one week. So I can come with you to Japan. You can think of this as a vacation." Wang Ruyue said with determination.

"Alright. You better pack your clothes and all the things you need now." Wang Haotian sighed when he saw Wang Ruyue's eyes. He knew that his granddaughter wouldn't want to listen to anything he had to say after making a face like that.

"I understand!" Wang Ruyue nodded and quickly ran to her room.

Wang Haotian could only shake his head when he saw the smile on Wang Ruyue's face before she left. He was not stupid and knew his granddaughter's intention in coming to Japan with him. The reason is to meet with Tenku.

"I want to see if you can break through to that realm. If you can, you will be the first young cultivator to enter the innate realm in hundreds of years." Wang Haotian smiled and said excitedly.

***

Tenku suddenly opened his eyes when he heard the sound of thunder rumbling over Mount Fuji. He looked up at the sky, and his face became grave.

"Is this the Thunder Tribulation of a cultivator who wants to break through to the innate realm? Why do I feel that the scale is much bigger and more terrifying than what that old man said?" Tenku said in a deep voice when he saw the dark clouds in the sky that spread out vastly and a curtain of lightning covered Mount Fuji. He felt a great threat from those thunderbolts.

"So I have to receive baptism from thunderbolts to break through to the innate realm?" Tenku said seriously.

"Then, I'll do it to get stronger so I can quickly find Haruna in Arcadia!" Tenku said with determination and shot up into the sky to face his Thunder Tribulation.