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Tenku saw that the four guardian beasts had vanished without a trace, and his attack split the sea of dark clouds in the sky in half. But he frowned when he discovered that the lightning was still striking. Tenku felt that the heavens were furious with him for destroying the incarnations of the four guardian beasts and completing the tribulation.

Fortunately, it was only a moment before the sky turned calm. Then the dark clouds slowly dispersed, and the thunderstorm that covered the Mt. Fuji area disappeared. The weather quickly returned to normal, and it snowed in that place.

"I didn't expect I could complete the nine heavens tribulation that the genius cultivators of the past couldn't. This is truly a miracle." Tenku smiled as she watched the thundercloud disappear. But then his vision blurred, and his body staggered.

Tenku felt that strength was leaving his body, and the foothold of Qi under his feet disappeared because he didn't have the slightest bit of energy to maintain it. After that, he fell from the sky, and he would die if he hit the ground in his current state. But a centipede over five meters long suddenly appeared, catching him on its back.

It was a giant centipede from the manifestation of the Scythe Devourer's ability, but it became smaller after being hit by Tenku's attack. Luckily, the creature had sucked the power out of the four guardian beasts when they synchronized. Because of that, it was still able to maintain its form.

Tenku had not completely lost consciousness and knew the centipede had helped him. He tried to move but then raised his eyebrows after feeling the heaven and earth aura around the Mt. Fuji area gather in a place, and his body greedily absorbed it.

"Am I going to break through to the innate realm?" Tenku said excitedly and quickly inspected his body. He forgot that now he was seriously injured. Tenku discovered that there had been a change in the profound Qi core within his dantian.

His profound Qi core scattered and then condensed again. The size becomes two times bigger and denser. The color changes from blue to crimson. This shows that Tenku has broken through to the innate realm.

Tenku closed his eyes and ran the Heaven Swallowing Monarch Scripture and combined it with the ability of the Devourer Scythe to absorb all the Qi in the area. Before the Realizers arrived, he needed to create a ring in his profound Qi core quickly.

He couldn't leave Mount Fuji because he needed the heaven and earth aura after the tribulation in that place. After the ring was formed, Tenku truly entered the initial stage of the innate realm.

Ten minutes later, a ring created and encircled the crimson profound Qi core within his dantian. Tenku opened his eyes and instructed the centipede to leave that place immediately.

Not long after Tenku left Mount Fuji, he could hear lots of footsteps approaching. He rode on a centipede and went through the sky. If Tenku walked on the ground, he would run into those people.

Tenku has created a terrible phenomenon because of his thunder tribulation. So it should alert the three official organizations and people in Tokyo. He was sure that among those who had come to Mt. Fuji to check on the situation, some were illegal Realizers and might be members of the Ghost Nebula. Both are dangerous for Tenku in slightly different ways. He sighed in relief after he left Mount Fuji. Tenku would meet those people if he left that place a little late.

"Argh!" Tenku tried to move his body and changed his position to sit. Even though he had broken through to the innate realm, the wounds on his body had not healed. Therefore, he still found it very difficult to move.

Tenku changed his position because he wanted to check something. After breaking through to the innate realm, the profound Qi core within the dantian would change in size and color. Moreover, the Qi circulating in his body through the meridians would turn into an element.

This was called the Qi transformation stage; each cultivator would have a different element after breaking through the innate realm. The elements are fire, water, earth, wood, wind, metal, lightning, space, and many others. Tenku learned that from another book he read at the Wang family residence.

Tenku concentrated and started gathering Qi in his palms. Flames would be created if a cultivator had an elemental fire talent. If that person awakens the water element, then what will appear is a ball of water. If it's earth, then it's chunks of rock, and so on.

Tenku gathered Qi in his palm, and what appeared was a black orb sucked in everything around it. Luckily, he only created that thing the size of a marble. If Tenku made it the size of a basketball, it would be enough to swallow an adult.

"What's this? Is this my element? Is this the space element?" Tenku looked closely at the black ball in his palm.

"No. It's not a spatial element because its characteristics differ from what I have read in books. It's like a black hole." Tenku shook his head and quickly denied what he was thinking.

"Then what element is this? Why didn't I see it in the book I had read in the Wang family residence? Are the contents of the book incomplete?" Tenku said in confusion.

"I might get a bit of a hint if I make it bigger and understand its characteristics more." Tenku muttered, and he condensed more Qi in his palm. But then he felt exhausted as strength left his body at a terrifying speed, and the black orb disappeared before it became the size of a golf ball.

"What's this? Why is my Qi draining so quickly? The energy consumption I need to create an element the size of a golf ball is monstrous. Is it like this when a cultivator uses Qi and releases it into elements?" Tenku pondered while looking at his palm.

"There's no point in me thinking too deeply since my knowledge of the cultivation world is so little. I have to ask this matter to my Master." Tenku shook his head and didn't think about it any further. The most important thing for him was that he had broken through to the innate realm. When Tenku wanted to take out her smartphone to contact Wang Haotian, she suddenly shivered from feeling cold.

"Huh? Why do I feel cold?" Tenku looked around, and then he checked himself. He fell silent when he saw his body. Tenku was completely naked without wearing anything now.

He remembered that his clothes were destroyed after he got the seventh strike of his tribulation. But Tenku didn't have time to think about that because he was focused on surviving.

"Once again, I feel lucky to leave Mount Fuji soon." Tenku broke out in a cold sweat and was thankful that he didn't meet the Realizers on Mount Fuji. If they saw him in that place, those people would suspect him and think he was crazy. Weird gossip about him would spread and reach Suiei High School since he wasn't covering his face.

Then Tenku checked his body again. The only thing left on him was the bracelet his parents had given him and the dimension watch he had bought from Kaziya.

"As expected of Uncle Kaziya's device. The durability matches the price. But I didn't expect that this bracelet didn't break, just like what my mother and father said when they gave it to me." Tenku looked at the bracelet on his left hand with nostalgia, and his face became sad when he remembered the past. But it was only temporary as he quickly regained his composure.

"Alright, I should hurry back and ask my Master about my elements. I can't call or text him in this area because the telecommunication signal got messed up because of the thunderstorm." Tenku shook his head and tried to divert his mind to another matter. Then he looked at his dimension watch

"Hmm... I've spent more than five hours on Mount Fuji. I didn't expect it would take so long to complete my tribulation and break through the innate realm. Besides, I almost died at this time." Tenku smiled bitterly and looked at his dimension watch again.

He took spare clothes and trousers from his space pocket and quickly put them on. Afterward, Tenku sat cross-legged and closed his eyes. The most important thing for him now is to recover his condition.

***

Not long after Tenku left Mount Fuji, many Realizers came to that place. Some of them are familiar faces. If Tenku saw those people, he would recognize them.

Those Realizers had come to Suisei High School to investigate the monster invasion incident by the terrorists of the Ghost Nebula. Besides the people from the official organization, Setsuka's father had also appeared at the place together with his wife, Koyuki.

After seeing that terrifying thunderstorm, they felt compelled to come to Mount Fuji in person. This phenomenon occurs in Tokyo and is not far from Fuyushima Temple.

They had to check and ensure there was nothing dangerous on Mount Fuji because Hideo had a bad feeling from the thunderbolts. He was worried that a space collapse with the highest threat level would appear in Tokyo.

Of course, Hideo and Koyuki didn't come to that place alone. The best Relizer from Fuyushima Temple accompanied them, and they wore their combat gear as they were ready for battle.

Apart from the people from Fuyushima Temple, the Realizers from the Natsukawa family also came to Mt. Fuji. They are one of the strongest Realizer groups in Japan, and their residence is also in the Tokyo area, just like Fuyushima Temple. Hence, they should also come and inspect the place.

The Realizer who came was a middle-aged man with a muscular build and reddish-black hair. He was Homura Natsukawa, the head of the Natsukawa family. He came along with a very sexy beautiful woman. Her name is Hibana Natsukawa, and she is the wife of Homura. Those two people were the parents of Hijiri Natsukawa.

When those powerful Realizers arrived in the area, they were shocked to see a terrifying curtain of lightning covering Mount Fuji. Hideo and Homura had attempted to break in and get closer to the center of the phenomenon to find the cause, but they failed and were injured.

They were overwhelmed by the lightning that had descended from the sky in the hundreds and nearly thousands. So Hideo and Homura decided to wait and pay attention to the situation in that place.

After several hours of waiting, the lightning curtain finally dissipated, and they swiftly entered the area. But when they got closer to the center of the phenomenon, they were shocked to see the scene in front of them.

"What happened in this place?" One of the Realizers said in a trembling voice after seeing Mount Fuji almost level to the ground.