389: Chapter 389 Proving the Dao in the Harem! The Empress's Great Tribulation

The roaring sound inside Wu Mingkong's body was like a bursting river, shaking the entire luxurious Bedchamber.

That Heaven and Earth pressure, which had transcended the Quasi-Emperor Realm, spread outward with an overwhelming force.

The precious Cloud-Shadow gauze curtains inside the Bedchamber instantly turned into dust fluttering across the sky the moment they touched this Aura. The ten-thousand-year warm jade table, which held Spiritual Fruit, could not withstand such heavy pressure and cracked inch by inch.

Xu Chen was quick-witted; he pinched a hand seal with his right hand, and a thick Hongmeng Creation Qi emerged from his body, forming a purple-gold light shield that firmly protected Princess Wu Weiyang, who was still weak after just giving birth, and the two infants in swaddling clothes.

He raised his head, his gaze piercing through the dome of the Bedchamber to look at the firmament above the Xu Family's Di Prefecture.

The morning sky, which had originally been filled with dazzling rays of light, was darkening at a speed visible to the naked eye. The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a radius of one hundred thousand li boiled violently like boiling water, crazily converging above the Xu Family's inner palace.

Tribulation clouds, thick as lead blocks, piled up layer upon layer, blocking out the sky and sun. Purple-black lightning snakes tumbled and weaved through the pitch-black clouds, emitting a destructive Aura that made one's Soul tremble.

This was the World-Destroying Lightning Tribulation unique to the Emperor Realm.

"Good grief, her temper hasn't changed a bit; she has to make such a huge commotion even just for giving birth." A helpless smile curled at the corners of Xu Chen's mouth.

He did not hesitate in the slightest, reaching out to scoop up Princess Wu Weiyang along with the two sleeping infants. With a step that spanned distance, his figure flickered out of the Bedchamber, landing on the veranda of the back garden.

Su Qingge was rushing over with a few female cultivators, and seeing the strange phenomenon in the sky, her eyes were filled with shock.

"Qingge, Mingkong is about to have a Breakthrough. You take Weiyang and the children to the side hall to rest first; leave this to me." Xu Chen handed the people into Su Qingge's arms and instructed softly.

Su Qingge nodded and directed the maids to carefully escort Princess Wu Weiyang away from the area that was about to become the center of the Lightning Tribulation.

"Hahaha! Good! Today, the Xu Family has added another Emperor! I would like to see what this Heavenly Tribulation can do to my Xu Family's daughter-in-Law!"

The Xu Family's Old Ancestor's figure appeared out of thin air above the firmament. He wore a grey robe, his beard and hair bristling, and he swung his large sleeves violently.

The ancient Spiritual Vein buried deep underground in the Xu Family shook violently. Countless complex and profound golden array patterns intertwined and spread in the Void Realm, like a giant net covering the sky and sun, instantly turning into a translucent glazed light shield that locked this riotous Heavenly might firmly above the inner palace.

This was the Xu Family's most core peerless Emperor-killing array. With this array protecting them, the destructive power of this Emperor Lightning Tribulation would never affect a single blade of grass or tree in the Xu Family.

Wu Mingkong looked up at the Xu Family's Old Ancestor in the sky and nodded slightly to show her gratitude. Then, she tapped her toes lightly on the ground, and her figure, like a rising sun, shot straight into the clouds, meeting that raging sea of lightning.

"Boom!"

The first purple-black lightning pillar struck down with an Aura that could destroy all things.

Wu Mingkong did not make any evasive movements. She raised her pale white palm, her five fingers slightly spread, and the Emperor Law condensed in her palm into a baring-fanged and brandishing-claws golden Dragon. The Dragon roared as it met the lightning pillar, forcibly tearing it apart into wandering electric sparks that filled the sky.

Immediately after, the tribulation clouds went completely berserk.

Hundreds and thousands of lightning punishments poured down like dense raindrops, completely engulfing Wu Mingkong's figure.

On the Xu Family's plaza, various Elders put down the matters at hand one after another, looking up at the sea of lightning in the sky, each of them so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths.

"I am completely convinced by the Young Lord's eye for talent. Just giving birth to a child, and she can conveniently have a Breakthrough to the Emperor Realm." The Grand Elder stroked his beard and sighed in admiration repeatedly.

At this moment, in the center of the sea of lightning, Wu Mingkong was like a deity in charge of Heavenly punishment. She let those violent lightning bolts baptize her body, stripping away the Heavenly Dao Law contained in the Lightning Tribulation thread by thread, and forcibly integrating it into her own Emperor body.

She was already an Empress favored by Luck, and having absorbed the newborn's pure Emperor Qi and the Emperor Dao Law fragments gifted by the System, her foundation was so profound that it had long since far exceeded that of ordinary Quasi-Emperors.

The Lightning Tribulation lasted for a full hour.

When the last lightning punishment containing the will of the Heavenly Dao was crushed by Wu Mingkong's bare hands, the gloomy tribulation clouds covering the sky dissipated into thin air.

A brilliant and dazzling golden divine ring slowly emerged behind Wu Mingkong.

She stepped on the Void Realm, and the pressure of the Emperor Realm, like circles of tangible ripples, swept across the entire Central Prefecture. Countless living beings felt this vast Emperor pressure, and all of them felt their knees go weak, kneeling and kowtowing in the direction of the Xu Family.

She had succeeded.

From this moment on, she was no longer just the Empress of Great Wu, but the true Emperor Wu Mingkong, standing at the pinnacle of the myriad worlds.

The Xu Family's Old Ancestor in mid-air stroked his long beard with satisfaction, his figure gradually fading into the Void Realm, hiding his merit and fame.

Wu Mingkong stood high in the sky, looking down.

Her gaze passed through layers of palaces and landed precisely on Xu Chen, who was standing under the veranda with his hands behind his back.

The peerless Empress, who a moment ago was majestically awe-inspiring and had suppressed the Central Prefecture to the point where it couldn't lift its head, saw her vast Emperor pressure instantly retreat like a tide and dissipate completely when she met those deep, smiling eyes.

Her figure flickered, turning into a golden stream of light, and she fell straight toward Xu Chen.

Xu Chen opened his arms and steadily caught this soft body in his embrace.

Wu Mingkong no longer had any of the domineering Aura from tearing apart the lightning just now. She buried her face deeply into the crook of Xu Chen's neck, her hands tightly hugging his neck, her exhausted body leaning softly against him.

"Husband..." Her voice carried a hint of hoarseness from just having passed the Lightning Tribulation, yet it was as soft and glutinous as a little girl asking for candy. "Was I majestic up there just now?"

Feeling the reliance of the woman in his arms, Xu Chen couldn't help but chuckle in a low voice. His thick, broad palm gently patted Wu Mingkong's back, sliding down along her smooth, long hair.

"Majestic. My, Xu Chen's, wife is naturally the most majestic Empress in this world."

Xu Chen tilted his head slightly, his warm lips brushing past her earlobe, his tone carrying a hint of playfulness: "However, to run off to the sky to get struck by lightning without even finishing the confinement period after just giving birth, you are truly the first one in history. Those who don't know might think that my Xu Family mistreated our daughter-in-Law."

A blush appeared on Wu Mingkong's cheeks, and she shyly and angrily bit Xu Chen's shoulder lightly.

"I am not afraid of those things. As long as I can become stronger, in the future, whoever dares to bully our mother and children, I will strike them down."

As they embraced, Xu Chen keenly sensed that the newborn pure Emperor Qi inside Wu Mingkong's body was resonating continuously with the Luck Golden Dragon inside his own body through their touching skin.

This was the mysterious bond of sharing Luck between husband and wife. Xu Chen's cultivation, which had just entered the Middle Stage of the Great Saint Realm, became increasingly solid and stable under the nourishment of this Emperor Luck, saving him decades of hard cultivation and polishing.

Xu Chen tightened his arms and scooped her up horizontally.

"Alright, you've had enough fun being majestic; Your Majesty the Empress should go back and get some good rest. I'll clean up the remaining mess for you."

Wu Mingkong leaned obediently against Xu Chen's broad chest, listening to his steady and powerful heartbeat, and slowly closed her eyes, falling into a deep sleep. This day of giving birth and Undergoing Tribulation had long since exhausted all her energy.

Xu Chen held the sleeping woman in his arms, walking lightly through the corridor toward the arranged Bedchamber.