God-Tier Fishing System-Chapter 635

The rolling dark clouds in the sky twisted violently, forming a massive vortex.

Golden thunder serpents danced wildly within it, colliding, devouring one another, until their color gradually deepened, turning from gold to crimson.

Blood-red lightning.

The night sky was dyed scarlet.

Thunder roared like an enraged beast, and bolts of lightning tore downward again and again, as if the heavens themselves were being ripped apart.

Crack!

Space shuddered.

Invisible fractures spread across the firmament like shattered glass.

"No, this is a vision of heaven and earth!"

"A supreme treasure is about to be born!" someone shouted in alarm.

"Impossible!" another voice roared back.

"When a heaven and earth treasure is born, the phenomenon shouldn’t be this violent. This bloody lightning... it makes my soul tremble. It’s countless times stronger than the thunder tribulation of an Ultimate Supreme!"

"This isn’t a heavenly vision at all," Valerius said slowly, his face darker than the storm clouds.

"This is heavenly punishment."

"Someone is attempting to pry open the Emperor Path."

Silence fell for a breath.

Caspian’s pupils contracted as he stared at the storm. "The lightning didn’t descend into this space. It was severed midway. Either the Training Trial Secret Realm blocked it... or this heavenly punishment was triggered by something inside the secret realm."

"The Training Trial Secret Realm?" Valerius frowned deeply.

"There are law suppressions there. How could a Perfect Supreme exist within it?"

A pause.

Then Linus spoke reluctantly. "Is it possible... that it’s Ethan?"

The words hung heavily in the air.

"He possesses divine power. He is not restricted by the laws. If anyone could provoke such a reaction..."

"Impossible!" Valerius interrupted coldly.

"He is a body cultivator. Even if he has divine power, his realm is far from the Ultimate Supreme."

"Even if he swallowed all nine Hibiscus Fruits in one go, he wouldn’t touch the Perfect Supreme realm!"

"You all know this, an Ultimate Demon Lord needs three to five years just to digest the medicinal power of a single Hibiscus Fruit."

Oberon nodded. "The Chief Palace Master is right. This cannot be caused by Ethan. The demons within the Training Trial Secret Realm are not bound by the same laws. It is more likely that a Perfect Demon Lord among them is attempting a breakthrough."

Speculation spread like wildfire.

But none of them knew...

This heavenly punishment had nothing to do with Ethan.

Nor with any demon.

Because this storm was born from the will of the Hibiscus Sacred Tree.

.....

Inside the Spiritual Valley.

A colossal vortex loomed overhead.

Lightning roared like dragons descending from the sky, smashing down with deafening fury.

Every bolt carried annihilating intent.

Lunara, Kara, and the others stared upward, their expressions pale.

Even breathing felt difficult.

Ethan lifted his head slowly, brows drawn together.

I only triggered the Sage inheritance... I’m not provoking Heaven itself, am I?

The lightning grew stronger with every breath.

Especially the blood-red thunder forming at the core of the vortex.

Ethan knew with certainty—

If even one of those bolts struck him directly, his flesh would be erased within ten breaths, no matter how strong his physique was.

This wasn’t a thunder tribulation.

This was punishment.

The legendary punishment of Heaven.

Only beings at the level of the Hibiscus Sacred Tree could provoke such a reaction.

Yet Ethan couldn’t understand what she had done.

Moments ago, her branches had merely circled him twice.

Nothing more.

As the blood thunder descended, the Hibiscus Sacred Tree radiated emerald brilliance.

The green light condensed into an enormous barrier, intercepting the lightning in midair.

Boom!

The blood thunder shattered against the barrier, dispersing into crimson arcs that hissed and vanished.

"This is the power of Heavenly Punishment," the Sacred Tree murmured inwardly.

"But it is weaker than true punishment."

"The chain sealing Oceanreach Continent has not yet been broken."

Her thoughts deepened.

"Merely peering into this child’s fate triggered divine punishment..."

"What monstrous cause and effect does he carry?"

"He is no ordinary existence."

The Sacred Tree arrived at a conclusion that even she found unsettling.

A fate-taker.

Those whose destinies cannot be observed.

Those who walk beyond the script of Heaven.

In all the ages she had witnessed, only three such beings had ever appeared.

Ethan was the fourth.

And one of the previous three...

Was Onyx Orchid.

"The deceitful cannot be divined."

The Hibiscus Sacred Tree withdrew her power.

Instantly, the heavenly punishment receded like a tide.

The vortex unraveled.

The thunder faded.

The blood-red lightning dissolved into nothingness.

In the blink of an eye, the world returned to calm.

"Do not worry," her gentle voice sounded beside Ethan’s ear. "It is over. Continue."

Ethan exhaled softly.

"So it really was Senior Hibiscus Tree."

He did not ask further questions.

Some truths were not meant to be pried into.

Instead, he turned his attention back to the stone platform.

The crimson light had already faded.

Resting quietly upon the tray were three transparent crystal boxes.

In the center box.... a heart.

It pulsed slowly.

Thump. Thump.

The sound Ethan had heard earlier, the drum-like resonance, came from this heart.

Each beat carried terrifying vitality.

Pure. Ancient. Undying.

Ethan’s gaze grew sharp.

Even after countless years, even after the fall of an emperor...

This heart still beat.

The power of a Great Emperor was truly beyond imagination.

A dangerous thought surfaced in his mind.

If the heart is still alive... could Emperor Sage revive through it?

"Onyx Orchid," Ethan asked inwardly, "do you think Emperor Sage laid a trap? Leaving behind his heart to seize whoever takes it and resurrect within their body?"

Onyx Orchid laughed lazily.

"You worry too much."

"If he wanted to revive, he wouldn’t leave such an obvious bait."

"Besides, Emperor Sage was the last Great Emperor of this era. A peerless body cultivator, just like you."

"Do you think such a man would demean himself by stealing another’s body?"

"No body in this world is stronger than his own."

"And even if he revived, his peak strength would never return. Whether he could reach the Great Emperor realm again would still be uncertain."

"More importantly... he had pride."

"True pride."

"He would never choose such a disgraceful method."

Ethan listened in silence.

"And this heart," Onyx Orchid continued, "contains only pure power."

"Completely pure, with no impurities and no trace of soul or mental energy."