At the same time that the enormous white cloud of Heavenly Tribulation started to disappear from the sky above the King's Palace, within the core region of the palace, Shun Long was sitting cross-legged on the ground when he felt his aura rising rapidly without any signs of stop.
Shun Long could feel that the nourishing energy from the bolts of Heavenly Tribulation inside him wasn't just increasing the strength of his soul, but it also increased his cultivation, allowing him to advance towards the final barrier and reach the Dao King realm.
Of course, to complete his breakthrough and truly become a Dao King realm, Shun Long knew that he first had to condense all of the 81 silver-colored balls of qi inside the 'Monarch's Hourglass' together and form a single ball of qi.
At that moment however, just as he was about to begin his breakthrough, Shun Long sensed that something had changed inside the King's Palace.