The thunder in the sky gradually subsided and the heavenly tribulation came to an end. Mo Tiange looked exhausted. She sat cross-legged in the air and took advantage of the gap between the heavenly tribulation to recover some spiritual aura.
She didn't expect she would trigger the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation. She always thought it would be like when Qin Xi formed his Nascent Soul, where a Nascent Soul celestial phenomenon would appear.
But now that things had come to this, she had no choice but to endure it. Heavenly tribulation wouldn't stop just because you didn't want to.
She could only rejoice that she obtained a Deification cultivator's defensive treasure robe in the Immortal Palace and made a Nascent Soul puppet. Otherwise, the heavenly tribulation would be difficult.
"According to ancient books, the minor heavenly tribulation in the Nascent Soul realm has nine stages. With each stage, its power will gradually increase.
If you pass the heavenly tribulation, the power of the heavenly thunder will remold your body and advance your cultivation level. If you can't … you'll be turned into ashes.
Tiange, you have to hold on! "
Qin Xi's voice entered her ears. She opened her eyes and looked at him.
The sea breeze was fierce and lightning streaked across the sky from time to time. Qin Xi looked at her with firm and gentle eyes.
She smiled and nodded at him. Then she took a deep breath, stood up, and took out her magic weapons again.
Her path of cultivation could be said to be bumpy and lucky, but there were always many variables. Every realm-breakthrough was accompanied by many accidents.
When she was building her foundation, not only did the celestial phenomenon appear, but it also lasted for more than a year. When she was forming her Gold Core, her fellow disciples at Xuanqing School almost thought she was forming her Nascent Soul. Now that she was forming her Nascent Soul, she actually triggered the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation that didn't exist anymore.
She didn't know why this happened, but it was most likely related to her physique and cultivation technique.
She didn't know whether this was bad luck or good luck. Maybe, after experiencing more trials, she would go further than others.
"Boom!" With a loud noise, the fourth stage of the heavenly tribulation was about to come.
Mo Tiange pointed her finger, and the White Silk Handkerchief turned into invisible mist, firmly protecting her. At the same time, she mobilized all the spiritual aura in her body, ready to go.
In the sky, more and more white lightning gathered, illuminating the dark sea as bright as day. A moment later, a lightning pillar finally formed, but it silently struck down.
Mo Tiange raised her hand and waved the Heaven and Earth Fan. Countless flowers and plants flew out and collided with the lightning.
Boom!
Unsurprisingly, the flowers and plants transformed from Spiritual Qi were all sent flying by the Heavenly Lightning. However, after the collision, the Heavenly Lightning also disappeared without a trace.
Mo Tiange's body swayed, but in the end, she managed to stand firm.
Apart from the lightning pillar in the middle of the Heavenly Tribulation, there were also countless lesser Heavenly Thunders in the surroundings. These Heavenly Thunders struck the surface of the sea and set off huge waves.
She took a handful of pills and stuffed them into her mouth, gasping for breath.
Looking up, there were flashes of lightning everywhere on the surface of the sea. The pale white light illuminated the blood-red surface of the sea, which was exceptionally demonic and terrifying.
"Boom!" Another loud sound rang out. This time, it was the manifestation tribulation of the demonic cultivator not far away.
The transformation of demonic beasts into demonic cultivators was also a nine-stage Heavenly Tribulation. They started their tribulation at about the same time, so they should be at the fifth stage now.
Roar!
A deafening roar rang out, and a green-winged giant beast appeared on the surface of the sea a little further away. It was the green-winged demonic beast that had revealed its true form and faced the heavenly lightning.
"Boom!
Boom! "
The heavenly lightning struck mercilessly, hitting the huge body of the green-winged giant beast. It was knocked back several dozen feet before it staggered and stopped.
The power of lightning-type spells was formidable, not to mention that the heavenly lightning was the power of heaven and earth.
This green-winged giant beast had a strong wood element aura, so it undoubtedly practiced wood-type spells. Moreover, the wood element just happened to be restrained by the lightning element. If this demonic beast hadn't advanced to the eighth rank long ago, it probably wouldn't have been able to withstand the might of the heavenly lightning.
However, whether it was this demonic beast or the other two demonic beasts, they were undoubtedly Distant Past era demonic beasts. They had cultivated in the Distant Past era environment for a long time, so they were much stronger than the demonic beasts of today. Presumably, they had a higher chance of surviving the Heavenly Tribulation of Transformation.
Mo Tiange swept a cursory glance over them. She didn't worry about these demonic beasts. She still had to pass her own Heavenly Tribulation, so why should she worry about others?
Moreover, her situation was even worse than these demonic beasts'. She had just advanced to the next realm, so her magic weapon hadn't been refined yet. She also didn't have a strong body like these demonic beasts, so she had no idea whether she could survive the ninth stage of the Heavenly Tribulation.
After a while, the fifth stage of the Heavenly Tribulation also arrived.
The Heavenly Lightning struck her body with great power.
She felt her brain go numb, and a stream of blood rushed up her throat.
She struggled to hold on, suppressing her restless spiritual aura.
When the Heavenly Lightning dissipated, Qin Xi helped her up. "Hold on two more times. I'll take action during the last two times!"
Mo Tiange swallowed a handful of medicinal pills. Right now, she almost treated medicinal pills like sugar pills, eating them like they cost nothing.
When her breathing stabilized, she asked, "What about you?"
Qin Xi was right next to her. When the Heavenly Lightning struck, he was also within the range of the Heavenly Tribulation, so he also had to defend himself.
"I know what I'm doing," he said.
Mo Tiange nodded, believing him without a doubt.
Then came the sixth stage of the Heavenly Tribulation —
"Rumble!" This time, the thunder was even louder. The Heavenly Lightning was twice as thick as before, and it struck down.
Mo Tiange didn't know whether she could withstand it or not, but the Heavenly Tribulation couldn't be avoided. It wouldn't count unless it hit the person who was going through the tribulation.
She turned her wrist, unfolding the Heaven and Earth Fan. She poured all her spiritual aura into it, and with a crane cry, a red-crowned crane flew out of the fan to meet the Heavenly Lightning.
The Heavenly Lightning hit the red-crowned crane. Without much effort, the crane turned into spiritual aura and disappeared.
Soon after, it hit Mo Tiange squarely.
"Chi!" The mist formed by the White Silk Handkerchief was hit by the Heavenly Lightning and almost dissipated.
As for Mo Tiange, she was hit by the powerful force and lost her balance in the air. She fell several hundred feet before she staggered and regained her balance.
When she saw the half-broken White Silk Handkerchief, her expression changed slightly.
This magic weapon she obtained from Zhong Muling had been refined by her since she was in the Foundation Building realm. Its defense was very strong, and it had never failed. But today, it was actually pierced through!
The sixth wave of the Heavenly Tribulation was already this powerful. What about the seventh wave?
She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and looked up at the sky.
The tribulation clouds were gathering again. The next wave would be the seventh wave of the Heavenly Tribulation.
She swallowed medicinal pills again, seizing the time to recover a bit of spiritual aura.
She didn't have any powerful defensive magic weapons in her hands except for the white robe she was wearing. If it didn't work, she could only forcibly endure it.
Presumably, this defensive magic weapon she obtained from an ancient Deification cultivator should be able to save her life, right?
"Rumble!" The Heavenly Lightning appeared again. This time, its color was a bit deeper than before and carried a hint of gold.
Mo Tiange took a deep breath and manipulated the Jade-Bone Puppet to meet it!
"Crack!" The Heavenly Lightning struck the Jade-Bone Puppet, causing its body to emit light smoke. Its spiritual aura protective cover was instantly destroyed, and its Nascent Soul momentum instantly dissipated.
Fortunately, the puppet's frame was the crystal skeleton of an ancient Deification cultivator. The white robe it was wearing was also a powerful defensive magic weapon, so it wasn't destroyed.
Mo Tiange put the Jade-Bone Puppet, which had temporarily lost its cultivation level, into her Qiankun Ring.
The seventh wave of the Heavenly Tribulation was at least twice as powerful as the sixth wave, since it could strike a Nascent Soul puppet until it lost its cultivation level.
There were still two more waves of the Heavenly Tribulation.
After dispersing the small Heavenly Lightning next to him, Qin Xi forced out several drops of blood essence and wiped the Three Yang Real Fire Sword. The sword immediately shone with a dazzling red light.
"Senior Martial Brother?" Mo Tiange was surprised to see this. What did he want to do by using his blood essence?
"Recover your spiritual aura!" Qin Xi shouted at her.
Mo Tiange paused for a moment, then obediently swallowed the medicinal pills and sat cross-legged in the air.
No matter what he wanted to do, she didn't have enough confidence to pass the Heavenly Tribulation, so the best choice was to cooperate with him.
After a while, more and more tribulation clouds appeared. The Heavenly Lightning finished brewing and struck again.
This time, the power of the Heavenly Lightning was several times stronger than the last time. Before it fell, huge waves of more than ten feet high were set off on the sea, and the roar was deafening.
Qin Xi pushed with his right hand, and the Three Yang Real Fire Sword turned into rays of red light. Soon after, he and the sword went to meet the Heavenly Lightning.
Before, he didn't make a move and let Mo Tiange face the Heavenly Tribulation alone for two reasons. First, her strength would improve greatly only if she personally faced the power of the Heavenly Tribulation. Second, he had to save his strength to help her pass the last two Heavenly Tribulations. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to face the real danger with his full strength, and they would both die under the Heavenly Tribulation!
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As the Heavenly Tribulation grew stronger, the cultivators on One Leaf Island gradually noticed something unusual.
"Look!" someone shouted. "What a big storm!"
Outside One Leaf Island's defensive formation, huge waves swept over and smashed fiercely on the defensive shield.
At first, the defensive shield only shook a little, but as the waves got higher and higher and the impact became more and more concentrated, the defensive shield started to shake uneasily.
"Tsunami!" An experienced and knowledgeable cultivator's expression changed in horror.
With such power, it was undoubtedly a tsunami. If there were cultivators who didn't make it to One Leaf Island in time, they probably wouldn't have a chance to survive.
"Everyone, don't panic." One Leaf Island's market square, which was formed by various big forces, immediately came out to calm everyone down. "Our One Leaf Island has Nascent Soul seniors keeping watch. Everything will be fine. Calm down and return to your positions!"
"That's right! Nothing has ever happened to One Leaf Island in its history!" someone chimed in then looked up at the sky. "Everyone, look! Those Nascent Soul seniors are still there!"
All the cultivators looked up one after another. When they saw several Nascent Soul cultivators still standing under the protective shield in the sky, they finally calmed down a little and went back to their shops or teahouses to sit down.
Even if the sky collapsed, these Nascent Soul seniors would be there to support it!
That was what they thought.
At that moment, however, these Nascent Soul seniors weren't as relaxed as they thought.
"The power of the Heavenly Tribulation is actually this strong …" Daoist Ruyi muttered to himself.
Someone said, "What's Daoist Ruyi afraid of?
Could it be that the restrictions on One Leaf Island can't hold on?
That shouldn't be the case, right?
The way I see it, the Heavenly Tribulation is almost over. It's time for us to go out and take a look. "
Daoist Ruyi glanced at that person and scoffed. "Fellow Daoist Song, you're being too naive. The further it goes, the more powerful the Heavenly Tribulation will be. If it's just one Heavenly Tribulation, with One Leaf Island's restrictions, it shouldn't be a problem, but four Half Heavenly Tribulations … I can't guarantee that One Leaf Island will be unscathed!"
Five Elements Valley was founded on formations. Daoist Ruyi was the cultivator with the highest cultivation base in Five Elements Valley, as well as the most outstanding formation master in the world. No one dared to disregard his words.
"That can't be, right?
One Leaf Island's restrictions really can't hold on? "the cultivator from before asked anxiously.
Daoist Ruyi's expression softened. "It's only a possibility." As for how powerful the Heavenly Tribulation was, it was just a guess. He couldn't say for sure either.
When Daoist Ru Yi saw Old Donkey Ma looking into the distance without saying anything, he couldn't help but ask, "Fellow Daoist Ma, what do you think?"
After a while, Old Donkey Ma finally shook his head lightly. He looked at the lightning flickering on the surface of the sea and said, "It's not easy to pick up this bargain …"