The stone door creaked and slowly opened, like the sound of an old rusty machine.
Zi Chen pushed the door open and was instantly dumbfounded.
"Elder Hiroshi, there's nothing here." Looking at the empty stone house, Zi Chen was puzzled.
Seeing the stone house, Elder Hiroshi's face was filled with joy, "There's nothing here now, but after you break through the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation, there will be everything here."
"Heavenly Lightning Tribulation."
"That's right. In this stone house, there are formations and restrictions personally set up by the old master. Even I can't see through them. If you want to successfully trigger these formations, you have to go through the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation and form your Core using Yin and Yang energy."
"Then where should I break through?" Zi Chen looked at Elder Hiroshi.
Elder Hiroshi pointed at the stone house, "Here."
"Here."
Zi Chen's eyes widened, "If I go through the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation here, the entire stone house will be destroyed by the Heavenly Lightning."
Elder Hiroshi shook his head and smiled, "That won't happen. There are formations here that guarantee that the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation won't damage this place at all."
Zi Chen's face was filled with doubt.
"Don't worry, the old master is powerful. The Heavenly Lightning Tribulation during the Core Formation stage is nothing in his eyes."
With Elder Hiroshi's repeated assurances, Zi Chen could only choose to believe him.
Thus, he sat down cross-legged and began the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation.
However, before he attracted the Heavenly Thunder, Zi Chen had to let himself relax first. His entire body's essence, Qi, and spirit were at their peak. He sat in the stone house for two full days. His restless heart slowly calmed down, like an ancient well without ripples. Elder Mo stood beside him the whole time.
Suddenly, Zi Chen opened his eyes. The aura of the Great Perfection of the Zephyr Realm surged around him. This aura passed through the stone house and went straight into the sky.
After releasing his aura, Zi Chen clearly felt a kind of law. It was this kind of law that attracted the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation.
This was the first time Zi Chen felt the existence of law after going through so many Heavenly Lightning Tribulations. It was also the first time he truly experienced the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation.
Silver light flashed in the sky and the sound of rolling thunder could be heard. Vast Thunder Might fell from the sky and swept towards Zi Chen.
Zi Chen could see the sky when he raised his head. He could even see the first bolt of silver heavenly thunder appearing in the sky and crashing down on him. This scene stunned Zi Chen for a moment, because he did not know when, but he was already in the void.
The stone houses around him were gone, and so was Elder Hiroshi. He stood in the middle of the empty space. Besides a bolt of lightning, there was only Zi Chen. He seemed very lonely.
"How could this be?"
Just as Zi Chen was wondering what was going on, thinking that this was all an illusion, the first bolt of lightning struck him like a silver dragon.
The Heavenly Lightning exploded as a destructive energy destroyed the golden barrier around Zi Chen. It surged into his body and began wreaking havoc. Although Zi Chen had already activated his Perfect Body, the lightning energy still severely injured him. His organs began to churn as he spat out a mouthful of pale-golden blood.
Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Zi Chen's face was filled with horror. Only then did he realize that everything was real. Furthermore, he, who had a Perfect Body, had been injured by the first bolt of lightning.
"Boom!"
Just as the first bolt of lightning landed, rumbling thunder sounded from the sky again. It was the second bolt of silver lightning that descended with terrifying might.
Along the way, Zi Chen had transcended more than ten Lightning Tribulations. He had also seen many people transcend Lightning Tribulations, but be it personally or with his own eyes, those Lightning Tribulations were far inferior to the current one.
If the previous Lightning Tribulation was extremely terrifying, but there was a chance of survival, then the Lightning Tribulation Zi Chen was experiencing was a true apocalyptic tribulation. There was no chance of survival.
"Boom!"
After being injured by the first bolt of lightning, Zi Chen naturally didn't dare be careless, nor did he dare hold back. Therefore, he instantly took out his heritage lightning hammer and smashed it at the second bolt of lightning.
Thunder rumbled as the two powerful energies collided. Zi Chen was sent flying hundreds of meters back as he coughed out blood again.
Even my heritage can't shatter the lightning.
Zi Chen's expression changed drastically. If he hadn't used his heritage in that strike, he would definitely have been severely injured and might have even died.
Without giving Zi Chen any time to catch his breath, the third bolt of lightning struck down with even greater might.
Zi Chen roared as extreme energy surged in his body. Then, he held his heritage and flew up into the sky, smashing towards the third bolt of lightning.
By the time the third bolt of lightning was destroyed, Zi Chen's body had already suffered an unimaginable amount of damage. Helpless, he could only swallow a Treasure Pill. A strong life force instantly healed his injuries, but it was unable to chase away the coldness in his body.
At this moment, Zi Chen's entire body was cold, as if he was in a ten-thousand-year-old glacier. His face was pale, and his body no longer had any temperature.
This was caused by the destructive energy contained in the bolt of lightning. This energy carried an inexplicable chill. This chill had already penetrated into Zi Chen's bones and blood, causing the temperature of Zi Chen's body to drop again.
Moreover, the operating Perfect Body seemed to be absorbing this inexplicable chill. Zi Chen didn't know if absorbing the chill was good or bad. The fourth bolt of lightning had already struck, and Zi Chen didn't have time to think carefully.
The treasure pill instantly healed Zi Chen's injuries when it entered his stomach. Then, Zi Chen once again wielded the lightning hammer with all his strength, smashing it towards the fourth bolt of lightning.
With an explosion, the fourth bolt of lightning was shattered, but Zi Chen's body, which had just recovered, was injured again.
This time, Zi Chen's tribulation was no longer a sea of lightning, but one bolt of lightning after another, just like when others were transcending their tribulations. However, the power of this bolt of lightning was much more terrifying than the sea of lightning.
By the time the fifth bolt of lightning struck, Zi Chen had already begun to tremble. His body had already frozen and his movements had become sluggish. There was no longer any temperature around him. His body was corroded by the coldness, and even his spiritual senses were affected. When he mobilized the extreme energy in his body, the energy circulated extremely slowly.
Furthermore, the Yin-Yang energy that had always been in balance in his body showed signs of losing control. Zi Chen actually felt the long-awaited danger of his body exploding.
There was a destructive bolt of lightning above his head, and his body was completely frozen. He couldn't form an effective counterattack, and the two extreme energies in his body were in danger of exploding. When it rains, it pours.
Just as Zi Chen was at a loss and felt that he was in danger, Elder Hiroshi's voice sounded in time.
"This is the Yin-Yang Sky Lightning Tribulation. It's divided into Nine Yin and Nine Yang. Now that you feel cold all over and have difficulty moving, it should be caused by the Extreme Yin Sky Lightning. Why don't you give up on the Extreme Yang energy and directly use the Extreme Yin energy?"
Ever since he started cultivating the Yin-Yang Art, Zi Chen had always maintained the balance of Yin and Yang when mobilizing energy. The amount of Extreme Yin he used was equal to the amount of Extreme Yang. He had never used or tried this method of suppressing Extreme Yang and directly using Extreme Yin. This was because once the two types of energy became unbalanced in his body, it would lead to the danger of his body exploding.
"Although you are now in the void, you are still in the stone house. This place is tailor-made for your breakthrough. You can completely let go of the concept of Yin-Yang balance and concentrate on controlling one type of energy." As if he had guessed Zi Chen's doubts, Elder Hiroshi's voice sounded again.
After Elder Hiroshi finished speaking, the fifth bolt of lightning struck. As he had previously mobilized the Extreme Yang energy, Zi Chen was in danger of exploding due to the wrong use of energy. At that moment, he tried his best to suppress the danger of his body exploding, but he couldn't block the fifth bolt of lightning.
As a result, the fifth bolt of Heavenly Lightning struck him heavily.
As the destructive energy entered his body, Zi Chen's body almost exploded. The injuries that he had just recovered from with the elixir worsened once again. At the same time, under the erosion of the cold, Zi Chen's body became extremely stiff. His spiritual thoughts seemed to have slowed down, and it was very strenuous for him to swallow the elixir. Based on his current speed, the elixir might not even be in his stomach by the time the sixth bolt of destruction struck.
The crisis of death struck him instantly.
At that moment, Zi Chen decisively abandoned the concept of Yin-Yang balance and concentrated on controlling Extreme Yin. Under the pure control of Extreme Yin, the discomfort in Zi Chen's body was instantly swept away. As soon as the Extreme Yin energy was released, Zi Chen's stiff body instantly became flexible like a fish in water.
Moreover, the destructive energy that he had previously thought to be extremely cold contained the power of life. After activating Extreme Yin, Zi Chen's body was automatically absorbing this power of life. His Perfect Body, which had already reached its limit, actually underwent another transformation after absorbing this power of life.
The cold Yin energy in his body turned into Extreme Yin energy, fusing into his blood and bone marrow before being absorbed again to suppress the destructive Extreme Yin energy. After his body could move again, Zi Chen quickly swallowed the second elixir.
He was still seriously injured and could only use the elixir to quickly recover from his injuries.
While the Extreme Yin was circulating, the Extreme Yang was dormant and did not show any signs of rebellion. At this moment, Zi Chen was surrounded by an Extreme Yin aura, as if he had only cultivated the Extreme Yin Arts.
The sixth bolt of lightning was destroyed by Zi Chen's Extreme Yin. As the destructive energy wreaked havoc on his body, Zi Chen also absorbed vitality from this energy.
Towards the end of the Nine Yin Heavenly Thunder, each bolt was stronger than the last. Each bolt was more terrifying than the last. Zi Chen blocked the seventh bolt of lightning and finally destroyed the eighth bolt of Extreme Yin Heavenly Thunder.
After withstanding these two bolts of heavenly lightning, Zi Chen had already lost half of his life.
"Among the Nine Yin Heavenly Thunder, the last bolt of lightning is known as the Apocalyptic Thunder of Extreme Yin. Don't be careless. You have to give it your all."
After blocking the eight bolts of lightning, Zi Chen's injuries were recovering under the Extreme Yin's power of life. There was only one bolt of lightning left. He had already heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that there was only one bolt left to pass the Lightning Tribulation. However, Elder Hiroshi's extremely solemn voice suddenly sounded.
Zi Chen did not dare to be careless. He took a deep breath and pushed the Extreme Yin energy to the limit. At the same time, he swallowed the third elixir directly into his stomach. The vitality began to be released in his body.
"Boom!"
A thunderous sound came from the sky, and a blinding silver light dyed the entire sky. At the same time, an extremely terrifying Might of Thunder raged from the sky. When this Might of Thunder appeared, it was like the end of the world had arrived.