One month later.

The Great Jin Dynasty capital, the royal palace houses the spirit treasury.

The original thirty million spirit stones have now all turned to dust, leaving only a handsome young man in a golden robe with golden eyes and golden hair, sitting cross-legged in the air. His veins are bulging all over his body, and his face is ferocious.

In the past month, Gu Yan absorbed the material at three times the normal speed. The ten-zhang golden spiritual platform in his dantian was like a transparent crystal, so pure that it couldn't be purer. His cultivation had also reached the peak of the Foundation Formation Realm, and he was ready to break through at any time.

With a roar, the perfect spiritual platform began to shatter. The essence of the spiritual platform on the front gathered towards the very center, while the outer parts began to dim and fade away, gathering away layer by layer.

......

Another day passed, and the essence of the spiritual platform condensed to a size of three inches, slowly forming a round and smooth golden pill.

Core Formation Realm, achieved.

Gu Yan opened his eyes, his face filled with joy, and let out a long, satisfying whistle.

The cheerful voice could be heard throughout the entire palace.

"Holy crap, this senior has broken through again?"

Wait, if I break through again, won't I reach the Core Formation stage?

Does he have no limitations in talent or cultivation methods? Can he keep breaking through bottlenecks without ever reaching them?

The group of old Wangs who had gathered in seclusion were all dumbfounded, seeing that this person had broken through in just one month of cultivation.

Looking at myself, I'm just like a fool. Even if you gave them a mountain of spirit stones, due to various limitations, it would be like chewing dry wax—tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away.

"This is truly a blessing for our Great Jin!"

Jin Hun, the patriarch of the Great Jin Dynasty, sighed. The other old men nodded in agreement. Although they were all naked now, it was worth it if they could exchange them for the glory of the Great Jin Dynasty. They had had enough fun when they were young anyway.

......

Gu Yan had already left the royal city. His divine sense was now terrifyingly powerful, allowing him to have a complete grasp of the area within 500 miles around him. Furthermore, after condensing his own spiritual pill, his strength and speed had increased even more rapidly.

It can even teleport, covering a hundred miles in one go!!!!

Long-distance teleportation would put a strain on his body, but it was no problem for him.

Gu Yan habitually transformed into a beam of light and flew away, without even activating the purple boat.

The reason he traveled so quickly was that as he broke through, he sensed that dark clouds were gathering in the sky and that a heavenly tribulation was targeting him again.

“Master, I suggest we go back to the deep forest where we just arrived. There are no experts there, and it’s quite secluded.”

The Devouring God Gu perched on his shoulder, cheering and jumping for joy. Breaking through and transforming was so comfortable.

With its cultivation breakthrough, the Devouring God Gu has also undergone tremendous changes. It is now the size of a human head and somewhat resembles the original cicada, only less dull-witted, with a golden shell covered in many crimson patterns.

Five hours later, Gu Yan arrived at Chongcheng in the borderlands. Looking at the dark clouds in the sky, his beautiful face, which had been twitching for so long, twitched slightly as he kept cursing.

He teleported to the city lord's mansion and met the city lord, Zeng Feibiao.

"You don't need to keep an eye on this guy anymore. When I return to the capital, I'll order you to be transferred back. Remember to take those three little girls with you."

After saying this, he grabbed the mentally challenged Prince Ning, snapped his fingers to kill him, collected his soul into the Emperor's Banner, threw it into the Divine Realm, and gave it to Su Linglian's puppet.

He noticed that the other party was currently cultivating diligently, with two cyan stone figures standing beside him. He felt that even a typical Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator would not be able to break through their defenses, clearly indicating that they had integrated the essence of those Spirit Platform Pills into their cultivation.

Gu Yan nodded secretly, then disappeared into the mountains to prepare for his tribulation.

Another hour passed, and the sky was covered with dark clouds. To the naked eye, it was as vast as the horizon.

boom!

Several thick bolts of lightning struck him from the sky, instantly stripping him of his clothes. However, Gu Yan paid no heed; in fact, he found it quite enjoyable, a pleasant, tingling sensation.

Rumble!

On average, Gu Yan gets struck by lightning every ten seconds.

He chopped for more than two hours straight, just as he was about to go numb.

boom!

A massive bolt of lightning, almost reaching the heavens and the earth, appeared and instantly engulfed him.

Ahhh~

Holy crap!

Gu Yan couldn't help but swear, feeling as if his entire body had been tempered, with lightning refining every part of his body.

This bolt of lightning lasted for half an hour before it stopped, and then smaller bolts of lightning began to strike, albeit in different forms, usually in groups of a dozen or so.

......

The monsters below were terrified by the heavenly tribulation and fled in a frenzy, abandoning their wives and trying to escape the area. They were too frightening.

Deep within the Million Mountains, many humanoid figures sensed the imminent heavenly tribulation and gazed towards the distant horizon. These great demons were extremely sensitive to heavenly tribulations.

"Could it be that one of my demon clan's great demons is undergoing the fifth-order Heavenly Tribulation?"

......

Rumble!

Three days later.

The fierce heavenly tribulation had been striking for so long, and its accumulated power was gradually exhausted, turning into a clear sky.

Gu Yan donned a golden robe, his expression one of utter comfort. He felt the strength of every part of his body rise to a new level.

He took a step and appeared a hundred miles away.

There were three figures hidden there: a fat man in a black robe with a square head and big ears, a tall and thin man with eagle eyes, and a burly man in a green robe.

The three of them originally planned to come here to find out which fellow traveler had broken the rules.

Unexpectedly, they encountered a human cultivator undergoing tribulation, which shocked them greatly. The most shocking thing was that this person's cultivation was only at the early stage of the Core Formation Realm. They decided to observe him here and see if they could take advantage of his weakness after the tribulation to kill him.

As soon as the heavenly tribulation dissipated, the person vanished in a flash and reappeared before their eyes.

"What are you three doing spying on me here?"

Gu Yan appeared in the air in front of them, standing with his hands behind his back, and asked in a calm tone.

The three powerful demons exchanged glances, all showing a hint of apprehension towards the person before them.

"Human, no matter what the reason is for your tribulation, you must be extremely weak at the moment. The three of us working together, we don't believe we can't kill you. I imagine your flesh and blood are incredibly delicious and can greatly enhance our cultivation."

A fat man in black robes sneered, his entire body glowing with dark light as he transformed into a ten-meter-tall humanoid black pig. With a grab of his hands, two black winds, each dozens of feet tall and possessing astonishing power, appeared.

With a cry of an eagle, the eagle-eyed man appeared in another location, his spiritual energy condensing into two black wings tens of meters long, each black feather beginning to glow.

The burly man in the green robe roared, and a huge phantom wolf head appeared above his head.

The three Core Formation Realm experts unleashed their full power simultaneously upon Gu Yan in the air.