Hua Yao noticed his confusion and smiled charmingly.

"Our Hundred Flowers Clan has countless secret techniques; there are many more that you don't know!"

Do you really think that after hundreds of thousands of years of painstaking pursuit of the Dao, he is still stuck at the Integration Stage?

Of course, strictly speaking, Hua Yao is indeed a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

Let alone ordinary Mahayana cultivators, even old monsters who have been famous in the Mahayana stage for a long time would not dare to provoke him easily.

Hua Yao simply didn't want to cause trouble!

Moreover, she had her own plans and wasn't in a hurry to break through to the Mahayana stage.

Otherwise, given his level of cultivation and understanding, breaking through to the Mahayana stage would be a piece of cake.

"Do you know what the biggest difference is between a Mahayana cultivator and a Nascent Soul cultivator?"

Liu Chen shook his head.

He really didn't know that.

They had previously killed several Nascent Soul cultivators, but they couldn't find any memories of Mahayana cultivators in their minds.

The Mahayana realm is like something that can be admired but not reached.

The insights that can be gained at that level are a huge taboo for cultivators at lower levels.

Hua Yao's figure swayed, lying half-on her side on the ancient tree.

Her clothes covered her vital parts just right, leaving only her legs swinging in the air.

"Once you enter the Mahayana stage, you will experience a tribulation of lightning every 20,000 years."

If you can withstand it, your cultivation will advance; if you can't, you will be reduced to ashes.

Therefore, strictly speaking, the Mahayana path does not distinguish between the initial, middle, and later stages.

Because once one reaches the Mahayana stage, if one cannot withstand the tribulation of lightning, then there is no chance of survival.

Regardless of your cultivation progress, whether you improve or gain nothing within 20,000 years, the tribulation lightning will still descend on time.

Each time a cultivator successfully survives a tribulation of lightning, their cultivation level advances by leaps and bounds.

However, the specific extent of his cultivation improvement and the number of tribulations he will encounter are uncertain.

It's still related to the cultivation method, so many things are full of uncertainty.

Therefore, the combat strength of Mahayana cultivators is not differentiated by their initial or later stages, nor is it determined by their individual combat strength levels.

Some Mahayana cultivators who survive three waves of tribulation may still be stuck in the early Mahayana stage.

Those cultivators in the mid-stage or even late-stage Mahayana realm might not be able to defeat him.

For many cultivators, the tribulation of lightning is a life-threatening event.

However, it also brings them great benefits.

Tribulation lightning can temper the physical body and purify one's divine consciousness.

The physical body, soul, and spiritual power are the most important aspects of a cultivator's existence.

Whether it's using secret techniques, various spiritual arts, or even soul attacks.

To activate ancient magical artifacts, one simply relies on the physical body, soul, and spiritual power!

The more powerful these three elements are forged, the stronger their combat power will naturally become.