When Shuiyan joined the Zhenyan Sect, she was already a Golden Core cultivator. Although her foundation was damaged at the time, it took some time to repair and recuperate. In addition, the cultivation method she practiced was sword cultivation, which required many years of hard training. That's why it has been delayed until now to form her Nascent Soul.

In fact, her cultivation had already shown signs of breakthrough several years ago, but she had been suppressing it to increase the success rate of her Nascent Soul cultivation, and only now has she officially broken through.

Ling Qi and Kui Bi were elders of the sect, so Shui Yan was the first disciple of the sect to achieve Nascent Soul formation. You You felt it was important to take this seriously, so she prepared the place for the tribulation well in advance and notified all the disciples of the sect to go and learn on time.

Because of Ling Qi's successful Nascent Soul formation, all the procedures were arranged very quickly. On the actual day of Nascent Soul formation, not only did all the disciples of the sect gather together, but some disciples who had gone out for training also rushed back. There were even some male disciples from other immortal sects who wanted to come in and visit the protector under the guise of celebrating Shui Yan's Nascent Soul formation.

Because there were quite a few people, and each of them was a disciple with some prestige from their respective sects, Ling Qi had to temporarily set aside a small guest area to accommodate them.

Youyou arrived at the viewing platform early in the morning and saw Shuiyan sitting amidst layers of magic arrays, eyes closed, concentrating on awaiting the impending tribulation. The specially constructed viewing platform was packed with disciples, many holding recording stones, which they used to levitate and record their tribulation for future reference. Thus, the air was filled with recording stones flying everywhere.

She suddenly had the illusion that she was at a major concert by a popular star.

Soon, the tribulation of the water pipe girl began, and within minutes, the sky completely darkened. Layers of thunderclouds gathered in the sky, and silvery lightning bolts repeatedly crisscrossed between the clouds. After about fifteen minutes of preparation, the silvery lightning bolts descended from the sky and struck down on the water pipe girl below.

At the same time, the tribulation formations around her and the defensive formations on the stands instantly lit up, resisting the overwhelming pressure. Shuiyan was originally a sword cultivator, whose combat power was a level higher than that of talisman cultivators and magic cultivators. With the accumulation and preparation over the past few years, she dealt with the tribulation lightning with great ease. In fact, the first few tribulation lightning bolts did not even break through the formations around her.

As the lightning bolts in the sky grew increasingly fierce, and the pressure in the air intensified, Shuiyan was already surrounded by scorched earth. But the lightning showed no sign of stopping; instead, it grew more rapid and intense. Even with the array's obstruction, the disciples could still sense the immense pressure of heaven and earth emanating from the lightning.

Shuiyan handled everything with ease until the seventieth lightning bolt struck, at which point her expression changed slightly. Most of her spiritual energy had already been dispersed, yet she still struggled to mobilize it to resist the lightning pressure, enduring another ten lightning bolts.

Suddenly, the rapid and intense lightning in the sky stopped, and the clouds above churned even more violently, as if brewing the final bolt of lightning. Shuiyan also accelerated her energy preparation, gathering all the remaining spiritual energy within her body to meet the final lightning strike.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for the final and strongest tribulation lightning. Moreover, the tribulation lightning of sword cultivators is generally stronger than that of other cultivators, so everyone present couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

A moment later, a flash of white light appeared in the sky, parting the layers of thunderclouds, and a long white streak descended from the heavens, striking down fiercely. The blinding white flash, like the previous tribulation lightning bolts, enveloped Shuiyan completely, but it seemed… no different from before?!

Is it just my imagination? Why does this final tribulation lightning seem surprisingly weak?

However, the spiritual energy that the water vapor had just gathered was still scattered by the lightning, and the intense lightning pressure filled her meridians, as if it would set her whole body ablaze. She held fast to her spiritual platform and managed to withstand the last tribulation lightning.

Almost the instant she suppressed the lightning, her nascent soul finally formed, and a phantom identical to her appeared around her. The lightning dissipated, transforming into countless streams of dense spiritual energy that surged back towards her, beginning to repair her meridians, and her overall spiritual energy began to surge.

Youyou breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed that Shuiyan had successfully overcome her tribulation. The swirling clouds above began to calm, and wisps of light pierced through, scattering down like stars; the clouds were about to completely disperse.

Sudden……

With another deafening roar, a ball of lightning suddenly burst through the clouds and fell like a meteor, hurtling downwards at incredible speed.

What's going on?!

The eighty-second tribulation of lightning?

But why a ball?!

(⊙_⊙)

Not only You You, but everyone watching was stunned, some even thinking they couldn't count anymore. The lightning ball was descending from the sky, about to strike Shui Yan below. Shui Yan, whose Nascent Soul was newly formed, was at its weakest point and had no time to defend herself.

"Hookah!"

In a moment of panic, You You was quickly outpaced by Feng Rong, who flashed into the air and kicked the falling lightning ball. Instantly, the extra lightning ball changed direction and slammed into the ground next to the stands with a deafening roar, embedding itself three feet deep in the earth.

Then a scream of pain echoed through the sky...

"Ouch!"

Youyou: "..."

The disciples: "..."

What's going on? Is someone inside the lightning ball?!

And why does this voice sound a little familiar to her?

Without much hesitation, You You ordered her disciples to step back and jumped down from the stands to the crater that had been struck by lightning. Feng Rong also flew down from the air to stand beside her, staring intently at the charred crater in front of them.

Lying in the pit was a dark, round ball, faintly emitting a strong smell of roasted meat. Before they could get a good look at it, the black ball moved, groaning and moaning in pain, and slowly unfolded into a human shape, using its hands and feet as if trying to crawl out of the hole.

"Who goes there?!" Feng Rong asked in a deep voice, her palm flashing with fire, as if she was about to throw it into the pit at any moment.

The crawling, charred figure paused, then abruptly raised its head, its eyes widening and shining brightly as if overjoyed. Instead of responding, it darted out of the pit, grabbed Youyou's leg, and shouted in a clear, resonant voice.

"grandfather!"

Bang!

Before he could finish speaking, Feng Rong kicked him back into the pit.

Youyou was taken aback, then remembered something, glanced at the unidentified creature in the pit, and tentatively called out.

"Hengyan?" The Emperor's eldest grandson?