With the issue of spiritual energy resolved, Ye Xiruo focused on replenishing the liquid spiritual energy in her dantian. The strange phenomena in the sky continued; within the flickering lotus flowers, a massive tribulation of lightning was brewing.

Jing Li stood quietly in mid-air, carefully observing Ye Xiruo's condition. When the spirit stones were used up, she immediately replaced them with new ones to ensure that Ye Xiruo could cultivate in peace.

Xiu Qiyu, who was in seclusion, slowly opened his eyes. He hadn't expected Xiao Yezi to break through at this time. Space could block heavenly tribulations, but to truly form a Golden Core, one must undergo a lightning tribulation to temper the impurities in the body and condense the soul; otherwise, one still couldn't be considered a Golden Core cultivator. However, although Xiao Yezi's body had been nourished by Jing Li with various rare and precious herbs, it was still relatively weak, and the second level of the auxiliary verb category was quite dangerous for her.

However, he believed that Ye Xiruo would definitely be able to successfully form the Golden Core, with his master watching over him outside and him sharing the damage with Xiao Yezi.

Besides, Xiao Yezi is a favorite of Heaven, so she shouldn't die so easily. Xiu Qiyu took out all her healing pills and began to adjust her condition, determined to become Ye Xiruo's strongest support.

People across the continent were closely watching Ye Xiruo's breakthrough. Some were envious, some were jealous, some were resentful, and some were gloating. The full spectrum of human nature was on full display at this moment.

In the Illusionary Heaven Palace, the ethereal and holy Yi Ruowu gazed at the strange phenomena in the sky, the image of Ye Xiruo's ordinary face and those unsettling eyes flashing through her mind. A woman's intuition told her that Ye Xiruo would be a formidable rival.

Although Ye Xiruo was of higher status, in the eyes of most people she was merely an ant, presumably in the eyes of the people of the Pill King Palace and the people of the continent. Thus, her noble status would ultimately become a heavy shackle, suffocating her and driving her to her doom. Moreover, there were so many people in this world who wanted to nip her in the bud.

When news of Xiu Qiyu's breakthrough arrived, she also chose to go into seclusion. Even though Xiu Qiyu was heartless and emotionless, she didn't want to fall too far behind her. After all, in the eyes of the world, they were the most outstanding couple. Even if Ye Xiruo had a noble status and had Jing Li intervene to let Xiu Qiyu enter the Pill King Palace, so what? An ant is still an ant.

When she emerged from seclusion, while the entire continent marveled at her, she and Xiu Qiyu remained the most enviable couple. Unexpectedly, only a few days later, Ye Xiruo actually broke through, reaching the Core Formation stage.

The last time I saw her, she was only in the fusion stage. In just half a year, she is about to form her core. This kind of cultivation speed is unheard of. Even a genius like Xiu Qiyu took two years.

What secrets is hidden within her? Could this be the innate skill of the Divine Master bloodline? If Ye Xi continues to cultivate at this speed, she might break through to the Nascent Soul stage in no time.

Yi Ruowu felt a chill in her heart; she would then be reduced to nothing more than a foil to Ye Xiruo.

"Senior sister, what's wrong?"

"Ignore it, I'm just feeling a bit sentimental."

"What's wrong with that? Cultivators defy the heavens, and the further they go, the harder it becomes to break through. At this stage, cultivating quickly is not necessarily a good thing. Perhaps being too eager for quick success will lead to an unstable foundation, making it difficult to ascend to the Great Dao in the future."

"Don't bring up such things again. She is the young master of the Pill King Palace."

"Yes, Senior Sister."

"I heard that Xiu Qiyu, Zishu, and Yingxun have all gone into seclusion, wanting to participate in the Heavenly Ranking Competition."

As Yi Ruowu turned around, the wind lifted her pure white dress, making her look like a pure white flower.

Ye Xiruo sat there for a whole day. The cool moonlight replaced the warm sunlight, shining on her thin body. The green lotus in the air had now become a transparent lotus, shining with a cool glow under the moonlight.

Ye Xiruo compressed the energy faster and faster, until all the true qi in his meridians was compressed into true essence, and the true essence in his dantian shrank to the size of a fist, spinning rapidly. Ye Xiruo changed his incantation, as if he were compressing that ball of true essence.

Time continued to flow, and Jing Li remained standing silently in mid-air, protecting Ye Xiruo. A hint of grimness and worry crept into her delicate features; this tribulation was far from ordinary.

Just as Jing Li was filled with worry, the tribulation clouds in the sky suddenly began to churn violently, swallowing the moonlight without anyone noticing. The beautiful lotus flowers in mid-air also began to wither, but instead of turning into countless petals that fell to the ground, they directly merged into the lightning tribulation.

"Little Leaf should be about to break through." The tribulation lightning has already begun to take shape; we must hold on.

Ye Xiruo was still desperately compressing the stubborn true essence in her dantian. The fist-sized true essence had now shrunk to the size of a broad bean. With a soft sound, the little ball of true essence transformed into a tiny, spinning golden pill, looking just like a cute little golden bean.

He finally succeeded in forming his core, but before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, the lightning tribulation in the sky roared, asserting its presence.

"Holy crap." There was actually a lightning tribulation involved. She had completely forgotten about it. Ye Xiru stared blankly at the ferocious-looking lightning tribulation in mid-air. She was going to be struck dead in a heartbeat. Did it have to be this tragic?

"Little Yezi, calm your mind and use your magic weapon to withstand the lightning tribulation. If you die, I'll chop up that brat Xiu Qiyu and have him buried with you." Jing Li's fierce expression was fully revealed, although her face was still breathtakingly beautiful in the night sky.

The onlookers at Danwang Palace silently covered their faces; their palace master was at it again with his bizarre antics.

Oh right, I forgot about the contract. If she dies, Xiu Qiyu will die too. Then tomorrow's headline news on the mainland will be something like, "Some fake divine master's bloodline was struck dead by lightning during the Core Formation stage, and the mainland's number one genius committed suicide to accompany him in death," followed by three big question marks. Just imagining that scene is just too beautiful.

In her previous life, she was framed and killed by that bitch Shu Yi, leaving no trace of her body. If she were to be struck by lightning and die again in this life, leaving no trace of her body, that would be just too tragic.

While Ye Xiruo was cursing, the first lightning tribulation struck down fiercely. A large black flower bloomed on her head, sweeping the lightning aside without harming Ye Xiruo in the slightest.

Jing Li looked at the surging lightning tribulation on the horizon. When the golden lightning tribulation was revealed, he couldn't help but curse, "Damn it!" It was actually the monstrous Little Nine-Nine Lightning Tribulation! Isn't this the kind of lightning tribulation that only appears when a genius breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage? Little Ye Zi has only just formed his core, and such a lightning tribulation has already descended upon him. What should he do? What should he do?