Return to the Pivot Boundary

Lin Shi had just ascended from the Dream Heaven Minor World to the Yuan Shu Realm when she keenly sensed the presence of cultivators from the Lower Realm Cultivator Hunting Alliance. This time, she chose to confront them directly. She slaughtered wave after wave of cultivators from the Lower Realm Cultivator Hunting Alliance, killing over a hundred of them before no one dared to harass her again.

At this moment, huge dark clouds began to gather above Lin Shi's head. Thunder and lightning roared from within the clouds, carrying far and wide, reaching almost half of the cultivators in the Yuan Shu Realm.

Lin Shi quickly flew to the nearest ocean. It was not far from the outskirts of Xuantian City.

"Which cultivator is about to advance to the Nascent Soul stage? The commotion is so great!"

"I don't know. Let's go to the edge and see from a distance which cultivator it is!"

Similar conversations echoed throughout the Yuan Shu Realm. A large number of cultivators quickly gathered around Lin Shi, maintaining a safe distance. Most of the cultivators standing at the front were disciples of major sects and cultivation families. A small number of independent cultivators mingled in the crowd, but remained vigilant.

"It's actually a beautiful female cultivator undergoing the Heavenly Tribulation of the Nascent Soul stage, and she's a rogue cultivator at that!"

The onlookers whispered amongst themselves, quickly learning that Lin Shi was a rogue cultivator. Their voices were filled with surprise. A short while later, they learned her name through other cultivators who knew Lin Shi before. The crowd of cultivators then fell silent, watching Lin Shi undergo the tribulation of the Nascent Soul stage.

High above the ethereal clouds, Lin Shi sat cross-legged on a cloud, eyes closed, regulating her breathing, letting the howling wind whip her hair and clothes wildly. In the corner of the sky above her, the azure sky and white clouds had long been swallowed by endless darkness and a chilling aura. Looking up from her, thick, dark clouds spread and churned like ink, layer upon layer, almost pressing down on her scalp.

Within Lin Shi's dantian, there were nine small nascent souls at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. She channeled her spiritual power, attempting to fuse all the small nascent souls together to form a larger one. Simultaneously, her nascent soul and divine consciousness were also attempting to merge. An overwhelming, despairing, and agonizing pain assaulted Lin Shi's mind and body, causing her brows to furrow deeply and her body to tremble slightly.

Lin Shi's nine nascent souls quickly merged successfully. Afterward, her nascent souls and divine sense gradually merged together. The range that her divine sense could detect suddenly expanded many times over, and then she began to vaguely feel the joy of being able to manipulate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at her will.

Just then, the first bolt of heavenly lightning, twice the thickness of an ordinary bucket, emerged from the sea like a dragon, suddenly unleashing a devastating force that seemed capable of destroying the heavens and the earth. It struck Lin Shi directly from the heavens, slamming into her body and causing her to sway slightly. The pillar of lightning emitted a dazzling purple-gold light, instantly distorting the air and producing a loud crackling sound wherever it passed.

The spiritual energy shield surrounding Lin Shi instantly rose, colliding with the remaining lightning and unleashing an even more earth-shattering roar and dazzling light, almost illuminating half the sky. The seawater beneath her was stirred up by the shockwave, sending up high waves like fountains that took a long time to subside.

Immediately following, the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth bolts of heavenly lightning arrived in quick succession, each more ferocious and powerful than the last. Before the previous heavenly tribulations had even dissipated, the next ones began. The old and new heavenly lightning intertwined and entangled, forming a dense net that enveloped and tightened around Lin Shi from all directions, ensuring that as much of the lightning's attack as possible reached her.

Lin Shi didn't move. She simply opened her eyes, which had been tightly closed. Her clothes were already soaked with sweat and charred to pieces by the lightning, slightly revealing her wounded body. Blood flowed down from her wounds, dripping onto the clouds and instantly evaporating into a blood mist that swirled around her. But her gaze remained resolute. She chanted incantations, casting various magical artifacts and formations, and unleashing exquisite spells to mitigate the onslaught of the heavenly lightning.

The ninth heavenly lightning bolt, the final one for those at the Nascent Soul stage, was delayed in striking. As time passed, the lightning grew denser and more powerful. When the ninth bolt finally descended, the Yuan Shu Realm seemed to be plunged into an apocalyptic scene. Strange lights flashed intermittently within the enormous, abnormally large dark clouds, as if countless eyes were peering out, ready to leap out and drag people in at any moment. Ocean earthquakes occurred, accompanied by tsunamis, whipping up surging waves of heat.

The onlookers couldn't help but flee to a more distant place, quietly continuing to watch.

Lin Shi gritted her teeth, using the last of her spiritual power to envelop herself in a spiritual energy shield. Her nascent soul and divine consciousness had already perfectly merged, absorbing the raging lightning power around her and transforming it into pure spiritual energy to nourish herself. She guided the lightning power entering her body, circulating it along her meridians, tempering her muscles, flesh, and soul. Each time it passed through a meridian, a crackling sound could be heard, aiding her in a transformative metamorphosis. Her once shattered body gradually regained its vitality and was tempered into something even more resilient and powerful.

Finally, as the last and most powerful bolt of lightning struck, Lin Shi's figure was completely engulfed by the dazzling light. After a long while, Lin Shi, dressed in brand-new clothes, reappeared before the crowd. She radiated a soft yet divine light, and illusions appeared above her head, accompanied by celestial music. Her spirit, the powerful aura and abundant spiritual energy emanating from her every gesture, informed the onlookers that she had successfully advanced from the Nascent Soul stage to the Deity Transformation stage.

At this moment, the dark clouds above Lin Shi's head gradually dissipated. Brilliant sunlight pierced through the clouds, casting golden rays that shone upon her, making her appear even more like a celestial maiden descended from heaven. She opened her beautiful but emotionless eyes and gazed at the group of cultivators watching. The oppressive aura of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, which required a period of secluded cultivation to finally stabilize, nearly knocked the onlookers to the ground.

"Her cultivation level has actually advanced directly to the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage!" A male cultivator at the early Nascent Soul stage who was watching held a mirror-like magic artifact in his hand. He looked at the mirror and then at Lin Shi, and couldn't help but exclaim in shock.

As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding cultivators scattered in an instant. The Nascent Soul stage male cultivator who had spoken first also vanished from his spot in an instant.

Lin Shi looked at the empty space in mid-air and laughed silently.