Qi Zhiheng changed the subject: "Your remaining remnants of soul should all be dead. Let's go and collect them now."

The last time the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk had not yet recovered all of Yang Yitian’s remaining souls, and now so many years have passed, and seeing that Yang Yitian has entered the Mahayana stage, it is time to summon back the remaining souls.

After Qi Zhiheng opened the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, he began to inspect his city.

As Ascension City developed better and better, more and more small towns around it were willing to come and join it. At this time, Ascension City had become a holy land in the hearts of many alchemists, and a large number of alchemists decided to settle here, which indirectly boosted the development of the pill business in the city. In order to facilitate the cultivation of pills, Qi Zhiheng even brought a small secret realm to the city, allowing the cultivators of the sect to enter the secret realm to cultivate spiritual herbs.

Everything is moving in the right direction.

Qi Zhiheng had even collected all the soul fragments that originally belonged to Yang Yitian, and everything was just waiting for Yang Yitian to break through to the Mahayana stage and undergo the tribulation.

However, a lot of spiritual energy needs to be stored during the tribulation period.

After that, Qi Zhiheng's space underwent another change. He opened up an area where he could grow Netherworld Fungus, and then created several more spiritual springs.

After the Nether Fungus was planted, he would use his fire to burn it from time to time, and his cultivation would also improve as the Nether Fire absorbed the demonic energy.

But this level of cultivation is merely a drop in the ocean.

In order to hone their fighting skills, the two would enter the great secret realm suitable for the Mahayana stage whenever they encountered one, and their cultivation was rapidly improving.

Another thing worth mentioning is that the sect that the Lu Shen Sect originally belonged to also later defected to Shengxian City. The reason was that a cultivator in that sect offended someone from a more powerful sect, and was targeted as a result. Seeing that they could not survive, they defected to Qi Zhiheng.

Out of consideration for his old friends, Qi Zhiheng decided to take them in. At the same time, many cultivators who had come to Zhongzhou with Qi Zhiheng and his group before but left to seek refuge with friends also returned.

Since they were short of people, Qi Zhiheng naturally agreed to everything.

Then, it will be time for Central Continent to once again recruit outstanding geniuses from the four continents.

Fifty years had passed in the blink of an eye in Zhongzhou, and Shengxian City had grown considerably. Qi Zhiheng suspected that many of his disciples had arrived. Although he had reached the late Mahayana stage, he didn't put on airs and decided to personally greet his disciples. Soon, Shengxian City welcomed another wave of highly qualified alchemists.

Qi Zhiheng introduced his youngest disciple, Shi Qingyun, to everyone.

The other disciples were very curious about the only non-alchemist disciple their master had ever accepted.

Shi Qingyun's cultivation progress has been rapid over the years, reaching the Nascent Soul stage in just fifty years.

Originally, it shouldn't have been this fast, but after Qi Zhiheng made them sign an agreement not to expose the space, he let their disciples experience the feeling of rapid cultivation!

Shi Qingyun later sought revenge against his enemies. Since no one knew that he was Qi Zhiheng's disciple, his revenge took a lot of time and effort. However, Qi Zhiheng did not say anything, as it was all his disciple's choice.

Qi Zhiheng consciously allowed more of his family members to cultivate in the space, because he was worried that his family members would not be able to control the city without his protection, given that he might ascend to immortality.

Therefore, before he ascended to immortality, he could only urge his family members to accelerate their cultivation.

After developing Shengxian City to a certain extent, Qi Zhiheng stopped expanding its territory, which was also to pave the way for those who would later take over the city.

Among the Qi family, the first to enter the Mahayana stage was not Qi Wantian, but Qi Zhenhao, Qi Zhiheng's uncle!

This result was not too surprising.

Qi Zhenhao and Yan Yu were the two who cultivated the least in Qi Zhiheng's space. They often went into dangerous secret realms to hone their sword intent and their cultivation improved rapidly.

After experiencing danger, they would return to Qi Zhiheng's space to calm down and solidify their sword intent, thus making their cultivation progress faster.

Fortunately, the Qi family also has a Mahayana stage cultivator who can hold them off, so that in the future, it won't be just some Integration stage cultivators who have to bear the brunt of things.

Another twenty years passed in Zhongzhou before Qi Zhiheng passed the tribulation and entered the tribulation period!

Qi Zhiheng's breakthrough tribulation was so powerful that it alarmed almost all the cultivators in the Central Continent.

It's not that no one suspected that Qi Zhiheng might have committed too many sins, which caused such a strong thunder tribulation, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that Qi Zhiheng had extraordinary talent.

Many people came to watch the tribulation, all wanting to know if Qi Zhiheng could survive this seemingly world-destroying tribulation.

Qi Zhiheng had already chosen his location when he was about to break through. Of course, he wouldn't break through directly in the Immortal Ascension City. If that happened, the city might be destroyed by his lightning tribulation! He didn't want the city he had worked so hard to build to just disappear like that.

A talisman array was arranged around Qi Zhiheng, but it had not been activated yet.

Qi Zhiheng had no intention of resisting the initial thunder tribulation.

The initial thunder tribulation is the mildest, and he needs to rely on this to help him practice the Five Elements Body Tempering Technique!

The onlookers were abuzz with discussion about his behavior.

"Did Master Qi Dan forget to activate his battle tactics? The thunder tribulation is about to come, why hasn't he activated his formation yet?"

"Perhaps the formation wasn't strong enough, and they wanted to save it for the final blow to save their lives."

"I think so too. I have never seen the power of this thunder tribulation before. I am sure that even if the formation is activated, it will not be able to withstand a single blow."

None of the discussions reached Qi Zhiheng's ears.

Qi Zhiheng concentrated his mind and prepared to face the first impending thunder tribulation.

The lightning tribulation had been brewing in the air for several days before it struck down fiercely.

The first blow ripped Qi Zhiheng's outer garment to shreds.

However, since his body tempering level was already very high, this lightning tribulation could not harm him.

Qi Zhiheng absorbed this thunder tribulation and began to strengthen his body.

The violent spiritual energy in the space could no longer cause him any harm, and this first strike of thunder was just right.

As the dust settled, everyone gasped to find Qi Zhiheng completely unharmed except for his clothes.

Even thunder tribulation of this intensity could not penetrate Qi Zhiheng's skin, which shows how strong his physique is.

The cultivators who originally thought that Qi Zhiheng, being an alchemist, wouldn't be much stronger in combat, all began to scrutinize the person in front of them.

Two more days passed, and the second lightning tribulation struck again, but Qi Zhiheng was still not seriously injured.

One bolt of lightning after another struck down, each more powerful than the last, yet Qi Zhiheng remained unharmed.

Now everyone's focus shifted from scrutiny to apprehension. This was undoubtedly a formidable opponent; at least, no one present was confident they could survive such a tribulation.

Qi Zhiheng, however, was cultivating the Five Elements Body Forging Technique to a new level amidst the waves of lightning tribulations.

Its already tough skin can withstand even more lightning strikes.

During the sixtieth thunder tribulation, Qi Zhiheng's body finally couldn't bear it anymore and began to crack.

But he still endured it, and in the end, the lightning struck him so hard that his flesh was torn apart.

The cultivators outside couldn't bear to look at it.

Yang Yitian knew that this was not Qi Zhiheng's limit. As long as there was a skeleton left underground, Qi Zhiheng could grow back.

By the time the seventy-one lightning tribulations were completed, Qi Zhiheng was practically reduced to a skeleton, which would be more beneficial for the body that would later solidify.

When the seventy-second lightning tribulation condensed, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath.

Yang Yitian was also nervous, as this final move would determine whether Qi Zhiheng could survive.

It was only at this moment that Qi Zhiheng opened the protective array of runes.

The final lightning tribulation took a long time to prepare, and Dan struck when everyone was at their most relaxed!

The barrier created by the talisman array only lasted for less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea before a cracking sound rang out, and the lightning tribulation struck Qi Zhiheng.

All around was ashes.

The lightning tribulation finally stopped after a long time.