Only one of the eighteen lightning tribulations remained.

Shen Sangruo's hair was split upright, and she bit her lip, the sweet and metallic taste instantly spreading in her mouth.

The outer shell of the golden core in the dantian was almost completely shattered, and the nascent soul inside was about to break out of the core.

So close!

She looked up and shouted, "The last one, come on!"

The tribulation cloud, with its main characteristic of granting every request, quickly prepared for the final strike, followed by a thunderous roar!

She made thorough preparations to receive the lightning strike, but the expected lightning strike never landed on her.

She opened her eyes in confusion and saw that the lightning that was supposed to strike her bypassed her head and struck something else instead.

How could a lightning tribulation miss its mark? It's reasonable to suspect that the Heavenly Dao is a makeshift operation.

He spread his divine sense to investigate what the unidentified object that had drawn away the lightning tribulation was.

Then she saw the Kui Niu, its body blackened by the cleavage, revealing a set of white teeth, raising one of its front hooves to greet her.

Then, his eyes rolled back and he collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Shen Sangruo: ...?

How did this thing get into the range of the Calamity Clouds?

Her nascent soul should have broken through her core with the final lightning strike, but since the final lightning strike didn't hit her, she directly infused it with her own spiritual power, causing her golden core to shatter and successfully forming her nascent soul.

Who would have thought that she would break through to the Nascent Soul stage in this way?

After absorbing the breath, the spellcaster changed into a new robe, tidied his appearance, and then rolled off the fiery stone.

He walked up to the charred ox.

As the tribulation clouds overhead gradually dissipated, Immortal Lord Changli and the others knew that she must have successfully transcended the tribulation, so they hurriedly entered.

They also wanted to know why the last lightning strike missed.

They had already surrounded the Kui Niu.

"The final lightning tribulation should have struck it. This bull... hmm, it looks kind of familiar." Song Weiyan stroked his chin.

But because it was completely black, Song Weiyan could only squint and lean closer to make a closer look.

"I know, it seems to be the bull that almost wiped out the Beast Taming Sect in the secret realm last time."

He remembered very clearly the cow that would travel a hundred miles to find their junior sister.

When everyone saw her coming over, they put the matter of the Kui Niu aside for the time being.

"How are you feeling?" Immortal Lord Changli asked.

In fact, the moment Chen Sangruo appeared in his field of vision, he had already scanned her with his divine sense three or four times to confirm that she was alright before he felt relieved.

Not only Changli Immortal Lord, but several other divine senses also swept over her.

Seeing how concerned they were about her, Shen Sangruo smiled somewhat helplessly, "It feels great, better than ever before. The sect leader and senior brothers and sisters don't need to sweep anymore."

Having broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, her aura was visibly imposing. Pale red spiritual energy gathered around her, her eyes were sharp and resolute, and her entire being exuded an extraordinary temperament.

"Junior Sister, you have no idea how scared we were outside just now." Su Xiyu patted her chest in fear. "Your tribulation clouds were two or three times stronger than ordinary tribulation clouds."

Hearing Su Xiyu say this, her expression was somewhat surprised, "Really?"

You don't know?

"I was in the midst of the lightning tribulation, but I didn't feel much," Shen Sangruo answered truthfully.

"As expected of Junior Sister, she can handle such a powerful lightning tribulation with ease." Song Weiyan nodded and praised her enthusiastically.

"By the way," Chen Sangruo added, "the last lightning bolt missed its mark. Will that have any consequences?"

Then everyone looked at the Kui Niu lying paralyzed on the ground.

Its hoof twitched slightly; they had finally remembered it.

“This is the Kui Niu. When the Beast Taming Sect joined our sect, Yuan Jin brought it along.” Daoist Wuwei checked the Kui Niu’s breath. “It’s alright, it’s still breathing.”

Bai Ruoan asked in a puzzled tone, "Why did this Kui Niu come here, and why did it attract the final lightning tribulation?"

"I remember that the Kui Niu is of the lightning attribute, and it seems to really like our junior sister, so it came to protect her from the calamity?" Song Weiyan said, expressing his guess.

While the group was still discussing the reason, Yuan Jin, who had noticed the Kui Niu was missing, rushed over following the scent.

Seeing the Kui Niu lying on the ground, black as charcoal, he roughly understood what had happened and felt as if the sky had fallen.

His gaze fell on Shen Sangruo, and after confirming that she was as usual and even stronger than before, he felt relieved.

Everyone knows that Shen Sangruo is the precious darling of the Ninghua Sect.

Fortunately, it didn't affect her tribulation, otherwise he and the ox would have had to atone with their deaths.

He bowed respectfully to the Taoist Master Wuwei, saying, "Sect Master."

"I wasn't watching it for a moment and let the Kui Niu get away. Luckily, nothing serious happened. What just happened?"

"It helped me block a lightning tribulation," Shen Sangruo said calmly.

Yuan Jin felt that this was the real thunderclap, and he was so stunned that he almost lost his footing.

He had assumed that the Kui Niu had only been struck by other minor lightning bolts descending from the tribulation clouds.

Who knew it would directly block someone's lightning tribulation? Who knows what the consequences will be!

"It's alright, Elder Yuan Jin, please check on it first." Shen Sanruo smiled, indicating that Yuan Jin need not be nervous.

She didn't feel anything unusual about herself; on the contrary, she could smell a faint aroma of beef in the air.

Yuan Jin half-squatted down to transfer spiritual energy to the Kui Niu and check on its condition.

A moment later, his expression turned to surprise.

Seeing his expression, Shen Sangruo asked, "How is it? Is it injured? The intensity of that lightning tribulation was quite high."

In Su Xiyu's words, it was a single strike capable of cleaving down a group of late-stage Golden Core cultivators.

The Kui Niu, at most, only has the cultivation level of the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

"It wasn't seriously injured, and judging from its excited reaction..." Yuan Jin's expression was somewhat complicated. After a pause, he continued, "It seems to enjoy being hit."

Everyone: ...

“I never expected it to be such a Kui ox.” Bai Ruoan said meaningfully.

Shen Sangruo recalled the first time she met the Kui Niu, and how shy its expression was after she burned off all its fur...

Hmm, so everything was traceable.

“But that’s not the point.” Yuan Jin spoke again, this time with an excited voice. “The point is, it was struck so hard that its bloodline awakened.”

"Bloodline awakening?" The crowd finally snapped out of their shock at the sight of the Aimu Kui Niu.

"The Kui Niu has the bloodline of an ancient mythical beast, but it has become very diluted over many generations, with only a trace remaining."

"This lightning tribulation not only failed to seriously injure it, but instead directly caused it to revert to its ancestral state, fully activating its bloodline."

After listening to Yuan Jin's words, Chen Sanruo pondered for a moment and said, "So, the Kui Niu now has the true bloodline of a divine beast?"

“Yes!” Yuan Jin answered decisively.

He looked very excited; heaven knows how tempting a spirit beast with divine beast bloodline is to a beast cultivator.

"It can be considered a blessing in disguise; this Kui ox is quite lucky." Song Weiyan touched the charred remains on the Kui ox's body.