Xu Yinglian's face turned pale.

As a family of immortal cultivators, she had already learned about the horror of heavenly tribulations from various classics.

However, when she actually saw the heavenly calamity before her, she realized that all the records in ancient books had seriously downplayed its true power.

Each lightning bolt is like a thick electric snake that can easily tear apart all kinds of Taoist obstacles. It can only be defeated by a high-level immortal sword or a powerful magic weapon.

And there were hundreds or even thousands of such thunderbolts at the same time...

As the calamity clouds got lower and lower, the electric currents became more and more dense, forcing Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian to retreat again to avoid being affected by the aftermath of the calamity.

And the means Xu Changqing used to deal with the thunder was completely submerged by more electric snakes and disappeared from the sight of the two people.

"Great-grandfather..." Xu Yinglian asked hesitantly.

"She's still alive." Qiu Changtian comforted her, "Otherwise the calamity wouldn't be continuing."

"But he seems to have reached his limit, right?" Xu Yinglian said anxiously.

At this time, the two had retreated to about twenty miles away, and saw that the disaster clouds in the distance had become extremely low, and the surface of the valley in the center was almost invisible, completely covered by the continuously erupting, hot and golden "lava ocean".

In fact, it was a horrific catastrophe accumulated from the layers of almost endless amounts of Suyun Golden Lightning.

Within a few miles of the ocean, all the snow-capped peaks were melted and burned by the enormous heat, revealing a surface with an almost glass-like brilliant color, and the ground was shaking continuously.

There was an ominous strong wind blowing in the sky, and the heat current brought by the natural disaster caused the surrounding air to rise and convect, blowing the two people flying swords in the air to shake constantly.

Qiu Changtian looked at the ocean silently, and after a moment's silent estimation in his mind, he realized that the scope of this catastrophe was almost comparable to that of a nuclear bomb explosion.

Moreover, it was the kind of intensive explosions that continuously dropped bombs on the target location... Is this the kind of unreasonable thing I have to deal with when I am forming the elixir and overcoming the tribulation?

No, no, no, by the time I pass the pill formation tribulation, the pill will probably have to be of the second grade, and the corresponding heavenly tribulation will probably be insurmountable in difficulty!

He was thinking with mixed feelings, while Xu Yinglian opened his eyes wide, staring at the horrifying scene of the heavenly calamity that was destroying the world.

Do I have any hope of surviving such a horrific natural disaster?

For a moment, her will wavered, and she couldn't help but glance at her senior brother next to her. However, she saw that Qiu Changtian's handsome face showed surprise and deep thought, but there was no worry or fear.

Junior Sister Xu seemed to have found her backbone and inexplicably regained her confidence.

After so many years of competing with her senior brother, she has developed an instinctive reaction that is almost like a conditioned reflex:

As long as my senior brother can do it, why can’t I? I can do it, too. I have to do it even if I can’t!!!

This idea does not need any reasonable logic to support it. In short, if my senior brother can't do it, I may or may not be able to do it; but if my senior brother can do it, I must do it! And I must do it better than him.

So all the worries and anxieties were transformed into full fighting spirit.

Qiu Changtian didn't understand what was going on. He saw that Junior Sister Xu looked pale at first, but then she suddenly became energetic for some reason. He couldn't help but mutter a few words in his heart, this Junior Sister was really crazy.

The heavenly calamity lasted for about three hours. As the calamity clouds gradually dissipated, the "lava ocean" below also slowly dried up.

A stream of green light shot out from a distance. It was the head of Ziwei Sect who had rushed here. In an instant, it passed over the heads of the two people and flew towards the center of Leijie Valley.

Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian looked at each other, then followed on their swords.

When they arrived at the center of the Thunder Tribulation Valley, they saw Xu Changqing, covered in blood, sitting on the ground. His face was flushed with purple and black energy, and his hands were constantly releasing the Universal Clear Sound Small Light Technique towards himself.

On the ground around him, there were all kinds of debris scattered around, including magic weapons, flying swords, formation flags... Most of them had been turned into powder by the thunder, and only a small amount of fragments remained, with traces of glowing spiritual power on them.

After all, Luo Yan had experience in casting instruments in Tiangong Workshop. At this time, Qiu Changtian took a rough look and judged that there were at least fifty magical instruments destroyed in the heavenly calamity.

On the one hand, it shows the wealth of the Tiannan Xu family. On the other hand, Senior Brother Xu used so many magic weapons and flying swords, but he was still beaten into this state by the heavenly calamity?

Then how many magical instruments should I prepare to survive the second-grade golden elixir tribulation? One hundred? Two hundred? It will be useless if the grade is not up to par...

He calculated silently in his mind, and saw Master Ziwei cast a few spells, and Xu Changqing's face immediately looked much better.

"Master." Xu Yinglian asked softly.

"He's fine." Master Ziwei said calmly, "It's just that his foundation has been severely damaged. It's not easy to save his life. He needs to retreat and recuperate for a while."

Xu Yinglian was obviously relieved, while Qiu Changtian looked at Xu Changqing's expression and thought to himself that this "period of time" would be at least ten years.

"From today on." Master Ziwei turned to Qiu Changtian and pointed the whisk at him, "You will be the chief disciple of the Foundation Establishment Realm."

"I am ashamed." Qiu Changtian bowed and accepted the offer.

The head of Ziwei Sect did not give him the opportunity to continue the polite conversation. He just waved his hand, then wrapped Xu Changqing in the sword light. After leaving a word, he flew towards the direction of Kunlun Tianzhu:

"This matter has been settled. Hurry to Kunlun Patriarch Hall to receive the gift!"

The sword light disappeared into the sky. Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian looked at each other for a moment. Then the junior sister sighed and said:

"Congratulations, brother."

"Congratulations." Qiu Changtian said reservedly.

As Qiu Changtian becomes the chief of the Foundation Establishment Realm, he will be able to receive personal answers to his questions from Sect Master Ziwei, and his understanding of "The True Words for Entering the Nine Heavens Pure Land" will have a qualitative leap.

Qiu Changtian is usually responsible for answering questions for Xu Yinglian and other fellow junior brothers and sisters, so they can naturally benefit greatly from it - the saying "If one person succeeds, the whole family will benefit" is exactly what it means.

After sending Junior Sister back to Jinling Cave, Yan Zhitui and the others had also received the news and came over to congratulate Senior Brother:

"Congratulations to Senior Brother Qiu for taking up the position of Chief of the Foundation Establishment Realm."

"Senior Brother Qiu is now truly the 'Big Brother'."

Qiu Changtian nodded in thanks one by one and chatted and laughed with his fellow junior fellow students.

Xu Yinglian stood beside him, keeping silent and just smiling faintly.

Great-grandfather Xu Changqing successfully survived the heavenly tribulation, and Senior Brother Qiu became the chief of the Foundation Establishment Realm. It can be said that good things come in pairs, and double happiness makes her extremely happy.

The junior brothers and sisters saw the joy on her face. Some of them didn't know the relationship between her and the previous chief. They thought that Senior Sister Xu really cared about Senior Brother Qiu, and they didn't know how far their relationship had progressed...

After saying goodbye to his fellow junior fellow students, Qiu Changtian flew to Kunlun Pillar on his sword.

According to the sect's rules, the chief disciple of this generation is mainly responsible for internal affairs, but the chief disciples of the Foundation Establishment Realm and Golden Core Realm have to shoulder some of the sect's external responsibilities, so they need to be formally accredited in the Patriarch's Hall.

Arriving at the ancient Kunlun Patriarch Hall of Yuxu Palace, Qiu Changtian was surprised to see that not only was Sect Master Ziwei there, but most of the Nascent Soul elders were also there. Even several guests from the sect who were usually elusive had gathered in the hall and were greeting and chatting with other elders.

Not for anything else, just to come and get to know this new chief, a peerless genius rarely seen in a thousand years, a man with a clear mind of Tao!