The person who was undergoing the tribulation was the second son of the 37th king of the Great Xia Dynasty. He had shown extraordinary talent for cultivation since he was young.
He summarized the experience of his predecessors in cultivation and referred to the [Basic Cultivation Method] written by Yang Fan. At the age of 29, he finally succeeded in triggering a thunder tribulation.
As long as he succeeds in overcoming the tribulation, he will be the first cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage in human history, and the development of human civilization will enter a new stage!
Unfortunately, since he was the first person in human history to transcend tribulation, he lacked experience and was not fully prepared. In his panic, he made multiple fatal mistakes and his spiritual roots were destroyed by the thunder tribulation. Although he managed to survive, he would never again have the hope of becoming a true cultivator in this life.
The whole country was shocked when the news came out.
The people of the Great Xia Dynasty all felt sorry for its failure, and even Yang Fan couldn't help but sigh.
All things are difficult at the beginning. The leap from zero to one is not so easy to achieve, but as long as you learn from your failures, the probability of success will only get higher and higher.
In the five hundred years after this failed attempt to transcend the tribulation, geniuses continued to reach the threshold of the Qi Refining Stage and tried to cross it with great enthusiasm, but they all failed in the end for various reasons.
After failing to pass the tribulation, some cultivators died tragically on the spot, some were struck by thunder and their bodies were broken into pieces. Only a few lucky cultivators were intact, but they also had no possibility of embarking on the path of cultivation again.
After a long period of failure, coupled with the huge risks involved in overcoming the tribulation, humans couldn't help but begin to doubt whether they were suitable for cultivating immortals.
The entire Great Xia Dynasty was shrouded in shadow, and human civilization fell into unprecedented confusion and difficulties.
Yang Fan was anxious, but he could only give some side suggestions and could not provide direct and accurate guidance.
As for cultivating immortals, although he had read many novels, it was just an illusion after all. Real cultivation was definitely different from it. Random guidance might disrupt the rhythm of human development.
No matter what, Yang Fan has created an excellent cultivation environment for them and provided a large amount of cultivation resources. With human wisdom and perseverance, there is no reason for them to get stuck at the first step of cultivating immortals!
It has only been 1,500 years since humans began to try to cultivate. Perhaps everything still needs time to settle.
In the 2782nd year of the Great Xia Dynasty, Fang Yushan was born in an ordinary family.
He was gifted and well-read since childhood. At the age of five, he firmly believed in embarking on the path of cultivation.
At the age of ten, despite his family's opposition, he resolutely moved to a sparsely populated, dense mountain forest and lived a secluded life of cultivation.
At the age of thirteen, he had an epiphany and his cultivation speed skyrocketed. Yang Fan took advantage of the situation to increase the concentration of spiritual energy on the solitary mountain to create good conditions for his cultivation.
At the age of twenty-one, he knew that his knowledge was shallow, so he temporarily put aside his cultivation and concentrated on studying the immortal cultivation works left by his predecessors, absorbing their experience and wisdom, and thinking about his own direction forward.
At the age of thirty-six, he closed the book, his eyes flashing with a confidence he had never had before.
At the age of forty-two, in the exploration combining theory with practice, he took steady steps and successfully reached the threshold of the Qi Refining Stage. A thunder tribulation with astonishing momentum was brewing in the sky!
However, the intensity of the thunder tribulation far exceeded his expectations. Wild beasts could still rely on their strong bodies to withstand it, but the fragile bodies of humans were simply vulnerable!
Although this failure did not take his life, it damaged his left arm and left a shocking scar on his face.
After more than forty years of painstaking research, he was ultimately defeated by thunder, and his body bore the shameful mark of a loser.
If it were an ordinary person, he would have probably collapsed mentally, drowning his sorrows in alcohol for the rest of his life and no longer have the will to fight. However, Fang Yushan remained calm and did not show any negativity from beginning to end.
He failed, but there may be people who can succeed in this world!
After summarizing his experience, he keenly realized that spiritual roots are the key to successfully surviving the thunder tribulation.
In the "Basic Cultivation Method" given by Yang Fan, there is a mention of spiritual roots.
Spiritual roots are divided into five common types: gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, as well as spiritual roots with special attributes such as wind, thunder, and ice.
The more vigorous the spiritual roots in the body, the faster the cultivation speed will be and the stronger the strength will be.
For example, the first prince who attempted to break through the Qi Refining Stage was recorded in history books as having been born with an awe-inspiring aura of righteousness. He had been close to water since childhood and repelled metal.
Water gives birth to wood, and metal overcomes wood. Based on this speculation, the prince's spiritual root should be a wood spiritual root of extremely high quality.
Combined with other examples of failed breakthroughs in history, he quickly came to the conclusion: the strength and attributes of the spiritual roots are the key to breaking through the Qi Refining Stage!
Needless to say, the stronger the spiritual roots are, the greater the potential of the cultivator and the higher the success rate of breakthrough.
Most cultivators are well aware of this. Without spiritual roots of a certain strength, they dare not rashly embark on the dangerous path of cultivation.
As for the attributes of spiritual roots, they are key factors that are overlooked by many people.
The five elements are mutually generated and restrained. In different environments, the cultivation speed and breakthrough probability of cultivators will be greatly affected.
In a favorable environment, the cultivator's cultivation speed and breakthrough probability will increase accordingly, otherwise they will decrease.
Thinking of this, he, who had already lost hope of a breakthrough, couldn't help but sigh.
He was born with a natural affinity for plants, so he had been practicing in the deep mountains and old forests where the spiritual energy was rich. In the end, he challenged the thunder tribulation surrounded by trees.
In fact, if he, who possesses wood spiritual roots, can get close to a water source filled with spiritual energy, the probability of a breakthrough may increase significantly.
In addition, he was also thinking about a question: Do cultivators need external help to overcome tribulation?
It is certainly an exciting thing to be able to defeat the thunder tribulation on your own.
But over the past 1,700 years, countless aspiring people have embarked on the path of cultivating immortals, but have been defeated by thunder tribulations one after another. This is enough to show how powerful thunder tribulations are and how weak the human body is.
And if you think about it carefully, the reason why humans are different from other savage beasts and have developed a brilliant civilization in just 100,000 years is because humans are good at creating and using tools.
Humans are inherently different from ordinary beasts. When practicing, they should play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, and forge their own path.
After thinking through these problems, Fang Yushan visited various places to look for special materials that could carry spiritual energy. He even risked his life to go to Lingshan alone to dig for rare minerals. During this period, he was chased by spiritual beasts many times and narrowly escaped death.
Fortunately, Yang Fan noticed the man's strange behavior. After some thought, he believed that this man would do something big, so he provided him with protection through various means, which saved him from danger.
After obtaining precious materials that could carry spiritual energy, he switched to being a blacksmith. Ten years of study, thinking and practice enabled him to develop extraordinary skills in refining tools.
After everything was ready, Fang Yushan took out the precious materials with a nervous and excited mood and began to try to refine a magical weapon that could be controlled by cultivators.
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