The apprentices lived in constant fear, and even Rong Cha and Duan Linglong, who were on duty at the Enforcement Peak, put aside their posts to stay by Qiao Qiu's side.
After two hundred years of continuous improvement, Qiao Qiu finally created her lightning protection array, which consisted of countless lightning rods. For this purpose, she specifically asked the sect leader for a mountain peak to build it.
Upon hearing that the lightning-avoiding formation had been created, the sect leader hurriedly went to find Qiao Qiu and asked her to choose whichever she liked. He said that as long as it was something that Kunlun possessed, even if it was the main peak, he would be willing to give it up.
This is a very important matter; it concerns the issue of ascension and can absolutely be treated as a top priority for the sect.
Only a few people knew about Qiao Qiu's success.
While the sect leader was overjoyed, he was also afraid. He feared that the Tribulation Transcending Ancestors from other sects would find out and forcibly come to seize it. Furthermore, the Tribulation Transcending Ancestors among the demonic cultivators were not to be trifled with.
This incident also caused a sensation among the other elders of the sect, who all came out to offer their own peaks for Qiao Qiu to choose from, and judging from her eyes, it was as if her own mother were still alive.
Qiao Qiu was still taken aback by the sudden surge of goodwill and enthusiasm from all directions, even though she was prepared.
It's definitely impossible for her to choose the main peak. Not to mention that it's the highest peak in the entire Kunlun Mountains, and a tribulation lightning bolt would be difficult to disperse if it struck down there, Qiao Qiu wouldn't even want to give up the scenery there.
Finally, she chose the lair of an ancestor. The mountain peak was actually a valley, convex on the outside and flat on the inside. The convex part was perfect for her to set up the formation, while the person undergoing tribulation sat in the center of the valley. With some rare and precious treasures on her person, plus her own power to withstand the lightning, there would be absolutely no problem.
Without saying a word, the old ancestor moved away, leaving Qiao Qiu to do whatever she wanted.
Qiao Qiu didn't stand on ceremony with him and took out the rare and precious treasures she had prepared to begin setting up. Research is slow, but setting up an array is much faster.
Qiao Qiu spent a month meticulously planning every detail before finally completing the formation.
Then Qiao Qiu gathered all the tribulation-crossing elders together for a discussion, in a semi-coercive manner, asking them to hand over their treasures and set up a protective array outside the mountain peak with restrictions placed by the nine of them. The array would be kept open normally, only to be opened when an elder was about to undergo tribulation, to prevent anyone from causing damage at other times.
Since Qiao Qiu was the first to try the lightning protection array, they all agreed.
After all, things from the cultivation world can't be taken to the upper immortal realm, so they had no use for them. Therefore, they simply handed everything over readily.
Qiao Qiu privately told his apprentices about the structure of the formation, instructing them to pass it down and rebuild it when it was damaged.
Finally, after ten years, Qiao Qiu's cultivation level returned to its peak, and the tribulation clouds arrived.
This is Qiao Qiu's first and last tribulation in the sect.
Qiao Qiu sat under the lightning-avoiding array, clutching the rare treasures. She had already instructed Gu Yu and the others, along with several Transcending Tribulation Ancestors, to guard the outer perimeter. This time, she absolutely could not allow anyone to disturb them, especially the protagonist.
Thinking of how unjustly Ye Yu died, Qiao Qiu felt that the protagonist was a real scoundrel. If she could do it all again, she would never let the protagonist off the hook in the next life, the next life after that, and life after life!
No, wait, this is malevolence.
She had already devised a plan to have Hongsha keep an eye on Mu Lanyue, who was only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Even if she instantly skipped other stages to reach the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm and broke through immediately, with Hongsha's cultivation at the Integration stage, she could take Mu Lanyue elsewhere. How could she possibly come back to her?
Qiao Qiu snapped out of her daze, cast aside all distracting thoughts, and awaited the arrival of the tribulation lightning.
The clouds in the sky grew thicker and thicker, the dark cotton-like clouds almost completely obscuring the light from the sky and earth. Within the thick clouds, streaks of purple lightning were poised to strike.
Suddenly, a loud bang—
A terrifying purple lightning bolt struck down, hitting the formation. Countless lightning rods successfully channeled the purple lightning into the ground.
A look of surprise flashed across Qiao Qiu's face. She had deliberately buried the induction point very, very deep, almost reaching the earth's core, because she was certain that the purple lightning would not do anything to the earth's core.
Now it seems she was right after all; the universe is indeed balanced.
Since the heavenly tribulations are so powerful, then the Earth's core is the true powerhouse that can withstand them.
The lightning bolts struck down one after another, some in pairs or three at a time. However, apart from the ground cracking slightly at the base of the formation, nothing else seemed amiss.
The Transcending Tribulation Ancestors were almost moved to tears upon seeing this scene.
As Gu Yu and the other disciples counted the lightning bolts, they couldn't help but shed tears, their hearts breaking. Once the tribulation was over, they would have to part ways with their master.
He endured eighty-one tribulations of lightning, with the final six lightning strikes descending simultaneously, seemingly possessing a world-destroying force.
Qiao Qiu still felt waves of numbness within the formation, but this was nothing compared to the tribulation lightning experienced by those at the Foundation Establishment stage. She hardly used any of the rare and precious treasures she possessed.
Suddenly, a dazzling light broke through the tribulation clouds and shot into the formation, shining on Qiao Qiu.
In an instant, boundless immortal power entered her body, her clothes changed instantly, and her brows also gained a more compassionate and merciful air.
This was the guiding light. Qiao Qiu's body left the ground and floated up, rising higher and higher with the lingering chanting. She saw her disciples and, thinking of the rare treasures she couldn't take with her, she flicked her sleeve and tossed them to them.
Qiao Qiu looked at them and smiled, "My disciples, your master will be waiting for you in the Upper Immortal Realm."
"Master!"
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