Zhou Yuanyuan sat cross-legged on the ground, letting the spiritual energy rush into her meridians. Soon, a vortex formed around her, and spiritual energy rushed into the vortex and rushed into Zhou Yuanyuan's body.
The spiritual energy that entered Zhou Yuanyuan's body continuously washed over her meridians. Following her practice, it completed a full cycle within her body before reaching her dantian. Inside, a small golden sphere spun around, dispersing the incoming spiritual energy and dispersing it throughout the dantian, forming a vast white mist.
Every time the spiritual energy flows through Zhou Yuanyuan's meridians, it will widen them a little bit. Every time the meridians widen, they have to go through the process of being torn and then recovering. Zhou Yuanyuan's meridians are constantly widening, which also brings her severe pain.
Zhou Yuanyuan gritted her teeth and endured the waves of pain. Xiaoyu had long said that the transition from Jindan to Yuanying was the best time to reshape the meridians. After the Yuanying stage, the meridians in a cultivator's body were already largely fixed, making widening them much more difficult. Xiaoyu had said that when Jindan reached the Yuanying stage, the meridians had to be doubled in width to be considered acceptable, ideally 2.5 to 3 times wider, to achieve the highest level among cultivators of the same level.
Widening the meridians is a long and painful process, taking the average cultivator seven or eight days, or as little as two or three. The wider the meridians, the more spiritual energy a cultivator can store and the faster they absorb it. Between cultivators of the same level, the winner is usually determined by the amount of spiritual energy stored within their bodies. For the sake of strength, for the sake of becoming powerful, Zhou Yuanyuan could only endure the pain of being cut into pieces.
An unknown amount of time passed before Zhou Yuanyuan felt the pain numb her body. The spiritual energy finally stopped tearing through her meridians and became gentler. Streams of spiritual energy flowed into her meridians like a trickle, traveling through her body for a full cycle before arriving at her dantian.
The white mist in Zhou Yuanyuan's dantian had become very thick. With the influx of waves of spiritual energy, the golden elixir in the dantian was spinning faster and faster, and finally, it almost became a series of afterimages.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning split the dark sky and struck Zhou Yuanyuan. Above her head, bursts of thunder exploded.
With a "hiss", a burnt smell emanated from Zhou Yuanyuan's body. As the lightning left, Zhou Yuanyuan's hair turned into a messy "straw".
"Pfft! Pfft!" Zhou Yuanyuan opened her mouth and spat out a mouthful of mud and sand. When struck by lightning, Zhou Yuanyuan's mouth was slightly open in surprise. After being struck by lightning, Zhou Yuanyuan felt as if she had been electrocuted, and her entire body was out of control. She couldn't close her mouth even if she wanted to. The lightning bolt was four or five meters long, and its tail carved a five-centimeter trench in front of her. The flying dirt covered her head and face.
"Ka-la-la!" Just as Zhou Yuanyuan finished spitting out the mud, another bolt of lightning struck. This time, Zhou Yuanyuan learned her lesson and pursed her lips tightly. The entire bolt of lightning struck Zhou Yuanyuan, crackling all over her body, and her clothes were turned into smoking rags by the lightning.
Oh my goodness! What a powerful lightning! I guess I need to put on a protective shield. Zhou Yuanyuan was startled and quickly cast several layers of spiritual energy shields on herself.
Zhou Yuanyuan had previously survived the tribulation lightning during her foundation building and advancement to the Golden Core stage, relying solely on her physical strength. This time, just two bolts of lightning were enough to overwhelm her.
"Master, master, would you like Zhuzhu to help swallow these lightning bolts?" Chaos Pearl was a little anxious and quickly jumped out to volunteer. Zhou Yuanyuan was already smelling like burnt barbecue, and Chaos Pearl was afraid that Zhou Yuanyuan couldn't withstand the lightning. If things went wrong, it would be finished with its master.
"Zhuzhu, stop messing around. If you eat everything, how will the Master break the elixir and become an infant?" Xiaoyu immediately rejected the Chaos Pearl's unreliable idea. For a cultivator, overcoming tribulation is a rare experience. Zhou Yuanyuan still has a long way to go. She can't let the Chaos Pearl eat every tribulation thunder, right? If she did that, even if Zhou Yuanyuan could ascend to immortality, she would undoubtedly be a weaker immortal.
Now that Zhou Yuanyuan understood the patterns of the tribulation thunder, she would have much more experience in overcoming them in the future. Xiaoyu felt that the tribulation thunder from the Golden Core to the Nascent Soul stage wasn't very strong, and Zhou Yuanyuan could withstand it on her own. Tempering one's muscles and bones under the tribulation thunder was a benefit that even spirit stones couldn't buy.
"Boss Xiaoyu, I got it." The Chaos Pearl's tone was a little depressed. So many tribulation thunders! Representing a lot of energy. If it can't eat, when will it recover to its peak strength? What will it do if its master despises it and thinks it is useless? Ugh!
"Zhuzhu, after the thunder has tempered the master's bones and muscles, you can..." Xiaoyu knew Chaos Pearl's anxious mood and quickly came up with an idea.
Before Xiaoyu finished speaking, the Chaos Pearl jumped up happily and chased the little lightning bolts that were scattered from Zhou Yuanyuan's body.
"Boss Xiaoyu, you're really smart!" The Chaos Pearl exclaimed happily after swallowing a few small lightning bolts floating in the air. While these small lightning bolts weren't as powerful as the large ones that struck Zhou Yuanyuan, a mosquito's leg was still meat! They could still fill the Chaos Pearl's teeth, so they were good enough.
"Zhuzhu, don't just focus on eating. Watch over the master. When the master breaks the pill and becomes an infant, if the master can't bear it anymore and asks you to take action, you have to be quick and don't let the master be in danger. Remember!" Xiaoyu was afraid that Chaos Pearl's mind would be scattered and she would just chase the scattered little lightning bolts and forget about Zhou Yuanyuan, so she quickly gave instructions.
"Yes, Boss Xiaoyu, Zhuzhu understands." Chaos Pearl nodded quickly. It was true that no amount of energy could compare to the safety of its master. Chaos Pearl was well aware of this.
When a cultivator goes through tribulation, the number of thunders is divided according to their level. When Qi training advances to foundation building, there are nineteen thunder tribulations. When foundation building advances to golden elixir, there are two nine thunder tribulations. When golden elixir advances to nascent soul, there are three nine thunder tribulations. When nascent soul advances to spirit transformation, there are six nine thunder tribulations. When spirit transformation ascends to immortality, there are nine nine thunder tribulations.
Zhou Yuanyuan was advancing from the Jindan stage to the Yuanying stage, so she should be able to withstand thirty-nine twenty-seven lightning strikes. The Chaos Pearl could swallow everything in the world, not to mention the Tribulation Lightning, even the entire universe. With the Chaos Pearl in her possession, Xiaoyu didn't worry about the Tribulation Lightning bringing any serious consequences to Zhou Yuanyuan.
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