In the cultivation grounds of the Imperial Scripture Pavilion, Emperor Kangxi sat quietly cross-legged. Around him, a spirit-gathering array was constructed from high-grade spirit stones, frantically absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
At the level of Emperor Kangxi, every slight improvement in cultivation requires a massive amount of resources.
After all, once one reaches the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, one must undergo tribulation.
When a cultivator overcomes a tribulation, the path to the other shore opens, and one can glimpse immortality.
To successfully overcome the tribulation at the Nascent Soul stage, one must meticulously refine their cultivation foundation, striving for a flawless state of cultivation. Only then will the tribulation be much easier to achieve.
boom!
Just as Kangxi was concentrating on his cultivation, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck the place of cultivation, landing steadily on Kangxi.
This startled Emperor Kangxi, who was in the middle of his meditation!
When Kangxi woke up, he was so frightened that his face turned pale.
Although he was at the Nascent Soul stage, he was only at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul stage and had not yet reached the perfect stage. How could this tribulation of lightning have come so suddenly?
boom!
Just as Kangxi was filled with surprise and doubt, the second bolt of lightning struck, its power even more formidable than the first.
Tribulation Transcending!
It truly is a tribulation!
Emperor Kangxi was momentarily stunned and completely at a loss.
"Walk!"
Having confirmed that his tribulation had indeed arrived ahead of schedule, Kangxi wanted to leave this blessed land and go to the royal family's designated tribulation-transcending site. There, formations weakened the tribulation, making it possible for even a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator to take a gamble.
At this moment, Emperor Kangxi was in a panic.
However, when he wanted to leave this place of cultivation, he tragically discovered that he couldn't leave!
What happened?
Why is this happening?
Am I dreaming? I must be dreaming!
Emperor Kangxi was going crazy. He was cultivating peacefully in this blessed land that could isolate him from the world, so why was he being afflicted by a heavenly tribulation?
The worst part is that he can't leave this place.
"I still have the elixir!"
"Meridian-Expanding Pill!"
Despite enduring the lightning strikes, Kangxi tried to retrieve a medicinal elixir from his storage bracelet to heal his injuries, only to discover, to his dismay, that he was unable to activate his own storage bracelet.
Then, he discovered that he could no longer sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth!
"Why? How could this happen?"
Emperor Kangxi is on the verge of collapse!
In the end, he could only tough it out against the Thunder.
Without the replenishment of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and without the replenishment of spiritual medicine, the damage to his body continued to deepen. If it weren't for the fact that Kangxi had also tempered his physical body, he would have already collapsed on the verge of death.
"Master, do you think we should continue?"
The baby faithfully carried out Rong Xi's orders, giving Kangxi a severe beating in the Imperial Hall. Only when Kangxi was lying on the ground, vomiting blood, did it show Rong Xi his condition.
"Holy crap, how many times did you chop him up?"
Rong Xi was also startled when she saw the image of Kangxi in the virtual scene that the baby showed her.
She only wanted to teach Kangxi a lesson, not kill him. After all, Kangxi was a pillar of stability for the Qing Dynasty.
If anything were to happen to Emperor Kangxi, who knows what kind of crisis the Qing Dynasty would face? Not to mention the anti-Qing and pro-Ming forces still existing in various places, the internal conflicts alone could cause this empire, which had only recently stabilized, to collapse.
Rong Xi disliked Kangxi, but she had no intention of facing the storms outside on her own.
The Qing Dynasty is Rong Xi's protective umbrella. It cannot collapse suddenly before she has fully matured.
"I don't know, it just kept chopping and chopping for about an hour!"
"..."
An hour?!
Upon hearing the baby's answer, Rong Xi really wanted to mourn for Master Kong for three minutes!
"Forget it, just throw him out of the cultivation area!"
After thinking for a while, Rong Xi made a decision.
As a seasoned internet savvy reader of countless online novels, Rong Xi had seen plenty of tropes involving using lightning to cultivate. Her goal was to torment Kangxi, not to help him cultivate.
That's enough for now!
Following Rong Xi's instructions, Bao Bao directly expelled Kangxi from the Imperial Statue Pavilion.
As the baby made his move, a portal opened in mid-air above the Imperial Garden, and a charcoal-like object emerged from within, falling into the garden.
"Who is it?!"
The hidden guards who were protecting the Imperial Garden appeared with lightning speed, surrounding Kangxi.
Emperor Kangxi had already been struck by lightning and passed out, but this sudden fall from the sky woke him up.
Upon waking, Kangxi sensed the surrounding spiritual energy and quickly activated his storage bracelet, taking out the Guiyi Pill and putting it into his mouth.
All of this happened the instant the Dark Guards arrived.
After taking the Guiyi Dan, Kangxi's external injuries were basically healed.
As Kangxi stood up, a gust of wind blew, and bits of black ash flew up from his face—his face scorched by lightning.
Only then did the guards get a clear look at Kangxi's face.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Upon seeing Kangxi's face, the guards immediately knelt on the ground and paid their respects with great ceremony.
"All of you, step back!"
Kangxi waved his hand, dismissing all the secret guards.
At this moment, Kangxi's external injuries had healed, but his internal organs, meridians, nascent soul, and consciousness had all suffered severe damage. And these kinds of injuries are not so easy to recover from.
"Is this the tribulation I've undergone, or not?"
Standing in the Imperial Garden, Kangxi's expression was extremely solemn.
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