Unlike his fourth senior brother when he underwent tribulation, whose heavenly lightning struck intermittently, Shi Xuan's lightning struck one after another, as if there was no preparation time.
Perhaps while she was clearing the level inside, the tribulation clouds had been preparing outside for too long.
Helpless, Shi Xuan had no choice but to do his best to activate the life force of all things and dissolve and attract away the lightning power on his body.
More and more spiritual energy entered the body, traveling through the meridians with a tingling and stinging sensation. After more than a dozen heavenly lightning bolts struck, the meridians became thicker.
Lu Shenzhi watched from afar, his heart pounding with fear. He had never seen a cultivator pass through the Golden Core Tribulation as if it were a Nascent Soul Tribulation.
After being struck by lightning eighteen times, the heavens finally paused, giving Shi Xuan a chance to catch his breath.
Shi Xuan was covered in black, and the defensive clothes given to her by her master were already tattered from being cleaved. She opened her mouth and exhaled a puff of smoke.
Knowing that the tribulation clouds wouldn't give up, Shi Xuan hurriedly stuffed a handful of pills into his mouth, not daring to relax for a moment as he used the Myriad Things Life technique to repair the damaged parts of his body with a large amount of pure spiritual energy and medicinal power.
Sure enough, before the repaired spiritual energy could complete even one cycle, the nineteenth bolt of heavenly lightning struck.
This time, the lightning bolt, which had grown from the thickness of a wrist to the thickness of a bowl, descended from the sky with double the power.
Shi Xuan gritted her teeth and bravely accepted the baptism of heavenly lightning. After acquiring the lightning spiritual root, she had a natural affinity for lightning-attribute spiritual power. However, quantitative change led to qualitative change, and the quantity became so great that she could no longer feel close to it, turning it into harm.
The powerful absorption of the Heavenly Lightning by the All Things Life force significantly weakened the lightning power that actually harmed Shi Xuan. In addition, the circulating spiritual energy, along with the medicinal properties, helped repair his body, so the remaining damage was still within Shi Xuan's tolerance range.
This intensity of lightning continued for another eighteen strikes before pausing briefly, giving Shi Xuan a chance to catch his breath.
After consuming another handful of pills, Shi Xuan dared not stop for a moment, maintaining the rapid flow of his spiritual energy and seizing the opportunity to accumulate more physical strength before the next heavenly lightning strike.
This pause was slightly longer, about ten breaths, before the thirty-seventh bolt of heavenly lightning descended from the sky, more than twice as thick as the previous one. This bolt was entirely purplish-black, so dense it was frightening.
This lightning bolt was more powerful than the previous ones combined. Shi Xuan's meridians were constantly damaged by the lightning, but were continuously repaired by the vast amount of pure spiritual energy and medicinal power brought by the "All Things Grow" technique. In this process of continuous damage and repair, the strength and width of the entire spiritual meridian were greatly improved.
Shi Xuan was still gritting her teeth and persevering, without using any defensive magic artifacts, because she felt that she had not yet reached her limit.
The frequency of the lightning strikes remained high. Shi Xuan was already numb from the lightning tribulation. She looked inward and saw her body being torn apart and repaired by the lightning, which gave rise to a strange sense of rhythm.
Suddenly, Shi Xuan discovered that the lightning power introduced into her body would become much more docile if it encountered her huge golden core before it was fully digested, as if it was intimidated by the Dao seal on the golden core.
Shi Xuan was surprised, and after observing for a while, he found that it was indeed the case.
Originally, the lightning power introduced into the body by the myriad things was directly introduced into the meridians, and after circulating, it would be assimilated and returned to its original source of spiritual power. But now it seems that perhaps we can try a different method.
So when the next bolt of lightning struck, Shi Xuan controlled all things to grow, splitting the lightning power entering his body into two streams. One large stream entered his meridians as usual, while the other small stream was tentatively introduced directly into his spiritual palace.
Just as she expected, the lightning power that had been incorporated into her spiritual palace immediately lost its temper upon seeing the enormous golden core, becoming much gentler and no longer violent.
feasible!
As the next bolt of lightning struck, Shi Xuan increased the amount of lightning power directly directed towards the Spirit Palace. Once it was confirmed to be feasible, he increased it again for the next bolt.
Until the limit of endurance is reached.
Being able to receive the lightning power directly connected to his spiritual palace allowed Shi Xuan to absorb more lightning power, making it easier for him to withstand the heavenly lightning. The surge in spiritual power accumulated in his spiritual palace, quickly breaking through Shi Xuan's minor realm and reaching the fourth level of the Golden Core stage.
Lu Shenzhi was stunned by her. He had traveled to many places in the cultivation world and had heard all sorts of interesting stories and strange tales, but he had never heard of anyone being able to unleash so many lightning tribulations at once when undergoing the Golden Core Tribulation.
Moreover, what kind of physique does Junior Sister have? Her physical body was struck by dozens of heavenly lightning bolts, yet she only consumed some pills and didn't even need to use the defensive magic artifacts she had prepared.
She still seemed to have plenty of energy left, and most importantly, she actually advanced even under the onslaught of heavenly lightning!
This doesn't seem like something a human could do...
Shi Xuan had no time to spare and couldn't see Lu Shenzhi's shocked expression. She was taking advantage of her advancement to try to incorporate more lightning power to consolidate her cultivation.
This lightning power is pure and boundless, great in every way, but absorbing it is too painful.
But it's not like you get struck by lightning every day. Shi Xuan comforted himself with a bittersweet feeling, thinking that this was a rare opportunity that he had to cherish. He knew he would have to face the Nascent Soul Tribulation next time.
After the last of the eighteen heavenly lightning bolts struck, Shi Xuan coughed up blood. Even though he was constantly repairing himself, the rate of damage was greater than the rate of repair.
Shi Xuan looked up at the sky. The tribulation clouds were still as thick as ever, as if nothing had changed after the fifty-four lightning strikes.
When the fourth senior brother formed his core, everyone was amazed by the number of forty-nine heavenly lightning bolts he endured. They said that in the cultivation world, very few people could withstand even ten of the ten heavenly lightning bolts during the Golden Core tribulation.
But she's already at the fifty-fourth stage, and there's still no sign of her stopping. And this is only the Golden Core stage; I wonder what it will be like when she truly reaches the Nascent Soul stage.
Shi Xuan once again pulled out a handful of pills, stuffing a bunch of Rejuvenation Pills, Pain Relief Pills, and Rejuvenation Pills into his mouth. Anyway, they were all top-grade, flawless pills, and there would be no pill poisoning after eating them, so he could eat them as he pleased.
At this moment, the tribulation clouds in the sky became even more gloomy, brewing a bolt of purplish-black lightning as thick as a water bucket.
Upon seeing this terrifying pressure, Shi Xuan realized that he couldn't resist it.
Lu Shenzhi was at a loss for words. It was just a Golden Core cultivator; did they really need to make such a fuss? Was that thunderbolt, as thick as a bucket, for real? He had seen the Nascent Soul tribulations of sect elders before, but none of them were nearly as thick or as intensely colored as this thunderbolt.
He looked at Shi Xuan with some concern, hoping that his junior sister could get through this ordeal smoothly.
When they came out, Junior Sister was only in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. No one expected her to advance so quickly, so no one prepared any magical artifacts or items for her to overcome the tribulation.
Fortunately, Master usually used some magical artifacts to exchange for wine with Junior Sister, which allowed Junior Sister to accumulate some.
At this moment, Shi Xuan had already taken out the prepared defensive artifacts and put them into use. The first one to appear was a defensive golden umbrella.
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