At this point, forty-nine bolts of heavenly lightning struck down, but Shi Xuan had not yet begun to use the magical artifacts she had prepared; all she had consumed was the Rejuvenation Pill.
It didn't seem to have the power that Shi Xuan had described. Hong Chi looked at it and felt neither pain nor itch. He even thought that Shi Xuan was making a fuss, so he snorted.
After forty-nine bolts of heavenly lightning, there was no further movement for quite some time, leading Hong Chi to believe that the tribulation had passed. After all, forty-nine bolts of lightning were within the normal range for a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, neither more nor less.
However, Shi Xuan did not relax; in fact, she only began to take out the first defensive artifact at this point.
As expected, the tribulation clouds did not dissipate. After brewing for a while, they began the next round.
The clouds of tribulation darkened, seemingly growing even more solemn. But with the fiftieth bolt of heavenly lightning, a sudden change occurred.
A bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket shot out from the clouds and struck Shi Xuan directly on the head before anyone could react.
Shi Xuan was prepared and quickly deployed his defensive artifacts.
The magic array she set up couldn't even withstand half of the power of the heavenly lightning.
The moment the lightning struck Shi Xuan, a massive amount of lightning power surged into his body, running rampant along every meridian.
Shi Xuan endured the pain in her meridians, thinking about how tragic it was for her. She had almost been overwhelmed by fire spiritual power inside, and now she was in danger of being overwhelmed by lightning spiritual power as soon as she came out.
The power of lightning traveled along her meridians into her dantian, and just like the golden core she had cultivated, her nascent soul was also inevitably entangled.
The power of "All Things Grow" was activated once again. This time, she was already at the Nascent Soul stage, and the range and intensity of its influence had increased by more than one level.
So far, all the heavenly lightning strikes that have entered the body have been dealt with in a timely manner.
But Shi Xuan could sense that it had gone from being able to handle things with ease at the beginning to now being barely able to manage them completely.
The heavenly lightning continued to strike, one after another. Unlike the initial forty-nine strikes, each one was more ferocious than the last. By the sixty-fourth strike, the lightning bolt had turned almost entirely black, making it extremely terrifying. When it struck, even after being blocked by the defensive array and magical artifacts, it still forcefully penetrated Shi Xuan's body, as if it had displaced all of Shi Xuan's internal organs.
Shi Xuan's expression changed, and he quickly swallowed a handful of pills. He used the power of "All Things Grow" to stimulate the spiritual energy within his body to repair his damaged internal organs.
The sixty-four bolts of heavenly lightning had all struck, and there was still no movement for a long time.
At this moment, Hong Chi, looking at the heavenly lightning behind her, had already abandoned her initial disdain for it. Judging from the commotion when Shi Xuan formed her Nascent Soul, she probably actually possessed some skill.
Shi Xuan seized this rare free time to repair himself, and then quickly repaired the formation that had been shaken by the lightning strike.
A moment later, the third round began.
At this point, each bolt of lightning that struck down carried a tremendous, awe-inspiring power, far surpassing anything seen before.
The spiritual energy generated by Hong Chi's self-destruction also flowed along with Shi Xuan's heavenly lightning, forming a vortex centered on Shi Xuan under the effect of the spirit-gathering array.
The defensive array was supported by a tangible spiritual force, and some of it flowed into Shi Xuan's body to help her heal the internal injuries caused by the lightning strike.
Shi Xuan is already very familiar with these steps and has experienced them many times.
The meridians were damaged by the power of lightning, but were repaired by the body's own spiritual power. After the power of lightning entered the body, a portion of it was transformed into part of the body's own spiritual power by the power of all things.
In this process, the sacred bone formula of Shi Xuan also played a crucial role.
Body cultivators have more durable physical bodies that are less susceptible to damage, and this applies to their ability to withstand heavenly lightning as well.
The lightning continued to fall, and Shi Xuan was already coughing up blood from the blows. He was just gritting his teeth and enduring it with great willpower, stuffing pills into his mouth as if they were free.
The "Growth of All Things" technique is already an extremely powerful cultivation method. Those who cultivate this technique have the powerful ability to transform the energy of all things in the world, making their cultivation path very smooth and fast. However, in contrast, it seems that the tribulations they endure each time are also exceptionally powerful.
The operation of all things has become instinctive, and it is completely unaffected even when Shi Xuan is injured.
Finally, the eighty-first tribulation lightning strike arrived.
In the tribulation clouds in the sky, one can see the process of heavenly lightning condensing, bit by bit, which is extremely terrifying.
Moreover, the gathering could not be completed in a short period of time.
Even Hong Chi was worried for her, as this final lightning tribulation seemed a bit too powerful.
As the thick, black lightning bolt struck, Shi Xuan took out a piece of dragon bone from his spatial storage and threw it into the air.
The dragon bone is incredibly strong; even Hong Chi's self-destruction couldn't destroy it, so the Nascent Soul lightning tribulation couldn't destroy it either.
However, the dragon bones could only block a portion of the heavenly lightning; the majority of it still mercilessly struck Shi Xuan.
The bolt of lightning completely engulfed Shi Xuan's figure, making it impossible to see him from the outside.
After the tribulation, Shi Xuan was still sitting upright, but upon closer inspection, it was clear that blood was flowing from all seven orifices of her body, and there was almost no part of her body that was unharmed.
Hong Chi finally breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this scene.
She was worried that she might get struck by lightning and die as soon as she stepped outside, otherwise she wouldn't survive either.
It's a small matter if I don't survive; the main thing is that I finally got out, and this is only my first day...
Fortunately, Shi Xuan held on. Eighty-one bolts of heavenly lightning were a number of tribulations that only the most talented cultivators could endure.
It is truly remarkable that Shi Xuan could remain standing after enduring such an intense tribulation of lightning.
Hong Chi waited for the golden light to descend from the sky so he could quickly settle this matter and finally take her outside.
Shi Xuan's thoughts were similar to hers. After the eighty-one heavenly lightning bolts, the next step was to send down the golden light of calamity, which was very useful for cultivators injured by the heavenly lightning.
However, the man and the dragon did not see the golden light after the calamity, and even the thick black calamity clouds in the sky did not dissipate.
Lightning flashes could still be faintly seen within the clouds.
Could it be... that it hasn't finished chopping yet...?
At this moment, Shi Xuan unconsciously thought about the number of pills produced during the alchemy process.
In the past, everyone in the cultivation world believed that a full set of pills consisted of nine pills in one batch. Nine was the ultimate number, and producing nine pills was considered the most perfect.
But Shi Xuan knew that the ultimate goal of alchemy was not nine pills, but ten.
Now, when she refines pills that are simple for her, she only needs to produce ten at a time. So, is the maximum number of tribulations not eighty-one, but rather one hundred in tens?!
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