The lightning rapidly traveled through Shi Xuan's meridians, constantly refining and removing impurities, thus tempering Shi Xuan's already strong meridians once again.
The tribulation cloud couldn't understand Shi Xuan's feelings. Only when Shi Xuan frowned, revealing an expression of enduring pain, did it finally feel somewhat satisfied. Tribulation is never easy; it's a test given by the Heavenly Dao, and tests are never simple!
After the Void Gale, the fine lightning entering her body no longer made Shi Xuan feel too uncomfortable, but... how should I put it, the tribulation clouds had a tough time too, so it's good to give them a sense of accomplishment.
The lightning continued to strike one after another, but Shi Xuan only regarded it as a means for her to temper her body. After tempering her meridians, she went on to temper her muscles. As for her bones, they were beyond tempering.
The lightning strikes slower and slower each time, because each strike requires time to gather more energy.
Shi Xuan, however, regarded this tribulation of the Nascent Soul stage as a trial ground for tempering his body.
Thirty, fifty, seventy...
As the number of lightning tribulations increased, it grew increasingly enraged.
Although the person undergoing tribulation showed signs of discomfort every now and then, this was already the most serious level. Even when more powerful heavenly lightning was released, she still had the same expression.
This is absolutely intolerable!
So after the seventieth bolt of heavenly lightning, the power of the tribulation increased exponentially. In an instant, each bolt of heavenly lightning illuminated the entire back mountain of the Divine Cauldron Sect through the dark clouds, making it extremely conspicuous.
At this point, the people of the Divine Cauldron Sect finally realized that something was wrong.
Who on earth was undergoing tribulation behind their mountain? The commotion caused by this heavenly lightning was even greater than that of the elders in the sects who had undergone the Void Refinement Tribulation before!
Moreover, the protective array that was currently rising seemed to be wavering. Each time a bolt of heavenly lightning struck, the blue light of the protective array would tremble slightly.
You must know that this is a sect's protective array, of extremely high grade, yet it was shaken by this lightning tribulation!
There are seven more evil spirits waiting outside. If the mountain-protecting formation fails, their mountain will inevitably be trampled by these sword cultivators again.
The defensive array that Shi Xuan initially set up shattered before even twenty bolts of heavenly lightning had struck it.
This was something Shi Xuan hadn't anticipated.
Based on her previous experience, she felt that this formation could withstand at least the fiftieth lightning strike.
In particular, heavenly lightning usually shows mercy at the beginning, giving people some time to prepare. Therefore, the heavenly lightning in the early stages is generally weaker.
However, this time, Shi Xuan appeared long after he had passed the Nascent Soul stage. The heavenly lightning was angry and did not give him any preparation time. It started to strike the entire formation directly, so the seventh-order formation of time was shattered in just a few blows.
Coincidentally, the Divine Cauldron Sect has just activated its mountain-protecting formation, which passes through the back mountain and conveniently excludes Shi Xuan.
However, its foundation passed through the area where Shi Xuan was located, and this time Shi Xuan angered the lightning tribulation, affecting an even wider range and causing the adjacent large formation to be affected as well.
The elders of the Divine Cauldron Sect were very puzzled. They originally thought that an elder was undergoing tribulation in the back mountain, but upon closer inspection, it didn't seem like it at all. They didn't have any elders undergoing Void Refinement Tribulation. All the elders whose cultivation had surpassed the Nascent Soul stage were gathered on the main peak, not one missing.
But who else but a member of the Divine Cauldron Sect would come to the Divine Cauldron Sect to undergo tribulation?!
They racked their brains but couldn't figure out under what circumstances a cultivator would come to their back mountain to undergo tribulation!
Could it be that someone is deliberately trying to destroy their protective mountain formation? But who would be willing to take the risk of a tribulation that only happens once every few years?
It's truly baffling!
Meanwhile, the seven cultivators from the Lianfeng Sword Sect who were poised to attack in mid-air were also extremely surprised.
They only knew that the person undergoing the tribulation was Shi Xuan, but they didn't know what kind of tribulation she was undergoing.
However, judging from the manner of this heavenly lightning, it must be the Void Refining Tribulation. They were all there when Lin Daozi underwent the Void Refining Tribulation last time, and those before him were not even as strong as Shi Xuan, while those after him were basically on par.
So, where exactly has Shi Xuan been these past few years? How could his cultivation level have improved so dramatically!
If every person's disappearance could bring about such a dramatic change, they would probably want to disappear for several years!
Shi Xuan was unaware that her tribulation had shaken the foundation of the Divine Cauldron Sect's protective mountain array.
This was already the seventy-seventh lightning tribulation. Shi Xuan was too lazy to pretend to be sad. He simply accepted each lightning strike with a normal expression, eventually becoming like a machine.
If someone were around her, there would be no doubt that if a friend came over, she would probably have the leisure to have a drink with them.
The people from the Divine Cauldron Sect wanted to go to the back mountain to take a look, but they dared not get too close.
If they get too close to a cultivator in the Void Refinement stage undergoing tribulation, they might be seen as having malicious intentions. If that cultivator has the strength to attack them, their lives might be in danger.
Everyone was watching. The people from the Divine Cauldron Sect were watching the mountain-protecting formation, which was shaking more and more obviously. The seven people from the Converging Edge Sword Sect were watching to see if anyone would go to the back mountain to disturb Shi Xuan's tribulation. But if the formation really collapsed, they would definitely blast it with their swords.
The eightieth...
The tribulation cloud grew increasingly agitated, feeling a sense of defeat that it could not shake Shi Xuan with its own power. As a result, it attacked Shi Xuan with even greater force, each attack seemingly a full-force strike.
The protective array around the mountain is moving more and more noticeably.
After the eightieth heavenly lightning strike, even the arc of light in the sky from the mountain-protecting formation began to dim.
The seven members of the Lianfeng Sword Sect above exchanged glances; their opportunity had arrived.
Since they began attacking the Divine Cauldron Sect, they have retreated or pretended to retreat whenever the sect's protective formation is activated, and have almost never attacked their formation.
This is a thankless task. Even if we fight, the power of the attack will be absorbed by the formation, so why bother?
But things are different now.
This seemingly indestructible mountain-protecting formation was damaged by Shi Xuan's heavenly lightning by sheer coincidence!
That's why people say Shi Xuan is a girl with great opportunities; she even managed to encounter such a coincidence.
The seven of them seemed to see a hint of restlessness in each other's eyes.
By the time the ninetieth bolt of heavenly lightning struck, it had become so powerful that it surpassed even the last few bolts of lightning in the Void Refinement stage. The mountain-protecting array was on the verge of collapse, and the icy blue arc of light appeared and disappeared, as if it were struggling to hold on.
The elders of the Divine Cauldron Sect were worried for their sect. They also wanted to go out and fight those crude sword cultivators to the death.
But don't be fooled by the fact that only seven people came. If a real fight broke out, even all of them combined wouldn't be able to defeat these sword cultivators.
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