Pei Xuanjing and the others returned to the Worry - Free Peak in a daze, but stared blankly at the thick clouds in the sky.
That feeling was like having their hearts dug out and whipped repeatedly, extremely painful.
At this moment, they remembered Lin Yibai who was still in the secret room...
If Lin Yibai were here... she would surely comfort them tenderly...
It was a pity that such a wonderful junior sister Lin had been tainted by demonic qi.
For a moment, Pei Xuanjing and Shen Chuyun even had a crazy thought, hoping that it was Shen Qing who had been tainted by demonic qi instead of Lin Yibai. In that case, everything could get back on track.
But they shook their heads. The thunder in the sky told them that all of this was just their wishful thinking.
Pei Xuanjing and Shen Chuyun desperately told themselves that Lin Yibai was a demonic cultivator and they must not believe a single word she said...
The thunder was heavy, carrying a terrifying pressure that swept over.
The elders who were protecting Shen Qing during her cultivation had all experienced the thunder tribulation when breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, but none of them had ever felt such a powerful one as this. This thunder tribulation seemed more like the one for breaking through to the Divine Transformation stage.
Elder Zhushi's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Shen Qing was going to directly advance to the Divine Transformation stage in her sleep?
Just thinking about this possibility, Elder Zhushi's eyes lit up. He rubbed his hands together, eager to take Shen Qing under his wing.
Since Shen Qing was going through the tribulation on the main peak, the elders set up protective formations around the main peak to prevent the thunder tribulation from affecting other innocent disciples.
However, the sleeping Shen Qing had no idea that she was about to break through. She was just desperately comprehending the cultivation technique passed down to her by Luo Ling in her dream.
Different from Shen Qing, who was a sword cultivator, Luo Ling was a pure spell - caster.
Although their cultivation directions were different, it wasn't difficult for Shen Qing to understand. At the same time, through these cultivation techniques, Shen Qing gradually learned how to control the ability of "speaking and the law follows".
But the more she comprehended, the more shocked Shen Qing became.
Luo Ling once told her that "speaking and the law follows" was against the will of heaven. But if this ability fell into the hands of someone with great fortune, it could not only go against the will of heaven but even overturn the entire universe.
It was even possible to pull the gods down from the Nine Heavens...
However, at the same time, those who used this ability had to pay a corresponding price.
Luo Ling was able to make the dead come back to life and the bones grow flesh, but it had already exhausted half of her lifespan and essence.
That was why she had finally sacrificed herself bravely. Even if she hadn't sacrificed herself to the formation, she probably wouldn't have lived long.
Shen Qing sighed, lamenting the laws of the world.
Her rebirth... she wondered if it also contained the laws of the world...
When Shen Qing reached the end of her comprehension, she encountered a small bottleneck, which made her feel a bit stuck.
Meanwhile, on the main peak, the sky was filled with lightning and thunder, and strong winds were howling. Dense spiritual qi was constantly gathering on the main peak.
If an ordinary person were to stand there, they would probably have been swept away by the strong wind.
Elder Zhushi joked, "This doesn't seem like crossing a thunder tribulation. It seems more like inviting some kind of divine punishment."
The speaker meant it casually, but the listener took it to heart.
The Dark Wolf happened to be beside Elder Zhushi. Hearing this, it remembered that Shen Qing had inherited the ability of "speaking and the law follows".
Its heart tightened suddenly. It had always thought that this ability couldn't be so easily inherited. Now it finally understood the key point.
Ordinary people would attract nine thunderbolts when advancing to the Nascent Soul stage. Looking at the clouds over Shen Qing... there would probably be at least eighteen thunderbolts.
It was hard to say... if there was the will of heaven in this.
The Dark Wolf also began to worry about Shen Qing and silently prayed that she could safely cross this thunder tribulation.
In her dream, Shen Qing felt that she had found a way to break through the bottleneck, so she wanted to comprehend this cultivation technique all at once.
The first thunderbolt of the tribulation descended outside the main peak...
"Boom!"
The lightning instantly illuminated the entire main peak, as if it was going to split the main peak in half, with a power that could make the mountains crumble and the earth crack.
At the same time, after the first thunderbolt, Shen Qing felt that her Golden Core was like being tempered. Even the other half of the spiritual bone in her body seemed to be going through thousands of hammerings.
The golden light around the Golden Core flickered, constantly absorbing the spiritual qi.
The second thunderbolt descended, and its power was even greater than the first one.
Then, the third, the fourth...
The elders protecting Shen Qing watched the huge thunderbolts exploding on the main peak. They felt their scalps tingle and were extremely shocked.
"Why are these thunderbolts getting more and more powerful? It seems like divine punishment," Elder Yaoyue murmured. Her words surprised Elder Zhushi.
He pointed at himself and then at Elder Yaoyue.
"Hey, I said the same thing just now."
Elder Yaoyue frowned deeply, secretly worrying about Shen Qing.
Divine punishment instead of a thunder tribulation?
But what on earth had Shen Qing done to make the will of heaven so angry?
Hearing their conversation, although the Dark Wolf wanted to explain, due to the special nature of that ability, it could only keep silent.
It watched the several thunderbolts fall and seemed to understand the will of heaven's intention.
If one wanted to inherit this ability that went against the will of heaven, how could they not go through a test?
Perhaps the thunderbolts during the advancement to the Nascent Soul stage were the test from the will of heaven. After crossing the thunder tribulation, Shen Qing might be reborn.
Remembering what Shen Qing had said in the illusion, the Dark Wolf suddenly felt confident in Shen Qing.
Those who were determined and held the great way in their hearts surely couldn't fail to cross a mere thunder tribulation, right?
"Ow!"
Thinking of this, the Dark Wolf got so excited that it couldn't help but let out a wolf howl at the thick clouds in the sky.
Elder Zhushi and Elder Yaoyue were startled by the sudden howl of the Dark Wolf. A chill ran down their spines, and they both turned around and glared at the Dark Wolf.
"What's this little wolf howling so mournfully for? You scared me," Elder Zhushi said, raising his hand and giving the Dark Wolf a flick on the head.
The Dark Wolf raised its paw aggrievedly, covering its forehead, and leaned closer to Elder Yaoyue.
Elder Yaoyue shook her head and smiled bitterly. She stroked the Dark Wolf's head and then looked up at the thunder in the sky again.
The nine thunderbolts that should have been endured during the Nascent Soul stage had all fallen, but the clouds had not dispersed. The elders knew that the thunder tribulation was not over yet.
Sure enough, the tenth thunderbolt descended with an overwhelming force. This thunderbolt was even more powerful than the previous nine combined. It directly blew the peak of the main peak black.
"Hiss..."
Everyone present gasped.
Apart from worrying about Shen Qing, they were also worried about the property on the main peak of the Grandmaster Honghua.
These thunderbolts had directly destroyed two of the halls and pavilions on the main peak of the Grandmaster Honghua.
They wondered how the Grandmaster Honghua would feel when he came back from the sect meeting and saw the bare main peak...
Shen Qing was still unaware that she was going through the thunder tribulation. She was immersed in the pleasure of breaking through the bottleneck.
Her Golden Core had been tempered to be extremely hard. The purple - blue mist that had surrounded the Golden Core during the Golden Core stage had condensed into a solid entity, like a barrier protecting the Golden Core.
Her spiritual bone had also turned into a crystal - clear blue - purple color. Shen Qing could even feel the spiritual bone rapidly circulating the spiritual power in her body.
What made Shen Qing even more delighted was that after her Golden Core was tempered, her three spiritual roots, which had become mixed after half of her spiritual bone was stripped away, had returned to the ice spiritual root...