Tribulation Transcendence
The Heavenly Tribulation's main attack comes from the forty-nine bolts of heavenly lightning, while the heavenly fire preceding the lightning is merely a condition for the formation of the tribulation clouds.
Throughout history, experts who have undergone Tribulation Transcendence have relied on celestial artifacts and array formations to resist heavenly fire. Moreover, heavenly fire only appears for a period of time. Once they can endure that period, experts who have undergone tribulation can face heavenly lightning!
However, in the historical records of the cultivation world, no cultivator has yet been found to have successfully transcended tribulation by using their body to withstand heavenly fire! (Pangu's tribulation is unknown.)
Zhang Xingfeng couldn't possibly waste such a rare heavenly fire, and he decided that he would use his body to resist it!
"Fri—"
Within a mile of Zhang Xingfeng, the entire space changed, while there was no effect outside that mile. Within this mile radius, the temperature reached an astonishing over a thousand degrees Celsius, causing the entire space to rise and even seem to distort. Strange sounds also rang out, which Zhang Xingfeng knew was caused by the high temperature.
Suddenly, deep purple flames appeared in the sky, crashing down on Zhang Xingfeng like a waterfall. It was clear that the amount of this heavenly fire was indeed enormous.
Looking up at the heavenly fire, Zhang Xingfeng's face showed a hint of excitement. He wouldn't use a celestial artifact to block it. Although his Skyfire Body was already successful, the amount of heavenly fire was obviously not enough. Wasn't the heavenly fire falling from the sky a delicious feast?
"Boom!" Zhang Xingfeng's aura suddenly surged, and the materialized aura actually "boomed" and pressed the desert into the sand by a meter!
Deep purple celestial fire instantly engulfed the area where Zhang Xingfeng was, and Zhang Xingfeng closed his eyes. Steam began to rise from his body, and streaks of flame flickered. Finally, the celestial fire completely surrounded Zhang Xingfeng!
"Boom!"
The tangible aura was shattered by the deep purple heavenly fire!
"Hmm!" Zhang Xingfeng frowned, because he felt that the heavenly fire falling from the sky was much more powerful than the heavenly fire in his body. His already refined Skyfire Body actually felt a strong pressure.
"Kid, what level is your Heavenly Fire? Yours is only light purple, while the Heavenly Fire of the Heavenly Tribulation is deep purple. That's a whole two levels lower! Kid, go and experience the true power of a top-tier Heavenly Fire!" Tianyu's voice sounded somewhat gloating.
Zhang Xingfeng frowned. The pressure on his Skyfire Body was increasing, and the Chaos Power within Zhang Xingfeng naturally began to surge out to the surface, starting to block the Heavenly Fire.
Zhang Xingfeng suddenly smiled, "Why must we resist?" The Purple Skyfire emanating from Zhang Xingfeng's body suddenly subsided. Instead, Zhang Xingfeng began to absorb the deep purple heavenly fire.
"Master Pangu said that one should cultivate the Skyfire Body using Heavenly Fire. I already have the Skyfire Body, so absorbing more Heavenly Fire shouldn't be a problem!" Zhang Xingfeng thought to himself. But was this "more" Pangu Zhang Xingfeng required?
Although Zhang Xingfeng was now Skyfire Body, the difference between the light purple Heavenly Fire and the deep purple Heavenly Fire was simply too great, like the difference between a child and an adult. As soon as Zhang Xingfeng absorbed so much Heavenly Fire, he felt a booming sound within his body.
Zhang Xingfeng was shocked. "I can't worry about that now!" Zhang Xingfeng immediately channeled his Chaos Power, frantically pressing the Mnemonic for the Skyfire Body, desperately accelerating to further temper his body.
Suddenly, the Purple Gold Yuan Venerable spontaneously burst forth with a brilliant deep purple light. The Purple Gold Yuan Venerable was the essence of Zhang Xingfeng's energy, and the Heavenly Fire within it had also reached its peak—a deep Purple Gold Yuan Venerable Heavenly Fire.
Suddenly, like a thirsty traveler encountering water, the Purple Gold Yuan Venerable began frantically absorbing the Deep Purple Skyfire. The Deep Purple Skyfire that had been attacking Zhang Xingfeng's body seemed to return home like children, rushing towards the Purple Gold Yuan Venerable... Like a vast ocean embracing all rivers, it seemed that the Deep Purple Skyfire tormenting Zhang Xingfeng was absorbed so quickly!
Zhang Xingfeng was surprised for a moment, but then overjoyed. He immediately increased the rate at which he absorbed the Heavenly Fire, absorbing the Deep Purple Skyfire at a speed ten times faster than before. Zhang Xingfeng's Purple Gold Yuan Venerable was also like a sponge, constantly absorbing the fire.
Of course, Zhang Xingfeng wouldn't waste the opportunity. While the Purple Gold Yuan Venerable was absorbing the energy, his body was still being tempered, and purple light occasionally emanated from Zhang Xingfeng.
Zhang Xingfeng didn't notice that 99% of the Heavenly Fire absorbed by Purple Gold Yuan Venerable was absorbed by the sphere inside Purple Gold Yuan Venerable's body, which was similar to a golden core.
Time passed second by second.
Zhang Xingfeng's brothers and relatives, watching from afar, were all anxious. They didn't know what had happened, but they could feel the immense pressure just by seeing the heavenly fire.
"Ah, big brother, look, the sand over there has melted and turned into liquid! Is Father alright?" Lingling said anxiously to Zhang Lingqi. Although she had confidence in Zhang Xingfeng, the scene of the Heavenly Tribulation was too terrifying!
Lang Feng solemnly said, "The desert is starting to melt because the temperature of the Heavenly Fire is too high. But you see, what's melting is the area where Second Brother was undergoing his Tribulation Transcendence. Second Brother's Skyfire Body is already fully Great Accomplishment, so this temperature is nothing to him!"
"The heavenly fire is truly terrifying!" Lingling was still somewhat shocked. The desert had turned into a place resembling a lake, except that the water in this lake was a liquid with a temperature of several thousand degrees.
"Sister, don't worry. Father told me that dealing with Heavenly Fire is the simplest thing. All you need to do is use Top-grade Immortal Artifact for defense, and there will be no danger at all!" Zhang Lingqi said with a smile. He had great confidence in his father, Zhang Xingfeng. In his eyes, his father was omniscient and omnipotent.
Zhang Lingqi had no idea how precious Top-grade Immortal Artifact were, even in the Immortal Realm. Ordinary immortals could only obtain lower or Mid-grade Immortal Artifact. The forging of immortal artifacts was incredibly difficult; Zhang Xingfeng wouldn't have been able to forge one without first obtaining the "Immortal Forging Art." This Immortal Forging Art had once caused immense chaos throughout the Immortal and Demon Realms, and was ultimately acquired by the powerful Pangu.
In the Immortal Realm Top-grade Immortal Artifact are generally only possessed by Great Luo Golden Immortal, while those of Luo Tian Heavenly Immortal depend on luck. Most Luo Tian Heavenly Immortal possess Mid-grade Immortal Artifact; Top-grade Immortal Artifact are relatively rare, usually acquired by those who have chosen the right leader or whose sect wields significant influence in the Immortal Realm. As for the lowest-ranking Earthly Heavenly Immortal, they are simply not qualified to obtain Top-grade Immortal Artifact!
Top-grade Immortal Artifact are used to resist heavenly fire. This is something that no one in the Cultivation World dares to even dream of; only those from the five holy cities have the right to do so.
"Look! The weather has changed!" The mother, who had been watching closely, suddenly shouted. Everyone immediately craned their necks to look.
Zhang Xingfeng suddenly felt a gentle breeze; the heavenly fire began to converge into the sky and stopped descending.
Looking at the purple hue within his body—neither too light nor too dark (let's just call it purple!)— Zhang Xingfeng sighed inwardly, "Alas, if I had just one more day, my Heavenly Skyfire Body would have reached its peak. It's only purple now, when will it reach deep purple? Oh, right, when I get to the Cultivation World, aren't there many stars? The surface of stars is Heavenly Fire."
"Zhang kid, don't say I didn't warn you. Let me tell you, although Heavenly Fire, Blazing Heavenly Fire, and Divine Fire accumulate in their respective regions within a star, they aren't clearly separated. Even if you're in a Heavenly Fire region, there's a good chance that Divine Fire might fly out from within. And Blazing Heavenly Fire appears even more frequently in Heavenly Fire regions. You'd better not get your sights on that. You should know that even immortals don't dare to fly on the surface of a star, because a ball of Divine Fire might just fly out. Even if it's not Divine Fire, a ball of Blazing Heavenly Fire is something you can't handle!"
Tianyu's promise completely shattered Zhang Xingfeng's hopes!
"It's the Weak Water!" Tianyu's voice rang out.
Zhang Xingfeng immediately noticed that the celestial fire that had just gathered was now coalescing into a ball in the sky when suddenly a watery substance rushed into it. The celestial fire immediately hissed and hissed, and a bluish mist began to form.
"The tribulation cloud has appeared!" Zhang Xingfeng looked at the cyan mist. This was no ordinary mist, but a tribulation cloud formed by the convergence of heavenly fire and Weak Water. The tribulation cloud contained heavenly lightning, which could draw upon the power of heaven and earth and was extremely powerful!
Wisps of lightning flickered in the clouds of calamity, and these lightning bolts were clearly different from those of the past; they were blue!
"Haha... In my previous life, I could withstand 48 bolts of heavenly lightning. Now I definitely have the strength of the Great Accomplishment Completion stage! What challenge will this Heavenly Thunder Tribulation pose to me?" Zhang Xingfeng looked down at the tribulation cloud and suddenly a sarcastic thought popped into his head.
"Heavenly fire tempers the body, why can't I temper my body with heavenly lightning?" Zhang Xingfeng became excited at the thought. There really weren't any challenges on this Azure Dragon Continent. Zhang Xingfeng had long felt lonely, but now there was a challenge!
"Haha... Heavenly lightning, come!" Zhang Xingfeng already put away his Azure Violet Robe when the heavenly fire came, and now Zhang Xingfeng was shirtless.
Fire!
Zhang Xingfeng, shirtless, looked like Fire God, bathed in purple flames, and proudly looked up at the heavenly lightning in the sky.
The heavens are enraged!
"Anger!"
A bolt of lightning suddenly struck down, hitting Zhang Xingfeng directly.
Heavenly lightning has the ability to pursue, only striking those Tribulation Transcendence. Those Tribulation Transcendence can only block it, not escape it. How could Zhang Xingfeng possibly escape? He disdains to escape and hopes for even more heavenly lightning!
"Boom!"
Zhang Xingfeng remained motionless, the powerful electric current of the heavenly lightning constantly swirling around Zhang Xingfeng.
"Hmph! It didn't even achieve the purpose of tempering! This heavenly lightning is too weak!" Zhang Xingfeng looked at the heavenly lightning and sneered.
Forty-nine bolts of heavenly lightning, each stronger and more difficult to withstand than the last.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
With his eyes closed, Zhang Xingfeng absorbed the heavenly lightning with all his might, using it to temper his body. As the heavenly lightning was consumed bit by bit, Zhang Xingfeng's body began to develop in a direction that even Pangu did not know.
Tempering the body with heavenly lightning? Back then, Pangu only refined a pale purple heavenly fire within his body using heavenly fire. Of course, the main reason was that Pangu was of the earth element, not the Fire Attribute, and he was not born with Innate Fire Spirit Body. Zhang Xingfeng thought he Great Accomplishment because he looked at Pangu's records! Now he knows that Skyfire Body can be even stronger!
"Boom!"
A bolt of lightning, even bluer and somewhat blacker than before, crashed down upon Zhang Xingfeng. Zhang Xingfeng's body trembled.
"That's the forty-fifth dish, and it's starting to taste good!"
Zhang Xingfeng felt that the heavenly lightning had become extremely powerful in its deterrent effect on him. Each bolt of lightning was much stronger than the last, with each bolt generally having about twice the power. There were still four bolts to come, and Zhang Xingfeng began to smile.
"Heavenly Thunder tempers the body!" Zhang Xingfeng's resolve hardened. He could feel that after forty-five rounds of heavenly thunder tempering, his physical strength had increased significantly.
"Power lies in refinement, not in complexity!" Zhang Xingfeng understood this principle very well. Therefore, when he used heavenly lightning to temper his body, he did not integrate the lightning energy into his body, but stored it aside. With his Innate Fire Spirit Body, Zhang Xingfeng knew that he was refined by heavenly fire and would make greater progress in the future.
"Boom!"
Zhang Xingfeng's muscles were as if sculpted by a knife, with clearly defined grooves. Threads of lightning flashed within his muscles, their surface shimmering, but Zhang Xingfeng seemed completely unconcerned, his face still bearing a calm smile. This was already the forty-sixth strike.
"Boom!"
The lightning bolt had turned completely purplish-black, and its power was definitely much stronger than the previous one—twice as powerful!
Zhang Xingfeng felt a tremor run through his entire body, a tremor emanating from even the smallest cell in his muscles. He knew that the heavenly lightning already had the power to injure him. After this strike, Zhang Xingfeng's body became even stronger, but this was only the forty-seventh strike; there were still two more to come.
"Boom!"
Question 48!
"Roar!" Zhang Xingfeng let out a low roar. Zhang Xingfeng knew how terrifying the heavenly lightning was, having just been twice as powerful. Back when Tribulation Transcendence, he had used countless treasures to withstand the fortieth strike. This time, Zhang Xingfeng relied entirely on his physical strength, without even using the Chaos Power! The forty-eighth heavenly lightning struck!
"Boom!"
The forty-eighth bolt of heavenly lightning struck Zhang Xingfeng hard!
Zhang Xingfeng's body trembled as the powerful heavenly lightning struck Zhang Xingfeng, causing him to shake violently. He could no longer withstand the immense force of the Zhang Xingfeng lightning.
"Pfft!" Zhang Xingfeng spat out a mouthful of blood, expelling an excess of lightning energy from his body. Zhang Xingfeng smiled, his current physical strength already far surpassing that of the Skyfire Body had reached the Purple Skyfire Fire level!
Suddenly, the world changed color, chaos erupted, and the tribulation clouds instantly merged, converging into a single point—yes, all the tribulation clouds merged into one point! This single point was the final bolt of heavenly lightning—the forty-ninth bolt! The entire space trembled!
The forty-ninth Heavenly Dao! A terrifying heavenly lightning that Zhang Xingfeng had never been able to withstand even in his previous life!
Suddenly, the world was brightly lit.
A bolt of lightning struck straight down!
Space seemed to crack open, everything trembled, only Zhang Xingfeng looked down at the heavenly lightning like a god!