Part Two: Cultivation World, Volume One: Tianxin Sect on the Brink, The Sect-Protection Grand Formation

Zhang Xingfeng screamed frantically, "What is going on? What is going on? How could this happen? How could this happen? Isn't the forty-ninth heavenly lightning twice as powerful as the forty-eighth heavenly lightning?"

How could Zhang Xingfeng know the answer? He had no time to think about it, because the powerful black lightning had already begun bombarding him! That was the forty-eighth bolt of lightning, four times the power of the previous strike, leaving Zhang Xingfeng utterly speechless...

Zhang Xingfeng's body resisted, resisted, but the spatial rift could no longer withstand the power of the black heavenly lightning. Zhang Xingfeng's muscles began to tremble, and a trace of blood began to bloom...

All the disciples of the Tianxin Sect that sliver of crimson within the black lightning, and their hearts began to tremble. However, they couldn't see the black lightning coiling around Zhang Xingfeng, relentlessly attacking him...

All everyone saw was black, nothing but black. What had become of Zhang Xingfeng within that blackness? No one knew, no one imagined, no one dared to imagine. But that trace of blood already foreshadowed something...

After his body was first breached and blood began to flow, Zhang Xingfeng's defenses were gradually broken down, and in an instant, Zhang Xingfeng flesh and blood were devoured by lightning.

Zhang Xingfeng glared angrily. He could no longer hold on. If he continued, he would not be a warrior, but an idiot. With a thought, the Rou Jin immediately began to protect Zhang Xingfeng's entire body, and the power of Heavenly Fire grew stronger in the face of life and death.

The power of heavenly lightning could not last forever. After Zhang Xingfeng resisted it for a period of time with his Rou Jin, the power of heavenly lightning began to weaken and dissipate...

"Boss Longling, do you think it's a good idea for us to just watch Zhang get seriously injured like this? If you, Boss Longling, were to make a move, wouldn't it be possible to get Zhang into your Dragon Spirit Space? Then, we wouldn't have to worry about such a minor heavenly lightning. It's a pity that my Tianyu is only a mid-level divine artifact and can't actively bring Zhang in!"

"Tianyu, don't worry. You're already at the peak of a mid-level divine artifact. As long as this kid improves his skills and makes a breakthrough in the 'God Forging True Manual,' and refines you more, I believe you can also break through to the level of a mid-level divine artifact. After all, your old master Pangu has already refined you once, and you were just a little short of becoming a top-level divine artifact!"

"Yes, how come there's such a big difference between intermediate and top-tier artifacts? Back then, the founder of the Heavenly Realm had already surpassed ordinary top-tier artifacts. That day, when he was protecting Xiao Lin in the teleportation channel, he actually appeared outside Xiao Lin's body and directly attacked that guy from the Demon Realm. You know, artifacts can usually only protect the body inside the body. After all, Xiao Lin's power at that time hadn't even reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm."

Long Ling sighed, "I can already imagine how powerful the Heaven-Opening Axe is. You said Xiao Lin hasn't even reached the Heavenly Immortal realm yet, and this Sky-Opening Divine Axe can already detach from his body to attack. It seems he has already surpassed me. I can't move on my own right now. I think the Heaven-Opening Axe may have already broken through to the level of a top-tier divine artifact, reaching that level I can only dream of!"

Tianyu said excitedly, "Boss Longling is right. Back then, Kaitian was the most powerful attacking artifact among top-tier divine artifacts. It was probably already at the pinnacle of top-tier divine artifacts, just one step away from reaching that level. It was with Pangu for so long, and it was even refined by Pangu with divine power in the end, so breaking through should be quite normal. However, I really want to know what that level is like... But now Kaitian is in the Demon Realm. Sigh, I wonder what happened to that guy Xiao Lin when he went to the Demon Realm. But he has Boss Kaitian, so I'm not worried!"

"Hehe, Tianyu, look, the Life Origin Extreme can't wait any longer!" Long Ling said with a smile.

"You two can't stand by and watch Fengfeng get hurt!" The Life Origin Extreme is the ultimate crystal of life force, already at the level of a divine artifact. Using life force to save people is its forte.

The Life Origin Extreme cannot move on its own; it can only emit its internal life force, continuously radiating from the heavens into Zhang Xingfeng's body...

Zhang Xingfeng relied on the Purple Gold Yuan Venerable to recover his body, but... Zhang Xingfeng felt a sense of helplessness. "Sigh, being too strong isn't good either. This time, I was seriously injured in an attack, and the energy required to recover is so much. It seems that the stronger my body is in the future, the more energy I need to recover from serious injuries! Huh, what is this? Such strong vitality, ah!" Zhang Xingfeng stared in disbelief as his severely injured body recovered at an alarming speed.

The powerful life force repaired the serious injury with ease. However, Zhang Xingfeng used his own Kanji power. Although the level of Wuji power was not lower than that of life force, each has its own specialty. In terms of restoring the body and treating serious injuries, Limitless Power was far inferior to life force.

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Xingfeng stared in disbelief at the body that had been completely restored.

"Xingfeng, your body is really draining my life force. Just repairing your body has consumed so much of my life force. I need to rest!" The voice of the Life Origin Extreme resounded in Zhang Xingfeng's mind.

Only then did Zhang Xingfeng realize that the life force he had just witnessed originated from the Life Origin Extreme. Since acquiring this Life Origin Extreme, Zhang Xingfeng had almost forgotten its existence. He hadn't faced any major dangers, and the Life Origin Extreme force of the Life Origin Extreme only greatly aided physical recovery, offering little help to a severely injured Nascent Soul. Zhang Xingfeng believed that as long as Zijin Wuzun was safe, his physical body would be fine, so Zhang Xingfeng hadn't paid much attention to the Life Origin Extreme.

"Wow, it seems this Life Origin Extreme helpful to me after all. Its repair speed has caught up with the destructive speed of the heavenly lightning. Not bad, not bad. It seems I need to communicate with it properly in the future and cultivate a relationship with it!" Zhang Xingfeng muttered to himself.

"Ah~~~~~~" "Oh~~~~~" "Haha~~~~~~"...

Cheers erupted continuously as all the Tianxin Sect disciples were overjoyed to find that after the blackness dissipated, Zhang Xingfeng appeared before them completely unharmed, his golden robes making him look even more imposing.

Zhang Xingfeng knew that the attacks had already shattered the clothes covering his body. The clothes he had initially formed with energy had also dissipated after the final bolt of heavenly lightning pierced his body. Zhang Xingfeng had only just begun to repair himself when he immediately used his Limitless Power to recreate clothes on his surface.

"Second Brother, Second Brother, roar! You truly deserve to be my second brother! I, Little Dragon, felt that final bolt of heavenly lightning even within the formation. It was incredibly powerful, far stronger than the forty-eighth bolt!" Little Dragon is completely healed. He was severely injured just moments ago, but now he's recovered. It seems the dragon race's regenerative abilities are truly extraordinary.

Hearing this, Zhang Xingfeng was also a little puzzled. He hadn't had time to think about it before, but now he did. Zhang Xingfeng walked into the formation and said to his brothers, "This last heavenly lightning should theoretically be about twice the length of the forty-eighth lightning, but it seems that the heavenly lightning is far more than twice the length of the forty-eighth lightning!"

Zhang Xingfeng's disciple, Bi Yan, the Tianxin Sect, suddenly thought of a possibility and said uncertainly, "Could it be that the final heavenly lightning that Jieyun was preparing for Elder Long has also merged into Master's lightning!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, but then they all agreed that it made sense. If it wasn't like that, then where did the heavenly lightning power that the tribulation cloud had prepared go?

Seeing Little Dragon's expression, everyone laughed, and Zhang Xingfeng laughed too, "Little Dragon, no one's saying anything about you, and besides, I don't have any problems right now!"

"Yes, yes! Second Brother is perfectly fine, why are you all staring at me like that!" Little Dragon feigned innocence, Little Dragon then suddenly realized he was being unimpressive and roared, "Roar! How dare you mock me like this? Roar! A Jiao, come out here and watch! Anyone who dares to disrespect me again, anyone who looks at me with such hateful eyes, you'd better teach them a lesson!"

"Hehe, what does the boss want? Are you going to hit someone? Who is it, boss, tell me!" A huge man, even larger than Little Dragon, appeared. His height of nearly 2.5 meters and the blue scales on his forehead made him look extremely terrifying.

Little Dragon looked smugly at his top henchman. Of all the spirit beasts he had taken in, only A Jiao satisfied Little Dragon the most. Nao Long had given A Jiao a lot of immortal crystals, and Zhang Xingfeng had also given A Jiao an inner core after returning from Mingling Star. That was a dragon's inner core, and it was so big. After A Jiao ate it, it immediately began to transform! It directly reached the Form Transformation Stage.

A Jiao was originally just a powerful spirit beast, similar to some Immortal Beast. However, after consuming the dragon's inner core, A Jiao had begun to transform, already possessing a trace of dragon characteristics, and could be considered a demigod beast. Its strength had also increased by leaps and bounds, but absorbing that inner core was not an easy task.

"A Jiao, stop fooling around with Little Dragon!" Zhang Xingfeng said to A Jiao. A Jiao immediately fell silent. He admired Little Dragon, and the dragon aura emanating from Little Dragon made him submit. However, he felt gratitude towards Zhang Xingfeng for giving him the Dragon Pill, and also admiration for Zhang Xingfeng's immense strength. Divine beasts worship strong individuals; otherwise, so many spirit beasts wouldn't have come to Tianyan Star so easily with Little Dragon.

"Everyone, go back to your rooms! Don't just stand here like idiots!" Zhang Xingfeng said with a smile, looking at the Tianxin Sect disciples all over the mountain. Upon hearing this, all the Tianxin Sect disciples immediately responded and returned to their rooms to cultivate. Their admiration for Zhang Xingfeng reached an unprecedented level, and they would resolutely obey his words.

Zhang Xingfeng and the other high-ranking members of the Tianxin Sect also returned to the main hall of the Tianxin Sect.

The elders all sat down, Biao Lao Er was the most excited. As soon as he sat down, he said excitedly, "Boss, today was really awesome. I've never felt so good before when I was undergoing the tribulation of becoming Loose Immortal. Hehe, alas, it's a pity that I have to wait another thousand years for such an awesome thing to happen to me!" After saying that, he had a very regretful expression on his face.

Everyone recalled the scene at the beginning when Biao Lao Er was at the edge of the formation, going in and out repeatedly, constantly teasing the tribulation clouds. They all laughed, feeling a sense of satisfaction. Who wouldn't find it exciting to play with the tribulation clouds like that? After all, in the past, tribulation clouds represented disaster!

"Boss, with this sect-protecting formation, we're not afraid of even the Heavenly Tribulation or the Tribulation of Loose Immortal anymore! Hehe, if we're not strong enough, we can just hide in Fangyan Mountain and cultivate more. The Heavenly Tribulation and the Tribulation of Loose Immortal won't be able to touch us then!" Lan Shan and Biao Lao Er are both burly men with similar temperaments. They used to be terrified every time, but now that they have the formation, they don't have to go out if they're not strong enough. It's truly wonderful!

"Senior Lan Shan is right. With this sect-protecting formation, even if the disciples of my Tianxin Sect reach the Tribulation Crossing Stage, they can stay in the Fangyan Mountain Tianxin Sect on Fangyan Mountain, cultivate slowly, and only go out after reaching the Heavenly Immortal realm. The Heavenly Tribulation will be extremely simple and there will be no danger at all!" Bi Yan seemed to be excited as she imagined the scene of the Tianxin Sect disciples easily passing through the Heavenly Tribulation.

Zhang Xingfeng also realized the many wonderful uses of this sect-protecting formation and couldn't help but nod with a smile.

"It seems that from now on, we must make good use of this sect-protecting formation. With this formation, what is there to worry about for our Tianxin Sect not to become powerful? With this formation, who can attack us! Even if it's Great Luo Golden Immortal or Nine Heavens Profound Immortal, so what? With this Heavenly Tribulation, even the Heavenly Tribulation or the Tribulation of Loose Immortal will be of no use to our Tianxin Sect!" As Zhang Xingfeng said this, the elders of the Tianxin Sect present became excited. Yes, with such a formation, what could threaten the Tianxin Sect?

In fact, this great formation should not exist in the Cultivation World at all. The Blood Kill Gate is one of the three major sects of the Demon Four Sects of the Immortal Realm, and is a sect of the same level as the Four Sects of the Immortal Realm.

The Blood Kill Gate's protective array is so powerful that it is among the best even in the Immortal Realm, making it easy for them to withstand this kind of tribulation from Loose Immortal.

Zhang Xingfeng suddenly declared his goal with great enthusiasm, "With such a grand formation, what do we, the Tianxin Sect, need to worry about from now on? Super-large sects are no longer a difficult task for us!"

Elders, Lan Shan and his brothers' eyes lit up. A super-large sect—what a dazzling name! Everyone felt a surge of excitement in their hearts!

"Supreme Elder, Supreme Elder, the man you brought back last time has now turned into a red cocoon!" Tianxin Sect disciple's voice suddenly came from outside.