As the heavenly lightning fell, a streak of spiritual light swiftly flew from Zhou Ziyang's body, transforming into a blue giant tortoise several zhang tall.
Under Zhou Ziyang's control, the blue giant tortoise charged straight upward and directly intercepted the heavenly lightning.
In an instant, sparks scattered across the sky, accompanied by waves of soul-stirring thunderous booms.
Zhou Ziyang had been born in his youth as the son of an ordinary Rogue Cultivator on Tuoyun Mountain in Wei State.
Though he had entered the tutelage of a Foundation Establishment Rogue Cultivator at an early age thanks to his Dual Spiritual Roots aptitude.
Before he could reach Foundation Establishment, however, his master had been killed by others, leaving him not even a Foundation Establishment spiritual item. For a time, his path forward had been utterly uncertain.
Yet without a Foundation Establishment Pill, Zhou Ziyang had not given up on his own Dao path.
In the end, relying on his own courage and hard work, he succeeded in forcibly breaking through to Foundation Establishment in seclusion, causing a sensation throughout Tuoyun Mountain.
Unlike most Golden Core Elders in the sect, who had masters and elders looking after them, Zhou Ziyang's path of cultivation before forming his Golden Core had been exceptionally arduous.
That had forged in him the courage to risk his life in a desperate gamble and never easily abandon his own Dao path.
In the end, Zhou Ziyang had not only risked his life and succeeded in Foundation Establishment, but also broken through to the Golden Core Realm and reached this day of forming Nascent Soul.
Compared to the other Golden Core Elders in the sect, Zhou Ziyang had only reached the Ninth Level of Golden Core at the age of three hundred and sixty. His cultivation speed could