Facing Adversity Head-On

"Senior Sister Cheng, are we sure we're not going to get involved?"

Lin Yuran stood at a distance with Cheng Xue, watching the lightning tribulation afar. She asked curiously. With Senior Sister Cheng's strength, obtaining the Supreme Treasure should not have been too difficult.

"Don't be hasty. We aren't far from the Supreme Treasure anyway. We might as well let them fight each other first, then head over afterward. That will save us quite a bit of effort."

Cheng Xue shook her head. Though she was powerful, facing so many Qi Refining Stage cultivators at once would still be too much for her.

"Oh."

Lin Yuran nodded as if she understood. There was actually something Cheng Xue had not said. For some reason, she felt that this lightning tribulation was likely closely connected to Lu Jiuyuan.

Meanwhile, the Flood Dragon had already confronted the lightning tribulation. For a Flood Dragon to transform into a true dragon, it needed to endure the bombardment of nine layers of lightning tribulation. Only by surviving could it shed its old form and become a true dragon.

"Hahaha, come at me! Your Dragon Lord isn't afraid!"

The Flood Dragon allowed the terrifying lightning to strike his body. Having soaked in the Glazed Treasure Liquid for so long, his physical body had reached an extremely terrifying level. At the Foundation Establishment Peak, he could be said to rival a Golden Core cultivator.

Outside, the Qi Refining Stage cultivators had gathered along the edge of the lightning tribulation. Feeling its power, they could not help but frown. If they were inside it, they would surely be blasted until not even scraps remained.

Yet when they thought of the Supreme Treasure within, something capable of drawing down a lightning tribulation would surely be of immense help to them. Not a single one of them considered that a living being was undergoing tribulation. After all, only those breaking through to the Golden Core stage needed to face tribulation, and it was impossible to break through to the Golden Core stage within the secret realm.

The possibility that a living being's bloodline was undergoing a breakthrough never even crossed their minds.

Meanwhile, beneath the earth, Lu Jiuyuan and Li Qingping's talents began to rise under the nourishment of the Glazed Treasure Liquid. Li Qingping had already risen from Yellow Grade talent to Earth Grade Peak, and she had not stopped yet. It seemed she should be able to break through to Heaven Grade.

As for Lu Jiuyuan, his talent had already begun to loosen. Not long after, his body trembled, and a dazzling golden light radiated from him. This meant that Lu Jiuyuan's talent had broken through from Heaven Grade Peak to Immortal Grade Low Rank, yet it did not stop there.

Instead, it continued to break through. It seemed Lu Jiuyuan's talent might reach Immortal Grade Peak.

Outside, as the Flood Dragon continued to bathe in the lightning tribulation, the gray scales covering his body continuously shed away, revealing vast patches of gold beneath. Only when all his scales had transformed into gold would his metamorphosis be complete, and only then could he truly be called a true dragon.

At the same time, the Qi Refining Stage cultivators watching outside all realized that something was wrong.

"Wait, it seems a living being is undergoing tribulation!"

One sharp-eyed cultivator caught sight of something, and his expression immediately turned grave. Earlier, he had glimpsed a massive figure flash through the lightning tribulation.

"No way. Any living being capable of drawing down a lightning tribulation would at least be at the Golden Core stage. How could it possibly appear in the secret realm?"

A cultivator stepped forward to refute him. But at that moment, a tremendous dragon roar rang out from within the lightning tribulation. Only then did the cultivators finally realize that whatever was undergoing tribulation was not some Supreme Treasure.

On the contrary, the living being undergoing tribulation within was enough to take their lives.

"Everyone, I have matters to attend to. Please forgive me for not accompanying you!"

At that moment, a cultivator stepped forward and cupped his hands in salute before flying away into the distance. He did not believe so many people could contend against such a murderous creature.

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Where there was one, there was a second. Before long, the cultivators present began leaving one after another. Of the more than ten thousand cultivators, only a little over five thousand remained.

They wanted to subdue the living being within and make it their spirit pet. A creature whose bloodline could draw down a lightning tribulation was surely supremely noble. If they could take it for themselves, it would undoubtedly bring them enormous benefits.

Of course, they remained only because they knew that cultivation within the secret realm could never reach the Golden Core stage. Furthermore, after undergoing tribulation, its strength would surely not be too great. Even if it was at the Foundation Establishment Peak, they would still have the power to fight it.

In the distance, Cheng Xue and Lin Yuran naturally heard the dragon roar as well, and their brows furrowed.

"Senior Sister, if it were you, would you be confident in bringing that demonic beast under your command?"

Lin Yuran asked curiously. Cheng Xue merely shook her head.

"Difficult. Very difficult. Since it can draw down a lightning tribulation, the creature undergoing tribulation certainly cannot have a low cultivation level."

"However, if so many people can wear down that creature's strength, there may be a sliver of a chance of success."

Cheng Xue's heart stirred. Any creature capable of drawing down a lightning tribulation would surely not have a low ceiling in the future. If she could subdue it, it would definitely provide immense help.

Meanwhile, with the aid of the Glazed Treasure Liquid, Li Qingping's talent successfully broke through to Heaven Grade.

After breaking through to Heaven Grade, Li Qingping could feel that absorbing spiritual energy had become far more effortless and natural.

After waking up, Li Qingping immediately looked toward Lu Jiuyuan. Golden light pulsed from his body, and when it shone upon her, she could feel waves of warmth.

"Jiuyuan is about to break through to Immortal Grade talent?"

Li Qingping said uncertainly, then witnessed something that would shock her for an entire year.

As the golden light around Lu Jiuyuan intensified once more, all the Glazed Treasure Liquid in the pool began flowing toward his body.

"My heavens, is he going to absorb all the Glazed Treasure Liquid?"

Li Qingping's eyes widened, disbelief filling her gaze. She had only absorbed a tiny amount, yet she had already broken through to the initial Heaven Grade.

If Lu Jiuyuan absorbed all the Glazed Treasure Liquid in the pool, wouldn't he break through to Immortal Grade Peak?

More importantly, this placed extremely harsh demands on the limit of what the body could endure. If he could not withstand it, he might very well explode and die.

Yet Lu Jiuyuan himself was unaware of this. At that moment, he felt as though he were immersed in the primordial chaos of heaven and earth, while his body regained its original brilliance under the transformation of the Glazed Treasure Liquid.

Lu Jiuyuan's talent had long since broken through to Immortal Grade. As the Glazed Treasure Liquid continued pouring into his body, his talent began charging relentlessly toward even higher ranks.

Immortal Grade Middle Rank, Immortal Grade High Rank, Immortal Grade Peak—it finally stopped only after reaching Immortal Grade Peak.

Yet the Glazed Treasure Liquid had not been fully absorbed. It continued to surge into Lu Jiuyuan's body, leaving Li Qingping utterly stunned.

After a moment, she came back to her senses and said in shock.

"Jiuyuan is forging a Glazed Immortal Body!"