It was only after a long while that Luo Xuan still failed to feel the intense pain he had imagined.
Instead, he felt somewhat warm.
Could it be that nothing had happened?
Luo Xuan opened his eyes in surprise.
All he could see was white, with golden arcs of electricity occasionally flashing through it.
That proved Luo Xuan was still within the lightning tribulation.
But at this moment, the lightning tribulation was no longer as violent as before.
Instead, it had become incomparably docile.
Luo Xuan lightly tapped an arc of electricity beside him with his finger.
The arc instantly sprang away.
Yet Luo Xuan did not suffer the slightest injury.
Could the prayers of the human race have produced an effect?
Luo Xuan pondered for a moment before putting the question out of his mind.
He discovered that the power of the lightning tribulation was seeping into his body strand by strand. It was somewhat scorching, which was the reason he had felt warm just now.
And wasn't the entire lightning tribulation a natural furnace?
Luo Xuan sat down cross-legged in delight.
He immediately began circulating the Primordial Pill Body.
The moment the thunder touched Luo Xuan, it transformed into the power of thunderfire and was inhaled into his body as he breathed in and out.
When Jin Chu saw Luo Xuan swallowed by the lightning tribulation, tears flowed uncontrollably from his eyes.
Yet he stubbornly raised his head to look toward the lightning tribulation, his lips pressed tightly together.
When the other members of the human race lowered their heads to mourn Luo Xuan, he still kept his head raised.
As the thunder grew weaker, Jin Chu also noticed Luo Xuan sitting cross-legged.
Damn, am I hallucinating? I actually saw Master Xuan?
Thinking he had seen wrong, Jin Chu wiped away his tears and looked again.
Luo Xuan's figure was still sitting cross-legged within the lightning tribulation.
"Look, Master Xuan is still alive!"
Jin Chu excitedly grabbed at the clothes of the people around him.
"Jin Chu, have you gone crazy... Damn!"
The man raised his head impatiently, only to see Luo Xuan within the lightning tribulation. He became even more excited than Jin Chu.
"Master Xuan is alive!"
Within the courtyard, Suiren Shi and the others also discovered Luo Xuan sitting there and cultivating.
"That brat, he really scared me to death."
Suiren Shi cursed loudly, but tears flowed from his eyes despite himself.
"That's wonderful."
Youchaoshi and Ziyi Clan were also overjoyed.
"Luo Xuan actually survived within the lightning tribulation."
"He's even cultivating within the lightning tribulation?!"
Di Jun was dumbfounded. His entire body had gone numb.
One unexpected turn after another had exceeded his expectations.
And this time, Di Jun knew that the lightning tribulation could no longer kill Luo Xuan, so he completely abandoned the idea.
"It's fine. This Emperor still has the Demon Master... With Luo Xuan's astonishing talent, he will certainly give the Supreme Treasure for Slaying Witches extraordinary spirituality, perhaps even allowing it to become an Innate Spiritual Treasure."
At the thought of Kunpeng, Di Jun barely managed to calm himself.
"Congratulations, Daoist Laozi, on gaining such an excellent disciple."
Everyone had thought Luo Xuan was certain to die. Who could have expected such a turn of events?
Nuwa could not help sighing. Was Luo Xuan's talent simply extraordinary, or was his fortune too profound?
Laozi stroked his beard and laughed. "Congratulations to you as well."
Though his serious injuries had not yet healed, he now looked radiant and flushed with health.
Nuwa sighed. "He was first severely wounded by the lightning tribulation, yet he was able to temper his body within it."
"Breaking before rebuilding. Luo Xuan will certainly reach an even higher level from now on."
Hearing Nuwa's words, Laozi's smile grew even more brilliant.
Looking at Laozi's appearance, Nuwa felt somewhat regretful that she had not competed with Laozi to take Luo Xuan as her disciple back then.
Within Mount Sumeru, the Two Sages of the West were even pounding their chests and stamping their feet.
"Regret! If we had known the lightning tribulation couldn't make Luo Xuan perish, we should have gone before Nuwa no matter what."
"If we had saved Luo Xuan, perhaps we could have made him shed tears of gratitude, leave the Renjiao Sect, and take us as his masters."
The two sages' hearts twisted with pain, as though they had lost an Innate Supreme Treasure.
Primordial Chaos: I Became Laozi's Disciple and Refined Mythical Golden Elixirs — Part 50: Shamelessly Showing Off
To all living beings in the primordial world, the lightning tribulation was a manifestation of the Heavenly Dao.
The stronger the lightning tribulation that arrived during a breakthrough, the greater one's talent and potential.
And when facing the lightning tribulation, there was no other choice but to endure it by force.
Yet today, Luo Xuan had shown them another, entirely new way to overcome a tribulation.
Under the stunned gazes of several Saints and countless powerful experts,
the lightning tribulation vanished silently as it circled around Luo Xuan.
It felt as though Luo Xuan had absorbed the lightning tribulation.
"This is the Eight-Nine Lightning Tribulation. Luo Xuan passed through it just like that?"
"What do you mean, passed through it? He absorbed it."
"We saw wrong. Yes, we definitely saw wrong. Since the primordial world was formed, no one has ever been able to absorb a lightning tribulation."
"Could it be that Luo Xuan was born with some sort of physique related to the Dao of Thunder?"
Amid the guesses of the many powerful experts, Luo Xuan slowly opened his eyes.
Within those star-like eyes, a trace of electricity flashed and vanished.
"My cultivation has completely stabilized at the Great Firmament realm."
Luo Xuan sensed his own realm, his heart filled with joy.
Immediately afterward, Luo Xuan descended beside Laozi and Empress Nuwa.
"Thank you, Master, and thank you, Empress Nuwa, for lending me your aid."
Luo Xuan expressed his gratitude.
If not for them, Luo Xuan would already have died during the earlier stages of the lightning tribulation, long before the Hunyuan Eagle-Hound Lightning Tribulation descended.
"It's good that you survived."
Seeing that Luo Xuan was unharmed, Laozi was overjoyed.
However, Laozi's voice was weak. The backlash from the Heavenly Dao was no joke, even for a Saint.
Luo Xuan's heart stirred. "Master blocked the lightning tribulation for me. Consider these my disciple's repayment to you."
As he spoke, jade bottles appeared before Luo Xuan.
They were arranged in rows, filling the space before them. There were at least a hundred.
The moment the jade bottles appeared, they emitted a dense medicinal fragrance. Not a single one was below the sixth turn.
Luo Xuan turned his head and smiled. "These are for Holy Mother."
As soon as his voice fell, another pile of pills appeared, no fewer than those given to Laozi.
"So many?" Nuwa was surprised.
Nuwa carefully examined them and discovered that quite a few were meant for healing injuries.
By her rough estimate, she would still have many left over after recovering.
And this only accounted for a small portion of them.
There were many others that aided cultivation, body refinement, comprehension of the Dao...
In any case, there were pills of every kind. It was obvious that Luo Xuan had prepared them to repay Nuwa.
"Are they many?"
Luo Xuan smiled slightly. "If Holy Mother likes them, I will offer another hundred pills to Holy Mother every year during the sacrifices."
Nuwa admitted that she felt jealous.
Everything Luo Xuan had given her consisted of sixth-turn pills.
That meant that the rank of the pills Luo Xuan gave her in the future would not be lower than these, and could even be higher.
What would have happened if she had stepped forward and accepted Luo Xuan back then?
Seeing so many pills, the Two Sages of the West were green with envy.
They thought that if they had helped Luo Xuan earlier, they could at least have obtained some pills as well.
What shameless showing off!
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