The people of the ancient clans agreed to Ling Tian's arrangements. They chose a place to settle on the outskirts of Thundercloud Gorge, and then Tong Zhan and the others returned to their current base to begin moving their entire clan. Ling Tian and the others continued waiting for Old Man Ling to arrive.
Of course, while they waited, they also went into Thundercloud Gorge to temper themselves with lightning, and they gained quite a lot from it.
To motivate everyone, Ling Tian arranged a competition. Once inside Thundercloud Gorge, they had to mine some lightning-attribute Immortal Spirit Stones. Whoever mined the most would win. He even put together a leaderboard.
The longer they could endure the lightning, the more Immortal Spirit Stones they could mine, and the more effective the tempering would be. Ling Tian had clearly put a great deal of thought into it.
The competition also fired up Ling Ran and the others. Every day, they thought about how to endure for longer. They worked hard at cultivating and improving their resistance to lightning. That meant they had to comprehend the Law Power of lightning, which also benefited their cultivation considerably.
The younger generation had a competition, and naturally, so did Wen Jian, Qisha, and the others. However, they kicked Xiaoshi and Yao Yu out of the competition, despite their eagerness to take part. After all, they had already mastered Lightning Power; competing against them would only be "asking for a beating."
Yao Yu and Xiaoshi were excluded, and Ling Tian was no exception. He didn't mind, though. He entered Thundercloud Gorge and went as far in as he could. Under the onslaught of wild lightning, his skin split and his whole body turned blackened, but once he circulated the Heavenly Evolution Buddha Body Golden Form, countless