The first Thunder Tribulation gathered at the center of the Tribulation Cloud, forming a lightning mass the size of a millstone. It struck down with blinding speed.
Li Yang sensed no danger and chose to withstand the lightning with his physical body.
"Crack!"
Lightning instantly swallowed Li Yang, but he felt no intense pain. Instead, he felt an itch and a tingling numbness—remarkably comfortable.
At the same time, wisps of Immortal Spirit Qi began to brew within him, and his primordial spirit was tempered by the lightning.
"Crack!"
The second Thunder Tribulation followed close behind, but it also failed to cause him any substantial harm.
'Strange. What's going on? Is it because my body is so powerful?'
Li Yang carefully analyzed the Thunder Tribulation, felt the Dao Force battering him, and couldn't help shaking his head.
'My foundations must be solid. The later strikes won't be like this.
Besides, I haven't deceived the Heavenly Dao like Senior Brother did, so the Heavenly Dao's assessment of my strength is as accurate as it can be.
That makes this a good thing for me.'
As the third Thunder Tribulation gathered overhead, Li Yang contemplated it with the insight of a lofty cultivation realm.
It was a profoundly mysterious world, where countless Great Daos seemed to collide, and his own cultivation was undergoing a transformation.
"Boom!"
Once it had finished gathering, the third Thunder Tribulation crashed down, striking Li Yang out of the sky and slamming him to the ground.
"Ah..."
Li Yang sucked in a sharp breath. The third Thunder Tribulation was nothing like the first two.
Its power had increased more than tenfold.
His body was blasted completely black.
But a wisp of Immortal Spirit Qi began to brew between his brows, then transformed into an Immortal Body the size of a mung bean.
The Immortal Body was tiny, yet it unexpectedly granted him an astonishing amount of Mana. Even the nature of his Mana was undergoing further transformation, and his Divine Soul and Immortal Infant were growing clearer.
'Every third strike brings a change. The fourth Heavenly Tribulation will be even more powerful.'
Li Yang hesitated, but in the end, he didn't take out any magic treasures. He chose to face the Thunder Tribulation head-on again.
Just then, the Tribulation Cloud above suddenly formed a vortex. Roars came from within, as if dozens of strange beasts were trapped inside, struggling to break free.
Li Yang's expression changed drastically. He knew what kind of tribulation this was.
The fourth-ranked Heavenly Tribulation in the Primordial Wilderness—the Thirty-Two Fiends, Eight Poles, Eight Wastes Summoning Immortal Tribulation.
The name wasn't impressive and had no gravitas, but its fourth-place ranking said everything.
Most importantly, this was the tribulation Senior Brother had faced in the Original Novel.
'It seems my foundations really aren't as deep as Senior Brother's.'
The Immortal Ascension Tribulation was determined by the tribune's innate aptitude and foundations, with the Thunder Tribulation responding and making its own assessment.
In the Original Novel, Li Changshou's many mistakes in concealing Heaven's secrets caused the Heavenly Dao to misjudge his tribulation. As a result, ninety-eight percent became 0.2 percent. But in the end, he relied on his many methods and deep foundations to withstand the final Purple Firmament Divine Thunder.
Li Yang knew he couldn't do the same.
'Actually, this is fine. It's safer this way.'
Li Yang rose into the air and once again stood suspended in the void, feeling the changes in the Heavenly Tribulation.
His Celestial Immortal realm let him glimpse the many wonders of the immortal path. His primordial spirit continued to transform, while six millstone-sized lightning marks appeared in the Heavenly Tribulation, forming a White Tiger.
The White Tiger let out a furious roar, and lightning poured down like a waterfall. A towering pillar of thunder came crashing down, unleashing immense destructive power.
The abundant Dao Force struck Li Yang to the ground once more, even melting the earth into a massive crater.
Vapor billowed upward. It was the gas produced by molten metal, a clear sign of the Thunder Tribulation's power.
'It's done some damage to my body, but it's given me even more insight, and it hasn't harmed my primordial spirit. So this is what the Immortal Ascension Tribulation is like?
It tests a person's body and tempers their primordial spirit.
No wonder Qi Practitioners can use magic treasures to withstand the Thunder Tribulation. That must be the reason.'
Li Yang's gaze flickered as he looked forward to the fifth and sixth Thunder Tribulations.
Those two shouldn't be too powerful.
Besides, based on how quickly the Tribulation Cloud was being depleted and the patterns he'd worked out, he calculated that he only needed to face eight strikes.
Feeling how quickly his body was transforming, Li Yang frowned.
Would eight strikes be enough?
Li Yang pushed aside that irreverent thought, as the fifth Thunder Tribulation had already fallen.
"Boom!"
Feeling the pressure of the Thunder Tribulation, Li Yang resisted with all his might. The Immortal Spirit Qi within his body grew more abundant, and the tiny Immortal Body on his forehead began to shine with seven-colored light. His entire head transformed into an Immortal Body, and his transformation clearly accelerated.
Then the sixth Thunder Tribulation fell.
At that moment, Li Yang's neck and part of his shoulders also transformed into an Immortal Body.
His transformation even continued to accelerate as the seventh Thunder Tribulation gathered.
Six strikes had passed. Since every third strike brought a change, the Tribulation Cloud began to churn. One ancient ferocious beast after another appeared—Qiongqi, Taotie, and the rest, thirty-two in all.
The ferocious beasts didn't charge at Li Yang. Instead, they collided with one another, and the lightning produced by their collisions struck him.
The lightning was a full zhang thick, terrifyingly powerful.
By then, Li Yang's Daoist robe had been shredded, and his body was injured.
Only the Immortal Body, still transforming, continued to shine with dazzling seven-colored light.
When the seventh Thunder Tribulation ended, the Tribulation Cloud had shrunk by more than half. Yet its might only grew stronger, and the thirty-two beasts roared incessantly, their cries deafening.
Li Yang didn't form any hand seals. Instead, he calmed his mind and felt the vibrations as the Mana and immortal power within him clashed.
It was a wondrous, unfamiliar sensation that greatly benefited his body.
Half of his body had already transformed into an Immortal Body.
At that moment, his primordial spirit reached complete perfection.
"Crack!"
The instant his primordial spirit reached perfection, all thirty-two ferocious beasts roared in unison. Lightning violently intertwined within the Tribulation Cloud, then transformed into a three-zhang pillar of thunder that crashed down on Li Yang.
Amid the thunderous roar, the world was engulfed in lightning. The Grievance Qi that had shrouded Northern Juru Continent for countless ages vanished from this area for the first time, as if the divine thunder had purified the world.
But then it poured in from elsewhere, instantly filling the void and once more obscuring the sun and moon.
As for Li Yang, he lay convulsing in the melted crater below.
This lightning's power had surpassed all expectations.
But his gains had surpassed them as well: his entire body had transformed into an Immortal Body.
At that moment, celestial music filled the world. A small Celebration Cloud rose beneath Li Yang, carrying him back into the sky.
Then a beam of immortal light descended from the Tribulation Cloud, enveloping him completely.
Countless wisps of Creation Immortal Qi surged into Li Yang's body, rapidly boosting his immortal power, repairing his body, and strengthening his foundations.
One quarter-hour, two, then three.
Li Yang's aura surged wildly. By the time the Tribulation Cloud turned white and finally dissipated, he was suspended in the air, feeling the changes within himself.
"Peak Origin Immortal. I'm just one final step away from True Immortal."
Feeling that the spiritual energy supplied by his avatars wasn't enough to meet his needs, he realized he would have to create more of them.
'Let's see what entry I've unlocked!'
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