Pink Beauty, White Bones

They had only taken a couple of steps when the sky suddenly darkened.

The white White Jade Corridor where Bai Qiuran located led from low to high. Rather than saying it was in the Cloud Top, it was more like it was connecting the clouds to the Cloud Top. Therefore, there were many higher cloud layers above him. At this moment, these cloud layers were all gathering towards him, sandwiching the white jade corridor in the Cloud Top. The clouds were rubbing against each other, and faint rumbling thunder could be heard.

As Bai Qiuran advanced, a muffled cracking sound rang out, and a bolt of lightning struck overhead, traversing the two clouds to his left and right.

Bai Qiuran saw the lightning and calculated its power. It was not ordinary natural lightning, but something beyond that, filled with the care of the Heavenly Dao Rules, Heavenly Tribulation lightning that specifically subdued any disobedient Cultivators.

This Tribulation Lightning was like a starting signal. After it, several more Tribulation Lightning passed back and forth above Bai Qiuran's head. The closest Tribulation Lightning was less than ten meters away from his head, and he could even smell the ionized air.

Then came the raging winds and rain, with countless storms and hail mixed in, as if providing accompaniment for the Tribulation Lightning, swirling back and forth between the two clouds like a madman.

Within these raging storm clouds, amidst thunder and lightning, the first stage of this trial finally revealed its mere fragments.

Amidst the flashes of lightning and thunder, a bolt of lightning suddenly shot towards Bai Qiuran's face. He reached out and swatted the lightning away, then looked in the direction from which it had come. He saw a Dark Shadows weaving through the clouds, circling around him, before finally emerging from the clouds in front of him.

It was a gigantic snake head, the head alone probably nearly ten zhang long, while the rest of its body was hidden in the clouds, its exact size indistinct. Two bulges had already appeared above its eye sockets, a sign that it was about to transform into a dragon. A pair of enormous wings stretched out from the clouds, covering the sky and the earth, with countless bolts of lightning leaping on its azure scales, making it appear extraordinary.

This was a Strange Beasts that even Bai Qiuran had never seen before. It might even have the bloodline of some kind of Immortal Beast or Divine Beast. However, its eyes looked somewhat dull, so it might not be a living creature.

The winged giant serpent opened its massive mouth, and bolts of Thunder as thick as buckets spewed out, carrying a terrifying power comparable to the full-force attack of Spirit Severing Stage Cultivators, shooting towards Bai Qiuran.

With a sword's cry, lightning suddenly split in two from the center, along with the giant serpent that had been spewing lightning. Its head was also severed by the invisible Sword Qi. Its head fell onto the White Jade Corridor, smashing a long section of the handrail, while its enormous body plummeted from the Cloud Top and disappeared.

Bai Qiuran casually tossed aside the hilt of his sword and stepped forward. The giant snake's head was slowly fading into points of light after its death, but this time, as its head dissipated, some glittering, blocky objects fell to the ground.

Bai Qiuran picked them up and took a look, only to find that they were actually several high-grade Spirit Stone.

"You can even get loot from monsters? That's awesome!"

Bai Qiuran surprise, "No wonder it's the Cave Abode of Earth Immortal! It's so high-tech. Will it fall down later?"

He thought for a moment, then put away the few Upper-Grade Spirit Stone and continued walking forward.

After walking a few more miles, the altitude of the White Jade Corridor gradually increased, and the stormy clouds gradually receded. After passing through another decorative little Heavenly Gate, Bai Qiuran saw a familiar figure on the White Jade Corridor.

The person stood with their back to him on a platform in the Cloud Top, dressed in White Garments Like Snow. Even though it was just their back, Bai Qiuran recognized them.

Su Xiangxue, or rather, a phantom created based on the Su Xiangxue in his memories.

As he approached, the person turned to look at him. Her beauty was breathtaking, with a captivating little beauty mark under her eye. It was indeed Su Xiangxue's stunning face.

It seems that after suffering from the Legend of Loneliness in the [Separation from Loved Ones] trial, this time the Wisdom Immortal Cave Abode directly extracted the most beautiful and aesthetically pleasing image of the opposite sex that he had ever seen in his memory, and used it as the template for the trial.

Bai Qiuran stared at her for a long time before commenting, "Su Xiangxue is much prettier than you. She's naturally charming and a born beauty. You look like a doll produced on Production Line. Thumbs down."

Of course, although he spoke lightly, Su Xiangxue's beauty alone, even without the added charm, was enough to confuse many Cultivators with weak wills. However, this Cave Abode still underestimated the three-thousand-year- Legend of Loneliness in the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou. Bai Qiuran's repressed virility as an old virgin directly shielded him from the influence of Su Xiangxue's appearance.

Not all women are Su Xiangxue, but not all men are Bai Qiuran.

Regardless of his reaction, the "Su Xiangxue" created by the Cave Abode Formation continued according to her predetermined procedure. Looking at Bai Qiuran, she suddenly revealed an extremely beautiful and poignant smile, then turned and walked towards the edge of the platform, looking incredibly heartbreaking.

This scene deeply moved Bai Qiuran, who called out, "Wait a minute!"

The woman, "Su Xiangxue," ignored him, so Bai Qiuran chased after her, grabbed her arm... and then stretched out his leg.

With a bang, Bai Qiuran kicked the guy disguised as "Su Xiangxue" off the platform without any mercy.

"I'll lend you a hand, you're welcome."

Looking at "Su Xiangxue" falling into the clouds, Bai Qiuran a deep voice.

However, neither the real person nor the disguised "Su Xiangxue" was someone who would give up so easily. After being kicked off the Cloud Top by Bai Qiuran, her body suddenly caved in, like an inflatable doll that had been deflated, leaving only a human skin with three Black Hole. She then flew back to the platform and then swept towards Bai Qiuran.

Bai Qiuran, and as she watched the several glittering Upper-Grade Spirit Stone fall out, she suddenly felt a heartfelt joy.

He picked up the Upper-Grade Spirit Stone from the ground and counted them, discovering that the number of fallen stones was actually much higher than that of the giant snake from before.

"From this perspective, the Five Blazing Aggregates Trial should be a physical manifestation of the previous seven trials, with the monsters dropping Spirit Stone as energy, and each level's monsters dropping Spirit Stone being stronger than the previous one."

Bai Qiuran murmured, "Hmph, in the end, the final trial still comes down to how strong your fists are. That's true, no matter how high your cultivation or how good your comprehension, if you don't have the strength to withstand the Heavenly Tribulation, you'll still fall at the last hurdle. However... I'm more concerned about how many Spirit Stones will drop in total during this trial."

He put away the Spirit Stone, then took out a new Iron Sword from his Storage Bag and rushed towards the upper level of the white jade corridor.