Thunder Virtue Heavenly Book

Chen Xiao still sat on **. He did not immediately take the Three-Star Pill. He knew clearly that this single pill contained half of Chen Tiannan's cultivation.

In his previous life, Chen Xiao's cultivation had reached the Tribulation Transcendence Late-Stage Peak. Once he passed the heavenly tribulation, he could ascend to the Great Vehicle Realm and become immortal. How could his experience and knowledge compare to that of the ignorant, wastrel young master he had once been?

Chen Xiao felt that even without the Three-Star Pill, he could handle the injuries within his body himself.

Immediately, Chen Xiao sank his divine sense into his body and slowly inspected the hidden injuries in his extraordinary meridians and eight channels.

"Hm? Strange... the injuries... have completely healed?"

The next moment, Chen Xiao opened his eyes, disbelief flashing across his face. He had only gradually learned of his injuries and the Three-Star Pill through a tremendous opportunity in his previous life. After that, he had lived amidst hatred and self-reproach.

If he had not been such a useless wastrel back then, why would his father have needed to exhaust his cultivation to refine such a heaven-defying pill for him, only for the hidden dangers of alchemy to erupt when the Chen Clan was wiped out, leaving his father unable to face the enemy?

At that time, he had also understood that his injuries did not necessarily require the Three-Star Pill to be cured. Yet for the current Chen Clan, the Three-Star Pill was undoubtedly the only means of treatment.

Although Nangong Wenyue had acted covertly, how could he possibly hide it from Chen Tiannan, who was at the Integrated Body Middle Stage? Or rather, Chen Xiao's injury this time had been aimed at Chen Tiannan from the start.

But now, Chen Xiao suddenly discovered that the injuries in his extraordinary meridians and eight channels had completely healed, without even the slightest trace remaining. What exactly was going on?

Questions filled Chen Xiao's heart. He settled back into meditation and sank his divine sense into his dantian.

"Uh..."

The next moment, Chen Xiao's expression became exceedingly strange. Within his dantian, there was no Qi Refining Third Layer vortex. Instead... there was a tiny crimson cloud.

"The Nine Heavens Thunder Virtue Universal Transformation Art... the Red Cloud Realm?"

Chen Xiao's lips twitched slightly, unable to believe it. Could everything from last night have been real, not a dream at all? Could he truly control heavenly tribulations?

Chen Xiao forcibly entered meditation and silently recited the Heart-Clearing Art, steadying his restless mind. He did not dare rashly attempt cultivation in this state, or he would surely suffer qi deviation and have his soul scattered.

A full half hour passed before Chen Xiao finally calmed his mind. Then, he tried circulating the true essence in his body according to the qi-circulation method of the Nine Heavens Thunder Virtue Universal Transformation Art.

Threads of heaven and earth spiritual qi gathered from every direction, flowing through Chen Xiao's spiritual platform and into his body.

Red Cloud Realm First Turn!

The dense spiritual qi slowly circulated through Chen Xiao's body for eighty-one grand cycles before finally sinking into the crimson cloud in his dantian.

That crimson cloud was only the size of a fist. Even after a vast amount of spiritual qi flowed into it, it did not grow in the slightest.

Though he had circulated his cultivation for eighty-one grand cycles, the true essence in Chen Xiao's body showed no sign of filling. This Crimson Cloud seemed like a bottomless abyss—no matter how much true essence flowed into it, it was all devoured.

Chen Xiao opened his eyes, horror flashing through them. Although he was still at the Qi Refining Third Layer, the abundance of true essence within him was no less than that of someone at the Qi Refining Seventh Stage.

"As expected of the Nine Heavens Thunder Virtue Universal Transformation Art, a formidable cultivation art that governs heavenly tribulations. At the Qi Refining Third Layer, it grants true essence no weaker than the Qi Refining Seventh Stage. Wouldn't that make me invincible among those of the same realm?"

Chen Xiao swallowed. At that moment, an unprecedented confidence rose within him.

With such a heaven-defying cultivation art, what could a mere Nangong Clan do? As long as he could reach the Orange Cloud Realm and control the tribulation that cultivators faced when ascending to heaven, then his grandfather would have a one hundred percent chance of passing his tribulation without mishap!

As long as Chen Fengyang did not die, the Chen Clan would remain as steady as a mountain, at least for the near future. He would also gain more time to improve his strength.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao no longer hesitated. He entered meditation again and continued cultivating.

But at that moment, his mind stirred, and an intent of summons rose from within his heart.

"Hm? Another demon beast is undergoing tribulation to transform..."

Chen Xiao frowned and could not help but smile bitterly. He had just planned to cultivate properly, yet news of a demon beast undergoing transformation tribulation had arrived.

Sure enough, gaining power also meant shouldering responsibility. But the world was so vast—how many demon beasts were there that underwent tribulation to transform? If he had to preside over every one of their transformation tribulations, would he not be worked to death?

Suddenly, Chen Xiao's dantian stirred. A nine-colored light flashed, and the summoning intent disappeared.

Only then did Chen Xiao notice that a golden book had appeared within his dantian.

Thunder Virtue Heavenly Book!

The first page of the Thunder Virtue Heavenly Book had already opened. That page was the Tribulation of Spirit-Object Transformation, and countless densely packed names filled it. They were all names of demon beasts that had entered the Transformation Stage and were about to undergo tribulation, or were already undergoing it.

A trace of realization arose in Chen Xiao's mind.

So it turned out that in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the tribulations of all living beings were governed by this Thunder Virtue Heavenly Book. Somehow, he had made this book recognize him as its master, thereby indirectly gaining the power to control heavenly tribulations.

If he wished, he could forcibly interfere with heavenly tribulations, even erase them. If he did not wish to, then everything concerning heavenly tribulations would still be controlled by this heavenly book.

Even the Nine Heavens Thunder Virtue Universal Transformation Art was an innate cultivation art derived from this heavenly book—the supreme art of thunder tribulations!

"Very good. Very powerful..."

Chen Xiao swallowed. Other than those five words, he truly could not find any language to describe his feelings at that moment. Not only had he been reborn, but a huge pie had fallen from the heavens and smashed right onto his head.

Moreover, the Thunder Virtue Heavenly Book not only recorded the names of demon beasts at the Transformation Stage, but also contained much knowledge concerning thunder tribulations and the use of lightning.

This delighted Chen Xiao beyond measure. How could acquired cultivation arts compare with innate spells?

Without further concern for anything else, Chen Xiao immediately entered meditation and continued cultivating. For now, he would not consider anything else. Raising his strength was the most important matter.

Before absolute strength, all schemes and tricks were useless.

This meditation session of Chen Xiao's lasted three days and three nights. During that time, his father, Chen Tiannan, came in a rage more than once. Yet every time he arrived, he saw Chen Xiao sitting properly on **, faint true essence fluctuations emanating from his body, and an gratified smile could not help appearing on his face.

In the end, he personally sat outside the door to guard Chen Xiao. Throughout this time, even when Chen Xiao's mother, Su Mulan, came, he mercilessly stopped her.

What a joke. His youngest son had finally managed to settle down and cultivate. How could he let them disturb him? Even if the Heavenly King himself came, this city lord would not allow anyone to enter and interrupt him.

During these three days, Chen Tiannan simply handed all affairs of Moon-Gazing City over to his eldest and second sons.