If the other three cities all had this kind of sealing formation, then there was really no need for an obscuring illusion array, was there? Unless Pill Fragrance City held unique value and status in the eyes of the formation's creator.
"Her opening tribulation lightning is already rather dangerous."
Wushan gave a soft snort. "Can't you at least wish her well? If she succeeds now, we won't have to worry about the safety of Pill Fragrance City's citizens."
Cheng Wei had always been a dragon who spoke the plain truth. "Unfortunately, I have eyes. There's no point in deceiving myself."
People underwent Foundation Establishment Tribulations every day across the continent, but Body Integration Tribulations were exceedingly rare. Since tribulation lightning was usually too grand and thunderous, venerables at the peak of Spirit Transformation would find a place to undergo tribulation beforehand, generally some uninhabited open expanse. It was indeed rare to undergo tribulation directly within a city like this.
Many people had not even realized that someone was undergoing a Body Integration Tribulation.
Cultivators began facing tribulation lightning from the Golden Core stage onward. Golden Core generally meant three bolts of lightning, Nascent Soul six, and Spirit Transformation nine. Above that, Body Integration had a full three nines—twenty-seven bolts. The higher Tribulation Transcendence Realm had six nines—fifty-four bolts. As for the legendary ascension tribulation, one had to endure nine nines—eighty-one bolts of tribulation lightning striking one's body—to shed mortal bones and attain the body of an immortal.
But the last recorded successful ascension had been a very, very long time ago. Even six-nine tribulations were rarely seen. It was only when the tenth bolt appeared that many people realized a peak Spirit Transformation cultivator was undergoing tribulation.
When everyone realized this, whether inside or outside the city, they held their