Heavenly Tribulation.
Fine rain pattered, and wind and thunder howled.
Outside, it was dim, but the hall blazed with light. Silver-black thunder poured forth unceasingly, majestic and uncanny.
Xu Xuan was writing a scripture, compiling thunder arts and expounding the myriad mysteries of the five phases, particularly how to cultivate a primordial heaven primordial spirit through [Thunder-Grasping Formation]. Now he concluded his work and looked over the scripture.
[Essentials of Primordial Heaven Cultivation]
It had taken him only a day to write this scripture, recording his insights into the five phases and thunder arts. Its written contents were limited to the Purple Mansion realm; the remaining, more profound insights had been condensed into a spark of lightning, to be passed on from mind to mind.
Xu Xuan put away his paper and brush and looked outside. The skies had cleared, rainbow radiance spanned the heavens, and gleaming raindrops fell one by one from the eaves.
Wen Si'an had returned earlier and paid respects at their master's grave with Xu Xuan. Now she had gone into seclusion to cultivate.
The path of "gui water" had many transformations. It lost the clear and turbid and entered feather tone, so [Clear Rainfall] and [Hate-Turbid Birth] could not be cultivated together. Moreover, [Gathering Plume] could not attain its proper nature, making it difficult to cultivate as well.
The only one that could truly be cultivated without concern was [Immortal-Inheriting Dew].
Gui water's so-called loss of the clear and turbid meant that the two could not be cultivated together and could hardly coexist. Either clear rain washed the turbid pool clean, or the turbid pool fouled all the clear rain. Only one could be chosen.
Xu Xuan's attainment had now reached an entirely different level, and he had begun to discern something of the Primordial