Ji Zining stood up and glanced around, looking somewhat surprised.
Where had everyone gone?
Why was she the only one left on the raised platform?
Just then, a figure appeared out of thin air beside Ji Zining, his face full of excitement.
"Blessed with half the power of providence-this truly sets a precedent in the True Martial Dao Domain!"
"Young friend, welcome to the Ziwei Holy Land!"
Ji Zining jumped in fright and stepped back twice.
"Senior, why are you acting so jumpy?"
The newcomer was none other than Li Changsheng, who looked like a white-haired young man.
But the Li Changsheng before her now was completely different from the one she had seen before.
When Li Changsheng looked at her now, there was something more in his eyes.
Was that hope?
Ji Zining shook her head, unable to make sense of it.
She had indeed just heard a voice say that she had been granted half the power of the True Martial Dao Domain's providence.
She knew about providence. It was intangible and elusive, something that could be classified as luck, yet it was more exalted than luck and profoundly mysterious.
But in the end, it was only something that provided assistance. True opportunities and cultivation still depended on the cultivator.
With the blessing of half the True Martial Dao Domain's providence, her future cultivation would go much more smoothly, and she could avoid certain dangers.
Of course, that was all.
But why was this old man looking at her as though he had seen his savior?
The power of providence couldn't be turned directly into strength.
As for shock, Ji Zining wasn't shocked in the slightest.
She even had a Sign-In System, so what was there to be shocked about?
She had set her sights on becoming the strongest person in the True Martial Dao Domain!
Suddenly, Ji Zining's expression changed, and she looked up at the sky.
Above her, black tribulation clouds were gathering incessantly.
Within the black clouds, terrifying purple lightning churned without cease, sending peals of thunder rumbling through the air.
Rumble!
Rumble!
At the sight, the corners of Ji Zining's lips involuntarily lifted.
Breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm naturally required undergoing a tribulation.
The Nascent Soul Realm's heavenly tribulation was the Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, a level higher than the Golden Core Realm's Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation!
The Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation consisted of four times nine, thirty-six bolts in all. Those who survived it would become true Nascent Soul Realm cultivators!
Ji Zining was somewhat delighted because the Divine Rank Upper Grade body-tempering cultivation technique she had just obtained by signing in, the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Body, was about to come in handy.
Last time, she had wasted the lightning energy of the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation's tribulation lightning. This time, she couldn't let it go to waste again!
This time, she had to turn the tribulation lightning's lightning energy into physical strength and combat power!
Ji Zining looked away and cupped her hands slightly toward Li Changsheng.
"Senior, whatever it is, we can talk about it later. I'll go undergo my tribulation first!"
Li Changsheng also came back to his senses and nodded slightly.
"Go ahead. We'll talk afterward."
Ji Zining nodded, planted a foot against the ground, and soared straight into the air.
The cultivators who had been standing in a daze came back to their senses at the sound of rolling tribulation lightning and turned their gazes toward Ji Zining, who had appeared in the sky.
Not long ago, her cultivation had still been at the Golden Core Realm Sixth Stage, yet in such a short time, she had already reached the Nascent Soul Realm Seventh Stage.
Such a terrifying rate of improvement was truly enviable!
What they found even more unbelievable was that, despite her cultivation rising so quickly,
her cultivation's presence showed no sign of instability, and her foundation was incomparably solid.
In their eyes, the Nascent Soul Realm's Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation was no longer important. For a monstrous genius like her, no matter how terrifying a heavenly tribulation was, it was merely a transition.
Up in the sky.
Ji Zining looked up at the tribulation clouds overhead and smiled softly.
"Come on, let me see what you're made of."
As though responding to Ji Zining, the gathering tribulation lightning suddenly descended.
Boom!
Amid the thunderous roar, the tribulation lightning crossed the intervening space and came within a zhang of Ji Zining.
Ji Zining's gaze sharpened. She clenched her hand into a fist, spiritual power surging as she prepared to throw a punch.
But in the next instant, Ji Zining's expression turned to surprise.
She had discovered that the terrifying might within the tribulation lightning had vanished!
That was right-it had simply vanished!
The moment the tribulation lightning came within a zhang of her, all its might dissipated, leaving behind only the purest lightning energy.
Under Ji Zining's bewildered, astonished gaze, the lightning energy landed on her body of its own accord.
Then the lightning energy coursed around her body, tempering it.
This turn of events left Ji Zining completely at a loss.
During her Golden Core Realm heavenly tribulation, hadn't the tribulation lightning struck her with particular enthusiasm?
Why had it now taken the initiative to turn into lightning energy and deliver itself right to her door?
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
While Ji Zining was still somewhat bewildered, three more bolts of tribulation lightning, carrying terrifying might, fell from the black clouds.
Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, they dissipated all their might as soon as they came within a zhang of Ji Zining, turning into pure lightning energy.
As though in a hurry to be reincarnated, the lightning energy headed straight for Ji Zining the moment it appeared, tempering her body.
At this point, Ji Zining began to understand.
The reason the tribulation lightning was throwing itself into her arms like this was probably connected to the blessing of half the True Martial Dao Domain's providence that she had just received.
She hadn't expected the blessing of providence to have such a wonderful use.
Smiling in amusement, Ji Zining sat cross-legged in the sky and circulated the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Body, actively refining the lightning energy.
Since you're delivering yourself to my door, it would be impolite to refuse!
As she refined it, the presence of Ji Zining's physical body steadily grew stronger.
While Ji Zining refined the lightning energy, tribulation lightning continued to fall, replenishing the lightning energy available for her to refine.
Below.
The many cultivators, who had just begun to recover their composure, were bewildered once more.
Was she really undergoing a tribulation?
Wasn't undergoing a tribulation supposed to mean being struck by lightning?
What was with it throwing itself into her arms now?
They knew Ji Zining could survive the Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, but surely surviving it wasn't supposed to look like this?!