As Li Yan's left palm contended with the lightning Heavenly Tribulation, sizzling sounds erupted.
As he threw his punch, the five fingers of his left hand suddenly curled inward. Though his palm seemed so tiny compared to the enormous pillar of lightning—
With that grasp of his fingers, the massive lightning pillar let out a mournful cry, transformed into specks of starlight, and shattered inch by inch...
Wei Zhongran and Mo Qing, hovering in the air, were not overly surprised that Li Yan had so easily neutralized two Heavenly Tribulations.
The Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation consisted of eighty-one strikes, divided into seven stages: Lightning Tribulation, Heavenly Thunder Tribulation, Rain Tribulation, Wind Tribulation, Red Cloud Tribulation, Heart Demon Tribulation, and Heaven and Earth Tribulation.
Each of the first six stages contained thirteen attacks, each fiercer than the last.
Their numbers were not fixed either. Sometimes only one would descend, while at other times several would arrive together. Yet no more than three Heavenly Tribulations would strike at once.
"One gave rise to two, two gave rise to three, and three gave rise to all things." Such was the principle, and such was one of the laws of the Heavenly Dao.
The seventh and final stage contained only three Heavenly Tribulations—the "Heaven and Earth Tribulation" that made all False Nascent Soul cultivators blanch at the mere mention of it.
If fewer than one in ten cultivators could pass through the first six stages, then those who could survive the final "Heaven and Earth Tribulation" were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
Thus, Li Yan's easy reception of the first few Heavenly Tribulations had been entirely expected. If even these strikes taxed him greatly, then there was basically no hope for him.
Yet some Golden Core Realm cultivators in the distance