Xing Ming had not only experienced the Golden Core Realm Heavenly Tribulation himself, but had also stood guard for Lin Xinghe during his tribulation. At the same time, he had witnessed several others form their Golden Cores.
Even so, he could be considered highly experienced, yet he had never seen a true body cultivator form a Golden Core.
When facing the Heavenly Tribulation, they did everything possible to keep it from touching their physical bodies. Of course, once the tribulation was shattered, the strange power that spread out and struck the flesh was unavoidable.
But under such circumstances, far less of the Heavenly Tribulation's strange power could reach them, allowing them to devote more energy to dealing with it.
Toward the end, when their spiritual power could no longer handle the situation, they would bring out magical treasures, talismans, and all manner of items meant to withstand the Heavenly Tribulation.
They would prepare at least one or two types of defensive magical treasures, formations, or even turtle-shell heavenly materials and earthly treasures from rare species.
Their elders had told them as early as the Foundation Establishment Realm to gather and prepare as many such defensive treasures as possible. Each extra measure of protection gave them another shred of hope of surviving the Golden Core Realm tribulation.
In truth, there were even more cultivators on the Lost Continent who followed the path of body cultivation, especially among the Devil Race.
However, when cultivators of those races formed Golden Cores, how could they allow strangers to observe? Even with Xing Ming's status, he had only witnessed it four times, and all of them had been humans.
Although he had expected Zhang Ming's method of resisting the Heavenly Tribulation today, the man had relied on his physical body throughout, without once producing a