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#661 - Thunder tribulation and heavenly punishment!

On the other side, as Liang Yue shattered his core to create a tree, breaking free from his own shackles and beginning to draw energy from other dimensions and planes, triggering a heavenly tribulation, both Stark and Meng Xiaoyu, who were wandering around on this planet, sensed something.

Using the convenience of various electronic devices, almost simultaneously, the two began to converge towards the outer edges of the tribulation zone, and after a moment, they met up.

Liang Yue had already instructed them about the taboos regarding heavenly tribulations before they separated, so unless they did it on purpose, the two of them wouldn't be foolish enough to rush in headfirst.

However, they were just as curious about the phenomenon of heavenly tribulation itself as the cultivators in the Xianxia world.

Therefore, with the technological assistance of the AI Xiaowu, the two of them began to observe the celestial phenomenon before them.

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"It's amazing! Because of the human body's own energy intensity, and the improvement of that ~ realm, it can actually trigger such a grand celestial phenomenon. What exactly is the principle behind the generation of this heavenly tribulation?"

"According to some rumors, heavenly tribulation is a test by the great will upon the cultivators of the world. Heaven and earth originally do not allow the species of the world to break through the natural limits of the species. All behaviors that break through their own shackles.

Forcibly elevating the level of life are acts against the heavens. In response to this behavior, that will will send down corresponding tests and punishments, and thunder tribulation is just one of them."

"You are also a scientific worker, although you are still a bit inexperienced, but you actually believe in theology?"

"We Chinese people generally don't believe in theology very much. The emergence of the cultivator group is the best proof. We believe that man can conquer nature through his own efforts and correct methods.

People can also obtain powerful strength and a long lifespan. On this point, there is an essential difference between you and us. Your understanding of God seems to only value the inheritance of bloodlines."

"Okay… that might be the reason why a certain will sends down heavenly tribulation. If people want to become gods, they need to receive corresponding tests. Regarding this point, I haven't really seen it in other myths and legends.

Our method of becoming Them is probably just to receive God's grace, blessings, or find a way to become Their offspring, but only you Chinese cultivators have to be struck by thunder tribulation like this."

"Boom!!!"

At this moment, just as Stark and Meng Xiaoyu were chatting idly in the cockpit, a huge thunderous sound suddenly rang out from afar.

Even across a distance of hundreds of miles, the two could still feel a faint sense of tremor in the air.

Through Xiaowu's panoramic sand table, they saw the shocking scene at the very center of the thunder tribulation.

They saw that above the sky at a vertical distance of nearly a thousand meters, within a special cloud depression, there was a bolt of lightning connecting to the thick clouds above and reaching down to the earth.

This thunderbolt appeared exceptionally solid and straight, unlike ordinary lightning that forks and bends. It was seven or eight meters thick and glowed with a dazzling, incandescent light!

The powerful energy flow went straight through the heavens and the earth, instantly blasting a deep pit into the tall and upright peak below.

A crack began to spread from the top of the peak and went straight down to the waist of the mountain!

But looking at Liang Yue himself, after the thunder, he still floated quietly in the air.

His expression was calm, his eyes were half-open, and he looked as steady as an old dog, without even a bit of damage to the corners of his clothes.

Around his body, an invisible lotus of Qi absorption seemed fragile and ethereal, but it was still safe and sound in the previous thunder, and continued to maintain its operation.

A large amount of thunder tribulation power was being absorbed by this lotus, and then quickly transformed and circulated, following a complex and harmonious pattern, and finally absorbed into Liang Yue's body in large quantities.

For a time, the incandescent white heavenly tribulation thunder power almost dyed the entire lotus.

"What's going on? He's absorbing the power of that thunder tribulation?"

"In my understanding, there are many ways for cultivators to overcome tribulation. They can use magic weapons to resist, confront with techniques, or use various alternative methods to cleverly avoid the disaster.

The best of these is to use the body to directly receive the thunder tribulation, treating it as nourishment for body tempering, or like him, turning the power of thunder tribulation into nourishment to nourish himself.

I never thought he would be so powerful!"

"From what you said, have you encountered this kind of thing before?"

"There have been sporadic records in some ancient books, but this is the first time I've actually seen it with my own eyes."

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"Boom~! !"

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"Boom~! ! !"

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"Crack! !~!"

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Liang Yue's heavenly tribulation came quickly and went quickly.

In the end, it only took three or four hours in total for the nine thunder tribulations to strike.

When the ninth thunder tribulation fell, Liang Yue, who had been waiting for the opportunity, instantly shook his body, soared into the sky, and plunged into the eye of the heavenly tribulation with lightning speed!

Relying on the mysterious effect of the Qi-absorbing lotus, with all his strength, he completely absorbed all the tribulation clouds within a radius of dozens of miles around the eye of the thunder tribulation in just a few breaths.

He discarded the dross and extracted the most essential thunder tribulation power and fragments of laws, which were then absorbed into the small heavenly tribulation in Liang Yue's body.

The whole process was exceptionally smooth.

The vast will that originally followed the heavenly tribulation left directly after the ninth thunder tribulation was completed, so fast that Liang Yue couldn't catch up even after rising hundreds of meters into the sky.

In short, Liang Yue's Nascent Soul Stage thunder tribulation was completed just like that, smoothly, without any surprises or dangers~

In the process, not only did it not cause him any damage or consumption, but it was like replenishing nutrients for him, greatly accelerating the consolidation of his power realm in the early Nascent Soul stage.

The addition of massive thunder tribulation power also greatly filled Liang Yue's originally thirsty dantian and body, and every cell shared some wonderful benefits in this process.

Moreover, the thunder tribulation power seemed to be rich in some unclear vitality, which tempered Liang Yue's spirit and magic power, and even strengthened his physical strength to a considerable extent.

Of course, most importantly, Liang Yue had killed countless enemies in multiple trial worlds, and even experienced the entire World War II in the previous DC world.

In this process, millions of lives died at his hands, although he himself has always been clear-conscienced about this and doesn't feel anything.

But invisibly, some resentment and karma still found him.

In secret, those countries with ulterior motives probably didn't use some mysterious powers to cast some curses on him.

The strike of the thunder tribulation and heavenly punishment helped him purify these filth and complex resentments.

In addition, the small heavenly tribulation thundercloud that Liang Yue accidentally absorbed into his body during the last Core Formation thunder tribulation was also equivalent to a strong layer of protection.

Regardless of its own power, or what kind of combat support it can bring to Liang Yue, at least for the expulsion and purification of those such as karma, curses, and resentments, the effect can definitely be regarded as a targeted medicine!

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After the heavenly tribulation ended, Liang Yue did not immediately get up and leave, but continued to float in place to consolidate his cultivation, opening the Qi-absorbing lotus to absorb various heaven and earth vitality from the endless plane world to consolidate his cultivation.

Only after a full seven days and nights did he reluctantly break away from the cultivation state.

It's not that this guy can't continue to cultivate, or that the number of cycles has reached completion, etc. When the cultivation realm reaches the current level, Liang Yue has already broken away from the shackles of ordinary cultivators.

It's just that the method of creation of this Qi absorption is indeed too mysterious, and the heaven and earth vitality directly drawn from other dimensions is also mostly wonderfully effective, and the energy level is really not low.

As a result, in just a few days, Liang Yue's cultivation has once again advanced to the peak stage of the early Nascent Soul stage.

In order to avoid the situation where the cultivation is unstable and the Dao foundation is weak due to the too fast progress, Liang Yue decided to slow down for the time being and settle down.

Go to a dungeon, or expand the research on the body refining technique corresponding to the Nascent Soul stage, or something.

As the old saying goes, haste makes waste~

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