Chapter 3631: Queueing to Survive the Tribulation

Overhead, dark clouds gathered, lightning flashed, and thunder roared, the might of Heaven and Earth shaking hearts.

Many people present had never experienced a Lightning Tribulation and watched everything before them with curiosity.

Gu Qingcheng's reaction remained calm; she furiously circulated the True Essence within her body, preparing for the Undergoing Tribulation.

“Rumble…”

Thunder rumbled, and a thick bolt of lightning struck down from the sky.

Gu Qingcheng took a deep breath and threw a punch, directly confronting the lightning bolt.

She was now at the Peak of the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, and this punch carried the power to destroy Heaven and Earth, clashing head-on with the lightning bolt.

Boom…

The lightning dissipated, and Gu Qingcheng was also shaken back three or four steps.

The first Lightning Tribulation was blocked, but she was left with her Qi and blood churning.

Following closely were the second, third, and fourth Lightning Tribulations…

The lightning bolts came one after another, the number of Heavenly Lightning descending increased, and their power grew stronger, threatening to annihilate both body and spirit if one was not careful.

Xuanyuan Zhantian and Lady Fanghua watched this scene, both feeling quite emotional.

They had been in a similar situation back then; although they fought with all their might, they ultimately perished under the Heavenly Lightning.

It wasn't just them; even in the entire Cultivation World, only one out of ten Cultivators Undergoing Tribulation survived, with the vast majority perishing under the Heavenly Lightning.

The surrounding crowd watched, dumbfounded and extremely nervous, their hearts in their throats, sweating for Gu Qingcheng.

However, Ye Bufan had already instructed that the crucial principle of Undergoing Tribulation was that others could not participate, otherwise, it would only be counterproductive.

After receiving the fourth Lightning Tribulation, Gu Qingcheng was panting and disheveled, already feeling a sense of powerlessness.

“Hold on, don’t relax!”

Ye Bufan’s voice rang in her ears; she took a deep breath, calmed her churning Qi and blood, and furiously circulated her True Essence to recover her strength.

Then, the fifth Lightning Tribulation descended, with five thick lightning bolts surrounding her.

“Break for me!”

Gu Qingcheng used all her strength, throwing punch after punch.

Although she ultimately withstood the five lightning bolts, she coughed up a large mouthful of fresh blood, clearly indicating she was severely injured.

The Lightning Tribulation in mid-air, however, gave her no time to rest; thunder rolled again, and the sixth Lightning Tribulation descended.

Normally, the Dao of Cultivation is a Heaven-Defying path; the Heavenly Dao will not give you so many chances; only the strong can last until the end.

Seeing six thick lightning bolts descend, each more powerful than the last.

Gu Qingcheng, following Ye Bufan’s instructions, held the Fallen Thunder Gourd in her left hand, and her longsword in her right hand went to meet them.

Sword light flashed, forcefully splitting three lightning bolts, but the remaining ones were impossible to resist.

However, when the lightning bolts descended, they were immediately subjected to an immense attraction, instantly absorbed into the Fallen Thunder Gourd, causing no damage whatsoever.

The Divine Artifact for cheating was not called that for nothing, and moreover, the Fallen Thunder Gourd had now reached the Rank of a Low Grade Immortal Artifact.

Even in the Immortal Realm, it was a rare treasure, and dealing with this kind of Ascension Lightning Tribulation was simply effortless.

According to Ye Bufan’s conjecture, Gu Qingcheng was likely undergoing a Six-fold Lightning Tribulation.

Indeed, after the sixth lightning bolt descended, the tribulation clouds in mid-air let out an unwilling roar, then slowly dispersed.

Subsequently, a seven-colored immortal spirit cloud landed on Gu Qingcheng, and her previous injuries instantly healed completely.

Immediately after, a huge suction force came from mid-air, directly pulling her upwards.

Knowing that she had successfully Undergone Tribulation, Gu Qingcheng was filled with excitement.

“Xiao Fan, I’m going first!”

Ye Bufan nodded: “Don’t worry, I’ve already made arrangements up there; no matter where you go, just follow my instructions.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Qingcheng had already disappeared from mid-air, Ascending to the Immortal Realm.

“Who’s next?”

Ye Bufan turned to look behind him, and Nalan Yujia flashed out.

“I’ll go!”

Under everyone’s gaze, she began the second Undergoing Tribulation.

As her Aura was released, the tribulation clouds that had just dispersed gathered again, and the Lightning Tribulation descended once more.

Nalan Yujia had Cultivated for many years, and her actual combat power was the strongest among them; she faced the Heavenly Tribulation in the same manner.

Six consecutive Lightning Tribulations descended, and she remained completely unharmed, calmly receiving them.

But what was unexpected was that the Lightning Tribulation did not end there; the seventh Lightning Tribulation descended again, and the number of Heavenly Lightning directly doubled from six to twelve.

The surrounding crowd all changed slightly in expression, somewhat surprised that Nalan Yujia was facing a Nine-fold Lightning Tribulation.

Ye Bufan, however, looked calm; all of this was within his expectations.

His women were originally all exceptionally talented, and with the nourishment of Chaos Qi, their Aptitude was continuously improving; it was entirely reasonable for someone to undergo a Nine-fold Lightning Tribulation.

Nalan Yujia's performance was also truly eye-catching; she forcefully withstood twelve lightning bolts, then spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood.

It was clear that having grown up in the Cultivation World and possessing countless combat experiences, her combat strength was still much greater than Gu Qingcheng's.

Immediately after, the eighth Lightning Tribulation descended, and the Heavenly Lightning instantly transformed into twenty-four bolts, which she could not possibly withstand no matter what.

If it were an ordinary person, they would probably have perished then and there.

This was also why only one out of ten survived under the Heavenly Tribulation; for Cultivators with stronger abilities and better Aptitude, the Heavenly Dao brought down even more powerful Lightning Tribulations.

Fortunately, Nalan Yujia held a Divine Artifact for cheating; the Fallen Thunder Gourd directly absorbed fourteen bolts of tribulation lightning, and she endured the remaining ten.

The remaining ninth Lightning Tribulation was also without major incident; although forty-eight bolts of tribulation lightning descended, with the Fallen Thunder Gourd present, they posed no threat whatsoever.

After successfully Undergoing Tribulation, the immortal spirit cloud descended, and then Nalan Yujia also Ascended to the Immortal Realm.

Immediately following was the third, Lu Xueman, the fourth, Hu Yaoyao, the fifth, Wang Xuening…

In short, this Undergoing Tribulation formed a continuous line, with one person after another constantly Ascending upwards.

On the shore a hundred miles away, countless people gathered, watching the distant dark clouds and lightning, completely unaware of what was happening.

Many people kept lamenting the unpredictability of the weather; it was sunny and pleasant here, but why was it constantly thundering over there?

Ye Bufan slowly noticed something amiss; at first, the weather was extremely fierce, and the lightning was incredibly violent.

But after Wang Xuening’s Undergoing Tribulation, he found that the subsequent Lightning Tribulations seemed to be getting weaker and much feebler than before.

He thought for a moment, and a smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Whether it was the Lightning Tribulation or Heavenly Lightning, these all required energy for support.

Generally speaking, if given a breathing space, they could slowly gather again.

But with his group Undergoing Tribulation in a queue, the Heavenly Tribulation simply had no time to rest, so it was reasonable for it to get weaker and weaker.

In fact, this was indeed the case; a situation like nineteen people queuing for Undergoing Tribulation was absolutely the first time in history.

As time passed, the Heavenly Tribulation did indeed become weaker and weaker; soon, all sixteen women Ascended to the Immortal Realm, and the seventeenth was Ye Tian.

If it were before, he was a Heavenly Corpse, and the Heavenly Tribulation would have been even more severe.

But now he had Cultivated into a Celestial Demon Body, considered a dark-element Cultivator, and there wasn't too much difference.

Ye Bufan took out a black Medicinal Pill and presented it to Ye Tian; this was dark energy extracted by the Demon Refining Bottle from Jacqueline's forbidden spell, extremely pure, and suitable for any dark Cultivator.

After Ye Tian took the Medicinal Pill and consumed it, his Aura rapidly surged, and he instantly Broke Through to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

The Lightning Tribulation that had just dissipated in mid-air gathered again, and the Heavenly Tribulation descended.