"Tonight?!" Yan Chuan thought he must be hallucinating.

Ascending to the Divinity Transformation Stage, was he supposed to ascend just like that today?

He had prepared to ascend to the Divinity Transformation Stage within the next twenty years.

Step back a bit, to ascend to the Divinity Transformation Stage one must Pass Thunder Tribulation, and for that, many contingencies must be prepared with no room for negligence.

Helping someone ascend to the Divinity Transformation Stage, especially those in the Half-Step Divinity Transformation, was fairly simple for Lu Yang, a matter of just a single Elixir.

Immortal Disciples prioritized their own Cultivation Realm and at most, they used Elixirs as a supplement.

Elixirs, after all, are external aids; power gained through reliance on them tends to have flaws and is not beneficial for future Cultivation.

It was different for Yan Chuan. As a Loose Cultivator, being able to reach the Nascent Soul Stage was already extremely fortunate. To reach the Nascent Soul Stage, he had switched through countless Cultivation techniques, leading to a chaotic vital energy, making it difficult to further his Realm.

Consuming Elixirs could actually help him purify and organize his vital energy.

"Senior Brother Lu, do you have an Elixir that can help someone breakthrough to the Divinity Transformation Stage?" Tao Yaoye asked. If they were at the Refining Pill peak, such Elixirs would be plentiful, but this was the East Sea, who would carry Elixirs they didn’t need themselves?

"Coincidentally, yes."

Lu Yang fumbled around in his Identity Jade, and took out a bottle of Elixirs.

The round Elixirs rolled out, making Yan Chuan’s eyes widen.

"Soul, Soul Condensing Pills?"

This was a precious Elixir with no set market price. He had seen it twice at auctions, where it fetched sky-high prices, and one of those times, a bidder was a disciple from the Yingzhou Islands.

Even disciples from the Yingzhou Islands had to obtain Soul Condensing Pills from the outside world, which showed how precious the Elixir was.

This Soul Condensing Pill came from the time when Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou went to the Demon Territory. The Third Senior Sister didn’t bring a gift to meet them, so she took Lu Yang and the others to raid the legacy of a certain Suan Ni, which she had slain when she first arrived in the Demon Territory. The legacy of that Suan Ni included a Soul Condensing Pill.

Lu Yang had never seen what the Thunder Tribulation of the Divinity Transformation Stage looked like and took this opportunity to broaden his horizons.

"It’s of no use to me, Yan Chuan, it’s yours." Lu Yang casually tossed the Soul Condensing Pill to Yan Chuan, with a gesture as casual as if he were throwing a sugar bean.

Yan Chuan caught the Soul Condensing Pill with both hands, treasuring it immensely.

"But, but I’m not ready to Pass Thunder Tribulation." The hope of ascending to the Divinity Transformation Stage was in his hands, but Yan Chuan knew his own limits. Being a common Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, he had a high probability of being killed by Thunder Tribulation without proper preparation.

"Oh right, I forgot Thunder Tribulation can actually kill people." Lu Yang just remembered a fact he had long neglected.

After thinking about the people he knew, Lu Yang finally recalled an example: "Speaking of which, the only person I know who was killed by Tribulation was Qin Haoran."

If Qin Haoran hadn’t died, there wouldn’t be a Li Haoran now.

"Fairy, do you have a solution?" After much thought, Lu Yang decided to ask for a strategy from the resourceful Fairy Eternity.

"To Pass Thunder Tribulation, the most important thing is to have confidence. As long as your confidence is strong enough, Thunder Tribulation is just a formality."

"Really? There’s such a theory?" Lu Yang wondered to himself when he had ever heard of this theory.

"At least when I Passed Tribulation, that’s how I did it, all the way up to the Immortal Tribulation."

Lu Yang: "..."

Was this really about confidence, or was it because you, Fairy, were simply too strong?

If he told this method to Yan Chuan, he was afraid that with full confidence, Yan Chuan would be struck dead by the Thunder Tribulation.

Since Fairy was unreliable, he had to rely on himself.

"Junior Brother Li, you have the most experience, do you have any methods?"

Li Haoran thought for a moment before saying, "Passing Tribulation is most importantly about relying on oneself. If there are others helping out, it will only increase the power of Thunder Tribulation. So when Yan Chuan Passes Thunder Tribulation, we cannot interfere."

"However, with Yan Chuan’s cultivation level, passing the Thunder Tribulation is indeed difficult. Therefore, you can attempt to use a magic artifact to resist the Thunder Tribulation; it’s just that using a magic artifact is not a good method, as it won’t have the effect of body tempering through the tribulation.

Once you reach the Divinity Transformation Stage, you’ll be inherently weaker than others."

"We should find a way to temporarily enhance Yan Chuan’s physical body."

At this moment, Meng Jingzhou had an idea, "How about this, Yan Chuan temporarily possesses me, taking control of my body to pass the Thunder Tribulation. This way, the soul will be tempered, while Yan Chuan can place his own corpse on top of my head, so the physical body is tempered as well."

"With both the soul and body tempered, once combined, it will be as if both have been refined."

Yan Chuan felt that this method wasn’t very reliable.

After discussing back and forth, they finally chose the most straightforward method—feeding elixirs.

The newly submitted storage ring contained elixirs that provide temporary bursts of power, all meant for use during the Divinity Transformation Stage—absolutely reliable. If Yan Chuan feels that he can’t get through it, just take one.

"Yan Chuan, relax and believe in yourself," Lu Yang had not forgotten Fairy Eternity’s way, as he encouraged Yan Chuan before he faced the tribulation.

"I will not let you down!"

Yan Chuan clasped his fists, his expression resolute. Now filled with unprecedented confidence, all five Immortal Sect disciples had done their utmost to help him; if he still lacked confidence, it would be inexcusable.

Yan Chuan went to the mountaintop and asked everyone to stay far away.

He first took a Soul Condensing Pill, and his foot that had been hesitantly hovering at the threshold of the Divinity Transformation Stage finally stepped over!

His entire body felt like it was ablaze, heating up from inside out.

Boom.

The clouds were dense, rolling incessantly like spilled ink. Amidst them, lightning flashed and thunder roared, dancing wildly like dragons and snakes, illuminating the entire night sky as if it were daylight.

"Come on!" Yan Chuan shouted loudly with a resolute as-if-throwing-caution-to-the-wind attitude.

An extremely fiery purple thunderbolt cleaved down from the clouds, unstoppable as if splitting bamboo, ferocious beyond compare, with the force to destroy everything, striking directly at Yan Chuan.

He saw his eyes slightly close, a low shout coming from his mouth as his hands formed seals. In an instant, a brilliant golden light surged around him, turning into a huge golden shield, and forcefully received this thunderbolt capable of destroying mountains.

The other two heroes witnessed this scene and were deeply moved. The power of the Thunder Tribulation was terrifying; could their senior brother really withstand it?

"This Thunder Tribulation doesn’t seem to be very strong, does it?" Man Gu telepathically remarked.

"The ordinary Thunder Tribulation at the Divinity Transformation Stage is just like this," Li Haoran explained. This tribulation was like a drizzle to them, but a great test for Yan Chuan.

As the thunderclouds churned, each subsequent thunderbolt was more powerful than the last, each one more terrifying. They seemed to crush both Yan Chuan’s will and physical body simultaneously, yet Yan Chuan did not take any elixirs; relying solely on his own cultivation level, he withstood the repeated purifications of the Thunder Tribulation.

After the Thunder Tribulation passed, the dark clouds dissipated.

Yan Chuan sat cross-legged on the mountain peak, his clothes tattered, and his hair singed, looking like a beggar.

He opened his eyes, feeling the power he had just gained, unable to contain his joy, and burst into hearty laughter.

He flew down from the mountain and bowed to Lu Yang and the others, "Thank you all for your help. I have no way to repay your great kindness and generosity!"

"Senior brother, you made it?!" Another hero’s voice trembled, hugging Yan Chuan, crying and laughing at the same time.

Yan Chuan couldn’t help but cry as well.

He had thought that his life would stagnate at the Nascent Soul Stage, with no hope for Spirit Transformation, but unexpectedly, with the help of Lu Yang and the others, he had ascended to the Divinity Transformation Stage without even taking the emergency elixirs!

Fairy Eternity was triumphant, not at all surprised, "How about that, didn’t I say that you could make it through on faith alone?"

Lu Yang was genuinely shocked; he hadn’t realized confidence could be so effective. Could it be that he could also pass the tribulation like this?

"With me around to protect you, you’ll surely have full confidence, and passing the tribulation won’t be a problem!"

Lu Yang’s unwavering confidence wavered.