"Fairy, do you know what’s happening?" Lu Yang asked the Ancient Immortal, clearly anxious.

Fairy Eternity shook her head like a rattle-drum, "I don’t know. I didn’t go through the Heavenly Tribulation when I reached the Spirit Transformation stage."

Lu Yang remembered that during the Ancient Times, one didn’t need to traverse the Heavenly Tribulation when breaking through from the Nascent Soul Stage to the Spirit Transformation Stage. It was only after the Yingtian Immortal ascended that such a requirement was added.

Damn Yingtian Immortal, can’t you do something good?

According to the Yingtian Immortal’s theory, subjecting Cultivators to the Heavenly Tribulation was a test of their steadfastness in the Dao. If one could withstand the tribulation, they would gain immense benefits.

Lu Yang looked up at the oppressive sky, where lightning flashed intermittently, hidden yet ready to strike, as though gathering strength.

Lu Yang felt whether he could survive the Heavenly Tribulation wasn’t much related to the steadfastness of his Dao heart.

Mainly, it was a matter of whether his luck was strong enough.

...

"Strange, what kind of Heavenly Tribulation has Junior Brother Lu Yang brought upon himself?" a Void Refinement Stage Senior Brother pondered with a frown. He’d never heard of a Thunder Tribulation that started with Xuanyu Divine Thunder clearing the field.

They stood on other peaks far from Sky Gate Mountain, with the Xuanyu Divine Thunder appearing and disappearing around it, making it impossible for them to see clearly what was happening at the center of the tribulation.

"Even Eldest Senior Sister had never faced anything like this during her number one-ranked Three Pure Heavens Thunder Tribulation."

"An unprecedented Heavenly Tribulation, could it be that Junior Brother Lu Yang has drawn upon one that has never occurred before?"

"A brand new Heavenly Tribulation?"

"It’s not necessarily new, it could also be a tribulation someone has faced before but didn’t survive, failing to leave a record in history!"

𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Whichever the case, it was enough to indicate that the Heavenly Tribulation facing Lu Yang would be exceptionally terrifying!

"Look quickly, the real Thunder Tribulation has appeared!" Junior Brothers and Sisters shouted as they pointed towards Sky Gate Mountain.

"It really is an unseen Thunder Tribulation!" the Void Refinement Stage Senior Brother confirmed decisively. Even from so far away, they could feel the slight tingling of electricity in the air and the trembling of space, hardly able to imagine what Lu Yang at the center was experiencing.

"Is it an illusion, or does this feel even stronger than the Three Pure Heavens Thunder Tribulation?"

Eldest Senior Sister sensed the anomaly at Sky Gate Mountain, left Captive Peak, and stood at the summit of Elixir Cauldron Peak, gazing towards Sky Gate Mountain with a slight furrow of her brow.

...

Crack—

Azure-purple thunder descended, resplendent as the falling sun, too glaring to look at directly.

This was a Divine Thunder that had never appeared in history!

The moment the Divine Thunder appeared, Lu Yang’s hair stood on end as he sensed extreme danger; this was definitely not something he could withstand alone!

"Invincible Nascent Soul!"

The Invincible Nascent Soul appeared with a serious Little Face, showing no intention of fleeing, and faced the Divine Thunder alongside Lu Yang!

Ordinary Cultivators would never dare to use their Nascent Soul to share the pressure of the Thunder Tribulation. Nascent Souls are fragile, and the slightest mishap could annihilate them within the tribulation. How then to transform the Nascent Soul into the primordial spirit?

But the Invincible Nascent Soul was different. Lu Yang had long experienced its might; sustaining half of the Thunder Tribulation’s pressure wouldn’t harm it.

Moreover, the fact that the Invincible Nascent Soul did not flee showed that it could withstand it!

Lu Yang had tested it; after defeating the Invincible Nascent Soul, it would still think to flee when in danger, but he could control the Invincible Nascent Soul not to run.

The azure-purple Divine Thunder split into two, striking Lu Yang and the Invincible Nascent Soul respectively. Lu Yang gritted his teeth, countering with the raw power of his physical body, suffering excruciating pain, his clothes shredding, and flesh tearing open. He felt as if his bones and blood were tingling, soaked in the electricity.

Boom— Boom— Boom—

The azure-purple Divine Thunder struck incessantly, enveloping the whole Sky Gate Mountain, shaking it slightly.

This was the might of heaven, not something any mountain could stand against.

"Strange, this Heavenly Tribulation looks like the Invincible Divine Thunder," Fairy Eternity muttered softly in the Spiritual Space.

Even if the muttering was very quiet, Lu Yang could still hear it clearly.

"What’s called Invincible Divine Thunder?"

Taking advantage of the break between the thunders, Lu Yang quickly took an elixir to allow both himself and the Invincible Nascent Soul to recover rapidly.

"It’s said that when Ying Tian Immortal created the Thunder Tribulation, he wanted to make a type that only cultivators with an Invincible Nascent Soul could overcome, and no one else would be able to. He asked Immortal for some advice."

"Fairy, what did you say at that time?"

"Immortal said the more powerful, the better."

Lu Yang: "..."

Fairy, could you leave me a way out?

No wonder this Thunder Tribulation has never appeared before; turns out it’s specifically to strike those with Invincible Nascent Souls!

Ying Tian Immortal, if you have a problem with the Invincible Nascent Soul, take it up with Fairy Eternity. Why bully me - what kind of skill is that?

"So, what’s the name of this Thunder Tribulation?"

"Ying Tian Immortal calls it ’Supreme Gold Pavilion Divine Thunder of the Opened Heavens.’ At the time, Immortal said the name was too long to remember, and suggested calling it Invincible Divine Thunder instead, which was simple, pleasant to hear, and easy to pronounce."

After nine waves of Divine Thunder, Lu Yang was charred, spewing black smoke, and the Invincible Nascent Soul was also in bad shape, seriously wounded. Seeing this, Lu Yang hurriedly had the Invincible Nascent Soul enter the Dantian to rest.

The residual power of the Invincible Divine Thunder flowed over the surface of Lu Yang, slowly strengthening both soul and body.

...

"Nine times the Divine Thunder has descended; it should be over now, right?" Gu Junye said earnestly, among his peers he was the one most knowledgeable about Heavenly Tribulations.

Nine is the extreme number; the Thunder Tribulation would come only nine times, there’d be no tenth.

"It should be so... Wait, there’s more Thunder Tribulation?" Just as a Senior Brother at the Refining the Void Stage was about to agree, he saw new Thunder Tribulations brewing above Sky Gate Mountain!

"How is that possible!"

"That’s Qian Heaven Thunder Tribulation!"

"Qian Heaven Thunder Tribulation? Isn’t that the kind of Thunder Tribulation you’d only encounter ascending from the Divinity Transformation Stage to the Void Refinement Stage, and it’s ranked first among them!"

"Heaven knows what’s going on."

Everyone fell silent, worried for Lu Yang’s safety. Could someone at the Nascent Soul Stage pass the Qian Heaven Thunder Tribulation?

...

The moment Lu Yang saw the Qian Heaven Thunder Tribulation, his heart turned cold. He wondered if it was still possible to write a will.

Isn’t this Thunder Tribulation a bit too much?

"Fairy, what should we do?"

"Uh, how about Immortal shows up to let the Heavenly Tribulation know to leave?" Fairy Eternity felt that maybe the Heavenly Tribulation didn’t recognize her; if she showed herself, surely it would leave as a favor to her.

Lu Yang was a little troubled. The existence of Fairy Eternity was a secret, and he wasn’t sure if the Xuanyu Divine Thunder could cover the traces of the Fairy’s intervention. If Senior Brothers and Sisters saw Fairy Eternity, it wouldn’t be good.

Feeling the Qian Heaven Thunder Tribulation that had already locked onto him, Lu Yang suddenly said, "There’s no need to trouble Fairy with this just yet. I have a plan that I can try here. If it doesn’t work, then it’s not too late for you to intervene, Fairy."

"What plan?"

Lu Yang gave no answer, only a smile.

...

Watching the Qian Heaven Thunder Tribulation that seemed to carry the might to destroy worlds, Gu Junye and the others were filled with concern.

"Do you think Junior Brother Lu Yin can pass through it?"