Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 886: Unbeatable Divine Lightning

“Immortal Fairy, do you know what’s going on?” Lu Yang anxiously inquired of the ancient immortal.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy shook her head like a rattle-drum. “No idea. When this immortal became a Divine Transfiguration cultivator, there was no heavenly tribulation.”

Lu Yang remembered. In the ancient era, one didn’t need to undergo a heavenly tribulation when breaking through from the Nascent Soul Stage to the Divine Transfiguration Stage. It was only after the Heaven Mandate Immortal achieved immortality that this rule was added.

Damn Heaven Mandate Immortal, can’t you do something good?

According to the Heaven Mandate Immortal’s theory, having cultivators undergo heavenly tribulations was to test whether their Dao Heart was firm. If they could pass the heavenly tribulation, they would gain great benefits.

Lu Yang looked up at the dark, oppressive sky. There, lightning flickered faintly, as if accumulating power.

He felt that whether he could survive the heavenly tribulation might not have much to do with how steadfast his Dao Heart was.

It mainly depends on whether my fate profile is tough enough.

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“Strange, just what kind of tribulation has Junior Brother Lu Yang attracted?” The Void Refinement senior male disciple frowned in thought. He had never heard of any lightning tribulation that first cleared the area with Xuanji Divine Lightning.

Standing on other peaks far from Heaven’s Gate Peak, and with Xuanji Divine Lightning flickering around it, they couldn’t clearly see the situation at the center of the heavenly tribulation.

“Even when Big Senior faced the top-ranked Three Pure Ones Heavenly Lightning Tribulation back then, something like this didn’t happen.”

“Could Junior Brother Lu Yang have drawn a completely unprecedented heavenly tribulation?”

“A brand-new heavenly tribulation?”

“Not necessarily brand-new. It could also be that someone once faced it but didn’t survive, leaving no historical record.”

Whichever the case, it was sufficient to show that the heavenly tribulation Lu Yang faced would be terrifyingly powerful.

“Look! The real lightning tribulation has appeared!” The junior disciples pointed at the distant Heaven’s Gate Peak and shouted.

“It really is an unprecedented lightning tribulation!” the Void Refinement senior male disciple stated with certainty. Even from such a distance, one could feel the faint crackle of lightning in the air and the quaking of space itself. It was hard to imagine what Lu Yang was experiencing at the epicenter.

“Is it an illusion? Why does it feel stronger than the Three Pure Ones Heavenly Lightning Tribulation?”

Sensing the anomaly at Heaven’s Gate Peak, Yun Zhi left Incarceration Peak and stood atop Pill Cauldron Peak, slightly furrowing her brows as she gazed toward Heaven’s Gate Peak.

~~~

Crack—

Purple-cyan heavenly lightning descended. The divine lightning was resplendent and blindingly bright, like a great sun falling.

This was a divine lightning unprecedented throughout history!

The moment the divine lightning appeared, Lu Yang’s hair stood on end as he sensed extreme danger. This is absolutely something I can’t withstand alone.

“Unbeatable Nascent Soul!”

The Unbeatable Nascent Soul appeared, its little face serious, showing no intention to flee; instead, it faced the divine lightning together with Lu Yang!

Ordinary cultivators absolutely wouldn't dare use their nascent souls to help carry the burden of the lightning tribulation. Nascent souls were fragile, and the slightest mistake could annihilate them in the tribulation. How would they transform the nascent soul into a primordial soul later?

But the Unbeatable Nascent Soul was different. Lu Yang had already witnessed its power. Nothing would happen to it even if it bore half the pressure from the lightning tribulation.

Besides, the Unbeatable Nascent Soul has no intention to flee, which means it can withstand it!

Lu Yang had tested it before. After he defeated the Unbeatable Nascent Soul, it would still want to flee when in danger, but he could control it not to.

The purple-cyan divine lightning forked into two, striking Lu Yang and the Unbeatable Nascent Soul respectively. Gritting his teeth, Lu Yang resisted with pure physical strength, enduring unbearable pain. His clothes shredded, flesh torn open. He felt even his bones and blood tingling, as if they were soaked in lightning.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Purple-cyan divine lightning struck endlessly. Enveloped by lightning, Heaven’s Gate Peak shook slightly. This was heavenly might, not something a mountain could contend with.

“Strange, why does this tribulation look like the Unbeatable Divine Lightning?” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy murmured in the mental space.

No matter how softly she murmured, Lu Yang could still hear it clearly. “What is the Unbeatable Divine Lightning?”

Seizing the moment between waves of divine lightning, Lu Yang hastily consumed pills, rapidly healing himself and the Unbeatable Nascent Soul.

She replied, “It’s something from when the Heaven Mandate Immortal was creating lightning tribulations. He said he wanted to create one that only cultivators with an Unbeatable Nascent Soul could pass. He asked if this immortal could give some suggestions.”

“What did you say then, Immortal Fairy?”

“This immortal said the more powerful, the better.”

Lu Yang, “...”

Immortal Fairy, can't you leave me a way out?

No wonder this lightning tribulation has never appeared. So it's because this is a lightning tribulation that only strikes those with an Unbeatable Nascent Soul!

Heaven Mandate Immortal, if you find the Unbeatable Nascent Soul an eyesore, go look for the Everlasting Immortal Fairy! What's the point of bullying me?

“And the name of this lightning tribulation is?”

“The Heaven Mandate Immortal called it the Supreme Heaven-Splitting Golden Palace Divine Lightning. This immortal said this name was too long and hard to remember. I proposed to call it the Unbeatable Divine Lightning; it’s simple, pleasing to the ears, and rolls off the tongue.”

After nine waves of divine lightning, Lu Yang was charred black, spitting dark smoke. The Unbeatable Nascent Soul wasn't any better, heavily injured. Lu Yang quickly had the Unbeatable Nascent Soul return to his dantian to rest. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

The Unbeatable Divine Lightning’s residual power flowed across Lu Yang’s exterior. His soul and body were slowly strengthening.

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“The divine lightning descended nine times. This should be considered over, right?” Gu Junye remarked earnestly. Among his peers, he was the most knowledgeable about heavenly tribulations.

Nine is the ultimate number. Lightning tribulations only descend nine times; there won't be a tenth.

“That should be the case... Wait, why are there still more lightning tribulations?” The Void Refinement senior male disciple was just about to concur when he saw a new lightning tribulation brewing above Heaven’s Gate Peak.

“How is this possible?!”

“It's the Qian-Heaven Lightning Tribulations!”[1]

“Qian-Heaven Lightning Tribulation? Isn't that something Divine Transfiguration cultivators face when advancing to the Void Refinement Stage? And it's also the top-ranked lightning tribulation!”

“Heaven knows what's going on.”

Everyone fell silent, worried for Lu Yang’s safety. A Nascent Soul cultivator surviving the Qian-Heaven Lightning Tribulation—was that possible?

~~~

The moment Lu Yang saw the Qian-Heaven Lightning Tribulation, his heart sank. Is there still time to write my will?

Isn't this lightning tribulation way beyond the syllabus?

“Immortal Fairy, what do I do?”

“Uh, how about this immortal show herself and make the heavenly tribulation leave?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy felt that the heavenly tribulation had poor eyesight and couldn't recognize her. If I were to go out personally, it would probably give me some face and leave.

Lu Yang was somewhat troubled. The Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s existence was a secret. He was unsure if the Xuanji Divine Lightning could conceal the traces of an immortal’s moves. It wouldn't be good if the senior brothers and sisters see her.

Sensing the Qian-Heaven Lightning Tribulation already locking onto him, Lu Yang suddenly said, “No need to trouble you yet, Immortal Fairy. I have an idea. This is the perfect time to test it. If it fails, you can still intervene, Immortal Fairy.”

“What idea?”

Lu Yang smiled without answering.

~~~

Gazing at the Qian-Heaven Lightning Tribulation that seemed to carry the might to annihilate the world, a wave of concern washed over Gu Junye and the others.

“Say, do you think Senior Brother Lu Yang can survive it?”

1. “Qian” is one of the Bahia or Eight Trigrams and represents heaven. ☜