322: Chapter 322 Surviving the Heavenly Tribulation

One moment it was black, the next golden, then purple.

Gu Changan quietly began to recover below.

The little lightning above would occasionally release a bit of electricity to cleanse Gu Changan's Physical Body and Soul.

Under the nourishment of the lightning, Gu Changan's Nascent Soul became increasingly compact.

In this manner, the Seven-Nine Heavenly Tribulation soon concluded.

The Eight-Nine Heavenly Tribulation was even louder, but Little Lei, positioned above his head, wasn't worried at all.

It was as if Little Lei above had become the Heavenly Tribulation itself.

The energy above was so eye-piercing that one simply couldn't look directly at it.

He could only use his Nascent Soul Stage Divine Sense to investigate from the side.

However, even this caused his Nascent Soul Stage Divine Sense to feel a sharp, stinging pain.

With his heart pounding in fear, Gu Changan survived the Eight-Nine Heavenly Tribulation.

When the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation began,

Gu Changan felt the very space itself vibrating.

It was as if Little Lei above his head was in the middle of a storm vortex.

Every strike of the Heavenly Thunder knocked Little Lei into another space,

but then Little Lei would forcibly squeeze its way back.

That was exactly how it felt!

The Cultivators on the periphery of the Ancient Forbidden Land had long since fled far away.

They had never heard of, let alone seen, a Lightning Tribulation of this magnitude!

This was the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, something they had seen only once in their lives.

They wondered what kind of Prodigy was inside.

They wondered if the path to Ascension would be blasted open.

Everyone's eyes were filled with anticipation!

Whether it was witnessing the birth of a Prodigy or the opening of the Ascension path,

it would be a grand event for the cultivation world!

Unknowingly, Gu Changan survived several more waves of the Heavenly Tribulation.

A large number of Spirit Treasure bodies had been surrounding him all along.

Once Little Lei could no longer hold on, these Spirit Treasure bodies could withstand a blow or two,

preventing him from being heavily injured!

However, Little Lei above his head held on stubbornly.

This was something Gu Changan had not expected.

When the final three lightning strikes arrived, Gu Changan wanted Little Lei to leave.

He wanted to try it himself!

But looking at the lightning bolt, which was ten feet thick, he felt a bit timid again.

In that case, he would only withstand the very last strike!

Little Lei above his head also understood Gu Changan's intention.

"Don't worry, Master! I will sink into Master's Dantian!"

"If Master cannot endure it, I will still help Master absorb it!"

Gu Changan nodded seriously; this added another layer of protection!

After the penultimate lightning strike passed,

Little Lei withdrew its Divine Ability and sank directly into Gu Changan's Dantian.

At this moment, the tribulation clouds in the sky shrank rapidly, finally condensing into a single black dot.

The final lightning strike fell.

The twenty-foot-thick lightning strike covered a twenty-foot radius around Gu Changan.

The table nearby, as well as the dozens of Spirit Treasure bodies surrounding him,

were all instantly reduced to ashes.

Even the ground around him became a bottomless pit.

He sat blankly on a prayer mat.

The flesh and blood on his upper body were almost gone, revealing jade-like white bones.

However, even these white bones were slowly melting within the electricity.

Gu Changan screamed in agony, "Ah!"

It wasn't until the electricity vanished that Gu Changan regained his senses.

Using his Nascent Soul Stage Divine Sense to observe his Physical Body,

it looked as though only half of his body remained.

Gu Changan hastily swallowed several top-grade nascent soul condensing pills.

His Physical Body then began to grow rapidly.

Even the bones inside began to slowly squirm.

The originally jade-white bones, interspersed with some golden runes, began to slowly turn golden-yellow.

Once the growth was complete, the upper part of his bones was roughly golden-yellow, while the lower part remained jade-white.

Gu Changan frowned; it seemed that without undergoing the full baptism of the lightning,

his Physical Body had not completely finished its transformation.

Suddenly, Little Lei popped out: "Master, I can help you!"

Saying this, it released a portion of the lightning it hadn't finished absorbing.

It covered Gu Changan's entire Physical Body.

The transformation began once more.

The jade-white bones began to slowly melt, and the top-grade nascent soul condensing pills in his body were rapidly consumed.

Slowly, they were replaced by golden-yellow ones.

Gu Changan's whole body convulsed from the electricity, but for the sake of a complete transformation, he could only grit his teeth and endure it.

Fortunately, the lightning released by Little Lei was relatively gentle, lacking the intense destructive power of the Heavenly Tribulation.

After about an hour, the bones throughout Gu Changan's entire body finally finished their transformation.

Gu Changan had been electrified for a full hour.

Using his Nascent Soul Stage Divine Sense, he began an internal inspection.

The bones throughout his body had completely turned golden-yellow, with golden runes occasionally flashing across them.

Afterward, the recovery of his Physical Body proceeded much more smoothly.

He swallowed a few more top-grade nascent soul condensing pills.

A massive amount of Spiritual Qi began to stimulate the growth of his Physical Body.

Unknown runes were also interspersed within his Physical Body.

In Little Lei's lightning bath, his Physical Body had been completely renewed.

Gu Changan casually squeezed his hands and feet, finding them to be extremely hard.

Yet the surface of his skin was delicate and lustrous, just like a newborn baby's.

Gu Changan took out his Spirit Treasure body, the willow leaf flying dagger, and made a cut on his arm.

As a result, not even a white mark was left behind.

Only then did Gu Changan break into a happy smile.

Little Lei's lightning bath continued, and his Nascent Soul also underwent a transformation.

The Nascent Soul, which was originally the size of a one-year-old child, was slowly baptized by the lightning and also became the size of a newborn infant.

However, a trace of electrical arcs would occasionally flow over his Nascent Soul.

It seemed his Nascent Soul was no longer afraid of lightning.

Within the Divine Soul of the Nascent Soul, blue runes were interspersed with golden ones.

The two types of runes appeared alternately within the Nascent Soul.

Gu Changan didn't know what kind of change this was.

But now that he had survived the Lightning Tribulation, shouldn't he find a place to rest and reorganize?

He remembered having seen a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator before.

He had plundered Situ Kong's treasury and obtained nascent soul forming pills.

He had caused such a huge commotion in the Ancient Forbidden Land to condense his Nascent Soul.

Would the Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator come chasing after him?

Thinking of this, Gu Changan didn't care about anything else and waved his hand to pack up all his things.

He flew out of the ground, and with a Golden Great Mudra, he directly reduced his Immortal Cave to ashes.

He once again began to traverse the Ancient Forbidden Land.

During the Golden Core Stage, many places felt exceptionally dangerous.

But now that he was in the Nascent Soul Stage, those dangerous places felt like nothing special.

Gu Changan quickly traversed the Ancient Forbidden Land and moved to another side of it.

He casually dove underground and set up a temporary Immortal Cave.

As for Gu Changan's worries, they were entirely unnecessary.

He had no idea that the periphery of the Ancient Forbidden Land was currently in a frenzy.

A large number of Golden Core Stage Cultivators and Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators had fled the area.

Cultivators by nature tend to seek advantages and avoid harm.

They had witnessed such a terrifying Lightning Tribulation.

If a terrifying Prodigy had survived such a Lightning Tribulation,

it was not something they could deal with.

Therefore, they could only flee for their lives!

However, some Cultivators whose Lifespans were nearing their end felt that this might not be the birth of a Prodigy.