parentshiftbook Chapter 288 Thunderous Refinement of the Gods, One Month Intensive Training
Chapter 288 Thunderous Refinement of the Gods, One Month Intensive Training
Chapter 287 Thunderous Refinement of the Spirit, One Month of Rapid Mastery
They lingered for another seven days in the small world of the Wood Saint, which contained the profound truths of life, death, decay, and prosperity.
In this short period of time, although there was no further evolution of laws that directly pointed to the Great Dao,
However, Mu Sheng's casual guidance led to significant progress in Li Xijun's control over his own power and his understanding of the laws of heaven and earth.
Seven days later, Li Xijun was teleported back to the forest outside in a flash.
Not far away, the waves of the South China Sea surged, and a salty sea breeze, carrying the restless atmosphere of the eve of a storm, swept over us.
However, Li Xijun, who had gained a great deal from this trip, did not immediately set off to return to the Qingquan Chunhui Palace in the capital.
He stood with his hands behind his back on the rocks on the shore, looking up at the sky.
The South China Sea is currently experiencing its most violent rainy season of the year.
In the sky, thick, leaden-gray clouds, like endless, menacing mountain ranges, pressed low over the sea, as if to swallow the entire ocean.
In the distance, lightning flashed through the clouds, its silvery light occasionally illuminating the inky sea of clouds with a stark white hue.
The rumbling thunder was deep and continuous, growing louder and louder as it approached and then receded into the distance, as if a giant god were beating war drums above the clouds, inspiring awe.
This scene filled Li Xijun with immense satisfaction.
The frequent thunderstorms in the South China Sea present a perfect opportunity to temper his divine heart, transformed from his Yin spirit, by harnessing the mighty power of the main world and the force of thunder.
His thoughts flowed through his mind, clear as a mirror.
After breaking through to the second level of the Outer Realm and stabilizing his realm, he clearly sensed that the path of martial arts would become increasingly difficult as he progressed.
Even though he possessed the unparalleled martial art "Zhou Tian Xing Chen Si Xiang Jue" that directly points to the Great Dao, and had the Federation's promise of a near-unlimited supply of resources,
If one were to cultivate step by step to the point of perfecting the third level of the outer realm, given his extraordinary foundation and needs, it would take at least ten months.
After reaching the third level of the Outer Realm, the breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm, which is crucial for the essential leap of life and lays the foundation for future Dao, requires a long period of secluded cultivation. The process is fraught with dangers and obstacles, and cannot be accomplished overnight.
Even a genius like Su Nianying spent more than a year and a half to successfully break through to the first-grade Golden Core stage.
Therefore,
After much deliberation, Li Xijun concluded that the fastest way to improve his strength and combat power was through the Divine Refining System!
The path of refining the spirit differs from the step-by-step accumulation of cultivation in martial arts; its core lies in the transformation of the essence of the soul.
Each tribulation of lightning is a qualitative change in the soul, resulting in an explosive leap in strength.
He was extremely confident that he could break through to the first level of the Thunder Tribulation in a short period of time!
The source of his confidence naturally lies in the immense and pure collective willpower that he has accumulated in the main world, especially after winning the global national championship and being featured on the official national television channel of Great Xia.
These aspirations contain the worship, respect, blessings, and expectations of countless people; they are as vast as the ocean, pure and magnificent.
Conservatively speaking, its total amount is more than enough to support his extravagant spending, allowing him to cultivate all the way to the third level of the Thunder Tribulation, and even attempt to break through to the Yang God realm!
this means,
He can repeat the following process over and over again without any scruples:
Actively drawing upon lightning to temper the mind—the mind was damaged under the supreme Yang Heavenly Thunder Tribulation—immediately consuming the immense power of all beings' wishes to rapidly repair the damage and strengthen the essence of the mind—tempering it once again with lightning…
This forms a simple, brutal, yet highly efficient cultivation cycle.
With the immense power of the wishes of all living beings, he has every chance that he can, in a short period of time, forcefully "pile" the strength of his mind and his natural resistance to lightning to a level sufficient to safely pass through the first tribulation!
Once the decision was made, there was no more hesitation.
Li Xijun's figure flickered, transforming into a faint stream of light, and sped towards the southernmost part of the South China Sea, the area where thunderstorm energy was most active and violent.
A moment later,
He found a desolate, lifeless island where only black reefs bore the crashing waves, and landed steadily on the highest boulder.
Looking up, one sees a churning, roaring sea of dark clouds, flashing with lightning, seemingly within reach.
"BOOM—!!!"
A blinding bolt of lightning ripped open the curtain of the sky.
The thunder that followed seemed to explode less than a hundred feet above his head. The violent sound waves, mixed with invisible shockwaves, swept over, creating huge waves, and even the rocks beneath his feet seemed to tremble slightly.
Not only that,
Li Xijun could feel more clearly that the mental image formed from his own Yin spirit was experiencing a primal fear from the depths of his soul when faced with such overwhelming heavenly might.
That was the most yang and powerful thunder, a natural restraint on all yin-type spirits and souls!
He took a deep breath of the sweltering air, and his eyes instantly became as firm as a rock.
"out!"
Thoughts flash like lightning, communicating across the ocean of consciousness.
In an instant,
A statue two hundred feet tall, wearing a saint's crown and a robe of myriad phenomena, with a solemn and dignified face, surrounded by faint chanting and a halo of vows, the "Supreme Heavenly Venerable of the Unity of the Three Teachings," stepped out from the void behind him and manifested in the world.
The mind's image is incredibly solid, almost tangible, and the aura it exudes is vast and pure.
Driven by Li Xijun's mind, this mental image resolutely rose into the sky, actively facing the oppressive thunderclouds that contained endless destruction!
at the same time,
Li Xijun's ten fingers moved rapidly like butterflies flitting among flowers, forming a complex and profound ancient hand seal. A deep and uniquely rhythmic Daoist chant also rang out from his mouth. He was activating the secret technique "Lightning Tempering Divine Art" recorded in the "Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin Thunder Pivot Jade Canon".
This method does not directly control lightning, but rather attracts and guides the landing point of natural lightning to a certain extent. When lightning strikes the body, it assists in guiding the lightning power to temper every part of the soul more evenly and efficiently, while reducing unnecessary damage to critical parts.
Once the secret technique was activated, the ascending mental image became incredibly conspicuous in this turbulent energy field of heaven and earth, like a lighthouse in the night.
The pure and powerful aura of Yin spirit emanating from it was like the most delicious bait to the restless and violent lightning spiritual power in the clouds, instantly triggering the heavenly might to lock onto it.
"Snap—!!!"
A bolt of lightning, far thicker and brighter than any before, resembling a silver snake, struck down fiercely, hitting the massive heart-shaped head with perfect precision.
"Ugh—!"
Although Li Xijun's mind and will were as strong as steel, and she had long been prepared to endure pain,
But the moment that extremely yang, powerful, and violent thunderous energy was truly applied to his mind and directly acted upon his soul through a mysterious connection,
An indescribable, maddening pain, like millions of red-hot steel needles, instantly pierced and overwhelmed all his senses.
That pain is far beyond anything physical pain can compare to.
It was as if one's entire soul had been forcibly thrown into the furnace of heaven and earth, and was being frantically burned, torn apart, disintegrated, and forged by that supremely yang and powerful force.
The once solid and powerful body of Xin Xiang, which seemed to have endless golden radiance, was violently twisted, blurred, and fluctuated in the blazing lightning. Its edges began to melt and vaporize rapidly, like ice and snow under the sun, turning into wisps of green smoke.
The many scriptures, the brilliance of vows, and the spiritual imprints contained within the mind were all overwhelmed and cried out in despair under the bombardment of thunder, becoming dim and scattered.
This kind of pain is the great terror of life's essence being forcibly crushed and obliterated by a higher-level force.
however,
Just as the heart-shaped image was being ravaged by lightning, its size shrinking at a visible rate and its light dimming rapidly,
With a pure and noble heart, and having experienced the burning of his soul under the scorching sun when he attempted to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, Li Xijun maintained a clear and ethereal consciousness. He immediately urged the vast ocean of the power of all beings' wishes stored in his sea of consciousness to surge in.
"Buzz—!"
It was as if lotus flowers bloomed from the void, and sweet rain fell everywhere.
A pure, warm, vast torrent of golden willpower, containing countless beliefs, blessings, and hopes, surged forth from the depths of Li Xijun's consciousness like a bursting dam, disregarding spatial distance and directly pouring into his severely damaged mental image.
Wherever the power of the will passed, the parts that had been shattered and obliterated by lightning began to reorganize and coalesce at an astonishing speed.
The cracks were healed and smoothed by the golden light of the power of will.
The reborn part is no longer a simple restoration, but rather like refined steel that has been tempered a thousand times, becoming more condensed, pure, and dense, and faintly carrying a trace of adaptability or... affinity to the power of thunder!
Extreme destruction and vigorous rebirth occur simultaneously and alternately on this mental image in an extreme and tragic way.
But in this cycle of pain and repair, Li Xijun, who had experienced a complete tempering by lightning, also realized that something was wrong.
"The power of this lightning... no! It far exceeds expectations!"
He clearly sensed that this seemingly ordinary natural lightning bolt in the main world actually contained a large amount of pure and powerful lightning-attribute spiritual energy.
This made the power of the lightning that Li Xijun suffered extremely strong.
This far exceeds the description of lightning descending during ordinary thunderstorms in the Great Sheng World recorded in the "Jade Canon of the Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder".
If we were to actually estimate it, the power of that lightning strike was nearly 20 times that of the lightning in the Great Sheng World as recorded in the ancient texts!
Thinking of this, Li Xijun felt numb.
He was initially at a loss for words, but he quickly understood the reason behind it.
"By the way! The main world has an extremely high concentration of spiritual energy, a significantly higher world level, and its laws of heaven and earth are much stronger and more 'strict'!"
Li Xijun's mind raced, and he instantly understood.
"Even the lightning that naturally occurs in the main world contains a stronger lightning-attribute spiritual power."
"It's quite possible that there are indeed many lightning-attribute martial artists in the main world who frequently observed the various lightning phenomena of this world and created powerful lightning-based martial arts!"
Upon realizing this, Li Xijun initially felt that everything made sense, but then she couldn't help but sigh:
If his mental form weren't a fusion of the essences of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, possessing a foundation so profound it's unparalleled throughout history, and reaching a massive size of two hundred zhang—thick enough to disperse and withstand even greater damage—it wouldn't be so formidable.
That lightning bolt, containing a large amount of lightning-attribute spiritual power, was probably enough to severely injure the hearts and minds of those ordinary Manifestation Saint True Monarchs in the Great Sheng World.
"I even considered just undergoing the tribulation in the main world, where resources are plentiful and willpower is abundant, which seems more convenient."
As Li Xijun felt the extraordinary and unexpected increase in the strength and resilience of his mind under the repair of his willpower, he couldn't help but secretly marvel at it.
"Now it seems how dangerous this idea was!"
"If one were to trigger a tribulation in this main world, the power of that tribulation would likely be several times more terrifying than a normal first-level tribulation in the Great Sheng World. It would be tantamount to courting death."
He immediately changed his initial, somewhat presumptuous plan.
Since many cultivators in the history of the Great Sheng World have successfully survived a tribulation of lightning, it proves that the intensity of the tribulation of lightning there is "known" and relatively "controllable."
The various coping secrets, tribulation experience, and even ways to avoid and take shortcuts recorded in the "Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin Thunder Pivot Jade Canon" are all based on the standards of the laws of heaven and earth of that world.
In comparison, returning to the Great Sheng World to undergo the first tribulation of lightning is undoubtedly a more secure option with a higher success rate.
When he finally has to overcome the triple tribulation of lightning that no one in the Great Sheng world has ever succeeded in, he will go to the martial arts world to try it out in advance.
Given the inertia and scarcity of spiritual energy in the world of martial arts...
In addition, based on the experience of the previous Heavenly Tribulation in the Outer Realm,
Surviving a tribulation of lightning in a martial arts world is definitely much better than the overly powerful world of the main world.
"Of course, as the saying goes, fortune may be a harbinger of misfortune, and misfortune may be a harbinger of fortune."
Li Xijun focused his inner gaze, watching the mental image rapidly recover under the nourishment of golden willpower, and noticeably more refined and resilient than before, and nodded in satisfaction.
"The lightning in the main world is extremely powerful. Although it is indeed much stronger than the ordinary lightning in the Dasheng world, its tempering effect is also far beyond expectations and is incomparable to the ordinary lightning in the Dasheng world."
"Every time I endure a lightning strike of this power, the tempering and fundamental improvement I receive in my mind are extremely significant!"
"Furthermore, with my almost limitless power of compassionate wishes for all beings, I will provide immediate repair and nourishment..."
"The time I need to break through to the first level of the lightning tribulation will probably be much shorter than initially estimated. Perhaps, it will only take a month!"
Having grasped this point, and with the pros and cons clearly weighed in his mind, he no longer hesitated.
Li Xijun completely suppressed the instinctive fear deep in his soul of the majestic heavenly power, and looked firmly at the rolling thunderclouds in the sky once again.
"continue!"
The mental image rose into the air again, its size slightly reduced, but its radiance was more restrained and solid.
The hand seals and Daoist chants of "Lightning Tempering Technique" resounded once again, as if it were another deliberate provocation against the might of Heaven.
Lightning bolts and silver snakes gathered in the clouds, and a bolt of lightning, thicker than before, tore through the sky, lashing down with pure divine power!
Destruction and rebirth, extreme pain and rapid growth, unfolded in an extreme and efficient cycle above this isolated island in the South China Sea, witnessed by the might of heaven and earth.
Li Xijun's path of refining the spirit is advancing swiftly and resolutely toward the threshold of the first tribulation at a speed that would leave any insider speechless!
(End of this chapter)