Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 860 - 365: Passing Through the Nine Tribulations in Succession
Previously on Cultivating with Top Enlightenment...
Thunder's brilliant glow illuminated the whole War Domain.
Right now, be it inside the War Domain or across the two Spirit Realms beyond, all eyes locked onto the origin of that blinding thunder.
In the Central Domain.
"Has the Heavenly Tribulation started?"
This idea flashed through the heads of the leaders from the three top Immortal Sects.
Not being in the Outer Domain, they relied solely on the searing thunder flash in their vision to verify it.
Typically, a regular Harmonization cultivator faces no more than three lightning bolts, and surviving lets them forge a body of rules.
Yet, prodigies boasting vast willpower and lofty goals could confront six, or even nine Heavenly Tribulations at most.
They eyed the foreboding clouds looming over the Central Domain, wondering just how many strikes the tribulating figure outside could withstand.
Back when they reached Harmonization, aided by the Ancestors, they endured one extra bolt beyond those supreme geniuses, hitting a total of ten Tribulations!
Every extra tribulation solidifies the cultivator's base deeper, making them the mightiest sect leaders.
Currently, intelligence had reached all three sect leaders.
They knew a cultivator called Ning Qi was the one facing tribulation in the outer regions.
Before, Ning Qi barely registered on their radar—only those who'd crossed paths with him, or the realm wills and three Ancestors viewing the grand picture, paid him much mind.
Yet, those horrifying thunderclouds shifted things; for once, they regarded Ning Qi with true gravity.
From this Heavenly Tribulation's scale, they suspected Ning Qi could truly survive ten Tribulations!
Higher than that? Unthinkable.
As heads of the premier sects across both realms, they knew deeper realm secrets.
Across history, just the Mountain Ancestor, Sea Ancestor, and Saint Ancestor surpassed ten tribulations upon entering Integration.
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Undeniably, Ning Qi’s Heavenly Tribulation captivated the three Ancestors too.
Even they had never witnessed a tribulation like Ning Qi's.
Summoning rules from both realms' powers defied their understanding.
The Mountain Ancestor lingered wordlessly atop Heaven-Reaching Peak.
From the Mountain and Sea Realm Will, he'd heard how Fan City—his follower of a hundred thousand years—was seeking vengeance against Ning Qi in the War Domain.
Clearly, the revenge failed, leaving Fan City ensnared by Ning Qi, teetering on death's edge.
Nevertheless, the Mountain Ancestor refused to rescue Fan City.
His Dragon-faced Servant wasn't shocked; after all, Fan City's three Domain Masters erred gravely by begging the Mountain Ancestor for aid.
One blunder piled on another, and with the Mountain Ancestor's esteem for Ning Qi, why save such incompetents?
Deep within the Endless Sea.
The Sea Ancestor’s cold gaze stayed riveted on the War Domain.
Her face turned gravely intent, a stark shift as though she'd detected something profound.
At the same time, the Saint Ancestor in the Vast Realm—despite his immense cultivation—grew deathly pale for the first time.
The Vast Realm Will had warned him: over a thousand Vast Realm Harmonization cultivators were caught by Ning Qi, forced to endure the tribulation with him!
"Zhili, rush this message to them—may it arrive in time!"
The Saint Ancestor called forth the Vast Realm Will, drawing an item from his flowing sleeve.
The Vast Realm Will grasped it swiftly and disappeared.
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War Domain.
Post the initial Heavenly Tribulation, the Mountain and Sea Realm Will's shadow materialized silently beside Ning Qi.
He surveyed the area, noting half the Harmonization cultivators already slain.
Even he tutted in astonishment—what sort of monstrous tribulation was this?
Gazing at Ning Qi, he observed the newly formed physical body punctured wide open by that last Heavenly Tribulation strike.
Instantly, ambient rule power surged to mend his body.
But the fallen Harmonization cultivators lacked Ning Qi's luck; a single lightning bolt shattered their Harmonized forms completely!
The Mountain and Sea Realm Will stared up at the thunderclouds above.
Normally, he wandered the War Domain at will.
Thanks to his prowess, during other Mountain and Sea Integration cultivators' tribulations, he could plunge straight into the clouds—those being spawned by the Mountain and Sea Realm itself.
Cultivators' Harmonization was just the Mountain and Sea Will picking enforcers for heaven and earth's rules.
Were it not for the Mountain and Sea Ancestors seizing his authority, all Mountain and Sea Harmonization cultivators would obey him utterly.
Yet now, though the Mountain and Sea Realm Will yearned to breach the tribulation thunderclouds, an attempt left him frozen in place.
"??? "
Stunned, the Mountain and Sea Realm Will faced this unprecedented block.
Seconds later, he surged with realm power to break through, only for matching counterforce to pin him down, barring entry to the Heavenly Tribulation.
Forced to stay put, the Mountain and Sea Realm Will narrowed his eyes, truly seeing Ning Qi anew.
Glancing skyward at the thunderclouds, he wondered: could this dual-realm rules-forged Heavenly Tribulation repel even a Spirit Realm Will like him?
Puzzled over Ning Qi drawing Vast Realm rule power, the Mountain and Sea Realm Will guessed it stemmed from either the War Domain or the trapped Vast Realm Harmonization cultivators nearby.
Mid-thought, a figure abruptly slipped in from beyond.
The Mountain and Sea Realm Will whipped around, spotting the Vast Realm Will's shadow manifestation.
Upon arrival, the Vast Realm Will instantly sensed him too.
Confronting one another, the Vast Realm Will unleashed its realm power at once, assaulting both the Mountain and Sea Realm Will and the tribulating Ning Qi.