Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 872 - 370: Tribulation Birth Ten Thousand Paths Technique (Part 2)

This is a Harmonization cultivation technique called the "Tribulation Birth Ten Thousand Paths Technique"!

After a brief look, they discovered that adopting this technique faced no obstacles and wouldn’t interfere with the Power of Rules they had already comprehended.

What exactly is Tribulation Birth Ten Thousand Paths?

Ning Qi converted the rules of the Two Realms and the Sea of Realms into Tribulation Thunder. Hidden inside this Tribulation Thunder is the force of creation, which aligns perfectly with each individual’s talents and Root Bone—that’s why it’s named Tribulation Birth Ten Thousand Paths.

Ning Qi devised this technique not just from his insights into Heavenly Tribulation, but also to assist the cultivators serving beneath him. By chance, it meshes seamlessly with the thunder tribulations under his command, creating a perfect triple benefit.

The Sword Ancestor and his companions obtained the method straight from Ning Qi’s transmission, overflowing with deep gratitude. Yet right now, their priority was to rapidly draw in the Tribulation Thunder.

Thanks to their sharp comprehension and Ning Qi’s direct imparting via intent, they all mastered the technique in moments.

Suddenly, over seventy white bones appeared in the sky, gleaming radiantly amid the thunderlight, hungrily devouring the Tribulation Thunder enveloping their forms.

Zi Zi Zi Zi!

They resembled human-shaped lamps, flashing brightly through the air and lighting up the faces of the onlookers below.

The Tribulation Thunder kept tempering their white bones, which visibly contracted as layers of bone ash peeled away under the thunder, morphing into hazy bone powder within the thunderlight.

As the thunderlight began to dim, every white bone dissolved into the air, fully transforming into churning clouds of bone powder mist.

"Gather!"

A commanding shout infused with intent echoed from the void.

Right away, the spreading bone powder mist snapped back toward the center, reforming into skeletal white bones once more.

Each skeleton gleamed with eerie thunderlight, as a mighty aura slowly radiated outward, pressing down heavily on those watching from below.

The spirits of everyone below tightened instinctively.

They had never beheld such a method for surviving thunder tribulation, nor cultivators whose Harmonization aura surged forth so swiftly.

All of this was thanks to that young figure amid the Tribulation Thunder!

"Second tribulation!"

With Ning Qi’s words came a second pillar-sized Tribulation Thunder.

Witnessing this massive, fearsome thunder tribulation, the crowd couldn’t help but gasp in awe!

Even numerous Harmonization cultivators who had endured their own tribulations gazed at that column-like thunder from a distance, hearts filled with bitterness.

To this day, facing such a tribulation would leave them feeling inadequate.

They dreaded instant annihilation upon entry, their Rule bodies utterly obliterated without remains.

The skeletal figures of the Sword Ancestor and others brimmed with newfound confidence, charging eagerly into the tribulation.

Crack!

Sparks erupted in the void, and on impact, the freshly reformed white bone skeletons shattered back into bone powder, with every speck refined by the thunderlight and subtly infused with Power of Rules.

Once the thunderlight receded, the bone powder reassembled into skeletal white bones.

Observers clearly felt that after this second tribulation, their aura had grown much stronger!

"Third tribulation!"

Starting with the third, Ning Qi’s Tribulation Thunder under control shifted away from mere thickness to challenge the Sword Ancestor and others.

It became the fabled three calamities: wind calamity, fire calamity, and water calamity.

The Tribulation Thunder morphed into wind, fire, and water, purifying everyone’s Root Bone, Spiritual Sense, and soul anew.

Ning Qi stayed at the heart of the Tribulation Thunder, overseeing from on high.

Through his perceptive will, after the fifth tribulation, the mark tying the Sword Ancestor and others to the Mountain and Sea Realm appeared fully erased!

"This approach truly works."

Ning Qi gave a light smile. Now, those loyal to him wouldn’t be torn between him and the Mountain and Sea Realm anymore.

Post-fifth tribulation, the crowd below all lifted their gazes to the sky.

They hadn’t anticipated the Sword Ancestor and others enduring five full tribulations.

One more would match the feats of innately gifted Harmonization cultivators from the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Yet even those prodigies couldn’t top this astonishing five-tribulation feat!

"Sixth tribulation!"

For the sixth, Ning Qi replicated the tribulation thunder he himself had survived, shaping it into likenesses of the Sword Ancestor and others to clash with them.

From brutal physical clashes to fierce spiritual sense duels, all aimed at unlocking their deepest potential.

Upon finishing, everyone sensed a total rebirth, elevated far beyond their former states.

"Seventh tribulation!"

"..."

"Ninth tribulation!"

The onlookers below were completely stunned, as the Sword Ancestor and his group conquered the ninth tribulation—a level only the Mountain and Sea Realm’s supreme geniuses could claim.

Calling these seventy Harmonization cultivators top geniuses would draw flat denials from the crowd.

Countless Harmonization experts felt pangs of bitterness, particularly those who had crossed paths with Ning Qi before; now they grasped his true might.

If Ning Qi’s own power was overwhelming, they might overlook it or simply bow to it. But his ability to elevate his followers too, with such selfless drive, sparked their respect and jealousy.

These Harmonization cultivators served either the Mountain Ancestor or the Sea Ancestor.

The two ancestors had dominated the Mountain and Sea Realm for eons, yet neither could empower their followers like this.

"Do you still want to try the tenth tribulation?"

Ning Qi felt pleased with how the Sword Ancestor and others had held out this long.

Having survived nine tribulations, they stood as his formidable generals now.

Ning Qi believed that, with his guidance, they’d soon rank as the Mountain and Sea Realm’s premier Harmonization powerhouses—and that timeline wouldn’t drag on.

The Sword Ancestor and others shared looks.

Apart from the Sword Ancestor and Qi Keqing, who could press on, the rest of the dozens of Harmonization cultivators struggled to even mend their forms.

They had painstakingly rebuilt into fresh Harmonization bodies, only to offer wry smiles.

Among them were familiar figures from the Infinite Sword Sect like True Man Ziyang, Elder Jiang Ruhai, and ex-Sect Leader Jiang Baichuan.

All cupped hands toward Ning Qi amid the Tribulation Thunder, declaring: "Sect Leader, we fear we cannot continue further!"

Ning Qi didn’t push them.

After all, their thunder tribulation dwarfed anything Harmonization experts in the Mountain and Sea Realm had faced, on a wholly superior scale.

"Alright, you all can descend first to consolidate your cultivation."

"Yes, thank the Sect Leader (Domain Master Ning) for granting the technique and the thunder tribulation baptism!"

Then they all dropped down to the ground.

Noticing the cultivators below eyeing them with near-envious, jealous stares, they grinned broadly, brimming with optimism for what lay ahead.

Ning Qi eyed the mostly intact Tribulation Thunder Pill before him, then addressed the Sword Ancestor and Qi Keqing: "Are you ready?"

Though the Sword Ancestor and Qi Keqing fared better than the rest, their Harmonization bodies whole, both were utterly bald.

The Sword Ancestor hadn’t even bothered reshaping his eyebrows or lashes. He rubbed his bald scalp and shot Ning Qi a grimace: "Kid, can you take it easy?"

At that, Qi Keqing chuckled too.

"Domain Master Ning, I can still withstand a few more rounds."

Ning Qi gave a slight nod.

"Tenth tribulation!"

Whoosh.

Two spherical lightnings packed with countless Powers of Rules formed instantly from the Tribulation Thunder, blasting toward the pair.

The Sword Ancestor nearly jumped in shock.

"What on earth is this?"

Ning Qi offered no reply; one hit would reveal all.

The two spherical lightnings blazed with blinding radiance, as if concealing sun and moon, heaven and earth’s essence, and slammed into them instantly.

The pair vanished completely inside the spherical lightning, which this time lingered without dimming, blocking all views of what transpired within.

One-third incense stick later.

The spherical lightning endured, but Ning Qi stirred the tribulation clouds anew, unleashing two more Tribulation Thunders onto it.

Half a stick later.

Ning Qi ramped it up once more.

All told, Ning Qi unleashed five additional waves of Tribulation Thunder.

No one fathomed Ning Qi’s actions; such a thunder tribulation was unprecedented, leaving uncertainty if the Sword Ancestor and Qi Keqing had cleared a fifteenth.

In the end, Qi Keqing burst from the spherical lightning first, bowing deeply to Ning Qi before descending.

No one knew the trials she faced in those extra thunder tribulations.

Meanwhile, Sword Ancestor persisted.

Ning Qi fed three more Tribulation Thunders into his spherical lightning.

At last, after the eighteenth Tribulation Thunder, the Sword Ancestor shattered free from the spherical lightning.

On his brow, a heavenly eye seemed to unfurl.

Boundless gray and black Evil Qi streamed ceaselessly from the celestial eye, surging toward Ning Qi’s location.