Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan Chapter 1918: 1428: Aberration
Previously on Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan...
This was just the third strike of Tribulation Thunder!
Its might proved so overwhelming, surpassing even the fifth Tribulation Thunder that Li Mingyao had faced in terror.
Li Zhixuan managed to handle it while still seeming somewhat at ease, yet unlike the first two Tribulation Thunders she had shattered with one swift sword slash, this one demanded far more from her!
But even before she could draw a steady breath, the fourth Tribulation Thunder descended without delay, showing no eerie signs, merely a barrel-thick bolt of lightning hurtling straight at Li Zhixuan's head.
“Ha!”
With a fierce cry, she unleashed a razor-sharp Sword Qi from the longsword she gripped, infused with unstoppable force, slamming right into the Tribulation Thunder.
Sizzle—
The powerful Tribulation Thunder tore apart like fragile fabric under the Sword Qi's assault, splitting into twin bolts that veered off to the sides, only to twist mid-air like cunning spirit serpents, teeth bared as they lunged at Li Zhixuan one after the other.
Yet as they neared her, two Sword Qis dropped from above like judgment, striking the lightning snakes at their vital points and holding them fast, leaving them to fade away bit by bit.
Seizing this brief respite, Li Zhixuan quickly replenished her Mana, bracing for the deadlier Tribulation Thunders yet to strike.
“Ancestor Rui, why does Ancestor Xuan’s Thunder Tribulation feel so horrifying? It dwarfs Yao Ancestor’s earlier Tribulation Transcendence—they're not even in the same league.” Li Xiuyuan asked, his face drained of color, eyes flickering with dread.
It felt as if Li Zhixuan weren't facing the Heavenly Immortal Tribulation at all, but the far more brutal Mystic Immortal Thunder Tribulation!
Li Zhirui hesitated briefly upon hearing this, then replied, “It’s because Zhixuan’s foundation has undergone a massive shift.”
He offered no further details.
From the Jade Slip Li Zhixuan had given him, along with her extensive preparations for the Tribulation Transcendence, Li Zhirui had pieced together some theories long ago.
The Sword-shaped Spirit Fruit she devoured in The Void had not only boosted her Sword Dao talent but, crucially, forged a profound bond between her body and her Lifebound Spirit Sword.
To put it simply, Li Zhixuan was no longer purely human—she had become a sword in human form, laced with human lineage, and fused with her prior cultivation, this sword's quality soared to extraordinary heights.
Having turned into such an aberrant existence, rejected by the Heavenly Dao that sought to obliterate her, the Heavenly Tribulation unleashed its full, savage fury.
Li Zhirui’s guess hit close to the mark, yet it overlooked a vital element!
The Spirit Fruit Li Zhixuan ate bore Chaos Attributes, which, once refined, wove into her bloodline and Spiritual Soul.
Thus, to the Heavenly Dao, she wasn't merely an outlier with unmatched potential but a true Chaotic Being!
Without her human bloodline, the Primal Spirit Realm would have cast her out upon her return.
In essence, the Chaos God Demon Dao Body that Li Zhirui had theorized for years, preparing tirelessly to claim, had fallen into Li Zhixuan’s hands by pure chance!
Though her version of the Chaos God Demon Dao Body remained incomplete, that alone drew the Heavenly Dao's relentless pursuit.
That said!
While the Tribulation Thunder lingered in fading, Li Zhixuan swiftly recovered about two-tenths of her Mana—not that she stopped there by choice, but time simply wouldn't allow more.
After all, the Tribulation Thunder vanished in under a quarter-hour, and managing that much recovery in such a fleeting span was already remarkable.
All at once, the sky blazed with blinding white as the fifth Tribulation Thunder erupted in a fierce glare, hiding everything within its veil as it silently bore down on Li Zhixuan.
Li Zhixuan's expression shifted in alarm, for her Divine Sense found itself stifled and blocked, unable to pierce beyond three zhang ahead!
For a Sword Cultivator, the sharpest offense served as the ultimate shield, but with the Tribulation Thunder's path unknown and its distance a mystery, offense lay out of reach.
In this bind, she had no choice but to pour extra effort into pure defense, at greater cost.
With no other option, Li Zhixuan swung her fractured sword again and again, weaving threads of Sword Qi into a defensive net spanning twenty zhang, flipped outward to shield her entirely.
This setup let her react the instant the Tribulation Thunder brushed the net, ready to counter without delay.
But the price was steep: the Mana she'd just regained vanished entirely, and she burned through even more besides.
And that was only for warding it off; truly vanquishing the Tribulation Thunder would demand still further Mana.
Handling this single Tribulation Thunder cost her as much Mana as the prior two together, leaving her face ghostly pale.
“Here!”
Thankfully, her strategy held strong—the very second the Tribulation Thunder grazed the sword net, revealing its angle, she lashed out with a decisive blow, her sword brimming with dense Mana to end it in one fell strike.
Fortune smiled as, after burning through almost half her remaining Mana, she at last dispersed the fifth Tribulation Thunder.
“Ha—”
Li Zhixuan gasped for air, exhaustion etching lines across her features; enduring five ferocious Tribulation Thunders felt like waging a brutal war for survival, if not worse.
She had to sustain razor-sharp focus without fail, while each bolt sapped a huge chunk of her willpower.
Still, no matter the hardship, surrender never crossed her mind; she'd face death head-on amid the Tribulation Thunder's roar if it came to that!