Lord Shenxiu
Chapter 427: Nine Fire Divine Thunder (Congratulations to Alliance Hierarch sense8!)

Chapter 427: Chapter 427: Nine Fire Divine Thunder (Congratulations to Alliance Hierarch sense8!)

Inside the cave dwelling.

Xu Guo sat cross-legged, a Seven-star Bright Jade Pill floating unsteadily behind his head, emanating strands of pill energy that resembled white clouds.

It was hard to tell how much time had passed, but Xu Guo suddenly let out a long howl. With a gasp, he sucked in all the white cloud-like pill energy into his Dantian. His eyes shone brightly as he exclaimed, "A Golden Core swallowed into the belly, I will rise straight to the ninth heaven!"

His Human Pill and body merged as one, instantly turning into a streak of light that shot out of the cave dwelling.

In the sky, there were faint clouds, but ultimately no Heavenly Tribulation struck.

This Pill wasn’t an Outer Dao Primordial Pill; surprisingly, no tribulation fell when the pill was formed.

After all, even in the main world, no Cultivator had ever needed to face tribulation when advancing to the Divine Power Realm.

"Third Grade!"

Feeling the external pill within his body, Xu Guo couldn’t help but show a delighted expression.

He had spent a hundred days of hard work and, with the help of Zhong Shenxiu, had finally refined Xu Yuan’s Seven-star Bright Jade Pill into his own external pill. Their energy harmonized as one, and today, he had finally achieved complete success. His cultivation had directly entered the Golden Core stage, and he could be called an Ancestor.

Moreover, the grade of the external pill had only dropped by one grade, barely maintaining the power of a third-grade Mana.

Even among many Core Formation Ancestors, his Mana was considered powerful!

"In this Xu Yuan’s Golden Core, a Great Divine Power called the Seven Stars Formation is nurtured, capable of summoning the power of nine heavenly stars to lay down a grand formation and trap enemies, quite formidable indeed."

Xu Guo muttered to himself, "It’s just... top-grade Golden Cores can begin the Nine Revolutions practice, but it seems my external pill doesn’t have this path..."

"Forget it, I am but a humble cultivator. Being able to enter the Golden Core stage and enjoy eight hundred years of life is already a huge blessing from heaven. What more could I desire?"

His external pill, though a third-grade and considered a superior Golden Core, could not undergo cultivation using the Nine Revolutions method of this world.

After all, there were some differences between an external pill and a Golden Core.

But Xu Guo didn’t mind.

After all, even if one became a Returning Elixir Ancestor, what of it? A Returning Elixir Ancestor is still just a Golden Core. Even if it reaches nine revolutions, it cannot refine a Primordial Spirit and attain true immortality!

Therefore, Cultivators of this realm, after reaching Golden Core, don’t usually concentrate on cultivation and mostly indulge in pleasures.

Take Xu Yuan, for instance; once he became an Ancestor, he arranged a full suite of regalia for himself.

If Zhong Shenxiu were to continue mingling deeper, they would find that the larger the sect’s Golden Core Ancestors, the more attention they pay to their prestige.

From carriages, welcoming rituals, boys and girls serving them, to their cave dwellings... there are specific standards for everything.

For example, Lower Grade Golden Core uses Magic Artifacts for carriages; for Upper Grade Golden Core, the carriage can be a Magic Treasure, and the servants must be of higher cultivation, giving them face when going out.

In short, it’s extremely complicated and dazzling.

Only those really large sects would nurture cultivators of Top-grade Pill Formation, hoping to see a few Returning Elixir Ancestors.

Unconsciously influenced by this mindset, Xu Guo, having achieved Golden Core, felt no regret even though there was no way forward.

Just then, he suddenly saw a streak of light flying out of the cave dwelling and arrogantly standing in mid-air.

Xu Guo hurried forward to greet, "Disciple pays respects to the teacher."

He looked at Zhong Shenxiu, who stood with hands behind back, gazing up at the sky, wondering what this teacher was planning to do.

"Step back a bit. I’m going to face the tribulation."

Zhong Shenxiu stood with hands behind back, looking towards the sky.

The sky had darkened somewhat when Xu Guo entered the Golden Core through an Outer Dao, but ultimately no tribulation had fallen.

Now, those thin dark clouds had become even thicker, with lightning snakes tumbling within them, continuously emitting blue electrical light.

An oppressive aura that even a Golden Core Ancestor would find suppressive was climbing, climbing...

"Following the decree."

Xu Guo hurriedly took Xu Xin’er, flying far away, staring at the scene from a distance, his heart filled with astonishment, "Why does the teacher need to transcend the tribulation? He’s not a demonic beast transforming... Could it be that the path of the External Elixir method still has a way forward?"

No sooner had this thought arisen than he saw a cluster of thunderfire crash down from the sky.

This was Nine Fire Divine Thunder!

In terms of might, it even exceeded the Five Evil God Thunder.

Even though it was only the first strike, Xu Guo’s face turned ashen, knowing his own top-grade Golden Core, despite exhausting all his mana, might not survive the first thunderbolt!

"The Tribulation Transformation Secret Technique is indeed extraordinary."

Zhong Shenxiu, however, stood fearless and burst into loud laughter.

At that moment, with a wave of his hand, the Poison Dragon Sword transformed into a streak of black sword light, soaring into the sky, entangling with the thunderbolt.

He was originally about to pass the second disaster; typically, the Yin Fire Disaster of a common Primordial Pill is an inner calamity, yet he used this secret technique to substitute it with the Heavenly Tribulation.

Regardless, as long as one transcended the designated tribulations, the progress in one’s path and mana would be the same, and the benefits were identical.

As for the Human Tribulation?

Although Zhong Shenxiu had visited the Heavenly Ding Sect before, he also harbored thoughts of transforming the inner tribulation into a human one... but those individuals were too weak.

How could they pose any danger, qualifying as a Human Tribulation? It was more like sending them to their doom.

Boom!

After the Poison Dragon Sword demolished this stroke of Nine Fire Divine Thunder, countless thunder serpents tumbled in the vault of heaven, the thunderous roar shaking ten thousand miles, as if the Heavenly Tribulation itself were outraged, relentlessly striking down with stroke after stroke of Nine Fire Divine Thunder, giving Zhong Shenxiu no chance to catch his breath and recover.

Fortunately, his foundation was profound, and he needed no recovery, manipulating the Poison Dragon Sword to shatter each Divine Thunder.

After five Divine Thunders, the Poison Dragon Sword let out a wail, its sword light shattered, and Zhong Shenxiu drew it back into his sleeve.

He chuckled lightly, deploying the Nine Pure Immortal Light Protection Divine Power; nine streams of Immortal Qi Divine Light flew out, forming a circle, guarding his entire body, forcefully contending with the Divine Thunder.

Crackle!

The remaining three strikes of Nine Fire Divine Thunder, each more fierce than the last, ultimately failed to break through this first-grade Great Divine Power.

The ninth thunderbolt suddenly turned wild, transforming into a dragon that consumed all the electric serpents in the sky, crashing down mightily.

The Nine Pure Immortal Light Protection Divine Power turned into a ring of bright light, under Zhong Shenxiu’s guidance, surged upward to meet the thunder dragon head-on.

Boom!

Heaven and earth trembled, this Divine Power was finally broken, but the thunder dragon had also shrunk by ninety percent, trickles of electric light falling down, which Zhong Shenxiu, deploying the Stone Buddha Unbreakable Divine Power, withstood using the thunderbolts to temper his body.

After the nine thunderbolts had passed, the dark clouds in the sky dispersed, returning to a clear and bright state.

"Congratulations, Teacher, on transcending the tribulation, your mana has greatly increased."

Xu Guo flew over, his face filled with joy as he congratulated.

"Hmm, during this time, not only have I been busy transcending the tribulation, but I have also been pondering the path beyond the Heterodox Golden Core, and have made some progress..."

Zhong Shenxiu returned to the cavern dwelling, casually glancing at Xu Xin’er.

Xu Xin’er could but reluctantly bow and withdrew.

"Please enlighten me, Teacher."

Xu Guo said solemnly.

"As I call myself the Creator, I want to find a way out for the low-grade sects of Loose Cultivators in this realm, or rather a path of Creation and Transformation to Tongtian... The ancient Primordial Spirit methods are no longer viable, but taking some crooked paths to breakthrough into Primordial Spirit, there’s still some clue."

Zhong Shenxiu smiled contentedly.

Xu Guo, his eyes wide as saucers, exclaimed in disbelief, "If that is so, Teacher will inevitably be the first in tens of thousands of years!"

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