30: Soul-Stabilizing Spell, Murong Xue needs to form her Golden Core.

Looking at Li Yi's vivid expression, mixed with regret and reluctance, Jiang Yan was completely bewildered.

He could feel that his blood was cold at this moment.

'Could it be... I'm really going to see my great-grandmother?'

'No, I can't die. I've worked so hard to get to this step, I can still live for over two thousand years!'

"Revered Master, you, you must have a way to save me, right?" Jiang Yan asked with a panicked expression.

Seeing that he had already scared Jiang Yan, Li Yi satisfied his mischievous streak and simply said, "Don't worry, your Divine Soul is just unstable. In a moment, I will help you stabilize your Divine Soul, and you'll be fine."

Hearing this, Jiang Yan was speechless. He had been scared witless... 'As expected, he's unreliable!'

Just as he was grumbling, Li Yi's palm landed on his head:

"Close your eyes, feel the release of your Divine Soul, and when I say 'withdraw,' then you open your eyes."

Jiang Yan obediently closed his eyes and began to experience the release of his Divine Soul.

As his Divine Soul appeared, Li Yi nodded slightly, his left hand forming a hand seal while his right hand poured Spiritual Qi into the top of Jiang Yan's head.

"Withdraw!"

At the moment Jiang Yan snapped his eyes open, Li Yi's left finger immediately tapped the center of Jiang Yan's brow.

Immediately after, a Soul Calming Incantation landed within Jiang Yan's sea of consciousness.

"Kid, remember this for the future: before the Foundation Establishment Realm, never mess with the Divine Soul. It can kill you."

After Li Yi spoke, he wiped his hands, then took a book from the shelf and threw it to Jiang Yan.

"You can only read this book; you cannot Cultivate it."

"Oh." Jiang Yan took the book, which had three large characters on it: "Yuan Shen Fa."

Li Yi seemed to think of something and asked, "Your Cultivation is so fast; it should be related to your Meridians, right?"

Hearing Li Yi's question, Jiang Yan didn't dare tell the truth. He simply let him think whatever he wanted, better to let Li Yi fill in the blanks himself.

"It should be, after all, I absorb Spiritual Qi particularly fast."

This was the truth for Jiang Yan; after all, when he absorbed Spiritual Qi, it was like a vacuum cleaner.

Li Yi nodded slightly, keeping the method of widening Meridians in mind.

Jiang Yan didn't know that his casual remark directly changed Li Yi's path of immortal cultivation, to the point of changing the future of the Qingyun Sect.

"Alright, go do your Sect tasks." Li Yi waved his hand to shoo Jiang Yan away.

As Jiang Yan left, Li Yi returned to his Immortal Cave and began to study methods for expanding Meridians.

Spirit Sword Peak, Sword Burial Pool.

Clouds and mist gathered in the sky, turning into ink-like condensation in an instant, as if a doomsday was approaching.

Murong Xue's eyes were tightly closed, her fairy robes fluttering without wind. The surrounding Formation runes surged with brilliant light, and it seemed as if the vast light of heaven and earth was converging toward Murong Xue.

An ethereal phantom appeared at the top of Spirit Sword Peak. Although the phantom was not large, it was like a steadying pillar.

Outside the Sword Burial Pool, everyone looked at this scene in horror and swallowed hard.

Seeing this, Duan Tianhai's expression also changed slightly.

When the Foundation Establishment Spirit Platform forms a core, each rotation makes the Golden Core within the body stronger.

Ninety-nine rotations make a One-Turn Golden Core, with the highest being Nine-Turn, but no one has ever seen it.

"This is gathering Spiritual Qi to condense a Golden Core."

"I hope she can withstand the Lightning Tribulation of that One-Turn Golden Core."

"I believe Senior Sister will definitely be able to condense a Golden Core and step into that Core Formation Realm!"

...The discussions and debates around them didn't affect Murong Xue inside the Formation at all.

She was like an Ice Fairy, continuously gathering Spiritual Qi to wash the Foundation Establishment Spirit Platform.

"Not good, why is this Heavenly Tribulation coming so quickly?"

"No way, isn't it said that the Heavenly Tribulation only falls after the Golden Core is condensed?"

"What's going on?"

Everyone discussed animatedly, looking at the sky, finding lightning gathering right above Spirit Sword Peak.

"Do you know what's happening?"

"We all used external pills to condense our cores; we've never seen such a phenomenon."

"It seems to be mentioned in ancient texts, but I can't remember the details."

No one understood, but the thunder rumbled repeatedly.

Gu Chen, having lived for most of his life, didn't know what expression to make. His face shifted through a complex mix of surprise, bewilderment, shock, and fear.

Meanwhile, the Disciples of Spirit Sword Peak were all praying for their Eldest Senior Sister to successfully step onto the path of Core Formation, as Murong Xue was their hope.

However, this Heavenly Tribulation appeared without rhyme or reason, making it impossible for everyone to guess when it would strike.

Between heaven and earth, lightning flashed and gathered, becoming more and more frequent and dense.

The lightning was vast, forming dark, oppressive thunderclouds above Spirit Sword Peak.

The thunderclouds were terrifying, with lightning bolts as thick as arms constantly darting through them.

Most importantly, these lightning bolts were still increasing.

They continued to gather, becoming more and more terrifying, to the point that even the phantom on the Peak began to tremble.

At this moment, the light around Spirit Sword Peak was swallowed by the thunderclouds, and the originally bright world gradually turned dark.

"Rumble!"

The sound of muffled thunder shocked everyone, and even all the Disciples of the Qingyun Sect were startled by it.

"Is this the Lightning Tribulation?" Jiang Yan looked up at the sky.

To be honest, he really wanted to flee the Qingyun Sect right now; he felt as if this lightning was going to strike him.

'Damn it, it's someone else Undergoing Tribulation, not me. What's there to be afraid of? Keep killing rabbits!'

Steadying his mind, Jiang Yan raised his sword and struck.

Li Yi ignored the Heavenly Tribulation outside; at this moment, he was trying acupuncture with silver needles.

Although this method was stupid, he felt that everything should be tried. What if it succeeded?

"Pfft!"

Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Li Yi cursed inwardly and decisively gave up on this method.

"Rumble!"

Another muffled thunder sounded, followed by a lightning bolt as thick as an arm crashing toward Spirit Sword Peak.

Watching the rapidly falling lightning, the phantom on the Peak swung a sword.

This sword light was like a high-hanging crescent moon, appearing particularly striking in the darkness.

"Boom!"

The sword light and the lightning shattered one after another, turning into countless specks of light that dissipated into the world.

"Rumble!"

As the muffled thunder rang out, another lightning bolt descended.

The long sword in the phantom's hand swung another sword light to intercept the lightning.

The collision of sword light and lightning produced a massive roar.

Many Disciples had already begun to cover their ears.

"Rumble!"

Just as the dissipating lightning ended, another arm-thick bolt descended from the sky.

"Slash!"

This time, the phantom made a sound, and immediately after, a red glow flashed and vanished.

When the lightning touched the red glow, it seemed to disappear, but in the next moment, the explosion of this lightning rang out above the mountain gate of the Qingyun Sect.

"Girl, I have blocked three lightning strikes for you. Next, it will depend on your own fortune!" After the phantom on the mountain Peak finished speaking, it instantly vanished into the Void Realm.

"The Old Ancestor has done his best. Next, it's up to us," Lu Wuxiu said.

"Please rest assured, Peak Master, we will certainly give our all!" Elder Cao bowed with his hands clasped.

As the Grand Elder of Hua Ling Peak, Elder Cao's attainments in Formations were not inferior to Lu Wuxiu's.

Moreover, he had personally led the construction of this Formation. If this Formation couldn't block five lightning strikes, then Murong Xue would just have to suffer this tribulation!

"Rumble!"

An arm-thick lightning bolt descended rapidly, crashing toward Murong Xue.

As soon as the lightning passed through the first layer of the Formation barrier, it immediately exploded.

"It seems this Attenuation Formation works!" Lu Wuxiu said proudly.

Elder Cao was also overjoyed. He just wanted to do an experiment and hadn't expected that after modifying the Attenuation Formation, it could actually weaken the power of the lightning.

Just as everyone was rejoicing, the lightning from the sky fell again.

This time, it also exploded after passing through the first layer of the Formation.

As the two sets of protective Formation barriers inside shattered, Elder Cao immediately ordered to replenish the Defensive Formations.

A Defensive Formation could be set up with at most three layers; once used up, a new Defensive Formation needed to be added in time.

To set up the Defensive Formations in time, Elder Cao guided the Spiritual Qi of Hua Ling Peak to Spirit Sword Peak, to prevent the Formation's Spiritual Qi from becoming unstable and causing the Formation to explode prematurely.

Hearing the booming sounds coming from Spirit Sword Peak, Jiang Yan's sword technique for slaughtering rabbits quickened.

Just as the explosion occurred over there, a pop-up window suddenly jumped out.

[Killed Spirit Fur Rabbit, gained experience: 45, gained life span: 1 year, life span: 2 years]

[Current Experience: 100%]

[Level Up Successful]

[Current Experience: 0%]

[Sword-type Weapons LV3 (8915/10000)]

'Haha, finally leveled up!'

'Grinded all morning, killed over six hundred rabbits, awesome!'

Jiang Yan was thrilled; he felt he was one step closer to his dream.

Just as he was thinking about standing at the Peak in the future, a clap of thunder pulled him back to reality.

'Damn it, what kind of tribulation is this? Why is it never-ending?'

"Boom!"

As he grumbled, as if responding to his words, another thunderous explosion rang out.

'My fault, my fault, this lowly one deserves to die. Please don't lower yourself to my level, Great One, please continue striking.'