159: Breakthrough together, 69 days of tribulation

The terrifying calamity eye, which had been gathering, was instantly pierced through by the blood-colored Dharmic Seal's bombardment.

The newly converged calamity eye was on the verge of dissipating.

Just as everyone thought this Lightning Tribulation would be forcibly dispersed by Xue Qin's great magical power.

Xiao Zhuo erupted with terrifying Divine Soul pressure; his soul infant had a Breakthrough.

The calamity eye had formed because Xiao Zhuo's Body Refining and magical power Realms in the tower both reached the sixth Void Refining Realm, triggering his soul infant's advancement.

Even if one specifically Cultivates the Divine Soul, Cultivators will subtly temper and strengthen their Divine Soul during Body Refining or Cultivation, but because it is not their main focus, other Cultivators of the same Realm usually have a Divine Soul level one or two Realms weaker than true Soul Cultivators of the same rank.

Xiao Zhuo's soul infant was already at the Peak critical point of the fourth stage. His previous Realm Breakthrough was due to being in the Blood Fiend Tower, where the Law power suppressed his Divine Soul, preventing his soul infant from advancing.

As he was teleported out of the tower, the Blood Fiend Tower's Law suppression vanished, and Xiao Zhuo's soul infant Realm became unstoppable.

A fifth-stage soul infant is comparable to a Cultivator in the Tribulation Crossing Realm.

The Heavenly Tribulation naturally descended.

As Xiao Zhuo's fifth-stage soul infant aura erupted, the Heavenly Tribulation's calamity eye in the sky, which was about to be dispersed, re-converged. Moreover, due to Xue Qin's intervention, the Heavenly Tribulation's power significantly increased.

Xue Qin naturally detected the problem and her brows were tightly furrowed.

Her Divine Sense burst forth, and she realized that this Heavenly Tribulation could probably no longer be resolved by this Clone alone.

She was afraid she had doomed Blood Sea!

Thinking of this, a trace of annoyance flashed across Xue Qin's pretty face, then she calmly said, "Everyone, retreat a hundred miles!"

The moment she spoke, a vast Heavenly Sound spread across the world, and all the Cultivators in the arena immediately began to rapidly move away.

Xue Qin herself flickered and appeared a hundred miles away.

She had already made up her mind: if Blood Sea couldn't withstand this Heavenly Tribulation, she would risk the collapse of this Clone to save his life.

After all, he was the one who defeated the True Immortal Tianyuan. How to decide his fate must be left to the Old Ancestor. If she really caused Blood Sea's death because of herself, not only would she be unable to explain it to the Old Ancestor, but her prestige in the Blood Palace would also greatly decline.

One must know that Xue Qin took charge of the Abyssal Blood Palace at only three thousand years old, certainly because of her absolute strength, but more so because of the Old Ancestor's decree.

Otherwise, how would so many old fogeys in the Blood Palace agree?

If this matter was not handled well, she might even be impeached by the Elder Council.

At that time, the Old Ancestor would not be able to forcibly protect her either.

But vaguely, Xue Qin had a premonition that even this Lightning Tribulation, whose power had increased tenfold after her intervention, probably still couldn't do anything to Blood Sea.

"Blood Sea! Don't disappoint this Palace!" Xue Qin murmured in her heart, her blood-colored eyes fixed on Xiao Zhuo, who was already soaring a hundred miles away.

The swirling calamity eye in the sky suddenly expanded, covering the entire firmament!

That golden vertical pupil, cold and emotionless, locked onto the tiny Xiao Zhuo below, who was exuding a terrifying Soul Power aura.

"Boom—crack—!"

The first strike of the first round of Lightning Tribulation tore through the sky, as thick as a mountain, a pure golden lightning bolt carrying the majestic Heavenly Might that could destroy everything, struck down with tremendous force!

The air was instantly ionized, emitting a harsh shriek, and space itself warped and fluctuated.

Xiao Zhuo's soul infant slowly opened its eyes in his Sea of Consciousness. His Main Body stood tall, without the slightest fear in his eyes, but instead burning with fierce Battle Intent and desire.

Not only did he not retreat, but he took a step forward, meeting the lightning head-on!

"Good timing! Purgatory Demonic Body, activate!"

His divine blood was activated again, the God-Slaying Blood Flame began to burn fiercely around his body, and the Purgatory Demonic Body was also activated simultaneously. Xiao Zhuo's body beneath the blood flame instantly turned a dark golden, glazed color, with intricate lightning runes moving between his muscles and bones.

He did not use any Divine Ability or Magic Treasure, intending to confront this first Heavenly Lightning with his pure Physical Body!

Boom!

The golden lightning pillar smashed heavily onto Xiao Zhuo's head.

The dazzling electric light instantly engulfed him, and the violent lightning power struck him down from mid-air, landing on the Blood Fiend Plaza. At the same time, wisps of lightning had penetrated the blood flame, frantically tearing at his body, trying to reduce it to dust.

With him as the center, the surrounding several miles of land instantly turned into scorched, glazed earth.

"Ugh!" Xiao Zhuo let out a muffled groan, electric arcs scurrying around him, his skin scorched and cracked, but the dark golden, glazed light stubbornly flickered within the lightning.

The method of refining the Lightning Tribulation power within his Purgatory Demonic Body operated frantically. The Purgatory Demonic Body, like a greedy glutton, furiously devoured the invading Tribulation Lightning power, transforming it into nutrients for tempering his Physical Body and nourishing his Qi and blood.

At the same time, the Heaven-Observing Divine Eye between his brows quietly opened, and invisible ripples spread, instantly analyzing and imprinting the energy structure and Law trajectory contained within this Tribulation Lightning into his mind.

The nine Tribulation Lightning bolts of the first round were each thicker, faster, and fiercer than the last!

Xiao Zhuo was like divine iron rooted in a lightning storm, sometimes confronting it directly, sometimes striking the side of the lightning pillar with his fists and feet, dispersing some of its power before absorbing it.

The charring on his body deepened continuously, yet rapidly repaired itself under his powerful self-healing ability. The dark golden light became deeper and more condensed, faintly revealing a hint of an indestructible aura.

The second round of Tribulation Lightning descended, now tinged with a hint of purple within the gold, its power doubled!

Xiao Zhuo no longer relied solely on his Physical Body to resist. He formed hand seals, and a monstrous Blood Fiend power surged around him.

A giant blood-colored hand, condensed from pure magical power and Blood Fiend power, shot into the sky. Instead of directly colliding, it cleverly struck the side of the Tribulation Lightning, slightly dispersing and deflecting its massive energy structure, thus spreading its power.

The weakened lightning then struck his body. Although it still caused his skin to tear and his bones to hum, it remained within the Purgatory Demonic Body's limit of endurance and transformation.

The Heaven-Observing Divine Eye rapidly operated, analyzing the more complex Laws of destruction and Rebirth contained within the purple-gold Tribulation Lightning.

The third round of Tribulation Lightning had transformed into a deep purple-gold, each strike accompanied by thunder that could shatter the Divine Soul!

Blood seeped from Xiao Zhuo's nose and mouth, and several spots on his body revealed stark white bone. The Purgatory Demonic Body's absorption speed had begun to fall behind the Tribulation Lightning's destructive speed.

He roared, his hands forming a grasping motion, and a "Lightning Striking Divine Blade" forged entirely from his own Qi and blood and lightning appeared in his hand.

"Break!"

The long blade tore through the air with a piercing shriek, accurately piercing into the weakest point of the Tribulation Lightning's core!

Boom!

The purple-gold Tribulation Lightning was prematurely detonated by the immense power contained within the battle blade, exploding into a sky full of violent but relatively dispersed electrical snakes.

Xiao Zhuo bathed in this rain of electrical snakes, enduring the tearing pain while greedily absorbing the scattered energy to repair himself.

His magical power and Physical Body Realms, under this extreme pressure and replenishment, were furiously pushing towards the limit of the Void Refinement Peak.

The fourth and fifth rounds of Tribulation Lightning were now almost dark gold, carrying a hint of the Chaos aura that could destroy all things!

The terror of their power even caused Xue Qin, a hundred miles away, to slightly change her expression. The space behind her rippled due to the Heavenly Tribulation's pressure.

Xiao Zhuo used every means at his disposal. The Lightning Striking Divine Blade shattered and reformed, and layers of Taishi Space barriers also surged forth, stacking upon each other. He even utilized simplified lightning runes, partially analyzed from the Tribulation Lightning, integrating them into his attacks, repeatedly dispersing and weakening the deadly Tribulation Lightning, then forcibly absorbing it with his Purgatory Demonic Body, which was on the verge of collapse.

He was like a glazed doll covered in cracks, blood-colored flames flickering around his body, yet his aura was like a volcano compressed to its extreme, violent and dangerous.

The sixth round of Tribulation Lightning, nine bolts of destructive lightning, pitch black with golden flames burning at their edges, descended!

This already far exceeded the scope of a typical six-nine Heavenly Tribulation, carrying the aura of the Heavenly Dao's wrath, as if to completely obliterate this Heaven-Defying existence.

"This is the moment!" Xiao Zhuo's eyes burst forth with unprecedented brilliance.

He no longer deliberately weakened it. Instead, he operated the Purgatory Demonic Body to its extreme, while the Void Refinement Peak magical power and Physical Body power within him resonated wildly, impacting that invisible barrier!

"Roar—!" He roared to the sky, actually charging proactively towards the most terrifying first dark golden Tribulation Lightning!

Boom! Poof!

The moment of contact, half of Xiao Zhuo's body was almost shattered, and even his golden soul infant violently vibrated, its light dimming!

However, at this critical moment of life and death, the core runes of the Purgatory Demonic Body erupted with unprecedented suction, and the Heaven-Observing Divine Eye completely discerned the deepest "destruction" and "Rebirth" power of this Tribulation Lightning!

At the same time, that extreme pressure became the final catalyst for Breakthrough!

"Break for me!"

The sound of shackles breaking seemed to echo within his body!

From his shattered body, a vast, sea-like Qi and blood and Divine Thought erupted, instantly repairing his injuries. The dark golden, glazed color faded, replaced by a deep, restrained, dark bronze color that seemed to contain stars and the Universe, with an indestructible divine radiance flowing beneath his skin—his Body Refining had broken through the Void Refining Realm, achieving the Integration Stage!

Simultaneously, his Dantian and Qi Sea expanded wildly, and the nature of his magical power underwent a qualitative change, becoming more condensed and pure, carrying a hint of the Tribulation Lightning's destructive aura and the Dao rhyme of the Heavenly Dao Laws—the Spell Cultivator's Void Refining Realm shackles were broken again, achieving the Integration Stage!

With the Breakthrough of both Realms, his aura surged!

However, at the moment of this Breakthrough, an unexpected change occurred!