The tribulation of lightning refined the golden elixir, and the divine body began to take shape.

At this moment, Lin Yuan, at the center of the lightning cloud vortex, not only showed no fear in his eyes, but instead, a monstrous Battle Intent burned within them.

"Good timing!"

He could clearly feel that his Low-Grade Spiritual Root was an invisible shackles, tightly binding him.

Even with massive resources and the foundation of Divine Path Foundation Establishment, he had forcefully broken through the Bottleneck and condensed a Golden Core, but this Golden Core still carried a subtle, hard-to-detect flaw.

The Lightning Tribulation descended by the Heavenly Dao was both destruction and... Opportunity!

It was the only chance to temper his Golden Core, refine his Physical Body, and perfect his Heaven-Defying Dao foundation!

"Others fear lightning strikes, but I don't!"

Lin Yuan's lips curled into a wild smile; not only did he not put up any defense, but with a thought, he directly stripped off his myriad scale armor.

He wanted to face this baptism from the Heavenly Dao with his purest Physical Body!

"Boom-crack!"

The sky seemed enraged by his provocation; a silver bolt of lightning as thick as a water bucket transformed into a Heavenly God's spear, tearing through the sky, carrying the violent power to purify all things, and struck down upon his head!

Before the lightning arrived, the terrifying pressure had already caused the ground of the entire Tingfeng Courtyard to sink several inches!

"Come!"

Lin Yuan let out a long roar, advancing instead of retreating, stomping his feet hard on the ground. He transformed into an arrow shot from a bowstring, soaring into the sky, actually actively meeting the lightning bolt!

This scene left everyone in the city who witnessed it completely stunned.

"Is he crazy?"

"That's Heavenly Lightning! He's actually trying to withstand it with his Physical Body?"

"Seeking death! This is absolutely seeking death!"

Under countless horrified gazes, Lin Yuan violently collided with the silver Heavenly Lightning!

"Bang!"

A dull, drum-like roar echoed between heaven and earth.

Lin Yuan only felt an unparalleled, violent force surge into his body, instantly churning his internal organs.

Every inch of flesh and blood, every bone in his body, trembled and tore madly under this force!

"Pfft!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood, and his skin instantly turned scorched black.

"Boom!" Another Lightning Tribulation descended, and Lin Yuan's body, standing in mid-air, trembled violently. His skin became even more scorched black, and his flesh was mangled.

"Rumble!"

The power of the Heavenly Tribulation continued to escalate.

Nine bolts!

He himself seemed to have become a piece of charcoal struck hollow by lightning, emitting a pungent burnt smell, his aura extremely weak.

"Is it... over?" Someone in the city murmured, with a hint of regret in their tone.

Such a Prodigy, yet so arrogant, ultimately fell under the might of the heavens.

However, the next moment, at the bottom of the human-shaped deep pit, a faint golden light suddenly lit up on the charcoal-like "corpse."

Immediately after, the golden light grew brighter and brighter!

"Crack... crack..."

The scorched black dead skin on the surface peeled off inch by inch like a cracked eggshell, revealing new skin beneath that shimmered with a warm, jade-like luster.

Lin Yuan stood up from the pit. He took a deep breath, and the Spiritual Qi above the entire Tingfeng Courtyard and even Black Stone City formed visible streams of Qi, frantically surging into his body.

His injuries, nourished by the massive Spiritual Qi, recovered at an incredible speed.

And the Golden Core that had just condensed in his Dantian, after being tempered by the Heavenly Lightning, became even more solid, shining brightly with golden light, and the subtle, almost imperceptible flaw on its surface had vanished.

Not only that, but after experiencing destruction and Rebirth, the strength of his Physical Body also rose a level!

[Golden Body Realm Early Stage: 1000/10000 (addable points)]

"Satisfying!"

Lin Yuan twisted his neck, letting out a series of crackling bone sounds, his face filled with exhilarating pleasure.

"This feeling is much more invigorating than cultivating face-to-face!"

He looked up at the sky, his Battle Intent growing even stronger.

"Again!"

"Boom-crack!"

The thunderclouds in the sky seemed to be completely enraged. This time, three even thicker silver lightning bolts descended simultaneously, blocking all his escape routes from three different angles!

"Good timing!"

Lin Yuan spread his arms, transforming into an insatiable glutton, frantically absorbing the power of the lightning to temper himself.

His skin, tendons, bones, flesh, and internal organs, under the baptism of this lightning, shattered again and again, and reassembled again and again. Each reassembly made them tougher and stronger than before!

The Golden Core in his Dantian, especially, shone brightly under the infusion of this pure Origin of lightning, and even began to show fine silver lightning patterns on its surface.

"Rumble!"

Eighteen bolts!

Thirty-five bolts!

The color of the lightning also gradually changed from the initial silver to a deep purple, and the power contained within it increased exponentially!

The Cultivators in Black Stone City were completely numb.

They looked at the figure bathing in the sea of lightning, as if looking up at an ancient Divine Demon.

That was no longer a person, but a true monster!

Finally, after thirty-five bolts of Lightning Tribulation descended, the thunderclouds in the sky began to violently roll and contract.

All the dark clouds, all the electric light, converged at an astonishing speed towards a central point.

Eventually, it condensed into a Divine Lightning bolt, only as thick as an arm, but radiating a dazzling golden color!

"Refine me...!"

Lin Yuan's eyes were completely bloodshot, letting out a roar from the depths of his Soul!

He actually actively activated the Golden Core in his Dantian, transforming it into a huge vortex, using his body as a furnace and heaven and earth as fuel, attempting to completely refine this last Divine Lightning and integrate it into himself!

Time, at this moment, seemed to stand still.

That dazzling golden Divine Lightning did not emit any earth-shattering roar, but silently merged into Lin Yuan's body.

The entire Tingfeng Courtyard was completely swallowed by an extremely dazzling golden light.

All the Cultivators in the city subconsciously closed their eyes. Even probing with Divine Sense would cause their Divine Soul to ache terribly from the overbearing lightning power.

When the golden light slowly dissipated, everyone eagerly cast their gaze towards the deep pit.

The deep pit had disappeared.

In its place was a figure sitting cross-legged.

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged in his original spot, his black hair moving without wind, golden electric arcs still lingering around him, emitting soft "crackling" sounds.

His skin was as white and flawless as jade, with a subtle precious glow flowing, as if it were not a body of flesh and blood, but a work of art carved from top-grade immortal jade.

A terrifying pressure, far exceeding that of ordinary Golden Core Cultivators, emanated from his body—heavy and solid, it actually made some Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators nearby feel a suffocating sense of oppression.

"He succeeded... He... he actually succeeded!"

Someone let out an exclamation, instantly igniting the entire scene.

"My heavens! To withstand the Heavenly Tribulation with his Physical Body and emerge unharmed, is he even human anymore?"

"What is the background of this Supreme Guest Elder of the Yin Corpse Sect?"

Discussions and exclamations rose one after another.

At this moment, Lin Yuan's mind was completely immersed within his own body.

Within his Dantian Qi Sea, a dragon-eye-sized Golden Core was spinning smoothly.

This Golden Core was completely different from those of ordinary Cultivators.

It was entirely a dazzling pure gold, its surface covered with profound silver-purple lightning patterns, and at the core of the Golden Core, there was an aura of Geng Gold as fine as a strand of hair, like a sleeping True Dragon, coiled within it.