17: Chapter 17 Why is there a Heavenly Tribulation when breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage?

It was no wonder Zhao Yi felt guilty; there were countless failures when having a Breakthrough from the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Although most were safe and sound like Bai Jiatong, there were those whose Dantian exploded.

He hadn't even taken a foundation establishment pill, so how could he not feel guilty?

But feeling guilty was useless now.

The Spiritual Qi that had appeared peacefully was now suddenly erupting, appearing in Zhao Yi's Dantian like a tornado.

The violent Spiritual Qi storm stirred up all the Spiritual Qi in Zhao Yi's Dantian, causing Zhao Yi to lose control of the Spiritual Qi in his body.

"It's over..."

Zhao Yi watched helplessly as the tornado in his Dantian swept away all the Spiritual Qi in his body.

Those Spiritual Qi swirled continuously in the Dantian, and at the same time, more Spiritual Qi appeared out of thin air to join them.

As the tornado grew, Zhao Yi's Dantian felt waves of stinging pain.

Zhao Yi focused his gaze and saw that the Dantian walls were covered in dense cracks.

"Damn it!"

"So, the Dantian is destroyed and the Meridians are all severed, right?"

He had already foreseen his ending.

"Damn it, you stupid System, you've ruined me~"

Boom!

Zhao Yi's vision went black, and he lost consciousness.

Just as Zhao Yi fainted, his Dantian suddenly emitted a blinding white light, illuminating the entire cultivation room.

"I'm not dead?"

After an unknown amount of time, Zhao Yi finally woke up from the darkness.

"Oh no, my cultivation."

The first thing Zhao Yi did when his mind cleared was to look at his Dantian.

When he saw the scene in his Dantian, Zhao Yi was confused.

"This~"

It turned out that the Spiritual Qi that had filled his Dantian had disappeared, and only a fist-sized ball of liquid was rolling around in his Dantian.

This was the True Essence after the Spiritual Qi had liquefied, and it was also Zhao Yi's Dao foundation.

"Did I successfully have a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment?"

Zhao Yi was filled with joy, but before he could be happy for even a breath, a great terror suddenly appeared in his heart.

"Holy crap, this is a Heavenly Tribulation~"

"Why is there a Heavenly Tribulation when having a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment?"

At this moment, Zhao Yi felt his worldview shattered.

"No, I can't Undergo Tribulation here."

Outside the cultivation room, the originally sunny weather suddenly became overcast with dark clouds, and the other Cultivators were anxious.

"Is it going to rain?"

"This strange weather changes as soon as it wants."

Zhao Yi's figure was like a bolt of lightning as he dashed out of the cultivation room, heading straight for the outside of the Spirit Stone Mine.

"Not good!"

"He's running, chase him!"

Bai Jiatong, who had been waiting for more than ten days, was overjoyed.

"Bastard, I thought you could stay in the cultivation room for the rest of your life."

With a swoosh, more than twenty Cultivators chased after the direction Zhao Yi had fled.

On an unknown small hillside, Zhao Yi stood empty-handed, looking at the black clouds in mid-air.

It wasn't that he wasn't prepared; who could have thought that having a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment would require Undergoing Tribulation?

"Run, why aren't you running anymore?"

Bai Jiatong was panting; he hadn't expected that in just over ten days, Zhao Yi's speed would be this fast; if he hadn't used a Godly Movement Talisman, he would have lost Zhao Yi.

With the Lightning Tribulation right in front of him, how could Zhao Yi care about Bai Jiatong?

His attention was entirely on the Lightning Tribulation.

"I advise you to stay away from here."

Seeing that Zhao Yi ignored him and only stared at the black clouds in mid-air, Bai Jiatong thought there was some danger in mid-air.

He focused his eyes and looked, but there were only the increasingly low black clouds.

"Playing god!"

Swoosh, swoosh~

As the Bai Family Cultivators arrived one after another, Bai Jiatong waved his hand.

"Attack together, try to finish him before the rain falls~"

"Yes, Young Master Tong."

Many Bai Family Cultivators slowly surrounded Zhao Yi, with Bai Jiatong and Bai Da and the other two in the lead.

Zhao Yi...

He was dumbfounded.

What are these people doing?

Can't they see the tribulation cloud?

"Bai Jiatong, hurry up and take your people away; this is a tribulation cloud, can't you see it?"

"If you want to die, can you not drag me with you?"

With so many Cultivators within the range of the tribulation cloud, if the Heavenly Tribulation considered them as people helping with the Tribulation and increased the power of the Lightning Tribulation, then Zhao Yi would be in even bigger trouble.

Zhao Yi was already unprepared for Undergoing Tribulation, and with Bai Jiatong's interference, his future looked even bleaker.

"tribulation cloud?"

"This thing?"

Bai Jiatong was stunned and pointed at the black clouds above his head.

"Hahaha~"

"Whose tribulation cloud?"

"You aren't saying this is your tribulation cloud, are you?"

"It's hilarious; what kind of Tribulation are you Undergoing at the Qi Condensation Ninth Layer?"

"Zhao Yi, your methods are too clumsy..."

What is meant by "good words cannot persuade a person who wants to die," just look at Bai Jiatong and you'll know.

Boom!

As the black clouds got lower and lower, the sudden flash of lightning left Bai Jiatong stunned.

He had been locked onto by the tribulation cloud.

"It's really a Lightning Tribulation?"

"Damn it, what kind of Lightning Tribulation is this?"

Bai Jiatong glared fiercely at Zhao Yi.

"Did you set this trap?"

"Set it your grandfather!"

Zhao Yi cursed.

"Did I ask you to follow me?"

"Also, why didn't you leave when I told you to just now?"

"Damn it, if I weren't about to Undergo Tribulation, I would punch you to death, you turtle grandson."

Zhao Yi was truly anxious.

Now, including himself, there were twenty-eight Cultivators within the range of the tribulation cloud; the one with the highest cultivation was him, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, and the ones with the lowest were three Qi Refining Sixth Layer Bai Family Cultivators.

With so many Cultivators all locked onto by the Lightning Tribulation, who knew if the Lightning Tribulation would mutate?

Zhao Yi felt aggrieved just thinking about it; having a Lightning Tribulation at Foundation Establishment was one thing, but having Bai Jiatong, this idiot, as a bonus—what was he supposed to do?

"Boom!"

Whether Zhao Yi liked it or not, the Lightning Tribulation finally came down.

Under the Lightning Tribulation, the twenty-eight Cultivators were attacked indiscriminately.

"Ah ah~"

With a few screams, the three Qi Refining Sixth Layer Bai Family Cultivators instantly turned into charred corpses.

Another nine Qi Refining Seventh Layer Cultivators fell, and it was clear they were only breathing in and not breathing out.

Bai Jiatong's face was as pale as blood, and his lips were bitten until they bled.

"Zhao Yi, you are so cruel; how are these Bai Family Cultivators innocent?"

Zhao Yi...

Although the first Lightning Tribulation didn't hurt him, how could the feeling of being struck by lightning be comfortable?

He had the heart to refute Bai Jiatong, but the second Lightning Tribulation came.

"Boom!"

Except for Zhao Yi and Bai Jiatong, all the other Cultivators lay down.

As for how many died, Zhao Yi had no mind to care, because the third and fourth Lightning Tribulations came down one after another.

As the lightning flashed, Zhao Yi could only rely on the True Essence that had just been generated in his body to resist it hard.

The fifth...

The sixth...

...

All nine Lightning Tribulations, except for the first one, the other eight basically came down one after another.

Zhao Yi had been struck silly, his whole mind was a blank.

Other than the pain, he had no other sensation.

Looking from afar, Zhao Yi was pitch black, his clothes were tattered, his hair was exploded, and he looked indescribably miserable.

But compared to the charred corpses lying at his feet, this misery was nothing.

Not far from Zhao Yi, Bai Jiatong was emitting black smoke, alive or dead unknown.

In other places, there were twenty-six humanoid black shadows; whether it was Qi Refining Seventh Layer or Qi Refining Eighth Layer, not a single one survived the Lightning Tribulation.

"Phew~"

After a long while, Zhao Yi finally recovered from the Lightning Tribulation.

The black clouds in the sky had dissipated, he didn't know when.

Looking at Bai Jiatong, Zhao Yi took out his hoe and gestured a few times at his head, but he couldn't make up his mind.

"You, what do you want to do?"