Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

"Boom!" A tremendous thunderclap resounded through the heavens and earth, as if right next to one's ear.

The second heavenly tribulation thunder descended from the azure sky, striking the great bird's back. It instantly transformed into silver threads, extending to every inch of its skin, seeping into its body through its seven orifices and pores.

The great bird convulsed, shrinking into a ball, its long beak agape as it emitted a shrill cry.

Before long, a blaze erupted from within its body, as if burning it completely through, threatening to reduce it to ashes.

The great bird's wings twitched, its mouth spewing smoke and fire like rain and mist, constantly falling, finally crashing onto a mountain ridge, igniting a sea of flames for thousands of miles.

Just as the group thought it had failed to forcefully transcend the tribulation, a massive firebird soared from the raging flames, illuminating the vast night sky, completely obscuring the light of the moon above.

However, before it could fly even a thousand feet high, another heavenly tribulation thunder descended, carrying a hint of destructive aura, striking its massive head. It instantly extinguished the flames engulfing its body and shattered a black-purple fleshy crest that had grown atop its head at some point.

The great bird shrieked, plummeting straight down, crashing heavily onto a tall mountain, instantly causing the mountain to crumble, rocks to fly, and smoke and dust to billow.

Amidst the deafening rumbling, the mountain peak collapsed, mud and rocks tumbled down, burying the charred, nearly lifeless great bird.

Zhang Yuanjing and the others trembled, their palms slick with sweat. The power of the heavenly tribulation, even observed from tens of thousands of miles away, still inspired instinctive fear within them, making them unable to control themselves.

"Is it dead?" After a long silence, King Golden Law asked, his voice as dry as sawing wood.

"What a pity. Of the three heavenly tribulations to transform into a Deity Transformation being, it couldn't withstand the last one!" Xing Guanghan said with considerable regret.

"No, that last one only counts as the second. The very first one wasn't part of its tribulation; it was naturally generated by the will of heaven and earth. Forcibly triggering a tribulation like this usually means enduring an extra heavenly thunder," Zhang Yuanjing coughed lightly. Coming from a great sect, he had some understanding of this and offered a brief explanation.

At this moment, Fire Crow Daoist exclaimed, "It's not dead! Look, above the sky, the lightning is still gathering!"

The previous three heavenly thunders had all been unleashed from the sky in an instant, without any signs of gathering lightning. This indicated that the final heavenly thunder would undoubtedly be incredibly powerful.

As the group pondered, a vortex of electric light swirled in the azure sky like a tunnel, seemingly extending from an unreachable place. Within the tunnel was a bewildering nothingness.

"Boom!" A beam of immense lightning, carrying boundless majesty, ruthlessly struck the collapsed mountain peak. Amidst a series of crackling sounds, a cloud of mist, mixed with smoke, fire, and yellow earth, surged upwards, enveloping an area of thousands of miles and continuing to spread.

"Retreat at once!" Xing Guanghan roared, summoning his flying sword and turning to flee.

The other four, startled by his actions, also fled in disarray. Only after running over five thousand miles did they dare to turn back and look.

At this moment, endless lightning danced within the mist, quickly sweeping it away.

All that could be seen was a sea of lightning stretching for thousands of miles rising from the broken peak, and beneath the sea of lightning, there were no more mountains, forests, vegetation, or rocky valleys, only a massive pit emitting black smoke.

At the center of the sea of lightning, where the lightning was densest, the great bird's enormous corpse continuously disintegrated and dissipated, eventually being completely refined by the lightning, leaving not a trace.

"It failed!" Xing Guanghan said softly, with deep regret and sorrow.

King Golden Law and Chang Guangming sighed, remaining silent.

"Advancing to Deity Transformation is too difficult! Without a super spiritual cave as a foundation, success is almost impossible!" Zhang Yuanjing said with emotion. "Even with a super spiritual cave, the odds are slim."

"Indeed, in the current cultivation world, even Nascent Soul True Men or Devil Transformation True Fiends are rare, let alone mighty figures in the Deity Transformation or Soul Fusion realms!" Fire Crow Daoist echoed, his mood somber.

Just as the group was sighing, a clear phoenix cry pierced the night sky, cleaving through the might of the heavens.

Within the sea of lightning, a great bird as black as ink emerged from the void, a golden crown glittering atop its head, resisting the surrounding lightning.

Its body was only several hundred feet in size, less than one ten-thousandth of its previous size, but the power contained within its body was countless times stronger.

The lightning continuously destroyed its newly formed body, but also helped it rebuild. In the constant cycle of life and death, its aura steadily rose, causing spiritual energy to surge like a tide.

"Phoenix Nirvana! A Black Phoenix Divine Bird!" Xing Guanghan exclaimed in shock.

"It's actually a Golden-Crowned Black Phoenix; no wonder it dared to actively trigger the tribulation! Is it advancing to the Deity Transformation realm? Legend says it doesn't want anyone to see its true form!" Chang Guangming said with some panic.

"It wants to use the lightning to temper its body and enhance its cultivation. There's still time to escape!" Xing Guanghan said steadily, but his voice trembled slightly.

King Golden Law shouted, "What are we waiting for? Run!"

The group immediately turned and fled in panic, not daring to look back!

At the same time that the final heavenly thunder was brewing, hundreds of millions of miles northwest of the Lightning Purgatory Mountains, on a magnificent mountain range, Daoist temples and palaces stretched for thousands of miles.

On the highest peak in the center, there was an ordinary Daoist temple built of blue bricks. A white-robed Daoist was gazing at the celestial phenomena, muttering to himself, "The opportunity of heaven and earth has just appeared. In the Southern Domain, a powerful figure is attempting to break through to the Deity Transformation realm, and even Void Lightning has appeared. It has persisted to the third tribulation! Whether it succeeds or fails, let's see its fortune!"

He paced back and forth, constantly observing the changes in the southern sky, his brow sometimes furrowed, sometimes relaxed, as if pondering something.

"Hmm, it failed!! The Deity Transformation realm cannot be rushed! But who could this person be? Among those Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators, only the one from Spirit Martial Mountain has a chance of reaching Great Perfection and obtaining a glimmer of hope. The rest are just waiting for death. No, Spirit Martial Mountain is in the southwest, while this person's breakthrough location is in the due south, slightly east. What great sect is there? Hmm, it could also be a great demon, a deeply hidden great demon! The demon race, hmph! I'm afraid a troubled time is coming!" The white-robed Daoist muttered to himself, appearing somewhat troubled.

"Forget it, I still cannot personally go to the Southern Domain, lest it cause misunderstandings, abruptly start a war, and delay the grand plan!" He seemed to have made a decision. He waved his hand, and a flash of fire suddenly appeared and disappeared instantly.

After a dozen breaths, a gray shadow floated up from a magnificent palace at the foot of the mountain and stopped in front of the white-robed Daoist.

This was a middle-aged scholar, with a handsome appearance and extraordinary bearing. He respectfully bowed and said with joy, "Congratulations to Divine Venerable for emerging from seclusion, your divine powers and magic have reached a new level."

"Alright, don't say such empty words. Tell your junior brother Lou that the matter at the Transverse Mountain must be handled as soon as possible, but it must also be done with care and without leaking any information!" He paused for a moment, then added, "Hmm, if it can be arranged, you can send one or two more Nascent Souls to assist him!"