ALL NOVEL Chapter 161.1
The thunderclouds covering the top of the mountain grew thicker and thicker, and the sense of oppression became stronger. From time to time, dull sounds could be heard from the clouds, resembling the roar of a beast.
In the cave, Li Tianyan’s Five Elements Yin and Yang Technique operated. The completely transformed true spiritual energy swam through his body, scouring and widening the muscles and veins throughout. The Yin and Yang formation in his Dantian constantly evolved.
After the true spiritual energy circulated for eighty-one days and merged into the Yin and Yang poles, Li Tianyan integrated the artistic conception of Yin and Yang reincarnation he had understood into the inner formation.
The yin and yang fish in the centre of the Five Elements formation gradually rotated, and their speed increased. The power of yin and yang rotated alternately, until only two black and white afterimages remained.
After an unknown amount of time, the rotating yin and yang fish finally stopped, and two black and white cores appeared upon it. The ultimate yin and yang resided in the formation, embodying Tai Chi.
Just as Li Tianyan’s core formed, a depressing thundercloud suddenly exploded, and a bolt of thunder struck down like a thunderous snake.
Li Tianyan appeared outside the cave and released a stream of gold-based spiritual energy that connected with the falling thunder. The sky thunder collided with the spiritual energy and exploded, scattering countless thunder stars. Li Tianyan allowed these fragmentary sky thunders to hit him.
After three instances of thunder pool tempering, these scattered sky thunders fell upon Li Tianyan without causing him pain or itching.
However, before the first thunderbolt completely dissipated, two more thunderbolts with the same aura as before fell, appearing somewhat hurried.
Li Tianyan simply pointed his fingers together and released two rays of spiritual energy to scatter the sky thunder, quickly following with three and four rays without any pause in between.
When the nine thunderbolts struck down together, Li Tianyan’s body bore wounds of various sizes. At that moment, no more thunder fell from the sky. Li Tianyan circulated the wood-type energy, causing the injuries on his body to heal quickly.
Just when several Core Formation elders thought that the thunder tribulation was over, they suddenly heard a crisp sound, and a thunderbolt as thick as the mouth of a bowl fell from the sky.
This time, Li Tianyan finally used several percent of his power and summoned the earth element to strike a palm toward the top of his head. However, the scattered thunder energy remained violent, tearing many parts of Li Tianyan’s body open.
The power of the sky thunder was stronger than before, but its speed remained relentless. Before the first one completely dissipated, two more sky thunders fell quickly.
“Tian Min, if your disciple has merits and virtues, why is he still like this…” he struck with lightning.
Yan Si did not finish his thought, but the Core Formation elders present felt the same. Li Tianyan’s sky thunder was indeed unusual. Others formed the core and passed through seven or eight lightning bolts, but now nine lightning bolts had not yet stopped.
Tian Min frowned. Could it be that Li Tianyan’s extraordinary qualifications caused jealousy? The first thunder energy in this round was so powerful, and he did not know what would happen next.
“I’m afraid the thunder won’t be able to stop until it strikes nine times,” Elder Wu Gen remarked, stroking his beard as he observed the rapid descent of the thunder.
“Fortunately, Li Tianyan’s true spiritual energy is strong, and he should be able to get through it,” Xuan Zhen sensed the spiritual energy released by Li Tianyan and said with full appreciation.
Cheng Qi looked at Li Tianyan standing atop the mountain, fighting against the thunder, and unconsciously clenched his hands tighter and tighter.
The momentum of the sky thunder alarmed the entire Tianfan Immortal Sect, and the news of Li Tianyan’s forming a core spread quickly throughout the Tianfan Immortal Sect like thunder on the ground.
“Li… Senior Brother Li really formed a core? Am I not dreaming?”
Huo Xing stood with a group of foundation-establishment disciples, looking at the thunderclouds on the mountain in the distance, and couldn’t help but swallow his saliva as he spoke.
“Are you sure this is a thunderstorm that forms a core? Don’t lie to me. I’ve never seen anyone form a core.”
“When I was in the Haoyue Immortal Sect, I saw with my own eyes the thunder catastrophe that Elder Tian Min formed. It wasn’t that scary at all.”
“It was such a blessing. If everyone’s thunder tribulation was like this, I’m afraid many people who had worked hard to form a core would fall under the thunder.”
“I don’t know if Senior Brother Li can successfully survive this thunderstorm.”
Zhan Junnan looked at the figure amidst the sky thunder and felt a bit dazed. He remembered that when he accepted the task issued by the sect, he and Yan Haoyu were responsible for going to Yuncheng to investigate the Yunpeng Secret Realm.
At that time, Li Tianyan was quite popular in Yuncheng, but he was only at the sixth level of Qi Condensation. Even though he knew that Tian Min intended to accept him as his disciple, Zhan Junnan didn’t pay much attention to it.
Unexpectedly, a few years later, this person had entered stages one after another, reaching a level that many foundation-establishment cultivators could not touch in their entire lives. Li Tianyan truly echoed the saying, “Don’t bully young poor people.”
The few disciples behind him, who had gone to the mortal world with him at the beginning, were also quite moved when they heard this.
The cultivators of the Tianfan Immortal Sect were all thinking about the thunder clouds, but Li Tianyan was solely focused on dealing with the thunder falling from the sky at that moment.
Although he had anticipated that this thunderstorm might not be easy, the reality was that it was more serious than he thought. Just after defusing eight thunderbolts, Li Tianyan’s body was already torn to pieces. Before he could recover from his injuries, nine more thunderbolts struck down from mid-air.
Li Tianyan could only use his true spiritual energy to defend against them one after another. The thunder sparks that exploded fell upon him, bruising and weakening his chest, arms, and back in many places. However, he had no scruples, and after making several more palm strikes in the air, the nine thunders finally dissipated.
Seeing that the thunder had subsided, Li Tianyan did not relax. He meditated on the spot and used wood elemental energy to quickly repair his wounds. Soon, those shocking bloody wounds healed visibly under the nourishment of gentle vitality. After this ordeal, Li Tianyan’s body became much stronger than before.