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Chapter 860: 866 Chapter: The Experiment
As Da Qing cultivated within the Spirit Realm, he immediately sensed the feedback of mana, "Has Jiu broken through?"
However, he didn’t have time to rejoice for Li Zhirui, as he hurriedly set about refining the mana.
Xiaoqing, still recuperating from injuries, used this surge of mana to nourish the damaged meridians, aiming for a speedier recovery.
Deep within the Mount Wanshou range, Xiao Cang who had been in seclusion for many years, and was just one step away from breaking through, was pushed over the threshold by this surge of mana. He successfully took that last step!
Ao!
A dragon’s cry echoed throughout Wanxian Island.
Xiao Cang burst out of his Cave Mansion, his huge dragon body coiled above the clouds, dragon scales gleaming, his Dragon Ball shining brightly beneath his chin, and his dragon horns, entwined roots-like, resembled a True Dragon from legends!
Having previously obtained that fifth rank dragon egg and refined it, he added a trace of True Dragon blood to himself, helping Xiao Cang successfully advance to a sixth rank, moving even closer to the True Dragon bloodline; naturally, his appearance became more like that of a True Dragon.
Upon hearing the commotion, the cultivators and Spirit Beasts on the island rushed over—the former to secure a prime spot to observe, the latter to hide away from the Thunder Tribulation in fear.
However, not all Spirit Beasts fled; those fourth Order perfection Spirit Beasts that had emerged from the Secret Realm all hurried over.
They too desired to break through to the fifth Order, and now was the perfect opportunity to learn about the Thunder Tribulation; moreover, they might gain something from observing.
Li Chengsheng and Li Mingzi maintained order, ensuring no life form would intrude upon the area of the Thunder Tribulation.
Before long, dark tribulation clouds formed, and the first bolt of Tribulation Thunder struck down with thunderous fury.
But for Xiao Cang, who now possessed a sixth rank Flood Dragon true form, this level of power could not harm him in the slightest. He even used the lightning to temper his physical body.
The second, the third...
Until the sixth Tribulation Thunder, Xiao Cang did not use mana but relied purely on his body’s resilience to transcend the tribulation and further temper his physique with the Tribulation Thunder.
Under his clansmen’s astonished gaze, Xiao Cang for the first time exhibited Divine Power in the face of the final three bolts of Tribulation Thunder.
A cyan thunderbolt shot out, clashing violently with the Tribulation Thunder, creating a massive shockwave that swept away ten miles’ worth of clouds.
Xiao Cang’s chosen Law was the Cyan Thunder Rule, a Law of unparalleled offensive force—or it might be said that all of the Laws of Thunder were powerful in their attack. 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝒐𝒎
After experiencing the power of the Tribulation Thunder, Xiao Cang discarded the last bit of fear in his heart, becoming calm and composed, not worried at all about the prospect of failing his Tribulation Transcendence.
His transcendence was significantly more relaxed than Da Qing, Jiang Fengwu, and others had experienced, and this was not just because of Xiao Cang’s grade but also because the Yuanhao Realm’s Heavenly Dao had been thoroughly refined and could no longer interfere with the Thunder Tribulation.
"The Thunder Tribulation is functioning normally again!" Li Chengsheng visibly relaxed after watching Xiao Cang’s transcendence.
However, up until that moment, none of the cultivators present had noticed the change in Xiao Cang’s grade, mainly because they were too far away to see clearly and didn’t dare employ Divine Sense during the Tribulation Transcendence.
Only after the last bolt of Tribulation Thunder was neutralized using Divine Power did Li Chengsheng realize that there had been a significant change in Xiao Cang’s true form.
"Has Uncle Cang broken through to the sixth rank?" Li Chengsheng was both surprised and envious.
The three Spirit Beasts he had contracted were still fourth rank, and even breaking through to the fifth rank was difficult, let alone the sixth.
But considering Xiao Cang’s starting point was already fifth rank, it seemed more acceptable.
A black light descended from the sky, bringing a Heart Demon that invaded Xiao Cang’s Sea of Consciousness.
But Xiao Cang, who had hardly expended any energy, was fearless against the Heart Demon. His spirit was lively as he quickly saw through the Illusionary Realm and easily transcended this tribulation.
Then, it was time for the Spirit Qi Infusion. After the last thread of pure Spiritual Energy was absorbed, Xiao Cang also turned into a streak of blue light and returned to his Cave Mansion.
"Is the Fifth-order Thunder Tribulation that simple? I’m sure I can handle it too," a Fourth Order Devouring Sky Python said with enduring doubt.
Beside it, the Phoenix Bird cursed angrily, "Fool! That one is a fifth rank Flood Dragon with bloodline surpassing this world’s limit. For him, the Thunder Tribulation is naturally easy. If we tried to endure the Tribulation Thunder with our bodies, we wouldn’t last through three or four strikes before dying."
"Fifth rank..." Suddenly feeling a pang of emotion, the old turtle sighed deeply and then silently turned away to leave.
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"Eh!?"
While solidifying his realm, Li Zhirui suddenly found an enormous surge of mana in his Dantian.
"It’s Cang breaking through!" He knew right away what was happening.
"Good thing I had my breakthrough first, otherwise all this mana would have gone to waste."
This helped save Li Zhirui years of time.
What Li Zhirui did not know was that Cang’s sudden breakthrough was actually thanks to him.
Had it not been for Li Zhirui’s breakthrough, the feedback of mana would not have assisted Cang, who would have likely needed several more years of hard cultivation.
They achieved success together; this was the greatest advantage of the Wanling Sutra.
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"The main purpose of Spirit Plants is to solidify the Spirit Realm and connect it with the Spirit Vein..." Jiang Fengwu muttered to herself, "The Formation must ensure these two functions."
The Formation she had deduced over the past few years should meet the criteria, but whether or not it would work was still unknown.
Therefore, Jiang Fengwu planned to conduct a few experiments soon; if they confirmed there were no issues, then she could start creating a Spirit Realm suitable for herself!
Jiang Fengwu exchanged for three different types of Fourth Order Spiritual Objects from the storage, using them as the Array Eyes in combination with Array Flags made from the same type of spiritual materials.
In less than half a month, three sets of Fourth Order Formations were freshly completed.
Jiang Fengwu adjusted her condition to perfection and then went to a Spirit Cave at the edge of Mount Wanxian, which served as her experimental base.
After all, as these were experiments, failure was not too concerning—the space would heal on its own, at worst resulting in the loss of a Fourth Order Formation. But if successful, she would be using only an inconspicuous Spirit Cave, which wouldn’t be too regrettable.
Crack—
With Jiang Fengwu’s full-strength strike, the space collapsed, and a tiny black dot appeared mid-air, into which she quickly injected mana to expand the Spirit Realm’s area.
For the sake of caution, Jiang Fengwu kept the area to within a three-mile radius. If successful, this would become the smallest Spirit Realm owned by the Li family.
Right away, Jiang Fengwu threw the Array Plate and Array Flags into the yet-to-be-formed Spirit Realm, and in a few breaths, a Great Array successfully unfolded amidst the chaos.
The Formation emitted a bright Spirit Light, blending into the Spirit Realm in an attempt to fortify the membrane of the realm.
"Will it work?" Jiang Fengwu’s eyes brimmed with expectation, for if it worked, it would prove her deduced Formation viable.
But the result was not unexpected: a failure!
The Formation could not stabilize the Spirit Realm, and the pressure from the world’s embryonic membrane directly closed up the yet-to-be-formed realm.
"Just as I thought!"
Although Jiang Fengwu hadn’t been overly optimistic about succeeding on the first attempt, the failure still left an uncomfortable feeling in her heart.
This minor setback did not trouble her for long; she quickly gathered her emotions and headed back to her Cave Mansion to further investigate the problem.
