Only then did Xiao Shou remember Fu Young’s cultivation method.

At every major realm, he could form a different variant spiritual root in sequence: ice, magnetic, wind, thunder, dark, light, space, time, and void.

At present, Fu Young was at the Nascent Soul stage and had already formed ice, magnetic, and wind variant spiritual roots.

As a result, elemental energies such as metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and even these special attributes would find it very difficult to harm him unless the difference in cultivation was too great.

Even so, Fu Young still felt something was off.

He had a vague sense that he was being plotted against.

It felt like the thunder tribulation was giving him benefits now, only to target him later.

Forget it.

Let it scheme if it wants to.

Was he supposed to be afraid?

As long as his master could safely undergo the tribulation, what did it matter?

Fu Young bathed in the wind thunder storm, his gaze still fixed intently on Xiao Shou.

Thus, Xiao Shou stood there dumbfounded as he watched the wind thunder after the eight nine tribulation completely ignore him and instead continuously fall on Fu Young and tempering his body.

When the ninety nine tribulation arrived, the descending magnetic lightning was the same.

It no longer looked like a thunder tribulation at all, but rather something specially designed to help Fu Young achieve his breakthrough.

Was the tribulation itself becoming intelligent?

Since Fu Young was not using any magical artifacts, defensive talismans, or formation discs, it was clear he was still relying purely on his physical body.

Xiao Shou could only press his forehead helplessly and stand aside, ready to intervene at any moment if he could not hold on.

However, even after the ninth magnetic lightning fell, he still had no chance to act.

He could only watch everything unfold with his own eyes.

But something seemed different with that final strike.

When Fu Young absorbed the ninth magnetic lightning, his body trembled slightly.

Some kind of invisible substance was continuously expelled from him and his aura became distinctly different.

At that moment, the ninety nine tribulation lightning should have ended.

Yet the dark clouds above not only did not disperse, they instead gathered even more densely, and without warning, they struck directly toward Xiao Shou.

Damn it.

So this is where it was waiting for him.

Getting caught completely off guard, Xiao Shou could not help but curse inwardly.

Worried about affecting Fu Young, he quickly threw out a high-grade defensive formation to protect him, along with several Times 4 defensive talismans to temporarily block the lightning.

Then he leapt away at full speed.

As expected, the tribulation lightning pierced through the talismans and twisted its trajectory, chasing straight after him.

"Ah!"

With a momentum that felt like it would not stop until one side was destroyed, a thick dark purple bolt of lightning struck down.

Xiao Shou let out a muffled groan.

A salty, metallic taste surged up his throat, which he forcibly swallowed back down.

In an instant, his internal organs were severely injured.

The power of this strike was on an entirely different level compared to before.

It was terrifyingly strong, truly befitting a heavenly tribulation.

He quickly circulated his energy to suppress the rampaging tribulation lightning within his body.

The violent dark attribute energy was expelled, but before he could fully refine the purple lightning inside him, dozens of even more massive dark purple bolts continued to fall from the sky.

No, if these landed on him, he would definitely die.

Xiao Shou’s pupils shrank and his expression turned serious.

"Massive earth golem, stand up."

In an instant, his hair shortened by more than half a meter.

At the same time, surrounding rocks and soil rapidly condensed into a giant earth golem hundreds of meters tall, which bent down to shield Xiao Shou beneath it.

Boom, boom, boom.

Countless lightning explosions rang out.

The earth golem stood silently as strands of dark purple lightning coursed across its massive body.

Seeing this, Xiao Shou multitasked.

While refining the lightning inside his body, he also extracted the purified purple lightning energy from the golem and stored it temporarily inside the Void-Time Calyx space.

The thunder tribulation in the sky seemed to be enraged by the giant earth golem.

After a series of crackling thunder, dark purple lightning poured down like rain, continuously striking the massive stone golem.

Even with its enormous size, it only managed to hold on for a few breaths before it began to collapse.

Seeing this, Xiao Shou had a sudden idea, recalling Tushan Qing’s unconventional fighting style.

He split his focus into three tasks, refining the lightning inside his body, extracting the purple lightning from the golem, and at the same time said, "Rock mountain."

In an instant, as his hair shortened by another meter, earth and stone surged upward with Xiao Shou at the center and rapidly forming a massive mountain range ten thousand meters high.

Xiao Shou sat calmly at the base of the mountain, continuing to refine the purple lightning within his body and collecting the purified energy.

At this moment, if the thunder tribulation had human emotions, it would probably be furious enough to jump in anger.

"This kind of giant earth golem technique, what is it? A spell? A talisman? Or a magic artifact?"

From a distance, Gou Guangming crossed his arms and fell into deep thought.

Gou Zhi said expressionlessly, "I have never heard of an earth golem technique of this scale. Even top-tier golem talismans are only a hundred meters at most. It is not a magic artifact either."

Gou Heng stared in shock. "And even if cultivators are said to be able to move mountains and overturn seas, actually creating a mountain in the Small Three Thousand Worlds... that should only be possible for ancient cultivators."

Gou Yue rested his chin on his hand. "Just what level is Sect Master Xiao at? This tribulation is far too exaggerated. It is truly lightning falling like rain."