A flash of lightning descended fiercely.

The dazzling lightning instantly enveloped the entire isolated island, the whole mountain shattered into pieces under the thunder, and Jiang Yuebai, completely unprepared, was hit hard by the thunder.

"Ugh!"

The thunder was deafening, her whole body tingled, and it felt as if her Heavenly Spirit Cover was about to be pierced through by force. Dragon scale patterns emerged on her body, and she withstood the first thunder!

The tribulation lightning invaded her body like a catalyst, making the spiritual energy in her dantian’s vortex abruptly tighten, vigorously compressed by the tribulation lightning, attempting to form into one.

At the same time, the Five Elements Lotus Platform and the five Ruyi Treasure Gourds were also entwined by the tribulation lightning, violently shaking and undergoing qualitative changes.

Dao Platform fragments continued to enter the vortex, and the Five Elements Essence Qi from the lotus platform was also absorbed and fused.

Crack!

The second tribulation lightning struck down. Jiang Yuebai gritted her teeth and endured it. The dragon scale patterns on her body suddenly broke open, and a tearing pain came from her skin.

The tribulation lightning lingered on her body for a long time, like a sharp blade scraping her bones, leaving blood marks on her skin.

Each tribulation lightning was stronger than the last. When able to withstand it, it’s best to endure it, allowing the power of the tribulation lightning to enter the body, accelerating the Core Formation process and refining the body.

But this was only the second strike, and it already injured Jiang Yuebai’s body, which had been refined by Dragon Transformation Water—was it not too powerful?

The changes in her dantian were also earth-shaking; the entire Qi Elixir’s exterior was densely wrapped by silver lightning, the vortex spinning at its peak, instantly grinding and solidifying the Dao Platform fragments into powder.

A sesame-like spot of dazzling light gradually burst from the center of the vortex.

At that moment, a breaking sound suddenly emerged from one of the gourds above the vortex.

Jiang Yuebai saw that the Magic Treasure ’Thousand Layers Peak’ in the Earth Gourd could not withstand the power of the tribulation lightning and shattered! 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"What a worthless piece of rubbish," Jiang Yuebai gritted her teeth, vowing to beat Li Shen Zhi to a pulp and demand a refund after she achieved Core Formation!

The third tribulation lightning was about to fall, Jiang Yuebai had no time to think it over. Missing out on the refining of a Spiritual Artifact aligned with her would mean waiting until the Nascent Soul stage.

She hurriedly retrieved the ruler she found among the goods Ao Juan gave her. As soon as she took it out, the yellow sand in the Earth Dao Platform felt as if being drawn, surely an Earth Element Magic Treasure.

Throwing the ruler into the Earth Gourd, Jiang Yuebai checked the gourds and found them intact without any problems.

Crack!

The third lightning struck down, almost pinning Jiang Yuebai directly to the ground with its heavy blow. The moment the tribulation lightning hit her, her whole body bloomed with blood mist, skin torn, organs damaged, and tendons and bones ripped apart.

Jiang Yuebai gritted her teeth, sat back up, and steadied her dantian, gasping for air.

"Only the third one, and the damned heavens want to kill me?"

As soon as she uttered her complaint, a deafening thunderclap exploded above her, continuous and terrifying.

Four, five, six strikes of tribulation lightning descended together!

Jiang Yuebai: !!!

Jiang Yuebai quickly threw out a black dragon scale as large as a millstone to fend off the three tribulation lightnings.

Is it possible to undergo tribulation like this? Are the damned heavens in such a rush they can’t strike one by one?

Boom boom boom!

Three dazzling silver lightnings struck the dragon scale, crushing it into powder, and the residual power of the tribulation lightning fell upon Jiang Yuebai, stronger by several times than the third tribulation lightning, causing her to spit blood immediately and collapse.

Air waves cleared, raising wild gales and terrifying waves; the entire island was flattened by the single moment of tribulation lightning, reducing all rubble and trees to dust.

Jiang Yuebai almost cried from the pain, admitting she couldn’t help but feel a bit scared at that moment.

She’d started to feel the irresistible might of heaven and the fear of death.

But she couldn’t give in, nor let fear control her.

Jiang Yuebai crawled up, swallowed a Healing Pill, and the power of the Cloud Mushroom Grass Bloodline accelerated her body’s healing.

She clenched her teeth, eyes full of unyielding stubbornness.

"Come on, again!!"

Crack!

Seven, eight, nine strikes of tribulation lightning roared like silver dragons diving into the sea, rushing out from the rolling black clouds. Jiang Yuebai stared fiercely, her body covered in wounds, yet stood fearlessly, throwing out three pieces of dragon scale.

The silver lightning rolled overwhelmingly, instantly engulfing the entire island, like countless sharp blades clashing fiercely, making a soul-shaking sizzling sound that lingered.

Lii Jiuchuan, protected by the Five-Colored Glazed Tower, stood a hundred miles away, aghast at the lightning scene, brows furrowed, heart filled with anxiety.

"Why is this heavenly tribulation so urgent, twice striking three lightnings together, and its might matches an ordinary Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation—is the Five Spirits Body truly so hard for heaven and earth to tolerate?"

Lii Jiuchuan’s fingers were taut, watching the island engulfed in lightning without blinking.

"Nine strikes already, hold on, my disciple!"

A sudden burst of nine-colored radiance pierced through the lightning tide, causing fierce winds and soaring angry waves, as spiritual energy within a hundred miles furiously surged toward the isolated island.

Lii Jiuchuan’s spirit lifted, was this the First Grade Elixir Formation?

While puzzled, Lii Jiuchuan suddenly felt a pressing, oppressive sensation. He scanned around in the fierce wind, extending his Divine Sense to find that not only the hundred-mile radius but all spiritual energy within his sensing range was rushing toward the island.

This area was likely over a thousand miles, and because of the swift and ferocious extraction, he couldn’t perceive any spiritual energy, only able to sustain himself by consuming his internal energy.

Rumble!

Thundering roars, Lii Jiuchuan looked up in horror, "Why hasn’t this girl’s tribulation ended yet?! The tribulation lightning on Zhao Fuyi’s side has already started gathering, wretched!"

If not leaving before Zhao Fuyi’s tribulation fell, he wouldn’t be able to protect Jiang Yuebai.

Lii Jiuchuan clenched his fists anxiously, feeling helpless at this moment.

On the island.

Jiang Yuebai lay on the ground, covered in bloody wounds, barely alive, surrounded by dragon scale fragments.

Even though the spiritual energy within a thousand miles had been drawn into her dantian, she still felt an insufficiency of spiritual energy, as if facing famine in childhood, starving so extremely she wanted to eat someone.

The Dao Platform fragments had already entered the dantian vortex entirely, the Five Elements Essence Qi in the lotus platform completely absorbed by the vortex, allowing only the Five-Colored Beads at the lotus center to provide any sensation of spiritual energy.

But the beads merely had tiny cracks, slowly leaking an insufficient amount of Five Elements Origin Qi.

Not even the power of the tribulation lightning could break through the beads.

Jiang Yuebai wished to grab a brick, crush the beads and squeeze out all the Five Elements Origin Qi inside.

So hungry, she thought she must be the reincarnation of Taotie, such hunger deeply rooted in her Divine Soul, causing unbearable discomfort.

Overhead, the tribulation clouds hadn’t dispersed and grew thicker, brewing even stronger and more terrifying tribulation lightnings.

In the dantian, the five gourds shook violently, showing signs of the treasures within barely holding out, especially the Green Jade Bamboo Flute in the Wooden Gourd.

Jiang Yuebai had no time for hesitation or contemplation; she swapped the Cyan Dragon Spear into the Wooden Gourd and put various refining materials into the five gourds according to their Five Elements Attributes.

Spiritual Artifacts possess spirituality, and the spirit will select suitable materials for fusion on its own, regardless of what changes might ensue next—she couldn’t concern herself right now.

At present, she needed to feed herself, to survive!

Resolute in thought, Jiang Yuebai retrieved and poured immense amounts of Magic Treasures, materials, and Spirit Stones from her Storage Bracelet into the Five Elements Lotus Platform.

Through several washing tribulations, the lotus platform’s speed in refining the Five Elements Essence Qi had evidently accelerated.

The Five Elements Essence Qi dispersed throughout her body, restoring some of Jiang Yuebai’s strength, allowing her to climb back up and sit properly.

Crack!

Thunder roared mightily.

This time, there came four thunderbolts as thick as a person, striking down together.