Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 752: Divine Concentration Pill

“To-tonight?!” Yan Chuan thought he was hearing things.

We’re talking about advancing to the Divine Transfiguration Stage! Is this something one can just decide to do today?

I’ve already prepared myself to advance within twenty years.

Taking a step back, advancing to the Divine Transfiguration Stage requires enduring a lightning tribulation. One will need to prepare many contingencies for that; there is no room for carelessness.

Helping someone advance to the Divine Transfiguration Stage, especially someone at the Half-Step Divine Transfiguration Stage, was quite simple for Lu Yang. It was just a matter of a pill.

Immortal sect disciples focused on their own cultivation realms, at most using pills as supplements. After all, pills were external aids. Power gained by relying on external support often had flaws and was detrimental to future cultivation.

But Yan Chuan was different. For a rogue cultivator like him, reaching the Nascent Soul Stage was already an extremely lucky feat. He had lost count of how many cultivation methods he had switched between to cultivate to the Nascent Soul Stage. That resulted in his qi becoming adulterated, making it difficult for him to raise his cultivation realm further.

Consuming pills could actually help him purify and regulate his qi.

“Senior Brother Lu, do you have pills that help people break through to the Divine Transfiguration Stage?” Tao Yaoye asked. If they were at Pill Cauldron Peak, such pills would be plentiful, but they were now in the East Sea. Who would carry pills they didn’t need?

“By chance, yes.” Lu Yang felt around his identity jade tablet a few times and pulled out a bottle of pills.

A round pill rolled out, causing Yan Chuan’s eyes to go wide. “Di-Divine Concentration Pills?”

This was a priceless pill. He had seen it twice at auctions, where it fetched astronomical prices. Once, even a disciple from Yingzhou Island was among the bidders. If even Yingzhou Island disciples had to obtain the Divine Concentration Pill from outside, it showed how valuable it was.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had obtained this Divine Concentration Pill when they went to the Demon Region. Gan Tian didn’t have a meeting gift on hand and took the two to rummage through the inheritance of a certain Suanni. That Suanni was one she had killed when she first arrived in the Demon Region, and its bequest included a Divine Concentration Pill.

Lu Yang had never seen what a lightning tribulation for the Divine Transfiguration Stage looked like, so this was a good chance for him to broaden his horizons.

“It’s useless for me to keep it. Hero Yan, it’s yours.” Lu Yang nonchalantly tossed the Divine Concentration Pill to Yan Chuan, his action as casual as throwing a jelly bean.

Hero Yan caught the Divine Concentration Pill with both hands, treating it as a supreme treasure.

“But...but I’m not prepared to face the lightning tribulation!” The hope of advancing to the Divine Transfiguration Stage was in his hands, but Yan Chuan knew his worth. I’m just an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator. Without preparation, the probability of being struck dead by the lightning tribulation is extremely high.

“Oh right, lightning tribulations can actually kill people.” Lu Yang finally remembered a fact he had long overlooked.

He mentally went through the list of people he knew and finally thought of an example. “Speaking of which, the only person I know who was struck dead during a tribulation was Qin Haoran.”

If Qin Haoran hadn’t been struck dead, there wouldn’t be the current Li Haoran.

“Immortal Fairy, do you have any solutions?” After pondering for a long time, Lu Yang decided to consult the ever-resourceful Everlasting Immortal Fairy for ideas.

“The most important thing when facing a lightning tribulation is confidence. With enough confidence, the lightning tribulation is just a formality.”

“Really? There’s such a saying?” Lu Yang asked. How come I’ve never heard of this theory?

“At the very least, that’s how this immortal passed all my lightning tribulations in the past, including the Immortal Ascension Tribulation.”

Lu Yang, “...”

Is this related to confidence? Isn’t it because you’re too powerful, Immortal Fairy?

If I were to tell this method to Hero Yan, he’d probably be struck dead by the lightning tribulation with full confidence.

Since I can’t count on the Immortal Fairy, I must rely on myself.

“Junior Brother Li, you have the most experience. Do you have any ideas?”

Li Haoran contemplated. “Facing a tribulation ultimately depends on oneself. If others help, it will only increase the lightning tribulation’s power, so we can’t interfere when Hero Yan undergoes his lightning tribulation.

“However, given Hero Yan’s cultivation, passing the lightning tribulation is indeed challenging. In that case, he could try using magical treasures to block the lightning. But using magical treasures isn’t a good idea, for it negates the body-tempering effect of the lightning. When he becomes a Divine Transfiguration cultivator, he’ll be inherently weaker than others.

“We should find a method to enhance Hero Yan’s physique temporarily.”

Right then, Meng Jingzhou thought of an idea. “How about this? Hero Yan can temporarily take over my body and control my body to face the lightning tribulation. That way, he will temper his soul. At the same time, he can place his own corpse on my head. That way, he will also temper his physical body.

“After tempering both his soul and body, he just has to combine them, and it will count as having tempered everything.”

Hero Yan felt this method wasn’t very reliable.

Everyone discussed back and forth before finally choosing the most basic method—feeding him pills.

The storage rings they had just confiscated contained pills that provided temporary bursts of power. They were all for the Divine Transfiguration Stage, and their effects were absolutely reliable. If Hero Yan felt he couldn’t make it, he could ingest one.

“Hero Yan, relax, believe in yourself.” Lu Yang ultimately didn’t forget the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s method and encouraged Yan Chuan before his tribulation.

“I will not let you down!” Hero Yan cupped his fists, his expression resolute. He was filled with unprecedented confidence.

The Five-Elements Sect disciples have wholeheartedly helped me; it’s inexcusable for me to lack confidence now.

Yan Chuan went to the mountain summit and asked everyone to stay away.

He first ingested the Divine Concentration Pill, and the half-step that had lingered before the Divine Transfiguration Stage finally crossed the threshold! His entire body felt like searing fire, heating up from the inside out.

Boom!

Dark clouds gathered, rolling like splashed ink. Lightning flashed and thunder clapped like madly dancing dragons and snakes, illuminating the whole night sky as bright as day.

“Come on!” Yan Chuan shouted with the momentum of sinking his boats and cutting off all means of retreat.

A fierce purple thunderbolt descended from the clouds high above in the ninth heaven, its force unstoppable and its power peerless. Carrying the power to annihilate everything, it struck directly at Yan Chuan. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

He slowly closed his eyes and uttered something in a low voice as he formed hand seals. Instantly, golden light blazed around him, transforming into a huge golden shield that forcefully withstood this heavenly lightning that was capable of destroying mountains.

The other two heroes’ hearts palpitated as they witnessed this scene. The lightning tribulation’s power is terrifying; can Big Brother really withstand it?

“This lightning tribulation doesn’t look very powerful?” Man Gu transmitted an auditory message.

“Ordinary lightning tribulations at the Divine Transfiguration Stage are like this,” Li Haoran explained. This lightning tribulation was like a drizzle for them but a monumental trial for Yan Chuan.

As the thunderclouds churned, increasingly powerful lightning bolts fell one after another, each more frightening than the last, as if they were trying to shatter both Yan Chuan’s Dao heart and physical body. Yet, Yan Chuan didn’t consume any pills. Relying solely on his cultivation, he withstood the repeated cleansing from the lightning tribulation.

After the lightning tribulation ended, the dark clouds dispersed.

Yan Chuan sat cross-legged on the mountaintop, his clothes tattered and his hair scorched black, resembling a beggar. He opened his eyes and felt the newly acquired power. Unable to suppress his joy, he laughed heartily.

He flew down the mountain and bowed to Lu Yang and the others. “Thank you all for your help. This great favor is something I can never repay!”

“Big Brother, you succeeded?!” The other two heroes’ voices quivered as they hugged Yan Chuan, crying and laughing.

Yan Chuan also couldn’t help but cry.

He had thought he would waste the rest of his life at the Nascent Soul Stage, with no hope of reaching the Divine Transfiguration Stage. Yet, with the help of Lu Yang and the others, he had successfully advanced to the Divine Transfiguration Stage without even taking any pills!

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was smug, not surprised by this. “See? I told you one could get through with confidence alone.”

Lu Yang was truly astonished. He hadn’t expected confidence to be so effective. Does this mean I can also pass tribulations this way?

“With this immortal protecting you, you’ll definitely be full of confidence. Facing tribulations won’t be a problem!”

Lu Yang’s steadfast confidence began to waver.