"Lightning Tribulation?" Taken aback, Shen Ying almost dropped her pastry . "Are you for real?"

"Don't you believe me?" Lonemoon's mouth twitched . "Why can't I ascend? During the previous two days, I've achieved a breakthrough— I'm now past the Soul Formation stage and have perfected my cultivation . Immortal Ascension is only a matter of course . "

In fact, he had not thought it would be so fast . Ever since his epiphany, he found that his cultivation had been slowly rising . He had Bai Ze's Black Spirit Blossom with him for a while and its special aura seemed to have been beneficial to his cultivation, resulting in him finally attaining the Perfected State .

Shen Ying pursed her lips . "Does it mean that you won't be able to come down after your Immortal Ascension?"

"In the initial stage, yes . " He nodded . "Once I ascend to become an Immortal, naturally I'll be in the Immortal Realm . There are boundaries between the three realms . You can't transmigrate between the realms at your whim . Same case for Bai Ze . He had been in the lower realm for tens of thousands of years . If we did not have the Black Spirit Blossom, even you would not be able to open the realm gate . "

"Oh…" Furrowing her brows, Shen Ying asked, "You're really going?"

"This is the law of heaven and earth . If I succeed in overcoming the tribulation, I'll naturally not stay in the lower realm," explained Lonemoon . Then seeing Shen Ying's conflicted expression, his heart immediately softened, and he tried to comfort her by saying, "We will have to face the Tribulation Transcendence sooner or later . Like me, Yi Qing will also face it soon . "

"We'll still have to undergo Tribulation Transcendence? Why don't we just forget it . " This place was pretty good .

"Pui!" He glared at her . "You think this is a leisure tour where you can make your own decisions on when to depart . What have I been practicing so many years for if not to achieve Immortal Ascension?"

"In that case…"

"I know that you can't bear to leave a fellow compatriot . " He patted her on the shoulder and smiled . "The Lightning Tribulation is so dangerous that I won't activate the tribulation unless there is no other recourse . I'm not sure whether I can make it through the transcendence successfully . "

"Er…"

"Relax, I'm confident I can endure the divine lightning, don't worry . "

"No, I mean…" Shen Ying said earnestly, "Father Niu, Before you ascend, can you leave sufficient spirit stones for your children?" We won't have money for food .

…

"Scram!" I don't have such an unfilial daughter like you .

Lonemoon was so disgusted that he wanted to spit at her . His pent up anger acc.u.mulated at his chest, causing his entire body's Spirit Qi to surge . He felt as if his Qi would erupt any minute .

Wait a moment!

His Spirit Qi…

"You…" Yi Qing looked at him in sudden realization and exclaimed, "Your Heavenly Tribulation is coming!"

True enough, the surrounding area became dark all of a sudden . Gusts of winds blew and dark clouds, tinged with a faint purple streak of lightning, gathered in the upper atmosphere of the Invincible Sect .

Holy s.h.i.+t, it's really here!

Lonemoon was so shocked that he forgot his anger . He turned and rushed out of the front hall . Looking at the lightning tribulation in the sky, he felt the Spirit Qi in his whole body surge .

Quickly conjuring a hand seal, he set up many layers of array formations and also activated an array to protect their mountain .

After checking that all measures had been taken to protect the Invincible Sect from the Lightning Tribulation, Lonemoon walked towards the eye of the array and sat down cross-legged to await the Tribulation Transcendence . However, he could not help turning around to issue a warning, "Shen Ying, the Lightning Tribulation of the Immortal Ascension is truly formidable, everyone don't come near…"

Before completing his sentence, he saw that everyone had already retreated by a hundred meters . They also carried out tables and chairs . Spread on the tables were food like peanuts, seeds, fruits . Everyone then sat down to look at him while munching on their tidbits .

Lonemoon: "…" Son of a b*tch!

He must have been crazy to worry that they would be injured by the Lightning Tribulation . Let the Lightning Tribulation strike them!

Taking a deep breath, Lonemoon suppressed his violent urges and sat down cross-legged .

Eliminating all distracting thoughts, he concentrated on preparing for the tribulation . The sky had turned dark; the only light that could be seen in heavens and earth was the purple streak between the clouds .

At last, the first streak of Lightning Tribulation struck directly at Lonemoon . The array formation around him were all shattered, and the surrounding ground sank by a few feet . The suppression aura of heaven and earth started spreading outwards . If it were not for the Protective Mountain Array, the palace would have been burned to ashes .

"Wow . " Shen Ying looked up at the sky . This lightning was completely different from the ones she had seen before . "Is the lightning tribulation of the Immortal Ascension so powerful?"

"Yes, Master . " Yi Qing explained in a sombre tone, "The lightning that descended from the Immortal Ascension is the Violet Nightfall Heavenly Lightning . It is the most powerful lightning tribulation in the world . It can directly create immortal bones . This is only the first strike — the Mental Demon Tribulation — the others that follow will be far worse . "

"Oh…" Shen Ying nodded and looked carefully at the Father Niu . He had closed his eyes and seemed to be caught up with his mental demons . In less than five minutes he opened his eyes again . Obviously he had overcome his mental demons .

The next Lightning Tribulation struck . True enough, this one struck with double the force of the previous one, setting Lonemoon's dharmic clothes on fire and splitting his skin apart . However, his body emitted a special kind of Spirit Qi that slowly started mending his torn body .

Then came the third strike, the fourth…

Unlike the first strike, this time the lightning struck down one after another without a break . It was as if it wanted to split Lonemoon's body apart to reorganize it . Each strike was more devastating than the last .

"How long will it take?" asked Shen Ying, munching on her melon seeds .

"This is the Nine Nine Lightning Tribulation, forming a total of eighty-two bolts of divine lightning .

There are more than half to go?"

"Doesn't nine nine makes eighty-one?" Shen Ying was confused, why was it eighty-two?

"This… I'm not sure," replied Yi Qing, looking perplexed . "Although it is called the Nine Nine Lightning Tribulation, according to the traveling immortals who have undergone the tribulation, there are indeed eighty-two strikes . And the last one is the key to the test . Many traveling immortals failed at this last strike . "

"Oh…" said Shen Ying frowning . Leaving her thoughts aside, she grabbed another bunch of melon seeds as another bolt of lightning struck and continued munching .

In less than an hour, Lonemoon had withstood eighty bolts of lightning tribulation . His entire body was so battered that he was almost unrecognizable as a human being . Although the immortal Qi that followed each strike would mend his body, the rate of healing could not keep up with the frequency of the strikes; he was totally covered in blood .

There were two more . Lonemoon tried desperately to stay conscious as he was struck by the next bolt of lightning . Then, all of a sudden, the Lightning Tribulation ceased and clouds began to swirl . A purplish black lightning flashed through the clouds . Finally, there was a loud boom and an earth-shattering bolt struck down from the sky .

His senses jolted, Lonemoon was mentally focused . In an instant, he released his entire store of Immortal Qi that he had secretly converged within his body . Under the stimulation of this Immortal Qi, his damaged body was quickly restored and his immortal bones were formed . He was ready to face the last bolt of Lightning Tribulation .

Boom! His body, regenerated with the newly created immortal bones, withstood the last bolt . He had succeeded!

Lonemoon was overjoyed . His entire body slackened, and he toppled forwards . Although he did not have a shred of energy left, he felt like a whole new person, as if he had just been reborn . The Spirit Qi which had seemed dense previously, now curiously felt pitifully thin to him . Even Yi Qing's cultivation, which he had highly regarded, now seemed weak to him .

Except for Shen Ying… She was still the same old chicken-like cheat .

The thunder clouds dispersed . While restoring his body, Lonemoon prepared himself to receive the Heavenly Beam from the sky .

Suddenly, a loud boom came from the sky and an even more terrifying bolt of lightning descended, heading straight for Lonemoon, who had no more power of resistance left .

"The eighty-third strike!" Everybody was shocked, how could this be! They had all seen the thunder clouds dispersing .

Lonemoon's Immortal Qi had dissipated . There was no way he would be able to withstand another strike of the divine lightning .

That bolt of lightning was about to strike at Lonemoon's body .

Releasing the melon seeds from her hand, Shen Ying was at the scene in an instant . She reached out her hand and at the last moment and caught hold of the streak of purplish black lightning's tail as if it were a rope, stopping it within a foot from Lonemoon's head .

Lonemoon was overwhelmed with shock . He had never expected there would an eighty-third bolt of divine lightning . "Shen… Ying?!" What the h.e.l.l was going on?

Shen Ying did not reply him but her expression hardened and she frowned deeply . Tugging forcefully at the bolt of lightning, she commanded, "Come down!"

Suddenly, a black figure plummeted from the sky and crashed to the ground, his lower torso entirely embedded within the earth .

Shen Ying raised her leg and stamped hard till his whole body was buried in the ground . Enunciating each word, she asked, "Tell me . Those two extra bolts, were they from you?"

The crowd: "…"

Lightning Tribulation? Taken aback, Shen Ying almost dropped her pastry . Are you for real? Dont you believe me? Lonemoons mouth twitched . Why cant I ascend? During the previous two days, Ive achieved a breakthrough— Im now past the Soul Formation stage and have perfected my cultivation . Immortal Ascension is only a matter of course . In fact, he had not thought it would be so fast . Ever since his epiphany, he found that his cultivation had been slowly rising . He had Bai Zes Black Spirit Blossom with him for a while and its special aura seemed to have been beneficial to his cultivation, resulting in him finally attaining the Perfected State . Shen Ying pursed her lips . Does it mean that you wont be able to come down after your Immortal Ascension? In the initial stage, yes . He nodded . Once I ascend to become an Immortal, naturally Ill be in the Immortal Realm . There are boundaries between the three realms . You cant transmigrate between the realms at your whim . Same case for Bai Ze . He had been in the lower realm for tens of thousands of years . If we did not have the Black Spirit Blossom, even you would not be able to open the realm gate . Oh… Furrowing her brows, Shen Ying asked, Youre really going? This is the law of heaven and earth . If I succeed in overcoming the tribulation, Ill naturally not stay in the lower realm, explained Lonemoon . Then seeing Shen Yings conflicted expression, his heart immediately softened, and he tried to comfort her by saying, We will have to face the Tribulation Transcendence sooner or later . Like me, Yi Qing will also face it soon . Well still have to undergo Tribulation Transcendence? Why dont we just forget it . This place was pretty good . Pui! He glared at her . You think this is a leisure tour where you can make your own decisions on when to depart . What have I been practicing so many years for if not to achieve Immortal Ascension? In that case… I know that you cant bear to leave a fellow compatriot . He patted her on the shoulder and smiled . The Lightning Tribulation is so dangerous that I wont activate the tribulation unless there is no other recourse . Im not sure whether I can make it through the transcendence successfully . Er… Relax, Im confident I can endure the divine lightning, dont worry . No, I mean… Shen Ying said earnestly, Father Niu, Before you ascend, can you leave sufficient spirit stones for your children? We wont have money for food . … Scram! I dont have such an unfilial daughter like you . Lonemoon was so disgusted that he wanted to spit at her . His pent up anger acc.u.mulated at his chest, causing his entire bodys Spirit Qi to surge . He felt as if his Qi would erupt any minute . Wait a moment! His Spirit Qi… You… Yi Qing looked at him in sudden realization and exclaimed, Your Heavenly Tribulation is coming! . True enough, the surrounding area became dark all of a sudden . Gusts of winds blew and dark clouds, tinged with a faint purple streak of lightning, gathered in the upper atmosphere of the Invincible Sect . Holy s.h.i.+t, its really here! Lonemoon was so shocked that he forgot his anger . He turned and rushed out of the front hall . Looking at the lightning tribulation in the sky, he felt the Spirit Qi in his whole body surge . Quickly conjuring a hand seal, he set up many layers of array formations and also activated an array to protect their mountain . After checking that all measures had been taken to protect the Invincible Sect from the Lightning Tribulation, Lonemoon walked towards the eye of the array and sat down cross-legged to await the Tribulation Transcendence . However, he could not help turning around to issue a warning, Shen Ying, the Lightning Tribulation of the Immortal Ascension is truly formidable, everyone dont come near… Before completing his sentence, he saw that everyone had already retreated by a hundred meters . They also carried out tables and chairs . Spread on the tables were food like peanuts, seeds, fruits . Everyone then sat down to look at him while munching on their tidbits . Lonemoon: … Son of a b*tch! He must have been crazy to worry that they would be injured by the Lightning Tribulation . Let the Lightning Tribulation strike them! Taking a deep breath, Lonemoon suppressed his violent urges and sat down cross-legged . Eliminating all distracting thoughts, he concentrated on preparing for the tribulation . The sky had turned dark; the only light that could be seen in heavens and earth was the purple streak between the clouds . At last, the first streak of Lightning Tribulation struck directly at Lonemoon . The array formation around him were all shattered, and the surrounding ground sank by a few feet . The suppression aura of heaven and earth started spreading outwards . If it were not for the Protective Mountain Array, the palace would have been burned to ashes . Wow . Shen Ying looked up at the sky . This lightning was completely different from the ones she had seen before . Is the lightning tribulation of the Immortal Ascension so powerful? Yes, Master . Yi Qing explained in a sombre tone, The lightning that descended from the Immortal Ascension is the Violet Nightfall Heavenly Lightning . It is the most powerful lightning tribulation in the world . It can directly create immortal bones . This is only the first strike — the Mental Demon Tribulation — the others that follow will be far worse . Oh… Shen Ying nodded and looked carefully at the Father Niu . He had closed his eyes and seemed to be caught up with his mental demons . In less than five minutes he opened his eyes again . Obviously he had overcome his mental demons . The next Lightning Tribulation struck . True enough, this one struck with double the force of the previous one, setting Lonemoons dharmic clothes on fire and splitting his skin apart . However, his body emitted a special kind of Spirit Qi that slowly started mending his torn body . Then came the third strike, the fourth… Unlike the first strike, this time the lightning struck down one after another without a break . It was as if it wanted to split Lonemoons body apart to reorganize it . Each strike was more devastating than the last . How long will it take? asked Shen Ying, munching on her melon seeds . This is the Nine Nine Lightning Tribulation, forming a total of eighty-two bolts of divine lightning . There are more than half to go? Doesnt nine nine makes eighty-one? Shen Ying was confused, why was it eighty-two? This… Im not sure, replied Yi Qing, looking perplexed . Although it is called the Nine Nine Lightning Tribulation, according to the traveling immortals who have undergone the tribulation, there are indeed eighty-two strikes . And the last one is the key to the test . Many traveling immortals failed at this last strike . Oh… said Shen Ying frowning . Leaving her thoughts aside, she grabbed another bunch of melon seeds as another bolt of lightning struck and continued munching . In less than an hour, Lonemoon had withstood eighty bolts of lightning tribulation . His entire body was so battered that he was almost unrecognizable as a human being . Although the immortal Qi that followed each strike would mend his body, the rate of healing could not keep up with the frequency of the strikes; he was totally covered in blood . There were two more . Lonemoon tried desperately to stay conscious as he was struck by the next bolt of lightning . Then, all of a sudden, the Lightning Tribulation ceased and clouds began to swirl . A purplish black lightning flashed through the clouds . Finally, there was a loud boom and an earth-shattering bolt struck down from the sky . His senses jolted, Lonemoon was mentally focused . In an instant, he released his entire store of Immortal Qi that he had secretly converged within his body . Under the stimulation of this Immortal Qi, his damaged body was quickly restored and his immortal bones were formed . He was ready to face the last bolt of Lightning Tribulation . Boom! His body, regenerated with the newly created immortal bones, withstood the last bolt . He had succeeded! Lonemoon was overjoyed . His entire body slackened, and he toppled forwards . Although he did not have a shred of energy left, he felt like a whole new person, as if he had just been reborn . The Spirit Qi which had seemed dense previously, now curiously felt pitifully thin to him . Even Yi Qings cultivation, which he had highly regarded, now seemed weak to him . Except for Shen Ying… She was still the same old chicken-like cheat . The thunder clouds dispersed . While restoring his body, Lonemoon prepared himself to receive the Heavenly Beam from the sky . Suddenly, a loud boom came from the sky and an even more terrifying bolt of lightning descended, heading straight for Lonemoon, who had no more power of resistance left . The eighty-third strike! Everybody was shocked, how could this be! They had all seen the thunder clouds dispersing . Lonemoons Immortal Qi had dissipated . There was no way he would be able to withstand another strike of the divine lightning . That bolt of lightning was about to strike at Lonemoons body . Releasing the melon seeds from her hand, Shen Ying was at the scene in an instant . She reached out her hand and at the last moment and caught hold of the streak of purplish black lightnings tail as if it were a rope, stopping it within a foot from Lonemoons head . Lonemoon was overwhelmed with shock . He had never expected there would an eighty-third bolt of divine lightning . Shen… Ying?! What the h.e.l.l was going on? Shen Ying did not reply him but her expression hardened and she frowned deeply . Tugging forcefully at the bolt of lightning, she commanded, Come down! Suddenly, a black figure plummeted from the sky and crashed to the ground, his lower torso entirely embedded within the earth . Shen Ying raised her leg and stamped hard till his whole body was buried in the ground . Enunciating each word, she asked, Tell me . Those two extra bolts, were they from you? The crowd: …