Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Upon seeing the token the other party had taken out, Duan Tianyuan stopped in his tracks, looking somewhat surprised.

After a while, he regained his smile and waved to Liang Jianxuan in front of him.

"Since Senior Brother Headmaster already knows about this matter, then I, your junior brother, will not linger here any longer. If there is anything I can help with, Senior Brother Liang, please feel free to send a message."

We are all from the same sect, so please don't stand on ceremony, fellow disciples!

"Thank you for your care, Junior Brother Duan."

Watching Duan Tianyuan and the other person bow and leave the "Sword Tomb," Liang Jianxuan, who was standing to the side, finally relaxed from his slightly tense expression.
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At the foot of the mountain, in the "Golden Sword Workshop," Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan were enjoying tea and chatting in the pavilion when they suddenly heard hurried footsteps coming from the stairs below.

The two looked towards Xiao Tao, who was dressed in yellow, and walked over quickly, holding an unopened letter in her hand.

"Manager, Madam, Tianyu Tower has sent a letter, saying they want to deliver it to you personally!"

After taking the letter, Song Qingming waved gently, and only after Xiao Tao left did he slowly open the letter in his hand.

After just one glance, Song Qingming's previously calm expression changed slightly, and he immediately put the letter away.

"Husband, what happened?"

Seeing Song Qingming's face suddenly turn so strange, and he was about to get up in a hurry, Huang Siyuan, who was sitting next to him, immediately asked with a worried expression.

Upon hearing this, Song Qingming stopped and replied:
"A letter just arrived from the mountain. Strange phenomena have appeared in the place where Qingyu is in seclusion. It is estimated that she should be able to condense her nascent soul soon."

I have to go up the mountain right away. You stay at the shop and wait for me. I'll have someone let you know as soon as I have any news.

"My lord, the formation of a nascent soul in the Azure Rain is a rare occurrence. May I go with you to see it?"

"this.."

Upon hearing that Huang Siyuan also wanted to go to the mountain with him to witness Song Qingyu's nascent soul formation, Song Qingming hesitated for a moment before nodding with a smile.

"Since you want to go and see, then come with me! However, Qingyu's secluded cultivation place is a bit special, and I'm not sure if they will let you get close."

"Don't worry, my husband, I understand!"

Seeing that Song Qingming agreed to take her up the mountain, Huang Siyuan's face immediately lit up with joy. Then the two went downstairs, explained to Zhou Cheng, and left "Tingyuxuan".

This time, it was the same little girl, Ziyue, who came to pick up Song Qingming.

Upon seeing Huang Siyuan standing beside him and learning that she was Song Qingming's Daoist partner, Ziyue did not object too much and took the two of them to the "Sword Tomb".

When Song Qingming and his group arrived nearby, the sky above the "Sword Tomb" was already covered with dark clouds, and everything was pitch black, as if the entire sky was about to sink.

Seeing the familiar celestial phenomenon before him, Song Qingming felt much more at ease.

As expected, Song Qingyu should have successfully passed the Nascent Soul stage and is now preparing to undergo the Heavenly Tribulation at any time.

At this point, Song Qingyu has completed ninety percent of the Nascent Soul formation process. As long as she can safely pass the final hurdle, she will become a true Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Fellow Daoist Song, Madam Song greets you!"

Upon seeing Song Qingming and the other person arrive, Liang Jianxuan quickly stepped forward, bowed slightly to them, and explained the matter of Song Qingyu triggering the strange phenomenon in the heavens and earth.

Regarding Qingyu's upcoming tribulation, Liang Jianxuan had already made arrangements, and Song Qingming naturally believed that the other party had not said anything more.

Although the Nascent Soul Tribulation is somewhat dangerous, the Heavenly Sword Pavilion is, after all, a major Nascent Soul sect with a history of tens of thousands of years, and it has many ways to deal with it.

Compared to small families and sects like Song Qingming's, and cultivators from independent backgrounds, their chances of successfully transcending tribulations are significantly higher, making it much safer.

After greeting the other party, Song Qingming nodded slightly and sat down with Huang Siyuan in an open space next to the "Sword Tomb," carefully observing the strange phenomena in the sky.

After gathering for about half a month, the dark clouds in the sky finally began to move, and the rolling thunder instantly startled the many cultivators guarding the vicinity.

"Husband, is Qingyu about to undergo her tribulation?"

Seeing this, Huang Siyuan was very excited and couldn't help but ask a question.

Seeing this, Song Qingming immediately nodded, but his gaze towards the sky seemed somewhat solemn.

Having personally witnessed Feng He, Bai Yuxian, and others undergoing tribulations, Song Qingming was already very familiar with the "Nascent Soul Tribulation" of cultivators.

However, the lightning tribulation appearing in the sky seemed to have a stronger aura and pressure than the ones he had encountered before, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

"This tribulation seems a bit off. Could it be because Qingyu has already cultivated sword intent?"

Among the cultivators present, Song Qingming was not the only one who felt this way; a hint of doubt also flashed across the face of "Lady Yuhua," who was standing in mid-air at a distance.

However, at this moment, although she was puzzled, she did not show any unusual behavior, but simply kept her eyes fixed on the front.

"Could this be what Senior Brother Ling left for her?!"

Standing beside "Lady Yuhua," Liang Jianxuan looked at the strange phenomena in the sky with a calm expression, his thoughts unknown.

Just as everyone's eyes were fixed on the sky, Song Qingyu, who was below the "Sword Tomb", seemed to have sensed the arrival of the tribulation lightning in the sky. She slowly opened her eyes and stood up.

The next moment, a blue beam of light flew out of the canyon below and arrived above the "Sword Tomb".

"Qingyu!"

Upon seeing Song Qingyu, whom she hadn't seen for many years, Huang Siyuan couldn't help but shout out, her eyes filled with excitement.

Meanwhile, Song Qingyu, who was in mid-air, also saw Song Qingming and the other person standing in the distance and nodded slightly in their direction.

Next, a slight light flickered in Song Qingyu's hand, and the "White Dragon Ruler" immediately appeared in front of her, while a white protective shield also appeared above her head.

Just as Song Qingyu made her response, a white light flashed from the black clouds high in the sky, followed by a thunderous roar that resounded through the heavens.

"Boom!"

Even those standing dozens of miles away were startled by the thunder and trembled slightly.

Those Foundation Establishment cultivators with lower cultivation levels almost fell from mid-air, and hurriedly steadied themselves to cast spells to release a protective shield in front of them to block the incoming sound waves.

At this moment, located in the very center of the lightning tribulation, a wrist-thick bolt of cyan lightning descended from the sky, directly turning the "white shield" above Song Qingyu's head cyan.

Standing inside the protective shield, Song Qingyu showed unwavering determination as the first lightning tribulation struck, managing to withstand the fierce attack using her own magical artifact.

Before long, as the blue light dissipated, Huang Siyuan saw that Song Qingyu was still standing motionless in mid-air, and the worry on her face immediately disappeared.

Compared to Huang Siyuan, who was extremely nervous, Song Qingming's expression remained calm and composed upon seeing this scene.

The first three strikes of the "Nascent Soul Tribulation" are relatively weak, all around the Golden Core stage.

For cultivators undergoing tribulation normally, as long as they have one or two relatively powerful defensive magic treasures, passing the first three stages is generally not too difficult.

Only from the fourth tribulation onwards, with the subsequent three "Heavenly Tribulations" having increased in power to the Nascent Soul level, can this be considered a true test for cultivators undergoing tribulation.

The key to successfully surviving the "Nascent Soul Tribulation" lies in Song Qingyu's subsequent performance.

After successfully withstanding the first lightning tribulation, seeing that the "white shield" above his head remained as stable as Mount Tai, Song Qingyu once again channeled his power into the "White Dragon Ruler" in his hand, maximizing the power of this magical artifact.

The "White Dragon Ruler" in Song Qingyu's hand was a high-grade level three defensive magic weapon that Song Qingming found in the outer sea back then. Its defensive capabilities were considered excellent among Golden Core level combatants.

What happened next was pretty much what Song Qingming had expected. With the help of the top-tier defensive magic weapon, the "White Dragon Ruler," and a mid-grade level three defensive talisman, Song Qingyu successfully blocked the second and third lightning tribulations.

However, after the third lightning tribulation disappeared, some cracks appeared in the "white protective shield" above Song Qingyu's head.

Even though the "White Dragon Ruler" was quite powerful, it gradually became overwhelmed by the increasingly fierce "Heavenly Tribulation" and was damaged by the tribulation.

After putting away the "White Dragon Ruler," Song Qingyu raised her hand again and waved it, and a blue talisman appeared above her head.

Under his spell, the cyan talisman rapidly transformed and instantly grew into a cyan tree over three zhang tall, its lush leaves completely covering Song Qingyu.

"The Green Wood Longevity Talisman, I never expected Qingyu to have this."

The talisman that Song Qingyu was using was a rare, high-grade level three talisman that was effective in resisting lightning tribulations. Its crafting materials were extremely difficult to find.

Even Song Qingming, a level four talisman maker, had only seen it in some talisman-making books.

The moment Song Qingming saw the "cyan talisman" appear in Song Qingyu's hand, a hint of relief appeared in his eyes, and his expression softened.

Clearly, she was full of confidence in dealing with the tribulation lightning that was about to strike.

A moment later, a loud "boom" rang out again in the sky, and the fourth lightning tribulation struck Song Qingyu's head in an instant.

Although the power of this fourth lightning tribulation is equivalent to seventy or eighty percent of the power of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

However, just as it landed on the large tree above Song Qingyu's head, the lightning was separated by the countless branches of that blue tree, and most of its power dissipated in mid-air.

The remaining lightning bolts, less than one-tenth of their original size, were blocked by the magical shield in front of Song Qingyu as soon as they struck, and did not cause her any harm.

After surviving the fourth lightning tribulation, Song Qingyu produced another circular array plate and cast a spell to throw it into the air!

As the array plate in front of her was activated by magic power, six beams of spiritual light shot out from beneath Song Qingyu's feet, and soon a golden defensive array appeared in front of her.

After glancing at the array that appeared ahead, Song Qingming's eyes lit up. If he wasn't mistaken, the power of this array shouldn't be much weaker than the "Heavenly Gang Five Elements Array" in his hand.

Just as Song Qingming's gaze was fixed on the great formation ahead, the fifth lightning bolt descended rapidly from the sky, striking directly at the golden protective shield above Song Qingyu's head. Although the lightning caused the entire formation to shake violently, Song Qingyu, holding the formation plate, remained unshaken, continuously channeling her magical power into it.

Despite her best efforts, Zuihong managed to block the lightning tribulation, and the magic array in her hand remained undamaged.

With only one final lightning bolt remaining in the sky, Song Qingming and the others standing in the distance were at their most excited.

Once Song Qingyu passes this test, she will be reborn, achieve the Nascent Soul stage, and enjoy a thousand-year lifespan like the other Nascent Soul cultivators here, standing at the top of the cultivation world.

Seeing that the sixth lightning tribulation had gathered in the sky, everyone's eyes were now focused on Song Qingyu, eager to see her achieve the Great Dao.

"boom!"

As thunder rumbled down, Song Qingyu looked resolutely into the sky and decisively cast a spell, throwing out a golden talisman that she had prepared beforehand.

After the talisman appeared, it transformed into a golden bird and soared into the air, crashing head-on into the sixth "Heavenly Tribulation" that had already fallen.

"bring it on!"

The golden bird plunged into the lightning tribulation, and instantly countless golden rays shot out in mid-air, illuminating the gloomy sky under the dark clouds as if it were daytime.

The "golden bird" released by Song Qingyu fought against the lightning tribulation in mid-air for a while, but in the end it was no match for the opponent and disappeared under the lightning.

As the golden light that had blocked the lightning tribulation disappeared, the remaining lightning in mid-air fell again, quickly reaching Song Qingyu's head.

With a deafening roar, the "golden shield" above Song Qingyu's head was quickly covered by lightning again, accompanied by crackling sounds of electric current striking.

"Qingyu, you must hold on!"

Seeing this, Huang Siyuan clenched her fists and stared intently at the location of the lightning tribulation in the middle.

Meanwhile, Song Qingming's gaze was equally solemn as he looked at the swaying "golden shield" not far away. At this moment, he really wished he could go forward and help Song Qingyu deal with the lightning tribulation.

Unfortunately, the "Heavenly Tribulation" could not be affected by external forces, so even though he was very worried, Song Qingming could only stand there and wait patiently.

Fortunately, things did not disappoint him. Even though she was teetering on the brink of collapse due to being entangled in lightning, the "golden shield" in front of Song Qingyu successfully helped her block the sixth lightning tribulation.

Soon, the sixth lightning tribulation also disappeared above Song Qingyu's head.

"Qingyu!"

"Junior Sister Qingyu, did you successfully transcend the tribulation?"

Seeing that Song Qingyu had successfully blocked the sixth lightning tribulation, Huang Siyuan, who had witnessed this moment from a distance, was immediately filled with excitement and couldn't help but shout out, wanting to go over and congratulate her.

But the next moment, before Huang Siyuan could move, Song Qingming reached out and stopped her.

"Siyuan, the tribulation lightning hasn't dissipated yet, we can't go over there now!"

Standing at a distance, "Lady Yuhua" also noticed something was wrong ahead and quickly waved to the somewhat agitated Ziyue in front of her.

"That's strange, why hasn't the aura of this tribulation lightning dissipated yet?"

"Could it be... something bad?!"

As "Lady Yuhua" cried out in the air, a flash of white light suddenly appeared on the dark clouds above Song Qingyu's head that had not yet dissipated.

Immediately afterwards, to everyone's astonishment, the seventh Heavenly Tribulation Lightning gathered again in the dark clouds.

"This is... how could there be a seventh tribulation lightning strike?!"

Huang Siyuan, who saw this scene from afar, was immediately surprised and couldn't understand why a seventh lightning tribulation would appear.

Not only Huang Siyuan, but also the other "Heavenly Sword Pavilion" cultivators around her were shocked and found it hard to believe what they were seeing.

The only people present were a few Nascent Soul cultivators, including Song Qingming and "Lady Yuhua". Although their eyes showed some surprise, they did not show much shock.

In the cultivation world, a normal Nascent Soul cultivator will indeed only face six "Heaven and Earth Thunder Tribulations" when undergoing tribulation.

However, apart from these exceptions, there are a very few cultivators with special supernatural abilities who will encounter different situations when undergoing tribulation.

"No wonder I sensed something was off about the lightning tribulation aura earlier. It turns out this girl is pursuing the Dao through sword intent. The sword intent that Senior Brother Ling left her back then must have been this very sword intent."

Could it be that I've been tricked by her too? This girl hasn't actually practiced the secret technique I gave her at all!

Seeing the look of surprise and anger on the face of "Madam Yuhua" standing to the side, Liang Jianxuan quickly shook his head and said:

"Junior sister, you are wrong. When I went down to see Junior Nephew Qingyu last time, I did feel that she was training her sword heart. There is no mistake about that."

But now it seems that, in order to trigger the seventh lightning tribulation, she may not have followed the normal path of Nascent Soul formation, but rather successfully gathered her own sword intent before triggering the Heavenly Tribulation.

However, Junior Sister Qingyu didn't tell us about this, and we weren't prepared for it either. I'm afraid she'll have a hard time getting through this."

After Liang Jianxuan finished speaking, he sighed slightly and looked at Song Qingyu, who was standing below the lightning tribulation in the distance, with some regret.

Lady Yuhua, however, said calmly, "Hmph! How could she know that practicing the path of sword intent to form a nascent soul might enhance her own Heavenly Tribulation?"

Ultimately, it was her own cleverness that brought this disaster upon herself.

Unfortunately, I was too soft-hearted back then. If I hadn't agreed to let her enter the Sword Tomb, perhaps none of this would have happened.

“Junior Sister Yuhua, there’s no point in us saying anything now. We can only leave it to her now.”

As soon as Liang Jianxuan finished speaking, the seventh lightning tribulation that had gathered in the sky began to stir restlessly, and it was possible that it would fall at any moment.

Song Qingyu, standing beneath the dark clouds, calmly gazed at the sky, showing no sign of panic in the face of the sudden appearance of the seventh lightning tribulation.

A flash of white light appeared again, and the lightning tribulation in the dark clouds crashed down, heading straight for Song Qingyu's location below.

Faced with the descending lightning tribulation, Song Qingyu first threw out another prepared high-grade level three spirit talisman, and then desperately poured her power into the array plate in front of her.

He wanted to use these two defensive techniques to help block the sixth "Heavenly Tribulation" from the opponent, just like he had done before.

However, she clearly underestimated the power of this seventh "Heavenly Tribulation".

Even though she had reacted quickly, the shield formed by the talisman in the sky had only just blocked the lightning tribulation when it was shattered by the lightning.

Soon, the "Heavenly Tribulation" struck directly on the "golden shield" above Song Qingyu's head.

Having been subjected to two consecutive lightning tribulations, this final "golden shield" had already suffered considerable damage.

Facing this even more powerful lightning tribulation, although it had struggled to hold on for a while, it still couldn't help Song Qingyu withstand the opponent. It was once again directly split open by the lightning tribulation, and even the array plate in front of Song Qingyu was shattered.

Just when everyone thought that Song Qingyu had run out of options, she stopped casting the spell, took out a small bottle, and poured the spiritual liquid inside into her mouth.

Then, with a single hand raised, he summoned his natal magic weapon, the "Mysterious Dark Golden Light Sword".

"The sword intent of water transforms into rain!"

As Song Qingyu rapidly channeled her magical power into the magic weapon, countless cyan sword lights shot out from above the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword," hurtling rapidly upwards towards the location of the lightning.

The cyan sword light flowed continuously like raindrops, actually holding the lightning tribulation above her head in mid-air, preventing it from falling.

"It's actually water-attribute sword intent. It seems I was being too pessimistic!"

Seeing that Song Qingyu used her sword intent to block the remaining lightning tribulation in the sky, Liang Jianxuan stroked his beard and couldn't help but smile.

"Back then, Senior Brother Ling left a sword intent on her, and she should have comprehended it based on that. It's not surprising that she's the same as Senior Brother Ling."

However, with just her limited sword intent, passing this hurdle won't be so easy!

Under the onslaught of countless raindrops of sword intent, the few remaining bolts of lightning in the sky, though falling at a slower pace, were still slowly approaching Song Qingyu.

However, although the lightning was getting closer and closer to Song Qingyu, it was also getting weaker and weaker under the consumption of her sword intent.

Next, it remains to be seen whether Song Qingyu can hold out until the lightning disappears, or whether the lightning from the sky will strike her first.

After persisting for about 15 minutes, the lightning, which had shrunk to almost nothing, finally landed on Song Qingyu under the tense gazes of everyone.

At the critical moment, Song Qingyu transformed the "Xuanming Sword Light" in front of him into a final shield, covering himself as a last stand.

As lightning flashed continuously on Song Qingyu's body, she was soon completely enveloped in lightning while in mid-air.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

After a series of strikes, the lightning quickly disappeared.

When the lightning dissipated, Song Qingyu's figure reappeared in front of everyone.

Although many parts of her clothes were charred, she stood steadily in mid-air, her face pale, and looked at the dark clouds above her head that were gradually dissipating.

A moment later, the lightning disappeared, the dark clouds dispersed, and a ray of multicolored light shone on Song Qingyu's face in mid-air.

“She has been practicing Taoism on Mount Funiu since childhood, and has been a Taoist for 381 years.”

"Today, I have finally achieved the Nascent Soul stage!" (End of Chapter)