Cultivating Immortality in the Winter Wasteland.

Chapter 864 Overcoming the Thunder Tribulation

After much deliberation, Chen Wang decided to continue exploring the subject.

Regardless of whether this Thunder Swamp is transformed from Dao Jing, an Ascension Stage expert, like the Great Flame Heaven, even if it is, Chen Wang will have to deal with those terrifying old relics sooner or later, so he might as well use this opportunity to test the waters.

After all, he possesses the Bronze Gate, and this is a good opportunity to test whether the Bronze Gate can easily escape from these powerful figures.

Otherwise, if we are not prepared for a direct confrontation in the future, and the bronze gate fails, wouldn't we be at their mercy?

After making up his mind, Chen Wang quickly charged forward.

He was incredibly fast, but he hadn't gone far when he was struck down by a terrifying bolt of lightning.
Boom!
He was slammed to the ground, and even the Thirty-Three Heavens Golden Exquisite Pagoda couldn't lift him up. Chen Wang immediately felt his hands and feet go numb.

Chen Wang looked at himself and found that his skin was torn in several places.

However, at this moment, an extremely pure power began to nourish his physical body and primordial spirit.

Chen Wang's heart stirred.
"This heavenly lightning has the effect of tempering the physical body and primordial spirit!"

Chen Wang looked up at the sky again and noticed that the thunderclouds had changed.

Originally, it was a dark, oppressive mass, but now it was radiating golden light and filled with purple aura, making it look extremely righteous and glorious.

Chen Wang's heart stirred.
"This lightning tribulation seems to be different from the previous ones."

After thinking for a moment, Chen Wang still activated the Thirty-Three Heavens Golden Exquisite Pagoda.

Soon, the next lightning bolt struck down.

The lightning bolt, as thick as a bucket and purplish-gold in color, descended from the sky with terrifying power, seemingly intent on destroying everything, and struck Chen Wang fiercely.

Chen Wang raised the Thirty-Three Heavens Golden Exquisite Pagoda and neutralized a large portion of it, but a small portion still passed over.

Chen Wang was struck so hard that his whole body felt numb and sore, and his hair stood on end. He was in excruciating pain.

But after he got through it, an extremely pure power began to nourish his body and spirit again, making his spirit more resilient and his body more solid.

Chen Wang was overjoyed.

This time, he intentionally didn't use the Thirty-Three Heavens Golden Exquisite Pagoda to defend against the attack entirely, and the effect was indeed even more domineering.

Chen Wang was somewhat shocked: "Such pure power! This can greatly improve my cultivation!"

Chen Wang gritted his teeth and put away the Thirty-Three Heavens Golden Exquisite Pagoda.

When the next lightning tribulation struck, a bolt of purple-gold heavenly lightning engulfed Chen Wang.

Chen Wang felt his body stiffen instantly; he had withstood the lightning tribulation by sheer willpower.

His magical power was completely shattered; the divine and demonic energies, the life and death energies, the primordial energies, and so on were all destroyed.

The lightning struck him hard, and he was completely paralyzed, unable to move even a finger. A tremendous pain enveloped him.

Even with Chen Wang's extremely strong will, he couldn't help but want to shout, but his mouth was numb and he couldn't utter a sound, which was extremely painful.

However, after enduring a brief period of pain, an extremely pure power began to nourish his physical body and primordial spirit. This progress was very obvious and visible to the naked eye.

Chen Wang was overjoyed.

"Is this a tribulation of lightning?"

A strange light appeared in Chen Wang's eyes.

"If that's the case, then we really need to get some serious experience."

Chen Wang then faced several more lightning tribulations, each one slightly stronger than the previous one, but still roughly the same.

Fortunately, otherwise, if each attack had been stronger than the last, Chen Wang would probably have been killed by now.

Even so, the previous attack had already depleted Chen Wang's magical power, and resisting this one would be even more exhausting. Chen Wang was cleaved in two, his skin torn open and bleeding profusely.

The blood instantly vaporized into blood mist the moment it came into contact with the purple lightning.

Chen Wang was struck down and forced to kneel on the ground, looking extremely pained.

His hair was no longer standing on end, but had turned to ashes, leaving him bald, and his skin was charred black.

Chen Wang grimaced in pain.

"Damn it!" Chen Wang cursed inwardly.

The pain this time was roughly the same as the last time, except that last time Chen Wang had just been cleaved several times, and the pain was compounded, like rubbing salt into a wound. He felt that this pain was more profound.

Chen Wang screamed inwardly, his heart breaking, and his body stiffened instantly.

When the next bolt of lightning gathered, Chen Wang felt a bitter taste in his mouth.

He had just recovered, and that strange, pure power was beginning to nourish his body and spirit.

Chen Wang sighed inwardly. In this state, even if he summoned the Thirty-Three Heavens Golden Exquisite Pagoda, he could only withstand two hits at most. His mana was a major problem, and the effect would be much weaker after the pagoda was summoned.

Chen Wang felt a pang of regret.

Now he is not only thinking about how to survive this terrifying tribulation of lightning, but also how to gain more power.

Because each lightning tribulation was extremely dangerous, and the immense pain penetrated deep into Chen Wang's primordial spirit, as if it were about to tear Chen Wang's primordial spirit apart and then crush it.

Therefore, Chen Wang wanted to maximize the profits.

With a thought, he summoned the Mirror God.

The Mirror God asked, "Master, what happened?"

Chen Wang said, "There's good news. This tribulation of lightning can temper the body."

The Mirror God was taken aback: "What?"

The next moment, a terrifying lightning bolt struck down fiercely.

Mirror God gritted his teeth and, without flinching, went straight to meet him.

He originally intended to use a special space to resolve the Purple Gold Lightning Tribulation, but unexpectedly, the lightning tribulation directly affected him, and he was struck so hard that he fell to the ground and embedded himself in the soil.

However, Chen Wang was not much better off. The Mirror God did not completely resolve the tribulation of lightning, and Chen Wang also suffered half of it.

Chen Wang groaned, his vision went black, and he almost fainted.

The Mirror God trembled violently from the blow, and it took him a long time to recover.
"Master, it really can temper the body!"

Chen Wang said weakly, "Otherwise what? Do you think I'm bluffing you? If I weren't already exhausted, I probably wouldn't have bothered calling you for such a good opportunity."

The Mirror God said, "Master is wise."

At this moment, the Mirror God and Chen Wang joined forces to resist, helping Chen Wang to share a small portion of the burden, allowing Chen Wang to withstand the tribulation.

Otherwise, with his physical body and magical power, he would not have been able to resolve this wave of lightning tribulation.

Once this tribulation passes, Chen Wang cannot guarantee that there will be another strange purple-gold tribulation to temper his physical body and primordial spirit next time he comes.

Therefore, Chen Wang decided to tough it out.

With the help of the Mirror God, Chen Wang was able to withstand more than ten more lightning tribulations.

In the end, even the Mirror God couldn't withstand it anymore. At this moment, he was tempered and became golden and radiant, completely different from his original impoverished appearance, and was completely renewed.

He finally couldn't take it anymore. If he were struck again, he felt like he was going to shatter, really shatter, damaging his very foundation.

However, Chen Wang was much more resilient than it.

After putting away the Mirror God, Chen Wang didn't use the Thirty-Three Heavens Golden Exquisite Pagoda and continued to withstand the attacks. If Chen Wang had directly withstood so many strikes earlier, he would have been killed long ago. But just now, after each strike,

That strange and pure power could strengthen Chen Wang's primordial spirit and physical body.

Therefore, after each tribulation of lightning, Chen Wang's resistance was much stronger than when he first arrived at the Thunder Swamp.

This change is very welcome and something Chen Wang never expected.

This terrifying progress cannot be called lightning speed; it's downright monstrous and abnormal.

Moreover, Chen Wang directly enhanced the resilience of his primordial spirit and the solidity of his physical body, which allowed him to instantly output more mana.

After this power transformed his physical body, Chen Wang's magical power also increased.

The many wonderful aspects of this made Chen Wang overjoyed.

He kept taking out spiritual medicines and swallowing them, beginning to refine the injuries on his body.

If Chen Wang had refined these spiritual herbs in the past, the effects would not have been very ideal.

Refining resources also requires a gradual process. If too much spiritual energy is accumulated and cannot be transformed into magic power, or if the magic power is too weak, it will not be of much use and will become a problem over time.

But things are different now. After Chen Wang devoured the rare treasures he had taken out, the lightning tribulation struck down again.

This time, although Chen Wang felt immense pain, he had plenty of internal strength.

Under this terrifying pressure, Chen Wang was bathed in the purple-gold lightning tribulation. The spiritual herbs on his body were quickly refined and transformed into pure magic power stored in Chen Wang's body.

And that force began to reshape Chen Wang's physical body and primordial spirit.

With this ebb and flow, Chen Wang, through careful calculation, actually managed to withstand eighty-one purple-gold lightning tribulations!
At this moment, he had already refined half of the resources in his hands.

You should know that he has cultivation resources provided by various super powers, enough for him to cultivate for hundreds of years.

This is equivalent to cultivating for two or three hundred years, even while consuming cultivation resources every day.

Chen Wang's magical power became extremely abundant, and his physical body became extremely solid, more than twice as strong as before.

Chen Wang let out a long breath. His head was bald, his body was as black as charcoal, and his clothes had been shredded to pieces. However, he was extremely happy.

"It was so exhilarating to undergo the tribulation of lightning!"

In fact, if it weren't for his previous cultivation of the Great Dao of Gods and Demons, his attainment of the body of Gods and Demons, and his consumption of many rare and precious treasures, his physical body and primordial spirit would have been more resilient than others, and he would have had countless resources at his disposal, making it impossible for him to have lasted this long.

They couldn't hold on any longer; they either had to leave or be struck dead.

His ability to persevere until now can be attributed to careful planning and accumulated experience, and of course, it is also inseparable from his strong will.

You should know that after the eighty-one tribulations of lightning, the pain has accumulated to a terrifying level.

For an ordinary cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage, this kind of pain would be like a demon in their heart, directly causing them to have the thought of giving up, or even destroying their consciousness.

Chen Wang, however, was different. Despite the pain, he grimaced and cursed under his breath, yet he had endured it all this time.

This tenacity is an excellent quality he possesses.

After surviving this wave of lightning tribulation, Chen Wang felt that his potential had increased significantly.

In other words, the total mana capacity has increased significantly, the mana bar is longer, and the amount of mana that can be released at any moment has also increased, by at least two times.

Keep in mind that this is a twofold increase from his original level, which is already an incredibly impressive improvement.

Simply put, Chen Wang could fight at least two versions of himself if he were facing his previous self.

Thinking of this, Chen Wang's lips twitched.
"How come I'm using myself as a unit of combat strength now?"

This time, venturing deep into the Thunder Swamp, aside from anything else, although he didn't find any treasures or cultivation techniques, the fact that he survived the tribulation of lightning and the strange power he gained were enough to make his strength advance by leaps and bounds.

After surviving this wave of lightning tribulation, another bolt of heavenly lightning struck down, this time even more ferocious than before!

Chen Wang blocked one of the attacks, which was extremely dangerous!

If it hadn't already withstood a tribulation of lightning, and its physical body and primordial spirit hadn't been transformed, it would have struck and killed it. Moreover, there was no strange power in it, just pure destructive lightning!

Chen Wang's heart sank: "Damn it, this tribulation is over, but we still have to be careful of the heavenly lightning!"

Chen Wang kept swallowing pills and even took out the Thirty-Three Heavens Golden Exquisite Pagoda.

With this pagoda, Chen Wang could stay here for a long time as long as he had enough magic power.

Chen Wang had already lingered here for a while, and he wanted to continue exploring.

The feeling he got from Lei Ze was too mysterious.

However, after being struck by several bolts of lightning, Chen Wang was completely disoriented.

Chen Wang was also somewhat taken aback. If it weren't for the Thirty-Three Heavens Golden Exquisite Pagoda, he would probably have been struck dead by lightning by now.

The deeper you go, the greater the power of the heavenly lightning!
He thought for a moment and then left, leaving the coordinates behind.

The next time Chen Wang returns, he won't have to start from scratch; he can go directly into this place.

Of course, this is based on past experience.

This Thunder Swamp might be a world unto itself, or it might possess formidable Dao power. Chen Wang couldn't guarantee that he would definitely appear here again next time.

If he were to start over, Chen Wang would need to undergo another tribulation of lightning.

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At this time, Chen Wang arrived in the dead of winter.

He sensed the changes in his body; his physical body had become incredibly strong, and the various Dao principles within him were operating more smoothly than before.

Chen Wang originally thought that his Dao was operating in perfect harmony, but now that he has been cleansed, looking back, his previous operation was like a rusty machine.

The various Daos and magical powers within Chen Wang's body are now incredibly pure and operate in an orderly manner, filling Chen Wang with joy.

"Such a good thing shouldn't be enjoyed by one person alone. Should we let Fu Qu and Xu Yun also experience the tribulation of lightning?"

Only a powerhouse at the Tribulation Transcending stage could withstand such power.

However, Chen Wang thought for a moment that Xu Yun was a human and had not specifically cultivated body-refining techniques, but rather cultivated his primordial spirit. If he were to be subjected to such a tribulation of lightning, he might not be able to withstand it.

Fu Qu would be a good fit, but after thinking about it, Chen Wang decided to play it safe for now.

After all, he didn't know what dangers were hidden in that Thunder Swamp. One was his Daoist partner, and the other was his confidante and good friend. If something happened to her, he would regret it deeply.

After all, the kind of tribulation lightning with strange power that can temper a person's physical body and primordial spirit is not always present.

Chen Wang's heart stirred.
"Let's observe for a while longer."

He decided to carefully refine this insight before venturing deeper into the tribulation.

"This Thunder Swamp is truly a treasure trove. Even if I don't go deep inside, I wonder if it can help me cultivate to the late stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm."

As Chen Wang thought of this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.

He has been cultivating for too short a time. Although his power has increased greatly, he still has a long way to go before reaching the late stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm.

However, this was the strange thing about this Thunder Swamp, which also gave Chen Wang hope.

Putting aside everything else, its ability to transform the physical body and primordial spirit alone is quite remarkable.

What's even more remarkable is that it can greatly increase Chen Wang's speed in refining the resources at hand, much like a cheat code or accelerator for cultivation.

(End of this chapter)