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On the opposite peak, Luo Tian clenched his fists, his eyes were bloodshot, and his spiritual energy began to surge violently.

"Nian Nian..."

He kept muttering to himself.

"Master, aren't you going to help? Our little master can't hold on much longer!"

Xiao Jin perched on his shoulder, his voice filled with sorrow.

"Master...Junior Sister, she..."

Li Mengmeng couldn't hold back any longer and wanted to ask for help.

"Shut up! She'll definitely be able to do it!"

Luo Tian angrily interrupted her, veins bulging on his forehead, he was about to lose control of his emotions!

Ye Qianxue opened her mouth slightly, wanting to say something, but seeing Li Mengmeng being scolded, she swallowed what she wanted to say.

Her red eyes were fixed on Xiao Niannian, and two streams of tears welled up in her eyes.

In the center of the lightning tribulation, Xiao Nian Nian sat cross-legged on the ground, her eyes slowly closing.

Scenes from the past flashed through my mind like a movie.

The passing of my grandparents, the mother I never met, the bullying by the Black Tiger Gang, the pain of losing my hands and feet, an extremely miserable life...

Two lines of glistening tears slid down her scarred little face.

"Grandpa, Grandma, Mom, I see you..."

Little Niannian muttered to herself.

She wanted to leave this world with her grandparents...

"Niannian, Daddy's back! Daddy will never leave you again..."

Luo Tian's image appeared deep in her mind. His loving yet indebted and guilty gaze was deeply imprinted on her young heart, indelible.

"No, I can't die! I want to stay with Daddy! Daddy said he can bring Grandpa, Grandma, and Mommy back to life, I can't die!!!"

Xiao Niannian's body trembled slightly, and her shoulders shrugged.

The sky was covered with thick, dark clouds, as dark as ink, and a series of booming sounds could be heard.

Finally, all six bolts of tribulation lightning coalesced and took shape, darting wildly through the air before merging together to form a colossal thunder giant.

The giant held a lightning hammer in his left hand and a lightning spear in his right, his entire body wrapped in lightning, and his terrifying pressure shook the heavens and the earth.

Ye Qianxue and Li Mengmeng stared wide-eyed at the lightning giant, their worry turning into despair.

Xiao Jin flew around Luo Tian's head, feeling restless and anxious. Several times it tried to rush over, but was suppressed.

Luo Tian's emotions had shifted from rage to calm, utterly calm, but the chilling killing intent in his eyes was surging wildly.

He is accumulating power. If Xiao Nian Nian is truly on the verge of death, he will not hesitate to take action, even if it means unleashing forbidden power to destroy the Heavenly Dao.

However, the consequences would be extremely severe. The planet would collapse due to the inability to withstand the power of the Celestial Emperor, turning into countless fragments that would drift into the abyss of the universe.

The cost is too high, the consequences too severe. Destroying a life-bearing planet will result in being held accountable by the rules of the universe, and the individual himself will also face a life-or-death ordeal.

The Celestial Emperor is not invincible...

At the center of the lightning tribulation, beneath the lightning giant's feet, Xiao Nian Nian suddenly opened her eyes, her tightly closed mouth opening:

"I want to become stronger, I want power... Ah!..."

A voice, young yet brimming with anger, echoed through the mountains.

As if hearing her call, all the mountain peaks trembled, the earth shook slightly, and wisps of mist rose from the ground, quickly flying towards Xiao Niannian's direction.

Mountains, rivers, trees, flowers... everything visible to the naked eye emitted wisps of mist, more or less, all drifting toward the small figure at the center of the lightning tribulation.

Ye Qianxue and Li Mengmeng's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. What was going on?

Little Gold also stopped flying, hovering in mid-air, its dragon eyes filled with astonishment.

Only Luo Tian saw the reason, and his tense expression relaxed considerably as he whispered softly.

"A naturally formed Dao body, indeed extraordinary, capable of summoning the earth's dragon energy to empower oneself..."

It turns out that all that mist was formed from the earth's vein dragon energy.

Xiao Niannian was surrounded by mist, her small figure appearing and disappearing. She inhaled the mist with her little mouth, swallowing it all into her body.

Her golden core, now dull and lifeless due to the depletion of spiritual energy, absorbed all the incoming earth vein dragon energy.

The golden core began to spin rapidly, radiating brilliant golden light. All the earth's dragon energy was transformed into spiritual energy, flowing to the limbs and bones.

Xiao Niannian slowly got up, raised her hand and grabbed the Taiyi Sword on the ground.

His spiritual energy circulated rapidly throughout his body, and the Taiyi Sword emitted bursts of white light, its sword chimes ringing out incessantly.

Just then, the Thunder Giant's attack finally landed.

The enormous thunder hammer, carrying the might of heaven, crashed down, making Xiao Nian Nian appear as insignificant as an ant beneath it.

Xiao Niannian's eyes were clear as she looked at the giant thunder hammer falling on her head, and she uttered a soft cry:

"Star Sword Technique, First Form—Starfall!"

As her voice drifted away, countless small stars, the size of boulders, fell from the dark clouds and crashed madly towards the thunder giant.

The giant could only withdraw his attack and focus on defense, his hands waving wildly as he attacked the falling stars.

Xiao Niannian lightly touched the ground with her toes and leaped into the air.

The tiny figure hovered before the Thunder Giant, as insignificant as a speck of dust, yet possessing an aura of overwhelming power.

"Second move—Starry Sky Strangulation!"

The Taiyi Sword was held horizontally in front of him, its blade radiating a brilliant white light.

Countless rays of starlight burst forth from the sword, transforming into a massive star net that enveloped the thunder giant.

The sword net was as sharp as a blade, cutting through the air with a sharp whistling sound.

The giant swung his thunder hammer at the sword net; the hammer and net collided, sparks flying everywhere.

The sword net was dented by the impact, but it did not break. Instead, it tightened like a fishing net, wrapping around the giant's arms and thunder hammer.

The giant roared, thrusting out his left-hand lightning spear, attempting to pierce the sword net.

Xiao Niannian didn't give him a chance, and pointed her longsword:

"burst!"

The Starry Sky Sword Net shattered instantly, and countless fragments of starlight rained down into the giant's body.

The Thunder Giant trembled violently, and countless cracks appeared on its body surface, from which purple-gold lightning leaked out wildly.

The Thunder Giant roared to the sky, channeling all its remaining lightning power into its right-hand thunder spear. The spear swelled, transforming into a ten-zhang-long purple-gold giant spear, which it hurled towards Xiao Niannian.

The speed was so fast that even the void was torn apart.

Xiao Niannian closed her eyes and raised the Taiyi Sword above her head.

On the sword, the starlight no longer spread out, but instead compressed and condensed wildly inward.

The surrounding air contained the earth's ley line energy, remnants of lightning, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth...

All the energy was absorbed by the sword tip, eventually turning into a tiny point of light the size of a pinhead.

The light spot was small, but it was blindingly bright and exuded a terrifying aura.

"Third move—Starry Sky Piercing!"

She opened her eyes and thrust out a sword.

A point of light shot out from the tip of the sword, heading straight for the thunder spear.

The two collided without a loud noise or a flash of light.

The light pierced through the thunder spear as if it were paper, continued forward, pierced through the thunder giant's head, flew out from the back of his head, shot into the sky, and disappeared into the horizon.

The lightning spear froze in mid-air, then began to disintegrate from its tip, turning into specks of light and dissipating.

The Thunder Giant's form froze, the lightning in its eyes went out, and cracks began to appear on its body from the top of its head, spreading to its chest and limbs before it exploded with a bang.

Countless fragments of purple-gold lightning danced across the sky, falling like a meteor shower and illuminating the entire night.

The dark clouds gradually dispersed, and the moonlight shone down once more.

A thick golden beam of light descended from the heavens and enveloped Xiao Nian Nian.

Within the pillar of light, her injuries healed at a visible speed.

The charred skin peeled off, revealing new, pink and white skin.

The parched dantian was filled again, and the golden core spun rapidly, gradually developing a faint purple halo from its pure gold color.

That is the sign of the Golden Core being perfected and the half-step into the Nascent Soul stage.

Behind her, countless stars appeared, dazzling and radiant, as if the entire sky was shining for her.

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