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Chapter 501 The Eight Gates in Normalization (First Update)

After the fourth bolt of heavenly lightning, the fifth bolt took significantly longer to prepare.

"boom!"

This time, the heavenly tribulation was still as thick as a water vat, but its color was much darker.

If the initial lightning was light purple, then it's now a normal purple.

"I agree!"

Li Chuan gritted his teeth and unleashed his full physical strength, enduring the fifth heavenly lightning strike once again.

However, this time it wasn't as easy as last time. His body swayed a few times in the air before he regained his footing.

"Continue, that's not enough!"

After regaining his footing, he felt the evolution of his life essence. In order to receive a stronger baptism of heavenly lightning, he roared at the tribulation clouds once again.

The tribulation clouds did not disappoint him; the sixth heavenly lightning was already a deep purple.

"boom!"

This time, Li Chuan's physical body could no longer withstand it, and he was slammed to the ground from mid-air, half of his body turning into charcoal.

This scene greatly surprised the disciples watching, but they could not go up to help.

"Junior Brother Qingfeng, don't try to tough it out anymore, that's enough."

Dan Chenzi quickly called out to Li Chuan, who was on the ground.

It's clear that the physical body is about to give out; using a magical artifact is the right thing to do.

However, they were stunned again.

Because at this moment, the therapeutic effect of the Extinction Virus in Li Chuan's body had already been activated, and his body was emitting high-temperature flames. The carbonized half of his body was actually restored to normal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Let the thunderbolts come even more fiercely!"

After his body recovered, Li Chuan felt that his physical body had been forged into something as pure and flawless as jade, and his life essence was even more terrifyingly powerful.

So it flew into the air again.

This also relieved the Emei disciples who were watching.

The Heavenly Tribulation has now passed through five stages; four more stages are needed to end it.

While everyone was speculating whether the sixth heavenly tribulation would be even more extreme than the fifth, the tribulation clouds remained motionless for a full half hour.

"Is it broken?"

Just as Li Chuan was wondering, the sixth bolt of heavenly lightning appeared.

"boom!"

A bolt of lightning, ten meters in diameter and so dark purple it had almost turned black, erupted from the tribulation clouds and crashed down on Li Chuan.

Upon seeing this, Li Chuan's eyes widened, and his body immediately entered immortal mode.

"Immortal Technique - All Eight Gates Open!"

His intuition told him that if he tried to withstand the sixth bolt of heavenly lightning, even with the healing effects of the Extinction Virus, his body would not be saved and he would be blasted to ashes.

So he quickly combined his true energy and chakra, and used Sage Mode to instantly open the Eight Gates, unleashing all the potential of his physical body.

"Holy crap, that hurts! Did I overstimulate it?"

Feeling the black lightning strike him, which didn't end like before but continued as a continuous pillar of lightning, Li Chuan couldn't help but tremble.

Even with all eight gates open and his physical body pushed to its limits, he could only barely maintain his physical body from collapsing.

At this point, even the Extremis virus's regenerative abilities became ineffective.

If it weren't for the black lightning simultaneously destroying everything while frantically stimulating his life essence to strengthen his physical body, he really wouldn't have been able to hold on.

However, the extreme pain of his body teetering between collapse and recovery was truly agonizing for him.

Actually, he wasn't stupid. If he hadn't seen that the black lightning was far more powerful than the previous lightning, he would have worn the Gold Cloth, unleashed his cosmos, and used the immortality of the Spirit of Vengeance to resist the lightning.

Anyway, it's impossible to be killed by being struck by lightning, so every extra second you hold on is a benefit.

"Is it really that terrifying? Everyday Thunder!"

The Emei disciples watching the tribulation from the outside were all terrified by the black heavenly lightning. They knew that the tribulation was difficult and the heavenly lightning was terrifying, but they never expected it to be this terrifying.

This is only the sixth strike, how come it's already so powerful? It keeps slashing non-stop, who can possibly get through this?

Seeing that his fellow disciples were not in good condition, Dan Chenzi quickly shouted:

"Junior brothers, there is no need to be afraid. Junior Brother Qingfeng's tribulation was an accident. Normal tribulations are far less powerful than this. The strongest one is no more than the third tribulation of Junior Brother Qingfeng."

He feared that his fellow disciples' hearts would be affected by Li Chuan's tribulation, causing them to develop a fear of cultivation and thus stagnate in their progress.

"I see!"

The disciples of Mount Shu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The third lightning tribulation was indeed powerful, but compared to the current sixth lightning tribulation, it was far inferior.

This comparison made them realize that undergoing tribulation normally wasn't so difficult.

As time went by, Li Chuan's physical body grew stronger and stronger under the shroud of the black lightning, while the power of the black lightning remained unchanged.

So he gradually felt that it was no longer so strenuous.

After being enveloped by lightning for a full ten minutes, he was able to stand up normally.

He thought that if the black lightning continued to strike for several days and nights, that would be great. His physical body would definitely be elevated to an unparalleled level. He probably wouldn't need anything else; his physical body alone would be comparable to an ascended celestial being.

However, while imagination is beautiful, reality does not allow it.

As if sensing that the black lightning could no longer have much impact on Li Chuan's physical body, the tribulation clouds dissipated the lightning.

"What's the rush? Let's chop a little longer."

Seeing the black lightning disappear, Li Chuan's face showed a look of lingering satisfaction.

"It's okay, there are still three more to go, keep going!"

After being continuously baptized by the black lightning, he discovered that not only was his physical body greatly strengthened, but even the eight gates in his body that originally needed to be opened using the Eight Gates Technique had been completely opened.

In other words, even if he doesn't use the Eight Gates and doesn't need chakra to maintain it, his body is in a state where all eight gates are fully open under normal circumstances.

This gave him even greater confidence to continue enduring even stronger heavenly lightning without resorting to other means.

Unfortunately, just as he was bracing himself for the seventh bolt of heavenly lightning, the tribulation cloud, which had shrunk by half in size, suddenly shook and dissipated.

That's like saying, "Go play by yourself!"

Then a large mass of celestial energy appeared and entered Li Chuan's body.

The faint sounds of the Great Dao could be heard in the air, and all the plants around seemed to be nourished, beginning to grow and bloom.

This scene is exactly what happened when the first part of the Heavenly Tribulation, consisting of nine heavenly lightning bolts, was completed.

"Wasn't it supposed to be nine paths? It's already over after only six?"

Realizing that there was no more tribulation lightning to follow, Li Chuan sighed with regret, then closed his eyes while absorbing the immortal spiritual energy.

Six paths are fine, anyway, it's much stronger than the normal nine paths of heavenly tribulation, so overall it's definitely a gain.

Next, he will face the second part of his tribulation: the mental invasion of extraterrestrial demons.

The extraterrestrial demons arrived quickly. As soon as the large mass of immortal energy entered Li Chuan's body, a wisp of black smoke also pierced through the void and appeared directly above Li Chuan's head, disappearing into his body.

(End of this chapter)