Chapter 87: Thunder Tribulation Body Refining
The underground fire is blazing, and the purple flame is majestic.

In the ancient land of Yao Chi, inside the weapons training room, heat waves were rolling.

Next to the underground fire pool, a huge silver alchemy furnace continuously absorbs the endless fire energy carried by the purple flames flowing out of the underground fire pool.

The abundant fire spirit energy keeps the colorful phoenix blood in the alchemy furnace in an activated state at all times, providing sufficient fuel for the Saint of Yao Chi to undergo a transformation.

The transformation is like stewing meat, not intense, everything happens slowly.

From the perspective of an observer, Li Zhi almost witnessed the entire transformation process of the Holy Lady of Yao Chi in the furnace.

The phoenix blood turned into the power of nirvana, which not only regenerated the flesh and blood of the Saint of Yao Chi, but also reshaped her Taoist body, making it more harmonious.

The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi, who was already a peerless beauty in the Eastern Wilderness, seemed to have lost her stunning beauty after her rebirth.

Instead, it gives people a weird feeling of "she should be like this.

The kind of beauty that makes people feel amazed seems to have been sublimated.

It is just like how mortals would not develop blasphemous feelings towards gods just because of their beauty or ugliness.

The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi, who has undergone a complete transformation, seems to have reached this level and will no longer amaze people with her appearance.

Observing the transformation process of the Saint of Yao Chi gave Li Zhi an idea of ​​evolution.

At the same time, it also provided him with an excellent observation sample for creating body-building exercises.

Although it is not known whether the Saint of Yao Chi has a special physique, judging from her transformation process, her physique should not be an ordinary mortal body.

The reason why I want to create a body-building exercise.

It's because he didn't want to waste this strong body that had undergone several transformations.

Li Zhi wanted to create a pure physical training method similar to the "Immortal Sutra" to develop his physical potential.

Of course, with his current level of cultivation, it would be a foolish dream for him to create a method that could rival the "Immortal Sutra".

However, any magical skill or secret technique must go through an evolutionary process from nothing to something, from weak to strong.

As long as he can stay alive, he will have the opportunity to upgrade and improve his skills, and one day he will reach the level of "The Immortal Sutra".

Strictly speaking, the method of the five secret realms is also a unique method of developing the power of the physical body, but this kind of development has some problems.

It is very dependent on the strength of one's innate constitution, just like the difference between a mortal body and a holy body.

Through the same practice, a holy body can awaken the immortal golden body, but an ordinary body cannot.

Even most of the body-building exercises cannot make up for the innate gap between the two.

For example, a Great Saint Body, when at the ninth level of the Quasi-Emperor, can challenge the Great Emperor, while a Quasi-Emperor ninth level strong man with other physiques often cannot do this.

This is the acquired gap caused by innate talent, which is not a gap that can be made up by ordinary cultivation methods.

The Immortal Body of Immortality, as a special Taoist body, is not known for its strong physical body.

However, Li Zhi seized various opportunities and allowed his body to undergo five transformations, which to a certain extent made up for the reality that the immortal body was weak.

Li Zhi didn't need to tell us how many benefits there were to a complete transformation. Almost every cultivator knew that it was a great opportunity that was out of reach.

If Li Zhi could complete nine transformations in the Taoist Palace Secret Realm, his pure physical strength would probably surpass those of the second-level immortals.

Just like Ye Fan, after entering the Four Poles Secret Realm, when he went to the ancient forbidden area to pick holy medicine to heal his wounds, he completed a rebirth, making his physical strength directly comparable to the second-level immortals, and even stronger than the physical bodies of most powerful people.

This strength is not simply given to him by a holy body, but is the result of multiple transformations, making his body exceptionally powerful.

Now, Li Zhi has completed five true transformations, and the original power of his body has far exceeded that of cultivators of the same level.

However, in order to transform such powerful physical source power into real strength, it is necessary to use special techniques to develop it.

Just like the sky-horned ants in the Fairy Valley period, after practicing the Immortal Sutra, they could now play with the Yuanmu Ding, which they could only lift before.

Therefore, Li Zhi came up with the idea of ​​creating a body-building technique suitable for him.

The boxing skills he learned from Earth could no longer keep up with his training speed and had not been used for a long time.

The upper limit of the boxing techniques created by mortals is not high, and in terms of concept, it is far inferior to the techniques in the world of cultivation.

Therefore, after Li Zhi failed in his attempt to upgrade the Xingyi Twelve Forms Fist into a profound technique that could rival that of cultivators, he gave up on it.

Rather than creating law along the path defined by others, it is better to create law according to your own conditions.

After several years of thinking, Li Zhi already had a rough idea in his mind.

He used the healing methods in the "Phoenix Tribulation Regeneration Technique" as a blueprint, combined with his own innate vitality that far exceeded that of cultivators of the same level, to create a method of refining the body by using various tribulations between heaven and earth.

The purpose is to survive all the disasters between heaven and earth and reach the level of "even if heaven and earth are destroyed, I will not be destroyed."

Originally, Li Zhi wanted to name this martial art "Heavenly Art of Overcoming Tribulations".

Unfortunately, the ancient heavenly skill "Shuijie Tiangong" already exists in the world.

Therefore, Li Zhi named the body-refining method he created "Red Dust Tribulation".

The intention is to hone an immortal body with the help of worldly trials.

Every time you go through a disaster in this mortal world, your body becomes stronger.

Today, the "Red Dust Tribulation" is just in its infancy, and only the "Heavenly Thunder Tribulation" part has been completed.

That is the part of refining the body with the help of heavenly thunder.

We have to thank the ancestors of the Wanjie Sect for being able to complete the creation of the "Heavenly Thunder Tribulation" so smoothly.

Li Zhi dug out from them a technique of using heavenly thunder to refine the body. After Li Zhi combined that method of refining the body with the healing method in the Phoenix Tribulation Regeneration Technique, he created the current "Heavenly Thunder Tribulation".

You can use the power of heavenly thunder to strengthen your body.

As long as the heavenly thunder fails to kill him in one strike, his body will be broken and then rebuilt, becoming even stronger.

Although he has created the "Heavenly Thunder Tribulation", due to various reasons, Li Zhi has not yet used this method of body building.

Looking at the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi who was transforming in the alchemy furnace, Li Zhi discovered that the transformation process was much slower than he had expected.

The Holy Maiden of Yao Chi seemed like a sleeping beauty, floating in the colorful blood of the phoenix and slowly transforming.

In order to speed up the process, Li Zhi added half a bowl of colorful phoenix blood into the furnace.

In an instant, the temperature of the divine liquid in the furnace rose by 30%.

The Saint Lady of Yao Chi, who originally looked like a sleeping beauty, also began to twist her body.

The intensity of the transformation directly doubled.

"Ah, yeah."

The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi in the furnace even let out an instinctive cry of pain.

But soon the simple sound of pain turned into a strange sound of pain and pleasure intertwined.

Li Zhi felt upset after hearing this.

So he simply stopped paying attention to the transformation of the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi.

It won’t be finished in a short time.

Afterwards, Li Zhi came to a stone platform at the edge of the underground fire room, sat cross-legged there and continued to practice his Kidney Divine Treasure.

And he took out the water-attributed divine source that contained half a peach.

While absorbing the original essence of the divine source for cultivation, he also comprehended the great laws contained in the immortal peach elixir, and at the same time nurtured the companion fairy tree in the divine storage of the kidney.

An unknown number of days had passed, but half of the divine source had been absorbed by Li Zhi, and the divine storage of the kidney had been cultivated to perfection by him. The accompanying ancient peach tree had also grown up.

A Taoist palace deity emitting the power of water, like the deity in the liver's divine storage, walked out of the Taoist palace and sat cross-legged under the companion fairy tree to practice.

It seems that this can better enhance the divinity of the gods.

After collecting the remaining divine source and the peaches that were still sealed in the source, Li Zhi came to the alchemy furnace and observed the transformation of the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi.

At this time, the phoenix blood that was emitting colorful light with rich vitality has turned into a pool of gray liquid with dull vitality.

That is the state in which the dead skin, old bones and impurities in the body are sloughed off and dissolved in water during a rebirth.

After Li Zhi completed his transformation, he also left behind a pot of evil water.

It seems that the transformation of the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi is about to be completed.

Afterwards, Li Zhi stopped practicing the mysterious skills, but sat not far from the alchemy furnace and began to comprehend the mysterious skills.

The focus of comprehension is the "Dragon Slaying Sword Technique".

Li Zhi felt that if he could comprehend this sword technique thoroughly, it would be enough for him to reach the sage level.

One move slays the dragon, and one move destroys the dragon. There seems to be some mysterious meaning of the word "fighting" in it. One move simplifies the complex, and one move turns the simple into the complex.

It is worthy of being a move derived from the scriptures of the Sword Immortal. It is profound and extensive. The more you comprehend it, the more it feels as if it is endless.

Two days later, a roar suddenly sounded from the Star God Iron Furnace.

It seemed as if something had exploded in the furnace.

Li Zhi immediately stopped comprehending the profound law and focused his gaze on the alchemy furnace. Only then did he discover that the sound was a Taoist sound coming from the body of the Saint of Yao Chi.

It seemed as if she was creating the world inside her body.

Just when Li Zhi was curious about what kind of magical powers the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi was practicing.

The Holy Maiden of Yao Chi suddenly turned into a colorful rainbow, knocked open the furnace cover, and rushed directly outside.

Li Zhi had a strange expression on his face when he saw this, and muttered, "Is the Saint of Yao Chi going to the toilet in a hurry?"

It’s not that Li Zhi was slandering the Saint of Yao Chi, but she looked really anxious just now, just like those Jet Warriors who were in a hurry to go to the toilet.

Li Zhi shuddered instantly, then poured out the dirty water in the furnace and cleaned the furnace.

Then he filled a furnace with earth fire from the earth fire pool to continue warming the alchemy furnace, thereby improving the quality of the alchemy furnace.

Afterwards, Li Zhi was not in a hurry to leave, but stayed in the underground fire room for almost an incense stick of time before he slowly walked out of the underground fire weapons refining room.

When he came out from under the black cliff, he did not see the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi.

Instead, I saw a dark cloud flashing with lightning rapidly pressing towards the earth.

It was like the sky was falling.

Li Zhi immediately climbed up the Black Mountain Cliff. Looking around, he saw the Saint Lady of Yao Chi being bombarded by heavenly thunder on a peak more than ten miles away, separated by two large mountains.

"So the thunder tribulation has arrived. No wonder it's running so fast." Li Zhi looked at the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi in that direction, and then looked at the thunderclouds that were gathering.

The area covered by the thundercloud seems unreasonably large.

Moreover, Li Zhi heard the roar of a thunder dragon in the thundercloud.

"Is she going to undergo the dragon transformation tribulation?" Li Zhi was secretly shocked. He did not expect that the true cultivation level of the Saint of Yao Chi was much higher than he thought. He saw that the Saint of Yao Chi in the distance was surrounded by the sea of ​​thunder.

Li Zhi looked at the dark clouds that were so close above his head.

He thought to himself, "Isn't this a good opportunity to verify the 'Heavenly Thunder Tribulation' body-building magic skill?"

After looking at the strange phenomenon that occurred when the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi was undergoing the tribulation, it seemed that it was not the legendary great dragon tribulation, and no ninety-nine and eighty-one ancient thunder dragons appeared.

I think it shouldn't be a problem to borrow some heavenly thunder to slightly enhance her thunder tribulation.

Afterwards, Li Zhi used his mysterious magic to guide the thunder in the thundercloud to land.

“Thunderbolt!”

A bolt of lightning struck Li Zhi directly on the head, turning his hair into an afro.

Instead of feeling scared, Li Zhi looked eager to try.

Just now, he did not use any mysterious methods to resist the thunder. He tested the power of the thunder and found that it only caused some minor damage to his body, which showed that he could withstand the intensity of the thunder tribulation.

"Changshou, retreat quickly, otherwise you will be attacked indiscriminately by the thunder." The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi seemed to have some strength left. After seeing Li Zhi being struck by lightning, she immediately spoke up to remind him.

"Sister Yao Chi, just focus on overcoming the tribulation and don't worry about me." Li Zhi shouted loudly.

Afterwards, he attracted more heavenly thunder into his body.

When the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi wanted to say something, the intensity of the thunder tribulation she experienced suddenly increased by 30%, and the simple heavenly thunder began to transform into various kinds of thunder beasts.

It directly increased the intensity of this dragon transformation calamity to the level of the legendary ten thousand beasts calamity.

In an instant, the area of ​​dozens of miles around was completely turned into a sea of ​​thunder and lightning.

Various thunder beasts roared in the sea of ​​thunder, and the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi had to use all her strength to fight against the heavenly calamity.

However, after being struck by the thunder, Li Zhi did not fight back.

He just activated the "Heavenly Thunder Tribulation" to constantly borrow the power of thunder to temper his body.

With just his profound skills, he was able to completely refine the first few bolts of lightning.

But after the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi began to endure the fifth level of thunder tribulation, the strength of the thunder in the sea of ​​thunder became so strong that she could not withstand it by simply using profound skills.

It is impossible to refine all the lightning power that enters the body.

In order not to damage his origin, Li Zhi had to take a big gulp of the sacred spring water of life every time he was struck by lightning to replenish his rapidly consumed essence.

As the Holy Lady of Yao Chi in the distance was a person who was undergoing tribulation, her treatment was naturally much better than that of Li Zhi.

Under the attack of a group of powerful thunder beasts, she suffered countless wounds on her body and could only keep swallowing the holy spring water to replenish her life essence.

The strength of the Ten Thousand Beasts Tribulation does not seem to be weaker than the legendary Dragon Tribulation.

After the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi defeated dozens of thunder beasts in succession, there was still no sign of the thunder tribulation dissipating.

She could only grit her teeth and continue fighting with the group of thunder beasts transformed from lightning.

Blood spilled in the sky, and the peerless beauty was now shattered.

His face and body were covered with scars flashing with lightning, making him look extremely miserable.

If she didn't have enough holy spring water in her hands to replenish her life energy, she would have been torn to pieces by those thunder beasts long ago.

With her fairy clothes torn and her long hair disheveled, the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi was still struggling to fight against those thunder beasts.

But at the edge of the calamity cloud, Li Zhi was simply struck by lightning.

Perhaps it was because his cultivation had not yet reached the level to survive the tribulation, and the thunder he attracted was just simple lightning.

Just like that, after half a day, the dying Saint Maiden of Yao Chi finally survived this life-threatening dragon transformation disaster.

Then she directly took a magic pill given by the Yao Chi Holy Land to save her life, sat on the top of the mountain, and began to recover.

And as her breathing became steady, the aura of Tao began to emerge around her, as if she had entered a state of enlightenment.

In fact, this is a normal reaction for a cultivator after he has passed the tribulation.

The thunder beasts just now carried the most original Dao traces between heaven and earth. For the cultivators who had just survived the tribulation, they were an excellent resource to assist in their practice.

The traces of the great way between heaven and earth are not usually visible to the world.

Those Dao marks will only appear when a cultivator is undergoing a tribulation, allowing the cultivator who is undergoing the tribulation to capture them directly with his divine sense.

Therefore, thunder tribulation is not only a danger but also a great opportunity for every cultivator.

As the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi entered the realm of enlightenment, the calamity clouds dissipated, and Li Zhi, standing on the Black Stone Peak, also completed his first thunder body training.

Because he has not yet reached the level where he can comprehend the laws of heaven and earth, he cannot consolidate his cultivation by comprehending the various traces of the Tao in the thunder tribulation like the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi did.

After taking some more of the magic spring water, his body completely recovered.

After being baptized by a thunder tribulation, the physical body did become stronger, but some flaws of the "heavenly thunder tribulation" were also exposed during this period.

The life essence needs to be constantly replenished to avoid being damaged by thunder, and this defect is still very serious.

What if he doesn't have the divine spring water that can replenish his life essence? Wouldn't he have to consume the source of his life to ensure the success of strengthening his body?

This is not the effect Li Zhi wanted.

In his expectation, when he practiced Yuan Zhuan Xuan Gong, he should be able to directly refine the lightning that entered his body and transform it into the purest life essence to directly replenish the consumption of his physical body.

It was as if the power of thunder was refined into thunder liquid filled with the power of creation.

As far as this effect is concerned, "Heavenly Thunder Tribulation" still has major flaws and cannot achieve his expected results.

Sure enough, the creation and perfection of any method cannot be achieved overnight.

One needs to constantly comprehend and learn from the advantages of other body-building exercises in order to stand on the shoulders of giants and create a body-building exercise that truly belongs to him.

Perhaps we can discuss with the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi to see if we can let him go to the Sutra Library in the Holy Land of Yao Chi to read for a few days and enrich his library of skills.

From afar, the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi was surrounded by the aura of Taoism, and it seemed that she would not wake up for a while.

Li Zhi planned to take a walk around.

The ancient land of Yao Chi is desolate, and there should be nothing that can disturb her. There is no need for him to stay by the side of the Saint of Yao Chi to protect her.

Perhaps there are still functional areas like the Earth Fire Refining Room in the ancient site of Yao Chi that cannot be moved.

After years of nurturing, perhaps some rare treasures have been created again.

Just like the fire crow in the Earth Fire Refining Room, its whole body is full of treasures.

There is also the sacred Vermillion Bird Stone, which was finally refined to become spiritual after being burned by the earth's fire for tens of thousands of years.

Moreover, there is no holy land without treasures.

Since the Holy Land of Yao Chi chose to establish its sect in this area, I think there must be other special features besides the central fairy lake. At least the underground spiritual veins must be of the best quality.

Perhaps there are some truly top-grade dragon veins lurking beneath the land of the Yao Chi ancient land.

Maybe we can dig out some top-quality dragon sources.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi's eyes lit up.

The Yao Chi Holy Land did not directly peel off this piece of land back then, which means they did not touch the things under the land.

Maybe there will be something good.

Then Li Zhi took out the Luoyang shovel and planned to conduct a detailed archaeological excavation of the Yaochi site.

But before he could come down from the Black Mountain Cliff, he suddenly felt a cold wind blowing, which made him shiver.

Li Zhi looked up and around, and then he realized that although the low disaster clouds had dissipated, the dark clouds in the sky still existed.

Moreover, although there was no flash of lightning in the dark clouds, it gave people a very depressing feeling, and there seemed to be a hint of eeriness and horror.

Li Zhi frowned immediately, then flew into the dark cloud with the Luoyang shovel.

He wanted to see what was in the dark clouds, which made him feel eerie and terrifying.

But as soon as he entered the dark cloud, Li Zhi discovered something bad.

In that dark cloud, there were actually countless evil ghosts wandering around, wearing fluttering white clothes, with long hair covering their faces, looking eerie and terrifying.

It seemed that Li Zhi's appearance made the evil ghosts smell the breath of a living person, and then all the evil ghosts in white clothes pounced towards him.

Upon seeing this, Li Zhi immediately called out his Taoist name: "Wulian Tianzun!"

The groans were like thunder, and seemed to have transformed into extremely yang lightning, directly hitting the evil ghosts in white.

After a burst of painful howling, the evil ghosts seemed to be enraged. The long hair covering their faces exploded in an instant, revealing a number of pale and delicate ghost faces.

Although the faces of those evil spirits are exquisite, they give people a sense of horror with green faces and fangs. This contrast is even more creepy.

Li Zhi was not worried at all and continued to shout: "Wulian Tianzun!"

Under the baptism of Taoist heavenly music, those evil ghosts exploded one after another like inflated balloons.

This is the method of subduing evil spirits that Li Zhi learned from the young Taoist nun Yuchen from the Daoyi Holy Land.

When using it, it really has the style of a Taoist master.

After those evil spirits exploded, Li Zhi did not give up.

Instead, he sat cross-legged on the dark cloud and began to recite the "Hou Tu Rebirth Sutra", "Dust to dust, earth to earth, the soul returns to Hou Tu."

The sound of chanting continued to spread in the dark clouds, as if countless evil spirits that had been tortured were finally freed.

The gloomy air in the dark cloud began to dissipate rapidly, and the dark cloud gradually turned into a ball of white clouds.

It seemed that a little light appeared in the white clouds, and then disappeared in a flash.

Li Zhi, who was reciting scriptures, suddenly felt a comfortable breath gathering in his body.

It's as if I've been blessed with great merit.

Under the sunlight, Li Zhi's entire body exuded a faint golden glow.

It looks extremely sacred, as if an enlightened immortal is saving the world from destruction.

When the dark clouds dispersed and the white clouds drifted away with the wind, Li Zhi stopped chanting. Looking around, the sky and the earth seemed to become clear again.

But he didn't look relaxed.

"There is something strange about the old Yao Chi site. In broad daylight, in the dark clouds after the thunderstorm, there are actually scenes of evil spirits running rampant. When Yao Chi moved its sect, it was probably not just because something happened in the fairy pond. Perhaps there was something wrong with the whole world where the Yao Chi holy land was located. It seems that this place is not a place to stay for long."

Standing high in the sky and overlooking the lifeless earth, Li Zhi kept pondering the issue of the ancient land of Yao Chi.

　Sorry, it's a bit late today. I guess I won't be able to write the second update tonight. Good night everyone.

　　
　
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