Chapter 1833: Successfully Surviving the Tribulation

He had seen taming beasts, taming people, and taming weapons, but this was the first time he had seen someone tame a lightning tribulation.

Chen Yonghuang, Mo Ling Ancient Saint, Huo Xu Ancient Saint, and the others were all stunned speechless.

The scene before them had overturned their understanding.

Thunder and lightning, the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao used to punish cultivators who dared to break through, now obeyed the commands of a single cultivator...

How was this possible?

"This is... my teacher!"

Liu Yang's heart raced with excitement.

His teacher's methods were truly endless.

Boom!

After hearing Zhang Xuan's instructions, the lightning trembled, and the dark clouds rolled. Indeed, the speed and power of their convergence increased significantly. It could easily strike down not just one newly突破 Saint Domain Ninth Layer, but even several more.

The Saint Domain Ninth Layer cultivator below, who had just broken through, turned pale.

What the hell did I do to deserve this...

"Help me block the Soldier Tribulation..."

Ignoring the alien tribesman who looked about to cry at any moment, Zhang Xuan sighed in relief and gave the order.

The method he had taught only worked for alien tribesmen and had little effect on human masters. Thus, with this lightning tribulation in charge, it was foreseeable that the number of alien tribe experts would dwindle, no longer a concern.

"Boom!"

Hesitating for a moment, Little Tribulation finally shook and charged toward the Soldier Tribulation before it.

The great blade, seeing that a mere Saint Domain Ninth Layer lightning tribulation dared to block its way, trembled slightly and cleaved the dark clouds in two.

Boom!

With a roar, Little Tribulation gathered again.

Zhang Xuan's scalp tingled. He turned his head again: "Does anyone else want to break through... Forget it, I'll do it myself!"

With that, he flickered and appeared above the crowd: "The path of cultivation requires a righteous heart, righteous virtue, righteous speech..."

Standing in midair, he began to lecture.

His voice rang out clearly, echoing all around. The many cultivators behind Liu Yang initially paid little attention, but after hearing a few sentences, they became completely immersed, their faces showing smiles. The shackles that had previously prevented them from breaking through suddenly lifted.

Years of doubts were also resolved.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

One after another, people broke through: Departing Soul, Cave Void, Universe Void... Dark clouds gathered thickly. The earlier Little Tribulation, which had been weak, now became violent and raging with these additions.

The lightning converged, forming a giant.

Zhang Xuan lectured until his mouth was dry. In just over ten minutes, more than two thousand people had broken through, and over five hundred of them had triggered lightning tribulations.

Now, Little Tribulation spread across the entire royal city, the lightning hundreds of zhang in size. With a single tear, it could destroy space, as if about to collapse heaven and earth.

The Soldier Tribulation in the sky, seeing the once-disdained little one become like this, began to retreat. The long blade trembled, but before it could strike, it was hit by lightning, shaking incessantly in the sky.

"That works too?"

Shaking their bodies, Chen Yonghuang and the others looked as if they had seen a ghost.

Using lightning to break lightning—only this Zhang Xuan could think of and do such a thing.

"You handle it yourself; I need to rest a while..."

Seeing that the Soldier Tribulation was temporarily unable to descend, the clone sighed in relief, swayed, and vanished from the spot.

Although he had broken through to the Ancient Saint level using the Saint Relic Stone, he had been severely injured resisting the great blade and needed to return to recuperate.

Putting him into the ring, Zhang Xuan felt as if all his strength had drained away, and he sat down heavily.

He shouldn't have been so reckless.

If not for the many alien tribesmen here who were on the verge of breaking through, and if he hadn't built a good relationship with Little Tribulation earlier, he really couldn't have held out.

Rumble!

After a period of confrontation between Little Tribulation and the Soldier Tribulation, the latter finally had its power worn away and slowly dissipated.

Feeling the pressure disappear, Zhang Xuan immediately sensed a surge of new power within him, causing his entire life form to undergo a transformation.

"Suppress!"

After a moment's hesitation, Zhang Xuan did not rush to break through.

Although breaking through now would allow him to smoothly become an Ancient Saint-level expert, it would inevitably affect his future advancement.

Knowing Confucius's method of突破, he wanted to emulate him by suppressing his cultivation several times to aim for higher realms later.

Whoosh!

The surging power was suppressed, and he returned to the Immortal Realm Great Perfection. Zhang Xuan sighed in relief.

"You can go back now. Thank you for this..."

He greeted Little Tribulation.

Whoosh!

The lightning tribulation formed by over two hundred breakthroughs looked down at the crowd below, paused for a moment, then shook and slowly dissipated.

Seeing it disappear, Zhang Xuan felt completely drained of strength, not an ounce left.

This breakthrough, though it allowed him to touch the Ancient Saint level and succeed at any time, had also left him reduced to a skeleton, with a great loss of vitality.

Even with the blood of a Dripping Blood Rebirth-level Ancient Saint, it would take years to fully restore his physical body, if at all.

"Kill him..."

Just as he sat down, before he could rest, an alien tribe Ancient Saint, a fierce glint in his eyes, charged over. His palm pressed down directly toward Zhang Xuan's head.

The scale of this guy's breakthrough was too enormous. If not killed now, he would surely become a huge隐患, unbeatable by anyone.

"Young master!"

Unexpectedly, the opponent reacted so quickly and struck directly. Chen Yonghuang shouted and moved to save him, while the Dragon Bone Divine Spear on the side also stirred, ready to act.

But before they could reach him, Zhang Xuan, still sitting on the ground, involuntarily raised his hand to meet the attack.

Slap!

With a single blow, the Ancient Saint's arm was smashed to powder, then his body exploded, and even his soul did not escape.

"This..."

Everyone was stunned.

This Ancient Saint who had attacked was not at the Dripping Blood Rebirth level, but he was still a Hundred Schools of Thought-level expert, yet he was casually killed by an Immortal Realm Great Perfection...

"Me?"

Zhang Xuan was also puzzled.

After the Soldier Tribulation, his power had increased considerably, but since he hadn't broken through to Ancient Saint, he thought he was at most comparable to a Bloodline Continuation-level expert. He never expected that a casual palm strike would kill a Hundred Schools of Thought-level expert!

"Already comparable to... early Dripping Blood Rebirth..."

Sensing his power, Zhang Xuan was filled with excitement.

He hadn't even broken through, yet his power could already rival early Dripping Blood Rebirth. No wonder it was said that suppressing one's cultivation several times greatly benefited one's growth.

Now, it seemed indeed so!

"Attack..."

Seeing Zhang Xuan kill an Ancient Saint with a single slap, the remaining Ancient Saints on the Spirit Emperor's side were thoroughly terrified. Yonghuang and the others did not hesitate and soon cut them all down.

Witnessing this, Chen Linghuang's face turned ashen, his teeth clenched. He no longer dared to be distracted and quickly devoured the power from the sacrificial ritual to recover from his injuries.

"By the way... the power from the sacrifice can help Chen Linghuang recover. Can it also help me recover?"

Seeing this, Zhang Xuan's mind suddenly stirred.