Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 238 The Unending Thunder

While Qiu Ci was still worried about where the dog system had gone off to, the little dog suddenly flew back with a whoosh, leaving a trail of sparks and lightning.

"Host, I'm back! Here, this is your reward!" The dog left a domineering message, and Qiu Ci was immediately handed a round object that was still faintly warm.

She looked down and saw a blue pill lying in her palm, with a rich fragrance wafting towards her.

It really did go out to find pills, but where did these pills come from, and why were they still warm? Just as it was wondering, a loud thunderclap suddenly came from above.

Looking up, I saw that thunderclouds had gathered overhead, with lightning flashing as if they were about to strike at any moment.

This is... a pill tribulation?!

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Her eyes widened in shock. Why did this pill reward also come with a pill tribulation?!
No wonder the dog came back amidst sparks and lightning; it turns out the pill hadn't even passed the pill tribulation, and thunderclouds had followed it all the way here.

Qiu Ci suddenly felt an urge to uninstall a certain troublesome thing immediately. She subconsciously wanted to throw away the pill to avoid being affected, but the pill in her hand seemed to sense that the lightning tribulation was about to fall. It suddenly trembled, and then turned into a beam of green light and flew into her mouth in a flash.

Autumn Farewell: "..."

No, these pills are sold under duress.

The next moment, he felt a cool sensation fill his body, the pill melted in his mouth, and his immortal power instantly surged.

Qiu Ci wanted to curse, but the tribulation above had already targeted her and was slashing down straight down. She could only mobilize all her immortal power to withstand it, and her hands quickly formed hand seals, setting up multiple defensive formations around her.

Boom!

A crimson bolt of lightning struck down. Unlike the Heavenly Tribulation, the Pill Tribulation carried its own fire-attribute immortal power, making the lightning crimson and incredibly powerful. In a single strike, it shattered the magic array surrounding her.

Qiu Ci felt a surge of blood and qi, but fortunately, the pills were effective, and the surge of immortal power instantly filled her entire body again.

There are three tribulations in total, and there are still two left. We can only face them head-on.

She gritted her teeth and sat down cross-legged, enduring the pill lightning while absorbing the pill to boost her cultivation. She didn't know if the pill really had miraculous effects, but the immortal power that had been somewhat stagnant during her cultivation started circulating again, and it was rapidly washing over her meridians and acupoints. She could clearly feel her cultivation level rising rapidly.

Boom!

The second tribulation struck down again.

Qiu Ci felt a numbness throughout her body, followed by a burning sensation. The blood and qi that she had just suppressed surged up again. She thought that the immortal power that she had finally managed to start circulating would be blocked and stagnant again, but to her surprise, the circulation of immortal power not only did not stop, but it circulated even faster. The surrounding immortal energy was also frantically gathering into her body.

Is this... the medicinal properties within the body being directly refined and activated by the Pill Tribulation?

It can still be like this!

She was overjoyed and immediately focused her mind to absorb the pill lightning with all her might. Sure enough, the immortal power circulated even faster.

Boom!

Finally, the last bolt of pill lightning struck. This time, Qiu Ci was prepared. Instead of resisting, she accelerated her cultivation technique, guiding the pill lightning into her body to fully unleash the medicinal power of the pill. She faintly heard a cracking sound. The barrier that had blocked her for so long, and which she had failed to break through halfway, shattered directly. And it wasn't just one layer, but one after another. Her cultivation level began to surge visibly.

Only when the cooling sensation from the pill completely wore off did her wildly surging cultivation level finally stop. Upon closer inspection, Qiu Ci discovered that she had actually soared from Earth Immortal to Celestial Immortal, and even reached the peak of the late-stage Celestial Immortal realm—a leap of two major realms. She was overjoyed; this pill was truly amazing, it had actually helped her break through. She was about to get up when…

The next moment, however, the surroundings suddenly darkened. Looking up, I saw that the thunderclouds in the sky had not only not dissipated, but had become even thicker.

More and more dark clouds gathered, and in a short time the entire sky was covered by thunderclouds. Flashes of white light could be seen amidst the churning clouds, as if a major storm was brewing.

Wait, are these lightning bolts never going to stop? What happened to the promised three tribulations in the alchemy realm?
etc! wrong!
This is not a calamity of immortality, this is a celestial calamity!

It was the tribulation that propelled her to a higher realm, and it was a double tribulation, the kind that combines the tribulations of a human immortal and a celestial immortal.

Qiu Ci was exasperated. Did the lightning tribulation have to come so quickly after it just started? Was it treating her like a Japanese person? But the lightning tribulation had already begun and couldn't be stopped.

Fortunately, the recent tribulation had already caused the surrounding immortals to retreat, so there was no need to worry about implicating others while undergoing tribulation here.

I just wonder if she can withstand this double ordeal. Suddenly, I feel even more like tearing that dog apart.

Rumble…

As the thunderclouds grew thicker and thicker, the sky turned pitch black, and it seemed as if only the flashes of lightning remained between heaven and earth.

Qiu Ci gritted her teeth and decided to give it her all!
It's just a lightning tribulation, isn't it? It's not like we haven't been struck by lightning before.

Boom!

Finally, the thunderclouds in the sky finished gathering, and a bolt of snow-white lightning struck straight down.

Qiu Ci felt a sharp pain all over her body, followed by a familiar tingling sensation. She was enveloped in lightning, but it quickly subsided. After all, her physique had been enhanced twice by the gene fluid, so a mere bolt of lightning, apart from slightly scorching her robes, did not have any major impact on her body.

Until the second... the third... the hundredth...

One bolt of lightning after another struck down, each one more powerful than the last.

Qiu Ci felt like she was about to be struck by lightning and turned into a light bulb, flashing intermittently. The lightning kept increasing, seemingly determined to strike until all 162 bolts were struck. At first, she could withstand the onslaught and even temper her body, but later she had to begin forming hand seals to guide her immortal power. Finally, unable to hold on any longer, she resorted to her old method: summoning her spiritual energy machine to store the remaining lightning for later. Only then did she manage to get through this double tribulation.

As the last bolt of lightning struck, the thunderclouds above slowly dispersed, revealing the once clear sky.

With a thought, Qiu Ci caused the psionic machine blocking her head to shrink, transforming into a bracelet and returning to her wrist. A buzzing sound followed, and the next moment, an electric current, several times smaller than the lightning tribulation, coursed through her entire body.

This damned sense of familiarity made her even reflexively pinch the hand seal to prevent the electric current from automatically burning her hair.

This time, more than fifty tribulation lightning bolts were gathered. Although the number was less than before, the quality was high. After all, it was a tribulation lightning bolt for a celestial being. I wonder how many years it will take to release this time.

Qiu Ci sighed, just when she thought it was finally over, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted as a bolt of lightning hurtled toward her from afar, followed by an angry voice echoing across the sky.

"Shameless thief, how dare you steal the immortal-grade pills I refined! Hand them over at once!"

"..." Is this ever going to end?!

Dog, what kind of trouble did you get into just now?