Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 506 Golden Elixir
Inside the cave, Ji An also heard the thunder outside, so close it seemed to be right above his head.

'Is it going to rain? No, when a cultivator condenses their Golden Core, they can alter the celestial phenomena; there's no chance of dark clouds covering the sky within a radius of dozens of miles.'

If he came from a major sect at the Nascent Soul stage, he would certainly know why this phenomenon occurred.

Once a elixir is made to the highest grade, it is called "Immortal," and such a grade of golden elixir will be envied by the heavens!

What happens when the heavens are jealous? Of course, they send down lightning to strike.

He was unaware that the tribulations faced by cultivators at the Immortal Golden Core stage were far more severe than those faced by cultivators at other levels of the Golden Core stage.

Heaven will play cruel tricks on you; this is the most severe test. Passing it brings many benefits, while failing it inevitably leads to death.

The spiritual energy consumed by a cultivator at the first-grade Golden Core level to advance to the next minor realm is far too much. Heaven does not like such cultivators, so it will send down even more severe tests.

A sense of unease rose in Ji An's heart; for some reason, he felt that things were deviating from his expected trajectory.

He activated the secret technique, and the Five Elements Divine Palace shone brightly, with the Qi of the five internal organs gathering in the middle dantian.

As the Five Elements Converge at the Origin position is formed, a mysterious pulling force is immediately generated. The golden elixir slowly rises, leaving the range of the Primordial Life Fire, and continues to rise and fly out of the dantian.

The moment it left the dantian, the golden core materialized into a shadow, slowly and steadily rising in a straight line.

The lower dantian and the middle dantian are located on the same central axis, and the destination of the golden elixir's illusory image is the middle dantian.

Even after becoming a Golden Core cultivator, the lower dantian still retains the function of storing magical power. The total amount of magical power of a Golden Core cultivator is several times that of a cultivator in the Chaoyuan stage.

The thunder overhead grew louder and louder, and Ji An felt a sense of urgency; he felt as if a bolt of lightning was about to strike.

His feeling was correct. At this moment, the others in the sect could clearly see a red thundercloud rolling in the sky above Chaoyang Peak.

Master Yuxiao's face was ashen, and he was extremely anxious. The Thunder Rank was already brewing, but the dragon roar and tiger howl that signified becoming a Golden Core cultivator had not yet been emitted.

This proves that the disciple's golden core has not yet moved to the middle dantian, and he is not yet a true golden core cultivator.

If the opponent were to face the lightning tribulation at this moment, their chances of survival would be virtually nil.

What exactly happened?

He longed to fly up to Chaoyang Peak to investigate, but the thunderclouds covering the entire mountain made him hesitate.

The illusory image of the golden elixir finally moved to the middle dantian. It solidified from the illusory and began to spin rapidly. From then on, the middle dantian became the primary place for storing magical power.

Ji An felt a surge of heroic spirit welling up inside him and whispered a soft shout.

On the east side of Chaoyang Peak, a blue light flashed and transformed into a giant dragon.

The dragon gracefully swayed its body, then opened its mouth wide, and a vast, majestic dragon roar, full of masculine and soaring divine power, resounded.

At the same time, a large tiger emerged from the white spiritual light on the west side of Chaoyang Peak, letting out a majestic roar as the dragon's roar resounded.

When the golden elixir is formed, dragons and tigers roar, and in an instant, wind and clouds gather.

Ji An strode towards the entrance of the cave. He knew that the tribulation of lightning was about to begin, and if he did not go out, the lightning would blow the entire cave into ruins.

He changed the hand seals and released two spells in the meantime: the Rock Mountain Technique and the Mixed Gold Armor Spell.

The yellow glow of earth-elemental magic covered the body, while the light of metal-elemental magic merged into the skin.

He then retrieved the Sky-Soaring Armor from the void space, and after performing a hand seal, the armor suddenly dispersed, transforming into countless armor plates that then covered his body.
Leg armor, breastplate, and faceplate—not one is missing.

With two defensive spells, plus the Sky Soaring Armor and the Taoist Robe, and the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, his defense was already at its maximum.

He stepped out of the cave and flew upwards on a cloud. He saw the crimson thunderclouds lowering and countless bolts of lightning pouring down.

"Holy crap, is this really that unfriendly?!"

Ji An grinned. He didn't choose a completely defensive stance, but instead fully activated the Flame Banner that was off the ground. He wanted to counterattack with offense to offset some of the damage before going on the defensive.

At this time, the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner also flew out, with yellow spiritual clouds swirling above his head, manifesting as boundless yellow sand surrounding him, and on the outermost layer, ten thousand golden flowers rippled.

The phoenix's cry was inconspicuous amidst the roars of dragons and tigers, and the Flaming Banner, lifted off the ground, grew to its largest size under his control.

Crimson banners fluttered, and fire elemental energy gathered to form a crimson phoenix with golden markings. Its long tail feathers were composed of four colors: red, yellow, blue, and white, representing the four realms of fire elemental magic.

If he could become a Nascent Soul cultivator, the phoenix's tail feathers might grow a fifth color—purple.

The phoenix, several meters tall, soared into the sky, only to be quickly engulfed by crimson lightning and forced to retreat in a sorry state.

But all of this was not without effect; some of the lightning was neutralized.

Ji An unleashed the Fire Dragon Burning Heaven Technique, and a fire dragon roared as it charged into the lightning. It was quickly annihilated, but it also served to weaken the lightning tribulation.

At this moment, the Fire Elemental Tribulation had already descended, with streaks of crimson lightning continuously crashing down from the clouds.

A deep, resounding roar of a Qilin echoed through the mountains.

The apricot-yellow flag fluttered in the wind, the golden flowers vanished, and lightning pierced through the transformed yellow sand, striking Ji An's body.

After being weakened by the layers of spirit armor and defensive spells, the damage he suffered was relatively low, but he still felt a tingling and burning sensation.

The thunderbolts consumed a lot of energy from the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, so Ji An needed to constantly inject mana into the magical artifact.

Occasionally, it is necessary to expose the magical artifact to lightning, which is an essential stage in tempering one's natal magic weapon.

Like him, the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner also needs to undergo six tribulations of lightning before it can be transformed into a natal magic weapon.

Wood-elemental spiritual energy is at a disadvantage against fire-elemental lightning; otherwise, he would have summoned the Azure Lotus Banner as well.

An hour later, the crimson thunderclouds dissipated, and Ji An breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly swallowed a few drops of the stone milk and then circulated his internal energy to refine it. In the distance, True Person Yu Xiao paced back and forth, looking rather anxious.

The lightning tribulation that the disciple endured exceeded his previous experience in both frequency and duration.

In some ways, this is a good thing, because the stronger the tribulation lightning, the greater the disciple's potential.

Everything has its limits. If the Five Elements Thunder Tribulation is so powerful, can the disciples safely pass through the final Chaos Thunder Tribulation?
The combined power of the five elements in the Chaos Tribulation is not as simple as 1+1, and he is very worried.

Ji An's condition was not yet at its best. Only half an hour had passed when a blue light flashed in the sky, and the Wood Element Thunder Tribulation was brewing.

He replenished his defensive spells and summoned three top-grade magical artifacts.

Using the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner is not a good choice, so he needs to weaken the intensity of the lightning tribulation to a greater extent to clear obstacles for refining his natal magic weapon.

The clouds of calamity grew lower and lower, and the roar grew stronger and stronger, deafeningly loud.

Ji An first activated the Azure Lotus Banner, creating several thick, azure-colored armor shells, which was the first layer of defense he set up.

The second layer of defense is the Flaming Banner that attacks against attacks, and the third layer of defense is the Geng Metal Spirit-Slaying Sword Formation. This way, it can be ensured that not much wood-element lightning will fall on the body.

The Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag, tempered by the opposing force of lightning, will suffer significantly less damage.

After the Wood Element Lightning Tribulation, Ji An went on to experience the Water Element, Metal Element, and Earth Element Lightning Tribulations.

He took out the black jade bottle, tilted his head back, and poured the remaining stony milk into his mouth all at once; there were only a dozen or so drops.

He activated the Five Elements Refining Scripture to refine the fossilized milk, quickly converting it into magical power, but his magical power only recovered to about 70%.

If you include the mana poured into the artifact, the remaining mana will be even less.

He couldn't just sit and wait to die; he continued to activate his cultivation technique, hoping to recover even a little more magical power.

At this moment, the area around Chaoyang Peak was filled with cultivators from the Golden Spirit Sect, who were excited to witness the birth of another patriarch in the sect.

Even though they were far apart, everyone could feel the destructive power of the emanating thunderous energy, which terrified most of the cultivators.

At this moment, a strong wind blew up, but Master Yuxiao stood in the wind without feeling it at all. He looked at the blurry figure of the cultivator in the sky above Chaoyang Peak, and his heart couldn't help but jump.

The Five Elements Tribulation has been passed. If the final Chaos Tribulation is passed, the sect's third Golden Core cultivator will be born.

He was extremely uneasy. The Five Elements Thunder Tribulation had already confirmed his guess: the Chaos Thunder Tribulation would be extremely powerful.

There are quite a few cultivators who were killed by lightning tribulation after condensing their golden core. Most of these people died under the chaotic lightning tribulation.

He estimated that Ji An had only a 30% chance of surviving the Chaos Tribulation, or even less.

'You must hold on!'

He silently cheered for his disciple, believing that as long as he survived the Chaos Tribulation, even if he was seriously injured, he would benefit from it and recover.

The prerequisite for everything is to survive and get through the storm; only after the storm comes the rainbow.

Purple tribulation clouds gathered, and a chaotic lightning tribulation was brewing.

Ji An stopped circulating his cultivation technique and looked up at the sky with a serious expression.

All the magical artifacts on his body were damaged to varying degrees, which cast a shadow over his heart.

Having heard the ancestor talk about the tribulation of lightning and had some idea of ​​its intensity, he now understands that the tribulation of lightning he is experiencing is definitely not an ordinary tribulation of lightning.

The apricot-yellow flag of the Wuji clan fluttered in the wind, with thousands of golden flowers on the outermost layer, yellow sand flying everywhere in the middle, and a yellow shell covering the inner layer.

Faced with the most powerful lightning tribulation, he had to use all his strength to defend himself.

Purple lightning descended from the sky, its dazzling light surpassing that of the sun.

There was hardly any room for Ji An to dodge; he was completely bathed in lightning.

With a single strike, it pierced through the defenses of the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, and also broke through the physical defenses of the Sky Soaring Armor, the Rock Mountain Technique, the Mixed Gold Mysterious Armor Spell, the Daoist robe, and the body of a cultivator in the Chaoyuan stage.

Ji An felt as if he had been hit by a high-speed train, and his body fell from the air without any doubt, leaving a human-shaped mark on the hard ground.

He felt as if all the bones in his body were about to crack, blood was flowing from his mouth, eyes, nose, and ears, and his head was buzzing as if countless bees were holding a meeting in his ears.

Not only that, cracks also appeared on the Five Elements Divine Palace, a large number of immortal veins broke, and he lost his sense of touch.

The next moment, the purple thunderclouds dissipated, and a phantom of a full moon appeared in the sky, casting a silvery light like a searchlight.

And the center of the light was Ji An, who was buried in the soil.

It seemed as if a light drizzle was falling, passing through the Sky-Soaring Armor and all obstacles, and merging into his body.

The snowflakes that floated in the sea of ​​consciousness nourished the soul, making it stronger. The cracks on the Five Elements Divine Talisman grew smaller and smaller until they disappeared completely.

The severed immortal veins healed rapidly and reconnected. If it weren't for the bloodstains on the ground, Ji An would have thought that the injury was just an illusion.

The Apricot Yellow Flag, the Flaming Flag, and the Azure Lotus Flag floated in the air, their fluttering banners and rapid healing of any damage. The silvery rain also had an effect on them.

Ji An struggled to his feet and saw the Qilin pattern on the surface of the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner growing brighter and brighter, before transforming into a real Qilin beast.

A deep, steady roar echoed in all directions. For no apparent reason, Ji An felt calm and at peace. The successful transformation meant that the tempering of his natal magic weapon was complete.

Master Yuxiao was overjoyed. That full moon was a gift from the Heavenly Dao, representing that his disciple had successfully broken through and truly become a Golden Core cultivator.

(End of this chapter)