Junior Sister must ascend this time!

After she finished speaking, the surrounding spiritual energy rushed into Yun Qing's body like a whirlwind.

Having learned from Jiang Mian's experience, Pei Shubai and the other two did not appear too flustered.

Pei Shubai fed her a meridian-protecting pill, and Cen Ning put all the defensive magical artifacts she had brought on this trip on her.

Si Mingche covered Yun Qing's entire body with amulets, making her look a bit like a walking Minion. Finally, he also put a calming amulet on Yun Qing's forehead.

Yun Qing remained silent. "Third Senior Brother, do you think this looks good?"

Si Mingche: "Junior Sister, although it's not aesthetically pleasing, it works. The talisman on your forehead is the most crucial; it helps stabilize your mind and prevents inner demons from interfering."

Yun Qing: "...Thank you, Third Senior Brother."

Si Mingche patted his chest. "It's no big deal. It's what Third Senior Brother should do."

Pei Shubai smacked him with a hammer. "Shut up!"

"However, we still need to find an open space. We can't let the lightning strike the palace at this crucial moment."

Cen Ning said somewhat awkwardly, "But we're not very familiar with the territory of the Illusionary Spirit Clan. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to wander in recklessly?"

Yun Qing blew on the talisman in front of her. "Third Senior Brother, go find our big acquaintance. He'll definitely help us find a suitable place."

After a month of hard work, Elder Meng, a close acquaintance, finally had a chance to rest during Jiang Mian's trial.

He hadn't taken a bath in ages and missed that relaxing feeling...

He had barely stepped into the pool when two figures flew in through the window.

Elder Meng expertly wrapped himself up tighter. Were these people from Chengtian Sect crazy? Why did they always barge in when he was at his most vulnerable… Waaah…

"Si Mingche! Pei Shubai! What exactly are you trying to do?!"

Si Mingche thoughtfully pulled his clothes up, and then he and Pei Shubai carried him away.

"Don't rush, let's talk as we walk..."

"My junior sister is about to break through, please help me find a suitable spot..."

Elder Meng, carried on the shoulders of the two men, was almost in tears. "Damn it!! I'm never taking a bath again!!!"

Elder Meng led Yun Qing to an open space, a place specifically used by the Illusionary Spirit Clan for undergoing tribulations. The space was large enough to largely prevent damage to the Illusionary Spirit City.

He kept a long face throughout the whole process. Although he knew Yun Qing and the others were afraid of hurting someone, he still wouldn't forgive them!

Yun Qing took out a book about formations from her storage bag. It contained some uncommon formations that she had compiled in her spare time. "Thank you for your help, Elder Meng. This book is not particularly valuable, but I hope you like it."

Elder Meng's smile immediately spread across his face. "I love it, I love it so much! Yun Qing is so thoughtful."

Suddenly, a streak of light flashed across the sky.

Si Mingche shook Pei Shubai, "Look! It's a shooting star!"

"A meteor...a meteor is hurtling towards us!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a humanoid "meteor" flew near Yun Qing and knocked Elder Meng away.

Yan Li: ? ? ? Did I just bump into something?

Never mind, my little apprentice's breakthrough is the most important thing.

"Why didn't you tell me you were going to break through? This is the Golden Core Tribulation; how can you get through it without being fully prepared?"

"Let me tell you! Don't think that just because you survived Jiang Mian's tribulation last time, you can definitely do it this time. You need to know that the intensity of tribulation for those with lightning spiritual roots is several times that of ordinary cultivators..."

"Oh, right, I'll get you a meridian-protecting pill."

Yun Qing smiled and took Yan Li's hand, "Master, I've eaten."

Yan Li: "That defensive magical artifact?... "

Yun Qing patted herself down. "I have plenty."

"A talisman to stabilize the mind?"

"have."

"A protective array?"

"The senior brothers and sisters have all set up."

Yan Li: "………"

He was a little hurt; his little apprentice no longer needed him...

"If I had known they were coming, I wouldn't have come."

Yun Qing: ...That familiar feeling of helplessness is back...

"But Master, I've never seen a lightning tribulation before for someone with a lightning spiritual root. I have absolutely no experience. Only you here can guide me. Are you really going to make me figure it out on my own if you don't come?"

Yan Li immediately got excited and started chattering away, pulling Yun Qing along.

Si Mingche shook his fan. "Tsk tsk tsk... Junior Sister is truly a master at manipulating people's hearts!"

Soon, thunderclouds piled up above the open space, churning rapidly, layer upon layer, denser and thicker than ordinary tribulation clouds, shrouding the entire Illusionary Spirit Clan in darkness.

Yun Qing sat in meditation in the center of the open space, while Yan Li, Pei Shubai, and others stood guard outside the protective array to protect her.

Yan Li stood at the very front, the scabbard of Gui Ji resting against the ground, his gaze fixed on Yun Qing.

When the lightning bolt, as thick as a bowl, struck her directly, Yan Li's heart clenched. Usually, the first lightning bolt is not too strong; it is more like a test to confirm whether the person undergoing the tribulation is adequately prepared.

But Yun Qing's first lightning tribulation was so powerful, it seemed as if it was meant to kill her right from the start.

The second and third passes that followed were thicker and more powerful than the last.

Elder Meng, who had been knocked aside, got up. He had seen countless people undergo tribulations, including Shi Nian and Huan Ling Wang, but none of the tribulations had ever been like this, with even the ground trembling.

"Is this really a tribulation for the Golden Core stage? Goodness, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it's for the Nascent Soul stage."

Yun Qing's tribulation lasted for three days and three nights. As the tribulation intensified, purple light wandered among the clouds, and the gray sky gradually turned purple.

Golden light also appeared in the sky in the direction of the ancestral land of the Phantom Spirit Clan.

Yun Qing and Jiang Mian are both working hard to become stronger.

The bewildered Phantom Spirits gazed at the sky, half purple and half gold, and exclaimed in astonishment:

"What a magnificent sight! Our Phantom Spirit Clan has never witnessed such a phenomenon before."

"Could it be that Jiang Mian's ascension to the Phantom King is ordained by Heaven? Is this why Heaven has bestowed this auspicious omen upon our Phantom Clan?"

Then, the Phantom Spirits came out one after another, knelt down on the ground, and shouted: "The Phantom Spirit King is ordained by Heaven!"

"Heaven protects the Phantom Spirit Clan!"

By the morning of the fourth day, Yun Qing had finished her tribulation. She had been struck down to the bottom of the pit, her body charred black.

Yun Qing exhaled a puff of black smoke and slowly said, "If you can't kill me, you'll only become stronger!"

Yan Li jumped into the pit, frowning and saying with obvious disgust, "Oh right, right! You're the strongest!"

"So dark, people who don't know you'd think you'd changed species."

Yun Qing silently rolled her eyes. Her master was getting better and better at talking...

"Master, please help me up, I can't move at all right now."

"It's better if you can't move, so you won't scare people when you go out looking like that."

Despite his apparent disgust, Yan Li still bent down and lifted her out of the pit.

When the group returned to the palace, Jiang Mian also received a blessing and left the ancestral land.

Jiang Mian went straight to Yun Qing's room as soon as he came out; he was furious!

Why wasn't he there when his junior sister was undergoing such a dangerous tribulation?