Ascending from the mortal realm to become an immortal begins with taking charge of a grotto-heaven.

At this moment, thunderclouds rolled in, and the ninth bolt of heavenly lightning slowly took shape before crashing down.

The power of this heavenly lightning was several times that of the eighth heavenly lightning. The thick purple lightning pillar tore through the sky, and before the violent lightning energy even fell, the rubble on the ground was shaken and bounced continuously.

Duan Yang's expression finally lost its previous composure. He reached out and threw out a small yellow hill the size of a palm. The hill swelled in the wind and instantly transformed into a majestic earthen mountain hanging above his head. The earthen yellow spiritual light flowed endlessly, making it look like a top-grade spiritual artifact.

Boom!

A deafening roar swept in all directions, and thick bolts of lightning slammed into the surface of the earthen hill. The electric light raged wildly, and cracks quickly spread all over the hill.

With a single blow, a top-grade spiritual artifact was completely destroyed.

Upon seeing this, the many disciples watching from afar immediately cheered.

"We withstood the ninth bolt of heavenly lightning! The heavenly tribulation is about to end!"

"Uncle-Master Duanyang is incredibly powerful; he will surely survive this tribulation!"

However, the Golden Core elders who were not far from the tribulation clouds did not show any joy on their faces, and their expressions became increasingly solemn.

The power of the ninth heavenly lightning bolt has indeed increased significantly, but it is still not enough. Of the three formations set up at the beginning, none have been used yet.

Based on their experience in overcoming tribulations, if there were only nine tribulations, that attack just now would have been enough to force Duan Yang to use all his defensive measures.

The very thing that all the Golden Core Elders had feared had indeed happened.

The dark clouds overhead continued to churn and surge, showing no signs of dissipating, and deep within the clouds, even more terrifying lightning was brewing in the shadows.

"The Nine Paths are not the end; the Heavenly Tribulation is indeed not over yet," a Golden Core elder said in a deep voice.

The next moment, a clear and cool azure light slowly emerged from the thick black clouds. Unlike the previous violent purple lightning, this lightning was surrounded by wisps of life force, but inside it surged with extreme destructive power.

"It's the Yi Wood Tribulation Lightning from the Lesser Five Elements Tribulation! Junior Brother, you must hold on!" A Golden Core cultivator in a blue robe, with refined features, said anxiously from afar.

The speaker was Jiang Chang, the sect leader of the Qingxuan Sect, who was the eldest disciple of the Lingyun Ancestor who had just broken through to the Golden Core stage. His cultivation was at the early stage of the Golden Core stage.

When Ancestor Lingyun took Duanyang as his disciple, he was already in the late stage of the Golden Core realm. He was focused on condensing his Nascent Soul and spent most of his time in seclusion cultivating. He had no spare time to carefully teach his disciple, so Duanyang always cultivated with Jiang Chang. Although they were called senior and junior brothers, they were actually like master and disciple.

Yi wood represents growth and development, but Yi wood tribulation lightning is one of the most malevolent lightning bolts in the world, and it is most effective against cultivators who practice earth-based magic and techniques.

He knew Duan Yang's background very well. Duan Yang possessed the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Root, and his abilities would be weakened by at least 40% in this Wood Tribulation Lightning.

On the hilltop, Duan Yang saw the blue light and his face suddenly darkened.

He no longer held back any tricks. With a thought, the three defensive arrays he had set up in advance emitted a burst of spiritual light. The array patterns of the three arrays intertwined, forming a chain barrier. Then, endless rocks and soil surged and churned underground, layer upon layer of barriers stacked up, protecting Duan Yan's entire body completely.

Just then, the Yi Wood Tribulation Lightning was fully prepared and crashed down.

Carrying the desolate aura of withering away all things, it was as if a beam of verdant divine light pierced the sky.

Boom!

The verdant lightning struck the array barrier first, and in just a few breaths, the barrier formed by the three interconnected arrays was completely shattered.

The raging Yi Wood tribulation lightning swept down without hindrance, directly striking the thick rock and earth barrier and easily tearing through its defenses.

However, just as the remaining Yi Wood tribulation lightning was about to strike Duan Yang's body, a golden light rose from his skin. This seemingly insignificant golden light actually blocked the Yi Wood tribulation lightning, preventing it from harming Duan Yang in the slightest.

"Master Duan is mighty!"

Although the disciples did not know why there would be a tenth bolt of azure lightning after the nine bolts of heavenly lightning, Duan Yang still managed to block it.

However, Duan Yang, who was under the tribulation clouds, looked extremely unwell. As the one undergoing the tribulation, he was the one who knew the situation of this heavenly tribulation best.

He could clearly sense that even after the tenth Yi Wood tribulation lightning struck, the tribulation clouds above his head still contained an astonishing destructive power.

In other words, there is an eleventh heavenly lightning strike.

The power contained in this tribulation lightning was in no way inferior to that of the eleventh tribulation lightning.

Before the cheers of the disciples had subsided, the churning black clouds overhead suddenly turned crimson, and a wave of heat swept across the surrounding area.

A dazzling crimson lightning bolt rapidly condensed in the center of the clouds, its flames blazing and carrying the terrifying power to ignite the prairie fire and burn the heavens. It was the most powerful and fierce of the Five Elements Lightning Tribulations, the Bing Fire Tribulation Lightning!

As the eleventh Bing Fire Tribulation Lightning rapidly took shape, Duan Yang took out a purple talisman and slapped it onto himself.

"Did Master give that talisman to Junior Brother?"

Seeing the cyan talisman that Duan Yang took out, Jiang Chang quickly turned his head and sent a telepathic message to Ling Yun, the old ancestor beside him.

Lingyun Ancestor stood on the cloud, his gray robe fluttering slightly in the gale. His expression was calm and undisturbed, but a trace of worry was hidden in his eyes: "With your junior brother's aptitude, the Golden Core Heavenly Tribulation will definitely not only have nine stages. So I gave him this talisman in case of emergency. Now it seems that my worries were not wrong."

"Master is indeed very thoughtful. With this talisman, Junior Brother should be able to withstand the last Bing Fire Tribulation Lightning safely."

Jiang Chang breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"It's hard to say. The remaining power of this talisman is limited. I don't know exactly how much it can weaken the tribulation lightning. Whether it can withstand it or not depends on your junior brother himself."

High in the sky, the Bing Fire Tribulation Lightning had condensed to its extreme, and the sky was filled with crimson flames, turning the heavens and earth a fiery red.

The next moment, a deafening roar exploded, and a crimson lightning pillar carrying endless burning power broke through the clouds and crashed down towards the mountain below!

Faced with the Bing Fire Tribulation Lightning striking down from above, Duan Yang immediately activated the purple talisman. In an instant, a silver magnetic light burst out from the talisman and rushed straight towards the tribulation lightning.

This silvery magnetic light looked weak, but the moment it collided with the surging and violent crimson lightning pillar, it actually dissipated nearly 20% of the lightning's power.

The silver magnetic light swayed continuously under the relentless onslaught of the raging thunder and fire, and soon its light was exhausted, turning into specks of light that dissipated in mid-air.

But the tribulation lightning remained. The remaining Bing Fire tribulation lightning, carrying rolling heat waves and an irresistible destructive power, crashed down and slammed into the shimmering golden light.

A deafening roar shook the mountains and fields. The golden light trembled violently, and cracks spread rapidly across its surface like a spider web. After only a few breaths, the protective light could no longer withstand the immense power of the lightning and tore apart with a crash.

Without the obstruction of light, the residual power of the scattered thunder and fire swept in without hindrance, heavily bombarding Duan Yang's body.

When the raging lightning dissipated, Duan Yang squatted on the rubble, his body covered with marks from the lightning and fire, his face ashen, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood.