Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

"I'm a fucking genius!" Ye Yuchan slapped her thigh, channeled her spiritual energy, and charged straight at the cauldron at full speed.

Fortunately, shortly after she rushed out, a devastating bolt of lightning struck the spot where she had been standing. Had she made her decision a few seconds later, she would have been roasted alive.

This made Ye Yuchan even more excited and confirmed that her approach was correct. She ran to the metal cauldron like a madwoman, pushed off with her legs, and flew through the air in an arc before sitting directly inside the cauldron.

Then, to her great surprise, the moment she sat down in the cauldron, all the lightning around her stopped raging and began to subside.

The raging lightning from a moment ago suddenly became exceptionally docile, slowly rotating and hovering above Ye Yuchan's head.

--roar.

An even louder roar than before rang in her ears, leaving Ye Yuchan somewhat stunned.

Huh?

She stared blankly as she raised her head, her hands unconsciously gripping the handles on either side of the cauldron, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes.

Why does it feel like something's not right?

Although the thunderclouds have stopped striking randomly, why are they all gathering above my head? And why are they swirling around like they're piling up?

A pile up? Hmm?

Suddenly, a bad thought popped into Ye Yuchan's mind. She exerted force with both legs, trying to jump out of the cauldron.

However, as she leaped into the air, a pale purple bolt of lightning struck Ye Yuchan precisely on the top of her head, knocking her back into the cauldron.

In the blink of an eye, an electric current swept through her body. She gripped the two handles of the cauldron tightly with both hands, and her silver hair stood on end.

Before she could recover, another bolt of lightning struck down, this one even more violently than the previous one, creating countless sparks of lightning as it hit Ye Yuchan.

"Hahahaha... Hahahaha! I told you, this girl would crawl in by herself, hahahahahahaha..."

Outside the Tower of Trial of Hearts.

Yunping laughed so hard he almost fell over, patting the young man's shoulder repeatedly, while the latter looked like he had a stomachache.

This Trial Tower was not originally designed this way. It was originally just a Thunder Pool that would only last for about five minutes. As long as you could stay inside for five minutes, you could pass the test directly. This was nothing to Ye Yuchan, who had been strengthened.

But what does Yunping want? He wants a better physique, and this cauldron and this thundercloud are the best way to cultivate it.

The large cauldron is called the Thunder Forging Cauldron. It is a furnace that can absorb the power of thunder and use it to forge weapons. However, it can be used for more than just forging weapons. A certain special physique requires the Thunder Forging Cauldron and a large amount of thunder power to cultivate.

At first, Qi Mengshu thought that Ye Yuchan wouldn't just jump into the cauldron and let the thunderclouds temper her body, but unexpectedly, just as Yunping said, the girl jumped in on her own.

—God knows what this idiot was thinking.

Yunping was still laughing heartily, while Qimengshu on the other side chose to ruthlessly strike him with facts: "Don't laugh so happily. Cultivating the Lesser Heavenly Thunder Body is not an easy task, especially when breaking through to the Greater Heavenly Thunder Body. Where are you going to get so much thunder power for this girl?"

"Isn't this a heavenly tribulation? When she one day transcends to sainthood, the tribulations of the heavens will force her to break through," Yun Ping replied with a smile.

Seven Dream Tree snorted, "Then tell me, what are you going to do with her daily cultivation? Do you just let her curse the Heavenly Dao every now and then, so that the old man will strike down some small lightning bolts?"

“There’s even less to worry about then.” Yunping waved his hand, recalling an old friend: “I was just planning to visit Little Lei at Lei Yu Sect around here and ask him for a few gourds of dumplings to eat.”

"You're going to the Thunder Feather Sect?"

"Just visiting an old friend, don't overthink it." Yun Ping squinted, casually playing with the sapling in his hand. "Don't worry, I know he's in the Thunder Feather Sect too, but what happened back then is what happened back then. I don't have time to mess around with him."

The handsome young man, an incarnation of the Seven Dream Tree, glanced at him indifferently. "I hope so. I don't want you to lose your temper again and affect me."

When the old grievances were brought up, Yun Ping rolled his eyes at the young man, then looked back at the girl who had turned into a lightning rod in the cauldron.

"Alright, stop talking so much. Let's look at my little Yuchan instead."

"This Lesser Heavenly Thunder Body should be nearing completion."

43. Omens

One after another, violent bolts of lightning pierced through Ye Yuchan's snow-white skin and penetrated her flesh.

However, the high temperature of lightning would scorch the blood holes on the surface of the leaf cicada in an instant. The crimson blood would be burned into gas before it could spurt out, and even the area around the blood holes would turn into a layer of charred black.

But Ye Yuchan didn't feel as much pain as she seemed. On the contrary, several warm auras were rising in her body. It was as if the lightning had heated her blood vessels. Warm liquid mixed with lightning flowed through her meridians and muscles, stimulating her body.

It was a rather strange process—each lightning strike brought unbearable pain, but as the pain gradually subsided, the comfortable feeling of her bones stretching made Ye Yuchan unable to help but let out a few soft moans.

This is why Ye Yuchan didn't choose to give up but silently endured the lightning strikes—although her behavior of letting out a soft moan after being struck easily evokes images of a masochist, Ye Yuchan actually doesn't have that kind of fetish.

She could feel the changes in her body.

This was a physical sublimation. Countless bolts of lightning flashed and danced in her meridians, and even her spiritual energy began to circulate unconsciously. The handle of the cauldron in Ye Yuchan's hand trembled slightly, and the scorching handle was slowly gathering the surrounding lightning power, which was then transmitted into Ye Yuchan's body by piercing through her palm.

Hiss--

Pale gray steam slowly rose from Ye Yuchan's skin.

At this moment, Ye Yuchan had no idea what was happening. If she had the chance to see it, she would have subconsciously thought that she had turned into a snake spirit.

—Because she is shedding her skin.

To be precise, it's removing excess impurities from the body. Some dark, filthy substances are slowly being expelled from the body through the pores, accompanied by crackling sounds, as they pile up all at once.

This process lasted for ten minutes. After this stage was officially completed, the number of lightning bolts in the dark clouds decreased significantly, and they were no longer so violent and rampant, but rather more gentle.

This is a phenomenon of affinity with lightning. From this moment on, the thunderclouds gathering above no longer frantically strike Ye Yuchan, but are slowly absorbed by this silver-haired girl.

There were no longer charred, bloody holes on her body. The lightning that struck her skin would turn into several small bolts of lightning that would slowly penetrate deep into her body.

Finally—the thunderclouds in the sky disappeared completely, and all the purple lightning was absorbed by the girl in the cauldron.

The Lesser Heavenly Thunder Body is complete.

The girl inside the cauldron slowly opened her eyes. A purple lightning bolt flashed in her dark, cold eyes. She looked around at everything with a strange expression, and then tentatively put her legs together to exert force.

(Crackling sounds)

Even Ye Yuchan herself was startled. After she leaped out of the cauldron, there were faint flashes of lightning on her legs. To be honest, these dancing purple sprites left her somewhat at a loss.

She lowered her head, looked at her hands which were now completely intact, and gently shook them.

—A thunderstorm.

A highly concentrated ball of lightning formed in the palm of her hand. To Ye Yuchan’s surprise, although the ball was constantly jumping on her fingertips, it could not stimulate her at all. In fact, she had a faint power to manipulate the lightning.

"So... I've gained control over lightning?"

"No, your Lesser Heavenly Thunder Body simply means you have a high affinity for lightning."

The voice of the young man entered my ears once again.

The scene changed in an instant. For Ye Yuchan, it was just a process of blurring her vision and then gradually clearing it. But she immediately realized that she was no longer inside the Trial Tower, but was standing in that hazy, dark world.

A young man with a holy and radiant appearance stood gently in front of Ye Yuchan. The Tower of Trials had vanished from his sight, leaving only pure darkness.

His smile was like the only bright moon in the dark night, incredibly warm and comforting: "Congratulations on completing the third trial of the Tower of Trials. Over the years, very few people have been able to reach your level."

"Is that so?" Ye Yuchan blinked, continuing to play with the ball of lightning in her hand with great curiosity. "But I don't think it's that difficult..."

—That's because there's a big shot standing behind us with a knife to our throat! Who would dare make things too difficult for you!

The young man inwardly groaned, but outwardly maintained an angelic, gentle smile.

"The Trial of the Seven Dream Tree tests fate. When fate arrives and strength is sufficient, you will naturally pass. I have been searching for a destined person here for a long time, and it is clear that you are one of them."

"...You keep saying that people are destined to meet, but what exactly is that destiny?" Ye Yuchan asked as she tried to swallow the ball lightning.

"Those who are destined to meet are those who are destined to meet. For me, the vastness of time and space is meaningless. The meaning of my existence has long since turned into nothingness. I am here, and you come; this is fate."

"So what's the purpose of all these trials... hiccup~?" Ye Yuchan burped after consuming the ball lightning.

"To see if the destined person is worthy of my gift, I do not wish to bestow my precious wealth upon some incompetent people. If possible, I hope you can carry my gift with you on your journey, for this is the meaning of my existence."

"I didn't expect your tree to be so artistic." Ye Yuchan praised the young man, clapped her hands, and then asked, "Are there any more trials coming up? Also, what is this Lesser Heavenly Thunder Body you mentioned earlier?"

"The Lesser Thunder Body is indeed the Lesser Thunder Body. It is a very special elemental physique. This is a gift I gave you for the Trial of the Heart Tower, just like the book 'Black Flame Arrow'."

"Elemental physique?!"

Ye Yuchan had never heard of the Lesser Thunder Body.

But she was very familiar with the Elemental Physique, which was a derivative physique of the Twenty-One Extremes.

What is the Twenty-One Ultimate? If Gu Ling is the judge of the world's rules and the co-creator of the Three Thousand Great Daos, then the Twenty-One Ultimate is the primordial dust that constitutes the Three Thousand Great Daos. It can even be said that the Twenty-One Ultimate is equivalent to the Three Thousand Great Daos.

Although it is not as powerful as the Heavenly Emperor, or the Heavenly Dao, the existence of the Twenty-One Ultimates is definitely not something to be easily provoked by other Great Daos.

This is why the elemental physique has become the most sought-after physique in the three great heavens, because the elemental physique is the symbol of the twenty-one ultimates, and when one steps into the Great Dao and transcends to sainthood, its power will be much stronger than that of ordinary Great Dao.

Even the Three Heavens Academy, the number one academy in the Desolate Heaven Domain, has only produced fewer than fifty people with elemental physiques in its history. These fifty people are either overlords who dominate their respective regions or reclusive powerhouses whom no one dares to provoke. In short, they are strong! Invincible!

Unexpectedly, she casually created such an elemental entity. Ye Yuchan began to wonder if she had been given the protagonist template of some novel and was about to embark on a journey of becoming an overpowered protagonist.

Seeing that Ye Yuchan did not ask any more questions, Qi Mengshu said, "In short, I have already given you the reward for the second trial. As for the originally planned third trial... I do not intend to let you participate."

"There's a third level?" Ye Yuchan frowned, staring at the young man in confusion. "Why won't you let me participate?"

The young man grinned at this, "Because I have to go back to sleep."

"Huh? Sleeping?"

"Yes, we need to go back and get some rest. Every time you people with a special connection appear, you wake me up. Now I can't even sleep well. If the Seven Dream Tree can't even dream, then what kind of Seven Dream Tree is it?"

"what……?"

Before Ye Yuchan could recover from Qi Mengshu's unreliable words, she saw the young man yawn, and then her world spun around her, a dizzying sensation of losing consciousness rushing to her brain.

The next second, Ye Yuchan, who had fainted on the ground, slowly disappeared into this dark world.

"Ah—finally they're gone. I'm really exhausted." The young man squinted, yawned, and cast his gaze into the shadows. "Hey, your apprentice is gone. You can come out now."

So Yunping stood up from the shadows, and this time, he didn't hold the sapling.

A few glints flashed in his indifferent gaze, and his eyes were particularly serious as he looked at the young man. "Are you really tired?"

"I'm really tired." The young man scratched his head and replied weakly, "And if I don't rest soon, they might come after me."

Are you really sure someone is looking for you?

"To say it's absolutely certain wouldn't be accurate; it's just a feeling I have in the dark."

"With your extreme strength, you shouldn't be unable to defeat one person. Even if someone is really looking for you, you shouldn't be in such a sorry state."

The young man rolled his eyes at Yunping. "Who told you that being the best means being invincible? No matter how powerful I am, can I beat you?"

"That seems to make sense..."