Chapter 1928: Chapter 712: Nascent Soul Formation
Luo Chen multitasked, maintaining the state of integrating the Nascent Embryo with heaven and earth while guiding the Heavenly Thunder Body Refinement.
In ordinary circumstances, he would surely be unable to reach this level.
But the explosion of power from the Top Grade Infant Formation Pill allowed him to attain an unparalleled level of control over everything about himself in this extreme sublimation!
Looking at it now, his reckless actions were indeed feasible.
After forcibly enduring the heavenly thunder, Origin Force divided this power and spread it throughout his body.
Especially the dormant spinal bone that had been silent for over a hundred years!
At this moment, it seemed to have been stimulated and awakened.
It voraciously devoured the myriad of fine electric arcs.
Amidst the radiant glow, a streak of lightning like a great dragon slowly trembled across his back, syncing with Luo Chen’s breath.
When one tribulation passed, Luo Chen seemed still unsatisfied.
He looked up at the dark clouds in the sky, with eyes flashing with spirit light as if they could pierce through the clouds, staring at the Thunder Tribulation accumulating again inside, he licked his lips.
His left hand formed a seal gesture, and his thumb suddenly pressed against his chest.
"Magnify!"
"Magnify, magnify, magnify..."
With a low chant, his body began to expand.
With just a breath, the Nine Zhang Giant wielded its wings and reappeared in the mortal world.
Luo Chen’s brows and eyes turned sharp, and his left hand pointed at the center of his brows again.
Origin Force surged through his body, and his flesh finally broke free from limits, continuing to expand.
Ten zhang, twenty zhang... until a hundred zhang!
A giant no less imposing than the Black King stood proudly between heaven and earth.
He stomped on the earth, his form like a mountain, his gaze like lightning.
One hand formed the Phoenix Nirvana Art, and the other stirred the winds and clouds.
Azure-golden flames surged and spread from his Sea of Qi, while silver-white lightning flashed along his spinal bone, and the distinct patterns of black armor enveloped his body.
The distinct muscles, even if covered by armor, could not conceal the explosive power contained within.
The Xuan Chen Armor, Luo Chen had quietly repaired it long ago.
It already had the power to automatically restore itself, and with Luo Chen investing numerous ores obtained from the Land of Fallen Demons, its protective ability surpassed its previous level.
During the first two Thunder Tribulations, Luo Chen was not hurt at all, relying entirely on the Xuan Chen Armor and his physical body to endure them.
He knew, now the main event was about to begin!
As expected!
Seeing Luo Chen transform into the Ancient Desolation True Body without reservation, the heavens became completely enraged.
The black clouds grew even thicker!
Crisp explosion sounds rang continuously within them.
Affected by the celestial phenomena, even the sea near Longyuan Island began to boil, with a series of gigantic waves crashing towards Longyuan Island.
Seeing the waves approach, the Black King guarding the nearby sea area moved its massive body, intending to intercept them all.
However, a transmitted message made it halt its actions.
"A cultivator transcending tribulation should rely on their own strength. Intervention by others would only anger the Heavenly Dao and enhance the Thunder Tribulation’s power."
"You must not act recklessly!"
The Black King glanced towards Rosy Clouds Mountain direction and then subsided.
The waves crashed ashore, oceans pouring back in.
Before long, raging sea water had flooded beneath Luo Chen’s feet.
He paid no heed, merely watching the depths of the cloud layers.
Suddenly!
"It’s coming!"
Luo Chen thought to himself, focusing his mind in preparation.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
In the blink of an eye, five bolts of thunder simultaneously descended.
Leaving no time for any reaction.
Spanning several miles around, then swiftly converging on a single target.
Allowing no room for escape.
Yet Luo Chen neither fled nor dodged, his hundred-zhang true body shrouded in blood-red Origin Force, forcefully withstood this strike.
Once the Five Thunder Blast concluded.
The giant figure, like a mountain, still stood proudly between heaven and earth.
However, the armor on his body had become ragged and torn, discernibly muscled into one blood-soaked hole after another, his feet deeply embedded within the thick bedrock, and his hair blazing with fire.
As the sea water surged, it had already submerged his waist.
The giant’s breath withered down.
Atop Rosy Clouds Mountain, Han Zhan observed this scene with extremely complex emotions.
Both shocked and regretful, yet mostly captivated!
For transcending tribulation, ordinary cultivators depend heavily on external forces, whether magic items or formations, no matter what, they create techniques to diminish the Thunder Tribulation’s force.
Who would dare, like Luo Chen, to endure the Thunder Tribulation head-on with such audacity.
Even utilizing the power of Thunder Tribulation to refine the body, turning calamity into an opportunity.
He knew not whether the legitimate descendants undergoing tribulation in Divine Transformation Holy Lands did the same, but he had never seen anyone so audaciously bold.
"But it ends here."
"It is said a cultivator undergoes Thunder Tribulation three times in a lifetime, once at the Nascent Soul Stage, once at the Body Integration Realm, and once at the Transcendence Tribulation Stage, each with three rounds, totaling nine rounds, also known as the Three Nines Heavenly Tribulation."
"The previous probing doesn’t count, Luo Chen has now endured two rounds of thunder, leaving only the final one."
"And this final round must undoubtedly be the most terrifying one!"
Han Zhan’s face was serious.
For ordinary cultivators, Five Thunder Blasts was already the limit, typically reserved for only the last round of Thunder Tribulation.
Back then, his friend Ascendant Master Cang Long regrettably stopped at the third round’s Five Thunder Blasts.
Due to Luo Chen’s provocative actions, the Power of Heavenly Punishment intensified, resulting in the second round having Five Thunder Blasts; imagining how terrifying the third round will be is truly unimaginable!
If unable to endure, one’s life would perish and his path end; even as strong as Luo Chen, perhaps he might prolong his lingering breath.
If he could endure, he would achieve the status of a generation’s Nascent Soul True Master, with no more barriers to heaven and earth.
Han Zhan tightly pressed his lips, his hands clasped together involuntarily.
...
"The final round, is it?"
On the seawater-flooded Longyuan Island, Luo Chen extracted his legs from the deeply embedded rock.
Tearing off the Xuan Chen Armor from his body, electric arcs filled it, continuously permeating inside.