Chapter 379: One Glimpse of Lu Xun Dooms a Lifetime

Boom—

Deafening thunder exploded, and heavenly lightning poured down like a torrential flood, instantly submerging the area where Lu Xun was.

Blinding electric light flickered wildly, the ground was split into scorched black cracks, violent lightning raged without cease, as if it would grind everything to powder.

Lu Xun's figure was completely submerged in this apocalyptic sea of lightning; around him only raging flashes and earth-shaking roars remained.

How terrifying the heavenly tribulation!

Yeah, I never expected to be fortunate enough to witness a Seventh Realm heavenly tribulation today!

Seventh Realm? Is this a Seventh Realm heavenly tribulation?

Of course, there have been twenty-five tribulation lightning bolts; I've watched from start to finish, and besides the Seventh Realm, what heavenly tribulation has such terrifying power?

More and more cultivators gathered around.

Even in the capital, many people have never personally seen a Seventh Realm heavenly tribulation.

So, when word spread that someone was undergoing a Seventh Realm heavenly tribulation, the cultivators in the capital all rushed out.

They formed a large circle with a diameter of ten kilometers about five kilometers away from Lu Xun.

This distance is relatively safe.

If they got any closer, the electric snakes that splashed out when Lu Xun shattered the tribulation lightning could very well take their lives.

How impressive.

If I could break through to the Seventh Realm in this lifetime, I would have no regrets!

This time when I go home I must worship my ancestors more, so that my family's grave smokes with blessings, protecting this unworthy descendant so that he too may one day experience such a thing!

The cultivators gazed in awe at the nameless one, and many people's desire to become stronger became unprecedentedly intense.

A Seventh Realm expert—just the heavenly tribulation alone possesses such tremendous power.

If I myself could break through to the Seventh Realm, what a glorious sight that would be!

How did a Seventh Realm expert suddenly appear? I don't know which family they belong to.

The capital will have yet another Seventh Realm family.

Among the crowd, many scions of great families were also watching.

Some of those great-family scions were somewhat worried.

This Seventh Realm expert undergoing the tribulation near the capital most likely comes from a capital family.

The capital's pie is only this big.

The birth of a new Seventh Realm family will inevitably affect some interests of other families.

This capital truly is a place where hidden tigers and dragons lurk; Seventh Realm families are growing ever more numerous, and it's not easy for us to squeeze in—we might as well devote ourselves to developing Beautiful Jade City...

Wei Guangyao and members of the Wei Family were also there.

The Wei Family is a colossus in the northeast region, and they too possess a Seventh Realm expert.

They are not satisfied with developing only in the northeast region; they want to extend their reach to the capital.

But the capital has too many great families, which are wary of them, making it difficult for the Wei Family to move in.

The elders of the Wei Family already have the thought of withdrawing from the capital, preparing to focus on developing the market of Beautiful Jade City.

Guangyao, this Seventh Realm is no simple matter; the power of this heavenly tribulation is more than double what your great-grandfather faced, your Heaven Earth Meridian is opened well—if you could break through to the Seventh Realm in the future, you might not be inferior to him.

Seeing Wei Guangyao staring off, the Wei Family elders could not help but speak words of encouragement.

Wei Guangyao did not respond.

His gaze held some doubt and uncertainty.

Although Lu Xun's surroundings were completely shrouded in lightning, making it hard to see who was undergoing the tribulation, Wei Guangyao always felt that silhouette was somewhat familiar.

It seemed,

that it was an acquaintance!

He faintly felt it was like Lu Xun.

But this possibility was subconsciously denied by him.

What a joke.

Even if Lu Xun's combat power exceeded the norm, it's impossible for him to undergo a Seventh Realm heavenly tribulation this quickly.

Moreover, this Seventh Realm heavenly tribulation is not ordinarily terrifying; it is more than twice as fearsome as the heavenly tribulation his great-grandfather endured.

Besides Lu Xun, Wei Guangyao couldn't think of a second person.

So he frowned, pondering just who it could be.

It's merely a Seventh Realm heavenly tribulation; these country bumpkins lack vision—once I break through to the Seventh Realm, I'll surely open your eyes.

Not far away, Li Chao of the Li Family was also there.

Li Chao had originally been in closed-door cultivation, preparing to strengthen his methods in order to participate in the next Heavenly Dao Battlefield.

Upon learning that Lan Xing was about to enter the Ancient Road Node, these past few days he ended his seclusion, wanting to gather more information and make some plans.

Having missed the last Heavenly Dao Battlefield, Li Chao was extremely depressed.

This time he would go no matter what.

Lu Xun's heavenly tribulation has lasted a while; after sensing it, Li Chao likewise came to watch the spectacle.

This is not a Seventh Realm heavenly tribulation.

Suddenly, a voice sounded nearby.

Li Chao turned his head and saw that the speaker was his grandfather, Li Qingyang.

Li Qingyang, rising from no background by his own strength to make the Li Family a Seventh Realm family of the Upper Capital City, is naturally a first-rate talent.

If it weren't for Fu Yue and Fu Xue's outstanding performance, he too would have had a share in the previous Heavenly Dao Battlefield.

Grandfather, what did you just say? This isn't a Seventh Realm heavenly tribulation—could it be an Eighth Realm instead?

Li Chao's spirits lifted.

Don't think he's already at the peak of the Fifth Realm; Li Chao has never seen an Eighth Realm Immortal Cultivator's Heavenly Tribulation in his lifetime.

As fellow Immortal Cultivators, he naturally wanted to witness it.

Not either.

Li Qingyang shook his head slightly.

"Not the Eighth Realm either? Could it be the Ninth Realm then?"

Li Chao subconsciously felt it was impossible.

A Ninth Realm Heavenly Tribulation wouldn't happen near the Capital.

"No, if I'm not mistaken, this should be a Fifth Realm Heavenly Tribulation!"

Li Qingyang's eyes were deep as an abyss; after staring at Lu Xun for a moment, he said.

"What, Fifth Realm? Grandfather, there have already been twenty-six lightning strikes—how could that be!"

Li Chao didn't believe it.

He had experienced a Fifth Realm Heavenly Tribulation, which was only nine lightning strikes.

The Sixth Realm only has eighteen.

The Seventh Realm has twenty-seven.

The person undergoing the tribulation before us has already endured twenty-six lightning strikes—how could it be a Fifth Realm tribulation!

"Heavenly Tribulations differ; this one is strong in power but does not stir the laws of heaven and earth, so it cannot be a tribulation above the Sixth Realm—it can only be a Fifth Realm one."

Li Qingyang, however, was quite certain.

"Fifth Realm... Fifth Realm... It couldn't be him, could it!"

Seeing his grandfather speak so certainly, Li Qingyang, though unwilling to believe, had to believe.

Not only did he believe, a flash of inspiration struck his mind, and suddenly he thought of a person.

Lu Xun!

If this is a Fifth Realm Heavenly Tribulation, then it can only be Lu Xun's Heavenly Tribulation.

"Let you practice Immortal Martial Dual Cultivation—well, even a Fifth Realm Heavenly Tribulation is this terrifying; a Sixth Realm one wouldn't just strike you down!"

Having guessed it was Lu Xun, Li Chao felt surprised, yet also a bit of schadenfreude arose.

Lu Xun's Fifth Realm Heavenly Tribulation actually rivals a Seventh Realm one.

If Lu Xun later breaks through to the Sixth Realm, what would his tribulation be like?

"Boom—"

The twenty-seventh lightning strike arrived.

Though called one, it is actually a group.

Dense lightning strikes blanketed the sky and earth, assaulting Lu Xun; each strike shone bright purple.

"After surviving this tribulation, even if you aren't struck dead, your skin will probably be peeled off in layers."

Li Chao somewhat looked forward to seeing Lu Xun's sorry state after the tribulation.

During the tribulation, one cannot use external aids like spirit talismans or treasure robes; otherwise, the punishment mechanism triggers, and the next tribulation's power increases tenfold or more.

Even if it's the final strike, using external force will add another one for you.

So, in Li Chao's view, Lu Xun facing such a fierce tribulation will surely be struck into a miserable state.

"Boom boom boom—"

At that moment, at the center of the lightning, Lu Xun thrust his fists like a dragon, shattering each bolt.

With each strike shattered, Lu Xun would use his Chaotic Cells to completely absorb the surrounding lightning energy.

Twenty-seven lightning strikes allowed Lu Xun to absorb a vast amount of lightning energy.

"Is that it?"

Finally, the last lightning strike was shattered into fragments by Lu Xun.

Just as Lu Xun thought it was ending, the thunderclouds above suddenly churned violently, forming a massive vortex.

In the vortex's center, there appeared to be an eye made of lightning.

"Wow, there's more!"

"Isn't the Seventh Realm's tribulation the Thirty-Nine Lightning Strikes? Why is there still more—did it trigger the Heavenly Dao's punishment?"

"Who knows? It surely can't be the Eighth Realm, right?"

Numerous cultivators speculated wildly.

"There's still more, Grandfather—what's going on?"

Li Chao hurriedly asked his grandfather.

"It should be an extra trial."

Li Qingyang had never encountered such a situation either.

"Still more?"

At the center of the thunderclouds, Lu Xun looked up at the sky.

There, the thunderclouds seemed to be gathering all their power toward the center.

Is this going to give him a big wave?

"Bring it on—who's afraid of whom!"

Lu Xun not only wasn't afraid, he even felt some anticipation.

"Boom!"

After brewing for several minutes, from the vortex's center a bolt of purplish-gold lightning several meters thick descended from the heavens and smashed fiercely toward Lu Xun.

This tribulation lightning came too fast, in an instant submerging Lu Xun.

"Purple-gold!!! Lu Xun is doomed!"

Li Chao cheered.

"What, the one undergoing tribulation is Lu Xun?"

His words let some nearby cultivators hear, and they involuntarily showed astonishment.

"How terrifying!"

"Purple-gold... just looking at the color of this tribulation lightning makes me feel so pressured I can't breathe."

"Can he withstand it?"

Other cultivators were all curious.

"Boom!"

In the shocked gazes of all cultivators, the purple-gold tribulation lightning struck down violently; Lu Xun did not dodge or evade, raising his hand to throw a punch.

This punch was like opening heaven and earth; wherever the fist light passed, the tribulation lightning shattered inch by inch, its residual might even piercing the nine heavens, actually blasting apart the tribulation clouds filling the sky!

In an instant, heaven and earth became clear.

Lu Xun let out a long roar and shot up into the sky, golden light bursting all around him, like a blazing sun hanging in the heavens.

Countless multicolored rosy lights emerged from the void, transforming into myriad-feet auspicious clouds that supported his body.

At this moment his robes fluttered, his hair flew upward; each step he took caused heaven and earth to resonate, as if a deity had descended to the mundane world, his aura overwhelming the world!

"Wow! He's caused a phenomenon!"

"Huh, don't you think he looks familiar?"

"Lu Xun, it's Lu Xun!"

"Good grief, the one who just underwent tribulation was Lu Xun??"

"Wasn't it supposed to be a Seventh Realm expert? How did it become Lu Xun instead!"

"What, Lu Xun broke through to the Seventh Realm?"

"Gasps! Inhuman!"

Now, the exclamations of countless cultivators merged into a single sound.

Ordinary cultivators didn't know the truth, only feeling this was the Seventh Realm Heavenly Tribulation, thus thinking Lu Xun had broken through to the Seventh Realm, each one shocked to the point of being speechless.

"How could this be!"

Li Chao was dumbfounded.

He thought that after Lu Xun survived the Three Nine Heavenly Tribulation, he would be in a miserable state, either dead or crippled.

But Lu Xun not only remained unharmed, his whole body was wrapped in divine light, his aura deep as an abyss and vast as the sea, even more unfathomable than before the tribulation!

What made Li Chao even harder to accept was that Lu Xun now, with black hair like a waterfall, eyes like stars, and his robes fluttering with an immortal grace, was actually even more handsome and transcendent than before!

"Wow, so handsome, is this Lu Xun?"

A female cultivator widened her almond eyes, covered her mouth with her jade hand, her voice trembling.

"They say that seeing Lu Xun once dooms you for life; I didn't expect it to be true—upon seeing him, other men become vulgar and common, and even I, an older sister, can't muster the slightest interest."

Another female cultivator's eyes shone, her gaze filled with spring water, as if she wanted to devour Lu Xun.