Before the first wave of lightning arcs even landed on him, Mo Wuji had already blasted out several lightning balls. From the moment he opened his first meridian, he had weathered countless lightning strikes. Even though he wasn't afraid of lightning, this was, after all, a heavenly tribulation. Who knew the strength of the heavenly tribulation's lightning arcs?

He hadn't prepared for this tribulation at all, he didn't even have a decent defensive spiritual tool. Besides, he had witnessed a real heavenly tribulation before. Back in the Five Elements Wasteland, he had seen a level six demon beast undergoing its tribulation. That scene was still fresh in his memory.

"Kacha, kacha, kacha, kacha!"

Mo Wuji's lightning balls collided with the falling lightning arcs, and lightning light exploded outwards. The lightning arcs instantly shattered Mo Wuji's lightning balls into fragments and slammed into him without the slightest hindrance.

"Crack! Crack!" Mo Wuji clearly heard the sound of his bones breaking. A bloody gash, carved out by the lightning arc, stretched from his brow to his chin.

Mo Wuji's heart sank. How could he possibly survive this terrifying tribulation? This was just the first lightning arc; how many more were there? He had no idea.

The Heavenly Tribulation Stone itself emitted waves of spiritual light, and with the exploding lightning, completely concealed Mo Wuji, who was undergoing his tribulation within.

Those outside had no idea what Mo Wuji was going through. If they knew that Mo Wuji was half-dead after just the first lightning arc, some might start to eye him with ill intentions.

"Boom! Crack..." Mo Wuji had just swallowed a few healing pills when the second wave of lightning arcs descended.

Mo Wuji gritted his teeth. The Heavenly Machine Staff swept out endless staff shadows to block the attack. He simply began to wholeheartedly reverse his cultivation method to absorb the lightning origin from the lightning tribulation.

There was no way to avoid this kind of lightning tribulation. He could only withstand it head-on.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom!" Dense lightning arcs crashed onto the staff shadows of the Heavenly Machine Staff. The ever-victorious Brahma staff shadows instantly dissipated into smoke under the dense lightning tribulation arcs. Large swaths of lightning arcs struck Mo Wuji's body again, and the bones throughout his body shattered once more.

However, at this moment, Mo Wuji's one hundred and five meridians simultaneously reversed their circulation, specifically absorbing the lightning origin of the lightning tribulation. The damage caused by this wave of lightning arcs was still significant, but it wasn't enough to take Mo Wuji's life.

With only a dozen breaths of respite, the third wave of lightning arcs came crashing down.

The Heavenly Machine Staff once again swept out endless Brahma staff shadows. At the same time, Mo Wuji stood up, tottering. Sitting on the ground and letting the lightning tribulation pummel him like this, even if he succeeded in surviving the tribulation, he would surely die today.

He was completely relying on his elemental energy and spiritual will to support his body. His leg bones were already almost completely broken.

The dense lightning arcs continued to slam into the shadows of the Heavenly Machine Staff, even more quickly than before, and Mo Wuji's staff shadows collapsed directly.

Mo Wuji completely ignored the falling lightning arcs. His hands constantly formed hand seals, and his one hundred and five meridians frantically reversed their circulation to the extreme. Merely enduring the lightning tribulation with brute force was definitely not an option. The best way was to absorb the lightning origin within.

The profound hand seals were like flickering and changing illusory arrays, forming circles upon circles of ripples around Mo Wuji. These ripples formed a faint, blurry gigantic dragon. At this moment, Mo Wuji had unleashed the Stellar Shift to the first level of the Star Character Formula, Dragon Ascension Stellar Shift.

"Kaka!" Under the effect of Mo Wuji's hand seals, the lightning arcs that had shattered the Heavenly Machine Staff's shadows suddenly changed direction and slammed directly into Mo Wuji's feet.

Mo Wuji had reduced the intensity of the lightning arcs to the lowest level. This was the optimal time to absorb the lightning origin. The lightning arcs swirling around Mo Wuji's body were like raindrops falling on a sponge, absorbed by Mo Wuji bit by bit, drop by drop.

The spiritual energy brought down by the lightning arcs seemed to be of a higher grade than that of spirit essence. Mo Wuji clearly felt his strength rising rapidly. The shackle that had been restricting his cultivation had already begun to crack. At the same time, under the nourishment of this spiritual energy, his bones rapidly began to recover.

Seemingly sensing that Mo Wuji had redirected the lightning arcs, the lightning tribulation became even more frenzied. Lightning flashed and thunder roared in the starry sky. The fourth wave of lightning arcs, like a bursting dam, crashed down towards Mo Wuji on the Heavenly Tribulation Stone.

At this moment, the cultivators observing from the periphery of the Heavenly Tribulation Stone were all dumbstruck. What kind of lightning tribulation was this? Was it really necessary to be so exaggerated for an advancement to the True God Realm?

"This person shouldn't be at the peak of the Virtual God Realm, right? Otherwise, how could he have such a terrifying lightning tribulation? I've seen Human Immortal lightning tribulations, and they didn't seem to be this intense."

"I also think this person doesn't seem to be in the Virtual God Realm. That Li Xiuran is ranked first on the Earthly Board. Li Xiuran once defeated a True God Realm Layer 1 expert. Such a ruthless person, no matter how powerful a Virtual God Realm cultivator is, wouldn't be his opponent, let alone kill him."

The number of cultivators who came to watch Mo Wuji undergo his tribulation was increasing, and the discussions became more and more heated.

As for the matter of snatching the Heavenly Tribulation Stone from Mo Wuji, no one was even thinking about it anymore. What a joke! Even if the Heavenly Tribulation Stone was given to you, would you dare to approach under these lightning arcs? Unless you're looking for death.

"No, I'm sure that this person isn't undergoing a Human Immortal lightning tribulation, but a genuine True God lightning tribulation." A different voice said from the crowd.

"What makes you think so? Have you ever seen a True God lightning tribulation of this intensity?" Someone immediately retorted.

Another long-haired man said in a deep voice, "I don't know what kind of lightning tribulation he's undergoing, but I wouldn't be able to withstand it."

Many people recognized this long-haired man. He was a genuine True God Realm Layer 2 expert. If even a True God lightning tribulation was something a True God Realm Layer 2 expert couldn't withstand, then it was very likely that it was a Human Immortal lightning tribulation.

The cultivator who had confidently said that Mo Wuji wasn't undergoing a Human Immortal lightning tribulation shook his head and said, "Because I know who this person is."

"Who is he?" Upon hearing this, someone immediately asked anxiously. Everyone stared at the speaking cultivator, all wanting to know who the cultivator undergoing the tribulation was.

After all, this person had killed Li Xiuran. If he was in the Virtual God Realm, then after killing Li Xiuran, he would definitely be the number one existence on the Earthly Board.

"I don't know his name, but I know he should be the Rogue Cultivator 2705." Seeing that the surrounding people were looking at him in astonishment, the cultivator simply explained further, "I think many people should be familiar with Gu Shaoyin, who was once the number one on the Human Board?"

Naturally, everyone was familiar with Gu Shaoyin. He had once been regarded as the second Li Xiuran. Unfortunately, after his trip to the Lost Continent, he was defeated by a cultivator of the same level. Not only did he lose the number one spot on the Human Board, but he also returned in a sorry state...

Wait a minute, wasn't the one who defeated Gu Shaoyin and obtained the number one spot on the Human Board Rogue Cultivator 2705? Could it really be this guy?

"That's not right. How many years has it been since Rogue Cultivator 2705 defeated Gu Shaoyin? Even if his cultivation has improved rapidly, he wouldn't have reached the True God lightning tribulation so quickly, right?"

"Who says it's impossible? Does everyone remember that Rogue Cultivator 2705 once appeared on the Earthly Board some time ago, and even killed Fu Zhi, who was ranked 9831st on the Earthly Board, and replaced him to become the 9831st?"

"There really was such a thing. Could this guy really be that Rogue Cultivator 2705 from the Lost Continent? By the way, how are you sure that this person is Rogue Cultivator 2705?" This cultivator's last sentence was asking the cultivator who had initially said that Mo Wuji was Rogue Cultivator 2705.

This cultivator stared at the Heavenly Tribulation Stone, which was surrounded by lightning and thundering, and said, "Because he uses an iron staff. Gu Shaoyin was defeated by an iron staff back then."

"That's right, Rogue Cultivator 2705 does indeed use an iron staff." Upon hearing this cultivator's explanation, someone immediately felt that this explanation was completely correct.

Someone else said, "After Gu Shaoyin was defeated by Rogue Cultivator 2705, he became depressed. If he knew that even Li Xiuran was killed by Rogue Cultivator 2705, it would probably be an encouraging message for him. Maybe he would return to his former genius status again."

"Hehe, a cultivator who can't even withstand failure, even if he returns, can only amount to this. I'm reminded of Yan Family's Yan Yangnan. When Yan Yangnan won the number one spot on the Human Board, he even exclaimed that he regretted not being able to compete for the number one spot on the Human Board with Rogue Cultivator 2705. I estimate that after knowing that Rogue Cultivator 2705 killed Li Xiuran and is undergoing such a terrifying lightning tribulation, he can only secretly rejoice that he didn't encounter Rogue Cultivator 2705."

Even though the weakest cultivator here was in the Late Stage of the Virtual God Realm, the number one on the Human Board was still the focus of everyone's attention.

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Mo Wuji couldn't hear the discussions of the cultivators outside. Before the fourth wave of lightning tribulation had even landed on him, Mo Wuji felt an extreme sense of crisis. The large swaths of thick lightning arcs actually carried a kind of killing intent.

Before Mo Wuji could react, the large swaths of lightning arcs had already slammed into Mo Wuji's body.

Even though Mo Wuji's Stellar Shift had been activated to the first level of the Star Character Formula, Dragon Ascension Stellar Shift, Mo Wuji's leg bones, which he had just repaired, quickly fractured.

He couldn't feel any lightning origin within them, only endless lightning arc killing intent invading his body. Even his meridians began to show cracks. Mo Wuji's eyes turned red. This wasn't a lightning tribulation, this was trying to take his life.

The elemental energy stored in the three Elemental Storage Meridians was completely mobilized by Mo Wuji at this moment, forming elemental energy shields one after another to block these lightning arc killing intents that wanted to tear apart the meridians in his body.

These lightning arcs seemed to have their own sentience, and could actually avoid Mo Wuji's elemental energy shields, continuing to tear apart Mo Wuji's meridians.

Mo Wuji possessed one hundred and five meridians. Even if a few were torn apart, it wouldn't greatly reduce his cultivation. But Mo Wuji had painstakingly opened one hundred and five meridians. How could he allow them to be destroyed by the lightning tribulation? He had never heard of lightning arcs that specialized in destroying people's meridians before. Fortunately, he still had a Spiritual Storage Meridian.

The spiritual will of the Spiritual Storage Meridian rolled, and the elemental energy shields formed by the Elemental Storage Meridians immediately moved rapidly within all the meridians. The elemental energy shields constantly blocked the infiltrating lightning arc killing intents, and resolutely did not allow these lightning arc killing intents to damage any meridian.

For Mo Wuji, he would rather have all the bones in his body break and then be reshaped, than have his meridians suffer the slightest damage. He had no spiritual roots. He cultivated the meridian opening cultivation method. His entire body's meridians were his foundation.