After being reborn, I took my childhood sweetheart to cultivate immortality.

Upon hearing Xiaoqing say that she hadn't yet successfully formed her core, Xu Qingman stiffly asked, "Then how do I know? Haven't I already formed a golden core in my dantian?"

“Master, Core Formation and Foundation Establishment are different. After a cultivator forms their Core, they must undergo the test of Heavenly Tribulation. Only those who succeed can be considered true Golden Core cultivators.”

"But because you formed your core in the space, and you can't undergo the Heavenly Tribulation in the space, you can only be considered to have formed a fake core now."

After hearing Xiaoqing's explanation, Xu Qingman realized that she had made a mistake and now she had to go out and undergo the Heavenly Tribulation.

But this is the city center, definitely not suitable for a trial. One reason is the risk of accidental injury, and the other is that it would easily attract onlookers and cause trouble.

Afterwards, Xu Qingman and Xiao Qing discussed it and decided to place the place for the tribulation on the small island that remained after the last secret realm appeared.

Because once her spiritual power leaves the space, it cannot be suppressed for long before it attracts the attention of the Heavenly Dao and brings down heavenly lightning.

Xiaoqing gave her a magical artifact to conceal her spiritual power and a concealment talisman. As soon as she left the space, she rode her flying sword and quickly headed to the island.

After flying to the island, I chose a suitable place to undergo my tribulation. Just as I put away my magical artifacts, I saw dark clouds gathering overhead, as if it were the prelude to an impending storm.

With a deafening boom, the first bolt of heavenly lightning struck Xu Qingman directly. She gritted her teeth and withstood it using her own spiritual power.

Before she could react, three or four more bolts of lightning struck in quick succession. The commotion immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Even some powerful figures who had long been out of the public eye were alarmed by this massive annihilating lightning. They all speculated whether someone was undergoing tribulation or whether a rare treasure was about to be born, and why such a commotion had occurred.

To verify their suspicions, the cultivators each displayed their unique abilities, rushing towards the direction where the heavenly lightning had struck. As they drew closer to the island, their doubts and uncertainties grew even stronger.

Meanwhile, Xu Qingman is undergoing the greatest test of her two lifetimes.

By the eighth bolt of lightning, she had already taken Xiaoqing's advice and put on a set of protective robes. According to Xiaoqing, this final strike would only be stronger than the previous ones, and she should be mentally prepared.

Xu Qingman stared intently at the growing dark clouds overhead, gritted her teeth, and swallowed a few more pills to heal her previous injuries before facing the final test.

With a loud bang, an even louder roar resounded across the sky, and rolling thunder crushed the dark firmament, as if the sky had been split in two.

The cultivators who had been watching from near the island were so frightened that they quickly fled backward. It was too scary. Was it a human or a demon undergoing tribulation? Why was the commotion so terrifying? They didn't know if it would succeed.

Xu Qingman finally persevered. Although the ninth lightning bolt was stronger, her body had been tempered by the previous heavenly lightning and had become even more powerful.

As the clouds dispersed and the mist cleared, auspicious five-colored clouds gradually emerged from the cloud layer, and faint celestial music drifted from within. A mist of spiritual energy descended from the sky, and some lower-level cultivators quickly sat cross-legged to receive its baptism.

Seeing that the tribulation had ended, several sect elders rushed to the place where the tribulation had just taken place, wanting to see who exactly had undergone the tribulation there.

Unfortunately, Xu Qingman had already retreated into her spatial dimension. She didn't want to live under someone else's surveillance from now on, having caused such a commotion.

The island was so small that the cultivators searched it thoroughly several times, but found nothing and had to return.

After Xu Qingman entered the space, she discovered that Yu Jinchen had finished his cultivation and was only one step away from becoming a Golden Core cultivator.

After discussing it for a while, the two decided to wait in the space until the crowd near the island dispersed before he came out of the space to receive the heavenly lightning baptism.

Taking advantage of their free time, the two continued to practice alchemy and formations in the space.

Having already learned how to refine Bigu Pills and Healing Pills, this time I'm going to try refining Foundation Building Pills.

With each person guarding a pill furnace, Yu Jinchen's single fire spiritual root allowed him to control the fire more precisely than Xu Qingman.

By the time he had already refined two batches of second-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, Xu Qingman's first batch was barely successful, and it only produced two first-grade pills and one second-grade pill.

Seeing her depressed expression, Yu Jinchen advised her to let it go, since they would definitely never be separated in this life, and he could handle these things.

Xu Qingman is a person who refuses to admit defeat. The more difficult things seem, the more determined she is to rise to the challenge. There are things you don't have to be an expert in, but you must be able to do them.

Although she couldn't match Yu Jinchen in alchemy, she learned formations much more easily than him. Now, it was Xu Qingman's turn to persuade him.

The two studied in the space for two months until all the cultivators outside finally left.

So, many of the cultivators who had left hadn't even reached home when they saw thunderclouds gathering again at the same spot. What else could they do? They had no choice but to head back to the island once more.

This time, two cultivators, remembering that they hadn't seen anything after the previous tribulation ended, decided to get closer to take a look.

Boom ~

A deafening roar echoed through the sky; had the two men not run fast, they would have lost their lives. Even so, they were both seriously injured.

Now, no one dared to venture in without a second thought. Even the most curious had to prioritize survival. Cultivation is no easy feat; proceed with caution and cherish every step.

At this moment, Xu Qingman was quite far from Yu Jinchen. Xiao Qing had told her not to get too close.

One is that it is very dangerous, and the other is that if she gets too close, it may create the illusion that there are two people undergoing tribulation, causing misjudgment and increasing the difficulty for Yu Jinchen to undergo tribulation.

Xu Qingman's face was tense, her eyes fixed intently on the layer of lightning below. Why did she feel that the power of this tribulation lightning seemed greater than what she had experienced before?

Her intuition was indeed correct; Yu Jinchen's tribulation lightning was stronger than hers. This trouble was all caused by those two cultivators who had intruded earlier.

Fortunately, those two were only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment; otherwise, it's uncertain whether Yu Jinchen would have been able to safely overcome the tribulation.

However, this wasn't all bad. As soon as the last bolt of lightning struck, Heaven realized it had made a mistake.

Therefore, to make up for the mistake just now, after the heavenly tribulation ended, a sweet rain fell, and Yu Jinchen turned misfortune into blessing, which pulled his cultivation level, which had just formed the Golden Core, to the middle stage of the Golden Core.

That's why there's an old saying: "Misfortune may be a blessing in disguise, and a blessing may be a misfortune in disguise."

Seeing the lightning tribulation dissipate, the onlookers rushed forward once more. Unfortunately, they were disappointed once again.

Even though they were unwilling to accept it, after repeated, thorough searches of the island, they still had to accept the result that they found nothing.

Therefore, this small island was not only born from a secret realm, but also experienced two celestial calamities on the same day.

Therefore, after careful consideration, the special task force established a base on the island to conduct in-depth research. This area of ​​water was also placed under their jurisdiction, and all civilian vessels were prohibited from approaching it.

Because this tribulation was so astonishing, not only cultivators knew about it, but many ordinary people also noticed its unusual nature.

Gradually, ordinary people began to suspect that there were indeed cultivators around them, and that someone must have been undergoing tribulation that time.