Socially anxious me transmigrated to a world of cultivation.

"Boom~"

Just as Pingfan was preparing to activate the lightning tribulation, ten thunderclouds of varying sizes gathered in the sky.

"Click~"

The next moment, ten thunderclouds struck down ten bolts of lightning onto the ten furnaces on the competition platforms below.

"Boom~"

The furnace, struck by lightning, trembled as it absorbed all the power of the lightning, which then flowed into the nascent magical artifact within the furnace.

Seeing that ten people had already begun the next step, Pingfan paused for a moment, then raised his hand and unleashed a burst of spiritual energy at the nascent longsword in front of him.

"Om~"

Instantly, the nascent longsword emitted a sword-like sound, and then stood upright.

With the sword tip pointing to the sky and the hilt to the ground, it looked just like a lightning rod.

"Boom~"

As ordinary spiritual energy was channeled into the nascent longsword, a crimson thundercloud slowly gathered in the sky.

However, before the nascent sword could undergo the tribulation of lightning, the newly formed crimson thunderclouds underwent a strange change.

Suddenly, the crimson thundercloud above the ordinary sky emitted a terrifying suction force, pulling the surrounding thunderclouds closer to it.

The weapon refiner, who had just been baptized by a lightning bolt and was preparing to subject the nascent magical artifact to a second baptism, waited in vain for the next lightning strike.

Immediately, the ten weapon refiners looked up in confusion.

Then they saw a crimson thundercloud in the sky attracting other thunderclouds to it.

Seeing this, the ten weapon refiners all showed puzzled expressions and murmured to themselves.

"What's going on with that crimson thundercloud? Why is it pulling at other thunderclouds?"

"That's not right! This has never happened before when multiple weapon refiners were refining magical artifacts at the same time!"

"Each person's crafted magical artifact and the lightning tribulation it attracts are individual; I have never heard of a thundercloud attracting other thunderclouds!"

……

Their confusion was mirrored by the bewildered crowd in the stands, who stared in bewilderment at the strange changes in the crimson thunderclouds in the sky.

Just as everyone was puzzled, the thunderclouds that were being pulled apart approached the crimson thundercloud that was emitting a terrifying suction force.

A scene that shocked everyone unfolded.

The approaching thunderclouds were being gradually swallowed up by the crimson thundercloud.

As it continued to devour other thunderclouds, the originally crimson thunderclouds gradually turned blood red.

Furthermore, it exudes an extremely terrifying aura of the Heavenly Dao rules.

The ordinary man waiting for the tribulation below seemed to sense that something was wrong with the atmosphere around him, and he suspiciously glanced around.

Seeing everyone looking up at the sky, I couldn't help but look up as well.

This sight left Pingfan stunned for a moment, and he frowned and murmured.

"What's going on? I just wanted to forge a seventh-tier magic weapon, how did the thundercloud turn into this?"

Before long, the crowd who had been looking up at the sky slowly came to their senses and looked down along the thunderclouds.

When they see something ordinary, everyone has only one thought in their minds.

"Who is this person? What grade of magical artifact is he crafting?"

However, when everyone tried to see who this person was, they saw a look of surprise on Pingfan's face.

Seeing the surprise on Pingfan's face, everyone became even more puzzled and murmured among themselves.

"Judging from this person's expression, he clearly also expected Lei Yun to experience such a change!"

At this moment, the five great families of Zhongzhou, various forces from the North and South regions, and a group of cultivators from the Treasure Pavilion were present.

When they saw that the thunderclouds in the sky were caused by something ordinary, different expressions appeared on everyone's faces.

On the Treasure Pavilion side, Gu Yuan and the others looked at the thunderclouds in the sky, their faces filled with shock and confusion.

"This is a thundercloud that can only appear on a ninth-tier magic artifact!"

They had seen too many weapon refiners craft magical artifacts and knew what kind of lightning tribulation each grade of magical artifact corresponded to.

Of course, first- to fourth-tier magic artifacts will not be subject to lightning tribulation; only fifth-tier and above magic artifacts will be subject to lightning tribulation.

After all, cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage and above can begin to try to comprehend the laws of heaven.

For cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage and above, the magical artifacts they use must be tempered by lightning tribulation in order to unleash their full power.

When I first saw the thunderclouds that appeared when Pingfan activated the lightning tribulation, I thought they were just thunderclouds from a seventh-tier magic weapon.

Unexpectedly, this thundercloud devoured other thunderclouds, directly transforming them into thunderclouds of ninth-tier magic artifacts.

This raised a question in their minds: when did thunderclouds become able to devour other thunderclouds?

Although the ordinary craftsmanship only produces a seventh-tier magic weapon, after being baptized by the ninth-tier magic weapon Thundercloud, it can be upgraded by one tier and enter the ranks of eighth-tier magic weapons.

Suddenly, the cultivators of the Treasure Pavilion remembered the two divine objects used for refining ordinary materials and cooling and shaping prototypes.

In an instant, a bold guess formed in everyone's mind.

That is, the reason why thunderclouds devour other thunderclouds is entirely due to the influence of these two divine objects.

After all, it contains the extremely pure fundamental laws of fire and water.

Meanwhile, the five great families of Zhongzhou not only showed no shock, but also developed a desire to recruit them.

The five great families were aware of his ordinary identity, knowing that he was the Chaos Body from the Northern Region.

However, within the five great families, only those with cultivation levels above the Integration Stage know about it.

According to their family records, the Chaos Body is an excellent physique for crafting magical artifacts.

The spiritual power within its body contains the power of the Heavenly Dao.

Therefore, they were not surprised to see that the lightning tribulation caused by the ordinary could devour other thunderclouds.

In the hearts of these five great families, they had never offended Pingfan, the possessor of the Chaos Body.

If they offer enough benefits, I believe that Pingfan will definitely join.

After all, everyone knows that for a Chaotic Body to break through a realm, all it needs is a large amount of cultivation resources, and there is no need to worry about getting stuck at a bottleneck.

In this way, they only need to provide ordinary cultivation resources, and they can not only obtain a future immortal cultivator, but also receive many high-level magic artifacts in return.

Of course, the most important point is that the Treasure Pavilion can continue to contribute 30% of its profits.

This is why the Treasure Pavilion was not swallowed up by the five great families even though it didn't have a single Mahayana cultivator.

The atmosphere in both the North and South regions was quite strange.

Apart from Li Muchan, everyone from the three sects in the Southern Region wore a look of shock.

The members of the Snow Sword Sect, one of the four major sects in the Northern Region, were filled with joy and pride, as if to say...

"Look! Isn't this guy amazing?"

"My junior grandmaster uncle!"

Both the Purple Thunder Sect and the Cloud Gang Sect had extremely unpleasant expressions on their faces.

After all, both of them had a blood feud with Pingfan.

The more powerful the ordinary people appear, the more uncomfortable and uneasy they feel.

Therefore, when the people from both factions stared at Pingfan, their eyes were filled with sinister intent.

Only the members of the Blazing Flame Sect, sensing the strange atmosphere around them, looked suspiciously at Pingfan below and murmured to themselves.

"What's going on? Why are the people from the Purple Thunder Sect and the Cloud Gang Sect looking at that person as if they want to kill him?"