Hammer in her left hand, sword in her right, the eldest sister is connected to both worlds.

The sky and earth were dark, and lightning illuminated the entire battlefield.

Ji Yan hadn't expected that a mere Golden Core stage lightning tribulation would be so troublesome. The strange magic robe worn by the girl opposite him seemed to have given her a lot of help. While enduring the heavenly lightning at the same time as him, the girl only had some scorch marks on her left arm, and even had time to look up at the huge thundercloud vortex in the sky.

Xue Lan was surrounded by magical light, guessing that he might have been struck dead by a bolt of lightning in his previous life when he was breaking through the shackles of heaven and earth.

"You think you can trap me with this lightning tribulation? As long as I kill you, the tribulation will end with the death of the one undergoing the tribulation." Ji Yan activated his demonic power, and demonic energy surged from his body. However, before he could cast a spell on Xue Lan, he was struck by a bolt of deep blue lightning.

"Indeed, the Thunder Kui Formation has existed here for ten thousand years, and has long been in harmony with the Heavenly Dao. It cannot tolerate what the Heavenly Dao cannot bear," Xue Lan muttered to herself. Then she looked at Ji Yan not far away.

The girl's voice was full of mockery: "You're at the peak of the Golden Core stage, I must have been a fool to fight you head-on. The one who fought you was someone else..."

Before the girl could finish speaking, she transformed into a light gray phantom and drifted to one side.

At the same time. "Clang!"

A sword rang out, and a dazzling white sword light slashed straight at Ji Yan, with a long, drawn-out dragon's roar faintly audible.

Ji Yan sensed something was wrong and quickly raised his arm to block. A foot-long bone spur deep in his arm collided with the sword light, producing a metallic clang and creating a terrifying shockwave.

"Lanlan!" Long Siyin, wielding the Duying Sword and fighting Ji Yan, called out to Xue Lan with concern.

Just as Xue Lan left, she was struck by lightning again, her mouth full of blood. She mumbled that she was alright. Only then did Long Siyin feel relieved.

Xue Lan retreated to the sidelines, and the lightning followed her out. However, the lightning from the Lei Kui Formation still struck Ji Yan alone.

"Don't get struck by lightning!" Xu Qizhou also drew his sword to meet the demon in front of him.

Xue Lan waved her hand, signaling him to stop talking nonsense. She sat cross-legged on the spot to regulate her breathing. If her calculations were correct, the third bolt of heavenly lightning was about to strike.

As for the banquet.

Long Siyin, Xu Qizhou, Min Shang, and Ji Jinjin, four late-stage Golden Core cultivators, were besieging him, who was already injured. If they couldn't stop him, she would laugh at Xu Qizhou's ancestors for three generations.

Xu Qizhou, who was fighting Ji Yan in front of him, suddenly felt an itch on his nose. He then formed a sword incantation with his hand.

"Yin and Yang unite, illuminating the three realms, the formation begins!"

Behind him, the celestial sword transformed into countless illusory sword shadows, forming a massive sword array from the ground. Within the array, reality was illusion, and illusion was reality. Every sword shadow was an illusion, yet each was a real celestial sword. It was impossible to predict when it might deliver a fatal blow, so Ji Yan had to be extremely cautious, constantly on guard against the celestial swords lurking with deadly intent.

Xu Qizhou himself is an open and straightforward person, but this Tongming Sword Formation is truly insidious and difficult to guard against.

"Junior Sister Ji, enter the formation!" Xu Qizhou called out to those behind him. Ji Yan saw a girl carrying a silver spear enter the sword formation like a swimming dragon. The girl's phoenix eyes were sharp, and a layer of purple lightning flowed around her body. The lightning clung to the silver spear in her hand.

"Ji Jinjin, a disciple of Jiyuan Peak of Xuanhuang Sect, humbly requests your guidance on your superior skills."

After speaking, the girl twirled her silver spear in her hand and thrust it straight at Ji Yan, who was in the midst of the sword formation.

Disciples of the Immortal Sect are mostly skilled with swords, but among the new generation of Immortal Sect disciples, Ji Jinjin's silver spear stands out. She doesn't practice any immortal sword techniques, but rather the Demon-Slaying Spear Technique that every soldier in the Sheng Yu Army practices.

The Demon-Slaying Spear Technique, passed down through generations of the Shengyu Army, is a deadly weapon, each move designed to slay demons and kill them with a single blow. Furthermore, Ji Jinjin's Heavenly-Grade Thunder Spiritual Root adds an extra layer of ferocity to the spear technique. Ji Yan, while simultaneously guarding against the sword formation, also had to contend with Ji Jinjin, making his defense extremely difficult.

Xue Lan had already endured the third lightning tribulation, her entire body feeling as if her bones were broken. Blood streamed uncontrollably from her mouth and nose. She hastily wiped it away with her sleeve, then heard the system's tearful voice: "[It's alright, the third lightning tribulation has passed. You're alright!]"

Xue Lan looked at the dark clouds in the sky, and then carefully sensed the golden core that had already taken shape in her dantian.

"Not even close."

[Almost there... Holy crap...]

The system cried out in surprise halfway through its sentence. The thunderclouds in the sky not only did not dissipate, but even grew larger. It seemed that all the clouds in the sky within a hundred miles were drawn here, leaving a clear and azure expanse, except for this place where dark clouds covered the sky.

Seeing this, Xue Lan dared not be careless and began to layer the protective magic items from the Chonglou Illusionary Treasure Map onto her body. After finishing, she flew towards Ji Yan's direction.

"Don't you know the Heavenly Dao? This is how He treats the host He chose."

How would I know that you somehow managed to create a huge hole in the sky in your past life?

Xue Lan thought that was about enough. Putting aside how she died, the Heavenly Dao would not let her off the hook for interfering with the flow of time and going against the natural order after her death.

This is probably the justice of Heaven, the justice of all living beings in the mortal world.

To eliminate the most wicked, so as to prevent widespread suffering.

The chosen one of destiny must be tempered to instill a sense of awe and prevent him from becoming too powerful and causing chaos.

"Crack!" A crisp clap of thunder rang out as Xue Lan arrived near the sword formation.

"Auntie, come out."

Ji Yan saw Ji Jinjin fly far away, leaving the sword formation. Just as he was about to go out with her, he saw a small opening appear in the sword formation. The young girl entered with a smile.

"Your Highness, I've come to find you with Heavenly Thunder!" The girl's voice was sweet, and a bolt of lightning mixed with black, blue, and purple followed behind her.

"Xue Lan, I beg you to die!"

Ji Yan's pupils contracted sharply, and he used all his remaining strength to save his life.

"Crack!" Three-colored lightning struck the two directly, instantly forming a lightning field, with intertwined lightning enveloping both of them.

The lightning field formed by this final bolt lasted for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before slowly dissipating. A humanoid figure, completely black, was sent flying backward from within it, crashing into the city wall and creating a cloud of dust.

Xue Lan lowered her head and coughed up a mouthful of blood, pulling herself off the city wall.

The spiritual energy within his body gradually subsided, eventually converging entirely within his dantian, where a golden and red inner core had appeared in what was once a void.

Xu Qizhou was still maintaining the Tongming Sword Formation and couldn't easily break free, so he could only ask Xue Lan a question from afar.

"Are you alive?"

Xue Lan calmed the tightness in her chest and felt the powerful spiritual energy within her body repairing her damaged meridians.

The girl's voice was clear and resonated through the heavens:

"The tribulation has passed, and the elixir is complete!"

His companions breathed a sigh of relief. Xu Qizhou deactivated the Tongming Sword Formation and saw that the place where the sword formation had been was now a scorched earth, with a dark object lying on it.

That was a banquet.

Ji Yan has now reverted to his demon form, a monster with two horns on his head, bone spurs growing from his spine, a tongue like a snake's tongue, and an eye on each of his shoulders with a long, vertical pupil that is an eerie dark green. He slowly stood up and looked at Xue Lan behind the crowd.

Xue Lan thought to herself that the demons were still so troublesome, when she heard Ji Yan speak.

If Ji Yan's voice was considered low and pleasant before, now that he has returned to his original form, it only sounds rough and clumsy.

"We've only just met today, why has it come to this?"

Everyone around heard it.

Xue Lan thought this son of the demon god was probably mentally ill, and just as she was about to speak, someone started to criticize her on her behalf.

"So you're saying that just because you put on a show of respect, Xiaoxiao will treat you with courtesy? How laughable! For ten thousand years, your demon race has been constantly invading the borders between our human and demon races, and six years ago you even massacred the Jiangyun Sect. You man-eating beasts put on a coat and think you're something special!" Min Chang laughed out loud, a light blue glow emanating from her body, and a soft, pale blue lotus bloomed beneath her feet.

The thunderclouds had just cleared from the battlefield when the sky gradually darkened again, and a light drizzle began to fall.

One of the disciples from the immortal sects below spoke up: "The Water Lotus is the secret technique of the Crimson Cloud Sect!"

The Water Lotus, a secret technique of the Crimson Cloud Sect, has always been a headache for the demon race. The Water Lotus can resist the demonic energy of the world. The moment the demons below touched the rain, a layer of pale blue flames ignited on their skin, and all the demons that came into contact with the rain fell to the ground, rolling around and screaming in agony.

He finally died under the spears of the immortal sect disciples and the soldiers of the Shengyu Army. He was stabbed until his flesh was mangled and bloody!

“Water Lotus, no wonder Third Uncle wanted to get rid of her!” Ji Yan thought quickly to himself, and finally decided to crush a black stone in his hand.

The monster below was reduced to a pool of foul-smelling blood by the rain from the Water Lotus.

Min Chang's expression was icy. The Water Lotus swayed gently at her feet, looking soft and charming, just like her appearance.

However, even the most beautiful human woman is as cold as ice when facing a demon.

"Make your move!" Long Siyin gave the order. Although she didn't know why Xue Lan insisted on keeping this demon here, she still subconsciously trusted her.

Kill her first, and then, even if Xue Lan makes it up, you'll have to come up with a reason for her.

Just then, a sudden change occurred. A dim figure suddenly appeared beside Ji Yan, striking towards Long Siyin with a palm raised towards the sky.

"You beast, how dare you!" A furious roar echoed from the city wall, and a massive magic array suddenly appeared, blocking the blow for Long Siyin. A middle-aged man with a long black beard appeared on the city wall, his voice authoritative and powerful.

The dim figure grabbed Ji Yan's shoulder and flew away with him.

"Master Chen, please don't be offended. I will come to collect the heads of these juniors in a few days!"

[I told you he was the main character! He's hard to kill, but you've done a very good job!]

Xue Lan stood up and cast a spell, and the tattered magic robe on her body transformed into the Chonglou Illusionary Treasure Map, which flew back into her hand.

"What a pity!" Xue Lan looked at the corner of the Chonglou Illusionary Treasure Map that had been scorched by heavenly lightning, her eyes filled with heartache.

"But this is for the best. At least Ji Yan has been severely injured, and we've finally found out a bit about the identity of the person who was watching Senior Sister Min."

Xue Lan looked at the middle-aged man on the city wall and Yan Chengxue beside him.