Above the firmament, thunderclouds rolled, forming an astonishing scene of heavenly tribulation.
The common people and cultivators of Taiping City subconsciously looked up, chatting with their companions about how another cultivator was undergoing tribulation, and marveling at the city's prosperity.
Scenes of cultivators undergoing tribulation were not common within Taiping City.
Generally, cultivators undergoing tribulation would choose desolate, uninhabited mountains and forests to avoid being disturbed or interrupted by enemies.
A cultivator who dared to undergo tribulation within the city must have joined Taiping City, trusting that they could be protected within its walls.
"The signs of this thunder tribulation are so fierce, could it be a Nascent Soul tribulation?"
A Foundation Establishment cultivator exclaimed in surprise.
The companion beside him shook his head and said, "I've seen City Lord Yuan's Nascent Soul tribulation, and it was even more terrifying than this. This should be a Golden Core tribulation, but this tribulation is indeed fiercer than any Golden Core tribulation I've ever seen."
"As expected of a cultivator from Taiping City, what kind of foundation is needed to condense such a terrifying thunderous power?"
"Most likely a big shot from the ancient Immortal Dao lineage. Judging from the central location where the tribulation is gathering… it's at the Dao Treasure Pavilion?"
As the cultivators within the city spoke, thunder rumbled in the sky, and lightning intertwined, forming massive chains of lightning, coiling like silver serpents, emitting deafening thunder.
As the number of lightning serpents increased, the atmosphere became increasingly heavy and oppressive.
A figure rushed out from within the formation of the Dao Treasure Pavilion, engulfed in fiery desire like a phoenix spreading its wings, soaring straight into the clouds. Two golden-red halos appeared on his arms, and he wielded a halberd, dancing like a dragon as he met the lightning head-on.
Boom!
The first wave of thunderous power ended, and the second bolt of lightning followed closely behind, its dazzling light flashing, its heavenly might brilliant.
Chen Changsheng slashed out with his halberd, accurately striking the lightning. The clear sound of dragon and phoenix cries echoed for a long time, drowning out the deafening roar.
He didn't silently endure the lightning strikes like ordinary cultivators, but instead actively cleaved at the lightning, as if provoking the heavens, wielding the Great Desolation Heaven Suppressing Halberd, continuously slashing down more than a dozen bolts of lightning.
His aggressive way of undergoing tribulation left the onlookers dumbfounded.
Others were cautiously undergoing tribulation, but Chen Changsheng was high-profile and aggressive, as if he was mocking the weakness of the thunder tribulation.
The heavens seemed to be angered, and the gathered lightning became even more manic, transforming into hundreds of deep purple lightning bolts that crashed down.
Chen Changsheng's Qi and blood erupted, and he threw out three Ten Thunder God Talismans from his fingertips, which transformed into twenty-seven blood-colored divine thunderbolts mid-flight.
Using thunder to shatter thunder!
The lightning surged, as if the sky had been torn apart, and the roaring sound was deafening.
Faintly visible within the dark clouds that blotted out the sky was a deep purple void, woven from countless lightning bolts.
In an instant, endless thunder struck down like a torrential rain, gathering above Chen Changsheng's head, like a divine punishment descending from the heavens.
"Roar—"
A phantom of an ancient divine elephant emerged from Chen Changsheng's body, roaring disdainfully at the heavenly tribulation, its skin covered in complex patterns, erupting with terrifying brute force.
Chen Changsheng slashed out with his halberd, instantly shattering the infinite lightning that swept towards him, the collapsing energy transforming into waves of True Qi, spreading outwards in concentric circles.
The thunder tribulation's ferocious power continued to increase as it struck down, and Chen Changsheng's body transformed into a phantom, rising instead of falling, countless bolts of lightning shattered by the halberd.
Using force to break through all laws!
Chen Changsheng was unstoppable, crushing the lightning that filled the sky like dry weeds, Daoist techniques empowering his body. In the end, he even charged into the thunderclouds.
Like an arrow piercing through the clouds, a ray of brilliant sunlight shone through the dark clouds, like gold foil draped over his body, as if celebrating his triumph with a golden robe.
"A spiritual pill swallowed into the belly, only then do I know that my fate is not determined by heaven. The illustrious Golden Core is formed in a single day, the words of the ancient immortals are truly worth listening to."
Boom—
The thunderclouds dispersed, and immortal light illuminated everything.
Chen Changsheng stood in the sky above Taiping City, shattering the Golden Core tribulation, bathing in the immortal light after the tribulation, greedily absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
A vortex of Qi gathered above the Dao foundation in his Dantian, transforming Qi into liquid, and liquid into a core.
A radiant Golden Core quickly took shape, suspended above the Dao foundation, rolling frantically under the burning of the Undying True Fire.
Chen Changsheng's cultivation aura was constantly climbing and surging with the formation of the Golden Core, and his temperament also underwent earth-shattering changes.
Qi Refining was only slightly more capable than ordinary people, Foundation Establishment was the first step on the path of cultivation, while Golden Core was a complete transformation, hence the world respectfully called them Golden Core True Persons.
At this moment, Chen Changsheng, at the ripe old age of two hundred, successfully formed his Golden Core.
Breaking through to the early stage of Golden Core!
Becoming a genuine Golden Core True Person, and a perfect Golden Core with both Dharma and body cultivation, his foundation and strength were enough to hold the position of Elder within a sect, and to establish a sect in an area with low spiritual energy concentration.
"This is the feeling of the Golden Core stage?"
Feeling the spring-like True Qi within his body, seemingly endless, and the range of his divine sense expanding more than a hundredfold.
Chen Changsheng felt extremely happy in his heart.
After carefully sensing the changes in power, the Heaven Deceiving Technique was activated, and his cultivation aura gradually declined to the early stage of Foundation Establishment, appearing as if he had just recently broken through to Foundation Establishment.
A Foundation Establishment cultivator who has lived for two hundred years must be a Golden Core cultivator hiding his cultivation.
But if it is a Foundation Establishment cultivator who has lived for thousands or tens of thousands of years, then his cultivation is unfathomable, an old monster who likes to play the pig to eat the tiger!
If you don't want to be seen through, or even make the other party's thinking deviate, you must start from this moment.
Returning to the backyard of the Dao Treasure Pavilion, Luo Liuxi and Miaomiao walked over with smiles on their faces, and Chen Changsheng directly gave the two women a big hug.
Miaomiao habitually hugged her master's waist, and her pretty face rubbed affectionately against his chest.
Luo Liuxi's delicate body stiffened slightly, then relaxed, and she didn't push him away, softly saying, "It's a good thing you broke through to Golden Core with low-grade aptitude, otherwise it would have scared the group members."
It was not difficult to see that with Chen Changsheng's vitality, even with ordinary aptitude, he could likely break through to the Golden Core stage, creating an unprecedented record.
But while glory is good, it will bring trouble, especially attracting the attention of the Xinsheng Sect.
"Everything is thanks to Immortal Luo's efforts. You extended my life, you improved my spiritual root aptitude, and you helped me break through to Golden Core!" Chen Changsheng grinned.
Luo Liuxi rolled her eyes at him: "You make it sound like I'm keeping you."
"Isn't that exactly what it is?"
Chen Changsheng's smile was meaningful, staring straight at the beautiful woman in front of him, making Luo Liuxi a little embarrassed.
"The Taiping Auction will be in a few days, prepare yourself. Surely demons and evil spirits will sneak into the city, it's time for you to be busy." Luo Liuxi changed the subject.
"Time really flies."
Chen Changsheng sighed and patted his chest, guaranteeing: "Don't worry, with my Demon Suppression Division here, demons and evil generals below the Nascent Soul stage will have nowhere to hide!"
As for the Nascent Soul stage demonic cultivators, naturally Yuan Rao and Luo Liuxi would handle them, he would definitely not steal such a spotlight.
