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"Young Master Duan, the reason why I invited you over was like this: I recently sensed that lightning was about to strike. I did my best to suppress my senses, or else, lightning would strike very soon."

When Duan Ling Tian heard that the Old Emperor was about to ascend through tribulation, he was even more shocked. He had cultivated for over a decade and had yet to see anyone ascend through tribulation, but today his horizons had opened up.

"Congratulations, your Highness. Congratulations, your Highness!" As Duan Meng spoke, the Emperor Li Zu was happy as well.

"Young Master Duan, it is all thanks to you that I was able to sense the heavens because of your rank 10 soul pill. I invited you here, firstly to let you see it, and secondly to protect you. If I fail my tribulation and become a Loose Immortal, I hope Young Master Duan can help."

Duan Ru Yue naturally didn't reject. After all, she already had a pretty good relationship with the old Emperor. Moreover, her relationship with Li Yuan was still there. Li Yuan had also come to attend the ceremony. Firstly, he wanted to see and gain some experience, and secondly, it was for the old emperor. After all, he was his father, and they had a family relationship.

"Master, do you think that this ascension will work for my royal father?" Li Yuan was slightly worried.

Duan Ling Tian's mood was slightly heavy. After all, he didn't have any experience, but he still consoled Li Yuan.

"It's fine. Your father has a powerful soul now. Even if he fails his tribulation, there's still a next chance. Don't worry." Although Duan Ru Yue had said this, he didn't have any experience of his own. He just subconsciously felt that nothing would happen to the old emperor.

After all preparations were made, the crown prince released his suppressing powers. A powerful reaction immediately shot out into the nine heavens. Not long later, thunder could be heard from the horizon.

The clouds in the sky were getting thicker and darker as they covered the entire Cold Ice City. The sky was now completely dark, followed by the sounds of thunder and lightning.

At the start, it was only a low and deep thunder. As Li Zu's sensing power increased, the lightning from the sky gradually aimed at him and a large amount of lightning descended, directly striking his body.

Li Zu was also inexperienced. When the first bolt of lightning struck him, he staggered and almost couldn't get up. When Duan Jian saw Li Zu's appearance, he couldn't help but be slightly worried.

This was just the first lightning tribulation. If Li Zu couldn't take it anymore, then the lightning tribulation in the future would be even more difficult to deal with. It was said that there were a total of nine lightnings undergoing tribulation. Each lightning bolt was more powerful than the last. If the person undergoing tribulation passed through the nine lightnings, that person would ascend to the Immortal Realm. Although Duan Meng hadn't transcended tribulation, he had experience when refining pills.

As long as Duan Meng was refining a Spiritual Energy Pill in the Skysplit Painting, no matter what rank it was, there would be no lightning. As long as Duan Meng was refining a Spiritual Energy Pill in the open, as long as it was above Rank 7, there would be lightning tribulation.

However, the grade seven Tribulation Lightning was very interesting. It only sounded a few times in the sky before disappearing. Only when the grade eight spirit pill appeared would the Tribulation Lightning roll down. However, the lightning only struck; there was no lightning bolt at all.

However, when refining a Tier 9 spiritual pill, it was different. The lightning descended and directly struck Duan Yi's body. Thus, when Duan Ru refined a Tier 9 spiritual pill, he would not only refine it in the open; he would only refine it in the Diagram. However, Duan Jian had experience dealing with the Tribulation Pill Lightning.

This Pill Lightning was different from the Tribulation Lightning. The main purpose of the Pill Lightning was to warn people, as it would not hurt the person who concocted the pill. Unless the person concocted a Tier 10 Spiritual Pill, the lightning of the pill would appear.

The new Sect Leader of the Pill Sect, Gu Tai, had also successfully refined a Grade 9 Spirit Dan. However, there was no Pill Lightning at all. This was because the Spiritual Pill Refining Pill would never produce a Pill Spirit, much less a Pill Lightning. This was the difference between Duan Jian and them. In the past, Duan Meng had once seen the appearance of a lightning pill when refining a Tier 7 spiritual pill.

Thus, the Spiritual Energy Pills made in the Pills Language were exceptionally precious. This was the difference. Generally speaking, 100 Tier 7 spiritual pills could be exchanged for one Tier 8 spiritual pill. However, the Tier 8 spiritual pills refined by Duan Jian could be exchanged for at least 1000 Tier 7 spiritual pills, and the Tier 9 spiritual pills refined by Duan Jian required 10,000 Tier 8 spiritual pills.

When Duan Ru saw the old prince shakily stand up, as if he had just taken out a few pills from his bosom and swallowed them, his expression changed drastically as a second bolt of lightning struck down.

He saw the second bolt of lightning land on the old emperor's body. The old emperor seemed to be fine and could still laugh heartily, "Feels good, feels good."

Duan Ling Tian was stunned. It seemed that the Emperor couldn't underestimate the Emperor either. He had many treasures in his possession, but he was actually sharpening his spear just before the battle. Even the new Emperor, Li Yuan, never thought that his old man would actually have the ability to watch over a family, to be able to deal with the second bolt of Tribulation Lightning so easily.

With such a treasure protecting his body, the old emperor was able to deal with the lightning tribulation very easily. After receiving several lightning tribulations in succession, the lightning tribulation seemed to be out of breath, the thunder became smaller and smaller, until the ninth lightning tribulation actually passed.

However, now that the ninth bolt of lightning had passed, the Old Emperor's body started to float upwards as well, gradually rising into the air. The Old Emperor then shouted to Duan Ru and the others, "I'll be leaving first. I'll wait for you all in the Immortal World." The crown prince's voice became softer and softer, until no one was to be seen anymore.

The old emperor, Li Zu, successfully transcended the tribulation, and the people who witnessed it were not few in number. The famous people of the imperial family had all come, and even the high ranked figures of the various great sects had come to observe the tribulation. With that, the news of the old emperor ascending to the Immortal Realm immediately spread throughout the entire continent of ice.

This was equivalent to giving a shot at the heart of those who cultivated. People rushed to spread the news, and the enthusiasm for cultivation and pill refining soared even higher.

In the next few days, the Pill Sect's headquarters could not take it anymore. There was an endless stream of people registering to learn pill refining, with thousands of people signing up every day. The most was actually over ten thousand people a day.

However, the Ancient Grand Cult strictly followed Duan Meng's sect rules. Only those at the third rank or above had the qualifications to enter the Pill Sect. This way, people would be able to learn alchemy.

This level one to two pill concocting method was not valuable in the Winter Plains, and ordinary commoners could afford to buy this method. Therefore, almost every family in the Winter Plains had a method for concocting pills, and in the Winter Plains, concocting a level one to two pill was like crossing the river.

Because of this, the number of tier 3 alchemists also increased. The Pill Sect very quickly had more than 10 million members, 80% of whom were tier 3 alchemists.

The biggest benefit of cultivating in the Pill Sect was that you could learn the pill refining manuals below Grade 5 for free. Only those above Grade 5 needed to spend money, which greatly boosted the enthusiasm of the disciples.

Through the ascension of the old emperor this time, he had also accumulated some experience for Duan Meng. It seemed that the legends were not believable. It was said that each of the nine lightning bolts was more powerful than the last. Why did the old emperor's lightning strikes become like an arrow at the end of its flight? Could this have something to do with the treasure the late emperor had just devoured?

This was a mystery to Duan Ru Yue. It was a pity that he couldn't contact the old emperor now. Otherwise, he would definitely ask the old emperor what treasure it was that had been devoured. It seemed like it could resist the lightning tribulation.

However, Duan Ru Yue didn't have to worry about this for the time being because he was only at the Nascent Soul stage and was still miles away from the tribulation. He couldn't even pass through the tribulation if he wanted to.

According to Duan Peng, as long as he could refine all of the Heavenly Refining Diagram, he would be able to refine the heavens. At that time, he would be the master of the heavens. Duan Ling Tian was slightly suspicious in his heart.

It looked like things in the human world were unpredictable to begin with. It was said that immortals could not casually descend to the mortal world, but wasn't the old senior Yao Chen from the Heavenly Refining Diagram an almighty figure in the Immortal World? Living in the mortal world?