As the massive influx of spiritual energy surged into his body, it was immediately absorbed by his tree-shaped martial vein. This process was identical to the gift bestowed by Heaven's Way previously. Chu Xuan waited for the tree-shaped martial vein to finish absorbing the energy, expecting his breakthrough to follow. However, he waited for a long time, and even as the second point of the hexagram in the vortex above began to stir and the second bolt of minor Heavenly Tribulation lightning struck down, the tree-shaped martial vein remained completely motionless.
Chu Xuan was filled with bewilderment, but he had no time to ponder; the second bolt of lightning had already struck his body. His expression changed drastically, as the power of this second bolt was dozens of times stronger than the first, and the pain he endured was dozens of times more intense. If he could not reach the Tenth Rank Late Stage under this agony, even if the spiritual energy generated by the bolt formed a protective layer within him, he feared he would not be able to hold on for long.
Could it be that the spiritual energy from earlier was insufficient, failing to satisfy the tree-shaped martial vein and preventing the breakthrough? But how could that be? This was the purest and most vast spiritual energy in the world; no other place possessed it, save for the Heavenly Tribulation. Logically, under such energy, not to mention reaching the Tenth Rank Late Stage, even the Tenth Grade Peak should have be…
Chapter 143