Rumble!
The terrifying tribulation clouds looked like a night curtain swallowing the great sun. Thunderous sounds that shook the universe echoed between heaven and earth, and the scorching flashes of lightning pierced through the darkness.
The Lightning Tribulation completed gathering its power, and then a bolt of lightning twice as thick as the one Honghong had faced, resembling a scorching pillar of white light, struck straight down toward Li Qi's location.
The mighty force of the lightning instantly slammed into the layers of ice defenses Li Qi had set up, shattering them layer by layer.
As the lightning struck, the moon-shaped seals on these ice barriers were activated to their maximum limit.
Projections of huge ice fields were summoned—projections of the eternal frozen divine plains of the Lunar Star.
They resisted the power of the Lightning Tribulation, but ultimately proved unequal to it.
Layer after layer of ice barriers was smashed through!
The sound of shattering ice intertwined with the roaring thunder, playing like an ancient epic song of a bloody battle.
In the end, the lightning broke through the ice barriers, but its energy for the first tribulation strike was also exhausted.
The first wave of the Lightning Tribulation passed, but the defenses Li Qi had set up were completely destroyed.
Immediately afterward, as if refusing to give Li Qi a moment to breathe, the second wave of the Lightning Tribulation descended swiftly.
The second bolt of lightning came far too fast.
Li Qi's reaction was likewise extremely swift. He directly exhaled a breath of cold qi toward the sky, within which a bright moon seemed to rise and fall.
This breath of cold qi was one of the three streams of cold qi he had continuously nourished over the years, and one of his trump cards prepared during the early stages of his cultivation.
With powerful Dharma power, he had continuously strengthened and nourished this breath of cold qi, allowing it to undergo constant transformation.
The core of this cold qi was the intent of the cold moon that Li Qi had comprehended.
He harnessed the might of the cold qi using the power of the cold moon's projection!
After evolving to its current stage, its offensive power was already comparable to that of a mid-to-late Human Immortal cultivator.
The moment this breath of cold qi appeared in the world, its mere aftershocks condensed the moisture in the air into snowflakes, and the weather phenomenon of heavy snow suddenly descended upon this area of Huaguo Mountain.
The world, originally vibrant with colorful flowers and lush greenery, was transformed into a frozen plain.
When the Lightning Tribulation collided with this stream of cold qi, the power of the lightning and the cold qi clashed, stirring up endless aftershocks. In less than the span of a single breath, the power of the Lightning Tribulation obliterated the cold qi unleashed by Li Qi.
Then, the remaining force of the lightning struck Li Qi's body.
Li Qi's Cold Silkworm body was instantly shattered into three sections.
Seeing this, Honghong below burst into tears, consumed by grief, believing that Li Qi had thus perished beneath the Lightning Tribulation.
Yet the outcome completely defied expectations.
Supported by his own Dharma power, the three sections of Li Qi's silkworm body rapidly drew back together, fused into one, and once again transformed into the body of the Lunar Cold Silkworm.
This sight left the surrounding mountain gods, city gods, and mountain Demon Cultivators utterly dumbfounded.
What kind of technique was this?
"Good heavens! He actually comprehended a Lesser Divine Ability!"
The old turtle from the Dragon Palace cried out in shock. He also knew a Lesser Divine Ability, which was why he could recognize the power of one.
Yet, to comprehend a Lesser Divine Ability before even attaining immortality was simply unimaginable!
Apart from a handful of celestial cultivators with extraordinary heavenly veins, very few cultivators in this world could comprehend the power of a Lesser Divine Ability before becoming immortals!
The envoy from the Heavenly Court was likewise utterly astonished.
Divine abilities represented formidable combat prowess, and even more so, an extraordinary future.
Possessing a divine ability—even if it could only be classified as a Lesser Divine Ability, the lowest tier among them—was a matter of great pride.
They could not recognize what specific Lesser Divine Ability this was, but they could tell it was a type of ability related to healing and repairing injuries.
What they did not know was that this was precisely the Lesser Divine Ability comprehended by Li Qi:
The Lesser Art of Mending the Heavens!
Under the Lesser Art of Mending the Heavens, Li Qi not only regenerated his severed body, but also cleared away the residual energy of the Lightning Tribulation and restored his mental state.
Only his Dharma power had suffered significant depletion.
Having recovered, Li Qi had no time to worry about anything else. His Lightning Tribulation was far too powerful, and a third tribulation strike awaited him.
Deciding to hold nothing back, before the third wave of the Lightning Tribulation—whose momentum had surged threefold—could descend, he unleashed his deepest and most concealed technique.
A Major Heavenly Gang Divine Ability!
Wind and Rain Summoning!
Wind arose between heaven and earth, followed by dense raindrops appearing out of thin air. However, these winds and rains did not fall downward.
Defying the laws of heaven and earth, the wind and rain swept upward instead.
The wind could easily slice mountain rocks into countless fragments, and the rain was as heavy as a thousand jun, with a single raindrop possessing the mighty power to pierce through a thick city wall.
The wind cut like a blade, the rain fell like artillery shells, and the boundless wind and rain combined to represent an endless and formidable offensive.
Surging upstream, with sharp winds and heavy rain, they struck directly at the tribulation clouds in the sky and the third lightning bolt brewing within them.
"A Major Heavenly Gang Divine Ability! Wind and Rain Summoning!"
At this, the old turtle from the Dragon Palace completely lost his composure.
These Major Heavenly Gang Divine Abilities were closely guarded secrets, even among top-tier factions like the Heavenly Court and the Dragon Palace.
Moreover, even for celestial cultivators of astonishing talent who obtained such major divine abilities, mastering the basics was exceptionally difficult.
Even the Dragon King of the Dragon Palace, whose power was unfathomable, had not necessarily mastered one or two Major Heavenly Gang Divine Abilities!
The envoy from the Heavenly Court was even more shocked.
Though his personal strength was insufficient, his background was extraordinary, and his insight far surpassed that of the random old turtle dispatched by the Dragon Palace.
Needless to say, the might of Major Heavenly Gang Divine Abilities was immense; ordinary celestial-path powerhouses were not even qualified to know their true terrifying depth.
It could be said that even entities at the level of Sages were constantly contemplating these Major Heavenly Gang Divine Abilities.
In the distant past, when the Sage Nüwa created the Human Race, she used one of the foremost techniques among the Major Heavenly Gang Divine Abilities:
The Art of Creation and Transformation!
The Major Heavenly Gang Divine Ability had shaped the Human Race, the race that now openly served as the protagonists of the world; one could only imagine how extraordinary it was.
Yet such a Major Heavenly Gang Divine Ability had not only been comprehended by a Lunar Cold Silkworm that had not yet attained immortality, but had also been successfully initiated.
At this moment, the old turtle from the Dragon Palace and the envoy from the Heavenly Court exchanged glances.
A conclusion flashed in their eyes.
This Lunar Cold Silkworm originated from Huaguo Mountain, and Huaguo Mountain was a place seemingly filled with taboos and unknowns.
Could this newly emerged Lunar Cold Silkworm be merely a pawn in the schemes of some ancient, powerful entity?
Only the pawn of a powerful being could possibly come to know the secrets of a Major Heavenly Gang Divine Ability so abruptly and successfully master the basics with that entity's secret assistance.
Otherwise, it was absolutely impossible for such a monstrous anomaly who comprehended a Major Heavenly Gang Divine Ability before attaining immortality to appear in this world!
Though they arrived at this thought, they never could have guessed that Li Qi had no powerful entity standing behind him.
He was simply blessed with supreme fortune and heaven-defying Karmic Luck!