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Yet the moment she touched it, the Tribulation Lightning smashed her Flying Sword, sending it flying backward, and the remaining thirty percent of its power continued to descend upon her.

She struck out with her palm, and surging Cold Energy actually shattered the remaining thirty percent of the Tribulation Lightning!

"The Flying Sword is out of control?"

She wanted to recall her Flying Sword, which had been blasted away, to continue defending against the second bolt of Tribulation Lightning.

But as soon as she tried, she discovered in astonishment that the Flying Sword had almost completely lost connection with her, uncontrollable!

The Heavenly Tribulation waits for no one; the second bolt of Tribulation Lightning had already mercilessly struck down!

In desperation, she could only offer an Earth Rank Defense Magical Treasure, a Jade Pendant, which, upon contact with the Tribulation Lightning, immediately shattered.

The remaining fifty percent of the power continued to fall, and she once again used the Heavenly Cold Finger, pointing out with her finger, receiving the remaining Tribulation Lightning!

"The Saintess seems to be handling it without much effort!"

"To us, this Tribulation Lightning seems terrifying, but it looks like the Saintess can block it."

Witnessing this scene, the many disciples of the Heavenly Cold Sect brightened up.

Even several Heavenly Cold Sect Elders couldn't help but exclaim, "The Saintess's fingertip just then seems to have exploded with the full power of Seventh Grade Infinite Realm Perfection!"

"Even an ordinary cultivator of the Eighth-grade Heavenly Gate Realm wouldn't dare to withstand that finger!"

"We were somewhat worried that the Saintess's rapid advancements recently might have affected her foundation, but it seems we were overly concerned."

"If the Saintess overcomes the Heavenly Tribulation today, won't she become even more powerful?"

But compared to them, Wan Shan Taoist was frowning deeply,

a look of worry on his face.

Those people didn't understand the nature of the Heavenly Tribulation, but he had a deeper knowledge of it!

Although Liu Qingqing had blocked the first two bolts of Tribulation Lightning, seemingly unaffected, her magic treasures had already been damaged, two of them now unusable.

If the Tribulation Lightning continued to fall, her magic treasures would probably hold up at most until the fifth bolt.

As for the remaining four bolts, each one would be even more terrifying. How would she withstand them then?

"How can this be…"

"If I had known that Qingqing would face the Heavenly Tribulation, I would have prepared some defensive treasures for her ahead of time, greatly increasing her chances of overcoming it."

Wan Shan Taoist had no spare energy to explain to the others, only a gaze filled with regret.

And sure enough, by the time the fifth bolt of Tribulation Lightning fell,

Liu Qingqing's last magic treasure was also declared useless!

And with the fifth bolt, even though she tried her best to defend against it, she still felt numbness throughout her body, with the circulation of Spiritual Energy within her growing sluggish.

"The fifth bolt is already this powerful."

"How can I withstand the next four bolts without any magic treasures… It seems that heaven wants to end my life today!"

"I've yet to await my husband's return; everything was developing in such a positive direction…"

Liu Qingqing's gaze became somewhat vacant as she looked up at the Tribulation Cloud above.

Quickly, the sixth bolt of Tribulation Lightning descended, and her gaze instantly became resolute. She couldn't die, not even to the Heavenly Tribulation!

She still had to wait for her husband's return; she wanted to explore the vast world of the Central State together with him.

The talent of a Sacred Body, no wonder it had never appeared before.

It turns out reaching the Sacred Body would invoke the Heavenly Tribulation, and this power left no room for survival!

When the sixth bolt of Tribulation Lightning fell and Liu Qingqing took it head-on, she was smashed directly into the ground. Although no injuries could be seen on her body, she coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Obviously, she had suffered a severe internal injury!

The Tribulation Lightning was rampaging through her organs, causing her immense pain.

"What's happening…"

"Why is Senior Sister Liu suddenly unable to block it?"

"The power of this Tribulation Lightning is so horrifying; even a Seventh Grade Unlimited Realm cultivator couldn't withstand it, right?"

"Even an Eight-grade Heavenly Gate Realm cultivator would probably not survive that last, ninth bolt!"

"Why is this happening?"

"Senior Sister Liu…"

The people of the Heavenly Cold Sect finally realized something was wrong!

They had initially thought that Liu Qingqing would withstand the Heavenly Tribulation, but now it seemed they had been too optimistic.

Even though Liu Qingqing had displayed strength far beyond her Sixth Grade Refining Void Realm Perfection, to the extent that the Eight-grade Heavenly Gate Realm Elders began to doubt if her Divine Skills were nearly catching up to Eighth-grade Heavenly Gate Realm,

The Heavenly Tribulation was even more terrifying!

"It's over…"

Wan Shan Taoist, seeing the about-to-condense seventh bolt of Tribulation Lightning, couldn't bear to watch any longer and closed his eyes.

His Heavenly Cold Sect had finally produced a genius Saintess, who was even the Daoist Couple of the Sword Sect's Saint Heir, the future hope of his Heavenly Cold Sect.

Yet today, she was afflicted by the Heavenly Tribulation!

Even if she could survive the seventh Tribulation Lightning without perishing, there was absolutely no way she could withstand the eighth. She wouldn't even have the chance to see the ninth Tribulation Lightning strike...

She would turn into Dao dust, her body and Dao vanishing!

"Husband..."

Liu Qingqing lay in the Purple Bamboo Forest, her body's Spiritual Energy had already become impossible to mobilize.

She was surrounded by Spiritual Energy but it was tremendously obscure, as if it were not her own.

Looking at the seventh Tribulation Lightning that was gathering, she had a gaze full of unwillingness yet was powerless.

She slowly raised her hand and pulled out a Communication Jade Token from her sleeve.

If the next strike of Tribulation Lightning were to be the time of her death, she wanted to say a few last words to her husband, whatever they may be.

But when she took out the Communication Jade Token, she could only let out a bitter laugh.

Under the Heavenly Tribulation, her Communication Jade Token had already been destroyed...

"I never thought that I would not even have the chance to say goodbye to my husband."

"Oh vast heavens, why so unfair to me!"

"My husband will be heartbroken..."

"Forget the next life... Under the Heavenly Tribulation, it seems that even the Divine Soul will be annihilated, and there will be no next life."

Although Liu Qingqing was filled with unwillingness, she could only watch helplessly as the seventh Tribulation Lightning was about to strike.

'Boom—'

As the sound of thunder erupted, her vision became a vast expanse of white, and the world seemed to become transparent.

At the same moment!

Two figures emerged from the void, and Gu Changge's first sight was of the impending Tribulation Lightning and his wife lying helpless, about to be either killed or gravely injured by the seventh Tribulation Lightning!

Without a moment's hesitation,

He instantly activated his Tao Bell Talent!

'Ding—'

With the sound of the bell tolling, golden ripples spread instantaneously from his body, and everything between heaven and earth turned into a monochrome, losing all color.

Since Ye Qing also dared not step into the area covered by the Heavenly Tribulation, lest his interference at the Land Immortal Realm drew Tribulation Lightning that even Gu Changge would have no way of defending against!

Gu Changge could only transform into a Tunneling Light, seizing the time of transcendence from heaven and earth, and instantly appeared dozens of feet above his wife.

In that instant, the world regained its colors, and the Tribulation Lightning continued to fall!

Liu Qingqing only saw a blur before her eyes and seemed to see an additional figure, her husband...

"So this is what it's like to hallucinate when dying."

Liu Qingqing murmured.

She thought it was a hallucination brought on by her extreme reluctance, feeling she hadn't managed to see her husband one last time.

But immediately afterward, her pupils contracted.

She saw the figure standing between her and the Tribulation Lightning, hurling a straight punch to meet it!

The moment the punch touched the Tribulation Lightning, it shattered the lightning!

"I'm late."

As Gu Changge shattered the Tribulation Lightning with his punch, he then turned his head with a look of distress at his wife.

"It really is my husband..."

"No, no..."

"If you interfere with the Heavenly Tribulation, it will target my husband too, and the power of the Tribulation will become even stronger!"

Liu Qingqing was overjoyed, but instantly her expression became one of horror as she thought of the characteristics of the Heavenly Tribulation!

The thought of both her and her husband turning into Dao dust was more unacceptable to her than dying outright!

But it seemed too late to say anything now...

Gu Changge slowly landed beside her and softly said, "Don't worry, this mere Heavenly Tribulation can be refined."

"I overlooked this matter, causing my wife to face such a crisis."

"Rest easy and focus on Refining Alchemy; I shall handle the Tribulation Lightning."

As he spoke, he dissipated the residual Heavenly Tribulation Power within his wife's body and, without waiting for her to speak, directly took out an Eighth-grade Heaven Rank Healing Pill from the Space Ring and unceremoniously placed it in her mouth.

After doing all this, he rose into the air again, charging directly towards the Tribulation Cloud!

Even though his interference had already multiplied the power of the Tribulation Cloud by more than tenfold,

In his eyes, this wasn't much of an issue at all; he didn't even plan to wait for the Tribulation Lightning to descend, ready to go directly into the cloud to Refine it!