"Nine Heavens Responding to the Primordial, All Things Return to True, Master of Thunder Walking, Commanding Thunder to Execute Heaven's Punishment!"
Seeing the opening of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Canon, Xiao Bai doubted whether he had come to the wrong world. Cultivators on the Dou Qi continent don't go through tribulations, so who are they supposed to punish?
Although Medicinal Pills do require endure thunder tribulations, they are at least seventh rank. Alchemists capable of refining seventh-rank pills are usually powerful enough to have a Spiritual Realm Soul. Xiao Bai didn't want to die young.
Forget it, he thought. He would try cultivating it first. With the talisman he possessed, he doubted there was any thunder-attribute cultivation technique on the Dou Qi Continent better suited to him than the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Canon.
Although this technique seemed a bit incompatible with the world of Dou Qi, "acting as Heaven's punishment," does Dou Qi continent even have a Heavenly Dao? Xiao Bai wasn't sure.
But even if it's a simplified version, it's still better than the techniques I can get my hands on. Right now, the best I can manage is a Low-level Di Class technique, and I'd have to embarrass myself and ask Xun'er to get it for me.
If the technique wasn't even as good as a Low-level Di Class one, then it might as well be renamed. Such a grand and imposing name shouldn't be tarnished by mediocrity.
Thinking of the talisman's name, Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, it's said to be a Thunder of the Heavenly Dao. Even if I'm cultivating the most simplified version, it's still a high-end technique.
Shaking off those thoughts, Xiao Bai focused again on the technique information in his mind. It was a cultivation method that integrated the cultivation of the body, soul, and energy. However, Xiao Bai felt that the soul cultivation method might not be reliable on the Dou Qi continent, so he decided to temporarily ignore it.
As for the body and energy cultivation, thunder cultivators were naturally expected to cultivate both. Otherwise, the body wouldn't be able to withstand the violent nature of thunder. Thunder represents annihilation, but from ultimate annihilation, life is born—just like how Yin gives birth to Yang, and Yang gives birth to Yin. Therefore, thunder is the best support for body cultivation, complementing each other.
After confirming there were no doubts left about the technique, Xiao Bai formed hand seals, preparing to convert his attributeless Dou Qi into thunder attribute Dou Qi according to the method.
After circulating the technique around his body, Xiao Bai felt the surrounding thunder attribute Dou Qi enter his body, following the method and running a full circuit. Finally, it entered his dantian, settling at the center of the vortex.
The moment the thunder attribute Dou Qi entered his dantian, silver light flashed at the center of the vortex, occasionally emitting streaks of lightning. As more silver light entered the dantian, the entire vortex took on a silver glow. The attributeless Dou Qi in the vortex gradually transformed into thunder attribute Dou Qi.
Eventually, the milky-white attributeless Dou Qi disappeared, leaving only silver-white thunder attribute Dou Qi. Occasionally, a few streaks of lightning flashed around the vortex, making it look both beautiful and dangerous.
Xiao Bai's cultivation level also rose to a Three-Star Dou Practitioner. This was the result of his five-year foundation at the Ninth Stage of Dou Zhi Qi. Although most of his energy had been spent nourishing his internal organs, he had never stopped training his dantian.
After five years of accumulation, the results were impressive, and Xiao Bai felt this was not his limit. In the short term, his cultivation would continue to grow.
This must be thanks to the technique, though it had no rank. However, Xiao Bai believed its level was definitely not low.
If the technique had been lower in rank, he felt he could have gone a few more stars, but that would have been a waste. It would be trading his future for present strength, and Xiao Bai wasn't interested in such a bad deal.
Stretching his arms, Xiao Bai felt that he had finally resolved the concerns that had troubled him for five years. He also managed to solve the issue of his technique. Refreshed, he decided to test how his new thunder attribute Dou Qi worked with the fighting techniques he learned a few years ago, to see the results.
Sky Frost Fist, Cloud-Dispersing Palm, and the movement technique Wind God Leg. Of course, these techniques had nothing to do with the attribute; it was just their names. After all, they were only High-level Huang Class techniques.
First, he decided to try Wind God Leg. It was said that the thunder attribute enhanced speed, so Xiao Bai was eager to test it. As a streak of lightning appeared beneath his feet, Xiao Bai shot forward in an instant.
"Ah!"
A scream echoed throughout the cave. Xiao Bai was seen kneeling on the other side of the cave, his body curled up, twitching all over, his face pale, as though he was enduring immense pain.
Just as Xiao Bai rushed to the other side of the cave, he felt a strange movement in his sea of consciousness. His mind sank into it, and he saw the talisman in his sea of consciousness had grown significantly larger compared to before. One corner of the talisman's edge emitted a green light. At that moment, the talisman became a true talisman of decree.
The green light in that corner covered about one percent of the talisman, with electric sparks flickering within the green symbol. Suddenly, a bolt of green thunder shot out from the green light of the talisman and raced through the sea of consciousness without injuring Xiao Bai, heading straight for his liver.
When the green thunder reached his liver, Xiao Bai felt an intense pain and couldn't help but scream in agony.
At that moment, Xiao Bai felt as if breathing had become difficult. His right side felt as if a knife had been stabbed into his ribs, but not pulled out. Instead, the knife handle kept twisting, stirring the blade inside his body.
His hands kept striking the ground, his teeth clenched, his eyes bloodshot. Tears of blood flowed from the corners of his eyes, dripping onto his white robes like blooming plum blossoms. Faint murmurs escaped through his gritted teeth.
"I can't... pass out. I... can't pass out, or... everything... will be... over!"
Through the talisman, he knew exactly what the green thunder was.
It was a Yi Wood Righteous Thunder. Just like the Heavenly Flames, it was a type of thunder in the world, and it was one of the gentlest kinds. He needed to immediately circulate the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Canon to refine it into his liver, or else even the gentlest thunder would still be devastating.
"Ah!"
Xiao Bai gritted his teeth to endure the pain, took a deep breath, and with a roar, struggled to sit cross-legged, hands trembling as he slowly formed the seals, starting to circulate the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Canon.
The Yi Wood Righteous Thunder in his liver, as the technique circulated, began to enter Xiao Bai's meridians, intensifying the pain. It wasn't just his liver anymore; now his entire meridian system was being ravaged by the thunder attribute power, and occasionally a streak of green lightning would flash along his body.
Xiao Bai clenched his teeth and endured.
After circulating through one full cycle, the energy gradually became milder, no longer violent. As the Yi Wood Righteous Thunder's essence softened, the wood energy within the thunder began repairing the damaged meridians and body, making them more resilient, and the pain subsided considerably.
After three cycles, the Yi Wood Righteous Thunder's essence returned to the liver, forming a new Yi Wood Righteous Thunder. This weak thunder seed, after being refined by the technique, was under Xiao Bai's control, no longer destroying his liver, but instead repairing it.
Little by little, the Yi Wood Righteous Thunder given by the talisman was refined and diminished, replaced by the newly formed thunder seed from the technique. Xiao Bai felt the pain lessen significantly, and he let out a huge sigh of relief.
When the last trace of Yi Wood Righteous Thunder's essence was refined, the thunder seed given by the talisman disappeared, replaced by the one refined by the technique.
A surge of vitality erupted from Xiao Bai's body. He instantly felt no pain anymore. Instead, his entire body felt warm, as though he had returned to the womb. Some of the subtle internal injuries he had suffered from previous cultivation seemed to have been completely healed. A sense of lightness, as though all shackles had been removed, overwhelmed him.
Though the Yi Wood Righteous Thunder was slightly weaker than other thunder types in terms of power, its ability to heal was unparalleled among all types of thunder.
Xiao Bai checked his cultivation level and was instantly filled with immense joy. In that moment, he felt that all the suffering he had endured was worth it.