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Chapter 1879 - 986: Crossing the Tribulation

The majestic might of heaven, the sky and earth changed color.

Li Shiming’s hair flew uncontrollably, and his eyes reflected the scenes of the sky.

It was a realm of darkness with silver dragons flickering incessantly, as if the end of the world had arrived.

His mind stirred, and one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears’ flew onto his body, transforming into armor.

Truth be told, this was a definite gamble; every additional life appearing within the Heavenly Tribulation range would increase its power, let alone with a full one hundred and eight lives.

Fortunately, ’Eternal Water Bear’ is classified as a spiritual insect, and its impact on the Heavenly Tribulation is not as significant as that of spirit beasts or human cultivators.

Utilizing ’Eternal Water Bears’ was the only countermeasure Li Shiming could think of at the moment. The one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears’ formed an Earth Evil Formation armor on his body.

This armor, composed of one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears,’ had been battle-tested.

No sooner had Li Shiming pondered further, the third strike of the Heavenly Thunder descended, and the terrifying lightning struck the armor on his body.

Li Shiming furrowed his brow slightly, perceiving that the power of this Heavenly Thunder had already surpassed the strongest Half-step Great Power Heavenly Tribulation he had ever witnessed.

To refine the Holy Spirit, he had continuously experienced seventy-three instances of Half-step Great Power Heavenly Tribulations.

Yet, this third Heavenly Thunder’s power exceeded the final Heavenly Thunder experienced by the Holy Spirit during its refinement.

Although the power of the third Heavenly Thunder was unreasonably formidable, it still did not breach the defense of the armor composed of one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears.’

Li Shiming didn’t concern himself with whether the ’Eternal Water Bears’ were injured, he activated the ’Innate Wood’ Divine Skills, and bestowed ’Innate Wood’ upon all the ’Eternal Water Bears.’

With the healing energy of ’Innate Wood,’ combined with the defensive and restorative power of the ’Eternal Water Bears’ themselves, unless a Heavenly Thunder instantly obliterated all one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears,’ it could not truly kill the ’Eternal Water Bears.’

The fourth Heavenly Thunder descended, its power increased slightly, but the increment was not substantial.

This allowed the Heavenly Thunder to still be blocked by the ’Eternal Water Bears,’ leaving Li Shiming unharmed.

The fifth Heavenly Thunder fell, yet this time its power showed no increment.

The sixth, seventh, eighth Heavenly Thunders all failed to exhibit any changes; their power remained the same, as if the potency of the Heavenly Thunder had hit its peak.

Even the ninth and theoretically strongest Heavenly Thunder did not show any enhancement in power.

Li Shiming understood that, no matter how strong the Half-step Great Power Level Heavenly Tribulation was, it could not reach Great Power Level.

Therefore, the Half-step Great Power Level Heavenly Tribulation had a limit on its strength.

Of course, if a Great Power were to enter within the Heavenly Tribulation range at this moment, the tribulation would immediately upgrade to a Great Power Level Heavenly Tribulation.

However, entering the Heavenly Tribulation range were merely late stage fourth grade ’Eternal Water Bears,’ equivalent to the strength of a Peak Great Cultivator, making it impossible for the tribulation’s strength to elevate to Great Power Level.

Moreover, the armor composed of one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears’ could withstand a full-force blow from a Great Power Avatar during battle.

This indicates that, while the one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears’ are at late stage fourth grade, their defensive power is indeed of Great Power Level.

Thus, even if the Half-step Great Power Level Heavenly Tribulation reached its pinnacle, it remained a Half-step Great Power Level Heavenly Tribulation, unable to break through the defenses formed by one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears.’

Nine Heavenly Thunders passed, the thunder clouds in the sky rapidly dissipated.

Li Shiming stood in the void, not retracting the one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears,’ curious if they would also receive Heaven and Earth Reward alongside him after enduring the tribulation.

Yet evidently, he was overthinking it, as even with the one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears’ accompanying him through the tribulation, the Heaven and Earth Reward energy only affected him.

The wondrous energy flowed within him, as his body suffered no harm, even the damage from the initial Heavenly Thunder was healed by the ’Innate Wood’ Divine Skills combined with top-grade treatment Spirit Pills.

Hence, all the Heaven and Earth Reward energy was channeled into his physical body and soul, with none wasted on treatment.

His body was continuously strengthened, allowing him to perceive it leaping beyond the Great Cultivator level into a new realm, with his soul equally transcending, and his Divine Sense transforming into a more advanced form of perception.

Moreover, the range of this perception expanded significantly, attaining a range of one hundred thousand meters.

This meant that from this day forth, his combat range reached a radius of one hundred thousand meters, enabling him to easily execute lightning strikes or flying sword attacks within this distance.

Such a distance was extraordinarily terrifying, and he was unaware of the actual range of perception for genuine Half-step Great Power.

Even though Li Yuanba’s avatar had reached the Half-step Great Power Level, the Grotto Heaven was exceedingly small, making it impossible to test the perception range.

After the body and soul were strengthened, the remaining energy began to enhance his ’Chaotic Spiritual Power,’ significantly elevating its quality.

With both the soul and ’Chaotic Spiritual Power’ upgraded in quality, it led to new transformations in the Nascent Soul.