Chunibyo in Cultivation World

The thunder tribulation dispersed.

Li Tianwei stood at its center, having just endured a heavenly calamity so dreadful that even Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators could sense the threat.

From head to toe, he seemed entirely unaffected — not a speck of dust clung to the corner of his robe.

His calm and indifferent demeanor gave off an air of effortless grace.

Ming Yin and Xu Yuqing’s expressions grew increasingly grim.

Especially when they looked at Li Tianwei’s light and unruffled appearance — it truly made him seem pretentious.

He was clearly crossing a tribulation, yet acted as though he knew someone was watching and was deliberately putting on a show for them.

“Could it be that he’s already noticed our presence!?”

At that thought, the two immediately became serious.

Li Tianwei naturally had no idea what Ming Yin and Xu Yuqing were thinking in the shadows.

As for the notion of “acting” — how could that be acting! This was called self-discipline.

As the protagonist of his own life, Li Tianwei, of course, had to display his poise and bearing.

That was why he looked so composed and extraordinary.

If the System in the depths of Li Tianwei’s consciousness had known about this, it would probably have understood.

Li Tianwei was simply a performance-oriented personality — the type who could fool even it by playing the role of a model student.

Otherwise, the System would never have chosen him.

Soon, the tribulation descended once again.

Rumble…

Heavenly might and celestial phenomena — no matter how one looked at it, this was no ordinary Golden Core tribulation.

Even Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators felt the pressure.

This only strengthened their determination to kill Li Tianwei — to eliminate such a Heaven-Defying Genius before he could grow further.

Elder Fuzhen wielded the Heaven-Repelling Mirror, channeling the power of law in both hands, his cultivation at the peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm amplifying his strength.

In his hands, even Daoist Master Lan Yu couldn’t gain the slightest advantage — completely suppressed.

Those who reached the Spirit Transformation Realm were all geniuses of their respective eras.

Elder Fuzhen, too, had once been one.

Even though Lan Yu’s strength was formidable, facing Elder Fuzhen who held the soon-to-advance spiritual treasure — the Heaven-Repelling Mirror — he was suppressed completely.

Yet, Elder Fuzhen couldn’t kill him, not for now.

Elder Fuzhen hadn’t intended to kill Lan Yu anyway.

As long as he could keep him restrained, that was enough.

Their battle grew ever more terrifying.

If not for the fact that they were near the Forbidden Land of Taixu, the land and mountains below would have been shattered beyond recognition.

The Forbidden Land of Taixu had once been the Battlefield of Immortals, and this area was extremely special — the usage of laws here was somewhat restricted.

Techniques that could normally annihilate heaven and earth now had a much smaller range of destruction.

While the two continued to fight, Ming Yin and Xu Yuqing kept gathering power, preparing to strike at the exact moment Li Tianwei finished his tribulation — ensuring a single fatal blow.

At this moment, Li Tianwei had already endured over ten heavenly tribulations.

With a Golden Core comparable to a star, continuously fusing and burning with energy, these heavenly tribulations had no effect on him — instead becoming nourishment to further temper his Golden Core.

As he endured each strike, Li Tianwei began to savor the tribulation’s power, and a burning restlessness and violent urge for destruction welled up inside him.

Tiny arcs of lightning flickered in his eyes.

Along with his rising strength, Li Tianwei’s understanding of cultivation grew ever deeper.

It was like learning mathematics: starting from addition and subtraction in elementary school, moving on to multiplication, division, quadratic functions…

It symbolized a deepening comprehension of fundamental principles.

Cultivation could be understood in the same way — Qi Refinement was elementary school, Foundation Establishment was middle school, and Golden Core was high school.

At this level, one could already touch upon the laws of heaven and earth and gain a deeper understanding of them.

Even though Li Tianwei possessed immense talent upon arriving in this world, he still had to progress step by step, understanding each stage and breaking through it through the appropriate cultivation methods.

Now, upon reaching the Golden Core Realm, Li Tianwei had truly entered the gateway to the Dao.

Gazing at the heavenly tribulation before him, feeling its destructive majesty, an epiphany surged within his heart.

“Lightning… Annihilation…”

Two distinct Dao Intents slowly emerged as Li Tianwei continued to endure the tribulation.

For Li Tianwei, this was nothing strange.

Back when he was at the Foundation Establishment Realm, he would occasionally experience epiphanies and comprehend Dao Intents.

Now that he had reached the Golden Core Realm, how could such epiphanies become fewer? Naturally, they would only become more frequent and profound.

How could higher realms mean less understanding? The higher one ascended, the greater and deeper the insights should be!

Just like the Spirit Transformation cultivators who had lived thousands of years — they had dabbled in countless spells and cultivation paths.

Otherwise, wouldn’t those millennia of cultivation be wasted?

It was just that Li Tianwei’s talent was stronger, so he occasionally filled in gaps in these miscellaneous understandings.

With the comprehension of two new Dao Intents, Li Tianwei faced the heavenly tribulation with increasing ease — even beginning to absorb the power of the tribulation into his Golden Core.

Li Tianwei could have concealed his aura — but that simply wasn’t his nature.

There was no longer any need to hide his Dao Intents.

By now, he had mastered over a hundred of them, and his absolute strength needed no concealment.

The sudden change in Li Tianwei’s aura and strength was most keenly felt by Ming Yin and Xu Yuqing.

They exchanged a glance, each seeing shock in the other’s eyes.

In just a short while, two new Dao Intents had been comprehended through spontaneous enlightenment.

For cultivators, this was extraordinary — many would never comprehend even a single Dao Intent in their entire lives.

Although Ming Yin and Xu Yuqing were Spirit Transformation cultivators, each had only grasped one Dao Intent themselves.

It was precisely by relying on that one comprehension that they controlled a law and wielded extraordinary power within the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Now, they fully understood why Li Tianwei had once been able to suppress Nascent Soul cultivators during his Foundation Establishment days.

This man was utterly unreasonable.

And now, such a Heaven-Defying Genius was about to fall here.

No matter how talented or perceptive he was, before he had the chance to grow, he was still just another cultivator.

Rumble…

At this moment, five-colored radiance burst forth from within the tribulation.

The Ninety-Fifth Heavenly Tribulation — the final tribulation — was about to descend.

A power of utter destruction, shining in five colors, manifested along with a terrifying heavenly might, as though the heavens themselves were collapsing.

The vortex of dark clouds above grew denser and wider, layer upon layer.

At the very center, five-colored brilliance swirled, resembling an inverted heavenly eye gazing down upon Li Tianwei.

Boom!

A thunderous explosion echoed through heaven and earth.

At that sound, Xu Yuqing and Ming Yin seized the moment.

They knew this was the final stage of the Ninety-Fifth Heavenly Tribulation — their best chance.

They had to strike now, together, and finish him in one blow.

“Die!”

“Radiant Annihilation Art — Origin-Extinguishing Formula!”

Their laws fused into the spells they had long prepared, splitting heaven and earth as they charged straight toward Li Tianwei.

Spells infused with laws could stir the heavenly might itself, altering the rules of the world and overturning all order.

That was the true difference between the Nascent Soul and Spirit Transformation Realms — the power to manipulate the laws, erasing opponents below their level with ease.

Though the Ninety-Fifth Heavenly Tribulation was powerful, it still left a sliver of vitality — a chance for the cultivator to survive.

But a cultivator’s killing strike was different — it was a duel of life and death.

Combined with the heavenly tribulation, the compressed might of two Spirit Transformation Realm attacks formed an assault so terrifying that even peak Spirit Transformation experts or higher beings would have to face it seriously.

In Ming Yin and Xu Yuqing’s eyes, Li Tianwei’s death was certain.

Yet they did not know that as Li Tianwei faced the shifting power of the tribulation and the surging force of death itself, only a single thought crossed his mind:

“This… is the kind of tribulation worthy of my status.”