Cultivation: The Heaven's Fated Useless Genius

Under the night sky of the Eastern Region Divine Continent.

Gu Liantian carried Gu Feng on his back, riding a golden light, speeding along the way.

Jiu Long, shrouded in black smoke, followed closely behind.

Their destination was clear from the start: the vast and boundless Boundless Sea.

Only there, far from Heroic Spirit City, and even away from the Eastern Region, could Gu Feng peacefully begin his tribulation crossing.

Lying quietly on Gu Liantian's broad back, the turbulent spiritual energy within Gu Feng had gradually calmed due to the seal.

But this was only temporary. He quietly extended his divine sense into his Dantian Spiritual Sea to observe. Although the situation was much better than before, a considerable amount of spiritual energy was still pouring into his spiritual sea through the Immortal Spirit Communication formation.

"Father... I've embarrassed you again..." Gu Feng said with blood at the corner of his mouth, a bitter smile appearing on his face.

Gu Liantian suddenly accelerated the speed of the light, and with a sound of breaking through the air, their figures shot straight into the clouds.

"Silly child, why talk about such things between us?"

At this moment, Gu Liantian's heart ached. He knew Gu Feng too well. This boy had been different since childhood, often having strange ideas, but his personality was very lazy, unwilling to compete.

Now, to bring honor to his father, the City Lord, who knows what method he used to break through from Qi Refining Stage Three to Golden Elixir tribulation crossing in such a short time.

In the cultivation world, with his profound cultivation, Gu Liantian knew that this kind of impatient cultivation method was very risky. Even if one successfully breaks through, it might leave hidden dangers, which are not beneficial for a cultivator's path.

Forcing growth damages the roots, a very basic principle.

How much suffering Gu Feng endured, how much pain he bore, as a father, he knew nothing!

Sometimes Gu Liantian even thought, if Gu Feng could be born into an ordinary family, even as a mortal with no cultivation power, he would be happier than being his son.

Gu Liantian had secretly vowed in his heart that if the Elders in the family continued to target Gu Feng, he would risk his life, even if it meant not being the City Lord, to protect him.

The three of them flew swiftly, and soon they had left the territory of the Eastern Region, arriving above the Boundless Sea.

Not far away, Gu Liantian spotted a small island. Using his divine sense, he found that aside from some unintelligent birds and beasts, the island was mostly deserted.

Without saying much, he signaled Jiu Long and descended onto the island.

The two landed one after the other, and Gu Liantian immediately found an open space to set Gu Feng down.

Jiu Long cautiously scouted the entire island, eliminating any aggressive beasts, and set up layers of restrictions around the island.@@novelbin@@

"Feng, soon I will remove the seal on you, and the Golden Elixir tribulation will descend. Jiu Long and I will guard you. We are tens of thousands of miles away from Heroic Spirit City, so you can safely undergo your tribulation."

Supporting Gu Feng's shaky body, Gu Liantian said worriedly, "When the tribulation descends, there's only so much I can do to help you. You must face it yourself. Remember, keep your mind steady, don't waver. The Golden Elixir tribulation is nothing to fear. At worst, if you really can't withstand it, I won't let you die!"

Gu Liantian didn't say that if Gu Feng seemed unable to withstand it, he would personally disperse the Golden Elixir tribulation. With his cultivation, it wouldn't be difficult if he gave it his all.

But if he did that, Gu Feng's Dao foundation would be destroyed, and he would become a mere mortal.

Nodding, Gu Feng said slowly, "Don't worry, Father, I know what I'm doing."

Gu Liantian remained silent, retreated dozens of meters, and with a wave of his hand, released the seal on Gu Feng.

As the seal was lifted, the spiritual sea within Gu Feng surged violently. The Innate Dao Embryo suspended above the spiritual sea began to dance freely as if unbound, while the blue destiny divine sense followed with a burst of blue light.

The entire Dantian Spiritual Sea was in chaos!

Above Gu Feng, thunderclouds slowly formed in the sky. The surrounding spiritual energy, sensing the change, gathered and stirred, forming a unique thunder tribulation cloud vortex!

"Feng! The thunder tribulation is coming, be careful!" Gu Liantian shouted nervously.

Jiu Long sighed and remarked, "Every cultivator goes through this. Since you've chosen the path of cultivation, you must be prepared to face challenges. You're a bit too overprotective."

Gu Liantian pursed his lips, rarely raising an eyebrow, and scolded, "You've never had a son, so you don't understand my feelings! It's easy to talk when you're not in my shoes!"

Jiu Long rolled his eyes and said no more.

The thunderclouds in the sky grew thicker, and the thunder tribulation cloud vortex finally descended, enveloping Gu Feng.

Within the thunderclouds, a bright lightning bolt struck down towards the seated Gu Feng with a loud crash!

Gu Feng was jolted by the lightning but felt no pain or itch.

"What’s with this heavenly thunder, why is it so weak?"

Puzzled, Gu Feng didn't let his guard down. He immediately activated the Heavenly Insight Mysterious Embryo Strategy, using the Innate Dao Embryo to absorb the power of the thunder tribulation.

The power of the thunder tribulation is the divine might of the tribulation, akin to a potent medicine, greatly beneficial to a cultivator's body and Dao foundation. However, if the cultivator cannot withstand or control this power, it will backfire, destroying the body and dissipating the spiritual soul!

The greatest benefit and danger of tribulation crossing lie here!

As the first thunder tribulation struck, Gu Feng's Innate Dao Embryo absorbed the power effortlessly, leaving no trace.

Gu Feng was utterly bewildered; this was too easy!

The second thunder tribulation followed, and Gu Feng still felt nothing, not even a tremor in his body!

When the third thunder tribulation struck, Gu Feng touched his head, not a spark in sight. After absorbing the power of the thunder tribulation, the Innate Dao Embryo even stretched lazily and yawned.

The fourth strike! The fifth strike! The sixth strike...

Gu Feng was starting to worry. Was something going wrong?

Is this what crossing a tribulation is like? This is way too much of a joke!

Outside the thunderclouds, Gu Liantian and Jiu Long stood on either side.

Jiu Long watched as bolts of lightning continuously struck down from the sky and said with interest, "What do you think, how many strikes will Gu Feng's Golden Elixir tribulation have?"

"I've been counting, and it's currently at the thirty-first strike. However, for a Golden Elixir Realm cultivator, the tribulation usually has no more than a hundred or so strikes. It's the last few strikes of the Heaven and Earth Drought Thunder that are the most worrisome," Gu Liantian said with a serious expression.

In theory, the more strikes of the thunder tribulation, the greater the benefits a cultivator receives after surviving it. It's a dual tempering of the physical body and the Dao foundation.

For an ordinary Golden Elixir Realm tribulation, having a hundred or so strikes is already quite impressive. Those who surpass one hundred and fifty strikes are often renowned prodigies in history, and when they grow, they usually become formidable figures.

What happened next almost made Gu Liantian question reality!

Countless thunder strikes fell, and Gu Liantian kept counting. In the end, he discovered that the number of strikes had reached over two hundred and thirty!

And it wasn't stopping; the trend of the strikes continued. The spiritual energy in the sky was stirred into a roaring frenzy. When would it end?

"How can this be?!" Gu Liantian was shocked.

Jiu Long looked at the massive tribulation cloud in the sky and said coldly, "Looking at this tribulation cloud, it's almost like an Elemental Infant Realm tribulation..."

Inside the tribulation cloud, Gu Feng was unaware of the astonishment of the two outside. From the hundredth strike, he had already felt the pressure. Now, he was stark naked, his clothes long turned to ash by the tribulation lightning, and his body emitted a radiant glow.

With each strike, his body grew stronger, and the Innate Dao Embryo within him continuously devoured the power of the thunder tribulation. The True Core force in his spiritual sea had already condensed into a greasy mud pill!

His seven meridians and eight vessels became incredibly resilient, and his Divine Sense could extend thousands of miles!

If anyone knew all this, they would be envious to the point of spitting blood!

For an ordinary Golden Elixir Realm cultivator, the coverage of their Divine Sense is only a few hundred miles at most. But Gu Feng's Divine Sense was as strong as that of an Elemental Infant Realm cultivator. More crucially, his Golden Elixir had not yet fully formed!

In other words, strictly speaking, Gu Feng was still just a Qi Refining Realm cultivator!

As the strikes of the thunder tribulation continued to fall, Gu Feng felt an excruciating pain from head to toe. He wanted to scream but couldn't open his mouth. The Innate Dao Embryo inside him was also struggling, constantly absorbing the rampant power of the thunder tribulation, its little mouth never stopping.

Five hundred seventy-nine strikes, five hundred eighty strikes, five hundred eighty-one strikes...

Suddenly, the tribulation cloud became calm, and after a while, no more strikes fell.

Gu Feng curiously probed his spiritual sea, and beneath the Innate Dao Embryo, a chaotic mud pill hovered in the spiritual sea.

The Golden Elixir hadn't formed yet, so why had it stopped?

While he was puzzled, a rumbling sound came from the sky above. Gu Feng looked up to see countless bolts of lightning converging into a massive, illusory finger!

"This... how is this possible?!" Gu Liantian also saw the anomaly in the sky from the outside, his mouth agape in disbelief!

Jiu Long looked at the slowly forming thunder finger in the sky and smiled, "You've got a good son. This kid must have done something to trigger a Sage Tribulation..."

The Sage Tribulation is the most terrifying existence among heavenly tribulations, usually only triggered by those who have created some heaven-defying cultivation method.

Cultivators who have experienced the Sage Tribulation are as rare as phoenix feathers in the long history of the Cultivation World!

Each one is a monstrous, heaven-defying figure!

The first patriarch of the Gu Family, the ancestor of the Gu clan in Heroic Spirit City—Gu Zhan, once created the Haoran Carefree Art, and his Void Shattering Hand shook the Eastern Region Divine Continent, establishing the foundation of Heroic Spirit City for tens of thousands of years. It is said that during his tribulation crossing, a Sage Thunder Tribulation once descended!

Creating a heaven-defying cultivation method and pioneering a path in the Cultivation World, though it benefits future generations, is intolerable by the heavens!

The Sage Tribulation is a calamity prepared for such cultivators!

Gu Liantian racked his brains but couldn't understand how his son, during his heavenly tribulation, could trigger such an anomaly!

Could it be that this kid created some kind of cultivation method?!

After this absurd thought appeared, Gu Liantian chuckled to himself.

The thunder finger in the sky had already taken shape, and in an instant, the massive finger, accompanied by countless bolts of lightning, crashed down towards Gu Feng, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground!

"Boom!"

It was as if the entire Boundless Sea was shaken. Gu Feng, at the center of the tribulation cloud, immediately felt worse than death!

The sensation was like being crushed by a massive mountain, with his entire meridians on the verge of collapse, and the Innate Dao Embryo in his spiritual sea let out a painful groan!

What worried Gu Feng even more was that his spiritual sea showed signs of breaking apart, with the spiritual energy within being suppressed by the overbearing and pure will of the heavens, resulting in numerous tiny cracks!

The thunder finger formed by the Sage Thunder Tribulation continued to press down, and Gu Feng spat out a mouthful of blood!

"Going against the natural order! The Dao is ruthless!"

A series of Buddhist chants echoed in his ears, and these eight words struck heavily at Gu Feng's mind!

It almost shattered his mind and soul!

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Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Gu Feng suddenly looked up. He knew this was the fundamental power of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, intent on obliterating his will.