A thousand words of description are no match for what lies before one's eyes.

Lu Qing's heart felt somewhat numb. Harvesting Qi is easiest when it is formless and intangible. "Let's give it a try."

He opened his palm and simultaneously released his Divine Sense, capturing the movements of every blade of grass, tree, and drop of water here. Lu Qing knew that the precious herb was merely the form visible to the world; the essence of the Qi would not change.

Regarding this Innate Qi, Lu Qing felt that what was being transmitted from it was a blend of pure, gentle aura, a dense and scorching aura, and an intertwined icy aura.

Yet, after his Divine Sense probed it, this aura suddenly transformed into myriad auras, as if countless strands of Qi were encompassed within, waiting to be harvested.

Lu Qing kept his Divine Sense clear, and his mind was also completely lucid.

Even so, within the aura that his Divine Sense observed, it was clear that multiple types of Qi were intertwined like a Long River. Countless splashes of water flew within this river, each droplet containing a wisp of Qi, vast and mighty, flowing ceaselessly.

"What exactly is the origin of this Qi?"

There was clearly no illusion, nor were there any fluctuations of spiritual power.

Lu Qing tentatively formed a palm with his spiritual power and reached out, carrying the Five-Colored Cloud Gauze to be safe. He threw the Wooden Fish Bell into the air, which transformed into an invisible giant bell, shrouding the surroundings.

Lu Qing focused his mind and calmed his heart. The spiritual power within his body began to circulate, and the aura of his cultivation technique seemed to extend outward, slowly drawing the precious herb toward him.

The entire process was unexpectedly smooth.

After the precious herb left the water's surface, the layer of illusion on its outer surface dissipated in an instant, leaving only a stream of elusive, flowing Qi rolling within Lu Qing's palm.

Even Lu Qing felt quite startled at this moment. Viewed from afar, this strand of Qi did not seem miraculous, but once it reached his palm and made contact with his spiritual power, he could immediately perceive an ancient and vast aura, as if it had already passed through countless eons.

Even though Lu Qing had no impression of this type of Qi in his mind, it did not prevent him from knowing its extraordinary nature.

However, once it falls into the hands of a Cultivator, it must be refined in a timely manner; otherwise, it will return to the heavens and earth. This is why it is said that finding Qi requires karmic opportunity.

Without karmic opportunity, one cannot find it even if one wants to; it is right before one's eyes yet as far as the horizon. With karmic opportunity, just like Lu Qing now, one can follow that trace of intuition and find the suitable Qi.

Lu Qing flicked his fingers, and a spell technique slowly appeared, draping over this strand of Qi like clouds and mist.

Just at this moment, a peal of thunder rang out in the sky.

Lu Qing immediately sensed that the Lightning Tribulation in the firmament was brewing.

"I must find a place to undergo the tribulation first."

A suitable place is not easy to find.

"But there is no time."

This link is the unpredictable part of the tribulation; once the Qi is in hand, it must be refined during the Lightning Tribulation to condense the Golden Core and form the Flawless Body.

Lu Qing's figure shifted repeatedly, his Qi-observing eyes wide open, sweeping directly across every corner of this place.

"Black Qi, black Qi, Death Qi, blood aura, Baleful Qi..."

To the southeast, west, north, and center, Lu Qing stepped out, walking step by step. Wisps of afterimages fell behind him. The afterimages behind him solidified, while his figure had already walked far away, yet those wisps of afterimages left in place seemed like another Lu Qing slowly walking in mid-air.

His expressions and posture were identical to a living person.

Lu Qing reached a hilltop.

Without caring about anything else, he immediately set up a Formation with his left hand and repeatedly threw the Magical Artifacts in his right hand. At the same time, the Golden Great Formation bloomed with wisps of golden light.

This hilltop was ordinary, simple, and unadorned, with a few Spirit Herbs occasionally emitting a faint, shimmering light.

Lu Qing directly brushed his hands over the precious herb Qi. Inside his Dantian, the spiritual power and the Qi before him seemed to connect in an instant, forming an Inner World circulation.

The Qi was cast into the Dantian.

The Innate aura of the spiritual power sea erupted suddenly, and streams of pure spiritual liquid passed through the mysterious barriers, rushed through the Purple Mansion, and finally passed over the spiritual platform again.

This strand of precious herb Qi also simultaneously emitted a trace of an ancient and lofty aura.

As if it could contain all things in heaven and earth.

As bits of spiritual power swam about, wisps of soft, moist golden light appeared on the surface of his body and within his Divine Soul.

The clouds in the firmament changed rapidly; thunder roared and lightning flashed. In an instant, a terrifying white light filled the heavens and earth.

A booming sound exploded, and some Cultivators were shocked to the ground by the might of the magnificent thunder.

The area within a thousand miles of the Azure Ridge Volcano was submerged by an endless, rolling sea of thunder, which continued to expand thousands of miles outward.

As soon as the thunder sounded, the nearest stationed Cultivator leaped into the air, gazing into the distance. He saw the vast, snowy-white sea of thunder; he could not see any figure, nor could he hear any speech, only the rumbling thunder resounding through the nine heavens.

Not only him, but in the Northern Region, a stationed Golden Core Cultivator also stepped directly onto the eaves of a pavilion, watching this Aura of Transcending Tribulation from afar.

"This is a Cultivator undergoing the Golden Core Tribulation."

A thought flashed through his mind.

He summoned his subordinates, "You stay here and keep watch over this place; I will be back shortly."

A Golden Core Cultivator cannot be underestimated within a region.

This stationed Golden Core Cultivator did not know who the other party was, but since they came to the Northern Region to undergo the tribulation, he had to go and take a look, whether for reason or sentiment.

There were also some Golden Core Old Ancestors who likewise remained silent, their eyes looking toward the Azure Ridge Volcano area with indifference, depth, or casualness.

"Another Golden Core has appeared. Is it someone from the He Clan? Or the Bai Clan?"

A Golden Core Old Ancestor who also came from a Clan had several names of those likely to advance to Golden Core flash through his mind.

"Should I make a move?"

Some others had the same thought.

Their eyes flickered, clearly unable to fathom the origin of this person undergoing the tribulation.

After pondering for a moment, they ultimately chose to give up. There was no other reason; some Golden Core Cultivators sent Divine Sense transmissions and discovered that it was not anyone they knew. In such a situation, added to the fact that the stationed Golden Core Cultivator had already gone over, and this momentum of the tribulation was far more terrifying than their own had been.

Watching that Lightning Tribulation rolling out more and more, most of the Northern Region looked at the thunderclouds above their heads, their lips curling into a wry smile.

Fortunately, they were not the ones undergoing the tribulation; otherwise, they would truly be terrified to have such a thunderbolt, thicker than a small mountain, strike down upon them.

Some hidden gazes secretly gritted their teeth. Their movement techniques were concealed, and they had terrifying Dharma Treasures covering their entire bodies. Not only their figures, but their Destiny, aura, and even Heavenly secrets were hidden as they fled repeatedly toward the outside of the Northern Region in certain spaces.

"Damn it, don't let me find out who you are."

A voice said hatefully.

But upon seeing that feeling of being locked on above their heads, they immediately felt a chill run through their entire bodies. They stopped making harsh threats and decisively and tightly concealed their aura and Destiny, so as not to let the Heavenly Tribulation and Heavenly Dao notice that these skeletons in the grave beneath the Northern Region's ground had not yet died.

Lu Qing, of course, did not know what was happening outside; he was fully devoted to the Core Formation and Transcending Tribulation.

The Heavenly Lightning is ruthless; the Heavenly Dao is ruthless.

Every time a thunderbolt struck down, the sea of spiritual power within Lu Qing's body increasingly transformed into something like a vortex. Along with the power of the thunder, it entered his muscles, bones, flesh, and limbs, and finally escaped into the center of his eyebrows, where his Divine Soul sat upright, guarding his mind.

Brilliant golden light spread across his entire body, and a feeling of being flawless and perfect naturally sprang up.

As Lu Qing's spiritual power roamed, above the firmament of the thunder sea, the white light of the thunder seemed as if it wanted to tear the firmament apart, striking down faster than a swift wind in the blink of an eye.

Layers of golden light flashed on Lu Qing's skin, only to shatter with a crackling sound. In this repeated process of shattering and condensing, the power of the Formation was also invisibly nourished by the thunder, increasing its power significantly compared to before.