Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 442: White Emperor Dragon Transformation Tribulation

The thunderclap seized everyone’s attention. The Yin-Corpse Mountain Range, where the Corpse-Driving Sect was located, had never experienced thunder since ancient times due to its overwhelming yin energy.

Yet today, clouds loomed over the mountain range as blinding white lightning crisscrossed the sky. It was as if the world had returned to its primordial state at the beginning of time, brimming with vitality.

“All disciples of the Corpse-Driving Sect, evacuate immediately!” Elder Gai organized a mass exodus. Sect Leader Lu’s breakthrough was faster than anticipated, rendering the Corpse-Driving Sect extremely dangerous. The chances of being struck by the lightning tribulation had become frighteningly high, and such lightning tribulation from a breakthrough to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage was beyond what ordinary disciples could withstand. Even a brush with it would mean demise!

Provincial Governor Lü’s party and Wu Youdao’s party ceased fighting with a tacit understanding. Near lightning tribulation of this level, there mustn’t be any energy fluctuations. Otherwise, one could easily be misinterpreted as interfering with the process, becoming the target of the lightning tribulation.

Provincial Governor Lü and the other two seized this moment of respite to recuperate, preparing for the next phase of battle. They counted their blessings, relieved to have Sect Leader Lu join them. The scales were balanced again, and the outcome of their fight with the Great Yu cultivators was still uncertain!

Excitement coursed through every fiber of Zhao Po’s being. How long has it been—nine thousand or ten thousand years? Since another Transcendent Tribulation cultivator hasn’t been seen in our Corpse-Driving Sect, we were downgraded from an S-class sect to a first-class sect. But today, a Transcendent Tribulation cultivator is finally going to appear! Will we be regaining our former glory as an S-class sect?!

This was the difference between the Five Great Immortal Sects and S-class sects. The latter required just one Transcendent Tribulation cultivator, but all cultivators would perish one day. When that day arrived, S-class sects would become first-class sects.

On the other hand, even if the Five Great Immortal Sects weakened to a point where they couldn’t produce even one Transcendent Tribulation cultivator across multiple generations, the sects could still rely on their methods comparable to those at the Transcendent Tribulation Stage and retain their title as an immortal sect.

The Dao-Seeking Sect had experienced such a period fifty thousand years ago, where no Transcendent Tribulation cultivator was born within a span of two thousand years. This lasted until the emergence of their Resurgence Ancestor, Vast Sea Daoist Lord. Throughout that drought, however, the sect remained one of the Five Great Immortal Sects.

The lightning tribulation continued brewing in the sky, with only sporadic lightning strikes that shook heaven and earth, yet they couldn’t even qualify as a prelude.

The roiling dark clouds descended like a collapsing ceiling as white lightning flashed and erupted in full fury, enveloping the Corpse-Driving Sect. The accumulated yin energy of Yin-Corpse Mountain Range that had persisted for millennia began dissipating.

A howl reverberated through the air, faintly matching the lightning tribulation’s might. A figure clad in Daoist robes burst forth from seclusion and soared into the sky, dishing out numerous magical treasures, evidently well-prepared.

“So this is what undergoing a lightning tribulation is like,” Lu Yang muttered in awe. Though he had heard tales of cultivators facing lightning tribulation, today was his first time witnessing it. Moreover, it was an unparalleled Transcendent Tribulation-tier lightning tribulation. Even half a Hanshui City away, he could sense the heaven and earth trembling, a testament to the power of the lightning tribulation above the Corpse-Driving Sect.

“This lightning tribulation is average at best.” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy pouted, not at all impressed. If it were me, I could simply yawn and still pass through it. I wouldn’t need these elaborate preparations.

“Is there anything special about lightning tribulations?” Lu Yang recalled that the Everlasting Immortal Fairy was an expert on lightning tribulations. After all, the current lightning tribulations had originated from the Heaven Mandate Immortal’s Tribulation Mandate Dao Fruit.

“The Heavenly Mandate Immortal created lightning tribulations to temper cultivators, not strike them to death. The stronger the lightning tribulation, the greater the talent it signifies. Look at this lightning tribulation. It’s flashy and looks like the real deal, but if you experience it firsthand, you’d find its power mediocre.

“This particular lightning tribulation is called the ‘White Emperor Dragon Transformation Tribulation.’ It’s considered to be on the weaker side among lightning tribulations.”

The white lightning morphed into a dragon emperor—whiskers flowing, scales shimmering, and claws bared—as though it was possessed by a real dragon and had developed spirit intelligence.

With a deafening roar, the white dragon-emperor collided with Sect Leader Lu, piercing straight through his body and revealing ghastly white bones wreathed in deathly energy.

“Is the Sect Leader going to die?!” Lu Yang was flabbergasted. Sect Leader Lu’s failure came so swiftly?

“No, this is a walking corpse. His true body is hiding below, and that’s a pretty clever tactic. He knew that the first wave of heavenly lightning was too strong for him to resist, so he used his walking corpse to block it.” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy saw through Sect Leader Lu’s minor trick at a glance.

Just as the Everlasting Immortal Fairy had said, while the walking corpse was sundered under the lightning, the true Sect Leader Lu burst forth from the soil to confront the lightning tribulation, whose power had diminished after its first wave of attack.

The white dragon-emperor struck again, eliciting agonized screams from Sect Leader Lu as the lightning rays left their mark on him by searing both his flesh and soul. He hurriedly fished out a jade vial and swallowed a recovery pill before the remaining contents, along with the vial, vanished into the vast lightning maelstrom.

The white dragon-emperor’s momentum was unstoppable as it crushed void and space, constantly hammering at Sect Leader Lu and making him feel like he was experiencing the vicissitudes of life.

Suddenly, the heavenly tribulation dissipated. The pressure was reduced, and the frenzied spirit energy gradually calmed down.

Sect Leader Lu was charred from head to toe, resembling a piece of coal that fell to the ground with a thud.

“He failed?” Everyone in the city felt their hearts sink, and murmurs spread through the crowd. If Sect Leader Lu had failed his tribulation to advance to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage, no one else could oppose the Great Yu cultivators.

“Look! The sect leader moved!”

Thump, thump, thump.

It was the sound of a powerful heartbeat. This was a sign of his internal injuries healing and his hidden wounds disappearing. Then came a cracking sound. Sect Leader Lu’s charred layer split apart, revealing new, translucent skin beneath. He now looked over a decade younger.

Elder Gai exclaimed agitatedly, “The lightning tribulation encompassed vitality. The lightning cleansed the sect leader’s body, so his physical body must have become stronger by severalfold, or even tenfold!” He recalled texts describing the breakthrough to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage of the Corpse-Driving Sect’s talented forebear.

Sect Leader Lu’s eyes snapped open; they resembled bolts of lightning that pierced the clouds. He rose to his feet and was overflowing with vitality, a stark contrast to his sorry state when he countered the lightning tribulation. He was now a different person and radiated confidence. He had survived the lightning tribulation and become a Transcendent Tribulation cultivator!

The entire city erupted in celebration, including Provincial Governor Lü’s trio and the civilians. Their hearts finally settled down upon confirming that Sect Leader Lu’s breakthrough was a success.

Only Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou weren’t happy. During the lightning tribulation, the lightning had torn away Sect Leader Lu’s clothes. The two locked their gazes on his right wrist, their scalps tingling and their blood running cold.

Three interlocking rings with the character for “ghost” written in the center!

This was the same mark they had seen on the masterless walking corpses when they came to Wilderness Province to spend the night. The village chief’s explanation echoed in their minds.

“There are mainly two reasons walking corpses are masterless. Either the master has died, freeing the walking corpses from their control and leaving them to wander, or the master voluntarily lifted the control over the walking corpses, where a third possibility is that the walking corpses turned on their master and devoured them.”

A walking corpse could resist a lightning tribulation, but Sect Leader Lu couldn’t have voluntarily relinquished control of his walking corpse.

But Sect Leader Lu stood before them, and it ruled out the third possibility of the walking corpse devouring its master.

That left only the first possibility—Sect Leader Lu had died, and his walking corpse had wandered to Jianshi Village, where it was discovered by the village chief!

If Sect Leader Lu is dead, who’s the one controlling his body now?!

The two exchanged glances, instantly thinking of the same possibility.

“A Great Yu Transcendent Tribulation cultivator has taken over Sect Leader Lu’s body!”