Watching Lv Qingmei deep in thought, the red-haired elder asked, "Could it be that the Sect Master Junior Sister knows the reason behind this?"

  Lv Qingmei shook her head. "I have some guesses, but let's wait and see."

  "If my guess is correct, then Emotionless Peak is truly on the rise!"

  The other elders, not as familiar with the legacy of Emotionless Peak as Lv Qingmei, found her words puzzling.

  Seeing that Lv Qingmei had no intention of explaining, they didn't press further and turned their attention to Gu Liangyuan beneath the Tribulation Cloud.

  Although they didn't know how Gu Liangyuan managed it, they understood that with his Nine-Revolution Golden Core and now overcoming two tribulations in one day, his future achievements would surely be extraordinary!

  Once it was ten thousand years, now it seems the Holy Land could prosper for thirty thousand years!

  But Gu Liangyuan's simp-like nature...

  Suddenly, Lv Qingmei rose into the air. "Everyone, the Nascent Soul Three-Nine Tribulation is much stronger than the Golden Core Tribulation. I ask you all to join me in protecting our junior uncle."

  "It's rare for the Holy Land to produce such a genius. If something were to happen under our watch, we would truly be sinners of the Supreme Holy Land."

  Everyone nodded in agreement, rising into the air to surround Gu Liangyuan outside the thunder tribulation, ready to intervene at any moment.

  They knew that heavenly tribulations grow stronger when faced with strength. If they entered the range of the thunder tribulation, even if they rescued Gu Liangyuan, the tribulation could evolve into a Six-Nine or even Seven-Nine Heavenly Tribulation.

  But in the face of the Holy Land's greater good, regardless of their previous impressions of Gu Liangyuan, none chose to retreat at this moment.

  This is the importance of legacy and one of the reasons the Supreme Holy Land has stood strong for so long.

  Gu Liangyuan's mind was immersed in the thunder tribulation, unaware of the situation outside.

  At this moment, the rolling Tribulation Cloud had expanded to cover an area of eighty miles, putting the entire Emotionless Peak within its attack range.

  Gu Liangyuan remained calm, his Autumn Water Sword pointing directly at the Tribulation Cloud, seemingly expressing his battle intent.

  Boom!

  A sky thunder, shimmering with blue light, struck fiercely!

  It seemed distant yet arrived in the blink of an eye!

  Gu Liangyuan, unhurried, flicked his Autumn Water Sword, redirecting the sky thunder elsewhere.

  Immediately, the second, third, and fourth sky thunders struck in succession.

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  Gu Liangyuan, holding the Autumn Water Sword in one hand, weaved through the lightning, occasionally swinging his sword to cut through, easily dodging.

  The Three-Nine Thunder Tribulation consists of twenty-seven strikes, with every nine strikes marking a threshold, doubling in power!

  With the support of the Geng Metal Sword Art and perfected Sword Intent, even though his control over his internal magical power was still somewhat raw, Gu Liangyuan easily overcame the first eighteen thunder strikes.

  But as the last nine strikes approached, each stronger than the last, Gu Liangyuan felt significant pressure.

  Until only three thunder strikes remained, Gu Liangyuan, slightly breathless, suddenly laughed heartily.

  Under the astonished gazes of the crowd, he reversed his grip and sheathed the Autumn Water Sword.

  The crowd was surprised by Gu Liangyuan's action. They all recognized the Autumn Water Sword as a supreme-grade Heaven-Grade Magical Artifact used by Lv Qingmei in her early years.

  Your strongest attack method is Sword Intent, and the Autumn Water Sword, as a supreme-grade artifact, perfectly enhances Sword Intent.

  Without the Autumn Water Sword, his overall strength would likely be reduced by thirty percent.

  Sheathing the sword at this moment was clearly not a wise move.

  Does he have another trump card?

  Uncertain, let's wait and see.

  The peak masters and elders began secretly channeling their magical power, ready to intervene and save Gu Liangyuan at any moment.

  Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Gu Liangyuan's hands moved swiftly, gathering the Fire Spiritual Qi from the heavens and earth, forming three fire dragons in the air!

  The three fire dragons, with claws and teeth bared, spiraled behind Gu Liangyuan.

  Each fire dragon exuded a pressure not inferior to an ordinary Nascent Soul!

  Sensing that two-thirds of his strong spiritual energy was instantly drained, Gu Liangyuan frowned slightly.

  The Nine-Dragon Fire-Severing Palm, when fully executed, should manifest nine fire dragons.

  It seems that with his current strength, he cannot fully unleash this Minor Divine Ability.

  However, these three fire dragons are enough!

  Looking at the final three Divine Thunders brewing in the Tribulation Cloud, Gu Liangyuan shouted loudly, swinging his right palm fiercely towards the Tribulation Cloud!

  The three fire dragons moved in unison, accompanied by the resonant Dragon Roar, charging straight at the Tribulation Cloud!

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  Three explosions sounded, and before the final three sky thunders could descend, they were shattered by Gu Liangyuan's palm!

  The explosive aftermath of the clash between thunder and fire dispersed the eighty-mile Tribulation Cloud!

  The wind ceased.

  The clouds scattered.

  The waves calmed.

  Revealing the bright moon in the sky, and the starlight reappeared on earth.

  If not for the scattered broken trees and the traces of lightning strikes on the ground, it would seem as if nothing had happened.

  The observing elders clicked their tongues in admiration:

  "This junior uncle has hidden his abilities well, manipulating spiritual energy to take form. If my old eyes aren't mistaken, this should be a Minor Divine Ability."

  "Indeed, if we had known he possessed a divine ability, we wouldn't have worried at all."

  "Breaking through two realms in one day, I've truly learned something new today."

  "Luckily, the Tribulation Cloud dispersed, or I would have feared he might directly undergo the Four-Nine Soul Tribulation."

  "Hahaha, I was scared too."

  "With such a genius in our Supreme Holy Land, the future is promising."

  Everyone relaxed, withdrawing their magical power and gathering together once more.

  Lv Qingmei dismantled the Isolation Formation and spoke solemnly to the group:

  "I believe junior uncle has grasped the essence of the Path of Emotionlessness, first immersing himself in emotion for three years, then severing emotion in one stroke, achieving great enlightenment, and thus attaining the Nascent Soul!"

  The elders and peak masters, hearing this, combined with the past records of Emotionless Peak and Gu Liangyuan's recent actions towards Meng Yao, suddenly realized!

  Good lad, I was wondering how there could be such a simp in the world; turns out it was all for cultivation.

  The red-haired elder showed a look of remorse:

  "So that's how it is. I wrongly despised him before. Now I realize, despite living over three thousand years, my temperament is not as good as a mere..."

  "Hmm?"

  The elders all looked at the red-haired elder, their eyes filled with warning.

  Don't say it.

  The red-haired elder swallowed the words "junior" and changed it to "my temperament is not as good as a mere... junior uncle."

  Lv Qingmei continued, "With disciple recruitment imminent, the news of Emotionless Peak's legacy reemerging comes at the right time and needs to be spread quickly."

  "The matter of junior uncle's sudden enlightenment to Nascent Soul can be shared, but the Nine-Revolution Golden Core must remain a secret."

  "I will also go to see junior uncle later and explain the reason to him."

  The elders nodded, having no objections.

  At this moment, the red-haired elder's exclamation drew everyone's attention again:

  "So... damn big!"

  Following the red-haired elder's gaze, they saw Gu Liangyuan's Golden Core shatter, and a Nascent Soul emerged from it.

  Only then did everyone understand what the red-haired elder meant by "big."

  A typical Nascent Soul cultivator's Nascent Soul is about the size of a fist.

  A more powerful one might be the size of an ordinary infant.

  But Gu Liangyuan's Nascent Soul was almost as large as Gu Liangyuan himself!

  Generally speaking, after the Nascent Soul stage comes Soul Transformation.

  The process from Nascent Soul to Soul Transformation is the growth of the infant state Nascent Soul into the adult state Primordial Spirit.

  Gu Liangyuan, now only at the early Nascent Soul stage, already had a Nascent Soul as large as a typical Primordial Spirit.

  What would it be like when he achieved Soul Transformation?

  To this, everyone could only marvel, truly worthy of an Immortal Bearing, indeed extraordinary.

  However, Lv Qingmei, looking at the Nascent Soul that looked exactly like Gu Liangyuan, completely bare, had an unusual expression...