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nThe female clothes were one of the treasures Shen Tian had obtained from the three stone boxes that he and his company came across at the Celestial Water Immortal Abode.

nOut of the three boxes, the first box contained the Archeon Sea Ring, which held millions of Spirit Stones.

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nThe third box contained the First Essence Heavy Water, ranked 11th on the Absolute Water List. It was extremely heavy, but at the same time, Shen Tian also benefited the most from it.

nAnd the second box contained this light blue female armor set, which Shen Tian was holding now, as well as a light blue whip.

nThe whip was of such a high grade that even though Shen Tian had reached the Foundation Establishment stage, he still could not proclaim ownership of the whip with his blood.

nHowever, the light blue armor’s grade was still within the ranks of a spirit artifact—even though it was of supreme-grade—and Shen Tian could use it.

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nIn fact, this suit’s defense capabilities were even more superior than the Black Tortoise Helmet.

nIf Shen Tian wore this armor suit, the chances of him staying alive should be greatly increased.

nThe problem was… Shen Tian always saw himself as a red-blooded hunk, and he was the Divine Firmament Saint too.

nHow could he wear a lady’s armor!?

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nIf he was seen and news of him wearing a girl’s suit was made known to others, how would he be able to stay on in Eastern Wilderness anymore?

nThere’s even a possibility that the Divine Firmament’s Sacred Leader and all the elders might feel too humiliated, that they would crush Shen Tian on the spot!

nA tremor ran through Shen Tian’s body as the scene enacted itself in his mind’s eye.

nNo, I am not a crossdresser!

nI am not one who will do such things!

nI will rather die than wear this!

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nJust when Shen Tian made up his mind, he witnessed another bout of lightning strike down at Lu Ji.

nRemnants of the lightning splattered across the whole valley.

nUnfortunately, a few of these lightning remnants came shooting straight at the place where Shen Tian was hiding.

nShen Tian started to have doubts about his whole existence again.

n…Maybe the green halo on top of my head is fake?

nHow could it be that even though he no longer had a black halo, he was still so unlucky?

nBoom!

nDifferent spots of lightning landed on the ground near Shen Tian’s hiding spot, and their prowess spread through the ground’s surface.

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nShen Tian could feel clearly how that powerful lightning ran through his whole body—that immense voltage almost took his life!

nHe immediately activated the Tinder Sutra and Five Heavenly Lightning Cultivation Technique in a desperate attempt to absorb the heavenly tribulation’s divine lightning remnants.

nMeanwhile, the Mixed Divine Lightning mark on his glabella shone ever more brightly as the divine lightning merged into his body as if it had come across some nourishing supplements.

nYet, no matter how fast Shen Tian tried to absorb this lightning, he could not digest all of it. After all, this was lightning that would determine the transcendence of a Saint-level creature!

nDepressed, Shen Tian felt that if this situation continued, there was a high chance he would become a literal roasted ‘Saint’ by the end of Lu Ji’s heavenly tribulation.

nAt this point, Lu Ji exclaimed in a furious tone, “Damn it! This is not the Four-Nine Tribulation, but the Six-Nine Tribulation!”

nYes—as Lu Ji was a spectacular vine among her species in the whole of this world, and her capabilities far exceeded any normal Soul Formation cultivator, the Heavens had decided to ‘bestow’ her with more than four lightning tribulations for her heavenly tribulation.

nIt would be a Six-Nine Tribulation!

nShe had already gone through four lightning tribulations—Metal, Fire, Wood, and Water—and right now, she was about to face the V Divine Lightning (Earth) tribulation.

nThis V Divine Lightning transformed into a QIlin that was hundreds of meters in height, and it was obviously mightier than all the Divine Lightning Lu Ji had encountered previously.

nEach of its scales gleamed under the daylight, and it looked so realistic that one couldn’t tell that this creature was a made-up avatar from lightning.

nIf not for the fact that the Heavenly Tribulation was still taking place, many people would most probably treat it as a real Qilin beast.

n“The Six-Nine Tribulation is more powerful than the previous lightning tribulation. All this is so unfair to me!”

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nLu Ji narrowed her eyes to a slit and started thrashing her enormous vines around while charging toward the Qilin!

nNeedless to say, this Qilin, which was made up by the fifth Divine Lightning, possessed the prowess of a real holy beast. It was insanely strong.

nA Saint from the human race would probably fall to their demise after a few exchanges with this beast. But that was not the case for a Divine Devouring Vine. This species had indeed lived up to its reputation of being ranked 9th on the Spiritual Wood List, and so great were its talents at fighting that Lu Ji actually managed to be on par with this Qilin.

nMoreover, within the five elements, ‘Wood’ was supposed to be able to overcome ‘Earth’. So, it also seemed logical that Lu Ji could be on par with this Qilin.

nDuring the battle, several vines were being bitten and torn apart by the Qilin. Milky white juice sprayed across the whole of the valley.

nShen Tian took some of the juice, refined it, and absorbed it into his body. His injuries got healed quickly.

nIt was obvious that this juice was great medicine for healing injuries, and this was a priceless treasure…

nBut back to the battle—it seemed like Lu Ji was not losing out to the Mighty Qilin V in any time to come, as she lashed out whip after whip at the beast.

nEvery time the vines hit the Qilin, bits of golden lightning would be strewn downward, and they would blast up the place.

nHowever, what made Shen Tian absolutely resigned was the fact that this Mighty Qilin V’s lightning had even stronger electroconductivity on the ground than the other previous lightning.

nAs soon as the lightning hit the ground near him, he would be frizzled—in fact, Shen Tian’s hair was now sizzling with lightning.

nShen Tian could feel that he was reaching his limit. He wouldn’t be able to continue holding out if this situation continued any further.

nAt that moment, Lu Ji lashed out the last whip, and its vines stuck deep into the Qilin’s throat.

nWith an enormous tug and pull, the vine cut the whole Qilin’s head clean off and flung it across the valley!

nThe lightning Qilin gave a loud shriek of pain and transformed into a spear, sticking itself into Lu Ji’s gigantic main vine!

nBoom!

nThe Divine Devouring Vine’s main vine cracked apart. This injury was so serious that the Mother Vine was almost cut clean through its waist.

nMeanwhile, the Qilin’s head transformed into a golden lightning rain and shot toward the valley!

nAt the moment, Shen Tian was too stupefied for words.

nA thought flashed past his mind, This demon is really bent on killing me!

nShen Tian looked up at the terrible lightning coming straight at him, gnashed his teeth, and made a decision.

nThere’s no other choice!

nHe put on that light blue armor and started activating all his power.

nImmediately, a pale blue screen appeared in front of Shen Tian.

nShen Tian, who now wore the light blue armor suit and the Phoenix Feather Mask, displayed a graceful and elegant silhouette as he stood up from behind the boulder.

nHe had now stacked up his defensive skills to the fullest he could get.

nIn his hands, he held up the middle-grade spirit artifact, Black Tortoise Shield.

nThis Black Tortoise Shield cast a light screen, which was the outermost protection skill for Shen Tian. It was his first line of defense and could fend off some of the residual lightning that dropped onto the valley.

nThe second line of defense was the Heavy Water Black Tortoise Armor that Shen Tian conjured up from the Five Heavenly Lightning Cultivation Technique skill.

nBehind this armor, it would be the supreme-grade spirit artifact, Celestial Water Armor. Though it was giving off rays of gentle bright light, it actually helped to block off the majority of the Divine Lightning.

nIf all the three lines of defense were unable to protect him, there was still a fourth line of defense—the Black Tortoise Helmet.

nAlmost nobody else in this cultivation world could stack up so many defense armors and skills.

nThis was because cultivators had limited Spirit Qi—who would use all of their power only for defense?

nMoreover, defense-type spirit artifacts were not like some commonplace cabbages—one must realize that a greater amount of materials were required to make defense-type spirit artifacts.

nThis meant that they were more expensive than attack-type weapons!

nUnless one owned a whole ore by themselves… Or else who could spend all their resources only on defense?

nIn any case, one should congratulate Shen Tian for overcoming his emotional hurdle and putting on the armor suit at last.

nSince he had stacked his defense to the greatest available level, Shen Tian now felt he had the utmost confidence in facing the lightning tribulation!

nYet to his surprise, the dotted gold-colored divine lightning no longer landed at places near where he stood. Most of them landed on spots that were tens of meters away, and only a few lightning sparks landed near him.

nAnd handling all that splattering effect due to the lightning was just a piece of cake.

nAll at once, Shen Tian felt that he had been tricked into wearing female clothes.

nIt was then that a sense of relaxation washed over him. Shen Tian almost felt like he could float up in the air!

nWhat!? So this is the feeling of wearing female clothes?

nShen Tian stopped himself in his thoughts.

nNope, this cannot be! Something’s wrong here!

nA flash of inspiration struck Shen Tian, and he finally remembered—this feeling of deep relaxation was not a first experience for him.

nIn fact, every time his providence improved, he would have such a feeling.

nAt that thought, Shen Tian quickly took out a mirror from his bosom pocket.

nHe was stunned as he saw the halo on his head.

nBut… it cannot be!

nPreviously I had been predicting fortuitous opportunities for others, and my providence halo had already transformed into a deep green color.

nBut why did it turn back to lush green again? Does it mean that my providence could still worsen?

nIt was then that Shen Tian realized—perhaps all this was due to the fact that he had made a breakthrough in his cultivation due to the Tinder Sutra.

nIn the cultivation world, the Tinder Sutra was rumored to be a cursed cultivation technique. People who cultivated this technique would become ill-fated.

nAlthough Shen Tian had seen Heavenly Venerable Azure Lotus’s providence halo, which was flecked with black spots, he was still having doubts about this rumor’s authenticity.

nYet now, he believed that this rumor might really have some truth to it. Otherwise, there was no other explanation as to why his providence had turned worse.

nNo wonder that even though I was aiming for the city, I ended up being trapped in this valley and had to hide within bushes.

nSo it was all due to the Tinder Body-Tempering Art. Sigh… Now my halo is not that green again.

nHowever, his providence worsening was just one of the questions that Shen Tian was feeling so puzzled over.

nWhat made him really surprised was that now, his providence halo was transforming once again!

nThat lush-green halo started to darken, and it was turning back to a deep-green color!

nIn fact, it turned into an even deeper shade of green than before. It was now as dark a green as possible, and it looked extremely vibrant.

n…Well, I can still understand that my providence worsened due to cultivating the Tinder Sutra. But how come it’s improving again?

nSurely… It can’t be that wearing female clothes can improve my providence, right!?

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