Heavenly Tribulation

Heavenly / Divine Tribulation (天劫 Tianjie), Heavenly Punishment (天罚 Tianfa), lightning tribulations (雷劫), are encountered when advancing cultivation ranks. Normally, lightning tribulations would go smoothly for existences such as Empyreans who are blessed by the Heavenly Dao. But as a Divergent unfavored by Heavenly Dao, Long Chen encounters annihilation lightning tribulations. With Lei Long's help in absorbing lightning, Long Chen eventually gains a kind of immunity to the lightning in such tribulations, allowing him to advance more easily.
Saying the wrong thing within the domain of this tribulation could be sensed by the Heavenly Daos and invoke karma.
== Appearances ==
Heavenly Tribulation
Chapter	Type
0088 	Blood Condensation (Heavenly Tribulation manifested to test Long Chen's willpower)
0320 	Tendon Transformation (Real Heavenly Punishment to eliminate Long Chen)
0486 	Bone Forging (Heavenly Punishment + Lightning Pythons)
0538 	Meridian Opening (Heavenly Punishment + Lightning Pythons + Lightning Beast)
0643 	Innate (Heavenly Punishment + Lightning Pythons + Lightning Beasts + Lightning Warriors)
0888 	Sea Expansion (Heavenly Punishment + Lightning Beasts + Lightning Warriors + Ancient Heroic Spirits + Qiankun Lightning Chains)
1090 	Foundation Forging (Heavenly Punishment + Lightning Beasts + Ancient Heroic Spirits + Qiankun Lightning Chains + Lightning Incarnation)
1366 	Jade Core (Divine Gate's Tribulation + Heavenly Punishment + Lightning Beasts + Ancient Heroic Spirits + Lightning Incarnations)
1535 	Soul Transformation (Five-Colored Heavenly Punishment + Five-Colored Lightning Beasts + Five-Colored Lightning Warriors + Ancient Heroic Spirits + Divine Lightning + Divine Lightning Beast)
1970 	Life Star (Lightning Mark + Divine Heavenly Punishment + Ancient Heroic Spirits + Five-Elemental Divine Lightning Beasts + Marked Lightning Beasts + Dragonization Tribulation)
==Debut==
During Long Chen's first tribulation when he is with the forest god, he is hit by a thunderbolt. That thunderbolt had greatly shaken his internal organs.
The forest god waved her hand and a drop of green liquid came from her body and fell into Long Chen's mouth. Long Chen only managed to sense that it tasted sweet before it quickly slid down his throat and rapidly spread throughout his body. His wounds began to quickly heal.
The black burned parts of his skin slowly fell off. In less than the time it took for an incense stick to burn, his body had recovered eighty to ninety percent. This was much more miraculous than any healing pills!
The forest god explains that the first heavenly punishment is mostly focused on destroying your will. If your will wasn't sturdy enough, your mind and soul would have been exterminated by the heavenly punishment.
The heavenly punishment is the will of the Heavenly Dao. Anyone that can threaten the Heavenly Dao will attract its punishment when advancing.
It could be that the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art is threatening the Heavenly Dao.
The forest god says there are some things she cannot tell LC further. She disappears.
That lightning bolt was something he had been completely unable to resist. Why hadn't it killed him? Then was it really as that woman had said, and the first heavenly punishment only tested his will? If his will had broken down, would he have been destroyed beneath that heavenly punishment?
That heavenly punishment had released an unstoppable aura. He had been trying to flee originally, and it was only with the forest god's warning that he had dared to face the heavenly punishment head-on.Chapter 88
==Lightning Tribulation==
According to the legends, Divergents would encounter annihilation lightning tribulations and would always eventually die to one.
But once they passed the lightning tribulation, their benefits were also dozens of times greater than other people. Long Chen's current terrifying physical body was the best proof of that.
==References==
Category:Terminology
Category:Divergent
Category:Cultivation
Category:Tribulations