Chapter 601: Your Thunder Tribulation Is Worth Nothing!

Thunder Star is already filled with dense heavenly thunder. A thunder tribulation arising in such an environment is highly likely to be extremely fierce, acting like adding fuel to the fire.
The reason Su Che could still smile and remain calm was undoubtedly due to his mastery of the Great Thunderfall Technique.
The Great Thunderfall Technique is a supreme art unique to the Immortal Realm; resolving mortal thunder tribulations should be a piece of cake for him. Thus, if others could overcome such tribulations while he had so many advantages yet still failed, he could only be regarded as useless.
As soon as Su Che stepped out of the Thunder God Temple, a massive cluster of dark clouds appeared above him—grayish-black in color, with various flashes of lightning flickering within.
Using the Great Thunderfall Technique, Su Che could clearly sense the power of the lightning inside and said to Lao He, “Judging from the size of these clouds, it’s likely a sixth-level thunder tribulation.”
Normally, when ascending to the Tribulation Phase, cultivators invariably face thunder tribulations; however, these are usually mild third-level tribulations.
A third-level tribulation involves nine bolts of thunder per level, totaling 27 bolts.
A sixth-level tribulation involves 54 bolts of thunder—only those with severe karmic burdens face such severe trials when striving to reach the Tribulation Phase. In other words, it also carries an element of divine punishment.
“Master, it seems your karmic burden is quite heavy!” Lao He sighed gravely.
“That’s for sure!”
Su Che’s expression turned serious as he replied inwardly, “Although I never take the initiative to do evil, the destruction of Qi Yuan Star and this calamity in the Spirit Realm are both directly related to me. It’s no wonder my karmic burden is so heavy! Even facing a sixth-level thunder tribulation now, heaven is already being very lenient with me…”
In life, many things are beyond one’s control. Looking back now, even though he bore such a heavy karmic burden, Su Che had no regrets. If given another chance, he would make the same choices.
Su Che had long admitted that he was highly self-interested and lacked the noble spirit of sacrificing oneself for the greater good.
Lao He laughed and said, “Master, thank goodness you don’t have such noble virtues. Otherwise, as your spirit vessel, I would also be doomed.”

After saying this joke, Lao He added, “Back then, the Immortal Prison Pagoda didn’t choose a villain nor a great sage to be its master. Instead, it picked you—a petty person with selfish motives. There must be a reason for that. Master, have you ever thought about why?”
“I have!”
Su Che smiled inwardly. “That’s why I have no regrets.”
Crack!
While the master and servant were chatting in their minds, the first bolt of lightning struck. The pale golden lightning hit him right between the eyes the moment Su Che said, “I have no regrets.”
Su Che’s body trembled, and his whole body went numb, but he clenched his teeth tightly and said nothing.
He took no defensive measures against this bolt of lightning, embracing it as if he were a masochist.
Whoosh!
The violent force of the lightning ravaged his body. Su Che exhaled a wisp of smoke and still found time to joke with Lao He, “See? Even heaven agrees that what I said makes sense.”
“Tch!”
Lao He waved his hand fiercely in the Immortal Prison. “Then why strike you with lightning?”
“Haha, it’s only right!”
Su Che laughed, looking up at the storm clouds above, his eyes calm.
The first three layers of lightning were relatively weak. Su Che planned to endure them without resistance, relying solely on his physical strength. Of course, this wasn’t to strengthen his body—there were plenty of lightning bolts on Thunder Star for that purpose. There was no need to use the calamity lightning for experiments.
He did this out of a desire to atone, using the power of the calamity lightning to destroy the few remaining demons in his heart.
Could just a few bolts of lightning really atone for his sins? Erase all his past mistakes?
Su Che knew: Of course not!
It was merely to achieve psychological balance, to feel as guilt-free and regretless as possible. What others thought didn’t matter at all.
In the world of cultivation, how many cultivators could truly be free from karma and sins?
Even those who had killed countless people could still pass through the heavenly calamities and ascend to the immortal realm…
This was cultivation, not pure spiritual practice!
Boom! Boom! Boom…
The lightning bolts fell one after another, roughly every ten breaths. Su Che endured them all calmly. But after enduring eight bolts, he was no longer human, looking like a black charred stick standing there.
Fortunately, Su Che’s physical strength was extremely resilient, and he possessed the exaggerated self-healing ability of the Sky-Devouring Rat. Moreover, he had an endless supply of life energy…

Such injuries may seem terrifying at first glance, but they can’t harm Su Che’s core at all. Back then, when using the Destruction Fist, each punch would instantly consume two-thirds of his vital energy. After hundreds of such punches, the internal damage would have been far worse than now. Even so, Su Che had long become accustomed to it; the slight torment he’s experiencing now is nothing at all. “Master, you look pretty cool in this appearance,” Lao He said jokingly with his legs crossed in the Immortal Prison, “Absolutely stunning!” Su Che grunted twice, too lazy to waste words with him, and instead calculated in his mind: “Eight bolts of heavenly lightning can be easily endured. The twenty-seven bolts in the first three levels pose no threat to me at all; for the last three levels, I don’t even need any defensive techniques—just the Great Thunderfall Technique can redirect these mortal calamity bolts elsewhere…” “Deliberately putting myself in this state—aside from a bit of penitence—is also to show heaven that I willingly accept your punishment. I’ve realized my mistake. Please stop punishing me from now on, okay?” “Haha…” Lao He laughed loudly, “So after all this, Master, you still have such thoughts? Do you think heaven is your father, that you can beg for mercy or admit fault just like that?” “You know nothing!” Su Che also found his own idea rather ridiculous, even quite childish. Embarrassed, he could only defend himself in his mind: “It’s a matter of attitude. At the very least, it can prove one’s sincerity to heaven…” Just as he spoke, he suddenly stopped, because Su Che saw several streaks of light approaching from the horizon—clearly cultivators of extremely high cultivation. On Thunder Star, the heavenly lightning was as dense as rain. Even those thunder cultivators who lived here year-round had to rely on plants on the ground that could absorb lightning to move quickly. So, those who had both the courage and the ability to fly at high speeds in the air must be at least at the Calamity Crossing stage or above. During the Calamity Crossing period, it’s highly taboo to be disturbed by others, as it could cause the calamity to mutate and lead to unpredictable consequences. Therefore, for Su Che, the timing of the appearance of these streaks of light was really not good! Moreover, behind those streaks of light, three enormous figures could be seen. Su Che was extremely familiar with such figures—he had seen them everywhere on the dozen or so Witch Clan settlement planets he had visited. Witch Clan warriors!

The five beams of light representing the cultivators flew ahead, while the massive figures representing the Witch Tribe warriors followed behind. The scene was quite clear—it was obvious that three Witch Tribe warriors had discovered several cultivators at the Refinement Void stage or above on Thunder Star and intended to seize their primordial souls. Left with no choice, those cultivators could only flee in all directions, eventually arriving at their own place of tribulation.
“Could this be such a coincidence?”
Lao He immediately started shouting in the Immortal Prison, “Not earlier, not later—just when you’re going through tribulation, such things happen. It’s almost certainly that old Witch God’s doing!”
Su Che was puzzled. “The mighty Witch God wouldn’t resort to such petty tricks, would he?”
Crack! Another bolt of lightning struck, making Su Che tremble all over as if struck by a heavy blow.
“Master, don’t overestimate that old fox. A cunning old fox like him will do anything to achieve his goals, regardless of the means.”
Lao He retorted immediately, “Think about it—we’ve been traveling in the Spirit Realm for over a decade without ever seeing Witch Tribe warriors chasing after cultivators. Today, as soon as your tribulation started, they showed up to cause trouble. How can this be a coincidence?”
Su Che remained silent, feeling that this was indeed too coincidental and suspicious.
The five beams of light grew closer, now only tens of thousands of feet away. With Lao He’s detection abilities, Su Che could clearly discern their appearances and strengths: two were at the Great Vehicle stage, and three at the Tribulation stage.
Five cultivators of such strength being chased like stray dogs by just three Witch Tribe warriors suggested how formidable their combat abilities must be. Normally, one Witch Tribe warrior could defeat two cultivators at the Great Vehicle stage, and there was even a high chance of killing one of them. Conversely, even if five cultivators at the Great Vehicle stage joined forces, it would be difficult for them to kill a single Witch Tribe warrior.
The Witch Tribe should not exist in the mortal world; the Spirit Realm was their proper habitat. However, due to certain special reasons, they were trapped in the mortal world by the Heavenly Dao.
At this moment, the five cultivators flying ahead seemed to have some ulterior motive. Seeing someone undergoing tribulation in this area from afar, they didn’t avoid it but headed straight toward them, clearly intent on dragging Su Che down with them.
“Could it be that they hope to use their own tribulation to deal with the Witch Tribe?”
Su Che pondered. “That idea is absurd. The lightning that cultivators at the Tribulation stage can withstand would barely tickle a Witch Tribe warrior—it’s completely useless against them!”

For a moment, Su Che couldn’t figure out the other party’s intentions at all, but anyway, they still flew over. So, Su Che sent a message to stop them: “Dear fellow cultivators, I am here undergoing a tribulation; I can barely take care of myself. Please take another route…” Before Su Che could finish speaking, someone over there angrily replied through a message, “It’s the Witch Clan that has appeared—that’s the real tribulation for us. Your little thunder tribulation is nothing!”