Going from Foundation to Core is considered one of the more dangerous progressions.
It was then time!
He made sure to stop accepting cleaning task.
Then went back to his dorm to breakthrough.
He began to meditate and focused on melting his pillar.
Unbeknownst to him... clouds were starting to gather above his dorm.
The wind was also starting to speed up.
People outside were wondering what exactly was happening.
"Somebody is facing a tribulation!"
"What!? That only happens in the legends..."
"Just what sort of cultivation technique is it practicing?"
"Who knows... it must be something ancient."
Meanwhile... Zero was just practicing a basic technique for building the core.
He had cultivated before in his rank 7 dream.
His control over his own body was godly.
This led to him making a bit of a mistake.
He was a little too perfect.
When he created his pillar.
It was made out of bits and pieces of his dantian.
This led to there being cracks as there should be.
Imperfections.
But when he melted down this pillar and formed his core.
He created an impossibly perfect sphere.
Creating a perfect energy generation cycle.
If he succeeds parts of the world will will integrate into his core.
So the world will of the planet was going to kill him in his cradle.
Zero finally noticed the abnormality from his main body.
He could stop the tribulation using his main body.
Manipulating the world will as a rank 8 was as easy a breathing.
But that would be counterproductive.
It's a bit of a paradox.
The world will attacking has given the opportunity to integrate the world will.
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If he is to reach rank 9.
He'll need this body to not rely so heavily on external help
Besides, it's this copies body's fault for creating such a perfect golden core.
So Zero watched on to see how he would deal with the world wills tribulation.
Zero was on the cusp of breaking through to core when he was suddenly struck by lightning.
His stopwatch shielded him at the last second allowing him to breakthrough.
But his dorm had been blown up.
"A tribulation? This wasn't mentioned. My core still hasn't stabilized..."
There was lots of thunder and lightning shooting down at him.
He flew up into the sky.
Chasing the tribulation.
While in the clouds he was struck countless times by lightning.
Some of it was getting through his shield.
He caught some of the lightning in his hand and had it travel back and forth as if he had found a new toy.
His shield shattered.
"This lightning seems to contain some of the worlds will. If I integrate it into my core. I will have infinite energy from the world."
Little did the world know that by attacking Zero it had sealed its fate.
He was destined to plunder a large chunk of energy from it.
Zero just needed to survive.
A lightning struck him but was trapped in the air in front of him.
Chaos began to circulate through his body.
He slowly absorbed the lightning turning his golden core white.
The core itself had a red film around it which was chaos.
Zero had broken through.
He waved his hands and shot out lightning back at the tribulation clouds.
The clouds then dissipated.
What Zero gained from this breakthrough was an electric shield around him at all times.
As well as a qualitative boost in strength, vitality, and spirit.
As Zero was flying back down to the sect he was stopped by a group of saints.
"Who are you?!"
"I'm part of this sect..."
"Nonsense! You purposefully damaged so much property and set up a thunder formation to distract us!"
"That wasn't a thunder formation. It was a tribulation I was undergoing."
"Bullshit. People only face tribulations in fairy tales."
"..."
"Alright guys. I'm in a good mood for now. I'll spare your lives."
"hahahahha. Did you hear him boys? He'll SPARE our lives."
"We are the disciplinary committee. You can do this the easy way or the hard way."
"The choice is yours."
Zero simply held out his hand and pinched his fingers.
The guy talking's head exploded.
His body dropped to the ground.
"Oh wow... you guys are way easier to kill then I expected."
"What DID YOU DO?!"
"I don't know... I pinched my fingers together and he died. Quite bizarre."
The few others started to back away.
"No guys! We can't let him scare us like that. He must have prepared some trick to it. A trump card he can only use once."
Zero was a little amused.
"Your entirely right. Watch this."
Zero winked at the guy.
The man then had a heart attack.
"Did he really just die from me winking at him?"
At this point the group started to fly away in fear.
But they kept flying but it seemed as if they were going in circles.
Eventually they stopped and stared at Zero in horror.
"How did you-"
Zero's heart skipped a beat causing chaos to explode outwards.
The remainder's heads all exploded.
"Hmm... even though I'm not connected to my laws in any form. The leftover chaos I have is very powerful, especially when amplified by my cultivation."
"Unfortunately I only have about 200 years of chaos left."
Zero flew to the ground and saw people pointing at him.
"Murderer! Murder-"
They harmlessly fell into a deep sleep.
"Murderer? I suppose I am!"
Zero began to go on a leisurely stroll to the techniques department.
On the way there he was stopped by many disciples.
"You've gone too far Zero! How can you justify you slaughtering your fellow sect mates?!"
Zero thought about the question for a brief second.
"Maybe you guys shouldn't threaten your fellow sect mate? I gave them the option to leave alive. But they laughed at me and threatened my safety. How would you respond? Bend the knee? Follow their ridiculous demands. Give them my right lung and a kidney?"
"You're exaggerating!"
"They acted like I wasn't part of the sect. So I did the same."
"..."
At this point Patriarch Elite showed up.
"We don't wish to fight you Zero. This is all a misunderstanding!"
"Misunderstanding? Alright. I'll let it slide. In exchange I want the the next cultivation stage information."
"...What level are you at now?"
"Core."
"Let us go to a private place to talk."