The heavenly thunder was about to strike at her and was just waiting for the core inside her to crack. And soon, it happened.
The core inside Celestina's dantian began to crack and a soul similar to a newborn infant emerged out from it, the moment it did, the heavenly tribulation, with a loud boom fell upon her.
It was so powerful that all the area around Celestina began to crumble. Celestina who was at the epicenter of the strike was unfazed by it, though her clothes were torn apart revealing her pristine jade-like body. The heavenly tribulation should have ended there for a normal cultivator but Celestina was not a normal cultivator anymore, and the heavenly tribulation for her hasn't ended yet.
Evan, who was watching this from far away wasn't surprised by this situation.
'As I had expected, the first thunder isn't a problem for her, but the danger comes now, the second tribulation that comes will be even more powerful than before and its destructiveness will be doubled each time.'
The second tribulation was able to strike Celestina, and she was prepared for it, she with her ability and spiritual energy, created a barrier to withstand the impact of heavenly thunder, but Evan shouted at her from far away,
"Don't put a barrier and let the tribulation hit you."
His statement surprised her, but she did as he had told her, she trusted Evan completely and removed the barrier.
The tribulation didn't wait any longer and struck her with full intensity, it was even more powerful than before and left a huge crater beneath Celestina, but she wasn't unharmed by it.
The moment thunderstruck upon her, the rune that Evan had placed on her womb spread to her entire body absorbed all the thunder that fell upon her, and began to tamper her body, making her physical strength far stronger.
Even Celestina was surprised by it, what she thought was a punishment from heaven was actually a blessing in disguise.
Though, Evan knew what it was from the beginning.
'The first thunder wouldn't have helped her with anything, but the second one did, and as the thunder increases her strength will also rise as the thunder refines her body. This is why the heavenly tribulation is a blessing from heaven, not its wrath.'
The tribulation came one after another each one more destructive and after the seventh tribulation, the heavenly tribulation subsided, leaving a massive and terrifying stain on its existence.
'Even I didn't think it would be so destructive. The system, please fix the damages inside the sect.'
[On it, host.]
"Let's go and meet her," Evan said to Lyra who couldn't believe what she just saw now.
She wasn't able to take her eyes off of Celestina and the tribulations that came one after another made her fear it. She knew one thing, she couldn't handle it at all if she was there.
"Aunt... is she okay?" She asked.
Evan just smiled at her and said while he gave her a pat on her head, "Yeah, she is fine."
They both went towards Celestina after that. The sect was fully back to normal as if nothing happened there at all, all those damages caused by the heavenly tribulation were nowhere to be found, and the big crater created by the tribulation had gone leaving only the tired Celestina lying naked on the floor, all her clothes were shattered in the impact.
Lyra looked worried when she saw Celestina like that, but after analyzing her with his ability Evan knew she was fine, and told her not to worry.
"Don't worry, she is fine. She will wake up in a while. Let's take her to the palace."
Evan then lifted Celestinainn in his arms and left for the palace. Reaching there, and opening the huge door, they both entered inside and went to the bedroom where Evan put Celestina on the bed.
After laying her on the bed and covering her with a quilt, he carefully observed her again to see if there were any injuries, but she was completely fine.
'Her physical strength increased suddenly, she might have tired out because of that. Let me see what her current stats are.'
Name: Celestina Stardust
Age: 27
Height: 5ft 10inch
Bloodline: Vayutara bloodline
Physical stats:
Strength: 81
Agility: 95
Stamina: 83
Endurance: 90
Cultivation: Nascent Soul Realm 1st layer
Ability: Gale force manipulation
Potential: S-tier
Feelings for host
Love: 30978 (Freaking too high)
Lust: 0
'Her stats have increased exponentially, are they supposed to increase so much, hmm?... how did her potential become S-tier? Did her bloodline become purer? And what's with her love, it's over 30000…'
Evan became completely flustered seeing her stats change so much, but the system came to his rescue and explained why this happened.
[You are correct, host. Her bloodline became purer after the tribulation and due to the Nascent Soul she awakened, her potential increased again. The same is true for her stats, but her nascent soul was the major reason behind her explosive growth.]
'What soul did she awaken?'
A soul that a cultivator awakens is very important for their journey. They can use it for attack and for improving their cultivation faster, it is just like abilities that the awakeners have awakened. One good and powerful soul set the difference between the cultivators.
Once they reach the Soul Transformation Realm, they will be able to see the true nature of their soul.
Just like with potential, the soul that cultivator is also divided among different tiers, beginning from F-tier to God-tier. The only difference is, that potential is something you are born with and can't be increased easily, but soul... it depends on the cultivators and their stable and solid foundation.
Evan checked her soul and what he saw shocked him. It was transparent and almost non-existent and seemed to disappear in the dantian, if not for his ability, Evan wouldn't have been able to see it at all.
'This soul... it is not God-tier.'
The soul inside Celestina wasn't God-tier as Evan had expected, but it was something more than that.
[The soul she awakened can't be judged based on the tier known to mankind till now, her soul is comparable to those primordials and she has also awakened her soul that is similar to her ancestor the Wind and Void god 'Vayu'.]
[A/N: I know Vayu isn't the god of void, but I just added it to make Celestina more powerful, hope you understand.]
'To that of primordials? The system, I know they must be very powerful, but why don't I have any knowledge about them even after acquiring the knowledge of cultivation.'
[I don't have much knowledge about them as well, it's as if my memories have been erased, I only recall one thing... Forbidden. Primordials are forbidden.]
For the first time, Evan felt an emotion from the system and it was fear. Until now, the system was like an AI, a machine, but currently, he felt its emotions, it was scared, scared of primordials.
'Just what are they? Why is the mention of them forbidden?'
[I don't know anything about that. I might know after I regain my memories. For that, you need to increase your strength.]
'I know. After entering the tower, I won't stop climbing it. I will help you recover your memories dear.'
Evan said jokingly but got an angry reply from the system.
[Who are you calling, 'dear'?]
'You obviously, duh.'
Evan said that and exited the mind space. Lyra was blankly staring at Evan when he opened his eyes and asked,
"What's the matter, Lyra?"
Lyra cutely put her finger in her chin and asked Evan innocently, "Big brother, why do you seem to get lost sometimes?"
"It's just your imagination."
Saying that, he turned his attention towards Celestina and found her eyelids twitching, she was waking up.
She was frowning and felt like her body was about to break down. Still, she opened her eyes and found Evan and Lyra staring at her.
Evan sat beside her and asked while ruffling through her hair.
"How do you feel now?"
"Tired. My body feels stiff." Celestina responded.
"It's because of the thunder tribulation. Just use your spiritual energy and you can heal yourself with it."
Evan said and Celestina did as he told her, she channeled her spiritual energy through her body and it did wonders instantly. Her pain subsided and she was able to move again.
"How did it go? Did I awaken a good soul?" Celestina asked.
Evan with a smile responded to her, "You did very good, wife. You can ask me for anything now."
Hearing that, she turned towards Lyra but she didn't care now, it was time that she asked for it herself,
"I want to have your child."
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Thanks for reading everyone.
This is a bonus chapter, hope you enjoy it, and for my Hindu brethren, hope you guys won't offended by something like this. I am also a Hindu and know about our myths and will use many more, so do support me.