When the next tribulation fell, Lex was in much better condition. Two days of cultivating on the bean bag- no, eh, of cultivating on the Gabana fruit allowed Lex to grow much stronger. The aid was even greater than what the tribulation provided which was quite ironic, and yet it also made sense.
After all, the tribulation was specifically designed for him, whereas the Gabana fruit was dealing with Dao stuff. Basically, for Lex, the Gabana fruit was just enhancing whatever benefits Lex had gotten from the Amber Chaos Resin so in truth, his improved strength was just a side effect of something far greater.
But Lex had no qualifications to do anything related to the Dao, so for him, this inadvertent benefit became the main focus.
