92: He chickened out during the heavenly tribulation...

He had thought he would have to wait a few more days. He didn't expect the people sent by Yushuang Palace to be so efficient, wiping out Taiyi Immortal Sect so quickly.

Excellent, excellent.

[Reward Obtained: Orange Summoning Card ×3]

[Orange Summoning Card: Can summon a Supreme Realm expert from the River of Time at maximum.]

...[Reward Obtained: Supreme Realm Permanent Upgrade Card ×1]

...[Reward Obtained: great dao spacetime pagoda ×1]

[great dao spacetime pagoda: The flow of time inside its internal space is 100 times faster than the outside world, suitable for Disciples of the Sect to Cultivate!]

...[Reward Obtained: Sect Prestige Points ×500,000]

...[Reward Obtained: Spirit Stones, Magic Treasures, Spirit Pills, and various other items...]

"No way, the rewards this time are so generous?"

Lin Chen was stunned. While the System's rewards had always been generous before, they had never been this abundant.

The main point is, the higher one's Realm becomes in the later stages, the more difficult it is to improve. And just this Supreme Realm Upgrade Card alone from the System was worth at least ten thousand years of arduous cultivation for some Prodigies.

Not to mention the other rewards... Even the Sect Prestige Points given amounted to a full five hundred thousand!

You must know, previously, after subjugating so many forces, the total combined was less than two hundred thousand.

Struck it rich, struck it rich!

Should I use it all for draws right now?

Or save it up to exchange for things?

Lin Chen wanted to use these rewards immediately. However, with everyone from Yushuang Palace, the Three Old Ancestors from Ancient Moon Tower, the Old Ancestor, Chu Nansheng, and many others present, it wasn't convenient. Thus, he could only forcefully suppress his excitement.

"Sect Master Lin, are you alright?"

Lin Chen had been standing still for a good while, and the others had noticed something was off.

"Taiyi Immortal Sect has been annihilated."

Lin Chen casually replied.

"It shouldn't be that fast, right?"

Leng Bingning was somewhat skeptical. After all, if it was truly over, the people from Yushuang Palace would have sent her a message immediately. And since Wending Sect hadn't sent anyone, it was impossible for him to know before her.

However... right at that moment, she received a message.

"Sect Master Lin, I never expected your mastery in the Dao of Divination to be so terrifying as well. This old woman is truly impressed!"

Leng Bingning's face was full of astonishment.

"A minor skill, not worth mentioning."

Lin Chen waved his hand, smiling, "Let's take our seats."

Actually, there was another meaning he didn't voice: hurry up and finish eating! He couldn't wait to go and use his rewards!

...The banquet was filled with laughter and conversation, but Lin Chen was somewhat distracted.

It lasted until late at night. Finally, Lin Chen returned to the residence arranged by Yushuang Palace and dismissed everyone.

"System, use the Supreme Realm Permanent Upgrade Card!"

As soon as the words fell, the System, as usual, quickly responded—

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for successfully using the Supreme Realm Permanent Upgrade Card!]

...Unlike the gentle methods of the past, a surge of incredibly powerful energy suddenly erupted from Lin Chen's Dantian, almost bursting it.

The vast and turbulent spiritual energy was like a giant Dragon, surging along his Meridians, breaking through all obstacles, permeating every inch of his skin and Bloodline.

"Ah! It hurts! It hurts!"

"Be gentler! Be gentler!"

"I can't take it anymore!!"

"...Ahhhhh!"

Lin Chen writhed on the ground in pain, his entire body flushed red like a mass of scorching magma.

However, to prevent others from noticing his abnormality, he desperately covered his mouth, enduring the immense agony, forcing himself not to make a sound.

A full two hours passed.

Lin Chen fainted from the pain several times, only to regain consciousness again and again.

Finally... he felt a wave of relaxation throughout his body. An unrivaled power erupted from within, a strength he had never felt before.

He felt that his current strength was not the least bit inferior to that of a Great Emperor Realm expert!

"So satisfying!"

Lin Chen screamed wildly in his heart.

He wanted to go and spar with the Old Ancestor right now to see just how big the gap was.

"Boom——!!"

Right at that moment, a red lightning bolt streaked across the sky, illuminating the dark night with a bloody crimson hue.

The next moment, thunderclouds instantly gathered in the sky. A terrifying thunderclap exploded overhead, deafeningly loud.

Immediately after—

More red lightning bolts crawled across the entire sky. The world seemed covered by a layer of red gauze, looking extremely bizarre.

"Rumble——!!"

More thunderclaps exploded in the sky.

As the red lightning continuously converged, the thunderclouds began to rotate. Centering around an invisible point, they formed an enormous thunder vortex that covered the entire sky.

The center of the vortex was bottomless, as if connected to the celestial courts of the Nine Heavens, or as if the Heavenly Dao had opened a cold, giant eye, gazing down upon the mortal world.

Not long after, countless red lightning bolts had condensed into a terrifying mass of thunder that was blinding to look at.

It seemed as if the next moment, it would strike down upon Yushuang Palace.

"...Is this... a Heavenly Thunder Tribulation?"

Everyone in Yushuang Palace was alarmed, coming out one after another to look up at the sky.

"Indeed, it is the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation for the Supreme Realm."

"Master, what is a Heavenly Thunder Tribulation?"

"Then listen well. Cultivators vie with the heavens for a sliver of life. When a Cultivator reaches the Tribulation Crossing Realm, because they have plundered too much of the world's spiritual energy, they become intolerable to the Heavenly Dao. Therefore, the Heavenly Dao will descend a Heavenly Thunder Tribulation, seeking to eliminate this person and return the spiritual energy to the world."

"Afterwards, at Mahayana, Supreme, and Great Emperor, every major Realm Breakthrough will provoke the Heavenly Dao to descend a Heavenly Thunder Tribulation."

"Generally, the higher the Realm, the more terrifying the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation it provokes."

"If you withstand it, you transform from a fish into a Dragon."

"If you cannot withstand it, your body perishes and your Dao vanishes."

"In your Master's view, this Heavenly Thunder Tribulation is indeed for the Supreme Realm, but its power... why is it even more terrifying than the one the Old Ancestor provoked when breaking through to the Great Emperor Realm?"

"Master, is someone in Yushuang Palace about to break through to the Supreme Realm?"

"...No!"

"No one in Yushuang Palace can break through to the Supreme Realm or Great Emperor Realm in the short term."

"Then who is it?"

"..."

Everyone discussed animatedly.

Nangong Ping, Leng Bingning, Jiang Xue, and others also gathered, gazing intently at the terrifying red thunder in the sky.

Their brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

"Which Fellow Daoist is Undergoing Tribulation in my Yushuang Palace?"

"Do you require our assistance?"

Leng Bingning's voice spread throughout Yushuang Palace, echoing for a long time.

But... it was like a stone sinking into the sea, with no response whatsoever.

Helpless, Leng Bingning and the others could only set up a defensive formation to protect the Disciples as much as possible from being injured by the tribulation lightning.

On the other side.

Li Tiangang and Chu Nansheng also looked at the sky, utterly astonished.

Both of them had experienced the Supreme Realm Heavenly Thunder Tribulation. But compared to the one they faced back then, this current one was like child's play. If they had faced a tribulation of this magnitude, they would have perished long ago.

Who could it be?

Does Yushuang Palace have such a terrifying figure?

After guessing for a while, a sudden flash of inspiration struck Chu Nansheng. She slapped her forehead—

"Could it be... the Sect Master?"

"My stupid brain, how could I forget the Sect Master!"

In her impression, the Sect Master had just recently broken through to Peak Mahayana Stage, so he definitely wouldn't break through to the Supreme Realm so quickly.

However... who exactly is the Sect Master?

He absolutely cannot be measured by common sense!

Yes, it must be the Sect Master!

Apart from the Sect Master, no one could provoke a Heavenly Thunder Tribulation of this magnitude!

"...Sect Master, can he withstand it?"

Chu Nansheng felt both exhilarated and worried. Her gaze involuntarily turned towards the direction of Lin Chen's residence.

"Boom——!"

Suddenly, fierce winds arose, and the color of the world changed.

The red thunder moved. Everyone's hearts tightened along with it.

However... just as this terrifying red Heavenly Thunder was about to strike down, a voice, extremely cold and imposing, suddenly rang out from the direction of Lin Chen's residence, piercing the silent night sky and echoing for a long time—

"Scram!!!"

In that instant, the terrifying thunder seemed to hear something horrifying. It froze mid-air, and the red lightning began to tremble uncontrollably.

The next moment.

Like a mouse seeing a cat, it 'shooed' back into the thunderclouds and vanished.

The oppressive black thunderclouds immediately dispersed.

What was just a scene of apocalypse moments ago now became clear skies for ten thousand miles.

"???"

This unbelievable scene directly made question marks pop up above everyone's heads. They found it hard to believe.

Many people's jaws nearly dropped to the ground, muttering to themselves, "...No way? This works too?"