93: Great Dao Time Tower

[Ding!]

[Detected that the Cangxuan Realm's Heavenly Dao is descending a Heavenly Lightning Tribulation with the intent to obliterate the Host!]

[The System is currently warning the Heavenly Dao, please wait...]

[If the Heavenly Dao cannot be scared away, the System will attempt to obliterate it...]

...Outside, thunderclouds gathered densely, and heavenly thunder rumbled.

Lin Chen quickly realized that it was likely his Breakthrough to the Supreme Realm that had attracted the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation.

Just as he was feeling somewhat apprehensive, the System suddenly emitted a notification sound.

"Huh?"

"There's a Heavenly Lightning Tribulation now, but there wasn't before?"

Lin Chen was somewhat puzzled.

Could it be that his cultivation Realm was too low before, and the Heavenly Dao disdained to send down a Heavenly Lightning Tribulation?

Or was there some other reason?

But... no matter the reason, since the System had already taken action, the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation would likely be scared away soon. And with such a big commotion outside, everyone would quickly discover he was Undergoing Tribulation... This kind of thing ultimately couldn't be hidden, nor was there any need to hide it.

Might as well seize this opportunity to put on a spectacular show!

Thinking of this, he chuckled, sank his Qi into his Dantian, channeled all his spiritual power, and shouted a single word in his most icy and imposing voice—

"SCRAM!!"

As his voice fell, the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation indeed fled in a panic, disappearing without a trace.

The night sky returned to calm, clear and cloudless for ten thousand miles.

The System is simply too awesome!

Its intervention was too timely!

[Ding!]

[The Heavenly Lightning Tribulation has dispersed!]

[Congratulations, Host, on successfully breaking through to the Supreme Peak!]

...Huh?

So this is the feeling of the Supreme Peak?

As Lin Chen was experiencing this wondrous sensation, figures landed one after another in the courtyard where he was.

"Sect Master Lin?"

"Was it you undergoing the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation?"

Everyone's faces were filled with curiosity. That voice just now clearly came from here... who else could it be but Lin Chen?

"I'm ashamed to admit it, but it was indeed This Sect Master."

Lin Chen walked out slowly with a smile on his face, no longer concealing the aura emanating from his body.

Supreme Peak!

"...Oh, this, this, this."

Everyone was so shocked they became tongue-tied.

They all knew Lin Chen had only recently broken through to the Peak Mahayana Stage. In such a short time, he had actually broken through again to the Supreme Peak, and with a single shout scared away the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation. It was simply unbelievable, unheard of!

Such a person is one in ten thousand ages!

So-called prodigies and geniuses are simply a joke before him!

They don't even have the qualification to be mentioned in the same breath as him!

At this moment, everyone became even more convinced of one idea... that is, following Sect Master Lin is definitely the right choice!

"Sect Master Lin, may I ask how you directly advanced a major Realm in such a short time?"

"A secret."

Lin Chen smiled faintly, enigmatic and inscrutable.

"Then how did you scare away that Heavenly Lightning Tribulation?"

Unwilling to give up, the crowd pressed on with their questions.

"Also a secret."

Lin Chen gave the same answer.

"Uh..."

Everyone was extremely disappointed.

To them, these were both earth-shattering secrets. Once they learned these secrets, first, they could greatly increase their cultivation in an extremely short time, and second, they would no longer need to undergo Heavenly Lightning Tribulations. Their success rate in overcoming tribulations would directly soar from ten to twenty percent to one hundred percent!

Either secret was priceless!

However, unfortunately, Lin Chen was unwilling to tell them, and they couldn't force him.

Every cultivator has their own secrets, their ultimate means of survival. It was understandable that Lin Chen was unwilling to tell them.

The crowd dispersed, crestfallen.

Lin Chen had originally wanted to use the Golden Summoning Card again, but feared the celestial phenomenon it might attract would lead to more questions from everyone, so he had no choice but to give up.

As for the great dao spacetime pagoda... with a single thought, Lin Chen arrived inside the pagoda.

Here, he didn't feel any difference from the outside, except the Spiritual Qi was denser, and he could clearly perceive the fluctuations of the surrounding Great Dao Laws.

The Spacetime Pagoda was divided into thirteen floors. The Spiritual Qi and Laws on each floor were different, suitable for people of different cultivation Realms to enter and Cultivate.

"...The System said the flow of time here is a hundred times that of the outside?"

After pondering for a moment, Lin Chen decided to test it.

So, he simply sat down, closed his eyes, and carefully experienced the power of the Great Dao Laws within the pagoda... Time flew by, and over ten days passed.

Lin Chen slowly opened his eyes. With a single thought, he arrived outside and returned to his residence.

And only one hour had passed outside!

Just as expected!

Cultivating for one day here equals others cultivating for a hundred days! Cultivating for one year equals others cultivating for a hundred years!

If the Elders and Disciples of the Wending Sect could all enter the great dao spacetime pagoda to Cultivate, the Sect's strength would advance by leaps and bounds, unimaginable!

However, he still had one question.

"System, isn't this effectively reducing lifespan?"

"Although entering the great dao spacetime pagoda to Cultivate allows one to surpass others' cultivation upon exiting, time is still genuinely consumed!"

"..."

Soon after, the System responded. Although its voice was mechanical and cold, it still answered Lin Chen's confusion.

[Although the flow of time inside the pagoda is a hundred times that of the outside world, the bone age of those inside does not change. They remain exactly as they were before entering, only gaining increased cultivation and insights...]

"So that's how it is!"

Lin Chen was overjoyed and immediately wanted to rush back to the Wending Sect to open the great dao spacetime pagoda to everyone in the Sect.

But... not yet. He still had to make a trip to the Misty Rain Tower.

Early the next morning.

Just as dawn was breaking, Lin Chen called the Old Ancestor and Chu Nansheng, preparing to bid farewell and depart.

"So soon?"

"Sect Master Lin, why not stay a few more days? Yushuang Palace hasn't yet fulfilled its duties as Host..."

The people of Yushuang Palace earnestly tried to persuade him to stay, but Lin Chen declined with a smile.

The warship slowly moved away. Then, a spatial fluctuation appeared. The warship abruptly accelerated and entered it, disappearing.

"He... really left just like that..."

Jiang Xue suddenly felt a sense of loss. They had met less than two days ago, and now Lin Chen had hurriedly left again.

However, she also realized that the way Lin Chen looked at her was no different from how he looked at others. Lin Chen... truly had no other thoughts about her.

Moreover, Lin Chen's talent was unparalleled throughout the ages.

Although she was also a Prodigy among countless prodigies, she still couldn't be compared to Lin Chen.

The gap between them would only grow wider and wider... For some inexplicable reason, she felt that she and Lin Chen likely weren't even from the same world.

After a long time, she finally let go.

Gazing into the distance where nothing remained, she murmured, "Goodbye, Lin Chen."

"...So this is the Imperial Continent? It's truly prosperous!"

On the warship, Lin Chen looked down upon the Imperial Continent below.

Sects stood like forests, and great families were as numerous as clouds.

Cities, like primordial behemoths, lay quietly slumbering on the Imperial Continent. Compared to the Eastern Region, the atmosphere here was clearly more magnificent, and the Spiritual Qi was denser.

No wonder the powerhouses of the Imperial Continent were also considerably stronger than those of the Eastern Region.

"I wonder what the Southern Region, Western Region, and Northern Region are like?"

Lin Chen had never been to those three great territories.

"Hmm, I must definitely visit the other three great territories in the future..."

Anyway, now that he was at the Supreme Peak, traveling alone wouldn't pose any problems. Looking across the entire Cangxuan Realm, no one could threaten him. Even if a Great Emperor came, they'd be beaten into submission!

Just as he was thinking this, Chu Nansheng suddenly walked over, stammering and looking somewhat uneasy.

Lin Chen smiled and said, "What's the matter? Speak freely."

After hesitating for a long while, Chu Nansheng took a deep breath and finally whispered softly, "The Disciples who went out for training heard something... Liu Yanran... is dead..."