166: Drinking away the Heavenly Dao

That lightning bolt, of an indescribable color, seemed to pierce through the past, present, and future, carrying a terrifying will that could extinguish all living things and cause the Great Dao to collapse, crashing down!

Time turbulence swirled around it, yet could not affect it in the slightest.

This was the judgment of the Heavenly Dao, the annihilation of an "anomaly" by the rules!

Primal Origin World-Extinguishing Tribulation, First Level — Void Chaos Lightning!

Before the Lightning Tribulation even arrived, that majestic Heavenly Might already caused the bones throughout Lin Huan's body to groan under the unbearable burden, and his Soul to tremble.

This was an absolute suppression at the level of life.

However, there was not the slightest retreat in his eyes. The fully awakened Primal Origin Body erupted with an earth-shattering roar, and Chaos-colored blood Qi surged into the sky, actually forming a blurry phantom of an ancient Divine Being above his head, appearing to step on Chaos and support the blue sky!

"The Dao of Primal Origin derives all methods; how can it be destroyed by the heavens?!"

Lin Huan let out a long howl, the sound waves rolling and actually temporarily dispersing a portion of the Heavenly Might.

He operated the Primal Origin Scripture, condensing the surging power of the Origin within his body into his right fist, and threw a punch toward the sky without any flashy techniques!

This punch was not any Divine Ability, but a manifestation of his Primal Origin will; it was "existence" itself challenging "destruction"!

On the fist tip, Chaos light gushed forth; one could vaguely see earth, water, fire, and wind being reset, and the Yin and Yang energies separating, as if about to open up a new world beneath his fist!

Rumble—!!!

The fist light and the Void Chaos Lightning collided fiercely!

There was no explosion as imagined, only a violent erosion and annihilation at the level of the Law.

The Chaos lightning light attempted to obliterate that Primal Origin Fist Intent, while the Primal Origin Fist Intent tenaciously derived vitality, devouring the lightning light and assimilating it as its own nutrients.

The blinding light instantly swallowed everything. The quasi-emperors watching from the periphery could not help but squint their eyes; their Divine Sense was severely interfered with, making it difficult to see the scene at the core.

"He actually dares to confront the Void Chaos Lightning head-on?! Seeking death!"

The Old Ancestor of the Ancient Thunder Ape snorted coldly. The terror of this kind of lightning, containing the power of Chaos annihilation, was enough to easily destroy the Physical Body of an Early Stage quasi-emperor.

However, as the light dissipated, Lin Huan was seen standing in place, his figure swaying slightly, a wisp of Chaos-colored blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. But the Aura around his body had not weakened; on the contrary, it was even more condensed and majestic!

His fist was torn and bloody, with even cracks appearing on his bones, but Chaos Qi swirled around the wounds, repairing them at a speed visible to the naked eye. The annihilating power of the Lightning Tribulation had actually been forcibly refined and partially absorbed by his Primal Origin!

"He blocked it?! And... he is using the Lightning Tribulation for Body Refining?!"

The elder of the Life Divine Vine clan exclaimed in shock, his wrinkled face full of disbelief.

"The Primal Origin Body... it is actually this tyrannical!"

The Clan Chief of the Void Ancient Beasts had an extremely grave expression.

The Heavenly Dao seemed to be enraged by Lin Huan's stubborn resistance; the dark firmament boiled again.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

This time, it was no longer a single lightning bolt, but thousands of slightly thinner, yet equally terrifying Chaos lightning bolts. Like a torrential downpour, they transformed into a sea of Chaos lightning covering the entire Star Domain, enveloping Lin Huan along with the Primal Origin Pool beneath him!

Second Level — Chaos Myriad Thunder Prison!

Each lightning bolt was comparable to the strike of a quasi-emperor; with thousands gathered, the power was enough to obliterate a Middle Stage quasi-emperor!

"Good!"

Battle Intent burned in Lin Huan's eyes. He no longer resisted passively, but actively charged into the sea of lightning!

He unfolded his movement technique, like a swimming fish, weaving through the dense lightning light. He swung his fists, crossing his palms and fingers, shattering, deflecting, or even directly grabbing lightning bolts and incorporating them into his body!

Operating the Primal Origin Scripture to the extreme, he seemed to have turned into a huge furnace. The Primal Origin core at his Dantian rotated frantically, greedily devouring the destructive energy in the Lightning Tribulation, using it to temper his Physical Body, refine his Divine Soul, and solidify his Dao foundation!

His Physical Body cycled between shattering and restructuring. Each restructuring made it tougher. The cracks on his bones were repaired, presenting a Chaos luster that was as warm as jade yet indestructible.

Under the baptism of the lightning, the Impurities in his Divine Soul were removed, becoming purer and more solid, and his Divine Sense power skyrocketed.

"Exhilarating!"

Lin Huan let out a long howl, rising and falling in the sea of lightning. Although he was occasionally struck by lightning until his skin was torn and scorched black, his breath became increasingly long and profound.

Under the pressure of the Lightning Tribulation and the feedback of the Origin, his cultivation was completely stabilized at the Saint King Realm First Level, and he was advancing toward the Second Level!

The quasi-emperors on the periphery were already numb from watching.

They had never seen anyone undergo a tribulation like this; this was no longer undergoing a tribulation, it was more like a plundering!

A reverse devouring of the Heavenly Dao Lightning Tribulation by the Primal Origin!

"This child... must absolutely not be left alive!"

The killing intent of the existence in the shadows almost solidified into substance.

The Heavenly Dao was enraged; the sea of lightning changed suddenly.

The endless lightning no longer struck randomly, but began to condense and combine, transforming into ancient living beings made entirely of lightning!

There was a Thunder Phoenix with wings spreading to cover the sky, a Thunder Dragon roaring in the starry sky, a Thunder Divine General holding a thunder halberd, and an ancient Chaos Beast stepping on thunder clouds... Their Auras were majestic, each radiating quasi-emperor level pressure. Their gazes locked onto Lin Huan, and carrying the killing will of the Heavenly Dao, they pounced to kill!

Third Level — Myriad Spirits Transforming Dao Tribulation!

This was the Heavenly Dao using lightning to derive the Dao of all living beings in the world to launch an attack; it was more terrifying than simple lightning, containing attacks at the level of the Law.

"Deriving all living beings? I come from the Primal Origin, I shall suppress all methods in the world!"

Lin Huan was fearless. He moved his hands, and the Primal Origin within his body boiled. Behind him, that blurry phantom of the ancient Divine Being suddenly became several times clearer. It also raised its hand, striking out a Dharma Seal containing the true meaning of the Primal Origin.

Primal Origin Seal!

Once the seal was out, all methods were void!

The Thunder Phoenix, Thunder Dragon, Divine General, and ancient beast that were pouncing over, the moment they touched this Chaos Dharma Seal, the lightning Laws that constituted them seemed to have encountered their nemesis, instantly becoming chaotic and disintegrating. They re-transformed into pure Lightning Tribulation energy, and were then sucked in by the open mouth of the Divine Being phantom behind Lin Huan, swallowed into its belly, and fed back to himself.

He stepped forward, actively attacking. He struck out with the Primal Origin Seal repeatedly, shattering one lightning living being after another, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, invincible!

His combat skills were rapidly improving, and his use of the Primal Origin was becoming increasingly exquisite.

Sometimes turning the seal into a fist, tyrannical and fierce; sometimes turning the fist into a finger, piercing through delusions; sometimes turning his body into Chaos, immune to all methods.

Just as he defeated the last Thunder Divine General and his Aura reached its Peak—

Boom!

The Fourth Level of tribulation arrived silently.

It was not lightning, but an invisible force that acted directly upon his Divine Soul and Dao Heart!

In an instant, the scene before Lin Huan's eyes changed drastically.

He saw the Lin Familys Small World turned to ashes under the Heavenly Might, saw the Old Ancestor Lin Dao bleeding and falling in the Lightning Tribulation, saw his parents, relatives, and friends destroyed in body and Soul amidst wails... Countless tragic, desperate, and heartbreaking illusions surged like a tide, impacting his mind.

At the same time, a powerful sense of depravity and sinking eroded his Dao Heart, tempting him to give up resistance and merge with the Heavenly Dao, to attain eternity.

Fourth Level — Heart Demon Illusion Dao Tribulation!

Pointing directly at the heart, eroding the Dao foundation!

Lin Huan's figure suddenly stalled, and a momentary confusion and pain appeared in his eyes.

Those illusions were too real, especially those concerning his relatives and close friends; they almost broke down his psychological defenses.

"Illusions are ultimately illusions! My Dao Heart, Primal Origin is unmoving!"

Just at the moment when his Dao Heart was about to be breached, the Primal Origin core in his body vibrated violently. A cool, pure, and Origin power that seemed capable of washing away all dust surged into his Divine Soul, instantly making his mind clear.

Those illusions shattered like flowers in a mirror and the moon in the water.

That sense of sinking, in front of the purest and truest Primal Origin, also melted away like ice and snow.

His Dao Heart, having experienced this baptism, became like Chaos Diamond, even more indestructible!

His eyes returned to clarity, even deeper and firmer than before.

"What a sinister Heavenly Tribulation!"

A quasi-emperor on the periphery gasped; the Heart Demon Tribulation was impossible to guard against, and how many Prodigies had fallen at this stage.

The Heavenly Dao seemed to be completely enraged; the subsequent tribulations were more terrifying than the last.

Fifth Level, Yin and Yang Chaos Tribulation!

The Yin and Yang energies transformed into a millstone, wanting to crush him, but were forcibly incorporated into his body and balanced by Lin Huan using the Dao of Taiji deriving Chaos, instead tempering his Yin and Yang Origin.

Sixth Level, Time-Space Annihilation Wind Tribulation!

The invisible wind blew, cutting away one's Lifespan, rotting one's Divine Soul, and disordering time and space.

Lin Huan met all changes with constancy; the Primal Origin fixed his body. Let the wind blow and the rain strike, he remained unmoved, and instead gained some enlightenment on the Dao of Time and Space.

Seventh Level, Karma Karmic Fire Tribulation!

Red Lotus Karmic Fire was born from the Void Realm, burning sins and Karma.

Lin Huan had not cultivated for long, his Karma was not deep, and coupled with the Primal Origin being transcendent, the Karmic Fire was difficult to attach to him. Instead, it was induced by him to burn away the last trace of impure thoughts from his cultivation.

Eighth Level, Myriad Dao Millstone Tribulation!

The myriad Daos of heaven and earth manifested, like tangible order divine chains, intertwining into a huge millstone, slowly rotating, wanting to completely obliterate Lin Huan along with his Primal Origin Dao!

This was a crushing at the level of the Great Dao!

Lin Huan felt unprecedented pressure; his Physical Body began to show real cracks, and his Divine Soul was humming.

He howled unceasingly, driving the Primal Origin Body to the extreme. The Divine Being phantom behind him merged with him, his palms holding up the sky, forcibly supporting the slowly descending Myriad Dao Millstone!

His seven orifices were bleeding, his body trembling violently, as if he would be crushed at any moment.

But the light in his eyes grew brighter and brighter!

"My Dao is Primal Origin! It is the Origin! How can it be obliterated by you Acquired Daos?!"

A loud sound like a rushing river came from within his body; the Primal Origin that had been suppressed to the limit finally erupted with its final potential!

Crack!

A clear breaking sound came from within his body, not of bones breaking, but of some Realm barrier being broken through!

Saint King Realm Second Level!

Under extreme pressure, he broke through again!

Majestic power surged throughout his body. He roared, his arms erupting with Chaos divine light, actually forcibly lifting the Myriad Dao Millstone by a fraction, and then pushed it upward violently!

Boom!!!

The Myriad Dao Millstone vibrated violently, with fine cracks appearing on it, and finally exploded, turning into light rain all over the sky, which was frantically absorbed by Lin Huan.

He stood alone in the Void Realm, although covered in blood and covered in wounds, his Aura was like a divine weapon that had undergone thousands of hammerings, sharp and exposed, rushing straight to the heavens!

His cultivation was completely stabilized at the Peak of the Saint King Realm Second Level!

Having survived eight levels of the World-Extinguishing Tribulation in a row!

The starry sky was dead silent. All the watching quasi-emperors were silent, their eyes complex to the extreme.

The Prodigy status of this child had already exceeded their scope of understanding.

However, the Heavenly Tribulation had not ended.

The endless dark firmament was terrifyingly quiet at this moment.

All lightning, storms, and visions had disappeared, leaving only a suffocating oppression.

An Aura more terrifying than all the previous tribulations combined was slowly condensing.

Lin Huan's pupils shrank, and he felt a fatal crisis.

Lin Dao, who had been watching the changes quietly, also slightly raised his head at this moment, a flash of understanding in his eyes.

"Finally... it has come."

Only to see in the depths of the dark firmament, a point of extreme "nothingness" spreading out. There was no light, no darkness, no Law, no concept, only pure "nothingness".

From that "nothingness", an eye slowly emerged.

A huge, cold, merciless eye, seemingly constructed from countless Heavenly Dao runes — the Eye of the Heavenly Dao!

This eye gazed indifferently at Lin Huan, without any emotion, only the purest will of "erasure".

Primal Origin World-Extinguishing Tribulation, Final Level — Heavenly Dao Extermination!

This was not an energy attack, nor a Law attack, but a direct negation and clearance originating from the Origin rules of this Universe!

The Eye of the Heavenly Dao blinked.

A subtle, gray ray of light, which seemed not to exist in the present world, shot out silently, ignoring space, ignoring time, and descended directly before the center of Lin Huan's eyebrows.

Wherever this ray of light passed, even the concept of "existence" was being erased!

Lin Huan's whole body stiffened. He felt his thinking, Soul, Physical Body, Dao fruit, and even the "traces" of his existence, were fluctuating violently under this strike, as if in the next moment he would be completely "deleted" from this Universe!

All his power, Primal Origin, Saint King Realm cultivation, all appeared so pale and weak before this light of Heavenly Dao Extermination!

This was an absolute gap in levels!

"I... am not reconciled!"

Lin Huan roared in his heart, desperately driving everything, but could not stop the erosion of that erasing force.

Just at this critical moment—

"Enough."

A calm voice rang out.

The figure that had been standing like a statue—Lin Dao, finally moved.

He just simply took a step forward, and blocked between Lin Huan and that light of Heavenly Dao Extermination.

Then, he extended a finger, his fingertips swirling with an Aura deeper than Chaos and more ancient than the Primal Origin, and lightly pointed at that gray ray of light.

Pfft—

Like a red-hot branding iron placed into water.

That light of Heavenly Dao Extermination, which was enough to erase everything, the moment it touched Lin Dao's fingertip, actually seemed to have encountered its nemesis, let out a faint wail, and then... disintegrated inch by inch, dissipating into nothingness!

Lin Dao stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at the cold Eye of the Heavenly Dao in the depths of the firmament, his eyes calm but carrying an unquestionable majesty.

"This child, my Lin Family will protect."

"You, back down."

His voice was not loud, but it seemed to contain some supreme decree, resounding at the level of the rules.

The Eye of the Heavenly Dao fluctuated violently, the runes within flickering, as if struggling, in anger, but in the end, under the oppression of that unfathomable Chaos Aura, it slowly closed, and finally, along with the endless dark firmament, dissipated together.

Sunlight fell back onto the starry sky, cloudless for ten thousand miles.

It was as if that world-destroying ancient Lightning Tribulation had never appeared.

Primal Origin World-Extinguishing Tribulation, dispersed!

Lin Dao, with one word, drank back the Heavenly Dao!