Chapter 2460 Become Like a Cauldron

Lin Xun expected the heavenly tribulation to be fierce, just not to this degree. Even his formidable Emperor body began to fracture. His bones groaned under pressure and his veins snapped with audible cracks.

This was a terrifying divine punishment meant to grind down flesh, shatter bone, and break him apart to the core.

Buzz—

At the first sign of danger, Lin Xun summoned the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron. He let it drift beside him in the sea of thunder and lightning, enduring purification and tempering alongside him.

No one knew how much time passed.

Lightning struck again and again. His bones shattered, and his body was nearly worn to nothing, but he was continuously being refined and reforged, glowing with divine brilliance. He endured the unbearable pain and resisted the tribulation, not daring to relax for even a moment.

Boom!

The starry sky vanished beneath an endless tide of lightning. As time passed, the thunder grew only more ferocious, until it drowned the entire planet in brilliance. Stars exploded one after another, submerged by the storm.

This was a tribulation like no other. It was vast, cataclysmic, and utterly terrifying. Even supreme Emperors would pale at the sight. Ordinary Emperors would have been reduced to ashes in the first instant.

Before long, Lin Xun’s body was completely obliterated. This could be said to be the most devastating heavenly punishment he had ever faced.

Then, from within the annihilation, dao sounds echoed, and waves of divine azure light burst forth. His shattered body and broken bones reformed, merging together once again into a whole.

While enduring the agony of being shattered to pieces, Lin Xun activated the Great Dao Furnace Art, unleashing it amidst the tribulation lightning for it to undergo tempering and refinement. At the same time, the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron resonated with violent hums!

This cauldron was no ordinary weapon. As an Emperor-grade artifact forged from the nine Emperor weapons of Kunlun and imbued with the power of the Phoenix Flame of Order, it perfectly matched Lin Xun’s cultivation.

Now, drifting through the heavenly tribulation, it underwent its own baptism, becoming increasingly profound and mysterious.

Rumble!

Another peerless wave of thunder and lightning descended. The cosmos lit up in a blaze of white, as though a thousand suns had ignited at once. The light was blinding, far more intense than the explosion of countless stars.

In a single instant, Lin Xun was torn apart. Flesh was scattered, bones were pulverized, tendons and veins burst, and blood splattered across the void. It was a scene of unimaginable horror. Even the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron couldn’t withstand the assault. Cracks appeared across its surface, and it teetered on the brink of shattering.

With sheer force of will and spirit, Lin Xun reforged his broken body, remolding it into one and continually tempering his flesh and body. At the same time, the sword cauldron glowed, releasing a fine rain of crystal-clear violet light that seeped into its fractured body, continuously repairing and tempering the web-like cracks across its surface.

This was a torment of both body and soul. The sheer magnitude of the lightning tribulation and the power of the heavenly punishment had far exceeded Lin Xun’s expectations. The slightest misstep could result in the annihilation of both body and spirit.

Boom!

Another wave of tribulation lightning descended, boundless and blinding.

The worst had finally happened. The Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron shattered. Its pieces scattered through the cosmos, dim and lifeless, encircling Lin Xun in silence.

𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

“How could this happen...”

Lin Xun’s heart suddenly tightened. The Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron was an unparalleled treasure, forged only after enduring bizarre and unimaginable tribulations. Over the years, it had been nurtured and tempered by the Phoenix Flame of Order, and had long since surpassed the scope of an ordinary life-bound Emperor weapon.

Now, it had shattered!

Thousands of bolts of lightning and billions of strands of divine light crashed down, striking the broken fragments with deafening clangs and sending showers of dazzling sparks everywhere.

In that instant, Lin Xun was once again torn apart. Blood splattered across the void, splashing onto the shattered pieces of the sword cauldron.

Then, an incredible scene unfolded.

The moment his blood touched the fragments, they began to glow. Blades of sword qi erupted into the sky, piercing the firmament, shattering the tribulation lightning, and rumbling outward with such force that the entire starry sky trembled.

“That...”

Lin Xun drew a sharp breath. Among the broken pieces of the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron, he saw wisps of crystal-clear purple light. It was the power of the Phoenix Flame of Order.

At the same time, lotus petal-shaped patterns gleamed on the fragments, carrying a mysterious aura of rebirth. The power of Nirvana law!

At that moment, Lin Xun realized the truth. Although the sword cauldron’s form had been destroyed, its essence had not scattered. Instead, within the lightning tribulation, it was being reforged by the combined power of the Phoenix Flame of Order and the Nirvana law.

Thus, the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron was also undergoing rebirth through destruction, a process of ultimate nirvana and sublimation, a manifestation of its pursuit of transformation!

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The mingling of Lin Xun’s blood and the broken cauldron fragments made them tremble violently. Thunderous hums echoed out as sword qi surged from every fragment, piercing the sea of lightning with a sharp clang, defiant and unyielding.

In this cataclysmic tribulation, Lin Xun’s body was shattered again and again, and his blood soaked the cauldron shards, as if breathing life into them and infusing them with spirit. The fragments pulsed with a hum, like a cry echoing through the storm.

This was a harrowing tribulation. Every passing second, he endured the torment of being shattered, his flesh torn, bones crushed, body ground to dust, and then his blood, broken bones and cauldron fragments fused together.

However, despite the pain that no ordinary person could imagine or endure, Lin Xun’s spirit and will remained unshaken. This granted him the chance to remake himself, to undergo transformation and transcendence.

For a time, Lin Xun and the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron became indistinguishable, experiencing destruction and rebirth together. They resonated with one another in perfect harmony. They were constantly refined and sublimated amid the extreme danger like they were one being.

Boom!

Suddenly, a beam of multicolored lightning descended, obliterating everything and causing the explosion of countless stars. The area engulfed by the heavenly tribulation was devastated in an instant.

Lin Xun’s expression changed.

This wave of tribulation didn’t target his body but instead his spirit and will. In a flash, his spirit felt as if it was being slashed by ten thousand invisible swords, teetering on the verge of collapse.

This was a true catastrophe. The body could be destroyed and rebuilt, but if the spirit was shattered, most of the time, nothing would remain.

“Kill!” Lin Xun let out a roar, full with unwavering determination.

This tribulation of the seventh realm was unlike anything he had faced, ten times more terrifying than the tribulation of No-Law, Against Heaven.

Lin Xun refused to be defeated. With unwavering will, he recited scripture and pushed his dao to the limit. He activated the Great Dao Furnace Art in full, vast as an abyss and steady as a cauldron. With unshakable faith in his dao, his will was like forged iron and his spirit dharma blazed ever brighter...

Rumble—

One...two...countless seas of lightning and thunder descended one after another, each wave different from the last. Again and again, his spirit and will were shattered, and again and again, he painstakingly gathered the fragments, reforming them into one whole.

At this point, Lin Xun had emptied his mind of all thoughts and cast aside every distraction. His mind became unprecedentedly clear, focused entirely on entering the purest and most transcendent state to overcome the tribulation.

It was unknown whether he endured a hundred strikes or a thousand, but he no longer felt pain. All his senses had faded and his perception dissolved into complete emptiness.

At this moment, a strange change happened.

His flesh, blood, broken bones, spirit, will and the shattered fragments of the sword cauldron all began to fuse together. They floated within the sea of lightning and thunder, being tempered and smelted into a single entity, undergoing a breathtaking process of refinement.

He had become the cauldron. The Phoenix Flame of Order and the Nirvana law power swirled around him, radiating a dazzling rain of light. Mysteriously, he withstood the relentless bombardment of the heavenly tribulation!

If any other supreme Emperor witnessed this, they would have been struck dumb, unable to comprehend it. However, it was indeed happening.

The divine sound of the great dao echoed in the void, and Lin Xun seemed to have sensed something. He couldn’t help but recall a rumor he had heard. Emperor weapons were ranked in three grades and nine tiers.

The three grades were mythic, spirit, and divine.

Mythic-grade Emperor weapons were the most common. They could give rise to Emperor dao runes and were categorized into upper, mid, and lower tiers.

Spirit-grade Emperors weapons referred to those capable of giving rise to weapon spirits. Such treasures were considered top-tier and were typically controlled by ancient and powerful forces.

Divine-grade Emperor weapons were the rarest of all, also known as Emperor Dao Ultimate Weapons. They possessed terrifying might, capable of shattering entire universes and annihilating massive worlds.

Unfortunately, Emperor Dao Ultimate Weapons were extremely rare, almost like a myth.

It was said that an Emperor Dao Ultimate Weapon was an extension of a supreme Emperor’s life, capable of enduring and being passed down through the ages.

Supreme Emperors might eventually fall, but their Emperor Dao Ultimate Weapon, imbued with their will and painstaking effort, could shine across eternity, illuminating the ages.

Now, Lin Xun had a strong premonition that if the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron could survive this ultimate tempering, it might have the potential to evolve into an Emperor Dao Ultimate Weapon!

Boom!

A violent earthquake erupted, but the heavenly tribulation continued unabated. Primal chaos qi boiled and surged across the sea of stars. The boundless chaos transformed into an endless thunderstorm that grew more and more terrifying.

It was also at that moment that the integration between Lin Xun and Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron was severed, visibly torn apart before his eyes.

The sword cauldron was nearly reduced into dust, and Lin Xun’s body and spirit were almost obliterated!

The most harrowing juncture had arrived. This tribulation represented utter destruction. It was as if the heavens sought to obliterate all, refusing to allow heaven-defying existences like Lin Xun and the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron to live.

Yet, amidst this boundless and terrifying destruction, a new force emerged, breaking through the endless chaos and shining down from the depths of the cosmos.

Lin Xun felt no fear, no anxiety, only a state of profound ‘emptiness.’

All thoughts and emotions had dissipated. Having endured countless tribulations and dancing on the edge of life and death, he felt neither sorrow nor joy. Only a primal instinct remained: mobilizing his dao and dharma.

He did not fear death.

He did not fear suffering.

Only his dao and cultivation would endure forever!

Lin Xun’s will grew even purer and more resolute. The sword cauldron had turned to dust, and his primordial spirit and body were shattered, but within them still lay a glimmer of hope for transformation.

This epic tribulation lasted far longer than any before. In the end, within the vast sea of thunder and lightning, astonishing visions unfolded. One after another, bolts of tribulation lightning gathered, forming a primordial world like the dawn of chaos.

The clear separated from the turbid, the heaven and the earth took shape, myriad beings emerged, the laws of nature unfolded, and the sun, moon, stars and all cosmic entities appeared. Soon after, various deities, demons, creatures, fierce birds, and insects materialized, roaring through the wilderness-like primordial world!

These were not real beings, but manifestations of lightning. The

kunpeng

spread its wings and soared ninety thousand miles. Gods and demons roared endlessly, waging war across the void of the universe, shattering the sun, moon and stars...

At this most perilous moment, Lin Xun seemed completely oblivious, sitting cross-legged as his flesh, blood, body, and spirit were constantly breaking and reassembling, inhaling and exhaling the thunder and lightning across heaven and earth.

No thoughts.

No fear.

Far in the distance, the green sparrow stood in a daze. Coiled around it was a radiant, striking red divine chain that helped neutralize and ward off the surging power of thunder and lightning in the starry sky.