Chapter 2556 When Flowers Bloom, Butterflies Come Voluntarily

The whole field went dead silent.

Everyone was horror-struck by the talisman that was transformed from the final round of tribulation. The energy circulated in and around it shook even bystanders like them to their very core.

It was sheer terror.

Full of the bizarre and unknown, it was unseen and unheard of.

The talisman swept down without a sound, ignoring the barriers of space and time as it enveloped Lin Xun in just an instant.

Lin Xun’s aura, as powerful as it was, couldn't even stop the talisman one bit!

Under the horrified gazes of the crowd, Lin Xun, who was wholeheartedly deriving arts in enlightenment, became abruptly immobile like something had imprisoned him.

Everybody here knew that he had met with a fatal danger!

Noiselessly, the bizarre talisman diffused a rain of destructive lightning. There was even a faint trace of arcane law power surging within it!

“What on earth...” The faces of Qi Lingyun’s group all changed. The tribulation power within the talisman simply went beyond their knowledge and imagination, terrifying to the extreme!

At the very least, it was not inferior to a ninth grade Heaven Rank law, which was the rarest law power!

Behind characters like Qi Lingyun were the lofty immortal giants of the Eighth Heaven Domain, so their understanding of law power naturally far exceeded that of ordinary cultivators.

To be able to shock and make their heart palpitate, one could imagine just how frightening the law power in the tribulation talisman was!

"This tribulation clearly has no intention to give him any chance to become an Ancestor! He definitely won't be able to survive this one!" Zhongli Xiao's heart was on fire in anticipation. He was only waiting for Lin Xun to die to grab the Primordial Chaos Thousand Daos Tree.

“It's really a pity...” sighed Qi Lingyun softly. Lin Xun was very strong. If he had joined the Qi Clan, then he would have certainly played a great role in the future.

However, she did not feel sorry either. Only when Lin Xun died would she be able to relax.

At this time, everyone could see that Lin Xun could not succeed. No matter how heaven-defying and dazzling his performance had been, he would be powerless under this tribulation talisman!

“Rise!” With a sudden shout, Mu Yi rushed out. The fact that he chose this juncture to act caught the rest off guard.

From a thousand feet away, he raised his hand and hurled out a bowl at the Primordial Chaos Thousand Daos Tree. The object was permeated with an ancient mottled aura, its color an intimidating black with sharp, cold gleams on the surface.

From how the bowl attempted to cover the tree, it was clear that he couldn't wait to beat the others to it and seize the treasure.

The expressions of everyone else including Qi Lingyun, Zhongli Xiao, and Chi Pojun, dropped in unison. They were just about to do something to stop him when—

BOOM!

An earth-shattering sound exploded, shaking them to the point their blood churned.

As their hearts quivered, they saw a golden, fleshly energy shoot out from Lin Xun even though he had still been imprisoned by the talisman. That energy transformed into a figure that waved his fist with a worldly might.

This was not Lin Xun, but instead a force of martial will belonging to him. From his own unique dao that he had been spending time here refining and deriving, the most powerful martial will had been produced at this moment!

Bang!

After sending the black bowl flying with a punch, the golden martial will unleashed fighting power as it threw another punch like an immortal performing martial arts.

That power plunged heaven and earth into disarray. The cultivators in its vicinity physically stiffened as chaos took over their minds. It hurt so badly that they coughed up blood.

Several people even sustained serious injuries under the power of the martial will as it sent them flying.

The crowd was stupefied in horror!

To have produced such a powerful martial will, what kind of daos and laws had Lin Xun been deriving? His strength had reached a degree that deeply rattled everyone's heart.

“You...” Mu Yi’s face was drained of color. Who could have thought that Lin Xun, who was bound to die, would deploy this kind of invincible martial will at the critical moment?

After the bowl was smashed away, the martial will had thrown down a punch covered in a dazzling light. Ultimately, it became a sky-blotting golden fist that violently smashed down. Mu Yi was unable to evade or block it no matter what he did. Left with no choice, he tossed out one treasure after another, which burst into countless rains of light as they got smashed.

Mu Yi trembled from head to toe as he had never felt so scared in his life. He struggled to believe that a supreme Emperor Ancestor like himself had failed to even resist a martial will!

However, it was already too late. Hit by the punch that came from the invincible martial will tempered from Lin Xun’s enlightenment, he directly exploded into a rain of shattered bones and blood, destroyed in both form and spirit.

“Impossible!” many shrieked in cracked voices, chills running through every fiber of their being.

A fist qi did that?!

Lin Xun's true body hadn't even acted as he was locked up by the tribulation talisman, yet he had easily killed a supreme Emperor Ancestor!

Everybody’s hair stood up on end. Those like Qi Lingyun and Zhongli Xiao also felt their blood run cold.

Mu Yi's battle prowess wasn't inferior to theirs, yet he had been killed by a mere martial will. Not even those life-saving treasures of his had been able to block that ghastly punch!

In fact, the punch had been too fast, too fierce, and too domineering. Mu Yi hadn’t even had time to use his trump card before he died.

Despite that, it did not make his gory death any less terrifying in the eyes of the spectators.

Under the Primordial Chaos Thousand Daos Tree, Lin Xun’s eyes suddenly flew open. They were like two bright golden lamps. Wherever they swept past, many felt as though their souls were being shredded, and their scalps went numb.

Although Lin Xun was still restrained by the tribulation talisman, he exuded a supremely powerful aura that struck fear into everyone!

His eyes were like unsheathed divine swords. Sharp and eye-piercing, they drew streaks of lightning in the air that shot out in all directions and petrified every cultivator present.

Just his gaze alone was so intimidating. Just how powerful was his martial will?

Many hearts trembled. Many spines were pricked by biting chills, causing goosebumps to rise all over.

Lin Xun, who everyone thought would not escape death, had not gone up in smoke, but had instead opened his eyes and displayed unrivaled might. No one had ever expected this.

They even suspected that he had already comprehended his own supreme law and now possessed the power to look down on everyone in the same stage!

At the far end of the crowd, Xiang Xiaoyuan and Liuxiang Que finally felt at ease, excitement stirring in the depths of their eyes.

Lin Xun had awakened! He didn't die!

In the state of exploring the dao, one’s spirit entered another plane of existence where they forgot everything else and saw nothing but the almighty dao. This was why cultivators would choose a quiet place away from the hustle and bustle of the world to enter meditation.

In the deeper level of such a state, like the one Lin Xun had just experienced, one’s soul would wander off, making them oblivious to everything. Even a cataclysm wouldn’t be able to wake them up.

Now, Lin Xun had finally awakened!

This was naturally what the majority of the crowd here least wanted to see.

The three thousand leaves rustled like ancient scriptures turning pages. The tree sounded unchanging mantras that spanned across the past, present, and future, ringing non-stop.

Suddenly, a streak of blood ran down from the corner of Lin Xun's mouth, dripping onto his lapel. The shocking scene struck many people dumb.

They then quickly understood. Lin Xun might have awakened from his enlightenment, but he was still imprisoned by the talisman. The tribulation power still had not dispersed!

The expressions of Qi Lingyun, Zhongli Xiao, and Chi Pojun had been an amusing show. Just seconds ago, they had looked utterly terrified, but now, their facial muscles had quickly relaxed into relief.

“Heh, the tribulation hasn’t finished yet. It’s very likely that it has damaged his dao foundation!” a person gloated.

“He’s clearly suffering from the backlash of forcefully deploying that martial will just now. He seems intimidating, but it’s probably just a front to cover up his weakened state. Who wants to take advantage of this and reap his head?” another jeered loudly, but it was actually a test.

Because despite what they said, not a single person went up. Instead, they were all looking around at the others. Everyone was scared that they’d follow in Mu Yi's footsteps!

What had transpired, after all, was too terrifying.

Lin Xun swept the crowd a glance, his lips curling up into a sneer. Then, he closed his eyes again with a calm demeanor that showed that he was not at all afraid of them.

He stood there savoring the wonderful enlightenment that he had just experienced. The harvest this time had been too great. In one fell swoop, the last epoch’s Immortal dao and Netherworld dao had melted into one with the rest and led to a total transformation.

Moreover, the various arts in his mastery had also completely fused with the various legacies in the Origin Dao Canon, thus realizing the ultimate breakthrough.

It could be said his daos and laws had been refined to the extreme and merged to great perfection. The achievement was an immeasurable metamorphosis.

As for the tribulation, it had been crossed in a completely unintentional way. As a result, his cultivation had also broken through following his daos and arts and reached an unimaginable level!

This was an example of ‘when flowers bloom, butterflies come involuntarily.’

It was the enlightenment before the Primordial Chaos Thousand Daos Tree that allowed Lin Xun, who had been completely unprepared for a realm breakthrough, to naturally realize a transformation in every aspect!

As for the tribulation talisman confining him...

He was not bothered by it at all.

Its bizarre, destructive law power might be able to easily exterminate immortal characters, but at the moment, it was like prey delivered to his door, being suppressed and refined by the Nirvana law power little by little...

The only drawback might be that, with his current cultivation, he wouldn't be able to break free until the power of this talisman got wholly refined. However, he didn't mind.

At this moment, the crowd suddenly noticed that the talisman restraining Lin Xun was showing signs of being absorbed into him!

But it’s the unfathomable law power of destruction that represents heavenly punishment. How can it be refined?!

Many paled, realizing that the situation wasn’t good for them.

“He cannot survive this calamity. Do it!” The ever graceful Qi Lingyun was no longer capable of retaining her composure.

Even the talisman branded with tribulation law power couldn’t kill him. If he was allowed to live...then how terrifying his power would become?

Boom!

Zhongli Xiao was the first to act. He opened his mouth wide and whistled, conjuring a space-tearing gale that swept toward the Primordial Chaos Thousand Daos Tree.

The wind carried a dao diagram as it swept down with a rumble, but its energy appeared to be more of a defensive one.

Obviously, he was mainly testing with this strike, and the direct target was the tree instead of Lin Xun. This implied that he was very apprehensive of him.

Lin Xun's eyes were still closed and he didn't move a muscle, but from him, a dazzling martial will shot out. Extending both hands, it gently tore at the air. The mysterious dao diagram wrapped in the gale was ripped in half!