Chapter 2875 Proving One’s Dao to Achieve Transcendence

An oppressive aura smothered the world, inciting unease in anyone who felt it. Well Moon and the others arrived nearby with grave expressions. As cultivators who had undergone heavenly tribulations in the Heaven Demon Realm, they were likewise able to sense that Lin Xun’s tribulation was quite unusual.

In fact, it was terrifying to the point of being bizarre! However, Lin Xun seemed unfazed as he stepped into the air, clothes fluttering as he confidently rose upwards. In the end, he stopped beneath the tribulation clouds and took out a wine gourd. After a long swig, he exhaled deeply, and laughed. "Everyone, no need to panic. Today's tribulation will serve as nourishment to help me build my path of transcendence!"

His relaxed voice resounded across heaven and earth. The onlookers relaxed slightly, seemingly affected by his confidence.

Rumble!

On the other hand, the lightning deep within the tribulation clouds suddenly growled as if enraged, causing the mountains and rivers to tremble. Arcs of lightning appeared on the clouds and spread in all directions, making it seem as if the ink-stained sky was being torn apart.

Almost immediately after, a blinding bolt of tribulation lightning ripped open the thick tribulation clouds. Dyed in a strange grayish-white hue, it resembled a peerless divine spear that seemed capable of piercing open even time and space.

Everyone present felt a stabbing pain in their eyes as a chill ran down their spines. Such a tribulation was simply terrifying! Despite this, Lin Xun merely reached out and grabbed the tribulation lightning as if catching a berserk snake, while the dazzling lightning bathed him entirely in white.

Bang bang bang!

The thick and dreadful grayish-white tribulation lightning exploded in his hand, turning into a colorful splatter of lightning light.

Profound abyss-like grand dao laws surged from him, instantly collecting and absorbing the lightning light. His skin crackled loudly as sparks and arcs of lightning scuttled along it. However, he wasn’t being harmed but instead being tempered by the lightning.

The unbelievable scene left Ji Shanhai, Well Moon, and the others stunned.

You can do that?!

Lin Xun's method of dealing with the lightning tribulation looked so effortless and at ease, creating a strong sense of dissonance.

Boom!

The tribulation clouds heaved and surged like the tide as the aura of destruction grew increasingly terrifying. In an instant, hundreds and thousands of lightning bolts descended, not falling but plummeting from the sky with ferocious momentum to flood the land below.

Ji Shanhai and the others inwardly shivered.

What kind of abnormal tribulation is this? How is it already so terrifying from the start?

Even more astonishing, however, was that in the face of the tribulation, Lin Xun simply sat down in the air. His cultivation manifested around him in the form of an abyss, and began to draw in the lightning tribulation to temper him.

An ordinary person would have long been turned to ash by this trial of death. In fact, a single lightning bolt alone would be enough to kill a perfect Nirvana Spirit expert, showing that it was a heavenly punishment the likes of which had never appeared in all of history.

However, Lin Xun merely regarded it as an excellent opportunity to temper himself. With his cultivation, he collected the lightning force and used it to his own benefit. It felt very comfortable in the beginning; his skin was cleansed until it became crystal clear, his vital energy grew abundant, and he could clearly feel himself growing stronger.

Soon, however, he could no longer remain calm. There was simply too much tribulation lightning both inside and outside his body, making it difficult to completely refine all of them fast enough.

With a deep breath, the abyss around him suddenly transformed into a furnace, which sucked in and suppressed all of the approaching lightning tribulation. It was the Great Dao Furnace Art that he had created!

Meanwhile, he used the suppressed lightning tribulation to continue tempering himself! This left everyone in a daze. They just couldn’t wrap their minds around how he was able to suppress the lightning tribulation and use it to temper himself while amidst it.

However, Lin Xun was soon treated to the painful consequences. It was growing increasingly unbearable because even the Great Dao Furnace Art was gradually being overwhelmed by the flood of lightning.

Urgh!

A lightning bolt finally managed to slip through and strike him. He vomited blood as his flesh was split open, leaving him bloodied and slightly charred as he let out a muffled groan. However, in the wake of these injuries, a surge of newly born power nourished his damaged body and refined his cultivation.

At the moment, Lin Xun was still seated in the air with a solemn expression. Light shone from every pore on his body as dazzling lightning danced across every inch of his skin. It was both torture and a form of tempering. Outside his body, dao light interchanged between the form of an abyss and a furnace, suppressing and refining the never-ending tribulation lightning.

Finally, after thousands of lightning bolts, he managed to endure the entire wave. However, this was only the first wave. Soon, deep rumbling spread from the depths of the tribulation clouds. Millions of lightning bolts poured down like an endless white expanse seeking to drown heaven and earth.

Ji Shanhai and the others had no choice but to retreat even further away. This time, the lightning was as sharp as swords. They slashed downwards with blinding brilliance, flooding the air with torrential murderous intent.

Lin Xun’s seated figure was instantly engulfed. Signs of cracking rapidly appeared all over his body, but he swiftly recovered moments later as if undergoing a cycle of destruction and rebirth.

Meanwhile, his cultivation continued to strengthen. This was supreme Yang lightning light, which was greatly beneficial to both his dao body and primordial spirit. It could incite transformations in the dao body, while making the primordial spirit purer and more brilliant.

Intense lightning light lit up the entire sky as it poured down like a boundless waterfall. In the eyes of Ji Shanhai and the others, Lin Xun had become the very epitome of misery. While already badly hurt and bleeding all over, he continued to be hacked apart, splattering blood everywhere.

Despite this, his energy seemed to grow increasingly condensed as the vital energy within him emitted a blazing brilliance. It was akin to the process of refining celestial gold: removing the impurities while preserving the essence in order to forge the sharpest and most powerful weapon in the world.

It was a tempering process that balanced on the fine line between life and death; he was making use of the peerless heavenly tribulation to refine his flesh and spirit, and achieve a true transformation.

Rumble!

Heaven and earth roared, flooded by endless lightning light.

After a long time passed, peace finally returned. Lin Xun remained stubbornly seated there from start to end, refusing to be killed by the heavenly tribulation. After this wave of lightning tribulation, his cultivation had undergone a clear transformation. His dao body was more resplendent than ever, his primordial spirit seemed impossibly dense and profound, and his presence was far stronger than before.

Upon seeing this, Ji Shanhai and the others were finally able to breathe a little. However, they also noticed that the heavenly tribulation had yet to end. The following tribulations would only become more terrifying and bizarre!

This made them feel deeply anxious for Lin Xun.

Rumble!

Sure enough, another lightning tribulation descended after a brief silence.

......

Thus, Lin Xun found himself in huge trouble again. In the subsequent period, he continuously faced tribulation after tribulation, each one lasting painfully long. In total, he underwent nine types of heavenly tribulations.

One lightning tribulation took the form of clouds and mist of varying colors. They were gorgeous and brilliant, dyeing the land the magnificence of their lights.

One lightning tribulation took the form of ancient titans driving war chariots and wielding heavenly halberds, waging war on Lin Xun like a vast army.

One transformed into dao tomes. They filled heaven and earth with hazy light as they produced rumbling thunder that directly shook one’s soul.

One transformed into......

Every tribulation was beyond bizarre and unheard of, repeatedly astonishing Ji Shanhai and the others. None of them could fathom how such tribulations could exist. Meanwhile, Lin Xun stubbornly withstood the relentless and deadly lightning tribulations, which left the onlookers in utter shock.

While it might sound easy, the reality was that each one was a tango with death itself. His body was shattered countless times, and in the worst amongst them, his primordial spirit was nearly scattered, almost leading to his complete annihilation.

However, he ultimately managed to pull through. When the ninth wave of lightning tribulation finally came to an end.

Clang!

The small figure of his primordial spirit emerged from between his brow and inhaled deeply. The clouds trembled as countless streams of lightning light surged over from all directions, enveloping him in dense lightning energy.

It was the scattered heavenly tribulation, which he refused to waste even a single shred of. Both his physical body and primordial spirit were embraced by the lightning light as they absorbed it together.

Lin Xun could clearly feel that his physical body and primordial spirit had undergone a sort of rebirth. It was an unimaginable baptism!

At the moment, his internal energy was surging powerfully, emitting metallic clanging noises. His internal world resembled the vast and boundless primal chaos, boiling and rumbling with infinite power. All in all, his cultivation had undergone earth-shaking changes.

He sat there radiating dao light, various wondrous scenes shimmering around him, as rumbling dao sounds rang out from within him like ancient gods chanting the scriptures. It was as if he were the most powerful deity in the realm, who recited the true sutras while worshipped by all.

Ji Shanhai and the others stared blankly at this scene, as if witnessing an unprecedented miracle. It was a sacred sight to behold!

Soon, Lin Xun’s transformation seemed to reach a critical point. Every inch of his body trembled continuously as thunderous sounds emerged. Next, everyone clearly saw his dao body cracking!

It wasn’t destruction, but rather akin to a snake shedding its skin, or a cicada leaving its shell; he was severing his past self to rebuild a new body. In other words, it was a rebirth of sorts!

In addition, away from the sights of Ji Shanhai and the others, Lin Xun's primordial spirit was also shattered and then reforged, repeating the cycle of destruction and rebirth over and over again...

The process lasted a full day.

As the cycle approached its end, Lin Xun already looked completely different. His body was tall and strong, and his skin was as translucent as jade. Under the dome of the sky, he resembled a sun shining upon the world; sacred, supreme, and transcending all life!

The moment he opened his eyes, divine light flashed like a sharp and threatening sword. Calmness returned almost immediately after as his aura withdrew into his body, returning him to an ordinary state.

He appeared no different from before. However, everyone knew that after experiencing such an unprecedented and bizarre tribulation, his physical body and primordial spirit had undergone extreme sublimation, transforming again and again to finally reach the realm of Transcendence!

What was Transcendence?

To be unconstrained by the shackles of epochal rules, to transcend the dao itself, to be immortal and everlasting!

Only by reaching this stage could one be considered a true powerhouse on the immortal path. They no longer needed to fear the constraints of the principles of heaven and earth, and were able to traverse different epochal worlds with their own strength.

In a world without the Eternal Stage, the Transcendence Stage was the highest existence! Today, Lin Xun attained transcendence!