NOVPUBFollowing that, the Ling Yin Flawless Sword, which had accompanied Lin Jing for a long time, couldn’t withstand the Heavenly Tribulation for long, despite being a Supreme Grade Dao Artifact.
Just like that shield, it completely shattered.
After destroying two of Lin Jing’s Dao Artifact-level Magical Treasures, the Wǔ Cǎi Tribulation Lightning still struck down upon Lin Jing’s head...
Afterward, the Wǔ Cǎi Tribulation Lightning completely engulfed Lin Jing...
This final Wǔ Cǎi Tribulation Lightning lasted only five breaths before it dissipated.
And after the Tribulation Lightning had passed, Lin Jing’s figure was nowhere to be seen.
After this Tribulation Lightning had dissipated, the Wǔ Cǎi clouds in the sky also slowly dispersed.
The heavens and earth returned to a state of clarity...
Only...
Along with the Tribulation Lightning, Lin Jing had vanished as well.
After the Tribulation clouds had disappeared, Grandfather Shi San hurried forward.
He arrived where Lin Jing had just faced his Tribulation.
The place where Lin Jing had faced the Tribulation, struck by the Tribulation Lightning, had now formed a deep pit of unknown depth.
Grandfather Shi San approached the pit and peered inside.
To his surprise, a familiar aura pulsated from deep within the pit.
Grandfather Shi San immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Next.
He entered the pit and saw a figure enveloped in a blood mist within.
The aura of Lin Jing was indeed emanating from this blood mist.
Grandfather Shi San extended his Divine Sense to probe Lin Jing in the blood mist and only then did he completely relax.
Afterward, he took out a stone Token from his body and placed it in front of Lin Jing on an outcropped rock.
He then spoke to Lin Jing,
"I am leaving..."
"If one day you come to the Eastern Spirit Realm and encounter any difficulties, you can always come to the Shi Family for help..."
Having said this, he gave Lin Jing one last look and then left the pit.
Grandfather Shi San, after leaving the pit, appeared right outside of it.
He then waved his hand and a light barrier fell, covering the pit.
Next.
The aura around Grandfather Shi San surged as a Stone Pagoda suddenly appeared in his hand.
This Stone Pagoda, though it appeared simple, was surrounded by mist, clearly not an ordinary item.
In the next moment, Grandfather Shi San’s gaze was sharp as lightning. He directly offered up the Pagoda, casting it toward the empty space before him.
As the Stone Pagoda flew out, with a "boom," it smashed into the void ahead, causing the surrounding space to twist and warp, with numerous spatial rifts appearing all around.
After casting the Stone Pagoda, Grandfather Shi San did not stop but instead called it back and continued to smash it into the same spot.
With the Stone Pagoda falling once more...
The space before him shattered like a broken mirror, cracks spreading until it could no longer hold together, revealing the pitch-black outer space.
This spatial rift was several feet wide.
As it appeared, all the surrounding stones and trees were immediately sucked into it.
Once coming into contact with the spatial rift, the stones and trees disintegrated instantly.
And the gravitational pull was so strong that even several huge rocks around the pit were drawn towards it, fortunately, the pit was protected by the light barrier released by Grandfather Shi San, which remained unharmed inside.
Grandfather Shi San then turned back, glanced at the pit, then retracted the Stone Pagoda and stepped towards the rift...
As Grandfather Shi San entered the spatial rift and disappeared, the rift slowly healed behind him.
The surroundings again became tranquil.
...
It was unknown how much time had passed before Lin Jing finally opened his eyes and came to from his meditative state.
Once awakened, Lin Jing saw the stone Token right before his eyes.
While Grandfather Shi San was leaving, Lin Jing was actually aware of it.
But at that time, having just passed the Heavenly Tribulation, it was a critical moment when he could not afford to be distracted.
Clearly, Grandfather Shi San also knew this and did not disturb Lin Jing much, leaving behind only that stone Token and a few words before he left.
Lin Jing looked at the Token before him, then reached out and summoned it into his hand.
The Token was white, resembling a special kind of stone, with the character for "stone" inscribed on the front.
Now, the Token was covered with a layer of dust, indicating that some time had passed since Grandfather Shi San had left.
Lin Jing gently wiped the dust from the Token and then stored it away.
After putting away the token, Lin Jing looked around. The pit was truly enormous—big enough to accommodate an entire town.
It was evident just how terrifying that final bolt of Tribulation Lightning had been.
Then Lin Jing looked up at the sky.
Through the mouth of the pit, he could even see the azure sky, but because he was within this deep pit, that sky felt so distant...
With a thought, Lin Jing’s Divine Sense surged forth.
Next...
Lin Jing took a step and vanished from the pit, appearing outside it in an instant.
Earlier, that last bolt of Tribulation Lightning was too exaggerated. Even though Lin Jing had done his best to defend against it, he had even activated his Bonus Attachment.
But that final bolt of Wǔ Cǎi Tribulation Lightning nearly caused Lin Jing to lose his Soul Spirit...
Lin Jing’s entire body was also again grievously wounded, nearly obliterated.
However, fortunately, Lin Jing ultimately withstood that bolt of Tribulation Lightning.
The Heavenly Tribulation that Lin Jing faced was extremely exaggerated, to the extent that saying he went through a life-and-death experience wouldn’t be an exaggeration.
But the more formidable the Heavenly Tribulation, the greater the benefits one receives after surviving it…
After passing through the Heavenly Tribulation, Lin Jing’s cultivation didn’t stay at the first level of the Divinity Transformation Stage.
Instead, just like when he passed the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation, he bypassed the first and second levels and directly entered the third level of the Divinity Transformation Stage.
Only at the peak of the third level of the Divinity Transformation Stage did he stop.
And...
During this Tribulation, Lin Jing not only made a simple breakthrough in his Divine Transformation Cultivation, but his Body Refining Techniques also successfully fused with his intent, entering the Martial Dao Divinity Transformation.
With these two enhancements combined, Lin Jing’s true combat strength became immeasurable.
One could say that if Lin Jing now were to encounter the old ancestor of the Nanming Immortal Sect in his prime, he would probably be able to kill him outright.
It was no longer possible, like before, where upon seeing him Lin Jing could only flee, and in the end, had to rely on the Yin Spirits in the Barren Forbidden Zone to resolve the threat.
...
After entering the Divinity Transformation Stage, the Nascent Soul at Lin Jing’s Dantian disappeared, transforming into a Soul Spirit residing in his sea of consciousness.
Once entering Divinity Transformation, as long as the Soul Spirit is not extinguished, the cultivator becomes immortal, unable to be killed no matter how many times their body is destroyed. As long as their Soul Spirit remains intact, they can reconsolidate their body.
This is a major characteristic of Divine Transformation Cultivators.
However, there was still a Nascent Soul within Lin Jing’s Dantian, less than half an inch big.
This Nascent Soul was the Demon Infant left behind by the old ancestor of the Nanming Immortal Sect using the Blood Infant Pact.
After the baptism of the Heavenly Tribulation, that Demon Infant had become transparent, and all the Demonic Qi within it had vanished.
At this moment...
The Demon Infant contained the old Nanming Immortal Sect ancestor’s lifetime of cultivation as a reward for Lin Jing’s victory, available for him to extract at any time.
Next.
With a thought, Lin Jing activated his Divine Sense to envelop the entire nearby area.
In no time at all, many fragments of Magical Treasures started to float up within the region shrouded by Lin Jing’s Divine Sense.
Some of these fragments were black, while others were transparent.
These were precisely the fragments of the Magical Treasures that had shattered during the Tribulation under that last bolt of Tribulation Lightning.
Lin Jing collected these fragments up once again.
After collecting those fragments, Lin Jing then soared into the sky and left this place...
...
Now that Divinity Transformation had been achieved, the next step was to find a way to refine his own Divine Arts.
Divine Arts are powerful spells that only Divine Transformation Cultivators can cultivate.
Divine Arts are different from ordinary spells.
Since the most important aspect for Divine Transformation Cultivators is the Soul Spirit, not only are the Divine Arts incredibly powerful,
they can also directly obliterate another’s Soul Spirit.
Therefore...
The first thing that every cultivator does after entering Divinity Transformation is to comprehend their own Divine Arts.
Lin Jing was naturally no exception.
At this moment, Lin Jing, while contemplating the matter of Divine Arts, flew onwards...
But just then, a towering peak suddenly appeared before him.
That mountain peak, Lin Jing was all too familiar with.
For it was Tongtian Peak, also known as Qinghuang Peak.
On that mountain peak resided Huang Qingling, Elder Yu, Elder Bai, and Zhang Yuan…
