Lin Xuan had once again turned danger into safety, yet the crisis was far from over.
For this terrifying Heavenly Tribulation to descend at this moment was naturally not because Heaven had miscalculated, nor because of some chance coincidence.
In the unseen depths, there was Heaven's will; the laws of the Heavenly Dao, though invisible and intangible, bound all things under heaven and earth.
Only mighty immortal cultivators at the late stage of Tribulation Transcendence could break free of the laws' shackles and possess the terrifying power to overturn heaven and earth.
Lin Xuan was remarkable, but compared with late-stage Tribulation Transcendence cultivators, he was still nothing more than an ant.
Yet if compared with cultivators of the same rank, he was far too powerful—so powerful it inspired jealousy.
No, it was not only people who envied him. The reason the Heavenly Tribulation had descended early was that Lin Xuan's strength had already stirred the envy of Heaven.
It sounded absurd, but it conformed to the laws of the Heavenly Dao.
A cultivator at the Spirit Division level should never have possessed such formidable strength. To a certain extent, this had already leapt beyond the laws of the Heavenly Dao, and that was why the Heavenly Tribulation descended. This was fundamentally different from the Tribulation of Vital Energy that cultivators had to undergo when their lifespans ran out; saying they were two separate matters would not be an exaggeration.
If one insisted on making a comparison, it did bear some resemblance to the Heavenly Tribulation caused when a demonic beast took human form. Of course, in terms of might and intensity, the two could not be mentioned in the same breath.
The power of a Xuantian Spirit Treasure was no small matter, and the Azure Water Curtain, as an ancient