Danger had turned to safety, but there was still not the slightest hint of a smile on Lin Xuan's face.
This advancement had come far too abruptly, so much so that Lin Xuan had not made even the slightest preparation beforehand.
To say he had been thrown into a flurry would not be an exaggeration.
But that did not mean Lin Xuan knew nothing at all about the difficulty of advancing to the Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage.
Leaving bottlenecks aside, the Heavenly Tribulation was the hardest thing to endure.
Looking across the Three Realms, ranging through past and present, who knew how many geniuses had spent untold hardships before finally reaching this step.
Unfortunately, among these people, eight or nine out of ten did not become Cultivators of the Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage, but were instead reduced to ash and scattered smoke beneath the Heavenly Tribulation.
It sounded somewhat absurd, but the descriptions in ancient books contained not the slightest exaggeration.
Once mortals set foot on the path of cultivating immortality, they often had to endure all kinds of hardships, and this great Heavenly Tribulation for advancing to the Tribulation Transcendence Late Stage was the final one among the nine-times-nine eighty-one ordeals.
Once this hurdle was crossed, leaving the increase in strength aside, the key lay in being able to break free from the shackles of lifespan. From then on, the sea was wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky high enough for birds to fly; one would share the same longevity as heaven and earth.
All things in the world had their own laws of operation. Eternal youth and everlasting life were what all living beings dreamed of.
But how many could truly achieve this step?
The terror of its Heavenly Tribulation simply could not be made