Breaking Through the Bottleneck, Four Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings!

At the bottom of Meteor Cliff, the soft glow of the Spirit Gathering Array flowed beneath Lin Yuan's feet, casting a faint luminescence upon his silver hair. Bing Di stood quietly by his side, her emerald soul power condensing into a pillar of light that shot towards the heavens. The pressure of a four hundred thousand-year-old Soul Beast stirred the rules of heaven and earth, tearing through the clouds.

"Now it's my turn!"

As Lin Yuan's voice fell, three earth-shattering dragon roars erupted. The sound waves, like tangible entities, spread out from him, causing the space around him to twist violently. Nine-colored divine radiance poured down from the void like a waterfall, converging into a sky-piercing pillar of light above his head.

The nine-colored divine radiance surged and condensed at the top of the pillar, the cold glint of scales piercing the clouds before the dragon's form. It was a Nine-Colored Giant Dragon, large enough to obscure the entire core area of the Star Dou Great Forest. Its horns were as clear as glazed glass, each scale shimmered with nine-colored divine light, and its eyes were two purple-gold beams that pierced heaven and earth. Merely hovering in mid-air, it plunged Meteor Cliff into an unprecedented silence.

Simultaneously, three thousand-year soul rings, wreathed in purple-gold halos, appeared beneath Lin Yuan and began to rotate around him. As his bloodline boiled, a faint golden halo spread from his body. His originally tender physique visibly grew at an astonishing rate, and his purple eyes were now imbued with the majesty of the Dragon God. Even more astonishingly, a pair of nine-colored dragon wings, radiating divine light, appeared behind him. The nine-colored dragon pattern on the back of his right hand flashed with golden light. Immediately after, the Quasi-Supreme Artifact, the Nine-Colored Dragon God Spear, appeared in his hand.

The Nine-Colored Dragon God Spear flowed with nine-colored light, its tip wreathed in fine spatial cracks. The moment it appeared, it caused the primal energies of heaven and earth to tremble violently. Lin Yuan gripped the spear, his silver hair whipping wildly in the gale, his purple eyes coldly surveying the churning dark clouds above. The Dragon Might radiating from him surged like a tsunami, forcefully suppressing the heavenly tribulation's pressure that Bing Di had invoked.

Bing Di felt this Dragon Might, which transcended all things. A flicker of shock crossed her amber eyes, which then ignited with intense battle intent. Her emerald soul power surged, and the primal power of the four hundred thousand-year-old Soul Beast erupted without reservation, colliding head-on with Lin Yuan's Dragon Might.

"Boom--"

The two powerful pressures collided in the sky above Meteor Cliff, forming a visible shockwave. The clouds were torn open by a massive gash, only to quickly close again under the pull of the heavenly tribulation's power.

"Invoking the heavenly tribulation!" Bing Di shouted, forming seals with her hands. Her emerald soul power transformed into a giant hand that fiercely slammed towards the heavy dark clouds.

In an instant, the dark clouds churned even more violently. Purple lightning crackled madly within the clouds, emitting a piercing "sizzle." A purple lightning bolt as thick as a water bucket suddenly struck down from the clouds, carrying the might to destroy everything, heading straight for Bing Di's head.

"Tear it apart." Lin Yuan snorted, pointing the hand holding the Nine-Colored Dragon God Spear towards the sky.

The Nine-Colored Giant Dragon received the command. Its massive claws, enveloped in wind that could tear space, slammed down onto the purple lightning bolt. The moment the dragon claws collided with the lightning bolt, the nine-colored divine light surged, and the purple electrical sparks on the lightning bolt's surface receded like a tide. The dragon actually shattered the lightning bolt with its claws, turning it into countless tiny electrical snakes that sizzled and dissipated within the nine-colored light.

"This is just the first tribulation; the real show is yet to come!" Bing Di's battle intent intensified, unleashing the primal power of the four hundred thousand-year-old Soul Beast without reservation, invoking the second heavenly tribulation.

Deep within the clouds, over a dozen golden lightning chains, as thick as arms, suddenly condensed. They snaked downwards like venomous serpents, heading straight for Lin Yuan and Bing Di.

"Excellent!" Lin Yuan grunted, spinning the Nine-Colored Dragon God Spear in his palm. The spear tip sliced through the void, leaving a trail of fine spatial cracks. The Spirit Gathering Array beneath his feet blazed, and the primal energies of heaven and earth surged into his body like rivers flowing into the sea. The Dragon God's Heart operated at high speed, and the purple-gold light in his purple eyes flared intensely.

The Nine-Colored Giant Dragon let out a sky-shattering roar. Its claws reached into the void, forcefully gripping the descending golden lightning chains. The destructive power contained within the lightning chains surged wildly, but it was gradually dissolved by the nine-colored divine light on the dragon's claws. Lin Yuan flicked his wrist, and the Nine-Colored Dragon God Spear thrust out, its tip precisely striking the intersection of the lightning chains. Nine-colored divine power flowed along the spear, and the lightning chains instantly shattered into a sky full of golden electrical sparks.

"Devour!" Lin Yuan commanded, and a swirling nine-colored vortex appeared around him. The suction at the center of the vortex intensified, and the shattered golden electrical sparks, as if finding their destination, rushed into the vortex one after another. They were transformed into pure energy by the Dragon God's Heart, nourishing his impending breakthrough bottleneck.

Seeing this, Bing Di once again unleashed her emerald soul power, invoking the third heavenly tribulation. This time, a lightning blade tens of meters long condensed within the clouds. The blade was wreathed in black and white lightning, carrying the might to tear apart the soul, and it struck downwards. The Nine-Colored Giant Dragon's body trembled. Its massive form blocked Lin Yuan, and the nine-colored divine light flowed across its scales as it forcefully took the blow from the lightning blade. With a crisp "crack," the lightning blade shattered, but the black and white lightning transformed into two chains that wrapped around the dragon's claws.

"Break!" Lin Yuan charged forward, the Space Power contained within his spear tip erupting. A ring-shaped spatial crack spread out, severing the black and white lightning chains. At the same time, the nine-colored vortex in his palm expanded again, not only devouring the residual energy of the lightning blade but also drawing in the oppressive aura of the heavenly tribulation that permeated the air.

As the fourth and fifth heavenly tribulations descended one after another, the lightning in the sky above Meteor Cliff grew even more ferocious. Purple lightning balls, silver lightning spears, black lightning nets – various forms of heavenly tribulation power rained down densely, but they were all resolved by the combined efforts of the Nine-Colored Giant Dragon and Lin Yuan, eventually transforming into energy that nourished him.

Bing Di stood to the side, not directly participating in confronting the heavenly tribulation, but continuously releasing her primal power to invoke stronger tribulations. Her amber eyes were filled with shock: this Little Dragon God's devouring ability was even more terrifying than the legends!

When the seventh heavenly tribulation descended, a giant god formed from lightning condensed in the sky. The giant god wielded a lightning hammer and smashed down towards Lin Yuan. The Nine-Colored Giant Dragon roared, and the intertwined Space and Time Power on its horns forcefully slowed the giant god's movements. Lin Yuan seized the opportunity, thrusting the Nine-Colored Dragon God Spear directly at the giant god's brow. The nine-colored divine light erupting from the spear pierced the lightning hammer, shattering the giant god. The scattered lightning fragments were devoured by the nine-colored vortex, and the soul power within him finally reached its critical point. The purple-gold halos of the three soul rings surged dramatically, showing signs of breaking through the thousand-year limit.

"The last two heavenly tribulations, I'll take them together!" Lin Yuan tilted his head back and let out a long roar, completely merging the Nine-Colored Giant Dragon's power with his own. The Dragon Might around him surged to its peak. The crimson lightning flames of the eighth heavenly tribulation and the dark gold divine lightning of the ninth heavenly tribulation descended simultaneously, the two ultimate destructive forces intertwining to form a terrifying sea of lightning.

Lin Yuan tightly gripped the Nine-Colored Dragon God Spear, its tip pointing directly at the sea of lightning. The three soul rings around him lit up simultaneously, and the Dragon God Power poured out along the spear. The moment the spear tip pierced the sea of lightning, space was torn open by a massive gash, and the energy of the sea of lightning was forcibly guided towards the nine-colored vortex in his palm.

The crimson lightning flames burned his skin, and the dark gold divine lightning assaulted his soul, yet he did not retreat. Instead, he actively reached into the core of the sea of lightning. The Dragon God's Heart operated frantically, purifying and transforming the two extreme energies layer by layer, integrating them into his own soul power and soul rings. When the last trace of the heavenly tribulation's energy was devoured, Lin Yuan's body erupted with dazzling nine-colored divine radiance.

"Xiao Yuan is about to break through!" Gu Yue Na's divine power surged, her gaze locked onto the figure enveloped in nine-colored divine radiance at the bottom of Meteor Cliff. Her voice was filled with unconcealed tension and anticipation. She instinctively took half a step forward but was stopped by Di Tian.

"Master, do not approach! The energy fluctuations during a breakthrough are extremely violent and merge with the residual power of the heavenly tribulation. Approaching rashly will disrupt Xiao Yuan's breakthrough rhythm," Di Tian admonished in a deep voice, subtly releasing his Dragon Might to shield everyone within a safe range.

At the bottom of Meteor Cliff, the nine-colored divine radiance wrapped around Lin Yuan like a glazed cocoon. The glow of the Spirit Gathering Array intertwined with the residual energy of the heavenly tribulation, forming a brilliant band of light around him. The three purple-gold thousand-year soul rings spun rapidly, their halos fluctuating violently under the dual impact of the Dragon God Power and the heavenly tribulation's energy. The originally clear thousand-year boundary cracked like ice.

"Crack--"

With a crisp cracking sound, the outermost, first soul ring transformed first. The purple-gold divine radiance faded, replaced by a deep, ink-like black. Immediately after, the second and third soul rings completed their transformation. Three pitch-black ten-thousand-year soul rings floated around Lin Yuan, each exuding the extreme pressure of ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years, forming a strange yet harmonious balance with his level thirty-nine soul power.

The moment the three soul rings stabilized, the nine-colored pillar of light above Lin Yuan's head suddenly surged. Dragon roars echoed from the void, and the embryonic form of a fourth soul ring condensed within the pillar. It was initially a faint white, then rapidly cycled through yellow and purple before finally settling on a deep black. This newly formed soul ring was connected in aura to the previous three ten-thousand-year soul rings, forming four black bands of light that slowly rotated within the nine-colored divine radiance.

"He succeeded in breaking through!" Bi Ji clenched her fists excitedly, her emerald eyes filled with joy.

Zi Ji's lips also curved into a smile, but she feigned calmness and raised an eyebrow, "Lucky for him, he wasn't struck into charcoal by the heavenly tribulation."

Gu Yue Na's suspended heart finally settled. Her divine power slowly receded as she gazed at the tall figure at the bottom of the cliff, her eyes filled with relief.

Di Tian nodded slightly and said in a deep voice, "Four ultimate ten-thousand-year soul rings. Such a foundation is enough to allow Xiao Yuan to roam the Soul Master world without restraint."

At the bottom of the cliff, Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes, the dragon patterns flashing in his purple irises. He raised his hand and grasped the Nine-Colored Dragon God Spear. The spear tip trembled slightly, causing the soul rings around him to move in sync. The pressure emanating from the four black ten-thousand-year soul rings perfectly merged with his post-breakthrough soul power. With every movement, space itself subtly distorted.

"The energy from the four hundred thousand-year heavenly tribulation truly did not disappoint me." Lin Yuan chuckled, leaped up, and swept towards the cliff top like a nine-colored rainbow, landing steadily before everyone.

Bing Di stepped forward, her amber eyes scrutinizing him from head to toe, her tone laced with a hint of unwillingness, "You win. Tell me, what do you want me to do?"