As it turned out, Lin Xian had been far too optimistic.
If there were no problems, create problems. If there were no emperor phantoms, create emperor phantoms.
Wave after wave of the vast heavenly tribulation descended. Lin Xian fought and attacked, every strike terrifyingly powerful. Though he had only just entered the saint king domain, he absolutely possessed the strength to slay a Saint King.
World-annihilating lightning blazed, merging with the myriad Dao and resonating with the planet of life below. Profound, mysterious Dao rhythms emerged.
This was also why the Yellow Emperor had asked Lin Xian to undergo his tribulation here. This was the homeworld of a One About to Attain the Dao, a pure land interwoven with countless laws and imbued with an emperor's aura. Undergoing tribulation and comprehending the Great Dao here offered immense benefits.
The sea of lightning seethed, and laws surged. After narrowly escaping death time and again, Lin Xian finally made it through, with the Sixth-Stage Evolution Liquid sustaining his life along the way.
This precious medicine offered a full range of benefits and remained effective all the way to the peak of Ninth-Heaven Saint King-in other words, the so-called heavenly king level.
After surviving the Sacred Body's normal ninefold lightning-sea tribulation, Lin Xian put himself back in order and was about to leave when a voice suddenly rang out from the sea of lightning.
"Wait... you can't leave."
An imposing figure descended from above the vast lightning sea. Human-shaped lightning strode with the bearing of a dragon and a tiger, like a Heavenly Emperor descending to the mortal world, with the majesty of one who ruled the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
"Who the fuck are you?!"
Lin Xian swore. He had used medicine to break through, so why had he been saddled