Of all Shi Feiyang's disciples, Lin Han had cultivated the purest yang spirit, even purer than Shi Sheng's. Had he wished to ascend, he would have left long ago.
Precisely because his primordial spirit was utterly pure and utterly yang, he feared neither yin demons nor heavenly demons. All the illusory arts of the demonic path were completely ineffective against him.
As a "heavenly immortal" who refused to ascend and instead remained on earth year after year, he still fell within the category of earth immortals. He too would draw heavenly tribulations, and greater ones than ordinary earth immortals faced.
He withstood most of his Heavenly Lightning, Heavenly Fire, Heavenly Wind, and the like himself, using them to temper his yang spirit. Shi Feiyang drew a small portion into the Chaos Dragon Pearl.
Once his own heavenly tribulation had passed, he cast spells to help the others.
Shi Feiyang would not take on the immortals' heavenly tribulations in their entirety, as that would do them no good. He merely drew the portions beyond their limits of endurance onto the Chaos Dragon Pearl.
But there were too many sword immortals undergoing tribulation below, their abilities varied widely, and the tribulation energies they summoned differed in magnitude. Shi Feiyang created a ring of magical light ten thousand li in diameter and suspended it above their heads, filtering out some of the heavenly tribulation's energy. What remained was still up to their own abilities to withstand.
Experts such as Yixiu and Zang Lingzi naturally handled themselves with ease beneath the ring of light. They even had strength to spare, casting spell after spell and sending out magic treasures to help Shi Feiyang bear part of the heavenly tribulation.
Many other wandering cultivators of the unorthodox path could not withstand even the filtered remnants