The calamity clouds surged again!
More violent than ever before, black and gold lightning intertwined and surged, like an enraged ancient beast emitting a low, furious roar.
"Holy crap, the heavens are angry!"
"Did he anger the Heavenly Dao by taking a bath?"
"What on earth is he doing?!"
Everyone was completely dumbfounded. He was actually taking a bath in a place considered taboo by the world?
Lin Fan poked half his body out of the pool, glanced up at the gathering tribulation clouds, and mumbled something indistinctly, a crystal of unidentified lightning that he had just picked up from the bottom of the pool still dangling from his mouth.
"Hmm... this works?"
He hasn't even finished soaking yet, why are you in such a hurry!
Heaven clearly didn't want to reason with him.
The next moment, the entire cloud of calamity exploded.
It wasn't a bolt of lightning that struck; rather, the entire sky was ripped open, revealing a gray-black crack that stretched for thousands of miles.
"Boom!"
Deep within the rift, an unknown sea of laws surged and poured down; this power was supreme and pure, a will akin to that of a sovereign, containing the will of destruction.
"Alright!"
"Since you're so serious... then I'll be serious too."
Lin Fan withdrew his hand and stood up from the Lightning Tribulation Pool.
He raised his right hand and made a fist.
Three strands of Immortal Qi lit up simultaneously, condensing into three chaotic-colored light patterns on his fist.
Three streams of Immortal Qi, the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art, and the three Great Ten Ferocious Beasts' Treasure Techniques were activated simultaneously, causing laws to dance and light patterns to intertwine layer upon layer, like a miniature universe being compressed.
"One punch."
He spoke, his voice neither loud nor soft, yet clearly carrying across the entire sky. "One punch and I'll send you on your way."
He threw a punch.
The moment the fist released its force, the entire sky seemed to darken for a moment, and then exploded.
The cascading sea of laws was shattered the moment it came into contact with the fist's force. Cracks spread outwards from the point of contact, turning from a single crack into hundreds or thousands of cracks.
"Boom!"
The dark gray cracks began to crumble, collapsing piece by piece, like shattered ice.
The sea of laws was completely breached.
He stretched out his other hand, his five fingers spread wide, and Chaos Qi condensed into a vortex in his palm, gradually swallowing the dissipating sea of laws into it.
"Not enough."
He smacked his lips, as if complaining the food wasn't salty enough. "Give me some more."
Heaven: "..."
The entire cloud of calamity remained silent for several breaths.
Then it broke.
It wasn't shattered; it dissipated on its own.
The vast sea of lightning that had enveloped the Lin Clan's back mountain for millions of miles retreated silently. If you can't beat it, can't you at least avoid it?
The clouds of calamity receded, and the sunlight shone down once more.
The sky brightened again, and the storm clouds dissipated.
call!
He exhaled a breath of stale air, which lingered in the night wind like a stretched white filament of light, drifting for three breaths before slowly dissipating.
The clouds of calamity receded, and the sunlight shone down once more.
Lin Fan stood up from the Lightning Tribulation Pool, his body wrapped in residual golden lightning, with a few drops of Lightning Tribulation Liquid still clinging to his robes.
"Good stuff, take it back and make tea for the elders."
He glanced down at the pool of light golden water, which had become much shallower, and then very naturally reached out and swept the remaining Lightning Tribulation Liquid into his storage ring.
In the distance, the onlookers stood frozen in place.
Someone opened their mouth, and after a long pause, managed to squeeze out, "Eating and taking things at the same time—I've never seen such a shameless person!"
"I think the reason Heaven didn't kill him is purely because it couldn't, not because it didn't want to."
"I can't refute what you just said."
When Lin Fan landed back on the back mountain of the Lin Clan, the golden lightning on his body had completely subsided. His aura was calm and unfathomable, like the sea returning to its clear state after a storm.
"Buzz!"
Within his dantian, three strands of chaotic immortal Immortal Qi were slowly rotating at an extremely stable rhythm, like three stars orbiting each other, radiating an eternal halo.
" The Quasi-Emperor... is alright."
" Mid-Stage Quasi-Emperor could probably be wiped out with a flick of the wrist..."
"A typical Late-Stage Quasi-Emperor could probably withstand one of my punches."
He glanced down at his fist, clenched it, and the void crumbled, emitting a deep, muffled groan. "It feels like I could punch a hole through these Three Thousand Provinces."
As for the Great Emperor...
He tilted his head, as if making a calculation. "We'll only know after we fight!"
If a Quasi-Emperor who had spent half his life cultivating in the Three Thousand Provinces heard these words, he would probably curse them on the spot.
evildoer!
The heavenly tribulation has completely dissipated.
The elders and patriarchs of the Lin Clan gathered around, very satisfied with Lin Fan.
The Lin Clan is preparing a grand banquet.
When asked about Lin Fan's trip to Immortal Burial City, the Lin Clan patriarch waved his hand, thinking it was just a trivial matter between the younger generation.
There's nothing to fear about those from the Emperor Pass!
The Lin Clan is no ordinary family either; even dragons from the Emperor Pass have to coil up in respect of them!
The news spread faster and farther.
From the Three Thousand Provinces, we traveled all the way to the edge of the No Man's Land, to several large cities in the western region of the Three Thousand Provinces.
Immortal Burial City.
This is a massive city located on the western edge of the border of the Three Thousand Provinces.
The city wall was built of a dark gold mineral rock, and its surface was covered with dense array patterns, each of which was engraved with an ancient magic array.
It is said that this area was once No Man's Land's- land, which has withstood more than one attack from Foreign Domain.
It was gradually discovered by the world!
The city was bustling with activity, filled with cultivators.
Some were young prodigies from various powerful Lineage in the Emperor Pass, some were new faces from the Three Thousand Provinces who had just made some gains in the Immortal Ancient Ruins, and a few came from forces even further away...
Some of these were Rogue Cultivator whose names were not even known.
They gathered in twos and threes in restaurants, teahouses, and at the foot of the city wall, all talking about the same thing.
" Lin Fan... he really condensed three strands of Immortal Qi?"
"Absolutely true! You saw those eighteen heavenly barriers in the sky back then; each one was many times stronger than an ordinary Sage King Tribulation! He fought through them one by one, and even took a bath while he was at it."
"Take a bath?"
"The bath was the Lightning Tribulation Pool at the source of the heavenly tribulation... He jumped in and soaked for half an incense stick's time before coming out."
"..."
"So how did he eventually break through to Quasi-Emperor level?"
"He shattered the sea of Heavenly Dao Laws with a single punch."
"One punch shattered it... What the hell?"
"The Sea of Heavenly Laws."
"Is this even human...?"
silence.
Then someone whispered, "So... is he really coming to Immortal Burial City?"
Upon hearing this, the entire room fell silent.
A moment later, a voice came from the corner. "Does he dare to come? I heard that the Jin Clan of Emperor Pass has said they'll make him 'understand the rules of Emperor Pass ' at the Dao Discussion Conference."
" The Jin Clan? He killed the Jin Clan's Quasi-Emperor; of course they won't let this go."
"It's not just the Jin Clan; I've also heard that the Feng Clan and Wang Clan families, those imperial clans, have people secretly making contact, planning to join forces to give this Lin Clan prince a hard time at the Dao Discussion Conference."
"If he really comes... wouldn't he be facing half of the geniuses of the Emperor Pass all by himself?"
That's why I said he wouldn't dare come.
The crowd was buzzing with discussion.