Vol 6 Chapter 47: I Am the Heavenly Tribulation!
Although Lin Jing had reached the Dao Inquiry stage, he did not emerge from seclusion. He needed to continue protecting his pet beasts and familiarize himself with controlling the immortal sword with the Mechanized Turtle.
At the same time, despite being within the Time Dao massive array with its shielding formation, a trace of Lin Jing's breakthrough aura leaked out, causing the entire continent to tremble.
Consciousnesses of various Dao Inquiry cultivators approached this location, wanting to investigate which remarkable figure this newly ascended Dao Inquiry cultivator might be.
Since the beginning of the Golden Age, coupled with the influx of spirit creatures over the past millennium, Dao Inquiry cultivators were no longer exceptionally rare. However, this realm undoubtedly still represented the highest cultivation level in the Lower Realm, worthy of attention from all factions.
"This place..."
"Immortal Prison Mountain! Isn't this the territory of the Holy Son of the Demon Court... no, the overlord of the Origin Realm, Lin Jing?!"
Upon reaching Lin Jing's territory, these consciousnesses dared not probe deeper. The older generation of Dao Inquiry cultivators need not be mentioned—they had witnessed Lin Jing's entire journey from an ordinary beast taming prodigy to becoming the overlord of the Origin Realm. The entire Tianyuan Realm's supply of immortal energy still relied on Lin Jing's presence in the Origin Realm.
As for the newly ascended Dao Inquiry cultivators, they dared not offend him even more.
The arrival of the Golden Age had allowed many Void Mystical Stage experts from first-rate forces to successfully advance to the Dao Inquiry stage. Most of the ancient Void Mystical Stage masters had opportunities to break through to Dao Inquiry over the millennium.Even if the Heavenly Lion Clan's ancestral founder were still alive, breaking through the bottleneck to ascend to Dao Inquiry wouldn't be particularly difficult.
The Golden Age initiated by the Second Ancient Emperor by exploiting the Tianyuan Realm's potential might not have shown particularly obvious feedback in the short term initially, but now that a millennium had passed, the overall strength of the Tianyuan Continent had undergone earth-shaking changes.
However, although there were quite a number of newly ascended counterparts, the strength of these latecomers still fell far short of the veteran Dao Inquiry cultivators.
Firstly, because the veteran experts had deeper foundations, and secondly, because they had deep cooperative relationships with the Origin Realm's overlord Lin Jing, allowing them to enjoy partial access to the immortal energy resources transported from the Origin Realm!
Due to the nourishment of immortal energy, these veteran Dao Inquiry cultivators who originally had limited lifespan remaining had all seemingly gained a second life!
These newly advanced Dao Inquiry cultivators, regardless of their previous identities, all desperately wanted a share of the Origin Realm's benefits and naturally couldn't afford to offend the current overlord of the Origin Realm's resources, Lin Jing.
Even though Lin Jing's current cultivation level might still only be at the Nascent Soul peak.
But everyone knew this was only because the Origin Realm's rules restricted Lin Jing. Like the first batch of prodigies who entered the Origin Realm, most had already successfully reached Dao Inquiry. Lin Jing was much, much stronger than them, and once he returned, he would undoubtedly quickly achieve Dao Inquiry as well.
But currently, no one thought it was Lin Jing who had just broken through.
After all, Lin Jing had only been in the Origin Realm for eight hundred years. With his Longevity Body, he could easily stay there for eighty thousand years without any urgency to return.
As for non-native Dao Inquiry cultivators like those spirit creatures, they dared even less to set foot in Lin Jing's territory.
The older generation among these spirit creatures had even been among Lin Jing's followers back then, and they all held an inexplicable awe toward Lin Jing, having personally witnessed that unprecedented battle.
Therefore, after arriving in Tianyuan, although Lin Jing hadn't made any special demands, they had conscientiously attached themselves to the Demon Court and Beast Master Sect for cultivation, also responsible for reclaiming land for afforestation and enhancing natural spiritual energy concentration for the Demon Court and Beast Master Sect...
Until the Spirit King's Dao Inquiry. Under the Spirit King's encouragement, these spirit creatures began to stop relying on Tianyuan natives, each claiming mountains as kings. After making this decision, the spirit creatures had been worried about accountability from the Origin Realm. Even after reaching Dao Inquiry, they still held certain apprehensions about Lin Jing. Fortunately, no voices of disapproval emerged from within the Origin Realm.
As time passed, the spirit creatures became increasingly independent, but having them forcefully intrude into Lin Jing's territory was absolutely out of the question.
A moment ago, a terrifying sonic wave emanated from Immortal Prison Mountain. Upon hearing this, the Dao Inquiry cultivators immediately changed expressions... Peak Dao Inquiry, and with terrifyingly profound spiritual power.
It was Mo Pine ending the eviction.
That Lin Jing's territory concealed such a powerful expert didn't surprise most people.
Lin Jing currently controlled the most abundant resources in the Lower Realm, more than he could use himself. He would undoubtedly cultivate his own power base, independent of both the Demon Court and the Beast Master Sect!
So the current situation seemed quite obvious.
Perhaps it was one of the existences cultivated by Lin Jing who had broken through to the Dao Inquiry realm.
"My apologies."
Numerous Dao Inquiry cultivators withdrew, though some seemed thoughtful.
"Just one of Lin Jing's subordinates?" The Tongtian Tower Master and other veteran Dao Inquiry cultivators were among the few who knew about Demon Emperor Tianchou's impending arrival a millennium from now to bring about destruction.
They hadn't told many people about this matter, and certainly couldn't inform the spirit creatures.
These spirit creatures had no sense of belonging to the Tianyuan Continent to begin with. If they learned that Tianyuan faced an apocalyptic disaster soon, they would undoubtedly want to flee even more.
Once they fled, it would not only activate the sword array deployed by Demon Emperor Tianchou but also attract the attention of various realms. Then Tianyuan would be finished ahead of schedule.
Coupled with the emergence of numerous Dao Inquiry cultivators and their own nearly millennium-long enhancement through immortal energy, Tianyuan's veteran experts currently felt greatly increased confidence.
Looking across all realms... including these spirit creatures.
Currently, Tianyuan's comprehensive strength could definitely rank within the top ten, even the top five.
With the Tianyuan Continent's current strength, they didn't know if they could resist Demon Emperor Tianchou, but if Lin Jing chose to return at this time, it wasn't necessarily impossible.
Although they had previously advised Lin Jing to preferably remain in the Origin Realm, so that even if they couldn't prevail, Demon Emperor Tianchou couldn't completely destroy Tianyuan. As long as a group of people escaped from Tianyuan, with the Origin Realm as a backup repository, they could rise again! Wasn't the Cultivation Alliance originally formed by a group of refugees? But Lin Jing didn't seem like someone who would take advice.
After all, if Lin Jing were returning, theoretically he should have returned through the transmission altar. Their consciousness entities were all stationed at that altar, and if Lin Jing had returned, they would have known already.
What they didn't know was that Lin Jing had been sent back by the Emperor's Servant and hadn't used the Origin Realm's transmission channel at all.
These pet beasts broke through one after another. Fortunately, Lin Jing carried immortal energy with him, replacing the nearby heaven and earth spiritual energy with immortal energy. Otherwise, with them as the center, a vast area would have completely dried up of spiritual energy, becoming dead land incapable of cultivation.
Using the resources brought back by the Mechanized Turtle and the resources Lin Jing himself had accumulated, Lin Jing and his pet beasts took only about a hundred years to complete their breakthroughs from the early Void Mystical Stage to the Dao Inquiry stage. The entire process proceeded without any bottlenecks, and the so-called heavenly tribulation was even more of a joke. The heavenly tribulation that cultivators feared didn't even have the qualification to approach Lin Jing and the others before being dispersed.
How could the Lower Realm's heavenly tribulation have the qualification to test the Heaven's Mandate chosen by the ancient Immortal Realm?
"Since that 'Spirit King' wants to use the process of resisting the ascension tribulation to demonstrate its power, let's satisfy it."
"This time, I permit you to use the 'Immortal Mirror' as the heavenly punishment tool."
"Make that guy experience Dao heart collapse, lest it continue entertaining unrealistic notions."
"Jie, I am the heavenly tribulation!!!" The Ice Soul Gu eagerly anticipated. In that case, it would use what the opponent excelled at to crush them, planting inner demons!