Book 6: Chapter 48: Keep the Music Playing, Keep the Dance Going

Vol 6 Chapter 48: Keep the Music Playing, Keep the Dance Going

The offspring produced from the genes of two spirit creatures with the most exceptional talents, synthesized through an Immortal King-level divine ability—each one possessed extraordinary natural gifts.

However, being mass-produced without the spirit creatures contributing their core essence or crystallization, while these descendants had excellent aptitudes, they weren't necessarily top-tier.

Yet in the matter of breeding descendants, that very chance of genetic mutation was precisely the "possibility" the spirit creatures were gambling on.

The Spirit King.

Undoubtedly, it was the most dramatically genetically mutated among Lady Nethersoil's numerous descendants. Though not apparent initially, as it grew, its talent increasingly revealed itself—even capable of compressing and refining the ordinary heaven and earth spiritual energy of the Lower Realm combined with stellar power to levels approaching Immortal Power.

This made many human Great Dao Comprehension experts pale in comparison, marveling at its aptitude that rivaled top-tier immortal physiques.

Moreover, it was fortunate enough to obtain a Rare Beast Divine Ability.

The Demon Emperor didn't know the name of this ability, only that it was far more powerful than her own Rare Beast Divine Ability. It could create five red and five black spheres that orbited around its body.

The Demon Emperor had never witnessed such an overwhelmingly dominant attack. Back when she fought with all her might, she only managed to force it to use eight stone spheres.

It still had two spheres unused.

The Demon Emperor initially judged that the collision force of two stone spheres could easily annihilate ordinary Dao Comprehension experts; four spheres colliding could rival immortal physique Dao Comprehension experts; six spheres colliding would make even Celestial Beasts meet their end; eight spheres... combined with its top-tier aptitude... even someone like her, an immortal-blooded demon race holding an immortal artifact, couldn't defeat it.

As for ten spheres, the Demon Emperor dared not imagine how powerful that would be, though she still believed Lin Jing could handle this arrogant little brat.

To witness this scene, the Demon Emperor emerged from seclusion after a long time to attend the Spirit King's ascension ceremony! Though she had been defeated by the Spirit King and felt somewhat embarrassed, she wanted to see Lin Jing teach this stone being who showed no respect for superiors a lesson.

Only, what the Demon Emperor didn't expect was that Lin Jing only sent the Ice Soul Gu alone to confront the other...

Western Deserts.

Spirit King Palace.

As the Spirit King's announced tribulation crossing date approached, more and more Great Dao Comprehension experts arrived in the Western Deserts. However, they didn't approach the Spirit King Palace where the Spirit King was stationed, only observing from afar.

After all, heavenly tribulation was something that could easily bring disaster upon oneself.

The ascension tribulation was recognized as the most difficult heavenly tribulation in the Lower Realm. In these times when ascension was impossible, one could actually choose whether to undergo it or not, since even if one passed, no ascension channel would appear.

However, some powerful experts, to verify whether their Dao was strong enough and whether they possessed the ability to ascend, would still choose to challenge it. Some perished with their Dao destroyed, while others made their Dao more condensed and refined, becoming outstanding among ordinary Dao Comprehension experts.

The Demon Emperor had passed the ascension tribulation long ago. Since the Spirit King could even defeat the Demon Emperor, no one believed it couldn't pass an ordinary ascension tribulation, but...

The Tianyuan Continent's situation was rather special. Because the Immortal Palace had rewritten the rules, the spirit creature race not only faced heavenly tribulation earlier but also with greatly increased intensity compared to humans and demonic beasts. Thus, the ascension tribulation the Spirit King was about to face might be the most powerful heavenly tribulation in the history of the Tianyuan Continent.

And this was precisely what the Spirit King wanted—intending to use this ancient Immortal Palace-enhanced heavenly tribulation to display its power.

"Let me see how strong this realm's heavenly tribulation can be..." the Spirit King murmured.

Though many powerful Dao Comprehension experts were only watching the ascension ceremony from afar, beneath the Spirit King's throne, there was singing, dancing, and revelry. Numerous human and demon race dancing girls danced around the Spirit King Palace, seemingly celebrating this wonderful occasion.

Everyone knew the Spirit King disliked being human's pet beasts.

Even though the contracts with Origin Realm spirit creatures were equal contracts, it still displeased the Spirit King.

Because after arriving in Tianyuan, the Spirit King discovered that prejudice in people's hearts was like a great mountain. Even with equal contracts, everyone still treated spirit creatures as "pet beasts," as appendages of beast tamers. The spirit creatures simply couldn't shake off the "pet beast" label.

It couldn't accept how the world viewed them.

Therefore, it terminated its contract.

It also disliked those spirit creatures that maintained contracts with humans, so any spirit creature that joined it had to be an independent individual.

Perhaps to wash away the pet beast label it once carried, it recruited many humans and demons, making them submit to itself.

BOOM!!!

Under the attention of various powerful experts, the Spirit King attempting to ascend quickly summoned the ascension immortal tribulation. As it floated upward, the Spirit King displayed its invincible capital to the Tianyuan Continent!

One, two, three... twelve—six red and six black mysterious black spheres made the observing experts take deep breaths.

"It gained two more!" The Buddha Master was inwardly shocked. After all, when the Spirit King defeated the promoted Celestial Beast, the master of the Demon Court who wielded an immortal artifact, it only used eight spheres.

How could the Spirit King's strength improve so rapidly!

These Western Deserts... it seemed the Buddhist Sect couldn't reclaim them.

"Twelve spheres..." The Demon Emperor's mouth also twitched. After being defeated, she went into seclusion for bitter cultivation, already confident she could break through eight spheres and even attempt to resist ten. But how could the other's progress speed be as absurd as Lin Jing's?

The Second Ancient Emperor, Martial Emperor, Tongtian Tower Master, and other veteran Dao Comprehension experts also shook their heads.

Xu Qingyao, Gu Xinghe, Wang Xiao, Feng Ning, and other new generation Dao Comprehension experts also sighed inwardly. Aside from Lin Jing, they were originally the most dazzling existences in the Tianyuan Continent. But how could they have anticipated that among the spirit creatures arriving in Tianyuan, such a monster would be born?

Was this Spirit King perhaps the chosen one of the spirit creature race's fortune?

"This ascension tribulation will probably be shattered instantly..." Besides them, there were also ancient relics like Grandma Yin Mountain who had been at the Void Mystical Stage peak a thousand years ago, with some successfully achieving Dao Comprehension.

The gazes of all Dao Comprehension experts on the Tianyuan Continent focused here. The looks from the Dao-seeking spirit creatures were particularly fanatical, watching the Spirit King and feeling that perhaps its natural talent wasn't inferior to that certain one in the Origin Realm...

That it could lead the Origin Realm spirit creature race to even more glorious heights... If possible, the spirit creatures naturally still hoped to be led by one of their own race rather than a human.

But the next instant.

Within the ascension tribulation clouds, a terrifying figure suddenly condensed. The dark clouds still blotted out the sky, but within the flashing thunderclouds, shadows of eight giant legs seemed to appear, extremely eerie.

"What is this?" The crowd seemed never to have seen such tribulation clouds, such an ascension tribulation. Though they heard that in ancient times, occasional projections from immortals in the Upper Realm would descend to personally test those ascending, such things didn't happen anymore.

"Hmm?" The Spirit King also noticed something seemed wrong with the heavenly tribulation.

But before it could think more, a lightning bolt already struck down!

BOOM!

Like sword energy, a horrifying dark red crescent-shaped lightning bolt directly attacked with overwhelming force. Seeing this heavenly tribulation, the Spirit King was greatly shocked because the essential nature of this tribulation's power was actually identical to its divine ability.

Both were composed of pure death power and destruction power combined into extinction power.

Moreover, this extinction power was far, far more powerful than the extinction power it controlled, with terrifying might.

Using the sword energy-shaped lightning as a vessel, it came striking down toward itself!

"Ascension tribulation?" The Spirit King, who originally hadn't taken any ascension tribulation seriously, suddenly changed expression.

"Extinction power..." Gu Grandma, who had struck down the lightning, coldly snorted. Previously thinking the other had mastered something incredibly powerful, but it turned out to be just extinction divine ability. After Lin Jing saw the Demon Emperor's memories, he recognized it—extinction power, the combination of death and destruction. The Ice Soul Gu originally didn't know it, but it didn't take long to learn.

Death power—its death incarnation controlled that.

As for destruction power—within the sword Dao seed gifted by Demon Emperor Tianchou, there was contained destruction power.

The so-called Tianchou Sword Dao was the combination of demonic energy, destruction power, and heaven-destroying sword intent. Demon Emperor Tianchou's demon race bloodline, the destruction power cultivated through destroying countless cultivation worlds, even disregarding the commands and tasks of the "Heaven" of the Heavenly Demon Realm—that is, the immortal realm's demon race—accustomed to acting alone, even daring to point her sword at the Demon Heaven's heaven-destroying sword intent—this was the entirety of Demon Emperor Tianchou's sword Dao.

And the Ice Soul Gu, which had been continuously learning Demon Emperor Tianchou's sword Dao, naturally also inherited destruction power. Figuring out extinction power wasn't strange.

Though perhaps the extinction power it explored wasn't as perfect or dominant as the other's divine ability inherited from the demon star, extinction power wasn't its killing move at all.

The Ice Soul Gu held the "Immortal Mirror," a middle-grade immortal artifact that was truly rare in the Lower Realm. This sword-shaped extinction lightning tribulation striking down had already been amplified several times through this middle-grade immortal artifact that "absorbed spells and enhanced rebound," making it extraordinary. Updates are released by novel⦿

"This thing is much more useful than a sword."

Thump thump thump thump thump.

The experts who had been waiting for the Spirit King to destroy the heavenly tribulation were shocked to discover next that under this sword Dao lightning tribulation resembling divine punishment, the stone spheres the Spirit King solemnly produced with a stiff expression... were directly pierced through by the heavenly tribulation, quickly shattering. Immediately after, the heavenly tribulation sword energy continued with irresistible force. Under the Spirit King's horrified gaze, it directly pierced through its body, creating a large hole in its stone form.

The Spirit King stood dazed in place, feeling its power draining away, looking at the sky in disbelief.

Until the thunder clouds dispersed, and the Ice Soul Gu's enormous body residing within the ascension tribulation revealed itself. Seeing this giant ice spider covered with lightning patterns, many experts were astonished.

"A Gu... it's actually a Gu insect."

"The Ice Soul Gu, that's the Ice Soul Gu! But..."

The Dao Comprehension experts were in an uproar. Feng Ning and others, after their daze, suddenly shared knowing smiles.

"That guy is back." The Second Ancient Emperor took a deep breath. When exactly did he return!

Seeing the Ice Soul Gu, the Spirit King finally reacted, finding it hard to believe.

This is... that one's pet beast?

The heavenly tribulation just now was sent down by it?

But why... how could just a pet beast wield such terrifying power... It didn't understand! Then what did that make it?

Next, the appearance of a figure confirmed the guesses of the various experts. Lin Jing had appeared on the main hall at some unknown time, directly and without courtesy sitting on the throne that originally belonged to the Spirit King.

"What's wrong." Seeing the dancing girls who had stopped, Lin Jing said: "Keep the music playing, keep the dance going."

"Don't mind me."

"I just came to see exactly who wants to defy the rules I established and attempts to covet the star realm..."

BOOM.

Lin Jing's words reverberated in their minds. The Spirit King met Lin Jing's gaze and instantly felt pressure several times more terrifying than the earlier tribulation lightning. Its originally invincible spirit directly developed huge cracks, as if seeing a giant hand extend from the sky slowly placing itself atop its head.

Enduring unimaginable injuries, with difficulty it half-knelt down...

"Greetings, ancestor..." it spoke hoarsely. After several hundred years of peerless elegance, at this moment, it directly submitted under Lin Jing's pressure.