Chapter 90: I Am Indeed the Mandate of Heaven

"Oh no!"

Lin Wu Ren, who had been brimming with confidence, suddenly turned ashen.

These people are like moths to a flame, purely here to throw away their lives.

The two of them are actually undergoing tribulation at the same time, which will surely cause big trouble.

Although this venerable tribulation seems to favor me, once the two lightning tribulations merge, their power is far more than a simple sum.

It will definitely cause a huge mess.

At this moment, a hint of panic rose in Lin Wu Ren's heart.

But everything happened too suddenly for him to react. Two lightning clouds had already merged, and a deafening roar echoed across the sky. This sight left many disciples and elders of the Profound Yang Sect dumbfounded.

They gazed up at that figure in the heavens with admiration.

"Five peak masters joined forces to ambush Elder Lin, but ended up being slaughtered!"

"Elder Lin's move greatly boosts our sect's prestige!"

"He remains that invincible existence—against peers of the same rank, he can easily crush them. Trying to kill him during his venerable breakthrough by borrowing the tribulation's power? Pure daydream; no one in this world can slay him!"

Many elders cheered for Lin Wu Ren.

In their eyes, even if the two tribulations truly merged, it would hardly faze Lin Wu Ren.

After all, the three words 'Lin Wu Ren' once symbolized invincibility!

"Oh come on, stop bragging and dragging me into this." Lin Wu Ren heard the shouts from below and his heart tightened.

If I weren't afraid, what would all those years of hiding have been for?

These years, he has constantly tempered himself just to smoothly pass the venerable tribulation.

During the third lightning tribulation before, he had nearly died; if not for bearing the mandate of heaven, the tribulation would not have let him go easily.

But now, with the two tribulations fused together, how can he deal with it?

He lifted his gaze to the heavens; the fused tribulation's power was terrifyingly astonishing. Even the constantly rolling lightning in the clouds made his heart race.

That terrifying aura of destruction made one's scalp go numb.

Next, Lin Wu Ren instantly flew into a rage, glaring at the grey-haired old man before him as he stomped his right foot, shaking the void as if it were shattered.

He shot forward like a cannonball, charging straight at the grey-haired old man.

"You old thing, go die!"

"How dare you ruin my breakthrough!"

If I must die, I'll drag this old coot down with me!

However, at that moment, silver-white lightning bolts poured down from the heavens like a downpour, instantly turning into a vast sea of lightning.

"Boom—"

These lightning bolts mercilessly struck the grey-haired old man, instantly submerging him.

Seeing this, Lin Wu Ren hastily retreated, not daring to approach, his heart filled with fear. He knew well that this lightning punishment's power was at least mid‑Venerable level...

No, even late‑Venerable!

Every bolt's power had already reached late‑Venerable strength!

Even if I were merely struck by the tribulation's aftermath, I would surely die on the spot.

It seems the tribulation has been thoroughly enraged; this time I may not escape the calamity!

At that moment, the grey-haired old man within the lightning sea was shattered beyond repair, countless drops of blood floating in the void. He struggled to lift his head, the light of life fading from his eyes.

Yet his eyes were full of doubt.

"Why... strike me but not him?"

"Lin Wu Ren, aren't you the one who broke through first?"

"This tribulation... isn't there supposed to be an order?"

However, he didn't even have time to speak before terrifying lightning kept pounding his head, ultimately annihilating him completely in the void.

At this moment, the Niepan Jie Ling above the heavens wore a face as dark as the sky before a storm.

"Damn it, if you wanted to act, why not just smash him directly instead of drawing out a venerable tribulation?"

"Must you provoke the Lightning Dao?"

"Since you're bent on dying, I'll grant your wish!"

Earlier, the Niepan Jie Ling had even directly wielded the power of the Forbidden Lightning Dao.

It feared that this old coot might still survive and cause further trouble.

"Hum—"

Just then, a hazy phantom slowly appeared above the lightning clouds. It, too, was a lightning tribulation spirit, but its form was exceedingly frail, unable to coalesce into a complete shape.

Its faint voice drifted through the lightning clouds.

"Great Tribulation Spirit, you're breaking the rules—this person's tribulation should be handled by me."

"Moreover, you've used the power of the Forbidden Lightning Tribulation on him—he's merely an ordinary genius master, yet you've overstepped your rank to wield such power and kill him!"

The lightning tribulation spirit's tone carried a hint of anger, for though these spirits have gained sentience, they still cannot form a complete body.

Only by slaying enough cultivators can they receive the Heavenly Dao's blessing, gradually approaching the state of a Forbidden Tribulation Spirit.

This is their purpose of existence, or perhaps the mandate bestowed upon them by the Heavenly Dao.

To transform and grow, they must slay many cultivators.

When a cultivator breaks through to the pinnacle of their realm, they mobilize the same tribulation power to prevent them from advancing to higher realms.

But now, after great difficulty, a cultivator on the verge of a venerable breakthrough has arrived.

Just die like that?

And killed by a violation?

"So what?" Niepan Jie Ling tilted its head slightly, asking indifferently.

The spirit of the thunder tribulation angrily roared: "I will report to Lord Leidao, you are practicing favoritism, actively approaching human cultivators, and even mobilizing forbidden power beyond your rank..."

However, before it could finish speaking, the Niepan Jie Ling's figure instantly vanished from the spot. When it reappeared, its right hand had firmly seized the head of the thunder tribulation spirit, and a bolt of lightning shot forth.

That ethereal illusion was instantly blasted to pieces, vanishing without a trace on the spot.

"You can do it in private, but... if you speak of it, I won't let you off."

"Besides, what's this favoritism? I merely don't want that old fogey Leidao to get close to the Lord of Heaven."

Niepan Jie Ling said disdainfully, then flicked its hand as if it had touched something dirty.

If Leidao knew that the Lord of Heaven had a clone cultivating in a human body, it would probably go even more crazy trying to curry favor.

It might even directly track down the mountain gate behind these people, destroy half of it, to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys.

In this era, the true form of the Lord of Heaven has fallen into slumber, and the so-called order and rules are gradually fading away.

Immediately afterward, Niepan Jie Ling waved its hand, and the thunderbolts within the thunderclouds, imbued with vital energy, directly bombarded Lin Wu Ren, helping him formally enter the Venerable realm.

The previous three layers of thunder tribulation were far more terrifying than a normal Venerable tribulation; an ordinary person would have already perished and gone to the Yellow Springs.

Therefore, even without subsequent thunder tribulation body refinement, it was already enough for Lin Wu Ren.

He can be considered to have broken through perfectly.

"Boom—rumble!"

The thunderclouds slowly dissipated, and once again the heavens and earth returned to a clear sky stretching ten thousand li.

Lin Wu Ren felt the vital surge within his body and couldn't help but sigh with satisfaction: "Indeed... I am the Son of Heaven's Mandate!"

"Even if someone interferes with my thunder tribulation, in the end it cannot harm me."

"It can even replenish my strength..."

The energy contained in those last few bolts of thunder from before was extremely rich, directly consolidating his cultivation at the first level of Venerable!

It had even approached the peak of the first level of Venerable!

At this moment, his aura was like a rainbow, and he directly descended onto Leize Guangchang.

Now that he has achieved fame and success, if he doesn't take the opportunity to show off, wouldn't that be like wearing splendid clothes and walking at night where no one can see?

At this moment... Yang Hao and the others had already returned to the square, silently watching Lin Wu Ren with calm expressions. In their view, wasn't this thanks to the help of their junior uncle? If it were us, we could also break through easily today.

After all, with the tribulation spirit personally cheating, this treatment is practically like a deity descending to the mortal realm.

Lin Wu Ren blinked slightly, wondering how these junior disciples... weren't the least bit surprised?

Next, he clasped his hands behind his back, slightly lifted his eyelids, gave a light cough, and pretended to be profound as he said: "So-called Venerable tribulation is nothing like this. Even if a master sect expert interferes, or someone simultaneously breaks through to Venerable, it's really too simple."

"Fellow junior disciples, if you wish to break through to the Venerable realm, you might as well come ask me for some guidance."

Over these years, Li Haoran and the others have only been slightly weaker than me by a small margin.

Yang Hao has even reached the half-step Venerable realm, and is even stronger than me.

At this moment, he must surely regain the face he had as the senior elder brother back then!

But as soon as his words fell, Yang Hao and the others looked at him with teasing gazes, as if watching a joke, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Pfft!"

"Senior brother, have you gone mad? Don't you remember you almost died in the third layer of thunder tribulation? Back then, even our master ancestor almost had to intervene—are we supposed to ask you how to fail to suppress our spiritual energy and then actively go through tribulation to seek death?"

"Hahahaha!"

Seeing this, Lin Wu Ren couldn't help but blink slightly, thinking this plot development... seems not quite right?

"Shouldn't you be begging me to ask for the secrets of tribulation?"