Chapter 345: The Student Surpasses the Master

"What kind of heinous person?" Xiaobai the little fox glared at Qingyun with tears streaming down her face, saying hysterically, "How many bad things has Master done since he entered the world? He spread the laws to save the world, promoted the Magpie Bridge among humanity, and established the Justice Alliance; how is he heinous? If it weren't for Master, could even one of these ten thousand people undergoing Tribulation Transcendence have survived? Everyone present, who among them didn't survive because of Master? No matter when, wasn't Master always charging at the front line..."

"Xiaobai is right. If we're talking about being heinous, it's those people who lured him into the lightning tribulation!" Jiang Qingqin glanced at the Cultivators of the Shengji Sect and gritted his teeth.

The crowd remained silent.

In truth, no one had expected this situation; everyone had survived, yet the great hero who resisted the Heavenly Tribulation had fallen.

Although the little fox was arguing forcefully.

In the hearts of Tuohai and the others, Lin Bai had stirred up the world and dragged the Cultivator world into the Abyss with his own strength; while it couldn't be called heinous, it was not far off.

However.

Lin Bai's performance during the Heavenly Tribulation truly made it impossible for them to hate their own cheap master.

They had barely contributed to this Heavenly Tribulation; it was entirely supported by Lin Bai alone.

A one-hundred-percent success rate for Tribulation Transcendence could be called terrifying.

One must know.

Even when they underwent Tribulation Transcendence individually, only twenty or thirty percent succeeded in ascending at the end, let alone a ten-thousand-person tribulation; it was no exaggeration to call Lin Bai their parent of regeneration.

Unknowingly, they had long since accepted Lin Bai, and at this moment, they were also filled with resentment toward the so-called Demon-Extinguishing Tribulation.

Ancestor Nan Rong stammered, "Perhaps it is because the ten-thousand-person tribulation resulted in no injuries, and Heaven feared that everyone would use this method to undergo Tribulation Transcendence in the future, so it sent down the Demon-Extinguishing Tribulation to warn those who come after..."

"Who asked you to explain the reason!" The little fox was aggressive, her small hands constantly wiping away tears that refused to stop, "It's just that the thieving Heaven is jealous of Master and doesn't want him to live in this world. It's no wonder Master always wanted to become the Heavenly Dao; the Heavenly Dao is too unfair, unable to distinguish between righteous and evil, and deserves to be replaced..."

At this moment.

【Buzhan Erkuang】 and the others resurrected from the Shengji Sect.

Players can resurrect after dying in a lightning tribulation, but the Resurrection Point within a lightning tribulation is grayed out.

When 【Buzhan Erkuang】 and the others died, the consortium gave them orders to resurrect at the Shengji Sect immediately to grasp first-hand information, so these four guys had been stifled offline for several days.

The moment the lightning tribulation ended, they resurrected from the Shengji Sect and logged on to start their livestream.

Seeing the grief-stricken crowd and the silent Lin Bai, the few players were somewhat dumbfounded.

"What's the situation? Is Lin Bai dead?" 【Buzhan Erkuang】 said.

"Serves him right. He didn't give us any good items. When the wind tribulation came, he protected everyone but ignored us; if he doesn't die, who will?" 【Kuaile Haowu Baoliu】 said, "Following him, other than the title of Disciple, what benefits have we received?"

"We were hit by his ruler," 【Yizhi Lixing De Mao】 said gloomily.

"I never thought Lin Bai would die in such a way!" 【Buzhan Erkuang】 said, "I was still thinking about using his name to live the high life!"

"Are you sure he's dead?" 【Neng Dongshou Jiu Bie Bibi】 said, "I just verified it; the fifty-percent acceleration is still there while cultivating..."

The lightning tribulation ended.

The support group, having waited impatiently for a long time, did not know if the Phoenix Seeking Phoenix was still useful and did not act on their own, seeing the lightning tribulation disappear.

One by one, they boarded the Hundred Flower Shuttle and flew toward Qingmu with over ten thousand singing and dancing Cultivators to witness their idol ascending to heaven.

The Cultivators in the distance held their ground, watching the descending Light of Reception with mixed feelings.

"If we had been more decisive at the time and rushed in to undergo the Tribulation Transcendence with Lin Bai, would we be able to ascend now too?" said a Great Vehicle Realm from Tianmo Mountain, "A ten-thousand-person tribulation! He actually passed it."

"Ascend for what? To go up and continue being exploited by Lin Bai?" said a Great Vehicle Realm from Wanhun Valley.

"Can Spirit Transformation Realm and Void Refinement Realm Cultivators enter the Light of Reception?" a Cultivator from the Blood Sect suddenly asked.

Everyone was stunned.

No one had thought of this situation.

It had always been the Tribulation Transcendence Realm that underwent the Heavenly Tribulation; low-level Cultivators entering a lightning tribulation meant death, but now, an unprecedented situation was happening before their eyes.

"That can't be!" said a Great Vehicle Realm from the Shengji Sect, "Their realm isn't high enough; what would they count as if they ascended? Are they considered immortals too?"

"But they passed the lightning tribulation!" said the Cultivator from the Blood Sect.

The crowd fell silent again.

"Why hasn't anyone entered the Light of Reception?" a Cultivator from Tianmo Mountain suddenly asked, "Did something go wrong?"

"Probably because Lin Bai doesn't want to ascend so early and still wants to throw his weight around in the human world!" the Cultivator from Wanhun Valley said sourly.

"Should we go over and take a look, to build a good relationship with Lin Bai?" a Cultivator from the Shengji Sect suddenly said, "Lin Sibai is still in the world. This time, Lin Bai passed the ten-thousand-person tribulation, perhaps the sect's attitude toward him will change. His Phoenix Seeking Phoenix can keep people safe during Tribulation Transcendence; going over now to build a good relationship with him might not be a bad thing for us..."

The few looked at each other and nodded simultaneously: "Good."

More than ten Great Vehicle Realm Cultivators flew toward the Light of Reception.

Not far away, the Cultivators of the Seven Righteous Sects were clearly harboring the same idea and also flew toward Qingmu.

The speed of the Great Vehicle Realm was much faster than the support group's Hundred Flower Shuttle.

When they arrived beside the Light of Reception and saw Ancestor Tuohai and the others mourning like they had lost their parents, as well as Lin Bai, who had lost his life force, they were also stunned on the spot.

What is the situation?

Lin Bai is dead?

What on earth is the Demon-Extinguishing Tribulation?

A Heavenly Tribulation targeting Lin Bai from Heaven?

If even Heaven cannot tolerate Lin Bai.

Then they would have to reconsider their relationship with Lin Sibai.

However, they dared not jump to conclusions.

After all, Lin Bai had created too many miracles, and furthermore, they had never heard of any Demon-Extinguishing Tribulation...

"You few, notify Uncle-Master Sibai and have him come over to see if he can save Master." Xu Longyun finally regained her composure and immediately thought of their backup, Lin Sibai, who was outside, and instructed the players.

"Senior Sister Xu, perhaps Master isn't dead yet; our cultivation still has the bonus, so don't lose your composure." Ye Song cast a warning glance at the Cultivators from the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects who had flown over, and said calmly.

Tuohai and the others verified themselves simultaneously.

As expected, the bonus remains.

The eyes of Xiaobai the little fox suddenly lit up, and she broke into a smile through her tears: "I knew it, I knew it! There has never been anything that could stump Master; Master is the man who is going to become the Heavenly Dao."

"But why does he not even have a breath left?" Jiang Qingqin asked.

"Perhaps Master is currently battling that 'Demon-Extinguishing Tribulation' nonsense!" Xiaobai the little fox said. "Do not say such disheartening things; Master will definitely wake up..."

Before the words had even faded.

A mysterious yellow light rose from Lin Bai's body; the two colors of light intertwined, bit by bit forcing out the black lightning that had invaded Lin Bai.

That streak of black lightning was enveloped within the mysterious yellow light, twisting back and forth like a dying snake, stalemating with the mysterious yellow light, and was bit by bit dissolved into nothingness.

"Mysterious yellow light!" Qingyun's eyes bulged wide.

"I knew Master would be fine." Xiaobai the little fox clapped her hands excitedly, "Whatever Demon-Extinguishing Tribulation, wasn't it still defeated by Master!"

"What is mysterious yellow light?" Xu Longyun's chest rose and fell; seeing the Demon-Extinguishing Tribulation being forced out of his body, her emotions were also quite stirred.

"Mysterious yellow light is the light of Merit, which also exists only in legends. Unless one has great Merit to the world, they will not be bestowed Merit by the Heavenly Dao. I never imagined that in a single day, I could see two things that exist only in legends," Qingyun said with a trembling voice.

Great Merit to the world?

Are you joking?

What has this guy done to have great Merit to the world?

The Cultivators on the periphery were speechless. No matter how one looked at it, Lin Bai did not look like a person with Merit; his actions were fundamentally more like those of a demon!

Earlier, when the Demon-Extinguishing Tribulation descended, Xiaobai the little fox said that Heaven was blind. Now that Heaven had given the light of Merit to Lin Bai, they felt that the Heavenly Dao was truly blind...

"I said earlier that Master is a good person; otherwise, how could he have the light of Merit on him? Heaven must have been pig-headed to have sent down the Demon-Extinguishing Tribulation, wanting to kill him..." Xiaobai the little fox said haughtily.

Everyone was speechless.

The Cultivators sighed; it was fortunate they hadn't done anything excessive just now.

Good people don't live long, but a scourge lasts a thousand years.

Since he even survived the Heavenly Tribulation, how could Lin Bai die so easily?

F*ck!

With the black lightning forced out of his body by the light of Merit, Lin Bai regained control of his body. He let out a long breath and cursed indignantly.

It was a good thing he had many systems, many rewards, and didn't pick and choose his tasks.

Otherwise, without Merit to protect his body, he really would have been backstabbed by the Heavenly Tribulation this time.

Demon-Extinguishing Tribulation?

Bah!

Was that thieving Heaven trying to finish him off?

If someone said there wasn't someone behind the scenes playing tricks, he wouldn't believe it...

Lin Bai slowly opened his eyes, looking at the Demon-Extinguishing Tribulation being worn away by the light of Merit, pondering that he still had to continue the Sect Leader System's tasks; Luck turns misfortune into fortune, and Merit directly saves one's life!

【Unyielding War God: There are only War Gods who die in battle, no War Gods who run away. Survived the current lightning tribulation (Completed); Reward: War God Physique (Already issued)】

Ding-dong!

The War God System sent a notification that the task was complete.

At the same time, a perfect body appeared in Lin Bai's mind.

The muscles were well-proportioned, the whole body radiated a soft light, and the proportions of every part were the golden ratio; it was pleasing to the eye. If there was one flaw, it would be that it had no gender...

However, for a War God, this was a good thing, because having no gender meant he had one less weakness.

Damn! Lin Bai engaged in Belly-Defamation again; so the War God Physique didn't turn his own body into a War God Physique, but rather, like the Heavenly Demon Heart, it rewarded him with a new body.

It was simply insane. If not for the Soul-Splitting Technique rewarded by the Incomplete System, this broken War God Physique could probably only be used as a collectible or for Soul Possession.

But a normal person would have to have a screw loose to want to perform Soul Possession on a genderless War God...

"Master, you're awake." Xiaobai the little fox excitedly darted to Lin Bai's side, hugged his arm, and rubbed her little head against him, "You scared me to death just now..."

Rubbing Xiaobai the little fox's head, Lin Bai comforted her: "I'm fine."

As he spoke.

He looked at the many Disciples standing before him.

Wherever his gaze landed.

Tuohai and the others all cupped their fists in unison: "Congratulations to Master for returning safely."

"Mm." Lin Bai nodded, looked at the unmoving Light of Ascension, and said, "Don't wait any longer, ascend! Qingyun, you go first..."

"Please let Master ascend first," Qingyun said.

"You all go up first; I still have some things to arrange." Lin Bai glanced at her and said, "Qingyun, your cultivation is the deepest; go up first and see what the situation is. The final Demon-Extinguishing Tribulation was a bit abnormal; I suspect someone is targeting us. If there is anything wrong up there, you can still protect the many brothers and sisters."

Once these words were spoken.

Qingyun no longer argued; she nodded to Lin Bai and was the first to walk toward the Light of Ascension. As soon as she stepped into the range of the Light of Ascension.

The next instant.

Her figure had already vanished.

The Light of Ascension did not let people ascend slowly; it looked more like a teleportation array.

"Tuohai, it's your turn." Lin Bai urged.

"Master, if the immortals of the Upper Realm are truly hostile to Master, this Disciple will definitely fight them to the death." Tuohai and the others came over to salute Lin Bai first, stated their position, and then stepped into the Light of Ascension one after another.

As those in the Great Vehicle Realm and Tribulation Transcendence Realm ascended one after another, Xu Longyun hesitated. She looked at Lin Bai and asked, "Master, are we ascending too?"

"Mm, if one can become an immortal, why not? Everyone go up," Lin Bai said.

"But what about the affairs of the mortal world? We still have so many things unfinished." Xu Longyun looked at the Cultivators on the periphery and said, "Besides, I haven't said goodbye to my father..."

"Lin Sibai will handle the affairs of the mortal world. As for the Duke of the State, with the chance to become an immortal, he should be dying for you to ascend!" Lin Bai smiled as he looked at the Cultivators not far away and said, "Besides, who said that once you go up, you can't come back?"

As he spoke.

A Magpie Bridge.

Suddenly flew in from the horizon.

And landed at the feet of Xu Longyun.

The next second.

The 【Heaven-Startling Falcon】, possessed by Lin Sibai, appeared before everyone.

Lin Sibai is a split soul, a part of Lin Bai, so he can naturally use the Magpie Bridge connected to Xu Longyun and the others.

Xu Longyun looked at the Magpie Bridge that had suddenly appeared at her feet, then looked at the 【Heaven-Startling Falcon】, her expression changing involuntarily.

Lin Bai sent a voice transmission in time to comfort her: "Do not be afraid, Lin Sibai is me, and I am Lin Sibai; we are one."

Xu Longyun glanced at the 【Heaven-Startling Falcon】 and sighed helplessly: "Fine, we will go up first and wait for you."

The Cultivators on the periphery watched as everyone ascended one after another. They had originally prepared to come up and say a few flattering words, but upon suddenly hearing Lin Bai's words and seeing the 【Heaven-Startling Falcon】 flying over via the Magpie Bridge, their hearts trembled inexplicably, and their smiles all froze on their faces. They looked at each other, a bad premonition suddenly emerging: could Lin Bai's Magpie Bridge span the Immortal World and the Mortal World?

If that were the case?

What kind of ascension would there even be?

Wouldn't anyone be able to go to heaven via the Magpie Bridge?

If the Magpie Bridge could connect the Immortal and Mortal worlds, then the sky above would truly change...

"Master, hurry up and come!" After Xu Longyun went up, the little white fox waved at Lin Bai and also walked into the Light of Reception. The Light of Reception did not reject the little white fox and the others despite their low cultivation; as long as they had passed the lightning tribulation, it transported them all up.

In a short while.

All of Lin Bai's Disciples had flown into the Immortal World through the Light of Reception.

Yet, no notification of task completion came to his mind.

He frowned, looked at 【Mad Without Fighting】 and the others to the side, and said without room for argument: "You few are expelled from the sect."

The expressions of 【Mad Without Fighting】 and the others changed instantly.

The four were just discussing Lin Bai's light of Merit when they suddenly heard this, and they couldn't help but ask anxiously: "Why?"

"You couldn't even pass the lightning tribulation, what face do you have to be my Disciples?" Lin Bai glanced at them and said, "The other Disciples have all ascended, and only you few haven't; I cannot afford to lose face like this!"

【Resentment from Mad Without Fighting, Happiness Without Reservation... etc.; +1 +1 +1...】

【Mad Without Fighting】 and the others wanted to argue, but Lin Bai couldn't be bothered to pay attention to them anymore, because after expelling them from the sect.

The Haoweirenshi System System System sent a notification that the task was complete:

【... The student surpasses the master, a disciple's achievement is higher than yours (Completed); Reward: Bestowal (Issued)】

Why did Lin Bai insist on helping everyone pass the lightning tribulation?

Why did he insist on letting his Disciples ascend to the Immortal World first?

Wasn't it all because of the Haoweirenshi System System task?

He carried a pile of systems, enough to crush everyone in the world; how could it be easy for so many Disciples to surpass him?

This time.

The Disciple ascending before the master, becoming an immortal a step ahead of the master, was the only chance for a disciple to surpass their master...

(End of this chapter)