The Prodigies War-Novel

Lin Xun fell silent for a moment and then he drew a deep breath and bowed with both hands in front to express his thanks.

His expression was calm.

The road ahead was full of fog, just like the unknown. This might be the best.

If the future was set in stone, then it would be too boring after all!

Behind him the sky had fallen and the earth collapsed; everything ceased to exist.

On the quest for the great dao, one should only move forward. Who would care about what was happening behind them?

The divination symbols might represent something, but Lin Xun did not take it to heart.

He had seen his true body, and his state of mind was incredibly firm. He would not be so easily affected by the state of perplexity.

Soon, Lin Xun decided to leave alone.

Zhao Jingxuan was preparing to head to the Return Dominion, and the Heavenly Seer would make arrangements for her. Those were not matters that Lin Xun could take part in.

“I’ll be waiting for you to come back.”

Before leaving, Zhao Jingxuan looked seriously at Lin Xun, her eyes clear and calm. “You must take good care of yourself.”

“You too.”

Lin Xun opened his arms and held the beautiful woman in front of him.

……

Three days later.

There was not a speck of cloud in the sky, and the Forbidden City was as bustling as ever.

The streets ran in all directions and were all crowded with endless streams of pedestrians and carriages threading their way through. The city could be said to be more lively than before.

The monster-beast problems within the empire had been dealt with, and the Magi Brute threat on the frontier region had also been eliminated.

In the world, many things were waiting to be done.

Suddenly, the sky went dim, the sun was gone, and rapidly thickening black clouds choked the sky above the Forbidden City.

Suddenly, daytime seemed to have turned into eternal night.

Commotion broke out across the city. Whether it was cultivators, peddlers, influential and noble figures or ordinary people, everyone panicked.

“What happened?”

“That’s…”

“Terrifying tribulation clouds!”

In the imperial palace, Qinglu Academy, Rune Master Association, and other powerful clans and sects, countless experts turned ashen-faced and felt a feeling of oppression.

Those tribulation clouds were beyond unbelievable!

“Which fellow cultivator is going to challenge a tribulation?”

Countless gazes gathered on Mind Cleansing Peak, where a tremendous vortex of tribulation clouds was taking shape above it like an upside-down funnel.

The vortex was suspended quietly, yet it emitted a boundlessly terrifying aura of destruction that made even the world tremble.

Everyone in the Forbidden City suddenly felt oppressed and suffocated, especially the cultivators. They had the strongest sensitivity to the power of heaven and thus suffered the greatest impact. Follow current s on NoᴠᴇFɪre.nᴇt

As time went by, more and more leaden tribulation clouds accumulated. The initially bright and clear day was thrust into darkness, and all living beings were filled with worry and terror.

At the top of Mind Cleansing Peak.

Lin Xun was standing on the edge of the cliff with his hands behind him. His clothes whipped around him, and his thick black hair fluttered in the wind. He looked as calm and relaxed as always.

The fate challenging tribulation was finally here!

There was not a ripple of emotion in Lin Xun’s heart.

This was because he had waited for it for too long so he no longer had any fear.

In the distance, Lin Zhong, Xiaoke, Third Old Zhu, Spirit Vulture, other important figures and clansmen of the Lin Clan, as well as the villagers of Feiyun Village and the servants were all watching him nervously.

The tribulation was so terrifying that it made them struggle to breathe. How could they not be nervous for Lin Xun?

Suddenly, thunder boomed in the depths of the dark tribulation clouds, and the sound waves quaked the sky as it spread.

Even the space was vibrating and distorted.

In the Forbidden City, some cultivators saw stars and felt their hearts twitch fiercely and their spirit violently sway.

Even powerful cultivators of the king stage were horror struck and donned serious expressions.

“How could a tribulation be so terrifying?”

“This only proves that the head of the Mind Cleansing Peak Lin Clan is abnormal, so the tribulation he faces is also not ordinary.”

“It’s the longevity tribulation...how is he going to overcome this?”

Black clouds continued to roll in over the huge Forbidden City, turning the atmosphere stifling and oppressive. Countless prominent figures were watching and speculating what would happen.

Lin Xun, the fully-deserved number one figure of the longevity king stage, rescued the empire from misery by eradicating the monster-beast problem and frightening off the Magi Brutes. Everyone in the world had nothing but appreciation, admiration, and respect for him.

He was like a legend, and he was destined to make it onto the annals of history and be remembered forever.

Today, he was going to challenge the eighth longevity tribulation.

Fate tribulation!

On the stargazing platform, the Heavenly Seer silently gazed into the distance with an unfathomable look in his eyes.

In the Rotating Stars Hibernating Moon House, Lone Man muttered in an annoyed voice, “That kid is just going through a tribulation. Who are you trying to scare by making such a huge disturbance?”

Just as his voice died away, the black tribulation clouds growled with thunder, as though gods were drumming in the sky, quaking the heavens and earth.

The irritated Lone Man looked startled and then a ruminative smile touched his lips. “Interesting, such a powerful fate tribulation…I seemed to have never seen anything like it before...”

“I indeed have never seen something like it.”

On the stargazing platform, Heavenly Seer murmured, his eyes becoming more and more unfathomable.

Before long, dazzling flashes of lightning broke from the bruised cover of tribulation clouds, illuminating the darkness of the earth. There were so many arrows of lightning that they resembled millions of silvery snakes dancing wildly in the sky.

Countless people in the Forbidden City were dumbfounded by the spectacle, while some ordinary people were cowering on the ground and muttering incessantly, as if praying.

“It’s here.”

Atop Mind Cleansing Peak, Lin Xun did not look the least bit nervous. Instead, he revealed a smile and even leisurely swigged alcohol from a wine gourd.

His robe and black hair fluttered in the wind as he drank by himself under the vortex of tribulation clouds, with thunder raging and lightning flashing overhead.

His unmatched calmness and superior bearing astonished many people.

Finally, a gorgeous bolt of tribulation lightning emerged from the swirling tribulation clouds and sprinkled down in the form of a shower of light.

Every streak of light, formed from the most terrifying tribulation, was crystal clear and multicolored.

Light rained down from all over the sky. This spectacular scene was magnificent but also extremely terrifying!

“So abnormal!” Lone Man’s eyes widened, as if he couldn’t believe it.

“That’s truly...extraordinary...” The Heavenly Seer on the stargazing platform was also taken aback.

As for everyone else in the Forbidden City, they only felt that the light pouring down was like a celestial glow from heaven—wonderful, dazzling, gorgeous, and breathtakingly beautiful.

Only some old monsters of the king stage understood the terror of the tribulation lightning. A mere glance of it from a distance away was enough to make their hearts shudder with fear, and their souls leave their bodies!

On the top of Mind Cleansing Peak, Lin Xun still made no movement and just drank leisurely.

However, a boundlessly huge abyss suddenly emerged from him, rotating slowly in the air.

All sorts of grand dao power drifted within the abyss, generating various spectacular visions, including the integration of fire and water, the harmony of yin and yang, the tai chi cycle, the roar of the true dragon, and the power of immortality.

Before the endless downpour of tribulation lightning could drown Lin Xun’s figure, the slowly rotating abyss had already swallowed them all.

It all vanished without a trace like a clay ox entering the sea.

From the beginning to the end, there was no visible collision or waves set off!

Lin Xun’s figure looked more and more majestic and lofty.

“He…”

From afar, Mind Cleansing Peak looked like a whale inhaling water into its ferocious mouth. All of the raging lightning was completely swallowed up!

It was truly rare to see such a spectacle.

“Abnormal...so damn abnormal...” Lone Man muttered.

The Heavenly Seer uttered an exclamation of amazement.

The sea of black clouds rolled, and lightning bolts ripped the sky apart as though hundreds of millions of pythons were twisting and roaring, which triggered earsplitting thunderclaps. The entire world was illuminated by the flashes of light.

The tribulation lightning had turned more terrifying than before and looked like a long waterfall hanging upside down.

It evolved completely from tribulation lightning and was frighteningly majestic and violent.

A suffocating aura of destruction saturated the air of the vast Forbidden City.

Countless living beings trembled.

Even old monsters of the king stage felt their blood run cold and their hearts leap to their throat.

They had never seen such a tremendous tribulation before, like it was going to destroy heaven and earth and wipe out all life in the world!

But what they found the most hard to believe was that, on Mind Cleansing Peak, Lin Xun seemed to have not realized what was happening and was still drinking leisurely.

The tribulation lightning that would frighten anyone witless was quickly swallowed up by the great abyss around him regardless of what it evolved into.

Many people looked bewildered.

He had to possess a terrifying cultivation base and strong self-confidence to dare to eliminate the tribulation lightning that filled the sky with such a calm and leisurely attitude.

Unbelievable!

It turned everyone’s understanding and imagination on their heads.

“Seen through…understood…the fetters of fate are nothing special,” said the Heavenly Seer thoughtfully. He vaguely sensed Lin Xun’s background, foundation, and abilities.

Lone Man chuckled, “Interesting.”

Before long, both the Heavenly Seer and Long Man narrowed their eyes, and their expressions gradually turned serious and grave.

In the sky, the tribulation clouds slowly became calmer and quieter, the rumble of thunder became low and muffled, and the lightning became fainter. But the atmosphere between heaven and earth strangely turned increasingly oppressive.

Soon, some king stage experts sensed that something was wrong, and their expressions dramatically changed.

As for all other living beings in the Forbidden City, they still looked surprised and bewildered and failed to notice anything. They all believed that the unprecedented tribulation was about to come to an end.

In truth, it was indeed coming to an end, but before it did, an extremely terrifying tribulation lightning was brewing and...

About to erupt!

Before long, silence reigned everywhere, the tribulation clouds stilled, and all lightning and thunder faded.

An eerie silence enveloped the world.

All cultivators felt like they were drowning and suffocating under the oppressive power. Their bodies became rigid, and they could barely withstand it.

Atop Mind Cleansing Peak, Lin Xun lifted his head slightly, emptied the last drop of alcohol into his mouth and tossed the wine gourd away.

Then, he abruptly raised his head.

His deep and dark eyes reflected the tribulation lightning that was brewing in the sky, showing its every little detail, but there was not a ripple of emotion in his eyes.

Clothes billowing, he soared into the air.

From a distance, he resembled a giant abyss rising from the earth and releasing rays of splendid light.

At the same time, from the depths of the stilled tribulation clouds, a bolt of tribulation lightning silently rushed forth.

It quickly took the shape of a battle spear—vague, dark, and entwined with supreme power and order.

The sky and the earth dimmed; the sun and moon darkened.

It was just a bolt of tribulation lightning, but it descended upon the world like a spear of judgment that represented heaven's will.

The entire city was shaken; all living beings were trembling.