Cultivation System: Stronger with Age-Chapter 639 - 288: Lin Xuankong’s Immortal Tribulation_4

"Initially, it took me about forty years to cultivate from the Early-Stage First Layer of the Transcendence Realm to Ninth-Layer Perfection. This speed wasn’t the fastest in the entire Central Divine Dynasty Western Region, but it was definitely the swiftest among tens of thousands of disciples in the Five Elements Immortal Sect across dozens of generations! Yet, even for me, advancing from the Early-Stage Tenth Layer to Tenth-Layer Perfection took a full hundred years! I originally thought this speed was quite fast! But... but Tributor Mu, you actually managed to cultivate from the Early-Stage Tenth Layer to Tenth-Layer Perfection in only two years! This... this is..."

This first female genius disciple of the Five Elements Immortal Sect stared at Lin Xuankong, momentarily at a loss for words to describe the man before her. However, her gaze clearly conveyed her assessment of him: Something akin to an aberration, a monster, inhuman—simply too outrageous, and so on!

While the many Earth Immortals and Cultivators were marveling at the ’miracle’ of Lin Xuankong reaching Tenth-Layer Perfection from the Early Stage in just two years, Lin Xuankong, a hint of anticipation on his face, floated directly to the central platform where Feng Lingling had previously undergone her Celestial Tribulation. He then raised his hand and placed the Immortal Ascension Treasure Pill into his mouth.

For Lin Xuankong, revealing a fraction of his formidable cultivation speed wasn’t a significant concern. After all, compared to his extraordinary artifact refining skills, a rapid cultivation speed was merely a matter within the Transcendence Realm, a personal affair at best. If he and the artifact refining genius Xiao Xiuyi were to showcase their true artifact refining skills, amplified by a thirtyfold speed enhancement, that would be truly world-shattering! Therefore, Lin Xuankong offered no explanation for the crowd’s utter astonishment at his cultivation speed.

Furthermore, he chose to consume the Immortal Ascension Treasure Pill and face the tribulation directly at that moment, without notifying Young Lady Lii Xiaolan, Second Lady Zhao Yufei, Third Princess Xiaoo Ying’Er, Xiao Xiuyi, or the Lin Family Seven Tigers. This was, of course, to prevent those truly close to him from worrying excessively. After all, no matter how confident or well-prepared he was, he still had to face the Celestial Tribulation!

As the Immortal Ascension Treasure Pill entered his stomach, a change flickered in Lin Xuankong’s eyes. He suddenly felt that he could faintly perceive the Immortal Yuan within the Second Spirit Peak of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect!

Before reaching Tenth-Layer Perfection and consuming the Immortal Ascension Treasure Pill, Lin Xuankong, though able to ’see’ the Immortal Yuan of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect’s Thirty-six Spirit Peaks with his Nine Gates Celestial Eye, and ’see’ the Immortal Yuan enveloping the Earth Immortals when they employed Immortal Techniques, his perception was limited to merely ’seeing’ it. He couldn’t actively absorb the vast reserves of Immortal Yuan within the Thirty-six Spirit Peaks, nor could he guide it. He could only allow the Immortal Yuan to passively refine his meridians and physique incrementally during his cultivation on the Spirit Peaks.

But now, with the Immortal Ascension Treasure Pill in his stomach, Lin Xuankong suddenly sensed the Immortal Yuan permeating heaven and earth—that boundless, immense energy. He was absolutely certain that if he successfully overcame this tribulation, he would shatter his limitations. He could then begin guiding Immortal Yuan into his body, continuously mobilizing it to actively temper and elevate his physical form!

At this thought, Lin Xuankong couldn’t help but look up at the sky, his anticipation for the imminent Celestial Tribulation growing even stronger.

In the next moment, the sky, which had cleared only a short while ago, abruptly darkened. Vast, dense dark clouds began to coalesce from the depths of the heavens, blanketing the entire sky in an instant. Most astonishingly, these dark clouds didn’t just envelop the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect or the Spiritual Crane Immortal City. As far as the eye could see, the heavens were choked with incredibly dense, pitch-black thunderheads.

In less than a breath’s time, the entire sky plunged into complete darkness. This darkness was countless times more profound than that during the tribulation of Feng Lingling, the first female genius of the Five Elements Immortal Sect. It was as if the sun, moon, and every star in the firmament had been utterly extinguished.

A stir ran through the entire Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect. Earth Immortals from the other thirty-five Spirit Peaks, excluding the Second Spirit Peak, emerged from their cave abodes one after another, looking up at the sky in astonishment. Even they, as Earth Immortals, could not perceive a single shred of light. It was as if this moment marked the apocalypse for the Central Divine Dynasty Western Region—a cataclysm of absolute darkness.

Disciples from the other Spirit Peaks of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect also emerged from their Cultivation Rooms, their expressions shifting rapidly. An expression of utter shock and disbelief was etched on the face of every Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect disciple.

Amidst the shock of the Earth Immortals and Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect disciples, some of the quicker-witted among them activated their respective Immortal Techniques and Magic, conjuring flames. Only then could they barely make out their surroundings.

For a moment, flames flickered to life across all Thirty-six Spirit Peaks of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect and throughout the Spiritual Crane Immortal City, their light illuminating countless astonished faces. A clamor of discussion erupted from every corner of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect’s Thirty-six Spirit Peaks and spread through every part of the Spiritual Crane Immortal City.