Chapter 1863: Immortal Astral’s tenth sun, Empty Tribulation Realm!!! (Large Chapter, Requesting monthly vote!)

This Scorpion Soul was composed of dense power of heaven and earth. As Wang Lin absorbed it into his body, his withered Primordial Spirit immediately reversed its condition wildly, as if it had consumed a great tonic, rapidly recovering from its decay!

The sixth breath arrived, and Wang Lin's Primordial Spirit withered again. However, due to the supplementary power of heaven and earth within the Scorpion Soul, a balance was achieved. Yet, this balance could not be maintained for long; as time passed, it would collapse again.

Unless Wang Lin could find more power of heaven and earth to replenish his body!

For other Cultivators who pass this tribulation, most continuously consume Medicinal Pills and various items to forcibly resist it. If they can endure the seventh breath, and their Primordial Spirit remains intact, they must then forcibly endure three more breaths. After completing ten breaths, they can pass the tribulation!

However, those final three breaths are several times more terrifying than the previous ones. Even the wealthiest Cultivator finds it hard to survive these last three breaths, because the speed at which Medicinal Pills are digested is far incomparable to the speed of the withering. Before much can be absorbed, their Primordial Spirit will completely wither and die within a few breaths!

Therefore, the quality of the Medicinal Pill is extremely important. But even with the best Medicinal Pills, surviving this tribulation is still unpredictable; the chances of success might just be slightly higher.

In this Withering God Tribulation, those Undergoing Tribulation are extremely passive; the tribulation completely holds the initiative. Throughout history, everyone who has passed this tribulation has forcibly endured it!

Even the Great Heavenly Venerate is the same; they could only forcibly rely on a large quantity of Medicinal Pills and the terror between life and death to survive this tribulation!

Furthermore, according to legend, throughout countless years, there were only two Great Heavenly Venerates who continuously passed nine Mysterious Tribulations. Both of them also gritted their teeth and endured it. Once the ten breaths concluded, the tribulation would naturally dissipate.

The seventh breath approached mercilessly. The balance within Wang Lin's body was abruptly broken, and his Primordial Spirit immediately withered extensively. However, Wang Lin's expression remained unchanged. He utilized the moment of balance between his Primordial Spirit's withering and replenishment to rapidly cycle thoughts in his mind, searching for a way to break this tribulation!

"If I want to forcibly endure it, the only way is to quickly find where the Green Devil Scorpion True Soul is suppressed and absorb the power of the Green Devil Scorpion True Soul to pass this tribulation. With the power of the True Soul, passing this tribulation shouldn't be difficult!

But… absorbing the power of that suppressed True Soul is probably not simple, and the time required is unknown…" Wang Lin's eyes flashed.

"Tribulations are also Opportunities… I always firmly believe this point. Although this tribulation is bizarre, it is only a tribulation after all! It wants to wither my Wang Lin's Primordial Spirit… Let's see whether the withering power of this tribulation is stronger, or if this Wang's conviction is firmer!!" Wang Lin suddenly looked up, strange light shining in his eyes, containing a powerful conviction!

With Wang Lin's intelligence, he saw the key to passing this tribulation instantly, and he also guessed the method chosen by everyone throughout history when Undergoing Tribulation. However, this method is extremely passive, essentially forcing oneself to submit to the tribulation and merely survive beneath it.

Wang Lin does not want such a choice!

"I have enough conviction, and my Primordial Spirit also contains my conviction. Under this conviction, I want to see how this tribulation can destroy me!!" As Wang Lin looked up, gazing at the dark runes in the sky, his eyes revealed a determined light.

Having faced Heavenly Tribulations multiple times in his life, he long ago lost his sense of reverence. All he possessed was a determination to resist and stand above the Nine Heavens!

The eighth breath descended the moment Wang Lin looked up. The Primordial Spirit inside Wang Lin rapidly withered, and by the instant the eighth breath passed, only a trace remained. But this single trace contained Wang Lin's conviction, the conviction of a life spent Cultivating the Dao without ever yielding, and his pursuit—the determination to resurrect Li Muwan!

This trace of Primordial Spirit could not wither and disintegrate during the eighth breath, existing with the same tenacity as Wang Lin's character!

"I believe my Primordial Spirit is eternal and indestructible!"

"I believe my existence cannot be erased!"

"I believe my life is in my own hands!"

The ninth breath arrived silently. Wang Lin's body trembled, yet his expression remained completely unchanged. The ninth breath carried the power to wither his entire Primordial Spirit, seeking to destroy Wang Lin's Primordial Spirit, but that trace of Primordial Spirit containing his conviction still persisted throughout this ninth breath!!

That was no longer a Primordial Spirit, but a conviction. The heavenly might can erase all Primordial Spirits, but it cannot erase a person's conviction. If a person loses their conviction, their life will inevitably be molded and manipulated by heaven and earth, and their eventual blaming of fate will be entirely self-inflicted!

Because they abandoned their conviction!

But Wang Lin was different. His conviction burned fiercely like fire. Gazing at the rune mark in the sky, he displayed a look capable of astonishing Heaven itself!

"I believe that all these tribulations will vanish like smoke!"

"I believe I can resurrect Wan'er!"

"I believe I can reach the Peak of Heaven and Earth!!!" Wang Lin roared toward the sky, his conviction acting as a vow that shook heaven and earth!

The tenth breath descended abruptly, as if intending to obliterate Wang Lin's power of conviction. It resembled an angry wave seeking to drown that trace of Wang Lin's Primordial Spirit imbued with conviction!

But in the end, even after the tenth breath dissipated, that trace of Primordial Spirit containing conviction within Wang Lin's body still existed!! Not only did it exist, but it exploded violently!

"The majesty of Heaven and Earth can destroy my body, destroy my Primordial Spirit, and destroy my Soul, but it cannot destroy my conviction!" As Wang Lin roared, he took a step toward the sky. Compared to the entire world, his figure was like an ant, yet an Aura capable of changing the heavens suddenly erupted from his body. Driven by this Aura, Wang Lin charged straight toward the rune mark in the sky. The moment he approached, he raised his hands and abruptly tore at the illusory rune mark!!

Under this tear, the illusory mark, impacted by Wang Lin's conviction, faintly began to materialize. As Wang Lin ripped at it, it violently collapsed!

The moment the mark collapsed, Wang Lin's withered and scattered Primordial Spirit power suddenly surged back and recovered. In an instant, it reached the Peak, and then violently increased again!!

This seventh tribulation, the Ten-Breath Withering God Tribulation, collapsed before Wang Lin!!

The moment this tenth tribulation collapsed, heaven and earth abruptly underwent infinite changes. Amidst flashes of radiant multicolored light, a second rune mark materialized.

This second mark was completely different from the previous one; it was more complex, and even emitted an endless sense of antiquity. The moment this mark appeared, the eighth tribulation, the Lifespan Soul Tribulation, suddenly manifested!

The Ten-Breath Lifespan Soul Tribulation is the second of the Three Soul Tribulations. It does not harm the Primordial Spirit; it only demands the Lifespan of the Soul!

This tribulation can transform the flow of time. A Cultivator's Lifespan is not endless; there is also a time for returning to the Void. Likewise, the Soul is the same; the Lifespan of the Soul is like a fleeting moment of beauty. This single moment might be ten million years, or perhaps less than a century!

When the Soul's Lifespan returns to the Void, the Soul dies! One breath equals ten thousand years, vast amounts of time dissipating in a single exhalation. This tribulation is even stranger than the seventh tribulation; it is not meant to blast the Cultivator to death, but requires the person Undergoing Tribulation to sacrifice their Lifespan willingly!

This tribulation is closely related to the ninth tribulation. If someone can sacrifice one hundred thousand years of Lifespan during this tribulation, the ninth tribulation will become extremely simple—they can pass it just by stepping through! However, in the empty profound, it is impossible for anyone to possess a Lifespan exceeding one hundred thousand years, unless they have tremendous Opportunity and fortune.

But if they do not offer Lifespan, then passing the ninth tribulation will be a near-death experience!

In the eighth tribulation, the Cultivator holds the initiative and decides how much Lifespan to sacrifice—this is a choice! Generally, those who dare to undergo this eighth Mysterious Tribulation will calculate how much Lifespan they need to keep for their own cultivation, and then painfully sacrifice the rest to increase their chances of passing the ninth Mysterious Tribulation.

Once one steps into the Empty Tribulation Realm, unless they can Cultivate to the level of a Great Heavenly Venerate, their Lifespan will not increase. Whatever Lifespan a Cultivator has remaining after sacrificing during this eighth Mysterious Tribulation is all they will have left within the entire Empty Tribulation Realm.

Unless they find another Opportunity, this cannot be changed.

Wang Lin gazed at the second rune mark appearing in the sky. The moment he saw this mark, strange thoughts suddenly emerged in his mind. These thoughts, through a special method, allowed Wang Lin to instantly comprehend everything about this eighth tribulation.

After comprehending this eighth tribulation, Wang Lin thought a lot. He did not know how the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable passed this tribulation, but he surmised that the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable might have had another Opportunity.

He also understood that his previous observations were inaccurate; many Cultivators he believed had reached the eighth or ninth Mysterious Tribulation had actually stopped at the eighth.

This tribulation did not require Undergoing Tribulation; after sacrificing Lifespan, one could choose to withdraw. As long as one sacrificed, even if only for a year, the Eighth Tribulation would be completed!

However, Undergoing Tribulation for the Ninth Tribulation would be even more difficult!

Wang Lin was silent. After a long while, his eyes flashed. He looked at the runic mark appearing in the sky, swayed, and approached. As his right hand was raised, it pressed towards the rune.

"Sacrifice, one year!"

As soon as he spoke, his body immediately trembled, very slightly, almost imperceptibly, and the runic mark in front of him slowly dissipated.

The Eighth Tribulation disappeared.

The moment the Eighth Tribulation scattered, Wang Lin could have chosen to withdraw, but he did not. Instead, he looked up at the sky, waiting for the final tribulation to appear!

If he could pass this final tribulation, his cultivation would immediately Break through empty profound and he would become a Great Venerate of the Empty Tribulation Realm Early Stage!!

Taking a deep breath, Wang Lin's expression was extremely solemn. He had continuously passed eight Mysterious Tribulations, and now, he was about to face the ninth, and final, one!

He raised his left hand, and with a grab in the Void Realm, golden light immediately permeated. The Li Guang Bow, which had not appeared for a long time, suddenly materialized in Wang Lin's left hand!

Pulling the bowstring with his right hand, Wang Lin exerted force, immediately drawing the Li Guang Bow into a full moon. A faint light flashed on it, and the Li Guang Arrow suddenly appeared!

Looking up at the sky, Wang Lin's eyes revealed a murderous intent! His Five Elements True Body behind him also raised both hands, and a phantom Li Guang Bow and Arrow appeared in his hands!

Behind the Five Elements True Body, as lightning flickered between Wang Lin's eyebrows, the Lightning Origin True Body slowly appeared, carrying an Aura of destruction. With his left hand raised and his right hand drawing the bow, a phantom Li Guang Bow and Arrow, crackling with lightning, appeared in his hand!

When he had only sacrificed one year of Lifespan during the Eighth Tribulation, he had already made up his mind: he would not Undergo Tribulation for this Ninth Tribulation, but rather destroy it!

No matter how powerful or difficult this tribulation was, he would not consider it, because he intended to destroy it! Simply Undergoing Tribulation eight times was enough. If he were to struggle against this last one, it would not fit Wang Lin's character. Or rather, Wang Lin harbored a hatred for Heavenly Tribulation that even he himself didn't quite understand!

This hatred was clearly displayed during his several Heavenly Tribulations throughout his life!

If one were to trace the root of this hatred, it could be traced back to the Vermilion Bird Star in the Immortal Cave, to his desperate and angry roar when he held Li Muwan, facing the Heavenly Dao's demand for her life!

The moment Wang Lin drew the Li Guang Bow, streams of Immortal Power emerged from the Meridians formed by the Immortal Ancestor's hair within his body, circulated throughout his entire body, surged into his arms, and entered the Li Guang Bow and Arrow, causing the bow to immediately burst forth with ten thousand feet of golden light, engulfing Wang Lin's figure.

The golden light seemed to transform into a Golden Dragon, roaring towards the sky, as if it wanted to rush out and destroy heaven and earth!

At the same time, to Wang Lin's left, blue, red, and yellow lights emanated from the bow and arrow of his Five Elements True Body. These three lights corresponded to his water, fire, and earth Origins. After converging, these lights also rose ten thousand feet high, transforming into three fierce, long Dragons of different colors, roaring alongside the Golden Dragon!

To Wang Lin's right, his Lightning Origin True Body stood there indifferently. On the lightning-covered bow and arrow drawn by his raised arms, lightning flashed, illuminating heaven and earth, and a fifth long Dragon appeared on it!

This illusory long Dragon was a Lightning Dragon, with countless lightning bolts coiling around its body, emanating a terrifying destructive power. This power even surpassed that of the Five Elements True Body and Wang Lin's true body, shaking heaven and earth!

From afar, this scene was astonishing: five Dragons devoured the sky, their roars echoing in all directions!

In the sky, the final runic mark appeared. This was the Mysterious Tribulation's Ninth Tribulation! This tribulation was called Reincarnation! It was the final threshold preventing a Cultivator from becoming an Empty Tribulation Realm Great Venerate!

As soon as this runic mark appeared, it immediately exuded a vast heavenly might, as if it could alter time, as if it could immerse people in Reincarnation, making them unable to extricate themselves, ultimately leading to death!

"Destroy the tribulation!!" Wang Lin let out an earth-shattering low roar. His voice pierced through his golden light-shrouded figure, transforming into a wave of sound that spread outward, covering thousands of miles in an instant, reaching the ears of the more than ten Green Devil Continent Cultivators who had been stunned by the previous events they had perceived outside.

"Destroy the tribulation!!"

"He… he continuously passed eight Mysterious Tribulations, and now, facing the ninth, he's not Undergoing Tribulation, but destroying it!!"

"Such an arrogant act… this… this can only be done by Lord Green Devil!"

As their faces turned pale and their minds were intensely shaken by those two words, Wang Lin's figure within the golden light suddenly released the bowstring held by his right hand!

The moment the bowstring was released, it snapped back with dense Immortal Power, transmitting a great force into the bow and arrow, causing the bow and arrow to let out an earth-shattering roar!

The moment this roar spread, the arrow shot out at a speed faster than sound!!

From afar, this was no arrow; it was clearly a ferocious Golden Dragon. Its roar was the sound of the arrow, and the golden arrow shadow was its Dragon body!!

As this arrow emerged, heaven and earth changed color, the firmament retreated, and all living beings were alarmed!

The Golden Dragon, soaring into the sky, carried an indescribable Aura and blasted into the heavens! Behind it, the moment it shot out, Wang Lin's Five Elements True Body on his left simultaneously released its right hand. Amidst the echoing hum, three earth-shattering roars rose, revealing the blue, red, and yellow Dragons, ferociously roaring and following closely behind the Golden Dragon, blasting towards the runic mark in the sky!

Not one, but four long Dragons, including the Golden Dragon, four streaks of arrow light, now like four flames erupting from the ground, blasted forth!

Not four, but five! Wang Lin's Lightning True Body on his right also released his lightning-covered right hand. A roar, as if to destroy all worlds, suddenly erupted from the bowstring released from his hand, soaring into the sky—it was a Lightning Dragon!!

This Dragon carried an Aura of destruction, an Aura of Restriction rules, and also the heavenly might of lightning, all fused together, forming an arrow that seemed to destroy all living beings!!

The mark of Five Dragons Tearing the Sky!

The Fate of Five Arrows Seeking the Sky!!

Wang Lin's golden light arrow first struck the Ninth Tribulation Reincarnation mark in the sky, blasting into it and suddenly unleashing its full arrow power, causing the mark to tremble violently, as if on the verge of collapse.

Immediately after, the three-colored arrows of the Five Elements arrived swiftly. In the instant the roaring sound was still echoing, they successively blasted into the mark. Three thunderous explosions suppressed all other sounds in heaven and earth. Amidst the deafening noise, the mark in the sky immediately showed signs of collapse, with numerous Rifts appearing!!

It could have been formless, but Wang Lin's arrow contained his conviction, his firm belief in hating Heavenly Tribulation and destroying Mysterious Tribulation!

Under this conviction, it infinitely approached the Great Heavenly Venerate's Belief Art, creating something from nothing, solidifying into form!!

Finally, the lightning arrow, carrying an Aura of destruction, approached. This arrow was not an arrow, but an arrow-shaped lightning bolt. As it blasted forth, it rushed into the Reincarnation mark in the sky, unleashing the destructive power it contained!

The power of the lightning of slaughter emanating from this arrow was only a trace, but even this trace was enough to shake the heavens!

The Reincarnation mark trembled and then collapsed with a roar, shattering into countless fragments that swirled towards the sky. The entire sky trembled, as if collapsing along with it!

Collapsing along with it was the Scorpion Temple beneath Wang Lin. This enormous scorpion-shaped building seemed unable to withstand such vibrations and suddenly collapsed, turning into countless rubble that swept out in all directions.

The Green Devil Scorpion Temple thus disintegrated!

The moment it disintegrated, and dust flew up, covering and concealing Wang Lin's figure, an Empty Tribulation Realm Aura that caused the firmament to change color suddenly emerged from the dust!

That Empty Tribulation Realm Aura was extremely powerful. After it appeared, it formed a storm Vortex, swirling the collapsing sky and the disintegrating earth, mixed with the destructive Aura of the Mysterious Tribulation, standing at the very center of the Green Devil Continent, which was originally the site of the Scorpion Temple!!

The more than ten Green Devil Cultivators several thousand miles away all showed expressions of awe. The moment the Mysterious Tribulation's pressure dissipated, they transformed into more than ten figures and quickly approached.

"Greetings, Lord Green Devil!"

"Congratulations on your resurrection, Lord Green Devil!"

To finish this plot, I wrote eight thousand characters today. This chapter is five thousand, finally reaching Empty Tribulation Realm today! I have no other expectations, only hope for more monthly votes!!!