Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

by Srtyi

Lin Wu was a university student that died after having one too many energy drinks and then reincarnated into the body of a worm. He awakens to find out that he now has a system, but even it doesn't have a clear idea of where they are. He comes out of the ground and discoverers that he’s no longer in his previous world but rather in a cultivation world. Witness Lin Wu’s journey as

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While Lin Wu was slaughtering his way through the Frozen Cliff Division's peaks, Tian Han was suffering through the worst pain in his life.

~RUMBLE~

The dark tribulation clouds in the sky thundered and sent down another tribulation bolt that struck Tian Han.

"GODDAMMIT!" Tian Han cursed.

His outer clothes had already been burned off and only his soft protective inner armor was somewhat intact on his body, protecting his dignity.

"How many bolts has it even been now? Seven? Eight?" Tian Han questioned.

After the first four bolts, he had been a bit disoriented, but the ones that came after that were only stronger. They increased in intensity as was expected and were even different from the normal tribulation lighting.

Tina Han didn't know what variant of the Tribulation lightning he was getting hit with, but it surely didn't feel good. In addition to that, he had no idea how many tribulation bolts he would be getting.

Someone that was in the Pseudo Nascent soul realm would usually know this or at least have a hunch about it, but Tian Han never got the opportunity to ponder on it since Lin Wu boosted him rapidly through it all and summoned the Tribulation clouds.

And now he was in no condition to check anything either. He could only wait for it to pass.

'Couldn't he have at least set up a tribulation attenuation platform? If he can set up such a vast formation array in the matter of minutes, he should be able to do that too…' Tian Han cried to himself.

~BOOM~

Another lightning bolt struck his body, making him trembled non stop and instantly evaporating his tears, leaving behind scorched salt on his cheeks.

While Tian Han was wallowing in his pain, Tian Chu was hidden in the corner.

"Fuck! What the hell is this heavenly tribulation? Even the legendary ones mentioned in the books don't come close to this…" Tian Chu said to herself as she wiped the sweat off her forehead.

Her hand clenched onto the formation array control token hard, as if afraid that letting go of it would kill her.

Which it really might…

After all, considering how close she was to Tian Han while he was undergoing his heavenly tribulation, she should have long since been struck by the lightning bolts as well. It was actually the protective formation that Lin Wu had added in addition to the others that had kept her safe all this time.

'Master really cares for me… he even made this protective array for me.' Tian Chu thought with a slight flutter in her heart.

~BOOM~

"Aiya!" Tian Chu secretly shrieked from the sudden lightning.

She had never told this to anyone, but she was really afraid of thunder. Since it would tarnish her image of being a genius in the Tian Clan's branch, she had kept it hidden. She could even suppress it for the most part and was fine with normal thunderstorms.

But the heavenly tribulation… well, that was anything but normal. Especially a variant one that Tian Han was going through.

'Thankfully, master pushed me to the Nascent soul realm directly and even stopped the tribulation lightning for me, so I didn't have to suffer. Though I wonder what kind of a tribulation I would have had…' Tian Chu thought.

She had been at the Nascent soul realm for long enough that she could compare her strength to others and get a gauge of her own standing. And she could tell that she was far stronger than any average Infant soul stage Nascent soul realm cultivator.

"Master's abilities are truly profound…" Tian Chu said with a hint of longing. ~Sigh~ "if only he could be a human…"

~RUMBLE~

~WHOOSH~

While Tian Chu was living in her fantasies for a hot minute, the rest of the audience finally arrived.

Away from where Tian Han was, a large group of people dressed in the robes of the Frozen Cloud sect arrived.

"LOOK!"

"Damn, it really is a heavenly tribulation!"

"Who would be so brave enough to undergo a heavenly tribulation here?"

"Forget about being brave. I'd rather say they were very brazen to have picked this place. How can they use the territory of the Frozen Cliff division without permission? Don't they know what kind of damage a heavenly tribulation can cause to the area?"

Such conversations were heard in the entire group as they looked at the heavenly tribulation. They couldn't really go any closer and only spotted a humanoid figure that was charred black.

It was sitting cross legged but its back was slightly hunched. There were also a lot of burn marks all around him, with some parts of the ground being directly melted.

"Ssss! What strong tribulation lightning!"

"I know, right? It has barely been ten minutes and there have already been nine bolts of it."

The disciples certainly felt surprised by this. One had to know that the most common heavenly tribulation only had up to three bolts. And even the one with the three bolts was considered good.

Anything more than that, and it would enter the territory of rare and the further it went, the rarer it would get.

The ones that reached beyond five bolts were already in the level of a genius and only those with a great talent would ever suffer from them.

This knowledge was very well known by the elders and they had quite some shock in their eyes.

"Elder Giza, you are the expert in this field, aren't you? What do you think this tribulation is?" One of the elders asked.

The elderly man named Elder Giza seemed to rub his beard a couple of times before replying, "considering we're already at the ninth bolt, it should be the Nine Spark Tribulation or even the Falling Rise Tribulation."

"Whoa! Haven't those two never been recorded in the past five thousand years?" another elder asked.

"It is possible for it to be something else t—" but before Elder Giza could finish his sentence, another bolt struck.

~BOOM~

"Impossible!" the elders shouted.

To the elders, it was impossible that someone of such talent could be present in their world.

"Who is this person?!"

"Anyone got an idea? Is he really from our sect?"

There were many questions they had, but they couldn't get any answers, even if they were itching for them.

"Elder Giza… its ten bolts now… then doesn't this mean…" one of the elders who had asked before spoke.

"Y-yes… it cannot be the Nine Spark Tribulation or the Falling Rise Tribulation… neither of those can reach ten tribulation lightning bolts. I… I only know of three types of tribulations that can reach ten bolts.

They are the Ten Thunderclap Tribulation, the Scarlet Burst Tribulation and the Night Demise Tribulation." Elder Giza explained.

"Then which one among those three is this?" The elder asked.

"I… don't know. It's not among these three… this is entirely different. I can't find any defining characteristics. For Ten thunderclap tribulations there need to be ten thunderclaps with each bolt.

For the scarlet burst tribulation, a scarlet light should accompany each lightning bolt. As for the Night Demise tribulation… it needs to happen on the night when a thousand beings have died and right now it's not night." Elder Giza explained.

"Seems like we have a new tribulation on our hands… this will be going into our records." The previous elder spoke.

"Not just that, the disciple who is undergoing this tribulation… won't they be a genius?" a third elder said.

"But for that, they need to survive this tribulation. Ten Tribulation lightning bolts are not a joke." Someone said.

Hearing this almost everyone was in agreement. Even if someone didn't explode the moment ten tribulation bolts struck them, there was still a chance they would die later on once their injuries intensified.

"Could it be that the disciple who had the tribulation was unable to move anywhere, and that's why ended up having it here?" a female elder said after thinking. "I mean, it would make sense since everyone knows they should not undergo a heavenly tribulation in the sect outside of a tribulation platform." She added.

Hearing this a lot of the elders seemed to be intrigued. They thought about it a bit more and found it to be a reasonable guess.

"Then won't this disciple need support in healing? I don't think they'll be able to withstand the infusion of spirit Qi that will come after this. Their meridians and body might be too weak and could just explode even if their nascent soul was fully born." The first elder who had spoken stated.

"Yes! Yes! We can't let such a talented disciple die. Even if the formation arrays of the sect were damaged a little, it is still fine. Compared to the advantages of a talented disciple like this, that loss is easily redeemable." Someone added.

The common consensus among the elders switched to this, and they all started to think the same.

"But do we know if they are even of our division? For all we know, it could be someone from the Frozen Brook division that might have been hiding out here and were unable to move due to their situation." A doubtful elder questioned.

"Hmm… this will have to be decided by Elder Qianshu." Elder Giza said while rubbing his beard.

Everyone looked at the elder in question.

Elder Qianshu was looking at Tian Han, his expression still.

He was closely watching Tian Han's situation and his eyes didn't move one bit. He could see the expression of Tian Han as well, that was contorted in pain. His face couldn't be made out well due to the skin that had been burned and the soot that had covered him.

His hair had been burned away as well and only heavens would know what he would look like after all the soot and ash was removed.

"What do we do, Elder Qianshu?" The elders asked again, seeing that Elder Qianshu had not spoken yet.

"I have made my decision. Once the tribulation fades away, recruit this person into our division at all costs! Even if they are from the Frozen Brook division, we have to get them! He shall be our contender against Wang Xiong!" Elder Qianshu said, stunning all the elders.

~gasp~

Many gasps were heard from the elders as well as the few core disciples that were worthy of this information and were standing nearby. To them, this was both a shock in the good way and the bad way.

The reason why they had joined the Frozen Cliff Division was that they didn't like Wang Xiong being the chief disciples and also the heir to the sect patriarch's position. They wanted a direct competition for that position and with Wang Xiong there, they would never get it.

They were also in a dilemma, as Wang Xiong truly was talented and was progressing very fast. Thus, there was a great chance that even if they did organize a competition, they would still not be able to come out on top and lose.

But now that someone with an equal or an even greater talent had appeared, they might have the chance to win against the Frozen Brook division and flip the odds in their favor. Even if it meant giving up the chance to compete for the position of the inheritor of the patriarch.

"This… this might truly be the key to winning out conquest!" The elders said out loud.

"Indeed. Even after we get rid of Wang Xiong and annex the Frozen Brook division, there will still be push back from the current patriarch. Not to mention, we would be in a sensitive situation with the other powers and sects.

There won't be a lack of mantises stalking the cicada. But this way we will be the oriole hiding behind the mantis." Elder Giza elaborated, finding the idea wonderful.

Tian Han was completely unaware that the enemy had not only considered him an enemy but had even propped him up as their candidate for the sect patriarch heir!

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"FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!" Tian Han cursed to himself.

"DAMN THIS TRIBULATION! WHO THE HELL EVEN HAS TEN BOLTS OF TRIBULATION LIGHTING!" He continued.

"I know for sure I'm not that talented!" Tian Han self depreciated. "Five bolts? Six Bolts? Sure… seven? Maybe… EIGHT! NINE! FUCKING TEN!!! NO WAY!"

By the time he said this, he was out of breath again. Withstanding the tribulation had taken a lot of his energy and he was already out of spirit Qi. In fact, other than the Infant Nascent soul that was floating in his Dantian, there was no spirit Qi left.

Even his meridians had dried up.

This was the complete opposite of his earlier condition when he was in spirit Qi overload. Now he was deficit in spirit Qi instead!

Tian Chu who witnessed it all, was no less shocked.

"Just what did master Lin Wu do? Is his touch really this magical that it can transform that average genius into a top tier genius needing ten tribulation bolts to breakthrough?" Tian Chu said to herself.

~slap~

She even slapped herself to confirm that she was not dreaming and this was real.

Tian Chu compared herself to Tian Han and realized that she was now lagging behind him in a way.

'If I remember the feeling back, then… I should have had at least five tribulation lightning bolts. But master blocked it off for me.' Tian Chu thought to herself.

But comparing herself to Tian Han's tribulation only made her a little depressed.

Her face fell but soon changed after looking at the state of Tian Han.

"That little lice will probably die, anyway. Why do I need to care? HUMPH!~" Tian Chu said with a little flourish.

Her eyes went to the people of the Frozen Cliff division in the distance and locked onto the rather powerful looking elder in the front.

"That guy… isn't he Elder Qianshu?" Tian Chu recognized.

She had known of the man since he was rather important in the Frozen Cloud sect. Not only was he a high elder at the Dao Shell realm, but he was also the only son of the Frozen Cloud sect's Supreme elder!

Back when Tian Han and she were scouting the sect and Tian Han was being enticed to join the Frozen Cliff division, he was told a lot about the glory of Elder Qianshu. About how he was strong and was the major contender to be the next supreme elder or even the patriarch if things worked out.

But a few seconds later, beads of cold sweat appeared on the forehead of Tian Chu.

"Damn, if he's here then the danger just increased by quite a bit…" Tian Chu realized.

While she had a trust in the formation array that Lin Wu had made, she just didn't know if it would be able to go against someone as powerful as Elder Qianshu.

'I won't know until I try… I can't disappoint master either…' Tian Chu thought as determination appeared on her face.

She gripped the control token harder in her hand and looked at the sky. The wind was blowing and the clouds had already started to change color. From the previous black, they were now Grey and soon would return to the milky white color clouds one would normally see.

"I need to wait for the right moment… only if all of them are in the limits of the formation will it have the best effect." Tian Chu said as she measured their steps.

~WHOOSH~

The spirit Qi in the air swirled and soon turned into a vortex that spun over Tian Han's head.

"The spirit Qi infusion started… they should be moving any moment now." Tian Chu muttered, without moving her gaze from the elders of the Frozen Cliff division.

And just as she had expected, the elders started to move. First, two elders from the group rushed towards Tian Han, a few pill bottles were present in their hands.

'Huh? What are they doing?' Tian Chu was confused.

A second later, she heard the elders shouting.

"HE'S ALIVE! Just injured!" The elder who was tending to Tian Han announced.

He had already fed a healing pill to Tian Han and was about to feed him another one.

"Make sure to pause till the burst of spirit Qi is absorbed by his body." The second elder standing there spoke.

"Of course! Do you think this is my first time doing this? I've been an elder of the healing pavilion for three hundred years!" the elder said loudly, hoping that Tian Han would remember it in his mind and establish a good relationship with him.

A few more elders reached the location, and checked up on Tian Han, finding him to be weak and injured, but not in a life threatening condition anymore.

"Hang on… I know him!" An elder said suddenly, startling the other elders as well as Tian Chu.

'Did they really recognize him in that state?' Tina Chu was surprised as well.

"Who is he?" The elders asked.

"Well of course, he's one of my external disciples that I recruited when I went out for a mission a few years ago. Seems like he finally made his way to the sect." The elder said.

Hearing this, all the elders were taken aback and so was Tian Chu.

"What the fuck?" Someone cursed in a low voice.

"Huh?" The elders looked towards the person cursing and raised their brows.

It was none other than Tian Han himself.

"Ahahah! Look! Look! My disciple is awake!" The elder said while thumping Tian Han's back.

"Fucking geezer! Stop hitting me, I'll die again!" Tian Han scowled without fear.

It was clear that his mind was not in the right place currently.

"Hahah! This disciple of mine was born from a courtesan and wasn't taught manners. Please forgive his tongue." The elder said with a wide smile.

But seeing this, a few ideas appeared in the minds of other elders.

"YOU!!! SHAMELESS!"

"ELDER SIMA! HOW SHAMELESS CAN YOU BE!?"

"YEAH! HOW CAN YOU JUST CLAIM SOME RANDOM PERSON TO BE YOUR DISCIPLE?"

The elders finally realized Elder Sima's ploy to rise in the sect.

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An awkward smile could be seen on Elder Sima's face as he looked at the other elders who were staring daggers at him.

"Ahahah! It was just a joke, just a little joke!" Elder Sima hurriedly said.

"Humph! This is no time to be joking." Elder Giza said.

"Sorry!" Elder Sima said before standing up.

His expression quickly changed though, once he was a bit away from them.

'You guys would be the same if you got the opportunity. Humph! You're just regretting I was faster.' Elder Sima thought.

If his plan worked and Tian Han ended up going along with it, Elder Sima would end up becoming the second highest person in the sect, as Tian Han would be the contender for the sect patriarchs position.

He would pretty much be pushing down elder Qianshu. It was a simple but usable ploy and if it weren't for the fact than Tian Han was still conscious and responded, he might have gotten away with it too.

'Dammit, couldn't you have been unconscious for longer? I already had the mind bending pills with me.' Elder Sima thought to himself.

While Elder Sima was cursing his luck, Elder Qianshu had finally reached the location of Tian Han. He gazed at Tian Han as if he were a gemstone and the greed could be seen in his eyes.

Tian Han felt a gaze on him and looked up, recognizing the man he was staring at him.

'Fuck! He's already here? Where is the trap that was prepared?' Tian Han internally thought.

"TIAN CHU! GET THAT THING RUNNING!" Tian Han shouted through their link.

~HONG~

And just as he said that, it happened.

"Huh? A formation array?" The elders were surprised.

But the surprise was momentary as wary looks appeared on their faces. There were plenty of formation experts here and they could quickly asses and tell that this was no normal formation.

"How is there a formation here? Wasn't this place destroyed back then?"

"Not just that… this place just endured an entire heavenly tribulation. How are these formations even intact?"

"You are not asking the right question… the right question is… how did we not detect it?" Elder Giza said as a serious look appeared on his face.

~SHUN~

It was at this second that a change occurred in the formation.

Tens of pillars shot out of the ground and trapped the people within them. This included everybody that was within the formation array's limits, excluding Tian Han and Tian Chu.

"WHAT!?" The elders were stunned.

"Finally!" Tian Han said with relief before he stood up.

"Fuck! My body still hurts…" Tian Han muttered.

The spirit Qi infusion was still ongoing and his spirit Qi stores were slowly being replenished. But it would still take him a while before he would be able to fully heal up and reach his peak again.

~CLANG~

"What is the meaning of this?" one of the elder shouted and banged his fists on the interior of the pillar that he was trapped in.

"It's a Hundred Figure Prison Formation array!" An elder identified.

"How can one of those be here? I'm sure there was nothing like it made here ever before." Someone else said.

"Don't you understand… this was made be someone. Right under our noses…" Elder Giza spoke.

"Who could do this?" A female elder said while trying to breakthrough the pillars confines.

She was at the nascent soul realm and should have been able to exert enough strength to break many barrier formations.

"The Frozen Brook Division?" someone suggested.

"It could be possible."

"No…" It was Elder Qianshu that spoke this time.

His gaze quickly went to the only free person in the area. Him being none other than Tian Han.

"The culprit is right in front of us." Elder Qianshu said.

"What? How can it be him? He was literally undergoing a heavenly tribulation until a moment ago." The female elder said, finding it improbable.

While the elders discussed this, Tian Han was still nervous.

'I better get away from here!' he thought to himself and started to run away.

If not for the fact that he had yet to recover, he would have flown away from the Frozen Cloud sect in a matter of minutes. Unfortunately for him, his cultivation base didn't really allow that right now.

"Look! He's getting away!" The elders spotted Tian Han.

"STOP! Don't you dare run away!"

"This is the land of the Frozen Cloud sect! You have to obey our commands!" The elders shouted.

"Fuck that shit! You'll kill me if I stay behind. Who are you even trying to fool?" Tian Han cursed the elders.

"STOP HIM!" the elders shouted while trying to break the pillars.

~BANG~ BANG~ BANG~

The elders started attacking the pillars non stop, hoping to shatter them. With each attack, the formations shook and made Tian Han nervous.

"WHATEVER YOU ARE GOING TO DO, DO IT NOW! TIAN CHU!" Tian Han shouted through the link.

And just as he said this, he felt a hot wave of spirit Qi suddenly spread through the area.

"Huh?" Tian Han stumbled and missed a step due to that, almost falling in the process.

"ARGH!"

"AHH!!!"

"UGAAA!!!"

"NOOO!!!"

Soon cries of pain and death were heard spreading through the area. Tian Han couldn't resist the curiosity and looked back. But what he saw scared him to no end.

"SAVE ME!!!!"

"I CAN'T DIE LIKE THIS!!"

Various cries were coming out of the mouths of the Frozen Cloud sect disciples and elders. Those that were weaker among them were currently being burned alive. The pillars they were trapped in were turned into furnaces and started heating up.

There were runes glowing on the ground below them, releasing a scorching heat. First, only the legs of the people were burned, but then this made them kneel to the ground, burning the rest of their leg.

Those that suffered it more, directly fell to the ground, being burned to a crisp rather quickly.

It was as if they were all placed in a frying pan!

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"WHO DARES!!!!" A thunderous Cry was heard coming from one of the pillars that was being heated right now.

The cry had come from none other than elder Qianshu. He saw as his subordinates and disciples died one after the others, unable to resist the scorching heat that came from the ground.

He would be lying if he didn't say that he was confused about how it all happened. Even his senses were unable to tell that there was an entire formation array hidden in here.

'How can we be trapped by a single man? That too someone that wasn't even at the Nascent soul realm till a few minutes ago?' Elder Qianshu wondered.

His gaze went to Tian Han, who had taken a pause to check things out. Their gazes met momentarily, Tian Han shudder.

"FUCK! FUCK!" Tian Han cursed as he burst into a sprint.

Though right now he was no different from a commoner running. Any cultivator would be able to match up with his speed, even those that were at the Qi refining realm. His cultivation base was inoperable until the spirit Qi infusion was over and everything stabilized.

Not to mention, even if he had control over his cultivation base, his meridians and Dantian were still injured. He would have to heal them first before being able to do much. Tian Han even tried to use some pills, but couldn't access his spatial storage ring.

'Can't even do this… shit!' He continued cursing in his mind.

He couldn't believe himself that he had actually gone ahead with it all.

"I should have never taken the mission. I should have never tried anything! I should have just stayed in the clan and cultivate in seclusion." Tian Han regretted.

Unfortunately for him, there was no medicine for regret and he would have to live with the choices he had made.

~SHATTER~

And while he was about five hundred meters away from the elders, he heard something break. The sound was crisp, as if a glass had just shattered.

"HOW?!" a surprised shout was heard by him, coming from the rock in front of him.

Tian Chu looked at the scene in front of her, feeling anxious and confused.

"How did he break master's formation array this quickly?" She questioned.

"YOU ALL WILL SUFFER!" The elders who were freed shouted.

"WHO EVER DARED TO SCHEME AGAINST THE FROZEN CLIFF DIVISION WILL PERISH!" Elder Qianshu declared.

Tian Chu gazed at the scene as the pillars started to break one after the other. And the reason behind it was a long ribbon that was currently flying to each pillar and breaking it. If one looked closely, they would see a metal thorn attached to one of the ribbon's end.

It was this object that was breaking all the pillars, and thereby breaking the fomentation array, freeing the elders that were trapped in it.

"You!!! You killed our disciples!" The elders said with rage.

Currently, only those that had a cultivation base above the Nascent soul realm were alive. All the disciples that were below it were weak or were dead. They had been burned alive by the formation and their nascent souls were also wiped out along with it.

The elders felt both anger as well as fear towards the formation that had been able to burn even Nascent soul realm experts with such ease that their nascent souls couldn't escape.

They knew very well that if put on a cliff, some of their people will choose to self detonate. This should have caused a lot of damage, that should have at least freed a few people in the process.

And there were elders alive that were attempting that very thing a few seconds before.

But then they realized that their spirit Qi couldn't work as fast either. The formation array could quickly burn through their bodies and even disable their meridians and Dantian.

And that was merely the start. It could also prevent their spirit sense from working properly.

All in all, it was a dangerous formation that likes of which they had not seen till now. Many of them questioned what the offensive formation that burned them was. Even those that were experts in formations couldn't comprehend them right away and neither could they recognize them.

They would have never expected that it wasn't a formation that had existed before this at all. It was something the system had made after analyzing several other offensive formations and then combining it with the Hundred Figure Prison Formation, composing it into an entirely new formation array.

It was new enough that Lin Wu hadn't even given it a name yet.

Regardless, the elders were filled with blood rage and rose to the skies. They no longer cared if Tian Han was someone they could use, and their value in their eyes had fallen to that of a foe that needed to be killed even at the cost of their own.

The feud was simply too deep now!

Who knows what would they have thought if they knew that the other half of their Frozen Cliff division had been eradicated as well.

"I'll get everything out of your soul later, but for now you have to DIE!" Elder Qianshu shouted as he threw out a palm imprint.

~BOOM~

The palm imprint enlarged in the air as a icy wave spread from it. Even though it was several meters above the ground, it still managed to freeze the ground.

This was none other than the Frozen Cloud sect's pinnacle Qi skills, the Frost Seeking Palm!

And right now, the target of this palm was none other than Tian Han.

"SHIT! I'm dead…" Tian Han said, realizing that he couldn't outrun it at all.

Tian Chu who had gotten further away from him, was scared for her life too. After all, it wasn't just Elder Qianshu attacking. There were others who had seen her by now and sent out several attacks that she wouldn't be able to resist.

But just as she was about to close her eyes in defeat, a blinding light came from between Tian Han's brows!

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"What the hell is happening?"

No one, including Tian Han, had expected such a sudden change to occur. The light was very intense and even Tian Han had to close his eyes for the fear of going blind. After all, he was the closest to the light source, being literally next to it!

~SHUA~

The light spread out like the glare of the sun, burning the eyes of all that looked at it.

"ARGH!!! MY EYES!!!!" The elders shouted.

The tried to cover their eyes with their hands but they had already been exposed to the light by now.

"WHY! WHY IS IT WHITE EVEN NOW!??" one of the elders questioned.

With their eyes closed, they should have seen a black scene. But due to how bright the light had been, they had been instantly blinded!

Even Elder Qianshu, who had the highest cultivation base here, was no difference.

"DAMMIT! I'LL KILL YOU FOR SUCH TRICKS!" Elder Qianshu shouted with absolute range.

But what he didn't know was that the attack had just started.

In all this chaos, a voice spoke.

This voice was inaudible to everyone here though, but it was dictating the fate of all that were here.

~DING~

——

SUBORDINATE SELECTED: Tian Han

Cultivation Base: Infant Soul Stage Of The Nascent soul realm

Functions available: a. Communication

b. Detonate

C. Remote skill execution

…

FUNCTION ACTIVATED: Remote Skill Execution

SKILL SELECTED: Poison Breath

NOTIFICATION: The Erupting Radiation Poison Breath has been executed!

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The elders were still reeling in from being caught off guard and only Elder Qianshu was somewhat holding on to his wits. Currently, he was blindly attacking in rage.

The previous Frost Seeking palm that he had shot out had disappeared, as if a snowflake on a hot pan. And now he was sending out more of them.

"Frost Seeking Palm!" Elder Qianshu sent out several palms one after the other, using up quite a bit of spirit Qi in the process.

~WHOOSH~ WHOOSH~ WHOOSH~

The attacks couldn't really be aimed by the eye, so Elder Qianshu used his spirit sense to guide it. Besides, he still had enough battle experience such that he could guess and remember where Tian Han was last present.

The palm imprints soared through the air and accurately approached Tian Han.

~SHUA~

But just as they were a meter away from him, they disappeared again!

"WHAT?!" Elder Qianshu who felt his attack disappear, was shocked again.

~HONG~

But this was just the start of his shock as his spirit sense was suddenly suppressed.

"How is this possible? What did he do?" Elder Qianshu said in confusion.

But the suppression soon turned downright violent when his spirit sense started to corrode.

"AH!" Elder Qianshu held his head as a sharp headache assaulted him.

Since the Spirit sense was directly linked to one's mind for control, any damage to it was presented very quickly and the person who suffered it might get various symptoms. The most common symptom was a headache, but the more serious ones could be as bad as going insane or instantaneous collapse of one's soul, leading to death.

Elder Qianshu had been injured like this before and knew that the best course of action ins situations such as these was to quickly withdraw their spirit sense. And yet… he found himself unable to do it.

"NO!!!!" Elder Qianshu shouted as he felt his spirit sense being corroded.

It was rapidly spreading from the very tip of it to the source, which was his mind. Knowing that this could be very dangerous, Elder Qianshu took a severe step.

'BREAK!' Elder Qianshu gritted his teeth and shouted in his mind.

~TWANG~

An almost audible sound was heard. It was similar to the string of a bow or a fiddle breaking under stress.

~huu~huu~huu~

Elder Qianshu's already bad complexion became even paler as blood drained from it. This added to his already existing injuries. He took a deep breath and took out a few pill bottles from his spatial storage treasure before pouring all of them down his throat without caring for judicious use.

'I'll get every cent of this back several folds! I swear to the heavens!' Elder Qianshu swore in his mind.

The pills were evidently very valuable and strong, acting quickly and healing the man's injuries.

Feeling a cooling sensation in his eyes, Elder Qianshu opened his eyes.

"At least I can see again…" He said in a low voice.

His pale face gained color again, but started to get darker and darker. Veins popped up on his forehead as his anger reached a new level.

"I SWEAR UPON MY HONOR AND NAME, I'LL SLAUGHTER YOU AND NINE GENERATIONS OF YOUR CLAN!" Elder Qianshu proclaimed.

He finally looked at Tian Han, who had recovered somewhat as well. While he was still dirty and covered with soot, his face could now be made out.

"It… It's you!??" Elder Qianshu was stunned.

He had evidently known of Tian Han. After all, he and Tian Chu had visited the sect to inquire about their clan member. And seeing the interest Tian Han had shown in the Frozen Cliff division, Elder Qianshu was informed of it.

He was the one who had instructed the other elder to lie to Tian Han about Tian Xiaoge's death.

"How can it be you?" Elder Qianshu questioned.

He was informed that while Tian Han was at the peak stage of the core condensation realm; he wasn't at the cusp of breakthrough, or the Pseudo Nascent soul realm. In fact, any elder at the Nascent soul realm would have been able to sense the presence of tribulation energy around Tian Han if he really was this close to breakthrough.

After all, it had been barely two days since he had visited the sect.

While it may not be possible for them to tell who was going to breakthrough in the early stages of the pseudo Nascent soul realm, when the breakthrough was just a couple of days ago, the tribulation energy would be rather intense.

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While Elder Qianshu had healed and opened his eyes, Tian Han had done the same.

Even though his eyes were closest to the source of the bright light, he surprisingly found that he wasn't blinded. He had heard the cries of the elders and knew that they were suffering far worse than him.

'There is a warm energy preventing me from being blinded…' Tian Han realized.

He could feel a warm energy coming from deep inside his head and spreading to his eyes. The burning sensation of the bright light faded away quickly, and he was able to see again.

But when he opened them, he saw the confused Elder Qianshu looking at him and questioning.

"You… DIE!" Elder Qianshu's confusion switched to anger as he sent out more Frost Seeking Palms.

But just as he executed the technique, he realized that nothing happened.

"Huh?" He looked at his hands and saw that no spirit Qi was leaving them.

Instead, he could now see a pale yellow substance around him and all the elders.

'What is this?' Without his spirit sense, Elder Qianshu couldn't perceive this energy.

In fact, it had been present here since the moment he had used his spirit sense, but due to it being rapidly corroded, he had not felt it. And only now had it changed from a transparent form to this pale yellow form.

~THUD~ THUD~

Several sounds were heard coming from the back of Elder Qianshu, forcing him to look there.

~COUGH~

~UGH~

He then witnessed several of the remaining elders collapsing onto their knees. Some of them were coughing violently, while some of them had started vomiting as well.

"MY SKIN! IT BURNS!!!"

"IT ITCHES! IT ITCHES SO BAD!!!"

A few of the weaker elders were suffering even worse and started to scratch their skin. They didn't stop even when blood was drawn and kept on going until their nails were deep into their flesh.

Pieces of meat and bone were forcefully dug out by the elders, their sense of preservation having fallen many levels.

They couldn't think straight and didn't even realize what they were doing.

"ELDERS! ELDERS! STOP! I SAID STOP!" Elder Qianshu said, wanting it to end.

~puff~

But the things were only half done. More effects started to appear as one of the elders developed pustules on his face. From there, they spread and covered every inch of his skin. The pain he was bearing made him scream non stop.

"AARGHHHHHH!!!!"

Elder Qianshu's eyes darted from one elder to another, witnessing them going through the same phases.

He turned to look back at Tian Han, a mixture of fear and anger in his eyes.

"What did you do? WHAT DID YOU DO!?" Elder Qianshu yelled.

But while he was yelling, he felt his skin start to itch as well.

"No…" he muttered and looked at his palms.

Yellow bumps appeared on them and soon started to rise.

By now, he had forgotten about the enemy in front and his mentality started to dive downwards.

"No! No! No!" remembering the horrifying scene of the other elders suffering made Elder Qianshu shudder.

"HOW CAN THIS HAPPENS TO ME! I AM THE CHOSEN ONE! I WAS TO BE THE PATRIARCH!" Elder Qianshu shouted in vain as pustules covered more of his skin.

The burning sensation started to appear as well, and he was barely able to resist scratching his itch.

'Heavens! What even is this?' Tian Han shouted in his mind, unable to utter a word at the terrifying scene.

He was no less scared than Elder Qianshu and soon realized that he might be in the same wait.

"NO! CAN'T BE!" Tian Han panicked and hurriedly looked at his body.

But after a few seconds of checking, he was taken aback.

"Huh… nothing happened?" Tian Han was confused.

~Humm~

And just as he said that, the spirit Qi infusion that was occurring all this while finally stopped. Tian Han felt his control of his cultivation base returning slightly. While he couldn't use his spirit Qi as his meridians and Dantian were injured, he could still use his spirit sense.

Using that, he probed his body and discovered that all his injuries were healing now. Not only that, he also 'saw' the spot in the center of his brows that was glowing.

"What is this?" Tian Han said, carefully touching it.

It felt warm to the touch, but at the same time there was a hard surface there. Tian Han could also feel something brushing his finger, as if air was breezing over his skin.

"This energy… it's coming from my head?" Tian Han was confused.

~step~step~step~

While Tian Han was wondering about it all, a few footsteps were heard from his back.

"You… What forbidden technique did you use? What kind of a poison is this?" Tian Chu said fearfully.

She had seen each and every scene from the start to now. In fact, she had seen even more then Tian Han as she had not lost her vision being far away and not looking at the flash of light directly.

She had seen some kind of a jet coming out of Tian Han's head.

'Was he given some other technique or item by his father? Or Elder Jigou? Or anyone else?' Tian Chu wondered.

Since Tian Han had that sword which could display the power of a Dao Shell realm expert, she thought a poison like this might also be a trump card the man had hidden away or obtained later.

Tian Han who heard the words, turned to look at his cousin, confusion still apparent on his face.

"Me? I didn't do anything." Tian Han said. "I don't even know what all this is!" He said, feeling a bit frustrated.

~gulp~

Tian Chu didn't know what to say to this, but deep down she felt that Tian Han was not lying.

"W-we should leave! We don't know what else will happen now! We should take this chance to run!" Tian Han hurriedly said.

~TREMBLE~

At the same time, they could feel the ground shaking faintly.

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Chapter 708 – Lin Wu's Arrival

The shaking of the ground was prominent enough that Tian Han and Tian Chu had to verify that it wasn't just more trouble heading their way. And they did see something large appearing from behind the smoke and dust.

"Now, now… Don't go away, when the climax is just around the corner." A familiar voice was heard as the ground trembled.

The voice was slightly distorted and felt chilling to Tian Chu and Tian Han. But they still recognized him.

"MASTER!" Tian Chu gleefully called out.

Tian Han though, didn't say anything. He couldn't tell what his feelings about Lin Wu were right now. He both hated the beast and was also aware that the breakthrough he had right now was because of him.

'Though the suffering was not worth it…' Tian Han muttered.

~WHOOSH~

A strong gust of wind blew from the south, dissipating all the smoke and dust that had been spread due to the man's attacks. And when it was gone, everyone could finally see the towering figure of Lin Wu appearing.

Lin Wu gazed at the many dead bodies that were injured beyond normal and some that looked incredibly sick. There were also piles of ashes that were mostly gone due to the strong wind from before.

"Hmm… this'll be a waste…" Lin Wu muttered, knowing that those that had been burned away were not one's he'd be able to consume.

"The others though… should still be consumable." Lin Wu said as he looked at the ones that were dead but were killed by the strange symptoms. 'The effect of the Erupting Radiation poison is far more powerful than I expected…' he thought.

That's right!

The strong attack that came from Tian Han's head was none other than a Poison Breath that had been charged with the Erupting Radiation poison. He was actually Lin Wu's true trap against the Elders of the Frozen Cliff division rather than the formation array that he had set up and given control to Tian Chu.

Rather, Tian Chu was merely supposed to be a delaying aspect in the whole plan. He of course, didn't tell her this as he knew that if he did, she might try to do a lot more to show him her worth.

He had understood her character enough by now that she liked to be on the top, as if she was a top student in a class competing against all.

Tian Chu's role here was to delay the elders long enough that the new function that Lin Wu had added to Tian Han got time to activate. The system had already told Lin Wu that it would take longer than what Lin Wu himself needed to use the skill.

It was inevitable since he wasn't the one doing it, and it was being used by someone with a far lower cultivation base than him. The Pentagem in Tian Han's body was basically pushed to the very limit, trying to execute the skill.

~shua~

Lin Wu spread his spirit sense and checked the area while asking the system to check Tian Han.

~DING~

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SCANNER: Activated

TARGET SELECTED: Tian Han

SCAN COMPLETED: Data banks updated

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Lin Wu looked at the system's notification and nodded while pushing the window away for now.

"You did good." Lin Wu finally said to Tian Chu.

"And what about me?" Tian Han asked, feeling a bit left out.

"You did good too… I guess." Lin Wu replied.

'You guess!!! I almost died!' Tian Han shouted in his heart, but didn't say it out loud.

Even though he wanted to do that a lot…

"Careful master! That man is still alive! He's Elder Qianshu, the second in command of the Frozen Cliff division." Tian Chu hurriedly warned, remembering that they still had someone alive.

"Oh, we don't need to worry about him." Lin Wu said as he looked at the broken man.

"No, no, no, no, no…" the man kept on incessantly muttering to himself, his voice getting hoarser and hoarser.

His vitality was also falling rapidly and all the healing pills he had taken earlier seemed to be useless now. Not just that, he couldn't even think straight now and was basically the same as a mentally deranged person.

'Did you know that the mental effects would be this severe system?' Lin Wu questioned in his mind.

~DING~

——

ANSWER: According to the system's preliminary analytics, the target should have been killed before any such effects could happen. Thus, this was not predicted during the simulation.

The Data banks have already been updated and new analysis is underway.

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'Hmm… I see.' Lin Wu said in his mind.

While he was looking at Elder Qianshu, Tian Chu was wondering how it all had happened. Tian Han was the same and touched the center of his brows again, finding something new there now.

It was hard and felt similar to a scale to him. It had five sides and looked like a pentagon, with its tip pointed downward.

"Umm, what is this?" Tian Han asked, pointing to the scale on his head.

Tian Chu too looked at it now and found it peculiar, having a yellow color.

"Oh?" Lin Wu looked at where Tian Han was pointing and was intrigued.

He pulled up the data window he had moved away and read the information in it.

'He got mutated too?' Lin Wu was surprised.

According to the system's information, Tian Han's body and Nascent soul had changed under the influence of the Pentagem. This would normally not happen in the case of humans, but due to the complex situation of his breakthrough along with the massive amount of spirit Qi that Lin Wu had injected when writing the new function had added to it.

Plus, the execution of the skill had also given his mutation a direction, changing his talent somewhat. Lin Wu quickly peered at Tian Han's Nascent soul and found that it had taken a sulfur like yellow color.

While it didn't match the same shade of yellow as the scale on his forehead, it was still yellow.

Lin Wu sensed the bloodlines and felt Tian Han's more prominently than Tian Chu now.

'Guess I should answer him. He's survived it all and managed to win.' Lin Wu thought. 'Plus, his mutation makes him a bit more special now… the system will have a fun time analyzing him more.'

"Tian Han." Lin Wu spoke, making the man stand at attention.

"You now have a part of my bloodline in you." Lin Wu stated.

"Huh?" Tian Han was taken aback. "What do you mean by your bloodline?" He asked.

"You do know about bloodline assimilation, right? This is pretty much that… with some minor changes." Lin Wu replied.

"How? I didn't even assimilate your bloodline." Tian Han said in surprise.

"Yeah, Don't we need bloodline essence crystal for that?" Tian Chu questioned, finding it strange.

"Well… you saw the attack that came out of your head before right? That was a fail-safe I added to you before. An attack that would save you if something dangerous happened. And since it was my own power that was stored there, it affected your body and caused the change.

Your breakthrough gave it the perfect condition to adapt and assimilate it. Even now, you should feel it growing." Lin Wu answered.

Tian Han was stunned and found it all a lot to take in. Lin Wu understood this and gave him a suggestion.

"You can wait and ponder on it while I take care of some things." Lin Wu stated.

"A-alright…" Tian Han said, feeling a bit lost.

He sat down on a fallen rock nearby and thought to himself. Tian Chu was also feeling a bit lost but at the same time a different feeling rose within her heart.

'Master's bloodline… I want it too… I want master in me…' Tian Chu thought to herself, a weird look appearing in her eyes.

"Hm?" Lin Wu suddenly looked around, feeling a chill on his back.

'What was that?' Lin Wu spread his spirit sense around just to verify that there was no danger nearby, unaware of the woman's thoughts next to him.

Finding that everything was fine and there were no enemies close by Lin Wu decided to resume his task.

"Now then… guess I'll use them while they are still fresh. They're losing quality by the second…" Lin Wu said as he waved his tail.

~SHUA~

Wind attribute spirit Qi swirled around his tail before spreading out and affecting the area around it. The dead bodies that were spread around were all pulled along with it before Lin Wu controlled it to come towards him.

Tian Chu then saw a sight that was terrifying to her again.

Lin Wu's mouth opened wide and all the dead bodies were sucked into it all at once.

~CRUNCH~

~KACHA~

~SQUESH~

Various sounds were heard coming from Lin Wu's mouth, loud enough to reach Tian Chu's ears, making her shiver.

Lin Wu didn't care for that though and simply looked at the notifications.

~DING~

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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 15,169,872 units [Liquid Spirit Qi]

VITAL ESSENCE OBTAINED: 3,148,593 units

SPIRIT QI STORAGE: 75,409,087 units [liquid spirit qi] - 90,578,959 units [liquid spirit qi]

VITAL ESSENCE STORAGE: 33,969,909 Units - 37,118,502 Units

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"Almost there…" Lin Wu muttered, seeing the significant increase in his spirit Qi storage.

'Though it could have been more if the other bodies were intact… perhaps I might have even gotten enough for the breakthrough all at once.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

But then his gaze went back to the best dish that was still waiting.

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Chapter 709 – Shell Breaker Thorn Band And Surplus Gains

Elder Qianshu was deteriorating with each passing second and Lin Wu was quite sure that man would be dead in a few more minutes. If it were not for the fact that he was a Dao Shell realm cultivator, that too at the Shell expansion stage of the Dao Shell realm, he would have died like all the other elders.

'Though it is surprising that he actually lasted against radiation and could heal from the initial attacks this quick. He certainly had a lot of healing treasures it seems…' Lin Wu thought before his attention went to a certain object that was lying some distance away.

'Also that spirit tool… it is certainly a Peak grade spirit tool, one that is specialized in breaking formations.' Lin Wu thought seeing the object.

"System, scan this thing." Lin Wu ordered.

~DING~

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SCANNER: Activated

TARGET SELECTED: unknown spirit tool

SCAN COMPLETED: Data banks updated

TARGET: Shell Breaker Thorn Band

INFO: The Shell Breaker Thorn Band is one of the peak grade spirit tools of the Frozen Cloud sect. It wasn't originally made in the sect through and was actually acquired by the sect a thousand years ago from a merchant that had come from the Hu continent.

The spirit tool itself doesn't have any direct offensive abilities, but it can break apart formations and arrays. Its power depends on the cultivation base of the user and at its full potential, it is said to be able to break even a sect's core defensive formation array.

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"This is a nice find." Lin Wu said to himself. "And now it's mine."

'System store the Shell Breaker Thorn Band' Lin Wu ordered.

~DING~

——

ITEM STORED: Shell Breaker Thorn Band

INVENTORY: Pink Women's underwear, Unknown Metal girdle, Shell Breaker Thorn Band.

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Lin Wu stored the ribbon with the metal thorn in the investors. He wanted the system to continue analyzing it and gain more data from it. And since it was an authentic peak grade spirit tool, Lin Wu was happy to keep it to himself.

So far, Lin Wu hadn't really used any spirit tools or weapons since his own body was way stronger than them. But now he finally had a spirit tool that could accomplish something that would take him longer to do.

'Even if the system can hack into the formations and break them, it still takes time. In situations where I don't have much time, the Shell Breaker Thorn Band will be a perfect choice.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

The spirit sense brand on the Shell Breaker Thorn Band had already been wiped out by the system. But even before that, it had been greatly weakened due to Elder Qianshu's spirit sense suffering damage, and now since he was close to dying, it took the system almost no effort to wipe it out.

~Cough~

Lin Wu couldn't even tell which cough of Elder Qianshu was due to the backlash of erasing the brand and which was due to his body dying.

"Not like it matters, your end is fated." Lin Wu said as lowered his head and faced the man.

Elder Qianshu felt a shadow over his head and looked up.

His eyes went wide as he stared into the crimson eyes of Lin Wu that were bigger than his entire head.

"M-monster…" Elder Qianshu muttered, his voice almost inaudible.

"That I am indeed…" Lin Wu said before swallowing the man in one go.

After he entered Lin Wu's mouth, not even a single cry was heard. Tian Chu who saw this could only think one thing.

'Perhaps dying was the relief that he needed… after suffering all that.' Tian Chu thought to herself.

~DING!~

Lin Wu heard a notification that was significantly louder than normal. Though it still didn't come close to a warning notification. He didn't mind it though and felt excited instead.

"Let's see the gains, shall we…" he said as he brought up the windows.

~DING~

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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 23,058,128 units [liquid spirit Qi]

VITAL ESSENCE OBTAINED: 6,141 units

SPIRIT QI STORAGE: 90,578,959 units [liquid spirit qi] - 113,637,087 units [liquid spirit qi]

VITAL ESSENCE STORAGE: 37,118,502 Units - 37,124,643 Units

NOTIFICATION: Spirit Qi Target reached!

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Seeing the gains, a wide smile appeared on his face.

"Perfect… this is enough to tide me over and still leave enough for me to use in case of emergencies." Lin Wu muttered to himself.

Tian Chu couldn't hear Lin Wu's words as his voice had turned back into the beastly distorted form. The system had gotten better at the translating function and knew when to censor Lin Wu's words.

Thus only when Lin Wu wanted others to hear him would they be able to understand him.

"Master," Tian Chu spoke up.

"Yes?" Lin Wu asked upon hearing.

He could feel something in her tone and guessed that she wanted something.

"Your bloodline… can I have it too?" Tian Chu questioned.

"You want the bloodline too?" Lin Wu asked in surprise.

He hadn't told her that she did have the bloodline in her technically. It was just that her body hadn't assimilated it and only a part of its functions and skills that were present in the Pentagem were active.

"Yes!" Tian Chu said with determination.

"Hmm… alright." Lin Wu replied.

He didn't mind having stronger subordinates and seeing Tian Han's surprising mutation, Lin Wu reckoned that Tian Chu might be similar too.

'If it's the same for her too, then maybe the others of the Tian clan could be the same. If their talents are really this good, I may as well add more of them under me.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

"Come forward." Lin Wu spoke and Tian Chu obeyed.

Lin Wu extended a spike out from his tail and pricked her head, injecting a certain amount of spirit Qi along with another fragment of his crystals. Even now Lin Wu was not fully sure about the mutation process and could only wait for it to work on humans.

It was not like beasts where he could induce it himself.

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Chapter 710 – The Supreme Elder Awakens!

While Lin Wu was giving Tian Chu a reward and fulfilling her wish, something else was happening deep in the Frozen Cloud sect.

In a peak separate from the others in the Frozen Cliff Division, a man was cultivating. He was sitting in a small hall, that was located inside the peak. The peak itself wasn't that big, and could even be said to be merely a hill.

From the outside, it looked nothing significant and if someone passed by it, they won't even find it special. There was no spirit Qi fluctuations coming from it that might interest someone or make them think that it held a great secret.

But if one entered its depths, they would find that its outer appearance was a mere facade. The inside of it was filled with a massive amount of spirit Qi and below it, one could even find a spirit stone mine!

There were several spirit Qi gathering and amplifying runes carved in the hall and made up a formation array that was perfect for someone cultivating in seclusion.

And the one taking benefit of this all was an old man. He looked to be in his nineties and had white hair. Though half of his hair was gone and he was balding too. His eyebrows were already gone and he only had a beard left on his face that was tied into a knot.

Corporeal spirit Qi swirled around him as he breathed and entered his body each time he inhaled.

The old man had his eyes closed the entire time and who knows how long he had been like this.

~kacha~

But then the sound of something shattering could be heard. The sound echoed in the empty hall that was illuminated with the glow of spirit Qi and runes. The old man inadvertently opened his eyes, finding it distracting.

His eyes looked down at his left hand lazily at the bracelet with a single bead that was now cracked. But then in the very next second, his eyes went wide. Blood flowed into his eyes and soon they turned bloodshot.

~SHUA~

Chilling air leaked out from his body and the entire hall was covered with frost. Not just that, but the frost was strong enough to leak through the formations arrays of the hill and freeze the entire thing solid.

Almost a minute later, the old man's lips moved.

"WHOOOOOOOOOO DARESSSSSSSS!!!!!" A earth shaking shout filled with sorrow and rage was heard.

The entire hill shook and the sound spread around the entire Frozen Cloud sect. Even Wang Xiong who was in the Frozen Brook Division and protected by the defensive formation array heard it.

"What was that?" Ye Jin asked, feeling the hair on the back of her neck stand.

Goosebumps appeared on several disciples' bodies and an unsettling chill started to spread in the sect.

Wang Xiong who recognized the voice had a serious expression on his face.

"The Supreme elder…" He answered.

~BOOM~

~RUMBLE~

"AHH!" Ye Jin cried out in shock as the ground shook.

"Careful!" Wang Xiong pulled Ye Jin back as a pillar suddenly collapsed where she was standing just now.

"W-what happened?" the other disciples rushed into the hall hearing the cry and the sound of the fallen pillar.

Wang Xiong looked at them and replied in a grave tone, "be prepared… we are at the end. Get everyone ready to act, this will be our final push."

"As you command chief disciples Wang Xiong!" The disciples replied with their fists cupped.

They quickly left to do their assigned task while Wang Xiong looked out at the sect. There was a large mass of snow that had been shot up into the sky and looked like a large spout of smoke rising into the sky.

Wang Xiong narrowed his eyes and rubbed the jade slip in his hand.

"He is coming, senior…"

…

~BOOM~

The explosion was even louder than the shout before and could be seen from almost everywhere in the sect. It was different than a normal explosion in which one might see flames and fire.

In this explosion, there was a burst of Frosty air that spread everywhere. Snow started to fall from the sky and soon turned into a blizzard. And along with all this, strong spirit Qi fluctuation spread to the very edges of the sect.

They were strong enough that the weaker disciples that were at the Qi refining realm directly fell to the ground.

~thud~

Tian Han who was pondering to himself was rudely shaken and fell to the side from the explosion and the shout.

"What the hell was that?" Tian Chu asked feeling the power in the air.

"Not what… who…" Lin Wu replied as he looked at the warnings that were popping up in front of him one after the other.

~WARNING!~

~WARNING!~

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WARNING: Dangerous subjects detected!

EMERGENCY SCAN: Initiated

EMERGENCY SCAN: Completed

TARGET IDENTIFIED: The Supreme elder of the Frozen Cloud sect

CULTIVATION BASE: Dao Treading Realm

Note: Exact stage under the Dao Treading Realm is unknown!

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Seeing the window Lin Wu's expression turned serious. His toothy smile disappeared and a stern face spread instead.

"Tian Chu, Tian Han! Get away from here!" Lin Wu ordered.

"Right away master!" Tian Chu replied.

"Wait for a second! What is happening? Who was that?" Tian Han asked finding it all a bit too overwhelming.

Today was possibly the worst day of his life and he had been going through one twist after the other and they never seemed to be ending.

"Seems like the final big shot is coming." Lin Wu answered. "Now that the son is dead, the father has to take revenge."

Hearing this Tian Chu and Tian Han understood who Lin Wu was talking about.

"FUCK THAT! I'm outta here!" Tian Han flew away at a rapid speed, unaware that his control over his cultivation base had improved even more.

"Wait for me!" Tian Chu said, following behind Tian Han, unable to keep up with his new speed.

Lin Wu looked at the map and saw the rapidly approaching marker.

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