Chapter 156 - 156
Chapter 156: Lu Xuanyuan
As Lin Chongtian emerged from the Space-Time Tower, the surrounding Immortal Venerables watched the scene with expressions that turned thoroughly ugly.
They hadn't expected that the Space-Time Tower they'd fought tooth and nail over, scheming and bleeding for, already had an owner.
The other Immortal Venerables might have taken it slightly better, but for the victor, the Shuize Immortal Venerable, this was utterly unacceptable.
"Impossible! This absolutely can't be!"
With that, he charged straight at Lin Chongtian.
Though Lin Chongtian was still undergoing his Immortal Emperor Tribulation, because he had broken through inside the Space-Time Tower, his current strength had already reached the genuine Immortal Emperor Realm.
Seeing the Shuize Immortal Venerable throw himself at him with suicidal recklessness, Lin Chongtian merely furrowed his brow. With a flick of his finger, a burst of Spiritual Energy shot out, obliterating the Shuize Immortal Venerable down to his very soul.
Though the gap was only a single Minor Realm, the difference in power was worlds apart. An Immortal Emperor crushing a Peak Immortal Venerable was nothing more than turning a hand.
The surrounding spectating Immortal Venerables, witnessing this, didn't dare harbor any more designs. They could only stand to the side and observe Lin Chongtian's Immortal Emperor Tribulation.
They'd missed the last senior's Immortal Emperor Tribulation. This time, they couldn't afford to miss it again.
Lin Chongtian paid no mind to the spectating Immortal Venerables around him and focused solely on weathering his tribulation.
He still needed these people to spread the Immortal Court's name far and wide.
As for the Immortal Emperor Tribulation itself, it was billions upon billions of times more terrifying than the Saint Monarch Tribulation--not only in the raw power of the lightning, but also in the Heart Demon Tribulation and the Five Decays of Heaven and Man that specifically targeted the Immortal Emperor level.
But Lin Chongtian wasn't the least bit afraid. His master had given him so much help; if he couldn't break through to Immortal Emperor after all that, he might as well take his own life in atonement.
Rolling thunder crashed down from the heavens, but every bolt was deflected by Lin Chongtian's Law of Gravity.
By now, Lin Chongtian had comprehended the Law of Gravity to its utmost extreme. The Law of Gravity at the Immortal Emperor level could only be described as terrifying beyond belief.
The commotion from Lin Chongtian's breakthrough to Immortal Emperor also drew the attention of the Immortal Realm's old monsters.
Heavenly Dao Mountain.
Gu Daoshi, who had just been about to enter Seclusion, opened his eyes with some surprise. A single glance was enough to see Lin Chongtian breaking through to Immortal Emperor within the Thirtieth Heaven.
"Interesting. The Law of Gravity? But why does his body also carry traces of the Law of Time?"
Gu Daoshi murmured.
But at that moment, Lu Xunxian's voice echoed in his mind.
"Fellow Daoist Gu, that man belongs to my Immortal Court. I'd appreciate it if you could look after him in the future."
Hearing Lu Xunxian's voice, everything clicked into place for Gu Daoshi.
He was well aware that Lu Xunxian possessed the Law of Time. During their Discourse on the Dao, he had already learned the reason behind Lu Xunxian's overwhelming power--he was proficient in all Three Thousand Laws. How could someone like that not be powerful?
Even for an Immortal Emperor, achieving deep mastery in a single law was already an impressive feat.
Even Gu Daoshi himself, after all these years of attempting to comprehend multiple Laws, had been unable to reach the same level as his mastery of the Law of Time.
"So that's how it is. I didn't realize Fellow Daoist Xuan Xian was already this powerful. This Immortal Court is bound to become the Immortal Realm's foremost force."
Gu Daoshi murmured, then withdrew his attention from Lin Chongtian and began his Seclusion to absorb his insights.
And Gu Daoshi was far from the only one watching. Immortal Emperors throughout the Immortal Realm had turned their attention to Lin Chongtian.
After all, the last person to break through to Immortal Emperor had done so barely a century ago.
It was exceedingly rare for the Immortal Realm to see Immortal Venerables breaking through to Immortal Emperor in such quick succession.
"Interesting. I wonder if he might be related to our Lu Family? Well, might as well go ask."
In the Third Heaven of the Immortal Realm, a young man sat cross-legged.
Though seated, he was in motion, traveling at incomprehensible speed.
He was the Immortal Emperor dispatched by the Lu Family of the Dao Realm, sent specifically to locate the Lu Family's scattered bloodlines within the Immortal Realm.
Lu Xuanyuan produced a compass, but the needle on its surface spun wildly in every direction, like a fly without a head.
It was a Dao Artifact refined by a Dao Venerable powerhouse within the Lu Family. As long as someone of Lu Family blood came within a radius of billions upon billions of miles from the compass, it would lock onto their location.
Ever since being sent into the Immortal Realm by the clan's Dao Venerable, Lu Xuanyuan had been scouring every corner of the Immortal Realm at extreme speed.
Unfortunately, the compass had shown no reaction whatsoever.
But Lu Xuanyuan wasn't the slightest bit anxious. After all, he was already at the Late Immortal Emperor Realm. He had all the time in the world.
Now, Lin Chongtian's breakthrough had given him a faint inkling. Perhaps this newly advanced Immortal Emperor had some connection to the Lu Family.
With that thought, Lu Xuanyuan's form vanished in an instant as he raced toward the Thirtieth Heaven.
In the Thirtieth Heaven, Lin Chongtian was still undergoing his tribulation.
An Immortal Emperor Lightning Tribulation took an extraordinarily long time--after all, not everyone was a cheat-code user like Lu Xunxian, who blazed through tribulations at ridiculous speed.
So it was only after half a month had passed that Lin Chongtian's Immortal Emperor Lightning Tribulation finally concluded.
Next came the Heart Demon Tribulation.
In the Immortal Cultivation World, from the Earth Realm onward, every Major Realm breakthrough required weathering a Lightning Tribulation. Only by surviving it could the breakthrough be considered complete.
The Heart Demon Tribulation and the Five Decays of Heaven and Man occurred at only two particular breakthroughs: the Saint Emperor Realm and the Immortal Emperor Realm.
In the next instant, the Heart Demon's power engulfed Lin Chongtian, dragging him into an illusion.
For the Heart Demon Tribulation and Five Decays at the Saint Emperor level, Lu Xunxian could still intervene slightly. But at the Immortal Emperor level, the Heart Demon Tribulation and Five Decays were unimaginably terrifying--even he couldn't influence them.
So all he could do now was wish Lin Chongtian good luck.
And Lin Chongtian did not disappoint. Before long, he opened his eyes, having passed through the Heart Demon Tribulation.
What followed next were the Five Decays of Heaven and Man.
But since the Five Decays took an extraordinarily long time to manifest, Lin Chongtian paid them no mind for now.
"Congratulations to the senior on breaking through to Immortal Emperor!"
Seeing Lin Chongtian's breakthrough, the spectating Immortal Venerables wasted no time in cupping their fists to offer congratulations.
If not now, when?
Lin Chongtian gazed at them and gently raised a hand, lifting them all upright.
"At ease. From this day forth, This Venerable One shall be known as the Immortal Emperor of Myriad Weights!"
"This place is an important stronghold of my Immortal Court. I ask that you all withdraw at once!"
Seeing Lin Chongtian begin to usher them out, the Immortal Venerables didn't dare linger and hastily retreated.
But in their hearts, they had firmly committed the Immortal Court's name to memory. Once they'd made their preparations, they would certainly come to pay their respects.
After they departed, Lin Chongtian stepped aside and let the Immortal Court members within the Space-Time Tower emerge to undergo their tribulations.
It wasn't that Lin Chongtian didn't want to let them continue cultivating inside the Space-Time Tower. Rather, the two-year deadline was fast approaching, and the Immortal Court had yet to make a resounding name for itself in the Immortal Realm. If his master ascended and saw this state of affairs, punishment would be inevitable.
Furthermore, after breaking through to Immortal Emperor, the Space-Time Tower no longer had any effect on him.
After all, the Law of Time within the Space-Time Tower was only at the Immortal Emperor level. It could only affect those below the Immortal Emperor Realm--it couldn't affect another Immortal Emperor.