Lu Yin looked at the entrance to the treasury. He would not allow Elder Chan to sever his own cultivation. The old man was not a remnant of the Lu family, and he had not come here just to prevent Bai Wangyuan and the others from undergoing their tribulations. He truly wanted to undergo his tribulation, and he had come here of his own accord.
Ever since the Sixth Mainland's sky had covered the Fifth Mainland, no Progenitors had been born there. Even if the Upper Three Gates were opened, the Fifth Mainland's Half-Progenitors were confident that they could break through to the Progenitor realm. The first person to attempt it, Ling Zhi Mavis, had died, and Elder Chan was the second.
Elder Chan's first wave of origin tribulation was Skycrush.
Both inside and outside the treasury, in the Top Realm, a boundless amount of astral source formed a dome that pressed down on Elder Chan from all directions. The astral source within Elder Chan's body was constantly being sucked away, and many Half-Progenitors could not pass this stage.
Back then, Lu Yin had relied on the power of his heart to prevent the astral source from being sucked away.
Progenitor was the final step of cultivation. To become a Progenitor, one had to create their own power system. Regardless of whether this system was strong or weak, only by creating one's own system could one become a Progenitor.
The power of Lu Yin's heart could ignore the inner world of a Half-Progenitor, and that was the same for Elder Chan. He had to find a way to prevent the astral source from being sucked away, or else it would be difficult for him to pass Skycrush.
Suddenly, Lu Yin recalled something. He had never seen Elder Chan's inner world since the start of the battle.
Right, what was Elder Chan's inner world?
He stared at the old man.
Elder Chan took a deep breath. Behind him, a series of stone pillars rose into the sky. On top of each stone pillar was a large building. There were even trees growing on the stone pillars. Trees, forests, stars. This was the Hall of Honor.
Lu Yin blurted out, "The Hall of Honor?"
Elder Chan clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the scene behind him with a complicated expression. Indeed, his inner world was the Hall of Honor.
Every Half-Progenitor had a different inner world. Some focused on killing, such as Xia Ji's sword and Wu Yao's crescent ring. There were also inner worlds that had a wide range, such as Lan Xian's Cherry Blossom Paradise and Kui Luo's Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate. There were also inner worlds like Qing Ping's that could judge everything. However, Lu Yin had never thought that there would be an inner world that was exactly the same as the real world.
If the inner world was real, then he looked at Elder Chan with a complicated expression. Was the Hall of Honor actually built using Elder Chan's inner world as a template?
Mu Xie sighed in admiration. "This person's innate talent is truly extraordinary. He actually used his own inner world as a template to create an exact replica of the real world. This is Junior Brother's Hall of Honor, which is equivalent to another form of self-hypnosis. The more powerful the Hall of Honor is in reality, the more powerful this person's inner world will become.
"If the Hall of Honor in the real world is destroyed, then what about Elder Chan's inner world?"
Mu Xie said, "It will also weaken."
Lu Yin stared blankly at Elder Chan's back.
When the Eternals attacked the Fifth Mainland, they destroyed part of the Hall of Honor's territory. Many things happened after that. The Hall of Honor was completely gone, and the Sect above Heaven was established. The Fifth Mainland's center of power shifted to the Hall of Honor. Elder Chan had supported him from beginning to end. He had never told anyone that he wanted to rebuild the Hall of Honor.
Elder Chan was willing to support him even though he was weak.
"It's been a long time since the Hall of Honor was destroyed. His inner world has weakened a lot, so it's unlikely that he can stop the Star Source from being extracted." Mu Xie sighed.
Lu Yin was puzzled. Senior, why didn't you tell this junior about your inner world?
He didn't say anything, as Elder Chan was undergoing an origin tribulation. Lu Yin's voice could very well attract an origin tribulation.
Although Lu Yin didn't say anything, Elder Chan seemed to know what Lu Yin was thinking. He watched as the Star Source in his body was being extracted. "There's only one thing that I want to do.
And that is to protect the Fifth Mainland. Whether it's me or you, it's enough as long as we can protect the Fifth Mainland. "With that, the Hall of Honor formed by his inner world suddenly collapsed behind him.
The Star Source was no longer able to support the appearance of his inner world.
"It's more serious than I thought. It looks like the Hall of Honor heavily hypnotized him back in the real world. At that time, he definitely had the terrifying strength of a Half-Ancestor, just like Junior Brother Qing Ping. It gave him so much power back then, but now that he's weakened, the negative energy it gave him is also extremely strong," Mu Xie said.
Lu Yin understood. No wonder Elder Chan hadn't used his inner world all this time.
As the Sky Suppressor approached, the Hall of Honor behind Elder Chan crumbled. He suddenly laughed out loud. "I understand now. Reversing the Star Source will lead to a decline. Since this inner world has already collapsed, there's no need to linger. Since the Star Source's power has reversed, then I'll use the reversed Star Source to reconstruct my inner world."
His eyes widened as a formless energy spread out in all directions, instantly causing the Sky Suppressor to freeze. The Star Source in his body also reversed at the same time, blocking the Origin Tribulation from extracting him.
Bai Wangyuan and the rest were shocked. They had thought that the collapse of this person's inner world would lead to the same fate as Wan Zhiyi and the others, forcing them to sever their own cultivation to avoid the Origin Tribulation. They hadn't expected this person to be able to reconstruct his inner world. Reconstructing an inner world was not as simple as they thought, and it was under the Progenitor's Origin Tribulation.
Lu Yin was shocked. "Senior Brother, he..."
Mu Xie sighed. "The Fifth Mainland's Star Source is reversing. The original inner world was reconstructed by the positive Star Source, but now, he's no longer suppressing the reversed Star Source. He's using the reversed Star Source to reconstruct his inner world. This person truly deserves to be the master of the Fifth Mainland's Hall of Honor."
Madman Lu was also watching, and his eyes narrowed. Reconstructing an inner world?
It sounded simple, but who could do it?
It was just like how some people had become Progenitors, and if some succeeded, others should be able to as well. However, how many people had actually become Progenitors since ancient times?
Lu Yin couldn't figure out how Elder Chan had managed to reconstruct his inner world. Was it too late to reconstruct it now?
Elder Chan suddenly turned back to look at Lu Yin, his eyes filled with hope. "Lu Yin, ever since you appeared, the Fifth Mainland has changed. It doesn't matter if you are a direct descendant of the Lu family or someone else. I believe that you can lead the Fifth Mainland back to its former glory. Since that's the case, I will do my best to assist you. With my abilities, I will do my best to help you. I hope that you will not disappoint me." After he finished speaking, a path appeared beneath his feet. It was a simple and unadorned path that looked very ordinary, like a dirt road in the countryside.
However, everyone knew that this was the inner world that Elder Chan had reconstructed. A path?
There was even such an inner world?
As the path appeared, it began to extend until both ends reached the Sky Suppressor. In an instant, it blocked the Sky Suppressor like a ruler that measured the Sky Suppressor.
Everyone stared at it, as they had never seen such a strange inner world before, nor had they ever seen such a method of crossing the Sky Suppressor.
The Sky Suppressor couldn't move, as it had been forcibly blocked by the path.
Lu Yin didn't understand what Elder Chan was trying to say. Assist him?
Elder Chan's tribulation caused all the fighting in the treasury to stop. Mu Xie and Lu Yin weren't confident that they could kill Madman Lu, so they used all of their techniques. As long as Madman Lu tried his best to avoid them, they would be helpless. Lu Yin kept trying to think of a solution, but he couldn't think of a way to deal with Madman Lu.
Less than an hour later, the Sky Suppressor dissipated. Elder Chan's reconstructed inner world had survived this tribulation.
Everyone looked above Elder Chan, where the tribulation origin black hole had yet to dissipate. He still had to face the tribulation.
How could a Progenitor's Origin Tribulation be so easy to overcome?
Elder Chan looked up.
It was still the same path beneath his feet, but it had shrunk and could only support the bottom of his feet.
The tribulation origin black hole suddenly flashed with a blinding light, and then a blade descended vertically.
"Xia Shenji's blade?"
Wang Fan cried out.
The Astral Source Universe could borrow any power that had ever appeared, and Xia Shenji was no exception.
However, no one had thought that Xia Shenji's killing power would appear so coincidentally.
Old Chan looked up at the sky. "When you chased after Lu Yin, this old man was powerless to help. Now, this old man will break your blade. From now on, this old man will be able to withstand your blade." As he spoke, the path beneath his feet extended to the blade's edge, just like before. The blade did not collide with the path, but instead followed the path and slashed towards Old Chan.
The blade descended from one end of the path, while Elder Chan stood at the other end.
When the blade neared him, Elder Chan raised his hand and caught it, causing the blade to shatter into pieces.
Even though it was not Xia Shenji who had personally attacked, and it also did not mean that Xia Shenji's blade strike contained Ancestor-level power, Old Chan had also not stepped into the Ancestral Realm. This meant that Old Chan was able to receive Xia Shenji's blade strike even though they were at the same cultivation level.
Bai Wangyuan stared at the path. They couldn't understand what it was used for. Was it indestructible?
Or was it something else?
They couldn't understand it.
The tribulation origin black hole still hadn't dissipated, and a low drumbeat continued to descend from above, shaking the heavens and earth. It was as if the person undergoing the tribulation would be shaken to death. Even though they couldn't see the source of the drumbeat, everyone knew that it wasn't simple, as Elder Chan revealed a pained expression.
The drumbeat grew louder and louder, and it sounded increasingly familiar to Lu Yin's ears. Were these the war drums of the Above Heaven Sect?
Were they the Heavenly Hammer's drumbeats?
The war drums represented morale, and each beat could make one's blood boil, causing one to forget about life and death as they fought on the battlefield.
The war drums of the Above Heaven Sect had even given birth to the Heavenly Hammer battle technique, which Big Sis had relied on to compete with a Daozi.
The war drums that Elder Chan was hearing right now were definitely not something that could be beaten by a single Heavenly Hammer, but rather countless hammers.
No one could help Elder Chan, even if Lu Yin knew that this was the Heavenly Hammer battle technique.
Fortunately, Elder Chan still managed to overcome it in the end. After enduring two hours of bombardment from the Heavenly Hammer, he was bleeding from his seven orifices.
"It's not that easy to break through to Ancestor. The stronger the cultivator, the more terrifying the tribulation. Sometimes, it's easier for ordinary cultivators to walk down this path," Mu Xie said as he looked at Madman Lu. He had to find a way to deal with Madman Lu while Elder Chan was undergoing his tribulation. Otherwise, he might not have another chance in the future.
Lu Yin also stared at Madman Lu. When things reached an extreme, there would always be a counterattack. He rubbed his cosmic ring and wanted to take out the Grim Reaper's Left Arm to fight Gou Lian, but Bai Wangyuan and the others had already warned Madman Lu that he couldn't just stand there and let Lu Yin beat him up.
It seemed that all of their current methods were useless against this madman.
The origin tribulations continued to descend, and Elder Chan endured each one with great difficulty. More and more blood flowed out, and even the air was filled with the stench of blood.
Lu Yin didn't dare to look, as he was afraid that he would see Elder Chan dying powerlessly.
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