The map he got was simple yet effective. He estimated his location from the inheritance site of Shu Yuerong and from that he was easily able to pinpoint which city he had passed through.

The central region was a very unique place. The core area is almost divided from its inner area by a mountain range which closed it in the circle.

It is said that this mountain range had formed due to the main spiritual vein. It’s like the world has consciousness to protect it.

This helped the core area gather more spirit qi density and it was the reason cross world teleportation was possible in the first place.

Lin Feng didn’t know if it was true or not, he didn’t care either way. He was currently in the inner area of the central region where most of the clans and sects were present.

He decided to not go through every single one of them and just collect treasures and resources from those which were in his path.

He traveled for very long and as he moved deeper, the darkness became quite intimidating. Even looking through it was becoming harder and harder.

Nonetheless, Lin Feng maintained his composure. His body wasn’t getting affected by the darkness at all given his special physique.

As for looking through the darkness, there was no need, his spiritual sense was more than enough for him to perceive everything for thousands of meters easily.

After one hour later he finally saw the mountains that divided the core area from the rest of the central region.

The size of each mountain was bigger than any mountains he had seen in this world till now. It really felt like an insurmountable wall for weak cultivators.

He flew up as the height he was flying previously wasn’t enough to reach even half of the mountain.

As he came up, he finally felt the suppression from the darkness. The clear difference in the density and strength of darkness inside the core area and inner area is totally perceivable.

This mountain was stopping most of the darkness like a barrier but alas, even then it wasn’t able to stop it completely.

Lin Feng could also sense the precise cuts in the mountains here and there, it was evident that those were spatial fractures which impacted them directly.

Looking at the destruction, it was impossible to believe that anything would be alive in this darkness.

Till now he had seen some spirit herbs and trees adapting to the inner area but there was no way any spirit herbs were growing in this forsaken core area.

Lin Feng sighed at the amazing strength of the dark phoenix. It was at Beast Emperor realm, a realm below his peak but he felt like even he would have been injured badly from this attack in his previous life.

This is the strength of heavenly beasts, descendants of primordial beasts. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

He shook his head and looked towards a particular mountain peak, he could definitely sense a ghost there.

There was no doubt these mountains might be the place where most of the ghosts were residing right now.

Ghosts could easily survive in the darkness of the inner area but in the core region where he could still feel the slight suppression of the heavenly beast, they would definitely not try to enter there.

Well that’s good for him, he was on the verge of breaking through and after seeing the darkness, he decided to reach even the late stage of Tribulation Ascendance before making his way deeper.

It wouldn’t be hard given the fact that he would again probably get eight lightning strikes and he could absorb them again to reach closer to breakthrough.

After that if possible he would try to find more ghosts, if there were any near him as he didn’t want to wander off far from this route since it went straight to the inheritance site.

Even his spiritual sense is quite suppressed above these mountains and the chances of him getting lost would be very high if he didn’t pay attention to his surroundings. The map wouldn’t be able to tell him which mountain he was on, so it’s better to stay in the vicinity.

The ghost he was sensing was definitely in the Early Stage of Tribulation Ascendance realm. Even they go through tribulation, it is just that for them it is quite different.

As he approached the hill, the ghost got alerted and when it saw him, it immediately began running.

Lin Feng had expected this, he increased his speed and caught it easily, "Just go through your reincarnation peacefully, there is no need to suffer as a wandering spirit.."

Lin Feng absorbed the essence and began looking for the next ghost...

...

After a few days of constantly moving through the mountains while remembering the path to return back to his previous location, he finally reached the stage where he could feel that his tribulation was near.

This feeling is something which comes as a warning from the heavens.

After getting this feeling, one can prepare mentally for a few days or initiate the breakthrough by just cultivating slightly.

Others would have definitely prepared themselves but Lin Feng didn’t fear his tribulations.

He returned to his original location and sat on a mountain peak and initiated his breakthrough.

As he did, tribulation clouds began gathering above his head. Loud rumbles originated before the first lightning hit him..

CRACCKKK!

The result was obvious, he absorbed it and this began his real cultivation session with tribulation lightning.

Soon tribulation began striking him and the results were exactly similar to his previous tribulation, at his third tribulation, he broke through successfully and reached the Mid Stage of Tribulation Ascendance.

After that he began absorbing whatever he could to advance towards the late stage...

When he faced the eighth tribulation, he was again left totally broken and injured everywhere. Nonetheless, he passed it successfully and stood up while heaven healed him completely.

Feeling the new limit of strength coursing through his veins and meridians, he was satisfied slightly.