Immortal through Beast Taming-Chapter 595 - 48: Keep the Music Playing, Keep Dancing

The offspring of two top-level gifted spirit monsters, synthesized through Immortal King-level divine techniques, possess exceptional talent regardless of which one you consider.

However, due to mass production and the fact that the spirit monsters did not invest their core essence and crystallization, these offspring, though talented, are not necessarily the pinnacle.

Yet, the matter of nurturing offspring and the chance occurrence of gene mutation are precisely the "possibility" that spirit monsters gamble on.

The Spirit King.

Undoubtedly, among the many offspring of Mingtu Lady, this is the one with the most formidable gene mutation. Although initially inconspicuous, as it grew, its talents became increasingly evident, even capable of combining ordinary Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power from the lower realm with Star Power, compressing and refining it to the level approaching Immortal Power.

This makes many humans, who sought the Dao, appear inferior, marveling at its aptitude not inferior to a top-level Immortal Body.

Moreover, it was fortunate to acquire the Treasure Beast Divine Technique.

The Demon Emperor did not know the name of this divine technique, only that it was far superior to its Treasure Beast Divine Technique, able to create five red and five black orbs orbiting its body.

When a red orb and a black orb collide, it unleashes a terrifying power that can destroy all magical treasures and divine techniques.

The Demon Emperor had never witnessed such a domineering attack; even when she exerted all her strength, she merely forced the opponent to use eight stone beads.

The opponent still had two unused.

The Demon Emperor's initial assessment was that the collision force of two stone beads was sufficient to easily annihilate an ordinary seeker of the Dao, four stone bead collisions could contend against an Immortal Body seeker, six stone bead collisions would have even an Immortal Beast lamenting, eight... with the opponent's top-tier aptitude... even someone like her, wielding an Immortal Artifact and with a high-level bloodline of the demon clan, stood no chance.

With ten, the Demon Emperor dared not imagine how formidable it could be; however, she still believed that Lin Jing could handle this arrogant little imp.

To witness this scene, the Demon Emperor, long secluded, emerged to attend the Spirit King's Ascension Ceremony! Although she herself had been defeated by the Spirit King, finding it hard to maintain face, she wished to see Lin Jing teach this irreverent stone creature a lesson.

Yet, what the Demon Emperor did not anticipate was that Lin Jing merely let the Ice Soul Gu confront the opponent alone...

Western Desert.

Spirit King's Hall.

As the Spirit King's tribulation date approached, more and more powerful seekers of the Dao arrived in the Western Desert. However, they did not dare to approach the Spirit King's Hall, where the Spirit King resided, instead only observing from afar.

After all, celestial tribulations are such phenomena that they easily bring disaster upon those unprepared.

The Ascension Tribulation, regarded as the most difficult celestial tribulation in the lower realm, in today's times when ascension is impossible, is essentially optional. Even those who pass it do not find ascension paths opening.

However, some strong individuals, aiming to prove whether their Dao is strong and ascension-capable, choose to challenge it; some perish, their Dao dissipating, while others emerge with reinforced Dao, becoming exemplary among ordinary seekers of the Dao.

Long ago, the Demon Emperor had transcended the Ascension Tribulation, and since the Spirit King could defeat even the Demon Emperor, no one believed it would not pass the ordinary Ascension Tribulation, but...

The Celestial Essence Continent's scenarios are quite unique. Due to rule alterations by the Immortal Palace, the spirit monster clan faces earlier and far more intense tribulations compared to humans and demon beasts. Thus, the Ascension Tribulation the Spirit King would soon encounter could be the most formidable celestial tribulation ever seen on the Celestial Essence Continent.

And this is exactly what the Spirit King desires, planning to use this celestial tribulation, enhanced by the Ancient Immortal Palace, to demonstrate its strength.

"Let me see just how strong the tribulations of this world can be..." the Spirit King murmured.

Though many powerful seekers of the Dao merely watched the Ascension Ceremony from afar, beneath the Spirit King's throne, it was a time of revelry, with numerous human and demon female dancers surrounding the Spirit King's Hall, seemingly celebrating this grand moment.

The world knows that the Spirit King disdains being deemed a pet beast.

Even though the contracts signed by source realm spirit monsters are all equality contracts, the Spirit King remains displeased.

Upon arriving at the Celestial Essence, the Spirit King grasped that the prejudices of humanity stand as a mountain, and despite the equal contracts, everyone still views spirit monsters as "pet beasts," adjuncts to Beast Masters, unable to shake off the "pet beast" label.

It could not accept the world's views.

Hence, it nullified the contract.

It also dislikes spirit monsters that maintain contracts with humans, thus any spirit monster that allies with it must be an independent entity.

Possibly in an endeavor to shed its former pet beast label, it recruited many humans and demons, making them submit to it.

Boom!!!

In the attention of numerous powerful figures, the Spirit King, attempting to ascend, soon summoned the Ascension Celestial Tribulation. The Spirit King, floating upward, displayed its invincible prowess to the Celestial Essence Continent!

One, two, three... twelve, six red, six black, a total of fourteen mysterious black beads caused the observing powers to draw sharp breaths.

"Two more!" The Buddha Lord was internally alarmed; it must be noted that at the time the Spirit King defeated the ascending Immortal Beast and the Immortal Artifact-wielding Lord of the Demon Court, only eight were used.

How could the Spirit King's strength have increased so rapidly!

This Western Desert... it seems the Buddhist sect cannot reclaim it.

"Twelve..." Even the Demon Emperor's mouth twitched. After being defeated, she closed herself away for intense training, having become confident in breaking eight, perhaps confronting ten, but the opponent's progress speed was absurd, just like Lin Jing's.

The Second Ancient Emperor, Martial Emperor, Heaven-Reaching Tower Master, and other veteran Dao seekers shook their heads.

New generation Dao seekers such as Xu Qingyao, Gu Xinghe, Wang Che, and Feng Ning also sighed inwardly. Aside from Lin Jing, they were the brightest stars on the Celestial Essence Continent, but alas, among arriving spirit monsters, such a monster emerged.

Could it be that this Spirit King is indeed the destined child of the spirit monster clan's fortune?

"This Ascension Tribulation, perhaps it will be scattered in an instant…" Apart from this, there is Granny Yin Mountain, an ancient figure who reached the peak of Void Profound a thousand years ago, and some have succeeded in asking about the Dao.

The eyes of all those in the Cultivation Realm who were pursuing the Dao were focused here. Among them, the eyes of the Spirit Monsters were particularly fervent, looking at the Ling King, thinking that perhaps the Ling King's talent was rivaled only by that of a certain individual in the Source Realm… 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

It could lead the Source Realm's Spirit Monster tribe to a more glorious future… If possible, the Spirit Monsters naturally hoped to be led by one of their own kind rather than a human.

But in the next instant.

From within the clouds of the Ascension Tribulation, a terrifying figure suddenly took form. The dark clouds still covered the sky, but within the flickering thunderclouds, a shadow with eight giant legs appeared, strikingly eerie.

"What is this?" The crowd seemed to have never seen such tribulation clouds, such an Ascension Tribulation. Though it was heard that in ancient times, Immortals from the upper realm occasionally shot down projections to personally test those ascending, such things no longer happen now.

"Hmm?" The Ling King also noticed something unusual about the Celestial Tribulation.

But before it could think further, a bolt of lightning had already descended!

Boom!

Like Sword Qi, a terrifying, dark red crescent-shaped lightning bolt struck directly, sweeping destructively. The Ling King was greatly shocked to see this Celestial Tribulation, for the fundamental force of this tribulation was the same as its own Divine Techniques.

Both were formed from the pure combination of the Power of Death and the Power of Destruction, creating a force of annihilation.

And this force of annihilation was far stronger than the one it grasped, its terrifying might overwhelming.

Carried by the thunder in the form of Sword Qi, it cleaved towards the Ling King!

"Ascension Tribulation?" The Ling King, who initially dismissed the Ascension Tribulation, suddenly changed its expression.

"Force of annihilation…" The Gu Granny who had struck the lightning coldly snorted, previously thinking the other had mastered something formidable, but it turned out to be just annihilation Divine Techniques. After Lin Jing saw the memory of the Demon Emperor, they recognized it as the force of annihilation, a combination of death and destruction. Ice Soul Gu originally didn't know it, but quickly learned.

The Power of Death was mastered by its death incarnation.

And the Power of Destruction was contained within the Sword Dao seed given by the Celestial Revenge Demon Emperor.

The so-called Celestial Revenge Sword Dao was a combination of Demonic Qi, Power of Destruction, and Exterminating Sword Intent. The Celestial Revenge Demon Emperor's demonic bloodline destroyed countless cultivators' Power of Destruction, even disregarded the tasks and commands of the 'Heaven' of the Celestial Demon Realm, behaving independently and daring to point the Exterminating Sword Intent at the Heavenly Demons was the entirety of the Celestial Revenge Demon Emperor's Sword Dao.

And the Ice Soul Gu, who had been learning the Celestial Revenge Demon Emperor's Sword Dao, naturally inherited and explored the Power of Destruction to uncover the force of annihilation wasn't surprising.

While perhaps the annihilation force it explored wasn't as refined or dominant as the Divine Techniques inherited from Yao Star, the annihilation force was not its killing move.

Ice Soul Gu wielding the "Immortal Mirror", this mid-grade Immortal Artifact, rare in the lower realm, the sword-shaped annihilation thunder tribulation that cleaved down had its might multiplied several times through this mid-grade Immortal Artifact which "absorbs Magic and strengthens backlash" and was already extraordinary.

"This thing, is much better to use than a sword."

Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack.

The powerful figures waiting for the Ling King to shatter the Celestial Tribulation were shocked to discover that under this sword-like thunder tribulation that seemed like a heavenly punishment, the fourteen stone beads held up by the Ling King's frozen expression… were directly pierced through by the Celestial Tribulation, shattering rapidly. Subsequently, the Celestial Tribulation Sword Qi, like a hot knife through butter, pierced straight through the Ling King's body under its stunned gaze, leaving a gaping hole through its stone body.

The Ling King stood there in a daze, feeling the loss of its power, unable to believe it looked up at the sky.

Until the thunderclouds dispersed, the enormous body within the Ascension Tribulation, inhabited by the Ice Soul Gu, became apparent, and seeing the enormous ice spider covered in thunder patterns, many powerful figures were astounded.

"Gu, it is actually a Gu insect."

"Ice Soul Gu, that's Ice Soul Gu! But…"

The Dao seekers were in an uproar. Feng Ning and the others, after a moment of stupor, suddenly broke into a knowing smile.

"That guy is back." The Second Ancient Emperor took a deep breath, wondering just when it had returned!

Seeing the Ice Soul Gu, the Ling King finally realized, unable to believe.

Is this… that individual's pet beast?

The Celestial Tribulation just now, was it descended by the other?

But why could such terrifying power be wielded by just a pet beast… it couldn't understand! Then what did that make it?

Subsequently, the appearance of a figure verified the guesses of the powerful figures, Lin Jing somehow had already appeared above the grand hall, unabashedly sitting on the Ling King's throne.

"What's the matter?" Seeing the stopped dancers, Lin Jing said: "Continue playing music, continue dancing."

"Don't mind me."

"I'm just here to see who dares to defy the rules I set and attempts to lay hands on the stars…"

Boom.

Lin Jing's words echoed in their minds, and as the Ling King met Lin Jing's gaze, it instantly felt a pressure several times more terrifying than the tribulation lightning just now. The once invincible mind immediately cracked, as if seeing a great hand from the heavens slowly descending to rest atop its head.

Despite unimaginable injuries, it struggled to half-kneel…

"Greetings, ancestor…" it hoarsely spoke, its grandeur of hundreds of years completely submitting under Lin Jing's oppressive presence.