The Revenge of the Reborn Supreme Sovereign-Chapter 142 - 139: Heavenly Tribulation!

In the cave, after Qin Fan’s bellow to activate the Spirit Gathering Array, the entire cavern plunged into a profound quiet. Even the roars of the beasts ceased, swallowed by the sudden silence. Within the confines of the Cangqiong Vajra Array, a boundless and majestic Spiritual Energy began to surge, slowly converging upon Qin Fan’s body.

The activation of the Four Supporting Formation and the opening of the Spirit Gathering Array was a technique coveted by countless cultivators on the Cangqiong Continent. Yet, throughout the entire continent, Qin Fan was the only one known to possess such Divine Skills. As for the Heavenly Dao Elder who backed Qin Fan, no one had ever witnessed his methods, not even Qin Fan himself.

For half a month, Qin Fan’s body remained perfectly still, suspended in mid-air. During that time, he consumed not a single drop of water nor a grain of rice. His eyes never once opened.

On the final day of the half-month period, a sudden change occurred.

RUMBLE—!

Without any warning, the sky, once clear and sunny, became thick with dark clouds. Thunder boomed unexpectedly. These signs, completely contradicting the weather forecast, seemed to herald a once-in-a-century storm.

For the people of the Training Spirit Clan, their hearts were already in their throats. Half a month had passed, and for the weather to suddenly turn tumultuous with rolling thunder—they would have died before believing it had nothing to do with the demon inside the cave. The entire clan, dozens of them, gathered together, their gazes locked on the cave’s entrance. Over the past two weeks, they had tried to enter and see what was happening, but they could not get inside. They had exhausted every method, only to find the cave’s entrances sealed by an invisible barrier as strong as iron. This only deepened the clan’s silver-haired guardian elder’s dread of Qin Fan to an extreme degree. Though he stared at the cave’s exit, his eyes were filled with pure panic.

「At the same time.」

In the outside world, after a half-month of fruitless investigation, the various experts had begun to forget the previous celestial phenomenon. But this sudden turmoil and startling thunder instantly put countless powerful individuals on edge. Gazing at the churning, unfamiliar dark clouds that surged across the land of Huaxia, they could only gape in astonishment. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"A Heavenly Tribulation? Could this be the legendary Heavenly Tribulation?"

"Could the phenomenon from half a month ago be connected to this?"

"Is the world truly about to descend into chaos?"

"According to historical records, a sudden change in the heavens always indicates that a monstrous existence is about to emerge. But this time, is it a human or a beast?"

Countless terrified murmurs spilled from the mouths of these experts.

In a villa halfway up a mountain in Jiangzhou, Lai Zhuge stepped onto the balcony. Watching the celestial turmoil sweep over Huaxia, his heart clenched with worry and tension.

"Master Qin, is it you?" he muttered to himself, looking at the sky with furrowed brows.

While many were reeling in shock, a boundless ecstasy surged through Qin Fan’s heart within the cave.

Foundation Establishment, I’ve really broken through to Foundation Establishment! HAHA—! HAHAHA—!

Had he not sensed the Heavenly Tribulation gathering its power, Qin Fan certainly would have erupted into wild laughter. But knowing the tribulation was about to descend, he dared not let his guard down for even a second. After Qi Refinement came Foundation Establishment, and every major advancement would inevitably trigger a Heavenly Tribulation. The only outcome of failing to withstand it was the utter annihilation of one’s Divine Soul. It was a price for carelessness that Qin Fan could not afford to pay.

Suppressing his elation, he cast aside all distracting thoughts. At this moment, Qin Fan’s mind achieved an unprecedented state of clarity. Even the Cangqiong Refining Body Decision vanished from his thoughts. A vast ocean of True Qi surged rapidly through his now-thickened meridians.

Once the True Qi stabilized throughout his body, Qin Fan’s eyes snapped open.

He threw his head back and roared, "Heavenly Tribulation, bring it on!"

As his defiant roar echoed, the sky crackled with a dense barrage of thunder. Outside, the members of the Training Spirit Clan clearly heard his shout. They all trembled violently.

Heavenly Tribulation? Damn it, what in the world is that demon doing in there?

The silver-haired elder, in particular, began to shudder uncontrollably at the sound. He lost his balance, and his walking stick clattered to the ground. His face a deathly white, he screamed, "Heavenly Tribulation! Heavenly Tribulation! He... he is undergoing his tribulation and proving his Dao! The Training Spirit Clan’s Heaven and Earth Essence Mansion... it’s gone! It’s all gone!"

Before anyone could react to his words, a bolt of blue lightning tore through the sky, striking down at Qin Fan, who was still levitating inside the cave.

CRACK!

BANG!

A sharp sound erupted from Qin Fan’s body. The strike jolted him downward, causing him to sink five centimeters in the air.

"Haha, again!" Qin Fan laughed wildly, having neutralized the bolt of lightning with his Prison Suppressing Body. He knew that the Heavenly Tribulation for the Foundation Establishment Stage consisted of the Nine Layers of Heavenly Thunder. This was merely the First Layer.

BOOM!

The Second Layer!

"Again!" shouted Qin Fan, as he was knocked down several more centimeters.

BOOM! BOOM!

"Again!"

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

"Again!"

One layer after another, the assault intensified. By the time the Seventh Layer struck, Qin Fan had been slammed to the ground. The Eighth Layer forced a mouthful of blood from his lips. Gritting his teeth, Qin Fan sealed his blood-smeared lips and pushed himself up from the ground. By the Eighth Layer of the tribulation, it was clear his Prison Suppressing Body could no longer withstand the Heavenly Tribulation.

His expression twisted into a ferocious scowl. Qin Fan stretched out his arms, and with a blood-filled mouth, he threw his head back and laughed, bellowing with a hysterical, savage roar, "COME!"

RUMBLE—!

Outside, with this final thunderclap, the dark, turbulent clouds suddenly receded. For a moment, the heavens seemed to fall silent. But in the next instant, a pillar of lightning as thick as an adult’s arm tore through the quiescent clouds. It blasted directly down at Qin Fan in the cave.

The thunder fell, the clouds dispersed, and the sky returned to its clear, sunny state. But inside the cave, Qin Fan had been blasted deep beneath the ground by this final strike, leaving a human-shaped crater in the earth.

"I knew it. The Foundation Establishment Tribulation couldn’t stop me five hundred years ago. How could I possibly fall now, having returned as the Shura Venerable?"

In the deep pit, Qin Fan murmured weakly. His entire body was charred black, his features unrecognizable, and a burnt smell wafted from him.

After his murmur, he painstakingly circulated the scant remnants of True Qi that had survived the Heavenly Tribulation. Then, with a great effort, he shot upward.

WHOOSH!

In a single leap, he rose three meters high, hovering motionlessly in the air. If anyone had been present to witness his state—a body charred black, with no patch of skin left unburnt—they might not have fainted from fear, but uncontrollable vomiting would have been a certainty. He didn’t look human at all, much less a living one.