Projection of the Heavens: I prove my immortality through slaughter.

The golden light points of the Crimson Heaven Decree dissipated like the last sparks, vanishing into the shattered world. The Hundred-Mile Sword Domain had already dissipated on its own when Lin Xuan exhausted his power, leaving behind only a devastated land, crisscrossing spatial rifts, and the lingering aura of destruction, bearing witness to the earth-shattering battle that had just taken place.

Lin Xuan knelt on one knee, using the Heaven-Burning Halberd to support his body, barely managing to stay upright. His face was ashen, his breath extremely weak, and his meridians felt as if they were being torn apart. The golden core vortex that had just begun to condense in his dantian was extremely unstable due to the exhaustion of his power, and it was on the verge of collapsing at any moment. The light of his virtual godhood had also dimmed to its lowest point, clearly indicating that deduce and unleash that final "Sword Intent of Annihilation" had also consumed a great deal of his energy.

In this battle, he used all his trump cards and was almost completely exhausted. But in the end, he was the one who stood firm until the very end.

He suppressed his dizziness and excruciating pain, his gaze sweeping across the battlefield. Jin Yan, Gou Hun, and Man Kui, along with their subordinate cultivators, had all been reduced to ashes, leaving only some broken fragments of magical artifacts and several unclaimed storage rings floating in the void. The Crimson Heaven Decree had completely vanished, leaving nothing behind.

He struggled to raise his hand and recall the storage rings and the Heaven-Burning Halberd stuck diagonally in the ground. The Heaven-Burning Halberd was icy cold to the touch, and the tiny crack on its blade was shocking; its spiritual essence was severely damaged and would require a long period of nurturing to recover.

Before he could examine his spoils closely, Lin Xuan immediately took out several top-grade healing pills from his previous haul and swallowed them. He then held a fine spirit stone and focused all his energy on circulating his cultivation technique, absorbing spiritual energy to stabilize the collapsing Golden Core vortex and repair his damaged meridians and soul.

He knew this was no place to linger. The battle had been too commotion, undoubtedly alerting cultivators in other areas of the Immortal Abode, especially prodigies like Zhang Daoyi and Leng Ningshuang, who would likely arrive soon. In his current state, any Golden Core cultivator could easily take his life.

We must find the core inheritance of the Nine Tribulations Hermit as soon as possible, and then leave!

He mustered his strength. Although his virtual divine essence was dim, its basic detection function was still intact. Combining this with his previous vague senses of the core area of ​​the immortal mansion, he discerned the direction and staggered towards the area of ​​magnificent palaces and pavilions where the strongest Daoist energy was faintly emanating.

Along the way, he saw some pavilions and towers destroyed by the energy storms of the previous battle, as well as some well-preserved side halls and herb gardens. But he had no time for anything else at the moment; his goal was clear, heading straight for the core.

Finally, he passed through a misty swirling fog and arrived before a majestic main hall.

The main hall was entirely forged from a rare divine iron called "Starry Tears Gold," radiating a soft and eternal starlight. The hall's doors were tightly shut, inscribed with nine intertwined, ever-changing runes of calamity, exuding a chilling pressure. Above the doors hung a plaque, inscribed with three large characters in ancient immortal script—"Hall of Tribulation Crossing!"

This place is where the true lineage of the Nine Tribulations Hermit resides!

Lin Xuan could sense that the Daoist energy emanating from the hall resonated subtly with his own destructive intent. He walked to the hall door and tried to push it open, but the door remained unmoved. The nine calamity runes lit up, emitting a repulsive force.

He pondered for a moment, then instead of forcibly breaking down the door, he slowly released his own weak but still pure Lesser Completion Destruction True Intent, using it like a key to contact the nine Calamity Runes.

As expected! The moment his destructive intent touched the runes, the nine runes seemed to encounter a power of the same origin, no longer repelling them, but instead rippling like water, eventually slowly disappearing. The heavy palace doors creaked and opened automatically inward.

A surge of innate spiritual energy, hundreds of times purer and richer than that of the outside world, mixed with an ancient and profound Daoist aura that had endured countless tribulations, rushed towards him! Lin Xuan's spirits lifted, and he stepped into the hall.

The hall was vast, yet not empty. The first thing that caught the eye was a fist-sized crystal, shimmering with nine-colored iridescent light, suspended in the center of the hall. Within the crystal, countless miniature scenes of calamity seemed to rise and fall, lightning, flames, gales, inner demons… ultimately converging into a state of transcendence and immortality. An indescribable, profound energy emanated from this crystal.

"The Jade of Calamity!" A dazzling light burst forth in Lin Xuan's eyes. This must be the supreme treasure mentioned in the information about the Nine Tribulations Hermit, the Jade of Calamity, which he had glimpsed as the "opportunity for transcendence"!

Below the Jade of Calamity, there are three objects made of different materials: a jade slip that is entirely purple-gold with lightning patterns running across its surface; an ancient alchemy furnace with three legs and two handles, engraved with the sun, moon, stars, and runes of myriad calamities; and a seemingly ordinary gray cloth bag that exudes a strong spatial fluctuation.

Lin Xuan suppressed his excitement and first probed the purple-gold jade slip with his divine sense.

The moment his divine sense touched him, a massive amount of information flooded into his sea of ​​consciousness like a torrent! The virtual divine spark glowed faintly, assisting him in quickly receiving and processing it.

The Nine Revolutions of Immortal Annihilation Scripture!

This is the fundamental inherited cultivation method of the Nine Tribulations Wanderer! It is not merely a cultivation method, but a supreme immortal scripture that points directly to the origin of the Great Dao and elucidates the true meaning of "tribulation" and "annihilation"! Its core essence lies in using the power of tribulations to temper oneself, seeking rebirth in destruction, and transcending through nine cycles! It not only contains cultivation techniques, but also numerous supernatural and secret arts for utilizing the power of tribulations, as well as the Nine Tribulations Wanderer's lifelong insights into transcending tribulations and the path of destruction!

This immortal scripture is practically tailor-made for Lin Xuan! It perfectly matches his true intent of destruction and can also solve the problems of his current complex power system and impure spiritual energy! With this as the foundation, the quality of the golden core he condenses will far exceed that of ordinary ones, and his future path of cultivation will be smooth sailing!

He took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to immediately comprehend it, and turned his gaze to the alchemy furnace and the gray cloth bag.

The alchemy furnace is named "Ten Thousand Calamities Furnace," and it is a top-grade spiritual treasure-level alchemy furnace. It can not only refine pills, but also absorb and transform the power of calamities to assist in the cultivation of the "Nine Revolutions Calamity-Destroying Immortal Scripture," and its uses are endless.

The gray cloth bag was a "Qiankun Sumeru Bag" of extremely high grade, with an enormous internal space, almost equivalent to a small grotto-heaven. Lin Xuan probed into it with his divine sense and was immediately dazzled by the treasures inside!

The mountain of top-grade spirit stones was roughly estimated to be no less than a million! Thousands of jade boxes contained various ancient spiritual herbs and divine gold materials long extinct in the outside world! Dozens of bottles of labeled pills, ranging from those that aided cultivation to those that healed injuries and saved lives, and even top-grade elixirs that helped break through realms, were all there! There were also numerous jade slips containing miscellaneous knowledge on alchemy, weapon crafting, formations, talismans, and other miscellaneous subjects, all the culmination of the Nine Tribulations Hermit's life's work!

This is practically the entire possessions of an ancient, powerful immortal! Its value is simply immeasurable!

Without any hesitation, Lin Xuan immediately put the Tribulation Jade, the Jade Slip of the Nine Revolutions Tribulation Extinction Immortal Scripture, the Myriad Tribulations Furnace, and the Qiankun Sumeru Bag into his storage magic item (the Qiankun Bag cannot hold other storage magic items).

Just as he finished collecting all the items, the entire Tribulation Transcending Hall trembled slightly, and the spiritual energy within the hall began to become unstable, as if it had lost its core support.

Lin Xuan knew that with the core inheritance taken away, this immortal abode probably wouldn't last much longer. He had to leave immediately!

He took one last look at the now empty hall, then turned around without hesitation and sped away outside.

Shortly after he left the Tribulation Hall, several powerful auras arrived from different directions. They were Zhang Daoyi, Leng Ningshuang, Xiao Buyu, and others. Looking at the empty hall and the gradually collapsing space, their expressions turned extremely grim.

"Someone beat us to it!" "It's Lin Xuan! It must be him!" "How ruthless! He didn't even leave us a drop of soup!"

However, Lin Xuan had already used his sense of the remaining formation of the Immortal Mansion to find a relatively weak spatial node. He spared no effort to expend his energy again and forcibly tore open a temporary passage with the Burning Heaven Halberd. His figure disappeared into it.

Although he faced life-or-death situations and numerous dangers during his trip to the Nine Tribulations Immortal Abode, the immense gains he made were enough to drive any cultivator mad!