Immortal Road.

At this moment, Lin Shan was focused on dealing with the external lightning tribulation. The rumbling sound was deafening, and the overflowing plasma whipped his body, leaving him no time to take care of his internal organs.

Unexpectedly, a pair of large, skeletal hands appeared silently within his primordial spirit and directly grabbed at his spiritual sea!

"Crack crack crack~ This junior of the human race is quite bold, daring to cultivate my race's visualization diagram. I, the Great Lord, just happened to be traveling through the void after receiving a curse order. You're unlucky to have run into me!"

The one who made the move was none other than the White Bone Lord of the Hell World. Sensing the summons of the curse from other worlds, he encountered Lin Shan undergoing tribulation on his way to descend in spirit, and immediately abandoned his bill midway to intercept him.

That cultivator from who-knows-which-world-is-cursing-something-world is probably cursing up a storm. Can't you guys have any integrity?
Fortunately, the reputation of hellish creatures was already terrible, with countless negative reviews, so they didn't care.

Lin Shan once used the "White Bone Visualization Diagram" to cultivate his soul path and strengthen his spirit. The drawbacks of the diagram finally became apparent, attracting the White Bone Lord!
"First, I'll destroy your spiritual sea, making your attempt to withstand the heavenly tribulation fail. Then, I'll take advantage of your misfortune and hollow out your primordial spirit essence. Finally, I'll strike you dead with lightning, and then I'll leave triumphantly~ Hehehe~"

This guy is incredibly shrewd; he actually blurted it out to Lin Shan in such a sweet and innocent way!
"you wanna die!"

The fifth tribulation outside was extremely violent, shattering the Thunder Elephant Wind Tunnel several times. Even the Devouring Soul Prison couldn't withstand it, relying entirely on the spiritual sea to constantly reorganize and rebuild, and on a continuous source of energy to sustain itself.

Surprisingly, a skeleton suddenly appeared, crawling in from within his primordial spirit to strike at his core!

In desperation, Lin Shan activated his natal spirit treasure, Lanfeng Pavilion, to shield the guy, but it broke free the next moment.

"Hmph, you little brat, you dare to resist? Just obediently become my meal!"

The level of the spirit treasure is already a bit outdated, and it's not very effective against a soul-spirit creature like the White Bone Lord. Fortunately, there's still the natal soul treasure, the God-Splitting Blade Disc.

The twelve God-Slaying Flying Knives whistled past. The White Bone Lord was only slightly wary, but as a being who mainly cultivated the Soul Path, his powerful Soul Essence was able to withstand the attacks.

Despite the constant attacks from the God-Slaying Flying Knife, it still resolutely reached for the Spirit Sea. It's not hard to imagine that if the Spirit Sea were truly destroyed, Lin Shan would inevitably suffer a severe backlash, and even have his own source of power cut off, causing the external defenses against the Heavenly Tribulation to completely collapse!

In the moment of crisis, he found himself without any means to control the situation.

The Heavenly Treasure Void Star Plate was given to Yuan Nian's avatar. The Wind Cave Thunder Elephant can only affect external objects. The Devouring Soul Prison is used to resist the lightning tribulation. The Wind Escape Technique and Wind and Thunder Strike Void can only be used for physical escape. Now, the only great supernatural power left is the Misfortune Siphon!
"what?"

Lin Shan suddenly discovered that after his primordial spirit had transformed at some point, his Misfortune Siphon had also been upgraded again, and the stored Misfortune value had reached 1000. He had already started the third layer of luck swapping, from Misfortune-reducing wind and Misfortune halo!
The first two layers consume 1 point and 100 points respectively, which are generally suitable for large-scale deployment, while the third layer is for targeting a single target.

Desperate, he decided to target the owner of the giant skeletal hand!
As for the one whose fate was swapped, it was of course himself!
Boom~~~
His 1000 points of bad luck were instantly cleared. He felt something leave him in an instant, and he felt a great weight lifted off his shoulders, instantly feeling much lighter.

My bones were cracking and popping all over my body, and when I looked up at the big black chimney above my head, it had vanished into thin air!

No, it's still there.

It was just that it was pinned on the head of the White Bone Lord on the other side!
"???"

The Great Bone Lord's outstretched hand paused for a mere instant, as it felt an endless darkness surge in, pressing down on it so that it could hardly breathe.

No, why do I feel like I'm suffocating?

Disaster luck

Only those with a jinxed destiny can bear it. Lin Shan can walk openly in the world despite this bad luck, but for others it would be an immense pressure!

Without a corresponding destiny, they were struck by an inescapable curse, and in the blink of an eye, they suffered a backlash.

This is called being unworthy of one's position!
"Boom! Crack!!!"

For some reason, the lightning tribulation in the sky momentarily confused its target.

Like a pendulum swinging back and forth, it briefly malfunctioned, swaying back and forth between Lin Shan and the White Bone Lord, seemingly unsure of which one to strike!

What to do if your goal becomes confused during the tribulation?
Then let's chop them all up together!

The next moment, the White Bone Lord hidden within Lin Shan's primordial spirit was also included among those to be punished!
The Nine Heavens Thunder Pool specially separated a stream of lightning to open up a second battlefield, giving "extra attention" to the new target.

"No, why? I haven't been exposed either!"

The White Bone King was so terrified he almost lost his mind!

The Six-Nine Thunder Tribulation is Yang Thunder, specifically targeting Yin Spirits. It is what soul cultivators like them fear most, because their final evolved form as the Skeleton Clan is the Extreme Yin Ghost Immortal, which is the opposite of the Pure Yang True Immortal.

Now you're using Yang lightning to strike down a Yin creature? Are you mistaken?
But the lightning tribulation couldn't speak, nor did it heed its pleas. Without a word, it began to strike wildly, directly targeting the depths of Lin Shan's primordial spirit. The White Bone Lord couldn't care less about anything else; let alone interfere, he was lucky to even protect himself.

Lin Shan didn't expect it to be so easy. Moreover, when the lightning tribulation struck the White Bone Monarch, a portion of it passed through his primordial spirit, supplying him with a second source of yang energy, which caused his already insufficient yellow aura to increase dramatically.

Two laps, three laps, four laps, five laps.
The White Bone Lord clearly came to take advantage of the chaos, but ended up becoming a laborer instead!

Lin Shan seized the opportunity to squeeze this thing dry, cheering it on while resisting the lightning tribulation, hoping it wouldn't die.

Whether we can gather ten circles depends entirely on you.

"Aaaaaah, this lightning hurts so much! Why is this yang lightning striking me, I'm a yin spirit???"

The White Bone Lord roared and screamed inside his primordial spirit, being struck by lightning and convulsing in pain. He couldn't escape even if he wanted to; once locked on, there was no escape, not even to the ends of the earth!
The next moment, a loud laugh suddenly rang out.

"Hahahaha, what's that? The scent of humans practicing the 'White Bone Visualization Diagram'! This great lord has arrived!"

Another skeletal hand slashed through the void and entered Lin Shan's primordial spirit!
However, this hand did not expect that there was a fellow being undergoing tribulation within its primordial spirit. It accidentally touched the lightning tribulation and was instantly engulfed in flames!

"not good."

It tried to retreat, but it was too late.

The Nine Heavens Thunder Pool above sensed a third target again, splitting off another Heavenly Punishment that delivered a precise strike simultaneously!

Lin Shan's eyes lit up!
"Isn't it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar? Fellow Daoist, quickly hide inside my primordial spirit."

"Huh?"

The second Bone Lord was more cautious and didn't want to come in, but the first Bone Lord couldn't bear to see him suffer alone, so he grabbed its skeletal hand and pulled it hard!
"Come in here!"

"Ouch!"

The second unlucky guy was dragged over in a daze, and then he was hacked to pieces, screaming in agony, and became Lin Shan's laborer again.

At this moment, the yellow halo around him intensified again:
Six laps, seven laps, eight laps, nine laps.
"Hahaha, you two are truly my lucky stars! It's fate that brought us together from afar. I will forever remember your great kindness!"

Lin Shan trembled all over from the blows, but his eyes were now bright and piercing, his masculine energy was growing stronger, and his resilience was becoming even more tenacious!

Qu Gong stood by, dumbfounded.

"Master, this...this is okay?"

The man in the straw hat was also quite shocked and muttered to himself.

"I originally thought he would only be able to collect three layers of yellow halo in the end, but who knew that two skeletons would come in and cause trouble, which actually helped him."

"Could it be that the secret art of forging is now his?"

"Not necessarily. We've only gone through nine rounds so far. The tenth round won't be so easy to get. The further you go, the harder it is to condense. Just these two skeletons..." He didn't finish his sentence.

Another loud laugh followed.

"Hahaha, what do I smell? The stench of a fool who cultivates my clan's 'White Bone Visualization Diagram'! He actually dares to undergo the Nascent Soul Tribulation in the void?"

A third pair of massive skeletal hands suddenly appeared!
"Hmm? Something's not right. Why is there some unseen force locking onto me?"

The next moment, the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool had a new target.

This guy reacted extremely quickly, trying to get away as fast as possible.

But while it was fast, the two unlucky souls inside Lin Shan's primordial spirit were even faster. In the instant it reacted, each of them grabbed one of its hands and pulled it sharply in this direction!
puff~
Three pairs of eyes stared at each other, speechless for a moment.

"."

The atmosphere was very awkward.

The third Bone Lord spoke with difficulty:
"No, we are all of the same origin, why should we fight each other so fiercely?"

The two creatures indicated that they were in a great hurry, not just a little bit. Since resisting the lightning tribulation was difficult, they might as well huddle together and resist it back to back.

The yellow halo surrounding Lin Shan finally condensed into its tenth circle!
The fifth tribulation lightning above his head ended, and the sixth and final nine tribulations of lightning finally descended.

The extreme threat made the hairs on his body stand on end, as if he were being pricked by needles, with electric current flowing through him.

The first strike alone instantly shattered the three barriers of Wind Tunnel, Thunder Elephant, and Soul Prison, forcing him to reveal his last trump card, Huangdao Lingyun!

Buzz~~

Seeing that it had gone beyond the scope, with a large amount of plasma falling on his body, and even his primordial spirit beginning to corrode and smoke, causing varying degrees of damage, the three white bone lords inside his primordial spirit also began to panic, cheering him on in unison.

"Kid, are you sure you can handle this? Don't die! What will we do if you die?"

They are currently hiding in Lin Shan's primordial spirit, undergoing tribulation as well. They are exhausted and afraid of being held back by their host.

Out of desperation, he even taught him how to overcome tribulations on the spot!
"This is the 'White Bone Visualization Diagram' of my Skeleton Clan's Nascent Soul stage, specifically for training the Nascent Soul. You should quickly practice visualization; the key is..."

Okay!

He hadn't even broken through to the Nascent Soul stage yet, and these three laborers had rushed over to bring him the secret technique for Soul Visualization during the Nascent Soul stage, saving him the trouble of strengthening himself.
And such good things?

Lin Shan didn't hold back at all. With the enhancement panel's assessment that the three of them hadn't made any underhanded moves, he immediately started practicing!
The effects of the Soul Forging Secret Technique "White Bone Visualization Diagram" during the Nascent Soul stage are indeed extraordinary. Similar to the Body Forging Secret Technique "Star Aperture Locking Meridian Technique" during the Nascent Soul stage, it can solidify the Nascent Soul to a level comparable to the Nascent Soul physical body.

Because he already had the "White Bone Visualization Diagram" for cultivating the Nascent Soul stage, which was a secret technique passed down by the Skeleton Clan, he could learn it very quickly with a foundation, and with the added benefit of his comprehension, it was easy to see results.

The three Bone Lords spared no effort in guiding him, teaching him hand in hand with heartfelt sincerity, showing him more affection than even their own sons!

The strength of his primordial spirit increased dramatically.

Lin Shan was simultaneously undergoing tribulation and forging his soul, enduring lightning strikes while absorbing yang energy; he was simply too busy to keep up.

The Six-Nine Thunder Tribulation truly lived up to its reputation as the ultimate test; even so, there was a faint indication that it couldn't withstand it.

"This is bad! This kid's tribulation lightning is terrifying, more than twice as strong as ours back then. Why is this happening?"

"Nonsense! He cultivates both the Nascent Soul and the Soul Infant, wanting both, and merging the two to transform into the Primordial Spirit. Wouldn't the power of the tribulation lightning double?"

"This kid is fucking weird. I was the first one here and I feel like I've been cursed or something. Why is there black smoke coming from my head? Does this mean I'm having the worst luck ever?"

The three skeletal lords cursed loudly, complaining that they had to withstand their own tribulation lightning and now had to worry about the brat, lamenting that today was unlucky for them.

They were terrified that if Lin Shan's house collapsed, they inside would also suffer.

Fortunately, Lin Shan still has one last backup plan: the Formless Star Cocoon!

He hadn't used it yet because he wanted to push himself to his limit. As a result, the tribulation brought about by the merging of his nascent soul and spirit was indeed more than twice the intensity of a normal person. It was already quite remarkable that he had managed to hold on until now. If he continued to endure it, it would cause irreversible damage to his primordial spirit.

Use the cocoon of the formless star whenever possible; there's no need to hold back at crucial moments. The surging energy has been held back for so long that it's almost impossible to suppress!

Now that he was released, he was instantly enveloped in layer upon layer, his entire body wrapped in a star cocoon.

The lightning strikes down, splashing out to form an electric net that surrounds and penetrates the star cocoon, trying to find Lin Shan's primordial spirit inside. However, it is neutralized and decomposed layer by layer until it finally turns into tiny streams of lightning slurry that flow into the net through the holes.

Lin Shan hid among them, focusing on refining the positive energy within the lightning elixir, while the three White Bone Lords complained bitterly.

"This kid's holding on, but what if the three of us can't?"

The three of them banded together for warmth, and the three lightning tribulations focused their fire on each other, wave after wave, escalating intensifying until their united strength began to crumble.

Lin Shan breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, sitting back and watching the tigers fight, ignoring the situation and even clapping his hands in delight.

"Give it your all, you three! Once you're reduced to ashes by the heavenly tribulation, I'll collect and refine your fragments of primordial spirit. They can even be used to consolidate my initial breakthrough into the next realm. How wonderful! You've come at the perfect time! You're truly my lucky stars!"

The three of them were furious upon hearing this!
"Boy, we helped you through your difficulties and taught you the way, but instead of repaying our kindness, you repay our debt with enmity?"

Lin Shan laughed heartily:

"You three hell skeletons came to take advantage of my misfortune, and you dare to talk to me about repaying kindness with enmity? I'm being lenient by not personally killing you!"

The three were in despair, and instead, they started fighting amongst themselves at the crucial moment.

"It's all your fault! You got yourself into the whirlpool, and you dragged me into the mire too!"

"And you're one to talk about him? You two are birds of a feather, conspiring to drag me into this mess. What do I owe you?"

"Shut up, all of you! This kid is really weird. I feel like my mind is being clouded. There's a voice in my ear that keeps saying I'm a jinx, I'm a jinx, it's so annoying! I've lived all these years and I never knew I was a jinx myself!"

The three of them, as the Skeleton Lords, seemed to know each other. They showed no remorse for cheating acquaintances and were quite eloquent in their complaints and accusations.

Just then, a deafening clap of thunder roared from the outside. It turned out that Lin Shan, after enduring countless trials, had finally reached the fifty-fourth of the Six-Nine Thunder Tribulation.
That is, the last one!
Once you leap over it, you will roam freely in the world, soar through the void, and become a powerful primordial spirit.

"Come on, let me take a good look."

Lin Shan was full of vigor, his black hair dancing wildly.

"Just how terrifying is the ultimate form of the Six-Nine Thunder Tribulation? How many more soul rings can it add to my Yang-type soul rings?"

------------

(Good news to share! The author has just been selected as a member of the provincial writers' association, and will finally have a formal writer's title in the future. This is the reward for these past few years of 'not doing my proper job'.)
(End of this chapter)