Walker Of The Worlds

Chapter 3112: Once In A Life Time Tribulation

Far above, in the cloudy skies near the Silent Lotus temple, the Saintess watched quietly. Her eyes softened with a rare smile.

”As expected of you,” she murmured, her voice almost tender. ”Even before the wrath of the heavens, you find time to train. You never slack.”

Her words were carried away by the wind, unheard by anyone but herself.

Back within the tribulation, Lin Mu’s grin widened.

He could feel the pressure mounting, the weight of the heavens bearing down. But he also felt exhilaration. Each wave that struck him refined his understanding of flow, force, and balance. Each dodge honed his mastery of the Cloud Dragon Stride.

”This tribulation...” he thought, weaving through yet another collapsing tsunami, ”...isn’t just a test. It’s a gift.”

The ocean above raged louder, preparing its next escalation. Lightning crackled within the clouds, flashes of silver illuminating the endless waters. The tribulation was far from over.

And Lin Mu welcomed it.

Hours passed like this, as everyone witnessed a once in a lifetime Immortal Tribulation...

The sky itself seemed to shudder as the tribulation reached its crescendo.

The ocean that stretched across the horizon groaned and shifted, its waves no longer crashing down at random but instead moving with a terrifying deliberation. Slowly, a titanic wall of water rose, dwarfing mountains and piercing the very heavens.

Tens of kilometers tall, it towered like the wrath of creation itself, and its presence dispelled the dusty skies of the region and blotted out even the sun.

The Elders of the Xian Sword Sect, Lin Mu’s companions, and countless mortals in the city below stared up with expressions of sheer awe and dread. Never in their lives had they seen such a sight, nor did they believe they would ever see it again.

”Impossible... that’s not just water elemental force anymore,” an elder whispered in a trembling voice.

Grand Elder Huo’s expression grew grim. His sharp eyes flickered with recognition. ”This is it. The peak of the Heavenly Tsunami Immortal Tribulation.”

Gasps and murmurs spread.

The wave’s aura was not merely oppressive—it was profound.

Within it, woven into every droplet of water, were not just Water Dao Traces, but something greater: Water Dao Insights!

The formless whispers of heaven and earth’s truths resounded within the tide, vibrating against the hearts of all who witnessed. Even veteran cultivators found their breathing grow chaotic as stray Dao fluctuations threatened to unravel their own meager comprehensions.

And then the colossal wave fell.

The heavens collapsed, the sea descended, and Lin Mu vanished within its depths.

The sheer weight of it was staggering.

Each droplet was as heavy as a mountain, each current was as sharp as a sword, and within it pulsed countless truths of the Water Dao, all of which clawed at Lin Mu’s body and soul.

For the first time since the tribulation had begun, his Burdenless Dominator Physique faltered.

Golden skin lit by glowing motifs of mountains, rivers, plains, and skies now shimmered under the strain. Cracks of light ran across his body, not from breaking, but from resisting the very attempt of Dao Insights to etch themselves into his existence. His chest heaved, and for a fleeting moment, even the spectating disciples thought he had finally drowned.

But then—

”Just as I thought...” Lin Mu’s muffled voice rang out, calm and steady even as the endless ocean sought to grind him into dust.

His golden body gleamed brighter, his hair dancing like flame under the pressure. ”The Burdenless Dominator Physique truly has no equal. Even against Dao Insights themselves, I can stand unyielding.”

The motifs on his skin shone like a tapestry of the mortal world: forests, deserts, mountains, seas—all in harmony, glowing with dominion. He smiled, and it was as though the tribulation was nothing more than an obstacle for his amusement.

Still, the truth of it was harsher.

Unlike mere Dao Traces, Dao Insights could not be dismissed by brute strength alone. They dug into him, tried to overwrite him with truths not his own. The Burdenless Dominator Physique was holding them at bay, but the effort was real.

His vitality surged like a blazing inferno, burning away the invasive marks, healing the pressure-crushed tissue, and erasing the invasive water qi of the waves.

And yet, something was happening beneath the surface that Lin Mu himself failed to notice.

Deep in his dantian, the Water Core of his Omnicore Ascendancy spun wildly.

It guzzled the very essence of the tribulation, drinking down purest water elemental immortal qi and refined strands of Dao energy. Its rotation accelerated, like a whirlpool within his body, harmonizing with the external ocean that sought to devour him.

Every attack that landed on Lin Mu’s body lost just a fraction of its ferocity, as the core greedily siphoned the tribulation’s substance, feeding his cultivation in silence.

But Lin Mu remained unaware. His attention was locked on enduring the storm.

The colossal wave did not simply collapse and vanish... It wrapped around him, twisting into a monstrous whirlpool.

Its vortex was kilometers wide, its suction pulling so strongly that the very clouds twisted downward into spirals, forming a storm that could be seen from hundreds of kilometers away. It was a grinder, a death trap of endless motion, one designed to wear down even the strongest cultivator over time.

One hour.

That was how long the heavens ground him down.

For one full hour, the whirlpool battered his flesh, gnawed at his meridians, and tried to crush his bones, only for his vitality to roar back again, stronger each time. The watching crowd shifted between despair and exhilaration as they saw the figure of Lin Mu glowing faintly within the vortex. He had not moved even a single step.

And then—

”Enough.”

Lin Mu’s voice boomed like thunder across the skies.

His eyes blazed, and for the first time since the tribulation began, he released his own immortal qi without reservation. The air shook. His aura surged outward in a wave that shattered the confines of the whirlpool.

A detonation resounded like the breaking of the heavens themselves.