Walker Of The Worlds

Chapter 3480: Thoughts About Farming Tribulations

Lin Mu considered the cost of using the Heaven Silencing Seal.

The seal would become unusable for a long time afterward.

The eventual tribulation could be catastrophic.

But the reward...

Perhaps a tribulation dense enough to fully forge a core or at least significantly.

Wind and Lightning could be pushed to extremes.

He would not need to gamble on randomness. He could cultivate, prepare, and then face a tribulation worthy of his foundations. Plus, he would have time to grow them naturally with the materials he would gather in time, as such the progress wouldn’t be entirely stopped.

Lin Mu’s lips curved slightly.

”I can survive it,” he said as if it were a fact.

He had tested himself against Transcendent experts. He had endured forces far beyond what Immortal Tribulations typically delivered. Unless the heavens crossed into Transcendent territory, he would not perish.

And Transcendent Tribulations would not come until he reached that realm.

”That path is still far,” Lin Mu said quietly.

The ocean stirred gently around him, responding to his thoughts.

”For now,” he continued, ”I will wait. Prepare. Perfect.”

When the time came, he would not simply endure the heavens.

He would force them to give him everything they had. He would wring them dry of all the energy they had mustered.

Lin Mu rose from the water, his expression calm but resolved.

The future had shifted and now he intended to shape it.

Lin Mu did not hesitate once the thought had fully settled in his mind.

Indecision was a luxury he had long since shed.

The Heaven Silencing Seal was dangerous, yes, but danger had never been a reason for him to retreat. Only ignorance was. Now that he understood the stakes, the costs, and the rewards, there was no reason left to delay. Still, recklessness was not the same as courage, and Lin Mu had no intention of endangering those around him.

That was why he left.

WHOOSH

The White Bubble Inn faded into the distance as Lin Mu traveled farther and farther out over the ocean. The serene waters stretched endlessly beneath him, broken only by the occasional island dotting the horizon. He did not stop at ten kilometers. Nor at fifty. Only when the distance had reached nearly a hundred kilometers did he finally slow and come to a halt.

Here, the sea was deep and dark, its surface rolling gently beneath the vast open sky.

Even if something went wrong, no one else would be caught in it. Other than perhaps some aquatic creatures.

Lin Mu hovered just above the water, his feet barely grazing the surface. He lowered himself until the soles of his feet rested atop the ocean as if it were solid ground. Ripples spread outward, faint and controlled, betraying none of the immense power contained within him.

HUU

He took a slow breath.

The air tasted of salt and moisture, heavy with latent water essence. Normally, the ocean soothed him. Now, it felt like a silent witness.

Lin Mu lifted his head and looked at the sky.

He looked past the clouds, the sun, and straight at the heavens themselves.

HUALA~

A deep and profound aura flowed out of him, unrestrained and unapologetic. It was not violent, but it was vast, carrying with it the weight of his cultivation, his Dao, and his will. The surrounding air reacted instantly, pressure building as if reality itself was taking a step back.

For a brief moment, Lin Mu hesitated.

Not out of fear, but out of respect for the heavens.

What he was about to do was no different from knocking on the heavens’ door and daring them to answer. He knew better than most that the heavens were not benevolent. They were impartial, relentless, and vindictive toward those who defied them.

Slowly, Lin Mu exhaled.

Then he spoke.

”O’ Great Heavens,” his voice rang out, clear and steady, carrying across the endless sea. ”Won’t you give me a chance to test your might?”

There was no humility in his tone.

No plea.

It was a challenge.

For several seconds, nothing happened.

The sea continued to sway beneath him. The sky remained blue, clouds drifting lazily as if mocking his words. The world felt unchanged, indifferent.

Lin Mu did not move.

He waited.

Then, without warning, the atmosphere shifted.

RUMBLE!

The sound did not come from above alone, nor from the horizon. It came from everywhere at once, deep and resonant, as though the world itself had groaned. The sea beneath Lin Mu churned violently, waves rising and falling erratically.

The sky trembled, but the cause was not thunder nor strong winds, wind. It was something deeper... For the very heavens were responding!

The air shuddered as invisible pressure surged downward. Lin Mu’s eyes narrowed as he immediately sensed it.

’Spatial disturbance.’ He had felt it before, during moments when space itself was strained beyond its limits.

The energy of the Tribulation dimension was pressing against reality.

Lin Mu activated his spatial perception without hesitation. The world shifted in his senses, layers of space peeling back as his awareness pierced through them. Instantly, he saw it.

Two kilometers above him.

A point in space that did not belong.

Unlike the dark distortions he usually perceived during spatial turbulence, this one was different. It was pure white. Brilliant. Blindingly distinct against the fabric of space. It looked less like a wound and more like a fracture filled with light.

”That is it,” Lin Mu murmured.

WOONG

CRACK

The pressure intensified rapidly. The white point began to expand, space around it bending unnaturally. Cracks spread outward like spiderwebs, though only Lin Mu could see them clearly. The boundary between worlds was failing.

Then it broke.

KACHA

A massive rift tore open silently, swallowing light as it widened. To the naked eye, nothing dramatic could be seen yet. But Lin Mu watched as tribulation energy poured through the rift like a flood released from a dam.

Dark clouds began to gather.

At first, they were thin, wispy strands drifting unnaturally fast. Then they thickened, swirling violently as more energy poured into them. The clouds spiraled, layering over one another until the sky above Lin Mu darkened rapidly.