You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

"All these years, I've always worried that if you couldn't receive the inheritance guidance of the Ultimate Path, what would happen..."

The Second Prince sighed, "Fortunately, back then, you suddenly became the number one genius of the Human Clan, qualified to gain the favor of Beiyuan Mountain, truly receiving the inheritance guidance of the Ultimate Path. Step by step, you've come to this day; though it has been rather challenging, it has ultimately been smooth."

Lin Yue paused for a moment and said, "So, even if I didn't kill Xia Lie at the time, second brother would probably still have captured Xia Lie for my refinement, right?"

"Indeed."

The Second Prince nodded lightly and said, "I, your parents... the chosen Seventeenth Prince was originally you. Even the Divine Emperor allowing Xiahou Shou to reincarnate as a prince was just to let someone refine Xiahou Shou's Divine Soul, to thereby find the things Xiahou Shou brought out from the Ancient World."

Lin Yue sighed and said, "I have to transcend first."

In Xiahou Shou's memories before proving the Dao, there was no trace of this aspect at all.

As to what exactly Xiahou Shou brought out from the Ancient World, he couldn't guess, but it was certainly extraordinary if it could drive the Divine Emperor to exceptional lengths, even causing the Divine Emperor to be severely injured.

However, this part of the memory belongs to the realm of proving and transcending; he can only receive this memory after transcending.

"Transcend?"

The Second Prince asked in confusion, "Shouldn't proving and transcending be quite simple for the Ultimate Path? The power of the Heaven and Earth Tribulation isn't really a threat to those like me who have grasped a part of the Ultimate Path, and it should be even less of a threat to you, right?"

"Speaking of the Heaven and Earth Tribulation..."

Lin Yue pondered for a moment and suddenly looked up at the endless sky of Eternal Night.

In an instant, his already perfect aura burst forth, spreading throughout the heavens and earth in a moment, beginning to break through the final shackle.

"Boom!!"

At this moment, it seemed as if the heavens and earth sensed his intention. The limitless power of heaven and earth, laden with implied fury, surged forward, and the void above for thousands of miles began to twist violently, transforming into a massive vortex of heaven and earth.

The incomparably terrifying power seemed like an omen before the end of the world.

Simultaneously, Lin Yue snapped his fingers, and an invisible spatial ripple spread out, sealing and hiding the heavens and earth for thousands of miles around this area.

Even if one were close by, they couldn't detect any anomalies in this region.

"Oh?"

The Second Prince raised his eyebrows slightly, "Already starting to prove the Dao directly?"

Perfect Harmonization, perfect Dao Heart, perfect Cultivation Technique.

With these three in Great Perfection, one can attempt to break through the last Heavenly Barrier between heaven and earth—

The Primordial Chaos!

The Five Elements Barrier, Four Symbols Barrier, Three Talents Pass, Liangyi Pass, Primordial Chaos.

These are the five Heavenly Barriers set up by heaven and earth.

When breaking through any Heavenly Barrier, the Inner Heaven and Earth within must detach and become independent, carrying away endless power of heaven and earth. This act of seizing from the heavens naturally leads to tribulation as a deterrent.

Which is crossing the tribulation to prove the Dao.

Normally, with the Heavenly Reversal Path, if the Cultivation Technique isn't powerful enough, and the Dao isn't comprehensive enough, even if prepared with many treasures to help with tribulation, there would be only a thirty to forty percent chance of passing this Heaven and Earth Tribulation.

But those who master a part of the Ultimate Path, if well-prepared, are almost certain to prove the Dao.

However, one must be well-prepared—heart realm, Inner Heaven and Earth state, and tribulation treasures all need to be ready; otherwise, if too hasty, it could be quite dangerous.

The Second Prince knew that Lin Yue, being in another layer of world rules in the Yanfu World, couldn't cross the tribulation to prove the Dao, and must return to Eternal Night to break the Primordial Chaos and trigger the Heaven and Earth Tribulation.

But... crossing the tribulation so hastily without preparation?

"Aren't you going to use tribulation treasures to dispel some of the power of heaven and earth?" the Second Prince asked.

If well-prepared with various tribulation treasures, they can disperse most of the power of heaven and earth, while also effectively mitigating some tribulation power, thus only needing to endure a small part of the Heaven and Earth Tribulation's might.

But without any preparation, a normal Heavenly-Reversal-to-Saint would surely meet death!

Even he, at that time, prepared some tribulation treasures to pass rather smoothly.

"No need."

Lin Yue shook his head slightly, looking up at the vast vortex of heaven and earth spanning thousands of miles, his expression unchanged.

Before long, the massive vortex of heaven and earth in the sky suddenly began to shrink rapidly; in just a breath, it reduced to a mere tens of miles radius at an astonishing speed!

The heaven and earth vortex became even more terrifying, rotating and tearing at the void wildly, attracting more power of heaven and earth to surge and gather, becoming even stronger.

Just the presence of the impending tribulation of proving the Dao was enough to make all the proving Daoists from the Ancient Era to now tremble in fear, or even despair!

"The most terrifying Heaven and Earth Tribulation..."

Even the Second Prince, seeing this terrifying tribulation of proving the Dao for the first time, couldn't help but whisper in awe.

And Lin Yue, from beginning to end, had no intention of interfering, merely observing quietly, as if waiting for the moment when the tribulation of proving the Dao grew to its limit.

Finally—

"Boom!"

When the already condensed and shrunken vortex of heaven and earth in the sky expanded again to a hundred-mile radius, it erupted with incomparably terrifying power. The forces of the Five Elements, the Four Symbols, and the Heaven and Earth Law... all gestated and burst forth within it, and at the center of the vortex emerged a beam of light.

It was a strange, grayish light, seemingly unremarkable, even without emitting any aura.

"Chaos Tribulation?"

Yet the Second Prince's eyes subtly changed, instantly recognizing the essence of that light.