40: Gene Storm? It's just my supplement!

As the terrifying aura within Lin Tian surged to the sky, the entire Sky City felt as if its heart had been fiercely clutched by an invisible, primeval beast!

Above the banquet hall, the sky, which had just returned to calm, once again saw the winds and clouds change color!

Endless energy, filled with destruction and violent aura, as if drawn by some mysterious power, furiously gathered from all directions, from every corner of the atmosphere, towards this place!

Above the Sky City, they formed a gigantic energy tidal vortex, covering the entire sky, with a diameter of over ten thousand meters, and filled with destructive aura!

The center of the vortex was no longer the simple energy fluctuation from before.

Instead, purplish-green, black-red, grayish-white... various terrifying energies representing destruction, Chaos, and annihilation, enough to make any Divine-Grade expert change color, furiously converged, rolled, collided, and annihilated, like billions of dancing world-destroying Dragons!

Finally, they formed a cataclysmic Chaos electromagnetic storm, capable of tearing space and twisting Law!

"This... this is... the legendary... 'Genetic Storm'!!!"

In the VIP section, the most authoritative genetic expert from the Federal Martial Dao Academy, upon seeing the formation of this Chaos electromagnetic storm, instantly had his face, which had been full of "reason" and "confidence," replaced by endless horror and fear!

He shrieked, his voice trembling with disbelief!

"That's right! Absolutely right! According to the oldest genetic literature, when an SSS-grade Mythical Gene undergoes its first major Realm leap, due to the leap in its gene sequence, it will trigger a violent backlash from the Laws of heaven and earth, thus bringing down this destructive 'Genetic Storm'!

"This is both a test and a Heaven-Defying tribulation! The success rate... is less than one in ten thousand! Once it fails, the Undergoing Tribulation will be completely torn apart and decomposed from the most basic genetic level by the violent energy, perishing in both body and spirit, leaving no trace behind!"

This "scientific" explanation, filled with despair, was like a basin of the coldest polar ice water, instantly extinguishing everyone's ecstasy and shock!

"What?! The success rate is less than one in ten thousand?!"

"What a joke! This... this isn't a Breakthrough? This is clearly suicide!"

Long Zhanye, The Empress Jade Maiden, and the rest of the close friends and family turned pale with fright, their hearts instantly sinking into an bottomless abyss! They would rather Lin Tian remain a Martial King forever than face such a terrifying, near-death Heaven-Defying tribulation!

"Quick! Chairman Li!" Long Zhanye anxiously roared at Martial God Li Qingcang beside him, "Quickly act! Gather all our strength, set up the strongest defensive barrier, no matter what, we must help Tian'er... block this storm!"

However, just as Li Qingcang and the others, with grave expressions, were preparing to intervene at all costs—

In the center of the storm, the young man surrounded by billions of lightning bolts slowly raised his head.

He refused.

A calm yet undeniable will was clearly transmitted through Mental Energy into everyone's minds.

"No need."

"This is... my fortune."

Under everyone's worried, confused, and even slightly "is this child scared silly" complex gazes, Lin Tian not only made no defensive posture.

Instead, he proactively sat down cross-legged.

Amidst countless lightning bolts, beneath the destructive storm, he moved with ease and remained composed.

He slowly closed his eyes, and at the same time, activated the two mythical trump cards within his body, which had long merged with him and transcended all Laws!

In his left chest, the [Pangu Body] Mythical Gene roared into operation! A towering pangu primordial being divine demon phantom once again appeared behind him, letting out a silent roar towards the sky, as if declaring his unyielding spirit and Battle Intent to this heaven and earth!

In his right chest, the [Heart of God] Mythical Gene Organ pulsed intensely! A golden heart phantom, constructed from endless runes of light, slowly emerged before his chest, radiating supreme Divine Might capable of purifying all and judging everything!

Immediately after, he performed a Heaven-Defying act that would drive the entire world mad and completely overturn all their perceptions!

He actually proactively, in reverse... guided the Chaos energy storm, which was powerful enough to tear apart Martial God and destroy everything, and which was like the most fatal poison to anyone else!

Like a long whale drawing water, he furiously absorbed it into his body!

"He's mad! He's completely mad!"

"He's seeking death! He actually wants to actively absorb the energy of the 'Genetic Storm'?!

"It's over... everything is over..."

Everyone's hearts were filled with despair.

However, the bloody scene of genetic collapse and Physical Body rupture they had envisioned did not occur.

The chaotic energy, violent enough to tear space, was instantly suppressed, decomposed, and refined by the terrifying Physical Body of the [Pangu Body], which was like a bottomless black hole, the moment it surged into Lin Tian's body!

And the Law fragments within it, filled with destruction and negative attributes, were completely cleansed and purified by the purifying Divine Power emanating from the [Heart of God], transforming into the purest, most Origin life energy!

"Transforming Heaven-Defying tribulation... into fortune!"

Li Qingcang looked at this miraculous scene, so shocked that he... murmured to himself.

The protagonist, with his counter-intuitive, unreasonable Heaven-Defying operation, forcefully transformed this greatest "danger" into his greatest "opportunity" to ascend to the heavens in one step!

...After an unknown amount of time.

Above the sky, the Chaos electromagnetic storm, which could make even gods change color, gradually subsided.

All the energy was absorbed, refined, and devoured by the cross-legged young man... completely.

The sky returned to clear again.

As if the cataclysmic doomsday scene just now was merely an absurd illusion.

And Lin Tian, after absorbing the last trace of energy, his cultivation, which had long reached its Bottleneck, finally, could no longer be suppressed!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

An aura far more terrifying, vast, and solid than at any previous time, surged within him, rising steadily and erupting with a roar!

Martial King Rank Peak... Bottleneck, broken!

One-star Martial Emperor!

Two-star Martial Emperor!

Three-star Martial Emperor!

His cultivation, propelled by this massive energy, broke through like a bamboo, achieving a... triple leap without any hindrance!

Finally, it steadily settled at the "Martial Emperor Rank" Middle Stage, enough to make most of the elders present feel ashamed!

[Narration: On the path of Martial Dao, one refines the Physical Body, opens the Qi Sea, condenses the Divine Palace, transforms into a true spirit, and finally becomes a Martial King. After Martial King, one draws the Laws of heaven and earth into the body to reshape the gene sequence, becoming a Martial Emperor. Above Martial Emperor, one draws the power of the Nine Heavens stars into the body to condense one's Natal Star, becoming S-grade (Star Realm); integrating myriad stars to evolve a Star River within the body, becoming SS-grade (Star River Realm); finally, controlling a Star Domain, where words become Law, becoming SSS-grade (Star Domain Realm), also known as... Demigod!]

After completing this miraculous "over-the-top return" style power Breakthrough, Lin Tian slowly stood up from the ground.

He felt the surging power within his body, hundreds of times stronger than before, as if he could move the Laws of heaven and earth and overturn rivers and seas with a single thought, and calmly returned to the crowd.

He walked to his cousin Jiang Luoling, who was already dumbfounded, her lively big eyes filled with adoration and affection.

Under her shy and surprised gaze, he once again reached out, and with a natural and doting gesture, pinched her cute little face, which was puffed up with nervousness.

Immediately, he made the clearest plan in his heart for his next actions.

"The banquet conflict has ended. Su Group has also been incorporated into the territory."

"Next, it's time to go to the S-grade [Atlantis] ruins to complete the next sign-in."

He paused, and a playful curve, like a farmer looking at his own crops, appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"It's also time... to find some time to see."

"How fat has Ye Fan's 'leek,' which I personally planted, grown on the fertile land of Kunlun Mountain."

A global storm thus came to an end.

And a brand new journey, full of unknowns and Treasure Troves, is about to begin amidst everyone's anticipation!