Chapter 668: Tier 6 Shark Bone Sword, Heavenly Gate Fragment (Two-in-One Updated)
As the thunder tribulation dispersed, the Thunder Tribulation Pool descended from the high sky, and Lin Houshou let out a long breath.
He leaped into the Thunder Tribulation Pool.
"Congratulations, Second Uncle!"
Lin Shiming was the first to offer congratulations.
Following Lin Shiming, Lin Houfei, Lin Houxuan, and Lin Houwei also spoke up.
"Congratulations, Second Brother!"
The entire clan of the Lin Family in the Sunken Iron Cavern was now offering their congratulations.
Currently, there were only four members of the Lin Family's Hou generation.
It was a great inspiration for people like Lin Houwei and Lin Houfei.
It was also of extraordinary significance for the entire Lin Family.
Because Lin Houshou's breakthrough meant that the Lin Family's formation prowess would once again be enhanced.
One must know, the Lin Family possessed a sixth-rank formation inheritance, but they simply lacked formidable formation cultivators.
Now that Lin Houshou had broken through, at the very least, he could become a superior-grade fifth-rank Array Master.
After all, before his breakthrough, Lin Houshou could already wield inferior-grade fifth-rank formations.
He could even set up some simpler intermediate-grade fifth-rank formations.
The Thunder Tribulation Pool quickly absorbed the energy, and Lin Houshou stepped out of it.
"Thank you, Shiming, for being a protector, and thanks to all the clan members!" Lin Houshou spoke with genuine emotion.
It was as if he recalled the words of encouragement from his mother during the Heart Demon Tribulation.
If it weren't for his initial selfless sacrifice, risking life and blood to elevate his formation cultivation level,
the Lin Family might not have been so smooth in their journey thereafter.
Now, as the Lin Family grew stronger, it could in turn feed back to him, allowing his cultivation level to break through.
The family's immortal cultivation path and Dao heart became more cohesive.
"Second Uncle, please stabilize your cultivation level first!" Lin Shiming congratulated and handed a top-grade Spirit Stone to Lin Houshou.
Although top-grade Spirit Stones were scarce nowadays, for consolidating cultivation levels, they were far superior to superior-grade Spirit Stones.
"No need to say more, Second Uncle will certainly help you set up the formation for your Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation!" Lin Houshou accepted the Spirit Stone and vowed.
These words brought a broad smile to Lin Shiming's face.
Lin Houshou soon returned to the Yin Yang Secret Realm to stabilize his cultivation level.
Meanwhile, Lin Shiming, noticing nothing wrong with the secret realm, sighed with relief.
Lin Shiming did not linger long in the Eastern Domain. Seeing no issues, he exchanged a few words with Lin Shimo and then exited the Eastern Domain and returned to the Southern Sea.
This time back in the Southern Sea, Lin Shiming directly entered the Cave Heaven.
Upon his previous return from Yunyue Island, he had encountered Flaming Sword's breakthrough, followed by his own secluded cultivation, advancing his physical body to the late Golden Core stage.
In fact, he had never taken out the gains he acquired on Yunyue Island.
He walked to a side of the Cave Heaven and took out several Storage Jade Bracelets.
And fragments of three Heavenly Gates.
These three fragments of the Heavenly Gate were the remnants cleaved by the Qiu Xue Sword.
Each fragment was small, only about bowl-sized, covered with mysterious Spirit Patterns.
These Spirit Patterns were beyond Lin Shiming's understanding, and he also discovered that the fragments were continuously attracting one another.
As if they were trying to recombine.
However, the attraction was weak, Lin Shiming could sense it but couldn't completely recombine them.
This scene reminded him of his Sword Storing Book.
After all, his Sword Storing Book was also composed of individual pages.
But with each acquisition, it could recombine completely, enhancing its power.
This led Lin Shiming to suspect that the Heavenly Gate could also recombine, potentially becoming a more complete spiritual treasure.
It might even reopen the Heavenly Gate, leading to another cultivation world.
This possibility left Lin Shiming feeling both hopeful and fearful.
He worried that the Heavenly Gate might once again connect to the Taiqian Shark Realm, but he hoped it could lead to other realms.
After all, the resources of this cultivation world would suffice for him to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, but to reach Divinity Transformation, he had to look to other realms.
Currently, this cultivation world's resources and inheritances only reached the sixth rank.
Achieving the seventh rank seemed nearly impossible, and even if it were feasible, it could take countless years, by which time Lin Shiming might not live that long.
[Please continue to perfect the Heavenly Gate fragments, and you will obtain a World Gate!]
The system prompt appeared promptly, not to Lin Shiming's surprise, except he suspected the Heavenly Gate had always been incomplete even before being cleaved.
The recovery of attraction was likely to take some time.
Knowing there was no possibility of connecting to the Taiqian Shark Tribe, Lin Shiming breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, he was sure their cultivation world would enslave the Human Race, and nothing good awaited him there.
He intended to transition realms to one where the Human Race was strong in cultivation.
Lin Shiming examined the Heavenly Gate fragments further, then placed the three together next to the Spirit Spring nearby.
This Spirit Spring was a gift from the Qingyun Fox Clan, potentially having magical effects, although if it didn't, it wouldn't affect Lin Shiming either.
As the Heavenly Gate fragments were placed close to the Spirit Spring, the three fragments indeed emitted a faint Spirit Light.
"The power of a Spiritual Treasure truly surpasses that of regular magical treasures!" Lin Shiming couldn't help but marvel.
No wonder only Divinity Transformation Stage cultivators can truly wield the full power of a complete Spiritual Treasure.
After storing the Heavenly Gate safely, Lin Shiming began inspecting the Storage Jade Bracelets.
These Storage Jade Bracelets were evidently the storage treasures of the Taigian Shark Tribe.
Lin Shiming had obtained two Storage Jade Bracelets from Shark Emperors and eighteen from Shark Kings.
As for the Great Demon Jade Bracelets, Lin Shiming didn't bother counting or examining them right away; he intended to check them all at once later.
He first retrieved the Storage Jade Bracelet of the first Red Shark Demon Emperor.
A Storage Jade Bracelet functions similarly to an ordinary Storage Bag, requiring only divine sense to remove the imprint.
However, what proved a bit challenging for Lin Shiming was that the divine sense of these Shark Emperors was not weak; even if they had fallen, the strength of their divine sense remained considerable.