Zi Linling shook her head, her previous high regard instantly turning to dismay.
It seemed her change in status had left the innkeeper flustered.
Zi Linling casually glanced at the innkeeper, whose legs were trembling, and found it rather amusing.
However, she paid him no mind, instead turning her attention to Fan Chou. "Do you have any news of your master?"
The words "your master" immediately perplexed the innkeeper.
Fan Chou remained silent, instead looking at the innkeeper.
The innkeeper suddenly snapped back to attention, understanding Fan Chou's meaning.
"Master, Your Highness, please chat at your leisure. I will go attend to the counter first."
With that, without waiting for Zi Linling or Fan Chou to speak, he retreated, closing the door behind him.
It was worth noting that the door to Heavenly Room Number Two possessed a function to isolate sound and divine sense probes.
Fan Chou then spoke, "Reporting to the Princess Consort, the Prince has sent no further news since arriving at the Dark Abyss!"
"Oh?"
Zi Linling let out a soft hum and fell silent, tapping her fingers on the table in thought.
In fact, she was experiencing a very bad feeling, which was precisely why she had chosen to come to the Fengyu Tower.
As she remained silent, Fan Chou naturally stayed quiet.
The room fell into silence, with only the rhythmic tapping of her fingers seeming to strike Fan Chou's heart with each beat.
A fine sheen of sweat soon appeared on Fan Chou's forehead.
It was no wonder, given that Zi Linling's aura was no less oppressive than that of Ye Lingyuan.
After a long while, Zi Linling finally spoke softly, "Quickly investigate the location where your master arrived at the Dark Abyss!"
"Hoo..."
Fan Chou breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "Yes! Princess Consort!"
With that, he vanished from Heavenly Room Number Two.
Fan Chou, having narrowly escaped, glanced back in fear before hurrying off to his task.
A few minutes later, Zi Linling also exited the room.
The innkeeper approached, saying, "Miss Zi... Master, Heavenly Room Number One has been prepared. You can move in anytime!"
Zi Linling nodded and, without pausing, left Fengyu Tower.
She oriented herself and then sped towards the forest outside Dongfang City.
As for why?
It was because, just moments ago, she had suddenly found a breakthrough opportunity.
And the reason she wasn't breaking through in the room was her premonition that the commotion from her breakthrough would be quite significant.
Zi Linling exited Dongfang City and sped along, soon reaching the center of the forest.
The reason for choosing this location was that she had inadvertently discovered that the central area of this forest was not a forest at all, but a vast desert.
This phenomenon was extremely strange, and no one knew its cause.
Zi Linling arrived at the center of the desert and scanned it with her immense divine sense, finding no traces of beasts. Sudan Novels.
She then sat down cross-legged and began to sense the fleeting opportunity she had just experienced.
In her Sea of Consciousness, a thousand-zhang tall gate stood, separating the Sea of Consciousness from its depths.
She knew this was the barrier to her breakthrough.
The "Human Emperor's Medical Tome: Cultivation Method" spun rapidly, and a vortex of spiritual energy appeared above Zi Linling's head.
The spiritual power within a thousand-mile radius, as if drawn by a magnet, surged into the vortex.
Zi Linling's mind moved, guiding the force of the vortex through her brow into her consciousness.
The immense spiritual power impacted the thousand-zhang gate.
Zi Linling's divine sense transformed into a miniature figure, kneeling before the gate and kowtowing heavily.
She already had experience; each breakthrough beyond a peak required her to personally knock open this gate.
With the first kowtow, the Sea of Consciousness churned with wind and clouds.
The gate vibrated with a hum but remained unbreakable.
With the second kowtow, the Sea of Consciousness was roiled by surging waves.
The gate rang louder, yet still showed no signs of opening.
With the third kowtow, the Sea of Consciousness was engulfed by towering waves.
The gate trembled and a barely visible crack appeared on its surface.
Fourth kowtow!
Fifth kowtow!
...
Zi Linling, drawing upon her previous two experiences, continued one after another.
After a day, she had completed three thousand kowtows.
The crack on the gate had become significantly clearer.
Zi Linling's forehead was already stained with blood.
Damn it! This was even harder than the previous two times.
Zi Linling cursed inwardly as she continued to kowtow, observing the gate's changes.
The second day passed!
Zi Linling had now kowtowed six thousand times, but the gate had only acquired more cracks and showed no sign of shattering.
Her mind was becoming hazy, and her neck and waist seemed no longer her own.
But she dared not stop.
"One burst of energy, then it wanes, then it depletes."
This was the way of warfare, and even more so for breakthroughs.
If she could not knock open this gate in one go this time, the next opportunity would be a distant prospect.
The third day passed, and Zi Linling had kowtowed eight thousand nine hundred times.
Due to her physical exhaustion, she had performed one hundred fewer kowtows than on the first day.
By this time, the cracks on the gate were dense and numerous.
The gate appeared precarious, yet it still stood stubbornly.
Zi Linling's consciousness was already swimming.
Everything she did was driven by instinct, requiring no thought.
On the fourth day, after Zi Linling performed another one thousand one hundred kowtows, a resounding boom echoed in her mind.
Simultaneously, her hazy consciousness finally cleared.
Because the gate had finally shattered with a roar, and spiritual energy instantly swept through her entire mind.
The intense pain made her wish for death, but she had no choice but to grit her teeth and persevere.
As the gate collapsed and spiritual energy surged in rapidly, the sky suddenly turned dark.
This was... Heavenly Tribulation?!
Zi Linling couldn't help but curse!
She had witnessed Ye Lingyuan undergo a minor divine tribulation and recognized the aura of a heavenly tribulation.
What she couldn't understand was why others broke through to the Saint King realm without a hitch, while she had to face a heavenly tribulation!
Preposterous!
Utterly preposterous!
The reason, of course, was that after breaking through to the Saint King realm, her combat power could already rival the peak Emperor realm, or even the minor divine realm.
Therefore, she had also broken through to the limit of the Tianyuan Continent, which was why she had attracted the heavenly tribulation.
Naturally, Zi Linling was unaware of this reason.
She looked at the rapidly gathering thunderclouds in the sky, feeling utterly dejected.
But giving up resistance was absolutely impossible for her.
Because her life had always been hers to control, not dictated by heaven, and the word "give up" did not exist in her vocabulary.
"Fine, since it's like this, then let me test just how powerful this preposterous heavenly tribulation truly is!"
Zi Linling muttered to herself, then focused her attention with utmost intensity.