After the spiritual energy was restored: Goddess girlfriends came knocking.

When Lin Chu emerged from the secret realm.

The others were already waiting outside.

Everyone's aura has noticeably improved.

The sword intent in Ao Tianxin's eyes had not completely dissipated.

"You've grasped it?"

"A nascent form."

Ao Tianxin nodded, her tone calm, but she couldn't hide the smile on her lips.

Lin Chu looked around and saw that everyone had gained something, so he nodded in satisfaction.

"Let's go, let's continue."

On the tenth day, Lin Chu led his team to the fifteenth floor.

Along this journey, there were those who fought alone.

There is also team collaboration.

The first ten floors were completed in less than four days, a truly unstoppable advance.

After crossing the threshold of the tenth floor, the difficulty suddenly increased and the speed slowed down.

The tenth floor is a watershed moment.

And the name "Lin Chu" truly spread throughout the first half of the Imperial Road.

There weren't a huge number of people who reached the fifteenth floor of the Imperial Road, but there were also quite a few.

But almost none of them lasted only ten days.

It took Lin Yuan a full twenty days to reach the fifteenth floor.

Lin Che spent nearly a month on it.

Lin Chu not only broke the Lin family's internal record, but also alarmed the entire frontier region.

"Ten days, fifteen floors?"

"The two Lin brothers were already incredibly powerful, but this one is even more monstrous."

"The people around him are no pushovers either."

"Even the maids are top-notch among their peers, and they are efficient and clean in their actions."

At first, it was only the cultivators in the first half of the Emperor's Road who were discussing it.

Later on, even some of the most talented individuals who were in the middle of the twentieth or thirtieth floor heard about it.

The news spread like wildfire along the Imperial Road.

A variety of gazes were cast from different directions.

And among these gazes, almost no one noticed Sikong Jian standing behind them anymore.

……

The twelfth floor.

Sikong remained silent upon meeting.

He has done his best along the way.

From just a few steps apart at the beginning, to now being separated by a full three floors.

If it were just Lin Chu alone, that would be fine.

Unfortunately, everyone in that person's entourage was equally impressive.

The guards behind them dared not utter a sound.

A personal maid cautiously stepped forward.

"Holy Son, they outnumber us and are skilled in self-cultivation; they must know some shortcuts..."

That's enough.

Sikong interrupted.

The maid immediately fell silent.

Sikong Jian began to doubt himself for the first time.

It wasn't that he doubted his own talent.

At that moment, he was thinking about something else.

Is it because the people I brought into the Imperial Road were too incompetent?

The moment this thought popped into his head, it was like a thorn, making him feel uncomfortable all over.

If it weren't for these useless people holding me back, I wouldn't be this slow.

After a moment's thought, he stood up and spoke.

"I will proceed on my own from now on; you don't need to follow me."

The guards behind him were all taken aback, and the maid said urgently, "Your Highness, the Imperial Path is treacherous, you mustn't travel alone..."

Sikong Jian didn't turn around, only saying, "You guys do it yourselves."

After speaking, he took a step forward and his figure disappeared into the light screen.

Only the crowd remained standing there, looking at each other in bewilderment.

……

The twentieth floor of the Imperial Road.

In a huge valley.

This place is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with the mountains towering into the clouds, but the valley floor is surprisingly open.

Lin Chu stood on a protruding blue stone, with his hands behind his back, looking up at the sky.

Vast thunderclouds were surging in from all directions, layer upon layer.

It's been a month.

The first fifteen levels of the Imperial Road were completed in just ten days, but the difficulty increased dramatically with each subsequent level.

It took them a full twenty days to go from the fifteenth to the twentieth floor.

But it was worth it.

Because Ao Tianxin is about to break through.

Lin Chu let out a breath and glanced around at everyone.

Yu Sheng and Qi Jun stood on either side.

The four women, Liuying, Xianyue, Qingshuang, and Fuyao, each occupied one of the four corners, and had already placed the area within several miles under their guard.

Those who can reach this level are almost all successors of powerful forces from various realms, or some solitary cultivators who have stayed on the Emperor's Road for a long time.

But at this moment, no one dared to approach. They all stood far away on the edge of the cliff and above the clouds, looking into the valley with complicated expressions.

The tribulation lightning on the Emperor's Path is empowered by the power of laws; overcoming it will accelerate one's comprehension of those laws.

Who wouldn't covet the power of those laws? But the Tribulation of the Emperor's Path is even more ferocious.

Without sufficient foundation, one is courting death.

"What courage!" someone exclaimed sincerely.

"Otherwise, how could I be able to stay by that person's side?"

"That's Lin Chu? She's really... way too young."

The crowd hushed up, whispering amongst themselves.

Most people just watched with envy from afar.

In the past month, the name "Lin Chu" has become a hot topic in the area.

Lin Chu ignored the onlookers in the distance and instead glanced at the crowd inside the valley.

The four girls and Ao Tianxin didn't feel much pressure on these floors.

Although Yu Sheng didn't say it, he could no longer hide the strain he was putting on.

Qi Jun is alright. This kid has learned a lot of different things and has a lot of skills, so he is actually more relaxed than Yu Sheng.

Pulling her thoughts back, she turned her gaze back to Ao Tianxin.

The air grew increasingly heavy.

The spiritual energy around Ao Tianxin began to fluctuate violently.

The tribulation of lightning has arrived.

The Humanitarian Flame Technique slowly circulated within Lin Chu's body.

He is ready.

If Ao Tianxin wavers, he will use his luck to bless her.

With me here, no matter how fierce the tribulation is, I can give her a better chance of survival.

Lightning bolts crashed down from the clouds, as thick as mountain pillars.

At this moment, Ao Tian was moved.

He slashed out with a single stroke.

The flash of the blade collided with the thunder in mid-air.

"boom!"

A visible shockwave exploded outwards, scattering most of the spiritual mist in the valley.

Lin Chu narrowed her eyes but didn't move.

The second and third courses.

The lightning strikes came one after another, each one heavier than the last.

Ao Tianxin's knife became faster and faster.

The air was torn apart by the blade, only to be reignited by the lightning.

The entire valley was bathed in a blinding white light.

When the fourth thunderclap struck, the onlookers in the distance suddenly fell silent for a moment.

They saw Ao Tianxin's figure slowly blur beneath the thunderclouds.

Immediately afterwards, a clear dragon roar resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

A colossal dragon, its body entirely a deep blue, soared into the sky.

The dragon's body is long and slender with graceful lines.

The dragon's horns, claws, and tail—every line is breathtakingly beautiful.

A cold, aloof, and inviolable beauty.

"This dragon... how can it be so beautiful?"

"Otherwise, how could Young Master Lin have taken a liking to you?"

"Tsk, if I remember correctly, Young Master Lin is not even fourteen years old yet, right?"

"Keep your voice down, you can't just say things like that, you'll get an electric shock."

With the appearance of the dragon, the tribulation of lightning seemed to have no more scruples.

A crimson pillar of lightning pierced the heavens and earth, carrying with it anger and destruction.

The azure dragon that Ao Tianxin had transformed into raised its head and crashed into the lightning.

The sixth thunderbolt.

The seventh thunderbolt.

All the way up to the last dish.

The sky was almost entirely stained dark red.

Thunderclouds spun, and a blinding white spot lit up at their center.

Then, a bolt of lightning as thick as a pillar of heaven crashed down.

It was no longer just ordinary thunder.

On the lightning pillar, faint golden Dao patterns were swirling around.

The onlookers' expressions changed slightly.

"Law-based Lightning Tribulation!"

"Here it comes, here it comes."

At this time.

Ao Tianxin transformed back into human form.

A man, a sword, hovering in the heavens.

The lightning illuminated half of her body, making it shine brightly.

Then, draw the knife.

The blade flashed, slicing through the sky.

The lightning tribulation containing the laws was split in two.

The two halves of lightning fell to either side, crashing into the mountains and scattering rocks everywhere.

The thunderclouds in the sky looked as if their spines had been removed, collapsing outwards in concentric rings.

The wind stopped.

The sky brightened again.

A stream of pure and ethereal energy poured down from the heavens like a waterfall, merging entirely into Ao Tianxin's body.