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Chapter 91 The Incarnation of Thunder

A secluded cloud-shroom on the back of Longhu Mountain.

Lin Shen sat cross-legged on the futon, his eyes slightly closed.

There were no footsteps.

Suddenly, a tall, blue figure appeared silently at the doorway, blocking the dim moonlight streaming in from outside.

The old Celestial Master Zhang Zhiwei stood there, his long, snow-white beard fluttering gently in the cool night breeze that swept through the hall, his thin face appearing even more profound in the flickering light of the lamp.

He did not step inside, his gaze calmly fixed on Lin Shen, a gaze that seemed to penetrate his skin and look directly at the surging thunderous essence within him.

The air seemed to freeze for a moment, with only the faint sound of the burning wick.

The old Celestial Master's voice broke the silence, "Winning in broad daylight, a cause for celebration. The honor of being the champion in the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony is not merely an empty title. As I promised..." He paused slightly, "...do you know what this means?"

Lin Shen slowly opened his eyes.

He did not get up, but simply raised his head slightly, his gaze calmly meeting the old master's.

"The position of Celestial Master".

The four words came out of Lin Shen's mouth clearly and steadily, without the slightest doubt or emotional fluctuation, as if he were stating a fact that had already been established.

This calm is even more unsettling than the blatant ambition.

After all, this is the position of Celestial Master.

He's about to receive the title of Celestial Master, yet he remains so calm...

The old Celestial Master's hands, which were behind his back, crossed almost imperceptibly within the wide sleeves of his robe.

The old Celestial Master's voice remained calm, showing no surprise whatsoever, as if Lin Shen's answer was already within his calculations. "The Celestial Master's ordination is the foundation of our Celestial Master's Mansion's lineage and a symbol of authority. Only by receiving the Celestial Master's ordination can one rightfully become the sixty-sixth generation Celestial Master. Since you aspire to this position, this is the path you must take."

He took a step forward, his wide sleeves fluttering without wind, and in his palm, a point of pure, golden light, seemingly able to illuminate the very essence of the soul, quietly emerged and condensed like the rising sun!

The Celestial Master's Decree! This is the core restriction passed down through the millennia of Longhu Mountain! It is power, authority, and an inescapable shackle of destiny!

Just as that golden light was about to leave the old Celestial Master's palm, carrying an irreversible sense of destiny as it enveloped Lin Shen's forehead—

Lin Shen's voice rang out!

The old master's hand gesture paused subtly for a moment.

"I want the position of Celestial Master."

"But this Celestial Master's Decree..." His gaze swept over the golden light that contained boundless power and restraint, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, "...rules are inanimate objects, power is fundamental. Why should my path through the deep forest need others to draw boundaries for me?"

The Celestial Master's Ordination is a forbidden technique.

It also holds all the secrets.

Including the origins of the Eight Extraordinary Skills.

However, this is also a restriction.

Lin Shen didn't want to be bound by anything.

All he wanted was the identity of the Celestial Master's successor!

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"boom--!"

The moment Lin Shen finished speaking, it was as if an invisible thunderclap exploded in the cloud room!

The golden light in the old Celestial Master's palm suddenly burst forth with an even more dazzling brilliance!

A powerful, majestic, and undeniably binding force, like an invisible golden chain, suddenly coiled around Lin Shen's soul!

At this moment, the dormant sea of ​​thunder within Lin Shen's body roared out completely!

"Zi la la——!"

Two forces of diametrically opposed nature, both reaching the pinnacle of this realm, collided in the most direct and dangerous way at the soul level within a small space!

The old Celestial Master's beard and hair flew wildly in the turbulent energy flow, and his blue Taoist robe fluttered in the wind.

The golden light in his palm remained steady, but the ripples in his deep eyes had turned into a raging storm!

He clearly felt that the power of the rules contained in the Heavenly Master's inheritance restriction, which was enough to easily suppress the souls of most extraordinary people in the world, actually collapsed the moment it touched the core of Lin Shen's violent thunderous will!

The stalemate lasted only a moment.

A complex light flashed intensely in the old celestial master's eyes.

Finally, the immense golden light that had been enough to shake the very foundation of the Celestial Master's Mansion abruptly receded like the receding tide, silently disappearing into his wide sleeves and vanishing without a trace.

The turbulent energy flow within the cloud chamber subsided instantly, leaving only a mess on the floor and a pungent smell in the air, testifying to the earth-shattering clash that had just taken place at the soul level.

The old celestial master slowly lowered his hand.

He watched as the azure lightning on Lin Shen's body gradually faded, and looked into the other's eyes, which had regained their indifference but seemed to have become even more profound after undergoing an invisible tempering. He remained silent for several breaths.

The mountain wind whistled softly through the broken window frame.

"Alright." The old Celestial Master finally spoke, his voice slightly lower than before, yet carrying an indescribable complexity, as if piercing through the dust of a thousand years. "The Celestial Master's ordination cannot be achieved in a day, nor can it be received by everyone. Since you have other thoughts in your heart, forcing it will be of no use."

"The position of Celestial Master is tied to the rise and fall of the Longhu Mountain Taoist lineage. It cannot be obtained solely by strength, but also requires virtue to match the position and a thorough understanding of the source of the Dharma."

The old celestial master's gaze became incredibly profound, as if he wanted to see through Lin Shen's soul completely. "The thunder within you is fierce and violent, reaching its extreme. However, isolated yang cannot produce life, and isolated yin cannot grow. Hardness cannot last, and softness cannot be maintained. The foundation of Longhu Mountain's thousand-year-old Taoist practices lies in the endless cycle of yin and yang."

He slowly raised his right hand. This time, there was no terrifying golden light of the Celestial Master in his palm. Instead, two balls of Qi of completely different nature rose up!

In the palm of his left hand, a ball of blazing white, pure, and supremely powerful lightning!

It leaped and crackled, like thousands of red-hot steel needles stabbing at each other, radiating a scorching, bright, and destructive aura!

As soon as it appeared, the remaining cold and damp air inside the cloud room was instantly evaporated, and the temperature rose sharply!

This is Yang Five Thunders—Crimson Palace Thunder! The manifestation of the Pure Yang Dharma of the Righteous One symbolizes the magnificent majesty and indestructibility of the Heavenly Way!

In the palm of his right hand, a viscous, pitch-black mass of gloomy lightning flowed and writhed like a living thing!

It is silent, yet it exudes a chilling cold and a powerful force of stagnation, devouring, and corrosiveness. Wherever it passes, even light seems to be absorbed and distorted, carrying a chilling sense of decadence and engulfment.

This is Yin Five Thunders—Water Organ Thunder! It is transformed from the Qi of Kidney Water leading Liver Wood, symbolizing the dark and profound nature of human desires and their ultimate softness and Yin!

One white and one black, one hard and one soft, like the yin and yang fish of Tai Chi, leaping and flowing in the old master's withered but steady palm.

The two seem to be completely opposite, but they subtly form a delicate balance in their flow, exuding a Taoist charm that is more harmonious and unfathomable than a single thunderbolt!

"This is the foundational method of my Longhu Mountain: Yin Five Thunders and Yang Five Thunders."

The old Celestial Master's voice was like the sound of an ancient chime, carrying a rhythm that pointed directly to the Great Dao: "Your thunder is domineering but lacks harmony. If you only know how to be fierce, you will eventually perish. These two methods are not meant to bind you, but to serve as a mirror. By learning them, you can glimpse the wonders of the Yin and Yang cycle, make up for your weakness of being too rigid and easily broken, and also... lay the foundation for you to truly control the power of the Celestial Master's Mansion in the future."

Instead of bestowing the title of Celestial Master, he was given the most core inheritance method of the Celestial Master's Mansion. This was an extremely subtle and profound signal—it was both an acknowledgment and expectation of Lin Shen's power, and also an invisible bond and test.

For the first time, Lin Shen's gaze was completely drawn to the two pulsating yin-yang lightning bolts.

The thunderous power within him seemed to have encountered a "kindred spirit" of the same origin but different nature, emitting an unprecedented buzz filled with exploration and longing!

He could clearly sense that the Yang Lightning's extreme strength and Yang energy were similar to the destructive properties of his own lightning, but it was purer and more refined, containing a sense of order from the "Dao"; while the Yin Lightning's extreme Yin energy and its ability to devour and corrode opened a door for him to a completely new realm of power application!

A completely different possibility: using softness to overcome hardness, using yin to erode yang!

"Okay."

The old Celestial Master's voice interrupted Lin Shen's thoughts. He watched as the old master moved his hands extremely slowly in front of him. The pure white Yang lightning in his left hand and the pitch-black Yin lightning in his right, following his profound gestures, began to approach, intertwine, and flow with each other in a seemingly slow but actually profoundly principled manner!

There was no earth-shattering collision, no force negating or annihilating it.

Under the master's exquisite control, which seemed to contain the principles of the universe's birth and death, the extremely strong Yang thunder and the extremely gentle Yin thunder began to slowly merge like two spirit fish with their heads and tails intertwined!

Strands of black veins flowed through the white lightning, and specks of white lightning leaped up from the black, dark thunder!

Within strength lies gentleness, and within gentleness lies strength! A miniature, ever-changing, and ever-changing thunderous Tai Chi diagram gradually takes shape between the old master's palms!

The moment the Tai Chi diagram took shape, an indescribable aura, seemingly the very essence of all things, quietly spread out!

It is no longer a simple destruction, but contains the new life after destruction, the budding of life in the midst of annihilation!

A profound and far more comprehensive "Dao" meaning, far surpassing the simple Yin-Yang Five Thunders, struck directly at the core of Lin Shen's understanding of the laws of thunder, like a silent, resounding bell!

A monstrous storm surged within Lin Shen's indifferent eyes in an instant!

That was a violent shock and reshaping of the understanding of the nature of power!

The thunderous essence within him vibrated and roared at an unprecedented frequency, as if a thirsty man had seen a naked beauty!

Countless new inspirations and possibilities regarding the use of lightning surged into his mind like a flood breaking through a dam!

So, thunder is not just about destruction! It can also be water, nourishing silently; it can also be a wheel, turning endlessly! The true path of thunder lies in the balance of strength and gentleness, the interplay of yin and yang!

The old master took in the intense soul tremor in Lin Shen's eyes.

His withered fingers gently touched the slowly rotating thunderous Tai Chi diagram.

The perfectly integrated Yin-Yang thunder Tai Chi diagram instantly disintegrated, transforming back into two pure beams of lightning, one white and one black, which, like weary birds returning to their nests, swiftly disappeared into Lin Shen's left and right palms respectively!

"boom--!"

Lin Shen's entire body trembled violently! His eyes instantly turned into a chaotic color interwoven with blazing white and dark black! On the left side of his body, pure white Yang Lightning power poured into his meridians like scalding lava, bringing a burning pain and an unparalleled sense of powerful expansion!

On the right side of his body, the pitch-black power of Yin lightning penetrated his bone marrow like an ancient cold current, bringing a bone-chilling cold and a heavy, sluggish feeling of being devoured!

Two completely opposite, yet fundamentally the same, forces clashed and tore apart within his body!

If it weren't for his own Rumble-Rumble Fruit-like affinity and powerful control over the power of thunder, any other person, even a top-tier expert, would probably have been torn to shreds by this violent clash of yin and yang, or gone mad and died from the reverse flow of qi and blood!

Lin Shen abruptly closed his eyes, no longer resisting the tearing pain, but instead immersing all his mind in the center of the energy storm within his body, which was like the beginning of chaos!

The "Thunder Domain" will, which belongs to the origin of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, is like the most domineering monarch. It begins to forcibly control, devour, and transform the newly born Yin and Yang energies with itself as the core!

"Sizzle... glug..."

Strange sounds emanated from his body.

The blazing white light of the Yang Lightning on the left side began to be tainted and assimilated by strands of a deeper, more violent gold! It wasn't a covering, but a fusion!

The golden lightning source, like a greedy glutton, tore and devoured the pure white Yang lightning power, merging it into its own destructive core, adding an indestructible penetrating and annihilating characteristic to its fierceness!