What invincible Qi Yun is this! With the advanced theory of Magic Treasures appearing in his mind, Lin Bai understood the principle of the plantain fan. Then, he was shocked to discover that in the process of upgrading the plantain fan, every hammer blow had landed in the wrong place. To change the Yin Yang Fan into the plantain fan was nothing short of a miracle. It felt as if all the steps to solve a problem were wrong, but the answer came out correct... Other than this dog-shit Qi Yun, there was no other explanation. Lin Bai had been refining artifacts for three days. Qing Yun's Spiritual Power was once again depleted, leaving her visibly worn out. If it weren't for Lin Bai using the plantain fan to stir up the Heavenly Fire each time it leveled up, and the Eight Diagrams Furnace attracting the flames towards Qingmu, Qingmu would have started burning a long time ago. "Master, I can't hold on any longer." Seeing Lin Bai stop crafting, Qing Yun turned towards him, forced a smile, and said with great difficulty. Lin Bai nodded at her, swung the plantain fan in his hands, and fanned it towards the Heavenly Fire. The Heavenly Fire, sucked down from the cloud layer, vanished... "Holy crap, is that even possible?" "Why do I feel like it's even easier for Lin Bai to overcome the Heavenly Tribulation after he took over from Qing Yun?" "Are we sure this isn't a video game?" "If this isn't a game, then Lin Bai is surely the chosen one! Even the heavens are helping him!" "Helping him? If he was really being helped, why would he be struck by such a fierce Heavenly Tribulation? Couldn't they just send down a couple of easy ones?" "The heavens can't make rules they themselves violate. Besides, being the chosen one doesn't always mean smooth sailing. Sometimes adversity is part of growth..." "But I believe Lin Bai's journey is full of smooth sailing!" On the live stream screen, an enthusiastic discussion broke out among the Players, and the voices that had previously bet against Lin Bai suddenly disappeared. However, the executives of the consortium were no longer worried as before. After all, even if Lin Bai survived the Heavenly Tribulation, he would eventually ascend to the Fairy World. Their plans revolving around Lin Wu Bai would hardly be affected. 「In contrast, the natives were in shock.」 "Incredible, he can even extinguish Heavenly Fire. It's fortunate we lured Lin Bai into this Heavenly Tribulation; otherwise, the Cultivation World could have been destroyed by him alone," lamented a Great Cheng from the Heavenly Dao Sect. "When he's gone, we'll still have to deal with Lin Wu Bai. It's not going to be easy," replied an elder from the Beast Taming Sect, who was riding a Flying Dragon. "..." The Great Cheng from the Heavenly Dao Sect turned to look at him but did not bother to respond to the jinx. "Fellow Daoists, do you think that if Lin Bai were to ascend, even our ancient predecessors who have already ascended to the Fairy World might be helpless against him?" The Great Cheng of the Tool Refining Sect, who was watching the plantain fan in Lin Bai's hand very closely, asked. "Even with the Heavenly Tribulation still on him, he is able to refine a Divine Artifact capable of annihilating Heavenly Fire. No one in our sect has such talent." "That's a problem for the ancient beings in the Fairy World. It has nothing to do with us," said the Great Cheng of the Heavenly Dao Sect. "We are Great Cheng, and we may soon have to ascend too," said the elder from the Beast Taming Sect. "Then, we might have to face Lin Bai..." Just one sentence, and everyone glared at him. The Great Cheng from the Heavenly Dao Sect glared at him fiercely and said, "What's the big deal about extinguishing the Heavenly Fire? The Heavenly Tribulation shows no signs of weakening, and there are more than twenty days till the end of the Heavenly Tribulation. Lin Bai will definitely not survive this Heavenly Tribulation..." The Heavenly Fire was extinguished. It quickly emerged from the cloud layer again. Lin Bai fanned again, and the fire was extinguished again. This repeated several times. Lin Bai, a bit impatient, turned to the exhausted Qing Yun and handed her the fan. "I'll handle the Heavenly Tribulation. You extinguish the fire and recover your Spiritual Power on the side." Getting sucked into a Card for the first time, no matter how severe the injury, you'll respawn at full health and status. However, after becoming a Puppet, once you've expended energy, pulling you back into the Card isn't going to help you recover immediately. Although it's faster than recovering on your own... At this moment, Lin Bai shared his strength with Qing Yun. He absolutely mustn't pull her back into the Card. He preferred letting her slowly recover... Otherwise, it would collapse instantly. Moreover, when Qing Yun recovered, the Spiritual Power she absorbed would increase Lin Bai's strength. Given Lin Bai's meticulous nature to his very bones, how could he possibly put her in the Card to recover Spiritual Power? Qing Yun didn't understand the trick and nodded. She extinguished the fire while silently recovering her strength. Lin Bai then glanced at the Disciples on Qingmu who were in a daze and said, "Why are you all so dumbfounded? Seize the time to practice. The more your strength increases, the more chances you'll have to survive. As your master, I am fighting my life out here. What does it look like when you just watch me struggle?" Everyone gratefully accepted the order. Seeing that Lin Bai had finally stopped Artifact Refining, Gu Yi, who had been maintaining the Alchemy Furnace, carefully asked, "Alliance Hierarch, what kind of pill is being refined in this furnace?" "Who knows? Anyway, they are all good stuff. If you want, you can call it Heavenly Tribulation Pill. After all, it is refined with Heavenly Tribulation's fire," Lin Bai said. "…" Gu Yi was speechless. Seeing that the Rootless Fire in the Eight Diagrams Furnace was about to extinguish, Lin Bai turned to Qing Yun. "Qing Yun, send a wisp of fire down into the Alchemy Furnace. The pill hasn't been destroyed yet; maybe we can really refine something good." After the threat of the Heavenly Fire was removed, the Golden Lightning was relatively easier to deal with. The power of the Golden Lightning was several times stronger than ordinary lightning, and it had the effect of jolting the Divine Soul. But whether it was Lin Bai or Qing Yun, under the blessing of the Spirit Fruit, their Divine Souls had been condensed to the extreme. The Golden Lightning had hardly any effect in shocking their Divine Souls. Over two days, Lin Bai's Spiritual Power was almost depleted. Qing Yun took over the support while Lin Bai took the time to recover his Spiritual Power. With the blessing of the War God System, Lin Bai's recovery speed was ten times that of Qing Yun. It took Qing Yun two days to barely recover less than half of her Spiritual Power, while it only took Lin Bai just over eight hours to fully recover. This speed left Qing Yun speechless and filled her with confidence in surviving the Heavenly Tribulation. Under the Heavenly Tribulation, the speed of consumption far exceeded the speed of recovery. If Lin Bai had the same recovery speed as her, he wouldn't be able to fully recover by the time she was spent and had to replace him. When she was depleted, Lin Bai would only have recovered a quarter. If this cycle kept repeating, their failure to replace each other would mean the end for everyone. But Lin Bai's recovery speed was ten times faster than hers. Both of them could fully recover after a few cycles. They didn't need to worry about an interval in Spiritual Power. At most, Lin Bai would have to work a bit harder... Qing Yun sneaked peeks at Lin Bai. The more she looked, the more she felt satisfied with this cheap master. Thıs content belongs to 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭·𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦·𝘯𝘦𝘵 Being pulled into the Heavenly Tribulation by Lin Bai is truly the luckiest thing that happened to her in her entire life. If it wasn't for him, she wouldn't have had the chance to survive the Heavenly Tribulation for the rest of her life; she could only have barely survived in sleep... Hold a world-class cooking competition and win the title of "Food God" in the competition (completed); Reward: Absolute Suppression (when cooking, you have absolute control over the ingredients). While the two of them were alternately opposing the Heavenly Tribulation, Lin Bai even had the opportunity to divert some of his attention to control Lin Si Bai and complete the cooking competition. The System was fair enough and didn't count the task as failed just because of his divided attention. At the moment Lin Si Bai was awarded the title of "Food God," Lin Bai's prize was granted in sync. The Cooking God System also issued a new task. A Kitchen God is also a God, revered and untouchable. Win a battle with your same-level opponent using your culinary Skills to display your combat prowess. Reward: The Sacredness of Cooking Cannot Be Violated (While cooking, your highest defensive value increased thirtyfold). Highest defensive value increased thirtyfold? Lin Bai looked up at the Heavenly Tribulation. His defense value was shared with Qingmu. If it increased thirty times, could he withstand the Heavenly Tribulation directly? Even if he couldn't withstand the Heavenly Tribulation directly, the defensive power increased by thirty times while cooking would be enough to give a same-level opponent a lot of headaches. As he expected, the rewards from the System became more bizarre as he progressed. Thankfully, he hadn't given up on the Cooking God System back then. But where could he find an opponent of the same Level in the midst of the Heavenly Tribulation? Who else in the world was as powerful as Qingmu? Of course, if he stored the Qing Yun Card away, his Level would immediately drop to the Transcendance Tribulation Stage. Then it would be easy to find an opponent of the same Level. But he wouldn't store Qing Yun's Card away, not when the Heavenly Tribulation was looming... It seemed that this task would have to be completed after he passed the Heavenly Tribulation. Lin Bai pondered, then focused his attention on the new Skill of absolutely controlling ingredients. Ingredients? What's the definition of ingredients? From a human's perspective, all fruits, vegetables, meats, eggs, and milk which can be listed in recipes are considered ingredients... From a Demon Beast's perspective, humans can also be considered ingredients. All things can be listed in the cookbook! Lin Bai's mind flashed with the recipes of the eight major cuisines, and he thought to himself, it seemed the definition of ingredients was quite broad... After glancing at Gu Yi, who was still controlling the fire and doing Alchemy, Lin Bai looked up at the falling lightning and suddenly asked, "Qing Yun, if the Heavenly Fire can be used for Alchemy, is it possible to add lightning to the recipe?" Qing Yun was taken aback. Gu Yi was briefly seized with a tremor, then silently continued the alchemical process. He knew nothing about the principles of Lin Bai's Way of Cooking, and could not participate in such a profound topic... "How can you cook with lightning, seeing that it's not a living thing? Plus, it's fleeting, and won't work as an ingredient! Even if you managed to make a dish out of it, no one would dare to eat it. One bite, and they'd be struck dead..." Qing Yun laughed, thinking Lin Bai was just making a joke. "That's true. Thinking about using lightning for cooking is indeed being a bit ambitious." Lin Bai shook his head and laughed. "But lightning brings high temperature, and when it falls, it creates a strong electric field. I think it might be possible to use it in the preparation of ingredients. If we can get the right timing, it may enhance the taste of the food." "..." Qing Yun looked at Lin Bai, who was babbling, with a puzzled expression and suddenly felt a chill in her heart. "Master, you're not really planning to use lightning to cook, are you?" she asked. "It wouldn't hurt to try," Lin Bai said. The Spring Breeze Turns Into Rain Technique could even help Qing Yun grow, so he was conjecturing that the Cooking God System's absolute control of ingredients Skill might be useful. Heavenly Fire could be used in Alchemy, so why couldn't lightning be used in cooking? What if it worked? "Master, you can't just play around with this," Qing Yun quickly warned. "A single Golden Lightning strike nearly cleaved my body in two. If you're struck by it, you'll be severely injured, if not die. It would be better if we just calmly endure the Heavenly Tribulation..." "Qing Yun, as the Heavenly Tribulation gets stronger and stronger, our ability to withstand it wanes. What do we do when it exceeds our limit? Now that there's already Heavenly Fire, what should we do if something like karmic fire appears next? We have to take risks when necessary. I sense there's still room for breakthroughs in the Way of Cooking…" Lin Bai said. "What's karmic fire?" Qing Yun asked. "Never mind. Would you take care of your junior brother and sister below while I try cooking with lightning?" Lin Bai said, acting on his idea immediately. He pulled out the Card which sealed the Flying Dragon, releasing the groggy creature, then drew his cleaver, sliced off its two legs with a swift chop, and then sealed it back into the Card. Qing Yun was dumbfounded. Below, the Little White Fox couldn't help but swallow and mumbled, "Master, is he going to cook right now? Who has the mood to eat the food he cooks at a time ?" Xu Longyun furrowed her brows. At this moment, with all eyes on him, Lin Bai, confident with his high skill level, had already prepared the ingredients. He motioned for Qing Yun to allow a hole in the protective shield for a lightning bolt to strike down. Qing Yun did as asked. Even though she did not agree with Lin Bai's course of action, deep down she hoped for a miracle to happen. After all, Lin Bai was right. As the Heavenly Tribulation became increasingly stronger, there was less room for caution... A Golden Lightning bolt struck down. Lin Bai, completely focused, raised the Rear Leg of Flying Dragon to face the falling lightning at the exact moment it struck... The Skill of Absolute Suppression over ingredients was unleashed. The lightning struck the Rear Leg of Flying Dragon and became a part of the cooking process. In an instant, it was impeded and astonishingly unable to break through the Flying Dragon's hind leg to transmit to Lin Bai's body. The Golden Lightning could only bounce back and forth on the huge Flying Dragon's hind leg, making crackling sounds of electric current. Under the scorching of lightning, the dragon's leg emitted an alluring aroma... The moment Lin Bai raised the Flying Dragon's leg to face the lightning, Dazzling Cooking forcibly activated. Inside and outside of the Heavenly Tribulation, everyone's eyes naturally focused on Lin Bai. Luckily, Qing Yun was prepared. Despite turning her head to look at Lin Bai, the shield protecting everyone remained motionless, preventing a potential team wipe. "It worked! It's really feasible!" Lin Bai exclaimed excitedly. His absolute control over ingredients means that external damage cannot disrupt the food he is cooking, including the Heavenly Tribulation. Even if the lightning doesn't strike the Flying Dragon's leg, the moment it does, it's naturally intercepted by him... Qing Yun's throat constricted, and she swallowed instinctively. Watching the Flying Dragon's leg, sparkling with Golden Lightning, she felt as if she had lived her whole life in vain. "What... what is the principle behind this?" "As long as I'm here cooking a grand feast, theoretically, I can intercept all the lightning within the ingredients," Lin Bai's excited voice was trembling. "Even the most formidable Heavenly Tribulation isn't scary! Qing Yun, we can overcome the Heavenly Tribulation..." Before his words faded, perhaps Lin Bai's arrogance provoked the Heavenly Tribulation. The small hole in the shield that Qing Yun had opened to let lightning in for Lin Bai's cooking suddenly tore wider, and a bucket-thick lightning bolt fell directly on Lin Bai's head. Lin Bai, who was concentrating on cooking, clearly couldn't react in time to defend himself. Everyone's eyes bulged, and they cried out in unison. People like Xu Longyun turned pale, nearly fainting. Outside the Heavenly Tribulation, many Cultivators who were drawn in by Dazzling Cooking and shocked at Lin Bai using the Heavenly Tribulation to cook food watched the astonishment on their faces transform to ecstasy. Indeed. If one does nothing, they won't die. If he had honestly faced the Heavenly Tribulation, he might have lived for a few more days. But he had to try and use the Heavenly Tribulation to cook, and brought about his own doom! The Golden Lightning accurately struck Lin Bai's head. His hands loosened, and the Flying Dragon's leg he was processing fell. The clothes on his body instantly vaporized. Immediately after, his skin tore, and a large mouthful of blood spewed out... Strike while he's vulnerable! Take his life! The Heavenly Tribulation seriously injured Lin Bai. The Golden Lightning, now stronger than before, struck Lin Bai. When Lin Bai was struck by lightning, Qing Yun lost control of her spirituality, and the defensive shield weakened considerably. The Golden Lightning easily ripped through her defensive shield. She looked desperate and spat out a mouthful of blood. It's over! But in the very next second, the severely injured Lin Bai suddenly opened his eyes, cried out in rage, and raised his cleaver to slash at the sky. Wind swirled, clouds shifted. One slash. All the falling lightning disappeared. The force of the blade didn't lessen but directly charged into the tribulation clouds. With a RUMBLE, the dense tribulation clouds were actually split in two by the force of the blade, exposing the azure sky above. The Heavenly Tribulation that had been roaring for dozens of days suddenly stopped... Everyone was dumbstruck. And Lin Bai, who had just unleashed this earthshaking blade force, tilted his head and fell straight down from the sky.