Ever since Lin Tang caused a ruckus at the Yaochi Heavenly Palace, the Heavenly Maiden had stopped saying anything at all. If Ning Yuexi wanted to continue cultivating, she was free to do so; the Heavenly Maiden neither opposed nor helped. In her subsequent cultivation, Ning Yuexi had to rely on asking Lin Tang for advice on the many things she didn't understand just to stumble through her advancent.
"Damn it, so much for being a deity! So stingy. I despise her!" Lin Tang cursed. He then dragged out the incarnation of the Lord of Gluttony. "Gluttony, tell , how should I solve this?"
The Lord of Gluttony, who was already as thin as a rail, had a face as shriveled as a mouse's. His beady little eyes darted around as he raised his hands and pleaded his case. "Please, I was born a god naturally. I have nothing to do with cultivators like the Heavenly Maiden who switched to the path of gods. How would I know anything about the problems you cultivators face? I'm just a complete novice who knows nothing!"
BANG!
Lin Tang kicked him away. "Useless! What good are you!"
Next, he tried to communicate with the Yin Yang Mirror. "Bro! Hey, bro? BRO!"
The Yin Yang Mirror, which had been playing dead, couldn't stand his twenty-four-hour harassnt. "I already told you, I don't have a gender! But if you absolutely have to assign one, it would be female! Can you please stop calling that? What the hell is a 'bro'?!" it protested frantically.
"Alright, alright, I won't call you bro anymore. So, little brother, tell , how do I deal with these madness factors?"
"Little... brother?"
The Yin Yang Mirror almost coughed up blood. Does it think I don't know the other aning behind that na?
In the end, worn down by the incessant pestering, the Yin Yang Mirror finally caved. "The madness factors in the spiritual energy you absorbed weren't a trick by the Demon Emperor Taiyi. Rather, they're inherent to the vast amounts of spiritual energy he absorbed from deep space and other dinsions. After becoming a deity, the greatest flaw is the constant need to resist various forms of madness. If you can't, you'll beco completely lost, turning into a mindless lunatic bent on destruction—no different from being dead. You already knew this, didn't you?"
"I see!" Lin Tang had a sudden realization. So, all this ti, the spiritual energy from the depths of space was contaminated and inherently carried madness factors. Even deities had to constantly absorb spiritual energy while simultaneously resisting the madness within it. If even they couldn't completely purge it and could only passively resist...
"This is trouble!" Lin Tang felt a headache coming on. "Is there really no solution?"
The Yin Yang Mirror spoke indifferently, "Compared to a deity, you've only absorbed a minuscule amount of mad spiritual energy. As long as you can endure it and stop recklessly absorbing this type of energy, you won't need to worry about this little bit of madness, given the strength your Divine Sense will have at the Nascent Soul Stage."
"You make it sound so easy... Wait, sothing's not right. You've absorbed far more spiritual energy than I have. How co you're perfectly fine?"
"As I said, I am an object, not a living being. Why should I fear so-called madness?"
"Uh—" Lin Tang was at a loss for words.
Seeing him deflated, the Yin Yang Mirror snorted quietly. I'm an Immortal Artifact! What are re madness factors from the mortal realm to ? Wasn't this Lin kid pretty sharp as a child? Now that he's grown up, he seems to be regressing. His intelligence is genuinely concerning!
"Damn it, I'll risk it! Who says a few madness factors can make my breakthrough fail? I refuse to believe it!" Lin Tang steeled his heart and decided to go all in. It was a gamble. He would ignore the madness factors and force his breakthrough. Life or death would be decided in this one move!
Just as he was about to ignore everything and forcibly charge toward the Golden Core Peak, the Yin Yang Mirror spoke up faintly. "There are two thods you could consider."
"Tell !" Lin Tang's face lit up, and he was all ears.
"First," the Yin Yang Mirror said, "bind yourself to the nation's fortune and let the countless mortals share the burden of the madness factors' impact. In reality, when deities resist madness, they don't just rely on their own endurance; they also have their vast numbers of believers help shoulder a portion of it. This is also why the believers of so deities warp into monsters."
"That..." Lin Tang hesitated. He shook his head. "Let's forget that. I neither want to fight for countless mortals, nor do I want to owe them anything. What's the second thod?"
"Second, cultivate both martial arts and immortal techniques. Push your martial arts cultivation to the level of a Heavenly King or even a War God. The path of martial arts may lack the profound and versatile power of cultivation, but it offers a unique thod for tempering one's willpower. When your martial arts reaches a profound realm, your will shall be like iron and your spirit like steel, allowing you to fearlessly face common madness factors."
"I understand now!" Lin Tang felt as if he had been enlightened. He had completely forgotten about martial arts, but now, it seed absolutely necessary to pick it back up again.
He imdiately shared this precious piece of experience with Ning Yuexi.
"What, practice martial arts? But my aptitude for it has always been diocre..." Ning Yuexi fretted.
Hearing this, Lin Tang gloated, "Sorry, but I happen to be a genius in martial arts, too. Your worries are sothing I'm destined to never understand."
Are you insane?! Who compares themselves to their own wife like this?! You heartless, shaless scumbag... Don't you know how to dote on at all...
"Don't worry too much," Lin Tang finally said, comforting her. "I'll co by for secret rendezvous with you often. I'll also help you with Yijing Cleansing to speed up your martial arts progress. Plus, with your Luli Pure Body, which can accommodate anything, you should be able to handle it."
Ning Yuexi's expression softened, but she grew worried again. "What secret rendezvous... that sounds so awful! If you co to see often, isn't that like dancing on the edge of a knife? Taking such risks again and again... if the Heavenly Maiden catches you..."
"Well, who was it that insisted on staying when I wanted to take you with ? For my wife, I'd brave a mountain of swords and a sea of flas! There's no ti like the present. I'm coming over right now!"
"Hey, wait a minute..."
「Elsewhere, at the crater of the Heavenly chanism Martial Alliance's volcano.」
Xiao Xuanye had long since led a large troop to join the alliance, greatly expanding its numbers. Above the main signboard of the Heavenly chanism Martial Alliance, a new plaque had been added, personally inscribed by His Majesty—"State Preceptor's Mansion"!
The last ti Lin Tang went to the capital to receive the National Guardian dal, Xiao Xuanye had managed all the affairs at the venue. Afterward, he was indeed pardoned and reinstated to his forr post. He then chose to follow State Preceptor Long Tianji, becoming his subordinate. He enrolled the n he brought with him as mbers of the alliance, and they all began to learn and practice the Celestial Stars Formation together. He himself trained diligently without any distractions, while also having technical personnel install nurous signal base stations in the area to maintain constant communication with Yan Qinghe and the others.
Just then, he heard Yan Qinghe's cheerful voice over the call. "Xuanye, our princess is heading your way. Please be in charge of receiving her."
"Her Highness is actually coming here? Understood. I will go and greet her personally at once." Xiao Xuanye nodded.
Not long after, Jiang Mulu, accompanied by her female bodyguards, leaped down from a helicopter, rubbing her ears, which were aching from the noise. She let out several sneezes. As delicate as she was, she found the harsh environnt here difficult to adapt to. But she forced herself to endure it and hurried toward the room where Lin Tang's avatar was housed.
The next mont, she ca face-to-face with Wei Zichu. Their eyes t, and sparks seed to fly.
So this is Brother Lin's little wife? She's not all that impressive!
So this is the one coveting Big Brother Lin? I hear she's a princess, too. How utterly shaless!
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