"Low profile, low profile." Yun Jin was exceedingly modest. "This was just a small matter, nothing worth celebrating. Everyone knows I'm a little thin-skinned, so there's no need to make a fuss over such a trivial thing."
Di Xiao arched a brow.
Hm?
Since when did Yun Jin suddenly start keeping such a low profile?
"You all spreading the news won't get much traction anyway. Better to just cut together the grand feature movie when the time comes!" Yun Jin added immediately.
Di Xiao found he wasn't surprised in the slightest. In fact, he even felt this was exactly what he should have expected.
"Oh, right, Yuan Yuan. The special effects for this movie will be your responsibility." Yun Jin remembered something and quickly said, "I'll have someone pass the materials to you later. Be sure to get the effects just right."
With a ready-made high-tech automaton like Yuan Yuan, it would be a waste not to make use of him.
Yuan Yuan was delighted he could be of help and readily agreed.
"Master," Zhu Zhu asked curiously, "the thunder tribulation looked so terrifying earlier, but why did it seem like it didn't affect you at all?"
The instant Yun Jin made her move, the thunder tribulation simply vanished.
It made the earlier display of thunder and fury feel rather hollow.
Yun Jin clenched her fist slightly and sighed. "That thunder tribulation's power wasn't bad. One would need at least Di Xiao's level of strength to stand a chance of surviving it."
Di Xiao's face darkened again. So she really was treating him as a unit of measurement?!!
"But since Senior Di is already the pinnacle of this world, for someone at the Tribulation stage to need such strength… it would be almost impossible," Yun Jin continued.
Di Xiao's expression improved a little.
At least she still remembered he was top-tier battle power.
"If this had been half a month ago, I might not have gotten through it so easily." Yun Jin smiled. "But after that half-month of cultivation, things were different."
"Zhu Zhu, haven't you checked?" Yuan Yuan couldn't help reminding, "Twenty percent of Master's Primordial Force insights have already been absorbed."
Zhu Zhu blinked in shock. "???"
She truly hadn't noticed!
Yuan Yuan could only sigh.
Though to be precise…
Yun Jin had actually spent fifty years in cultivation, not half a month.
But those insights… were the accumulation of tens of thousands of years of comprehension.
Naturally, compared to her Master who had once groped along bit by bit in the dark, Young Master Yun Jin now had a clearly marked path ahead.
Even so, to absorb a fifth of it in fifty years was still utterly terrifying.
What unsettled Yuan Yuan even more was…
Even with all these new insights, Yun Jin had still not broken through the third layer of the Yin Yang Codex.
At present, she was at the peak of the second layer, faintly brushing against the threshold of the third.
That was why she had only sprouted a few stray black hairs.
Previously, Yun Jin had only just entered the second layer.
Now she was at its peak.
On the surface, it looked like she hadn't advanced much, but at that level, even a tiny step was monumental progress.
Yuan Yuan suddenly remembered another secret.
Heavenly tribulations were actually a manifestation of the Laws, governed by the Primordial Force of Destruction.
A thunder tribulation was merely one of its applications.
But even as just a fragment of that Force, it was enough to completely crush most cultivators.
Except Yun Jin.
Her Yin Yang Primordial Force was also a top-tier Primordial system.
Destruction versus Yin Yang.
And in that clash of source-level powers, Yun Jin's Yin Yang Primordial Force utterly suppressed the tribulation.
That's why the lightning had looked so fierce but ended up powerless before her.
Yuan Yuan kept those thoughts to himself. They were only guesses, after all.
The fact that Yun Jin had passed her tribulation easily was all that really mattered.
"Master, you're incredible," Zhu Zhu said, her eyes sparkling. She'd confirmed it herself—Yun Jin had absorbed twenty percent.
Her choice had been right.
If anyone could avenge her former master, it would be Yun Jin.
Once she finished mastering the Yin Yang Primordial Force, she'd move on to the Primordial Reincarnation Force.
At that point, Yun Jin would wield two first-tier Primordial Forces at once, a feat that even the mightiest wouldn't dare underestimate.
"Master," Yuan Yuan's mechanical voice rang out again, "now that you have passed the heavenly tribulation, how will you handle the Celestial Divine Palace?"
Yun Jin glanced at Di Xiao. "Senior Di, how about taking another look at the Celestial Divine Palace?"
Di Xiao gritted his teeth. "No need! Just take it already!"
Had it not been to trap Lin Xiao, Yun Jin would have been able to store the entire palace in the Palace Pearl once she contracted it. Now that her goal was achieved, there was no reason to leave the Celestial Divine Palace in the Spirit Beast Forest any longer.
It wasn't that Di Xiao felt no reluctance at all.
But after all…
The palace was never his to begin with. Being able to borrow it for a thousand years, extending his sister's life and giving her the chance to meet Yun Jin, had already been a blessing beyond compare.
As for the rest…
He could let it go. He had that much resolve.
"Senior truly has a generous heart," Yun Jin said with a smile. "I plan to move the Celestial Divine Palace into the secret realm of Wushuang Sect. If you ever miss it, Senior, you are welcome to visit Wushuang Sect anytime."
"Just do it quickly," Di Xiao said bluntly.
Better to get the pain over with.
"Zhu Zhu." Yun Jin called, summoning her.
Zhu Zhu transformed into the Palace Pearl, floating in the air.
At once, the massive Divine Palace began to compress and fold in on itself. Then, with a roar, the entire palace rose from the ground and was drawn into the Palace Pearl.
With the Celestial Divine Palace gone, only a vast empty plain remained.
Di Xiao's feelings were complicated, but soon he calmed down.
Inside the once-transparent Palace Pearl, a suspended palace now floated, looking like a delicate work of art.
"Master, the Palace Pearl is an immense storage space. With it, you have no need for any other storage rings or bags," Yuan Yuan explained.
Yun Jin nodded. Aside from the storage rings she was used to wearing, she tossed all the miscellaneous storage bags into the space.
Meanwhile, in the Spirit Beast Forest—
The many spirit beasts stood dumbfounded, staring up at the sky. Moments ago, they had been shocked by heaven-shaking thunder. The next moment, the thunder had simply vanished!
"Sect Master Yun, does this mean the heavenly tribulation has succeeded?" Sang Qing asked dazedly.
"Probably…?" Rong Zhou, who prided himself on his experience, was uncertain too.
Had there ever been such an abruptly cut-off Tribulation?
"Big Sister Yun must have succeeded." Xiao Bao spoke with absolute certainty.
His trust in Yun Jin was complete.
The spirit beasts muttered among themselves, wondering if they should approach to confirm.
But then—
Their eyes widened in disbelief.
From their vantage point, they could faintly glimpse the peak of the palace.
At that very moment, the palace slowly rose higher, more of its structure coming into view.
The Divine Palace… was lifting itself out of the ground?
Just as they reeled in shock—
The enormous palace, like the terrifying thunder tribulation before it, disappeared in an instant.