After dealing with the ascendant rank cultivators Lin Shen went to the allied camp
When he reached the allied camp, he let Hell Bringer and Heaven Breaker guard the perimeter along with ARCHON.
He entered the camp with Sun Rong their exosuits glowing with a dim blue light as they scanned the wreckage
"Lin Shen is that you" a familiar voice said it was his sisters voice it sounded older
He turned around and saw madam Feng being guarded by elite guards
Lin Shen rushed forward and hugged her after five minutes he pulled away
"Thank goodness you are alright I was scared out of my wits when I heard the sect was under attack" Lin Shen said "Tell me the full story and do not leave anything out"
"Come lets return to the new camp first then we shall talk" replied madam Feng
Lin Shen nodded and opened a small communicator on his wrist
"ARCHON, Heaven Breaker, Hell Bringer come back we are moving camp" Lin Shen said as he closed his communicator
"What are you doing" Lin Feng asked as she raised a brow in confusion
"You'll see" Lin Shen replied with a grin
Five minutes later Hell Bringer arrived first followed by Heaven Breaker and ARCHON
Lin Shen got into Heaven Breaker and Sun Rong got into Hell Bringer
Madam Feng on the other got into ARCHON though she did not have any experience piloting a mech the AI guided her whilst also doing most of the work.
They reached the new camp by dawn but the main camp was under attack
This time ARCHON stayed back and provided support fire while Hell Bringer and Heaven Breaker coordinated their attacks
Sun Rong found herself more tuned to Hell Bringer and she moved around the battlefield like a dancer as cultivators fell
formation master tried to deploy formations but Sun Rong was too fast before they could even finish the chant Hell Bringers dual blades clashed with them disrupting their formations
Lin Shen did a follow up strike leaving no room to breathe
Sword cultivators threw sword projections at them but it was futile as the mechs armor plating absorbed the impact seamlessly and directed it into their next strike
The battlefield got even more chaotic when a Dao integration stage cultivator appeared
He did not use any weapons just being in his presence was causing the unstable cores in his body to pulse wildly, unable to settle down He immediately activates Heaven Breaker's AI
The moment the pressure descended, something within him responded.
The unstable cores in his dantian did not collapse—instead, they began to move.
Not randomly but not chaotically.
It was as if they were trying to align with each other.
Lin Shen's eyes narrowed as he felt it clearly for the first time. Each core pulsed with a different rhythm, yet under the overwhelming pressure, those rhythms began to overlap, forming a faint, unstable pattern.
"So this is it..." he muttered.
This was not traditional cultivation neither was this advancement but this was balance stemming from disorder
A new path—one that did not rely on a single core, but on the synchronization of many.
"Then let's see what the Chaos Resonance Sutra can truly do."
The moment the cores aligned even slightly, a surge of power flooded through his body.
Hell Bringer's systems spiked in response as the Qi output exceeded its normal limits.
"Warning: Energy fluctuation detected," the AI reported.
Lin Shen ignored it.
For the first time, he wasn't suppressing the instability.
He was using it.
"Resonance... let's try it."
Lin Shen focused inward, locking onto two of the unstable cores.
For a brief moment, he forced them into alignment.
The effect was immediate.
Power surged through his body like a breaking dam, violent and overwhelming.
Heaven Breaker's systems flared as energy readings spiked beyond normal thresholds its three eyes opened and the clouds above started gathering at an unnatural pace.
"Warning: Output exceeding safe limits."
"Ignore it."
"First Cycle Resonance Surge."
The mech moved, one moment it was far away from the Dao integration cultivator the next moment he was in front of him
Lin Shen struck each strike carrying the force of multiple converging energies and each strike so fast that even higher leveled cultivators would take time just to adapt.
By the time the Dao Integration cultivator realized what was happening he was reduced to a pool of blood.
But it was not over not yet the clouds that gathered emitted purple lightning again this time more severe.
The heavenly tribulation was testing him again but this time it came with an intensity that would kill even a nascent soul cultivator
Under the pressure from the Heavenly tribulation Lin Shen felt more of his cores stirring
"Second Cycle Resonance Surge" Lin Shen knew what he was doing he was pushing it but the tremendous pressure from the tribulation also helped him align more cores but that was not the only thing.
He got out of Heaven Breaker's cockpit and ordered all the mechs to step back from the tribulation
Sun Rong tried to go to him but Hell Bringer's AI injected a sedative into her body causing her to fall asleep Lin Feng tried to move ARCHON to help Lin Shen but ARCHON stayed still.
The stillness made her realize that this tribulation was something Lin Shen needed to overcome on his own
The surrounding cultivators looks at Lin Shen his eyes glowing the left eye turned emitted a faint golden light as his right eye emitted an Azure blue light his tribulation mark which was just a scar opened revealing a third eye
Everyone gasped because the third eye of Lin Shen was also known as an Heavenly eye which would take even the highest stage cultivators a 1000 years just to cultivate it and only a few of them are successful but Lin Shen was different he was born with an innate Heavenly eye which would grow alongside the cultivator Once it reaches the maturity stage a cultivator would be able to see through all false hoods and find weak points they could even resist the strongest soul attacks and perform their own soul attacks.
Lin Shen levitated int the air and flew upward toward the tribulation a thunder bolt struck him as if it was responding to him
He dodged all the attacks and aimed for the center of tribulation his aura kept shifting once it showed the aura of fire then it changed to iced then it changed to wind the multiple cores in his body that were forcefully aligned started pulsing in unison he charged forward and punched the tribulation core.
But before his fist could land a barrier was erected around the tribulation core
"Third cycle: RESONANCE CHAIN" he shouted as his more of his cores started pulsing together in unison he punched the barrier and it broke he did not let up he landed blow after blow after blow the core of the tribulation started cracking
every punch contained multiple different energies clashing against the tribulation core
the core became unstable and exploded a blast of purple that cleared the sky
Every cultivator in the region felt it the clashing of different energies and the explosion of the heavenly tribulation
Through it all Lin Shen levitated motionlessly before the backlash took hold of him as he plummeted towards the ground unconcious