Chapter 1001 – Second Avatar (1)

“This item is ominous!” This was the first thought Wang Lin had when facing this statue.

His right index finger moved like lightning toward between the eyebrows of the stone statue. At this moment, dark light shined out from the eyes of the stone statue and formed a strange rune between its eyebrows.

This rune released a black mist that contained a strange power. The power entered the rune and blocked Wang Lin’s finger.

Wang Lin’s index finger touched the rune without any hesitation. A ripple appeared where he touched the rune. The moment the ripple appeared, the mysterious power that fused into Wang Lin’s divine sense seemed to awaken and spread across Wang Lin’s origin soul like black ink.

There was a flash of coldness in Wang Lin’s eyes. He had already thought that there was something strange about this black stone statue, and it was as he expected. He let out a cold snort and the Ancient God Leather Armor around his origin soul gave off a burst of green light!

At the same time, his ancient thunder dragon origin soul released a muffled roar. Countless thunderbolts appeared in the sky above the valley Wang Lin was in.

It wasn’t only this valley. At this moment, the entire sky above the Fire Demon Country was covered by endless thunder.

This sudden changed caused the Soul Refining Sect members in the Fire Demon Country to look up in confusion.

As the thunder echoed across the world, not only the Fire Demon Country, but the surrounding countries were covered in thunder as well. The countless bolts of thunder descending displayed the might of thunder.

In almost an instant, more than half of the Demon Spirit Land was shrouded in thunder. This sudden change caused the residents of the Demon Spirit Land to panic.

Even the demon generals and commander-in-chiefs were filled with fear as they looked up at the sky. They could vaguely tell that this thunder wasn’t natural and was caused by a spell!

Although all of this sounds long, it all only took a few seconds. With a roar of Wang Lin’s ancient thunder dragon soul, all of the thunder that covered more than half of the Demon Spirit Land rushed toward the valley behind the capital of the Fire Demon Country.

The flash of thunder caused a heaven-shattering rumble, as if the wrath of the heavens was descending to deal out punishment. If one looked from above, they would see countless bolts of thunder gather inside Wang Lin’s body in the valley!

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

The continuous rumbles echoed as the bolts of thunder entered Wang Lin’s origin soul. His ancient thunder dragon origin soul began to roar and started its battle with the black ink!

Although the black ink was tenacious, thanks to the endless thunder, it was on the verge of collapse. After all, not much of this mysterious force had entered Wang Lin’s divine sense. The moment that power first appeared, Wang Lin had surrounded it with origin energy.

After constantly losing, the black ink rapidly retreated until it condensed into a dot. Just as it was about to leave Wang Lin’s origin soul, the green light from the Ancient God Leather Amor sealed all paths of retreat.

Then all the thunder absorbed by his ancient thunder dragon origin soul was shot out in one blow. This attack landed on the black dot, causing it to collapse completely.

All of this happened in an instant inside Wang Lin’s body. There was a flash of coldness in Wang Lin’s eyes as his right index finger pushed forward and the rune collapsed.

The rune shattered into a shockwave that spread out, allowing Wang Lin’s index finger to finally press down between the statue’s eyebrows.

The moment Wang Lin’s index finger touched the statue, his peak mid stage Nirvana Scryer cultivation, along with his powerful divine sense, rushed into the statue.

“I want to see exactly what this is!”

When Wang Lin’s cultivation and divine sense entered, he felt an impact on his origin soul. What appeared before his divine sense was a strange land.

This place was filled with white mist; it was almost a fog sea. Wang Lin only took a glance and recognized this white mist as the aura that come out of the heads of all the Soul Refining Tribe members when they worshipped the statue for the past hundreds of years.

After letting out a cold snort, his divine sense spread out across this strange place. Then his eyes narrowed and his divine sense locked onto something ahead.

His divine sense and cultivation fused together to form an illusion of Wang Lin, and arrived it where his divine sense was locked on to. This was the center of the statue, so this statue’s dantian would be here.

The mist before Wang Lin was even denser here, and there was a figure sitting within the mist that could be barely be seen. Although it was blurred by the mist, Wang Lin could clearly tell that the figure was exactly the same as him!

Aside from the pair of horns on its head!

After seeing the pair of horns, Wang Lin’s eyes shined

“Ancient Demon!”

The ancient demon that was exactly the same as Wang Lin had its eyes closed and remained motionless. The slivers of the white mist around it would sometimes enter its body.

Wang Lin’s expression was a bit strange. Aside from the pair of horns, the ancient demon was almost no different from him. Even the cold and aloof aura was exactly the same, along with the trace of loneliness and over 1,000 years of dao comprehension. Even Wang Lin found it difficult to distinguish it from himself.

“What exactly is going on?!” Wang Lin’s eyes lit up as he stared at the ancient demon that looked exactly like him. He waved his hand and a gust of wind blew away all the mist around the ancient demon.

Wang Lin slowly approached and noticed some key points.

Ancient gods could absorb origin energy through god salves to increase their cultivation level. The ancient demons belonged to the same Ancient Order clan, so they had to have similar methods.

It was obvious that the entire Demon Spirit Land was built for an ancient demons to absorb origin energy. Ancient Demon Bei Lou once said that he was split into nine parts, and that’s how these the nine countries came to be!

The people of the nine countries gradually changed under the teachings of the ancient demon and learned spells. Then the nine demon countries slowly formed from there onwards!

Each ancient demon spirit was the top existence in each of the demon countries. They absorbed demonic energy from the people here to slowly heal, hoping to break through their restrictions. Then they would devour the other demon spirits to turn back into a real ancient demon!

Wang Lin’s arrival and his cooperation with Ancient Demon Bei Lou caused a heaven-shaking change to this stalemate that still required countless more years to end!

With Wang Lin’s help, Ancient Demon Bei Lou left his demon country and successfully devoured the ancient demon spirit in the Fire Demon Country. Bei Lou became the strongest out of the remaining eight ancient demon spirits and obtained the power to leave his country!

If there are no accidents, once he digests the ancient demon spirit he devoured, he will devour the other seven one by one until he becomes a true ancient demon!

Wang Lin didn’t know if Bei Lou was successful or not, but after seeing this ancient demon that looked exactly like him, he knew Bei Lou hadn’t completely succeeded!

As a 5-star royal ancient god, Wang Lin could tell at a glance that this ancient demon wasn’t complete; iIt was even weaker than one of the nine parts from back then.

To be more accurate, this ancient demon was only a remnant!

“A remnant of an ancient demon spirit also knows to absorb demonic energy to heal itself…” Wang Lin sneered. He now understood that the white mist coming from the heads of the Soul Refining Tribe members was faint demonic energy!

“All of the members of the Soul Refining Tribe were born in the Demon Spirit Land…” After seeing the ancient demon, Wang Lin understood the reason.

While pondering, Wang Lin arrived next to the ancient demon that looked exactly like him. The ancient demon’s eyes were still closed, without any signs of awakening.

Wang Lin directly pressed down between the ancient demon’s eyebrows and his divine sense entered the ancient demon to search its memories.

He saw the originally sunny sky above the Cloud Demon Country suddenly darken. A storm formed, and as clouds gathered, a blood-colored figure charged through the sky toward the royal nine-layered Cloud Demon Tower.

A sharp cry came out of the tower, and there was a hint of disbelief in this voice.

“The nine spirits need to reunite into one. Only by becoming an ancient demon once more can we get rid of our regret. Cloud Demon, we were originally one, and we have been separated for too long. Today, we will fuse once more! The name of the ancient demon will be Bei Lou!” A demonic voice came from the blood shadow as it quickly charged into the Cloud Demon Tower.

A series of rumbles echoed across the world, and everyone inside the capital was sent into a panic. However, the rumble disappeared after a moment, but following that, the Cloud Demon Tower collapsed!

As it collapsed, a blurred demonic shadow flew out and was surrounded by a blood light. Eventually, it was devoured by the blood light, which then turned into Bei Lou.

“It has been so long, yet this Cloud Demon’s cultivation level hasn’t increased at all. What a waste! It’s a disgrace to me as an ancient demon!” Bei Loui let out a cold snort and disappeared.

The Cloud Demon Country collapsed as there was no ancient demon spirit left!

However, three days after Bei Lou left, an extremely weak shadow flew out from the ruins of the Cloud Demon Tower. It was filled with hatred and confusion as it carefully flew forward.

Chapter 1002 – Second Avatar (2)

“If I had 100 more years, I could have completed the Demon Split Spell… Unfortunately, this demonic sense is too weak and the main body has been devoured. This demonic sense is like a tree without roots and could dissipate at any time… The Cloud Demon Tower has collapsed, so I can no longer stay! I don’t dare enter another demon country to absorb demonic energy…”

This demonic sense carefully flew forward; however, he was simply too weak and could be wiped from existence at any moment.

While he flew in the sky, he was slowly dissipating. In the end, he was about to collapse, and even his memories became blurry. He was about to dissipate completely.

Just as he was about to disappear forever, he vaguely felt demonic energy below him. The Soul Refining Tribe was right below him!

There weren’t many Soul Refining Tribe members back then, only a few hundred thousand people. Most of them were spread out, looking for places with soul fragments. Only a few tens of thousands of people remained in the tribe’s lands.

These people were all worshiping a black stone statue feverishly. Demonic energy came out of their heads and surrounded the area.

The demonic sense of the Cloud Demon that had dissipated too much and was moving only subconsciously charged at the black statue. The moment it entered the statue, it seemed to become alive, and the surrounding demonic energy began to gather toward it.

As time passed, the Cloud Demon slowly settled down in the the statue. He had lost too many memories during his escape, and the rest became blurry.

He was not even the original body and was just a sliver of demonic sense. All the demonic energy coming from the Soul Refining Tribe members’ worship was filled with thoughts of a person called “Wang Lin.”

At the start, he resisted it, but when the number of Soul Refining Tribe members passed one million, he gradually felt like his name was Wang Lin under the constant worship of the tribe members, that he was their ancestor.

He spent hundreds of years with such thoughts. As the Soul Refining Tribe grew to millions, the constant worship made him completely abandon his past, and now he thought he was Wang Lin.

As he was changed, the statue slowly changed into Wang Lin’s appearance. He also became Wang Lin inside the statue.

Wang Lin raised his right hand and looked at the ancient demon that looked exactly the same as him. The strange light in his eyes became even stronger. Even he found what he saw unbelievable.

Combining his own speculations, Wang Lin gained a detailed understanding of what had happened.

After pondering for a bit, Wang Lin’s eyes lit up and he stared at the ancient demon and muttered, “For an ancient demon to be sent to my doorstep, it would be a pity not to take it… Since even he thinks he is me, then… just let him be my second avatar!

“My original body is an ancient god, my first avatar is a cultivator, and my second avatar is an ancient demon. I wonder if I can create a third avatar that is an ancient devil! At that time, when they all fuse… I wonder if I can revert back to the Ancient Order!” Wang Lin’s heart pounded as he looked at the ancient demon that delivered itself to him, and he smiled.

His body flickered and he left the statue. His divine sense and cultivation returned back to his body. He looked at the black statue before him and his smile widened.

He took a deep breath and sat down, placing his hand on his knees. Then he spat out essence origin energy that shrouded the stone statue before placing down restrictions on the statue.

If he wanted to make this his second avatar, he had to refine it until it was one with his mind. He had to be able to manipulate it at will and it could no reject his origin soul. Instead, his origin soul should easily be able to replace it if needed.

Although this sounds simple, in truth was extremely difficult. Although it could be done by force, it is only useful against puppets far weaker than himself. Even if it succeeded, it would be useless as an avatar.

However, if it wasn’t weaker than him, he couldn’t use force.

In conclusion, it became the first hurdle to overcome.

Since he couldn’t force it, he had to slowly refine it day by day and consume a lot of time for a low chance of success. However, even if it succeeded, there was still a flaw; there was still a chance the avatar would rebel.

However, this wasn’t a difficult matter for Wang Lin since this ancient demon already believed he was Wang Lin, so not much refining was required. All Wang Lin had to do was integrate his divine sense and make sure the ancient demon knew who the original was!

This wasn’t difficult for Wang Lin. He had a higher cultivation level than the ancient demon and he was an ancient god.

However, Wang Lin was cautious in the remaining few days. Not only did he completely integrate his divine sense into the ancient demon, he also left an imprint on the seal. Also, he left a large amount of restrictions inside the avatar. If this avatar ever rebelled, Wang Lin could immediately subdue it with a thought.

If he stopped here, it wouldn’t be Wang Lin’s style. In addition, he used some of Celestial Emperor Qing Lin’s methods to control puppets on this second avatar. Only when he had absolute control did he relax.

Looking at the the stone statue before him, he felt as if it was one with him.

“It is a pity this second avatar has no physical body and must exist inside the stone statue. It can’t separate from it for now, and if it attacks, it mainly uses the demonic sense! It’s also very weak, only late stage Ascendant.

“However, this is a sliver of demonic sense. If it has enough demonic energy, it will grow and reach the level of an ancient demon…” Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. He knew that he couldn’t rush this and that he had to do this slowly.

After dealing with the matter at the Soul Refining Sect, Wang Lin didn’t take the stone statue with him. Instead, he laid down some powerful restrictions and ordered the Soul Refining Sect to continue to worship it.

“This second avatar is a seed. Right now, it’s not of any use to me, but once it grows…” There was a glimmer of anticipation in Wang Lin’s eyes. Then his body flickered and he disappeared.

Although the Sky Demon Country had won the battle against the Fire Demon Country hundreds of years ago, their casualties were too heavy. Even today, after hundreds of years, their population was far smaller than before.

Even the most prosperous Sky Demon Country capital, while not bleak, wasn’t as bustling as when Wang Lin first arrived.

There were still shops along the streets, but not many pedestrians. The few pedestrians only took a few glances at the shops before quickly leaving.

There was a long river through the inner city that connected with the river in the outer city and formed a cycle. At this moment, Wang Lin quietly sat on the side of the river and watched the river flow.

If a power could turn back time to hundreds of years ago, then you would find that he was sitting exactly where he sat before.

At this moment, he was still the same person at the same position next to the same river, but there was no flower boat on the river and there was no zither music to flow into his ears.

A trace of melancholy appeared in Wang Lin’s heart as he looked at the empty river. It was as if he could her the echo of the zipher music from hundreds of years ago. However, this music was very weak, as if the wind could cause it to dissipate and never be heard again.

Thinking about it now, if not for drinking with the Demon Emperor for a night, Wang Lin probably would have never seen the face of the woman who played the zither.

Even now, Wang Lin still only remembered her lonely figure and the zither music filled with sadness.

Sitting there while watching the sunset, Wang Lin immersed himself in his memories. At this moment, he felt the passage of time. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of years had passed. It could wash everything but his eternal memories.

“Perhaps this is the tragedy of life…” Wang Lin let out a sigh. Time existed because one had memories. If one had no memories, then there was no passage of time.

“I wonder if Mo Lihai is still around…”

There was a wine jug beside Wang Lin. This wine came from the same shop as back then. After generations, the label was still the same, but the wine…

Wang Lin picked it up and took a sip.

“Even the taste has changed…” Wang Lin bitterly smiled and put down the wine jug.

“Of course it changed. The descendants of that old man don’t have the skill of their ancestor, so they can’t recreate the same taste as before.” A calm voice came from behind Wang Lin. It was filled with exhaustion.

Wang Lin didn’t turn around and let out a sigh. “We haven’t met in hundreds of years. The Demon Emperor isn’t as carefree as before!”

A sigh came from behind Wang Lin. A middle-aged man wearing purple sat down beside Wang Lin. He was extremely handsome, showing a hint of what he once looked like. However, now he had strands of white hair and looked older.

“Drink it and try it.” The middle-aged man took out a wine jug and handed it to Wang Lin.

Wang Lin took it and drank a sip. He smiled and said, “It’s the wine from back then!”

“I knew you would definitely come back, so I saved a lot to drink with you!” The middle-aged man waved his hand and another jug appeared. He took a big gulp before he smiled and said, “Brother Wang, do you feel melancholy without the zither music from back then?”

The sound of the zither music slowly came from the distance, carrying a trace of loneliness and sadness. A moment later, a large ship came down the river.

At the head of the ship sat the woman with her back toward Wang Lin, playing the zither.

Chapter 1003 – Emperor Tuo Gu

Wang Lin held the wine jug in his hand as he watched the gradually passing boat. The zither music entered his ears as if he had returned to hundreds of years ago.

However, this zither music only had the sound without the charm from back then. The person playing the zither was no longer the blind woman from back then…

After drinking a sip of wine, Wang Lin sighed. “The Demon Emperor is caring.”

The middle-aged man didn’t speak. The two of them just sat by the river and drank one jug after another…

The sun set and the earth was shrouded in darkness. There was no moon tonight.

The only thing that remained was the sound of the zither and the flickering light form the boat on the river.

Time slowly passed, and the sun appeared over the east, making the darkness fade. At the side of the river, Wang Lin was surrounded by empty wine jugs.

The middle-aged man looked at the wine jugs and whispered, “Lord Bei Lou already knows of Brother Wang’s arrival. He sent me here to deliver Brother Wang a message.”

Wang Lin’s expression was neutral. When the Demon Emperor came, Wang Lin had already expected this. After all, the Demon Spirit Land was now ruled by Bei Lou. Every time he devoured another ancient demon spirit, he would become several times stronger.

Wang Lin drank the remaining half a jug of wine in one gulp.

“If Brother Wang agrees to leave one spot open to enter the fifth cave, four out of the nine countries will be gifted to the Soul Refining Sect! Also, Lord Bei Lou will not interfere with any matters regarding the Soul Refining Sect, even the remnant of the Cloud Demon’s demonic sense!”

The existence of the black stone could deceive a lot of people, but it couldn’t deceive Ancient Demon Bei Lou. The reason he didn’t do anything for hundreds of years and let it develop in the Soul Refining Tribe was all for today.

Wang Lin looked into the distance and calmly said, “OK!”

The middle-aged man stood up, clasped his hands, and said, “Brother Wang, I have completed the task Lord Bei Lou sent me to do. Now I have a matter I’d like to request your help on.

“My Emperor Sword’s sword spirit is the daughter of a good friend of mine. However, due to certain difficulties, she couldn’t escape death except by becoming my sword spirit. She has been trapped here for countless years and has never left the Demon Spirit Land.

“I’d like to ask Wang Lin to take this spirit out of the Demon Spirit Land so she can enter the reincarnation cycle or encounter other fortunes…”

The middle-aged man’s expression was bleak as his right hand pointed at the void. A ray of sword energy came from the palace, and the Emperor Sword was inside the sword energy!

Wang Lin pondered a bit before he slowly said, “Why don’t you seek someone else?”

The middle-aged man shook his head and calmly said, “Countless people have entered the Demon Spirit Land throughout the years, but there were few who I could believe in…. However, I still had the power to protect the sword, so I missed the chance.”

Wang Lin let out a sigh. When the Demon Emperor arrived last night, Wang Lin detected a faint death aura from him. The Demon Emperor’s lifespan was about to dry up.

Although the people of the Demon Spirit Land lived longer than ordinary cultivators, they still had a limit. It there were no accidents, it wouldn’t be 30 years before the Demon Emperor died.

As an acquaintance, Wang Lin had no reason to refuse, so he nodded.

The middle-aged man smiled and revealed a look of relief. He then waved his right hand and the Emperor Sword turned into a girl. Her eyes were filled with reluctance. If it wasn’t for the fact that a sword spirit had no tears, her eyes would be watery right now.

“Be good, and don’t be so stubborn anymore…” The middle-aged man looked lovingly at the girl as if he wasn’t looking at a sword spirit but his own daughter.

After letting out a sigh, the middle-aged man clasped his hands at Wang Lin and bowed.

“Many thanks, Brother Wang.”

With that, he turned around and walked away. In a few steps, he was far away, leaving behind Wang Lin, who was holding a wine jug, and the girl, filled with sadness and reluctance.

“Let’s go.” Wang Lin drank the remaining wine in the jug and placed it on the side. Then he stood up and walked into the air.

The girl looked at the imperial capital with eyes filled with sadness. She understood that this would be the last time she saw the Demon Emperor who treated her like his own daughter. The limit of one’s lifespan was something that couldn’t be changed.

Filled with sorrow, her body turned into green smoke and returned into the Emperor Sword. She let out a sad sword hymn and followed behind Wang Lin.

The Emperor Sword was like a ray of silver light that followed Wang Lin. As Wang Lin moved forward, he waved his hand and put the sword inside his bag. Then he spread out his divine sense before taking out the celestial cave token and disappearing in a flash of golden light.

In the fourth cave, with Situ Nan leading the charge, they continued to break the restrictions inside. There were too many restrictions in the cave, and as they broke them, items that belonged to celestials appeared before them.

With Situ Nan and company’s cultivation, it wasn’t difficult to break these restrictions. They charged directly toward the center of the cave. However, the power of the restrictions here had almost reached a peak. It was not something that could be broken with cultivation alone. Instead, you’d have to understand the restriction to break it.

At this moment, there was a flash of golden light on the platform outside the cave, and Wang Lin appeared. He didn’t hesitate and rushed directly into the cave. Along the way, he saw all the broken restrictions. Aside from the few at the entrance broken by others long ago, the rest were all broken by Situ Nan and company.

Shortly after, Wang Lin saw Situ Nan and company.

The three Chen brothers were sitting there cultivating with white gas surrounding them. It was obvious they had wasted a lot of energy breaking a restriction and were recovering.

Big Head was next to the three Chen brothers. What surprised Wang Lin was that Big Head had some unexpected talent in restrictions. He was leading Lei Ji in calculating how to break a restriction.

Master Hollow Wind had also studied restrictions, so he became the main force in breaking them. As for Situ Nan and the woman in silver, they became responsible for any retaliation that might occur once the restrictions were broken.

Wang Lin slowly arrived and immediately caught the attention of everyone. Situ Nan had been here for a several days and was already impatient. The restrictions around him made him dizzy as he only knew a little about restrictions. In his view, no matter how strong the restrictions were, as long as his cultivation level was high enough, he could break it.

However, because he was in charge of dealing with the changes that might occur after a restriction was destroyed, he couldn’t leave. Otherwise, with his personality, he would have already charged ahead by himself to break the restrictions.

When he saw Wang Lin return, Situ Nan’s eyes lit up and he laughed. “You finally came back. I’m about to be bored to death here. This celestial cave isn’t big, but it’s not small either. We headed straight here, but there might be treasure elsewhere. I’m going to explore first!”

With that, he didn’t even wait for Wang Lin to reply. He walked into a bamboo forest on the side and disappeared.

With Situ Nan’s cultivation, Wang Lin wasn’t worried about him. As for the poison, the two of them had spent some time and had come up with a method to temporarily suppress it without the need for a female cultivator. Worst case scenario, Situ Nan would just be trapped and Wang Lin could rescue him later. Without stopping, Wang Lin arrived next to Master Hollow Wind and looked ahead.

There was a small, flowing river 100 steps before them, and there was a thin layer of mist around it. There was a stone bridge that connected the sides of the river.

This stone bridge was the only entrance.

“This place is very strange. We have already been blocked here for five hours. No matter how I calculate, I can’t seem to get a clue of this restriction. However, I have a feeling that if we open it by force, it will cause an unimaginable chain reaction, so we can’t use force.” Master Hollow Wind nodded at Wang Lin and explained in detail. He feared Wang Lin didn’t know much about restrictions and would demand to open it by force.

Wang Lin’s expression was neutral as his gaze fell on the stone bridge, and he didn’t speak.

“This celestial cave is double-layered, and we are at a junction where the inner and outer layers connect. Once we pass this river, we will enter the inner part of the celestial cave. The restrictions here are too complicated, so we can’t get past them in a short period of time. Big Head suggested that we don’t cross the stone bridge but break the side and enter through the river.” Master Hollow Wind spoke as he glanced at the Big Head, whose eyes were flashing as he gave an order to Lei Ji to throw punches at the restrictions ahead.

Master Hollow Wind frowned as he looked at the river and said, “The three Chen brothers have consumed too much and are recovering. Fellow Cultivator Situ’s plan was to wait for them to recover and we break it with our combined forces. I still have my reservations about that method.”

In his view, Wang Lin couldn’t have cultivated for a long time. He had learned a few things about Wang Lin.

“To reach such a cultivation level in just over 1,000 years of cultivation is inconceivable. I’m afraid this Wang Lin doesn’t know much about restrictions. After all, he hasn’t had the time to master restrictions! It will have to depend on me and Big Head.” Master Hollow Wind sighed inwardly. He knew his restriction abilities weren’t very strong, and while he could handle the restrictions on the outer layer, he was already feeling like he was losing control at this junction.

Wang Lin looked at the stone bridge and couldn’t help but frown. No wonder Master Hollow Wind was stuck here. It was indeed as he said, if it was broken by force, the chain reaction would be unimaginable.

“I’m afraid this is the first hurdle to enter the inner part of the celestial cave.”

Although the 100 step before them looked ordinary, aside from what Master Hollow Wind said, Wang Lin noticed other potential threats. The restrictions here were very different from those in the outer layer.

“I need to experience it to see if it is as I suspect.” Wang Lin’s eyes lit up and he slowly said, “Silver corpse!”

The woman in silver’s eyes narrowed and she moved next to Wang Lin. Her intelligent eyes stared at Wang Lin, waiting for his order.

Wang Lin didn’t look at the woman in silver. He looked at the stone bridge and calmly said, “Advance 10 steps!”

Master Hollow Wind couldn’t help but frown. This was the most unwise move to him. The restriction might be activated just like this.

However, he only looked at Wang Lin without speaking. Instead, he took a few steps back and began to observe.

Chapter 1004 – The Existence in the Depths of the Celestial Cave

At this moment, even the three Chen brothers opened their eyes. As they cultivated, the celestial spiritual energy entered their bodies. After frowning a bit, Master Yi Chen got up and said, “Fellow Cultivator Wang, this matter is improper! Although I don’t know much about restrictions, even I can see the hidden killing intent here. If we are going to open it by force, it is best to wait for us to recover so we have a higher chance.”

“No problem!” Wang Lin waved his hand and interrupted Master Yi Chen. Wang Lin’s command was absolute to the woman in silver. She didn’t hesitate to enter that 100 step area.

The moment her right foot landed, Wang Lin’s eyes shined brightly. The woman in silver didn’t stop and immediately took the next step. She had taken nine steps in a row.

The moment her 10th step landed, ripples appears within the 100 step area and a faint mist appeared within the area. The mist quickly shot toward the woman in silver.

In addition, as everyone watched, the 100 step area before them twisted as if there was a power tearing it.

Wang Lin’s eyes flashed rapidly as he calculated like crazy in his mind. He calmly said, “Attack with a spell to the left, then retreat back!”

The silver woman immediately obeyed. Her right hand flashed and turned into a rune that suddenly landed on the left. There was a bang as if a storm had swept by the area. The mist was all blown away and even the ripples disappeared.

The woman silver calmly retreated outside the 100 steps range.

Master Hollow Wind was startled by this, and his eyes shined brightly. Not only him, but even the three Chen brothers were startled, and they looked at Wang Lin with strange expressions.

Without giving them too much time to think, Wang Lin stepped forward and leaped ahead. He landed where the woman in silver’s 10th step was.

“As I expected, the restrictions here are very different from the outer ones! Although the changes to the restrictions near the river are endless, they only take one form. One is the dirt and the second is water vapor!”

Flashes of deduction appeared in his eyes as he continued to calculate. All the restrictions within the 100 step area slowly formed in his mind.

Wang Lin had learned restrictions in the Land of the Ancient God, and he continued to improve them for over 1,000 years. Then, in Allheaven, he inherited the Annihilation restriction!

Although the restrictions were strong, Wang Lin was not the same as he was in the past. Although his growth in restrictions was not as fast as his cultivation, it was still very fast. Wang Lin knew that his talent in cultivation was lacking, but he had amazing comprehension when it came to restrictions.

This was something Wang Lin became aware of at the Land of the Ancient God.

Having cultivated until now, Wang Lin had seen through it all. One’s talent in cultivation was how sensitive one was to spiritual energy. The more sensitive one was, the better their talent!

However, restrictions had nothing to do with one’s sensitivity to spiritual energy. Restrictions all depended on one’s calculations and deductions. It depended on one’s mind!

Wang Lin wasn’t lacking in the mind, and his growth was almost superhuman in this regard. Otherwise, he couldn’t have walked so far in his 1,000 years of cultivation.

He stood at the 10th step and looked ahead. The restriction light in his eyes formed a storm, and in a flash, everything before him changed!

The originally calm 100 steps contained 39,714 restrictions in total! These restrictions weren’t independent, but all connected together. If one was activated, everything would activate with it!

If it was Wang Lin before he learned the Annihilation restriction, he would have found this a headache and wouldn’t dare to carelessly step inside. He would have to wait outside and deduct more than 30,000 restrictions before he dared to attempt to crack them.

However, Wang Lin’s knowledge on restrictions had reached a completion, and he had inherited the Annihilation restriction. He had also obtained the heart restriction, which was the peak of the Annihilation restriction.

Everything in the world could be trapped by restrictions. A universe could be contained in one’s heart. Just one movement from one’s heart could cause endless restrictions to form!

While he deduced, he lifted his feet and walked 10 more steps!

The restrictions within the 100 step area immediately activated as if a stone was tossed into a lake, setting off a chain of ripples. The power coming from the ripples even shocked Master Hollow Wind!

“Celestial restrictions are indeed intricate! I wonder how the All-Seer and Ling Tianhou broke the restrictions in their cave.” Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. He didn’t stop and continued to walk forward.

Sand appeared within the 100 steps, as if it had become a desert, and covered the area. The sand and stone formed a storm and roared. The storm shot directly at Wang Lin.

Outsiders couldn’t see this, but Master Hollow Wind and company were all powerful cultivators. They didn’t need their eyes; they used their divine senses to see the shocking impact within that 100 step area.

Wang Lin’s expression didn’t change. The moment the storm charged at him, he lifted his right hand and a restriction flew out. This restriction landed on the storm and made it collapse immediately. However, the storm was simply too big; it seemed to cover the world.

Although it collapsed, it didn’t affect the power of the storm. But the point of the collapse was on the lower part of the storm, right where Wang Lin was.

As a result, the collapse continued, and Wang Lin walked through this storm.

This simple restriction was something Wang Lin had learned after calculating countless times. The time, location, and size of the restriction all had to be perfect, or he couldn’t produce a collapse just big enough for him to pass.

Although it looked simple, it was not something ordinary people could do.

Master Hollow Wind’s eyes shined brightly as he stared at Wang Lin. He gasped as he was aghast at what he saw. He just couldn’t believe that Wang Lin, who had only cultivated for such short period of time, had this much ability in restrictions.

“His calmness isn’t fake, he is truly calm. I fear he has already deduced all the restrictions inside. He isn’t going to break through by force, he will use restrictions to break restrictions!”

The three Chen brothers gasped and looked at each other. They respected Wang Lin even more in their hearts.

After piercing the storm, Wang Lin moved even faster and walked 90 steps. He was only 10 steps away from the stone bridge!

Just at this instant, the storm disappeared, but water vapor appeared and the sound of waves could be heard. In Wang Lin’s eyes, the 100 step area suddenly turned into an ocean, and the angry waves smashed down on him.

Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. He was waiting for this moment! The moment the angry waves smashed down on him, Wang Lin’s right hand hit his bag of holding and an item appeared in his grasp!

This was the heart compass that the inheritor of the heart restriction had to have!

Holding the compass, Wang Lin stood straight. The waves hit his clothes, and his long hair drifted backwards, making him look like a celestial! His left hand moved over the compass and crackling sounds came from the compass. Then it began to rotate.

Wang Lin’s left hand became like a shadow as he continued to moved, and his eyes flashed. Without pausing, he took a step to the left. He then moved several feet in one step and dove into the angry waves.

However, the moment he closed in on the angry waves, there was a flash of coldness in Wang Lin’s eyes. He shook the compass in his hand and a large amount of restrictions flew out.

“Break!” As Wang Lin shouted, the compass that flew out released a black glow. The restrictions around it rumbled as they pushed outwards.

In an instant, the angry waves collapsed as if they had become obedient and shattered inch by inch before Wang Lin.

The moment the waves disappeared, a scream came from inside the celestial cave and echoed throughout the cave as a sound wave.

“There was indeed someone controlling the restrictions!” Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. When he saw the restriction for the first time, he felt that something was wrong. The restrictions in the outer layer were all dead restrictions with no one controlling them. They all changed according to a rule and moved according to it.

However, the restrictions within the 100 steps were different. He had the vague feeling that someone was controlling them. This was why Wang Lin had the female corpse enter 10 steps to probe.

After observing the changes in the restrictions after advancing 10 steps, Wang Lin was certain his guess was correct!

At this moment, he walked forward with the compass in his hand and stepped on the stone bridge. He then looked at the celestial cave before him and calmly proceeded forward.

The cave of a celestial would not be simple; Wang Lin naturally knew this well.

“I just don’t know what is inside the depths of the celestial cave to control the restrictions to prevent outsiders from entering.”

Master Hollow Wind revealed a gaze of admiration as he, the three Chen brothers, and Big Head quickly followed.

Wang Lin stood on the bridge and carefully looked at what was before him. The inner part of the celestial cave was like a garden with flowers everywhere. Although it was a celestial cave, the colors gave anyone who looked at them a feeling that it was a mess.

Four pavilions carved from jade were on the sides, with a huge palace in the center. It had dragons and phoenixes carvings decorating it, along with other celestial beasts Wang Lin didn’t know of. This gave this palace a sense of celestial might!

In addition, there were 10 golden statues outside the palace. The 10 statues were all wearing armor as if they were celestial soldiers!

“Xuan gold!” Wang Lin’s eyes narrowed as all 10 of these golden soldiers were made of Xuan gold. This Xuan gold was one of the key ingredients to strengthening the body of a celestial guard!

A terrifying aura came from the depths of the dark palace and surrounded the area.

Chapter 1005 – Flower Celestial

Master Hollow Wind looked at the palace in the center and slowly said, “This old man once learned from Ling Tianhou that there was a celestial soul guarding the celestial cave. He put a lot effort into killing the celestial soul to finally occupy the celestial cave!”

Wang Lin’s eyes lit up and he moved forward without hesitation. He stepped past the stone bridge and entered the inner part of the stone palace.

The moment he closed in, the endless sea of flowers moved and the fragrance of the flowers rushed at him. It smelled like stone and contained abnormal poison!

Master Hollow Wind revealed a strange expression as he quickly retreated and said, “Rain Poison Fragrance!”

“I once looked at some Celestial Realm records, and one of them talked about the poisons of the Celestial Realm. It ranked the top 100 poisons and gave a brief description of each one. After refining countless flowers, there are two types of poisons that can be formed. One of them is this Rain Poison Fragrance. If you smell it, your cultivation immediately becomes unstable, and if you inhale a few more breaths, you will lose all your cultivation.”

The three Chen brothers’ expressions changed slightly, but they didn’t retreat. After all, they were Nirvana Scryer cultivators, so they had methods to guard against it.

Wang Lin looked at the sea of flowers before him and calmly asked, “What is the second?”

“The second…” There was a trace of shock in Master Hollow Wind’s eyes and he said, “The Rain Poison Fragrance is only ranked 93, but the other poison named Flower Spirit is ranked 49!”

After withdrawing his gaze from the flowers, Wang Lin waved his right hand and a strange wind swept the area.

However, Wang Lin was surprised to find that the poison wasn’t affected by the strange wind at all. It was as if it had no form and still flowed toward them.

“Interesting.” Wang Lin’s eyes narrowed, but he didn’t retreat. When the fragrance arrived, he calmly said, “Silver corpse!”

After he spoke, the woman in silver moved past the three Chen brothers and charged at the flower fragrance.

When Wang Lin refined this corpse, he came to understand this corpse very well. It didn’t have amazing spells, and for magic treasures, it only had that pair of scissors.

Her real power was in poison!

Back when the silver corpse was seriously injured and Wang Lin stole it, many other cultivators had similar ideas. However, they had all the flesh and blood in their bodies devoured until they were only bags of bones.

Wang Lin had always thought that this was some kind of spell, but it wasn’t until when he was refining her that he found it was a poison! While studying her, he found out that this silver corpse had extremely power poison in her. The poison was very diverse and could be mixed to form various terrifying poisons.

As a result, the silver corpse became a poison corpse in Wang Lin’s eyes! Poison was where the true power of this silver corpse lied! With her early stage Nirvana Cleanser cultivation and the poison in her body, if it wasn’t for the fact that Wang Lin had the body of an ancient god, dealing with her would’ve been a headache and he wouldn’t have carelessly provoked her.

At this moment, the silver corpse charged directly into the flower fragrance. The poison that could immediately cause one’s cultivation to weaken and even kill weaker cultivators had no effect on the silver corpse.

The silver corpse opened her small mouth and inhaled. It was as if a vortex had formed, and the flower fragrance was all sucked into her mouth.

During this process, the invisible flower fragrance unexpectedly took physical form. Large amounts of gas flew off the flowers and quickly entered the silver corpse’s mouth.

The silver corpse originally had a pale face, but her face turned unexpectedly rosy, and she now looked no different than a living person!

As Wang Lin watched all of this, his eyes remained neutral. His gaze wasn’t on the silver corpse but on the flowers because they were very strange. There was no reason for this, but it was the first feeling he got when saw the flowers.

Just at this moment, a large amount of silk appeared from one of the flowers, and within the silk was a girl.

This girl was naked and her eyes revealed a ghostly light. She was kneeling, but her head was raised high. If it was just her, it wouldn’t have been a big deal, but at this moment, silk exploded from other flowers, and more girls appeared one by one.

The moment they appeared, Wang Lin clearly saw that there was a skeleton buried below each flower!

What kind of sea of flowers was this? This was clearly a burial ground!

“Flower Spirit!” Master Hollow Wind had a face full of bitterness. He looked at the girls hugging their knees while looking up at the sky and bitterly smiled.

“I didn’t think that the inside of this cave would have such a powerful protection. You bury celestials to form the spirit, and the spirit nourishes the flower to become a Flower Celestial! According to the records, where there are Flower Spirits, there might be a Flower Celestial!

“Flower Celestials aren’t celestials, but a poison. It is a poison with intelligence, and it can take human form. The poison of the Flower Celestial is ranked… number 10!” Master Hollow Wind slowly explained.

The eyes of the girls hugging their knees released a ghostly light, then they all stood up and charged at the silver corpse in the air.

“According to the records, these Flower Spirits were all mortal girls that were fed unique drugs until they basically became living pills. Then they were collectively buried here with a special method. Several years later, a sea of flowers formed, and there is a certain chance they could fuse into a Flower Celestial!

“In the Celestial Realm, the Flower Celestial was an extremely precious poison because it could take human form, and so it was favored by the celestials. They would often get them to guard their caves or have fun with.” Master Hollow Wind was worthy of being someone who had been cultivating for countless years. His understanding of celestials was very good, and the things he spoke so calmly about would shock most people.

This was the first time the three Chen brothers had heard of this, and they couldn’t help but be silent while looking at the girls charging at the silver corpse. They didn’t pity them; they were shocked by how cruel the celestials were!

Even Big Head gasped and silently pondered.

In contrast, while Wang Lin’s expression was gloomy, he wasn’t shocked. In truth, after he learned Call the Wind, Summon the Rain, and Magic Arsenal, he understood that the Celestial Realm was no haven.

He wouldn’t revere the celestial like some cultivators did. From looking at Celestial Emperor Bai Fan’s spells, he could tell that Bai Fan was not a righteous person. To be able to become a Celestial Emperor with self-created spells that were almost on the demonic path already showed what was wrong.

It was just as Blood God had said: “What kind of celestial spell is this? It is clearly a demonic spell!”

If Bai Fan was like this, Qing Lin was the same. The puppet refining method from the jade was extremely tyrannical to refine a living person. Wang Lin had already seen through it all.

There was no haven for cultivators! Even the Celestial Realm was the same!

After hearing Master Hollow Wind’s words, he looked at the flower spirits. These girls had no expressions, but there was a resentment hidden in their eyes!

This resentment was suppressed under a ghostly light and was unable to be released. As a result, it became gradually more powerful over the years.

At this moment, these girls circled the silver corpse. As their eyes released a ghostly light, the resentment erupted. This resentment was so extremely strong that it was shocking!

The resentment formed an impact and headed straight for the silver corpse. From Wang Lin’s point of view, the girls surrounded the silver corpse and pulled her body as if they wanted to assimilate her.

However, the silver corpse was already a corpse. Her eyes lit up and she spat out white fog. The flower spirits that touched the white fog immediately collapsed and disappeared into the fog.

As the white fog spread, it covered almost the entire inner cave. As the flower spirits disappeared one by one, the flowers on the ground withered.

Just at this moment, a sharp cry came from the depths of the palace. The earth shook and the 10 celestial soldiers outside began to move.

They turned into 10 rays of golden light that shot into the sky. They were obviously trying to stop the silver corpse from absorbing the flower spirits!

Without Wang Lin having to give the order, Master Hollow Wind’s eyes lit up and he charged out. While his mountain-like body flew out, he waved his sleeves. With a bang, three of the Xuan gold soldiers were separated from the pack to become his prey.

The three Chen brothers all charged forward and dealt with one each. Big Head sneered and then charged forward. His lean body became even skinner and all the flesh condensed on his head. Soon, his head was twice as big as before and the veins on his face bulged. A moment later, one of the veins shot out and wrapped around one of the soldiers. Then he dragged the soldier with him to the side.

The cave was in chaos as the silver corpse continued to absorb the white fog. At the same time, Master Hollow Wind and company battled the soldiers on the ground. These soldiers didn’t know pain and their bodies were extremely tough. There were flashes of golden light when they attacked, and each of their punches contained the power of a spell.

Almost every single celestial soldier was no weaker than a peak Corporeal Yang cultivator. Along with their terrifying bodies, they could battle Nirvana Scryer cultivators!

Seeing that there were still three soldiers left, Master Yi Chen let out a cold short and charged out. He blocked one of the soldiers and waved his big sleeves to push it back. He was now battling two soldiers.

Master Yi Long and Master Yi Xiang had the same idea.

Chapter 1006 – Crisis

With Master Yi Long temporarily holding off two soldiers, Master Yi Xiang charged out at the remaining two soldiers. His hands formed a seal, then he grabbed one and threw it toward Master Yi Long.

As a result, there was only one soldier left!

Just as the soldier was about to charge into the white fog, Master Hollow Wind’s eyes lit up. His hand reached out, causing the soldier to tremble, and pulled it back. Master Hollow Wind was now battling four celestial soldiers.

Although these 10 celestial soldiers had powerful bodies, it wasn’t difficult for Master Hollow Wind and company. Wang Lin felt lucky when he saw this. If he hadn’t fled the Demon Spirit Land back then and was determined to break the restrictions, then even if he had reached this point, he would’ve had no way of dealing with the flower spirit or celestial soldiers.

Wang Lin’s expression was calm as he walked toward the palace at the center. However, before he even got close, a shocking change occurred.

At this instant, the four towers became blurry in Wang Lin’s and became illusions. At the same time, powerful lights came from the illusions.

The powerful lights fused and turned into a tortoise shell that surrounded the palace. From a distance, it was as if a giant tortoise shell was covering the palace.

At the same time, four strands of green smoke came from the tortoise shell and turned into four green-robed elders!

Wang Lin’s expression was calm as he looked at the four elders. They were all souls with cultivation levels between early and mid stage Nirvana Scryer.

The four elders all had the air of celestials and gave off dense celestial spiritual energy. One of them had eyes like lightning as he stared at Wang Lin and shouted, “Lower realm dirt, you dare to invade the celestial cave? Your punishment is death!”

After he spoke, he didn’t even give Wang Lin time to explain before he stepped forward and pointed up at the sky. All the celestial spiritual energy inside the cave gathered to form a vortex in his hand.

This vortex collapsed as the old man pointed at it, but then a roar came out from within. A beast charged out of the collapsed vortex!

This beast was covered in black fur. It was obviously a huge primal ape. It was about 10 feet tall, and it directly lunged at Wang Lin.

The old man moved with a gloomy expression. He turned into a ray of green light and charged at Wang Lin behind the primal ape.

The three others elders also moved. One of them raised his hand, causing a storm of sand and dirt to appear. The storm took the shape of a python that attempted to devour Wang Lin.

Another person extended their arm, and the arm turned into green smoke. As the celestial spiritual energy in the cave gathered, he turned into a giant eagle that shot toward Wang Lin like lightning.

The final elder’s eyes lit up and his hands formed a seal. He pointed up at the sky and shouted, “Celestial Mountain Attack!

The moment he spoke, a rumbling sound came from the cave and then a large mountain appeared and smashed down on Wang Lin!

In an instant, the four elders attacked at the same time. Their celestial spells worked together with the intent to kill!

Wang Lin’s eyes shined brightly, and instead of retreating, he charged forward. As the ape closed in, Wang Lin’s right hand formed a fist and he threw a punch. A loud rumble appeared with this punch, and as they passed each other, Wang Lin’s fist hit the chest of the ape.

Rumbling sounds came from the giant ape’s upper body and then it quickly retreated. However, it only retreated three steps before the upper half of its body exploded.

Without pausing, Wang Lin jumped into the air. He pointed down and calmly said, “Wither Dao Pair!”

After he spoke, the Wither Dao Pair on the back of his hand released a dark glow and flew out. A grim beast skull flew out filled with black mist. A ghostly light came from the eyes of the beast skull!

At this instant, a shocking killing aura appeared, and as the ghostly light shined, grey light covered the giant eagle that was charging at Wang Lin. In an instant, the eagle turned into a stone statue!

At this moment, the black python closed in. It opened its mouth and a powerful suction force came out. A powerful smell of blood drifted from its mouth as it attempted to devour Wang Lin. There was a flash of coldness in Wang Lin’s eyes as he retreated, slapped his bag of holding, and shouted “three sets of nine swords!”

Golden swords immediately flew out of his bag and floated around him. There were 27 swords! The moment the 27 swords appeared, they organized into a sword formation and shot toward the giant python.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

As the shocking rumbles echoed, the python was surrounded by the 27 swords. The swords rapidly pierced through the python, causing it to let out bursts of miserable cries.

Although all this sounds slow, it all happened in an instant. The inner cave suddenly darkened as the celestial mountain penetrated the white fog and smashed down!

Wang Lin’s expression remained neutral as he spat out an item. It was the 18 Hell Celestial Sealing Stamp! The moment it appeared, it grew and charged at the celestial mountain.

It collided with the mountain with a bang.

Taking advantage of this moment, there was a flash of killing intent in Wang Lin’s eyes and he shouted, “Call the Wind!”

All of a sudden, the world changed colors, then a black wind appeared in Wang Lin’s hand and covered the world. Four black dragons immediately appeared within the black wind and charged out with roars.

The expression of old man that had summoned the giant ape changed greatly and he shouted, “Bai Fan’s spell!” He didn’t hesitate to retreat, but he was too late; one of the black dragons devoured him.

Of the remaining three, aside from the one that summoned the mountain, the other two weren’t able to escape and were devoured by the black dragons.

All of this happened too quickly. The remaining elder retreated and landed on the tortoise. He chanted a strange spell and then light flowed into him from the shell like water.

Seeing the old man’s aura increase, how could Wang Lin let him do as he wished? Wang Lin raised his right hand and said, “Stop!”

At this instant, the old man felt like he had entered a trance, and he clearly felt his body get surrounded by countless invisible threads. He muttered, “Stop spell…” He had a strange expression and was about to speak when the last black dragon devoured him.

Wang Lin saw the strange expression that appeared on the old man’s face, but this wasn’t the time to think about it. Wang Lin arrived before the tortoise shell and raised his right hand. He formed a fist, and the illusion of an ancient god arm appeared. He mercilessly smashed down on the tortoise shell below him.

There was a loud rumble, as if the entire cave was trembling, and countless cracks appeared on the ground. The tortoise shell flickered violently but showed no sign of breaking.

At this moment, Master Hollow Wind and company had finished off the celestial soldiers and the silver corpse had finished absorbing the flower spirits. Her face was rosy, and she seemed to have undergone a mysterious change.

“Break this formation!” With one order from Wang Lin, everyone used their various spells with the shell as their target.

As the thunderous rumbles echoed, the tortoise shell flickered once more. The stone bridge started to collapse and was soon completely destroyed.

However, the tortoise shell remained intact and had only dimmed a little.

Wang Lin frowned and was secretly shocked. The protective ability of this tortoise shell was beyond his expectations. Neither his own ancient god fist nor the attacks of many old monsters caused the tortoise shell to collapse.

“I don’t know if the celestial caves that the All-Seer and Ling Tianhou went into also had shells like this. If they had the shell too, how did they break it…” Wang Lin’s eyes lit up as he looked a the tortoise shell.

Not only was he shocked, even Master Hollow Wind and company were shocked, and their gazes gathered on the tortoise shell.

Just as everyone looked at the tortoise shell, it began to flash and gradually revealed the palace within.

The palace was completely dark, making it impossible to see inside, but there were footsteps coming out from inside. The cave was quiet, so although the footsteps were light, they could clearly hear them.

These footsteps had a strange force, and when the their sounds entered everyone’s ears, they unexpectedly synchronized with their heartbeats. It was as if every step was stepping on their hearts.

Master Hollow Wind’s expression changed and the origin energy inside his body cycled rapidly to finally separate his heartbeat from the sounds of the footsteps.

However, the three Chen brothers, Big Head, and Lei Ji didn’t have the cultivation to do this. As the footsteps closed in, their faces turned pale.

Only the silver corpse remained normal. She was a corpse with intelligence, so without a heartbeat, she wasn’t affected.

Wang Lin’s expression gradually became gloomy. He had the body of an ancient god, so he could withstand this level of mental attack.

The footsteps became more and more clear, as if someone was walking out from the depths of the palace. The three Chen brothers’ faces became even more pale and the veins on Big Head’s head swelled up.

Lei Ji had the lowest cultivation level. His body trembled and he retreated a few steps, but he still couldn’t endure it. He let out a roar and his body expanded to few hundred feet tall to finally be able to endure it.

The footsteps seemed to have reached the entrance of the palace. At this moment, a white figure appeared from within the palace.

A ray of light pierce through the tortoise shell and landed on Wang Lin.

A sense of life and death crisis that hadn’t appeared in a long time suddenly surrounded Wang Lin like a storm. It caused all the hair on his body to stand up!

Chapter 1007 – Warning

Wang Lin’s current cultivation was not the same as before, so not many situations could make him feel danger, especially after he became a 5-star royal ancient god.

Unless the enemy’s cultivation level was late stage Nirvana Cleanser or above, it would be impossible for Wang Lin to feel a strong sense of danger.

However, the moment the white figure appeared, Wang Lin’s sense of crisis reached a peak.

Wang Lin hadn’t experienced the feeling of all his hair standing up in a while now. His pupils shrank and he subconsciously retreated a few steps. The blue light in his eyes shined as he stared at the white figure.

A quiet sigh came from inside the palace. The white figure walked out, and what appeared before Wang Lin and company was a beautiful woman!

This woman was very beautiful, almost to a demonic level. Even though Liu Mei didn’t lose in appearance, she lacked an unspeakable feeling. It was as if this woman was a flower of the world. She would bloom and wither along with the world.

She only showed half her body. After her gaze swept past Wang Lin, she looked at everyone else before retreating.

However, just a glance had caused Wang Lin feel as if a hammer had mercilessly smashed his heart. He felt a buzz in his head and he coughed out a mouthful of blood. Then he retreated a few dozen feet and his expression became gloomy.

If Wang Lin was like this, everyone else was worse off.

Master Hollow Wind’s eyes widened and became bloodshot before he coughed out a mouthful of blood. His mountain-like body trembled and rapidly shrank until he was only half of his original size. Large amounts of origin energy entered his mind as he retreated dozens of feet before he stopped. His face was pale and he was aghast by the situation as he shouted, “Flower Celestial!”

The three Chen brothers weren’t able to resist at all. With one glance, Master Yi Chen’s eyes went unfocused and the sounds of things popping came from his chest. He coughed out a large mouthful of blood and fell from the sky. At that moment, the panic in his eyes reached a peak.

As for Master Yi Xiang and Master Yi Long, it was as if their hearts were pierced, and blood spewed out from their pores, soaking their clothes in blood. They fell from the sky and began to cultivate without hesitation.

Big Head and Lei Ji were the same.

Lei Ji’s large body wasn’t able to withstand the shock to his mind. He knelt down on the ground and his face was ashen.

Only the silver corpse remained normal, but there was a flash of strange light in her eyes.

Just one glance contained such terrifying power, and this made Wang Lin gloomy. This was merely one of the four outer caves, but it was already so dangerous. Once they entered the final cave, it was obvious there would be danger at every corner!

“I fear this trip to the Demon Spirit Land will be the most dangerous trip I, Wang Lin, have made in my life!” Wang Lin had anticipated danger, but he didn’t think that their power would be bit lacking in just the outer cave with the people he brought.

Seeing the white figure disappear back into the darkness of the palace, Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. With his intelligence, he obviously knew that that gaze was a warning!

Warning them, especially Wang Lin, to not enter!

If it was any other time, Wang Lin would chose to avoid this place after facing such a warning and powerful attack. After all, what he was doing now was same as invading someone’s cave.

However, this was a trip Wang Lin had to make. All of this was for Zhou Yi. His greatest wish was to revive Qing Shuang, and the one with the best chance to revive her was her father, Qing Lin!

Wang Lin still felt grateful toward Zhou Yi, like how he felt grateful toward Situ Nan. Situ Nan had helped Wang Lin get on the path to become a cultivator, and Zhou Yi had played a critical role in his cultivation. If not for Zhou Yi’s Ascendant Crystal, Wang Lin would have already died along the path of cultivation.

Moreover, although the poison inside Situ Nan was suppressed for now, both of them knew that if it was not dealt with, the consequences would be extremely serious.

It could be said that the hopes of both of his most important benefactors, Situ and Zhou Yi, were all here. Even if it was dangerous, he could not choose to retreat!

Even if he had to invade someone else’s cave and do unjust things, Wang Lin would have no regrets. In this world, it was hard to say who was right or wrong. As long as he was helping Zhou Yi and Situ Nan, to him, he was in the right.

However, for the white figure in the palace, the person who invaded the cave was in the wrong.

“Since I made the choice, then I must walk down this path!” Wang Lin took a deep breath as he stood before the tortoise shell, and his right hand reached toward the void. A thunderous rumble echoed across the cave as if a spatial rift was opened inside it.

As the cold wind blew, strands of black light began to gather. Soon, the illusion of a spear appeared in Wang Lin’s hand!

Large amounts of thunder filled the area and crackling sounds echoed inside the quiet cave. At this moment, the shadow of an ancient god appeared behind Wang Lin. As he grabbed the God Slaying Spear, the ancient god shadow also reached out, and there was a loud rumble.

A God Slaying Spear unexpectedly appeared in the shadow’s hand as well!

A powerful surge of origin energy filled the cave. As Wang Lin took a deep breath and lifted the God Slaying Spear, the gravel on the ground began floating into the air.

Not only the gravel, but even the water in the river seemed to stop flowing and floated into the air. Debris from the four broken towers also floated into the air.

At this moment, the entire came became strange.

“I don’t wish to hurt anyone. Even the four souls earlier were just remnants and not the original bodies. Even now, I only want to break this shell and open the passage to the cave!” Wang Lin’s third eye slowly appeared, and hidden under the third eye, the five stars rotated rapidly. The power of an ancient god filled Wang Lin’s body.

Wang Lin’s body suddenly moved and then the God Slaying Spear gently moved. As the spear moved it was as if space itself was being sliced through.

Holding the God Slaying Spear, Wang Lin moved like lightning toward the tortoise shell. When Wang Lin got near, determination filled his eyes and he shouted, “Master Hollow Wind, silver corpse, help me break the shell!”

Master Hollow Wind clenched his teeth and moved. His body rapidly shrank until he was the size of a normal person. Then his body released a golden glow and a giant stone tablet appeared!

There were many runes on this stone tablet, and it gave off a golden glow. When Master Hollow Wind pointed forward, the stone tablet whistled through the air toward the tortoise shell.

There was a loud bang when the stone tablet smashed down on the shell, causing it to flash violently. The silver corpse spat out a five-colored smoke that headed straight for the tortoise shell. The five-colored smoke covered the tortoise shell and started to melt it.

The tortoise shell began to flash even more violently. At this moment, Wang Lin mercilessly threw the God Slaying Spear down.

This God Slaying Spear was like a mad dragon that whistled through the air toward the tortoise shell. It was so fast that the tip of the spear touched the tortoise shell almost instantly!

A circular ripple suddenly spread out from the spear and caused a loud rumble. At the same time, fine cracks appeared on the shell where the spear collided.

The moment the cracks appeared, the five-colored smoke entered the cracks. Adding the impact of the golden stone tablet, the cracks became even larger until the shell completely collapsed!

When it collapsed, the entire palace was lit up. The pieces of shells were all pushed back by the force. The God Slaying Spear was current displaying all the power Wang Lin could release with it. After breaking through the tortoise shell, it shot toward the palace under it.

Along with it was the five-colored smoke. However, at that moment, the sense of crisis that made Wang Lin’s hair stand on end appeared once more. This time it was even stronger than before!

A white palm extended out from the palace and pointed at the God Slaying Spear. Countless flowers of various colors appeared in the sky. There were so many that they immediately covered the sky and stopped the God Slaying Spear.

As for the five-colored smoke, it immediately turned into a five-colored flower that floated in the air.

The white figure walked out and raised her beautiful hand. She coldly stared at Wang Lin and pointed at him!

At this instant, Wang Lin’s pupils suddenly shrank, then he opened his mouth and spat something out. It was the protection treasure Master Flamespark had gifted him, a Thunder Celestial Realm fragment!

There were some cracks on the fragment that were caused by the All-Seer’s spell!

At this moment, the celestial fragment flew out and immediately grew until it was 1,000 feet wide. It was like a shield protecting Wang Lin!

However, right when the celestial fragment appeared, countless flowers bloomed on the fragment. These flowers were all extremely gorgeous, and they released a nice fragrance.

“I have already warned you!” A soft but extremely cold voice echoed. Just as this sound appeared, the celestial fragment covered in flowers suddenly shattered!

Chapter 1008 – Burial Flower

When the celestial fragment collapsed, the smell of the flowers landed on Wang Lin. He felt an unimaginable impact hit his body, and his insides popped and he coughed out a mouthful of blood. Terror filled Wang Lin’s eyes and he quickly retreated!

“Who the hell is she!? Could she really be a flower celestial!?” Wang Lin’s scalp felt numb. He knew he was fortunate he had the body of an ancient god. If he was a normal cultivator, he would have died without a doubt!

Even so, the pain from his body made his mind tremble. The collapse of the celestial fragment shocked Wang Lin.

Although cracks had appeared on the celestial fragment due to the All-Seer’s spell, it was still an extremely powerful protective treasure.

However, it had collapsed in such a strange way from one point of the woman’s finger. Wang Lin couldn’t help but gasp and quickly retreat.

The woman was surprised, and she walked out a few steps. Looking at Wang Lin with her cold gaze, she raised her right hand and gently pointed at the void!

At this instant, the sense of crisis drowned Wang Lin like a flood. He only felt a pain from his chest as if a sharp thorn was going to pierce it. Under this intense pain, he activated his ancient god power without hesitation. Popping sounds came from his chest and then an illusionary plant appeared before his chest, but its roots were broken by the ancient god power.

The woman in white frowned and calmly said, “No wonder you dared to invade the cave, you indeed have some qualifications.” With that, her jade-like hand pointed to the side.

Master Hollow Wind, who was ready to escape in case something went wrong, was immediately surrounded by blooming flowers. The fragrance covered him, and his expression immediately became pale. He immediately sat down to cultivate in the sea of flowers regardless of the crisis. He had to cultivate to force the poison out of his body as fast as possible.

The moment he sat down, the flowers closed in and surrounded Master Hollow Wind. From a distance, you could see an endless sea of flowers, but not Master Hollow Wind.

The three Chen brothers and Big Head were terrified. They wanted to retreat, but they were covered by flowers. Before they could use any spells, they were surrounded by the sea of flowers.

As for the silver corpse, she was also surrounded by the sea of flowers, so it was impossible to see her anymore.

Looking around, Wang Lin was the only one remaining!

The woman’s cold gaze fell on Wang Lin. Wang Lin felt his mind tremble once more. A ray of blue light shot out from his right eye and the azure light shield appeared before him. Immediately following that, popping soundings could be heard before him.

Flowers appeared in the air and shattered as the azure light shield swept by. The flowers scattered, but the strange fragrance became even stronger.

The woman in white frowned even harder. She took a hairpin out of her hair with her right hand and, after looking at it, threw it forward!

A sharp sound that could pierce the origin soul immediately echoed across the cave. The hair pin flew directly at Wang Lin!

It was so fast that even Wang Lin wasn’t able to keep track of it. He could only hear popping sounds echo around him as he retreated.

Every pop meant the azure light shield being hit. The feeling of life and death crisis enveloped Wang Lin’s body. He couldn’t see through her cultivation, but he felt that her cultivation was more terrifying than Master Flamespark’s.

The woman raised her right hand once more, forming a strange seal, and softly said, “Burial Flower!”

After she spoke, countless flowers bloomed wherever there was light. There was simply too many flowers, causing the cave to become a world of flowers!

The moment she said “Burial Flower,” the flowers seemed to reach their peak and began to wilt. As the stems rapidly withered, the petals fell off like a rain of petals. As the woman’s hand formed that seal, all of the petals surged at Wang Lin as if they wanted to drown him.

Without a path of retreat, there was a flash of cold light in Wang Lin’s eyes. It had been a long time since he was pushed into a corner where he could die at a moment of carelessness. His hand formed a seal without hesitation and he pointed up at the sky and shouted, “Call the Wind!”

Black wind appeared within the sea of flowers and gathered on Wang Lin’s right hand. It turned into four black dragons and blasted out cold air.

Without pausing, his right hand changed seals and he shouted, “Summon the Rain!”

As the four black dragons roared, a large amount of rain descended and covered the sky. Large amounts of celestial spiritual energy gathered from all directions and entered the raindrops in the blink of an eye.

As Call the Wind and Summon the Rain were used in succession, they began to fuse. Within the wind, the power of the rain was mighty, and within the rain, the wind was even colder! As a result, this caused the countless raindrops to turn into ice crystals. As Wang Lin pointed, the four black dragons roared and the ice rain fell straight toward the woman in white!

This was a moment of crisis, and Wang Lin’s eyes turned cold. His hands formed a seal once more, and without hesitation, he shouted, “Magic Arsenal!” With that, a ray of black light flew out from his mouth. It was the 18 Hell Celestial Sealing Stamp!

The 18 Hell Sealing Stamp flashed brightly. As Wang Lin waved his sleeves, the battle souls inside the stamp flew out and filled the cave. They charged at the woman in white along with Call the Wind and Summon the Rain.

Magic Arsenal caused a ripple in the sea of flowers. This was the first time Wang Lin had used all three of Bai Fan’s celestial spells. The power of the three spells was unsurpassable. The black wind blew back the petals and the ice crystals caused popping sounds to echo across the cave.

Finally, the countless battle souls from Magic Arsenal, especially Blood Ancestor’s, swept the area. The three spells formed a storm that swept the world.

Rumble, rumble!

The rumbling was heaven-shaking. The fusion of three of Bai Fan’s spells forced an opening in the sea of flowers and closed in on the woman in white.

Wang Lin took a step forward and cracking sounds came from his body. He changed from his original size to more than 1,000 feet tall!

The azure light shield changed with him and became hundreds of feet large. It circled around Wang Lin.

The aura of a royal ancient god spread out without reservation. Wang Lin let out a roar as his right hand mercilessly threw a punch.

A powerful gust of wind appeared and increased the speed of the three spells before it. It broke through everything and arrived before the woman in white.

The four dragons roared and countless ice crystals rained down. There were also countless battle souls filling the sky!

The expression of the woman in white changed slightly as she stared at Wang Lin’s large body and softly said, “Ancient god…” She raised her right hand, and a flash of green light emitted from her hand. Then a mysterious ball of light appeared.

The moment he saw this ball of light, Wang Lin, who had turned into an ancient god, felt that powerful sense of crisis once more. This time it was several times stronger than before, and all of it was because of that ball of light!

The woman in white’s expression became even colder, and she threw the ball of light. It flew forward at the storm and collided with it in an instant.

There was no sound, but the scene before him brought Wang Lin a great deal of shock!

The moment that ball of light and the storm touched, they collapsed. The collapse of the ball of light caused a strange change. The three spells that were original fused separated back into three spells.

However, they changed once more and continued to degrade until they disappeared into nothing before the woman! Even the battle souls from Magic Arsenal went back into the 18 Hell Celestial Sealing Stamp.

All of this was done in an instant, and Wang Lin’s expression changed greatly. His fist had lost the storm around it, but still closed in on the woman in white.

The woman in white’s expression was calm and her eyes were cold. Another ball of light appeared in her hand and she threw it directly at Wang Lin.

“Source origin!” Wang Lin clearly felt that there was a sliver of source origin inside that ball of light. Only source origin could cause the three spells to collapse like that. If it touched him, even though he had the body of an ancient god, he would collapse!

During this moment of crisis, Wang Lin’s third eye suddenly opened. As the ball of light closed in, a sharp, red light came out of the third eye!

The power of the third eye was released completely!

The moment the third eye opened, the red light opened up like a fan and covered the ball of light. Then the source origin inside the third eye slowly came out.

This was the first time Wang Lin had battled with the source origin energy inside his third eye. Although the red light looked peaceful, it was extremely dangerous!

The moment the red light came out of Wang Lin’s third eye, the expression of the woman in white changed for the first time!

The ball of light dissipated at a rapid rate under the red light. However, as it dissipated, the bit of remaining source origin energy within Wang Lin’s third eye also rapidly dissipated as if they were canceling each other out.

This process only lasted an instant, but it felt like thousands of years for Wang Lin. After the ball of light dissipated, Wang Lin quickly retreated, then the dim, red light disappeared and the third eye closed.

The clothes on his back were soaked in cold sweat as Wang Lin retreated. The woman in white didn’t change, but her eyes became serious and she slowly said,

“Ancient god, Bai Fan’s celestial spells, source origin energy. Who are you!?”

Wang Lin dreaded the woman in white a lot, but he had to break through and enter the cave! At this moment, Wang Lin’s mind trembled and he remembered the strange expression the old man had after seeing the Stop spell!

Wang Lin rarely gambled in his life, but right now he had to gamble!

“If I fail, then I can only escape to find Ancient Demon Bei Lou to help me break through this celestial cave. No matter what, I must enter!” Wang Lin clenched his teeth as he lifted his hand and pointed. The Stop spell suddenly appeared.

The moment the woman in white saw the Stop spell, her expression changed.

Wang Lin’s eyes lit up and he decided to slap his bag of holding. The celestial pagoda appeared and Qing Shuang’s corpse floated between Wang Lin and the woman in white!

It was as if the woman in white was struck by lightning!

Chapter 1009 – Whose Statue?

As the woman stared at Qing Shuang’s body, her body trembled. After a long time, she closed her eyes, but the trembling of her eyelashes couldn’t conceal the shock in her heart.

Wang Lin had his heart at his throat as he closely watched the change in the woman’s expression. He was gambling that this woman would recognize the Stop spell and that she would recognize Qing Shuang!

Although it was the perfect time to launch a sneak attack, Wang Lin didn’t do any of this. This woman gave Wang Lin a powerful sense of crisis. When she used that sliver of source origin, Wang Lin was terrified.

Though Master Flamespark had the aura of source origin, even he couldn’t use it. However, this woman had actually used source origin, which was unimaginable to Wang Lin.

When facing this kind of enemy, it was pointless to launch a sneak attack.

The surroundings were completely quiet, with only the faint fragrance of the flowers and the petals falling forming a sea of petals.

Time slowly passed as the two pondered. After 15 minutes, the woman in white opened her eyes and looked at Qing Shuang’s body. She opened her mouth as if she wanted to speak.

However, just at this moment, there were a loud rumble from far away in the cave. During this moment of silence, that sound was extremely harsh!

At the same time, cursing slowly came from the distance.

“Run? No treasure I have my eyes on can escape!” Situ Nan’s arrogant voice echoed as he chased after a ray of white light. There was a small bottle inside that white light.

This bottle was made of white jade. From a distance, it gave off a mellow light as if it was a fat sheep.

Situ Nan emitted a black gas that surrounded him as he chased after the small bottle. Seeing the small bottle running faster, Situ Nan’s hand formed a seal and black mist appeared before the bottle. The black mist turned into a fierce beast that attempted to devour the small bottle.

The small bottle suddenly stopped at the moment the fierce jumped at it, and the bottle shattered into countless fragments. The fragments pierced through the beast and reformed on the other end. Then it sped up and flew forward.

Situ Nan’s eyes lit up as he laughed and chased after it once more.

As the treasure ran from Situ Nan, they quickly closed in on Wang Lin and the woman in white.

Wang Lin’s eyes shined an indiscernible amount.

The white bottle was very fast and shot toward the woman in white. The woman in white frowned as she waved her jade-like hand. The bottle gently landed in her hand.

However, as soon as the woman in white grabbed the small bottle, it suddenly shattered into countless pieces and flew toward her.

Situ Nan’s body flickered and he shouted, “Wang Lin, let’s go!”

Wang Lin didn’t hesitate to retrieve Qing Shuang and the pagoda when the bottle landed in the woman’s hand. Then he retreated like a bolt of lightning.

Situ Nan’s face revealed a fierce expression and both of his hands formed a seal. Then his hand pressed down and he shouted, “Celestial Spell, Spatial Crack!” As his voice echoed, a distortion appeared in the space before them.

Popping sounds echoed and countless vortexes appeared from nowhere and flew at the woman in white.

Taking this opportunity, Situ Nan quickly retreated and charged toward the entrance of the cave with Wang Lin.

The shattered pieces of the white bottle rushed at the woman’s face. However, with just one glare, the fragments stopped mid air. With a calm expression, she walked forward.

The countless vortexes formed by Situ Nan’s celestial spell Spatial Crack rushed forward, but they strangely went through the woman in white. They didn’t cause her to slow down at all.

“Do you not want to enter the cave…” the woman in white slowly asked as she walked.

Although her voice was still cold, there was no killing intent within it.

As Wang Lin retreated, a hint of hesitation appeared in his eyes. He stopped and stared at the woman in white.

Situ Nan frowned and also stopped. Earlier, he had left by himself to search for treasures, but he soon noticed the crisis Wang Lin was facing.

In particular, Master Hollow Wind and others’ disappearance shocked him. However, with Wang Lin here, he couldn’t escape on his own, so he risked coming here to create an opportunity to escape.

At the moment he saw Wang Lin stop, Situ Nan also stopped without hesitation. He coldly stared at the woman in white that was closing in.

Wang Lin clasped his hands and calmly asked “Is Senior allowing us to enter?”

The woman in white pondered for a long time before letting out a sigh. She turned around toward the palace and said, “Follow me.”

With that, the woman in white floated toward the palace. Wang Lin pondered a bit before glancing at Situ Nan. Situ Nan’s eyes lit up and he slowly said, “This person is somewhat strange!”

“If you won’t follow, then the two of you can leave. Your companions will be waiting for you outside.” The woman’s faint voice came from the palace. Her figure had already arrived outside the palace and entered the darkness of the palace with a single step.

Thinking of the change in the woman’s expression, Wang Lin’s eyes filled with determination and he slowly said, “Situ, I’m going in by myself!”

Situ Nan naturally knew that if both of them entered and anything happened, they’d have no way to resist. He nodded without saying a word.

There were something between him and Wang Lin that didn’t need to be explained. It was a kind of trust.

Wang Lin didn’t say any more. He charged forward and arrived before the palace in the blink of an eye. Then h e took a deep breath and stepped into the palace!

The palace was completely dark. Not only did this darkness obstruct his vision, it also obstructed his divine sense. He could only spread his divine sense out a few dozen feet around him.

Wang Lin could vague see few large shadows that were like statues. However, it was too dark, so he couldn’t see clearly.

This palace was completely quiet aside from the soft footsteps before him that told him the woman in white was gradually walking away.

Just at this moment, the footsteps disappeared and a faint voice sounded within the hall.

“What is your name?”

Wang Lin answered, “Wang Lin.”

“Wang…” The woman seem to be talking to herself as she muttered, “He really is named Wang…”

The palace became silent once more. Although Wang Lin’s expression was neutral, he was extremely vigilant. His origin energy filled his body, and if there were any abnormalities, he would retaliate.

In addition, the third eye appeared between his eyebrows. Although it wasn’t open, the source origin energy inside would spread out with a thought.

Wang Lin dreaded the woman in white a lot. He was at the peak of the mid stage of Nirvana Scryer and could fight Nirvana Cleanser cultivators with his ancient god body. However, Wang Lin knew that he wasn’t a match for this woman.

However, there were something he had to do even if it was dangerous. That’s just how Wang Lin was.

While pondering, the woman seemed to wave her right hand and a ray of light appeared. This light wasn’t ordinary; it was like a fire in the darkness as it quickly lit up the area in a dim glow.

Borrowing the dim light, Wang Lin clearly saw what was inside the palace, and he gasped.

This palace was like a daoist temple of the mortals. There was a total nine statues inside the palace. Eight statues were on the sides, and the one at the center seemed to be carved with various things and gave off a glimmer of gold.

However, this golden light was very weak. The moment it appeared, it would be devoured by the darkness. As a result, it could only be kept inside the statue, making the statue give off a strange aura.

This was a statue of a middle-aged man. He was very handsome and his eyes had a profound look. He wore a yellow robe and gave off the aura of a noble!

The yellow robe had nine purple dragons embroidered on it and revealed their ferocious expressions. Although they were mere images, one could still feel their unimaginable fierceness.

In addition there were carved clouds that filled the background. However, these clouds weren’t white, but black. These black clouds made the middle-aged man look very dignified.

When Wang Lin looked at the middle-aged man, he felt a buzz in his mind, and an unimaginable aura smashed into his body.

This aura was the strongest aura Wang Lin had ever felt. Whether it was Qing Shui, Master Flame Spark, or the All-Seer, their auras were far weaker. Even the mysterious third step elder from Allheaven was a bit weaker.

This aura was so powerful, it created an invisible impact. Only one look from Wang Lin made his body tremble, causing him to cough out blood. He quickly retreated and wanted to use his origin energy, only to discover that, to his horror, his origin energy had retreated. It had shrank back as if it was afraid to appear before this power!

There was an invisible pressure that caused the origin energy inside Wang Lin’s body to be suppressed by force the moment it moved. No matter how much his origin energy struggled, it was pointless!

The world’s origin energy had to yield before this statue!

Wang Lin was frightened. At this moment, he could only hear his heart rapidly beating. It was as if his blood had stopped flowing, but the next moment, all his blood rushed toward his heart.

Wang Lin had never encountered this kind of situation in his more than 1,300 years of cultivation, but now was not the time to think about it. His origin energy couldn’t be used, and the blood flowing inside his body made him tremble.

An unimaginable pressure wanted to make him kneel and yield to the might of this statue!

Wang Lin’s eyes shined red as he let out a roar and his ancient god power erupted.

Ancient gods didn’t respect the heavens or followed dao, they walked against the heavens. It was part of the Ancient Order!

Chapter 1010 – Flower Imperial Concubine

How could a mere statue make an ancient god yield!? As his ancient god power filled his body, Wang Lin stood up straight. His eyes were like lightning as he met the gaze of the statue for a second time!

He felt a rumbling in his mind that spread across his body. While his body trembled, his eyes revealed an unyielding gaze.

“There is nothing that can make ancient gods yield! The heavens can’t, the laws of the world can’t, and you also can’t!” The ancient god stars rapidly rotated between Wang Lin’s eyebrows, and popping sound could be heard from inside his body. Although he didn’t grow into his true ancient god form, the strength of his body increased rapidly.

His powerful body allowed more ancient god power to fill him. Wang Lin was able to stand there like mountain as an unyielding aura erupted from his body.

This aura resisted the suppression the statue released!

Silent ripples echoed, forming a storm that swept through the hall, causing Wang Lin to retreat once more.

Wang Lin let out a roar as he struggled to stop while he stared at the statue. At this moment, he had the illusion that the statue was alive and was coldly looking at him.

Roar!

Wang Lin suddenly raised his head and the roar of an ancient god was released. All life had to back down before the roar of the ancient gods. None of them were qualified to stand before it!

When he let out the roar, the entire cave began to rumble as if it couldn’t withstand this roar. At the same time, Wang Lin raised his foot and mercilessly took a step forward!

Although this step was simple, it was very difficult for Wang Lin. When facing this unimaginable pressure and aura that could make one collapse, the only path was to retreat. However, to retreat was to yield, and if he couldn’t reverse the situation, he would have completely yielded.

The ancient gods dared to defy the heavens and dao. If he were to yield to this mere statue, Wang Lin wouldn’t be qualified to be a real ancient god!

With that one step, Wang Lin could hear the terrifying sounds of things shattering inside his body. Taking this step meant that he was directly confronting that pressure and discarding any room for negotiation!

However, this was what the ancient god inheritance within Wang Lin wanted!

Retreating 10 steps, 100 steps, or even standing still and struggling while not losing was still too weak-willed. This will determined that the dao you walked could only follow the will of the heavens!

However, talking one step was very different. This meant rebellion, this meant defying!

After this step, the pressure from the statue increased several fold. It was as if countless mountains had smashed down on Wang Lin, not allowing him to resist!

Blood sprayed out of the pores in his back, but he took another step forward!

“I, Wang Lin, am a heaven-defying cultivator. I dare to defy the heavens and fate, so how could I back down here!?” Wang Lin’s step was like walking upstream and angering the heavens. An even more powerful pressure crashed down on him.

“A seeker of dao could be born at dawn and die by sunset. A heaven-defying cultivator has a defiant heart. What is there to fear? It is merely death!”

Under this unimaginable pressure, blood sprayed out from Wang Lin’s body. He was covered in blood, but he laughed. His laughter was filled with an unyielding aura!

The current Wang Lin had a clear mind as all useless thoughts where thrown away. The only thing in his mind was the word “defy!”

Back then, he defied the heavens in the Demon Spirit Land to reach the Ascendant stage. Here, he faced the pressure once more in the Demon Spirit Land. The defying nature that was sealed by Wang Lin and suppressed during his time at Allheaven bloomed once more!

Everything was like karma!

While he laughed, Wang Lin took another step. The moment he took the third step, the pressure in the palace disappeared as if it never existed!

The woman in white stared at Wang Lin from under the statue and revealed a complex emotion.

Only Wang Lin’s laughter echoed in the palace and slowly dissipated!

The moment he saw the statue, he guessed who the person was. The person’s appearance was somewhat similar to Qing Shuang’s.

Also, only one person could have a mere statue give off such a powerful pressure!

“Celestial Emperor Qing Lin!” Wang Lin’s back was soaked in sweat. The danger he felt just before was unprecedented. If not for the power of the ancient gods, he would have immediately exploded and died.

There was a trace of coldness in Wang Lin’s gaze as he looked at the woman in white.

The woman in white lowered her head and softly said, “You have passed the test!”

Wang Lin calmly asked, “Who are you?”

“One of the eight imperial concubines, Flower Imperial Concubine Han Yan.” The woman looked at the statue. Her eyes were filled with a gentle gaze and a deep sense of love.

She let out a sigh and waved her jade-like hand. The ground trembled and the floor tiles shook and floated into the air.

It was as if a strange force had filled the area, causing all the floor tiles to fly into the air. They formed a strange formation between Wang Lin and the woman in white.

Without the floor tiles, the floor showed the starry sky. The darkness was filled with countless nebulae and dazzling stars.

What was even more incredible was that the stars weren’t static, but slowly moving. This caused Wang Lin’s eyes to narrow.

“This Demon Spirit Land is a celestial cave, and it drifts in space via a special method. What you see is no an illusion, but reality…

“Enter this transfer array and you can enter the sealed land. If you have the ability to open it, you can enter the real celestial cave.”

“Is that celestial cave where Celestial Emperor Qing Lin is?” Wang Lin’s gaze moved from the stars to the formation made by the floor tiles.

The woman in white silently pondered and looked at the statue. After a long time, she softly said, “When he came back, he was already injured. Then he was attacked by two lowly outsiders. After he returned, he activated the celestial cave to heal.

“Originally, there was no entrance, but then he created four entrances. If all four entrances are opened, a true entrance will appear in the Demon Spirit Land to where he is under closed door cultivation…”

“You have the Stop spell, Qing Shuang’s corpse, and are named Wang, so I won’t stop you… After you enter the transfer array, your companions will appear in your mind.” The woman let out a sigh as she turned around and walked into the depth of the hall. Wang Lin looked at her figure that was filled with loneliness and melancholy.

Wang Lin quickly asked, “What do you mean by ‘named Wang?’”

“If there is a chance, you will find out…” The voice of the woman in white was weak as she slowly sank into the darkness.

Wang Lin looked at the distance and quickly said, “With Senior’s power, why won’t you come with me?”

The woman in white that had half-entered the darkness suddenly stopped. Her back was facing Wang Lin when she revealed a bitter expression and softly said, “I can’t go …”

As she spoke, her body completely entered the darkness and disappeared.

The woman in white appeared within the depths of the palace where Wang Lin couldn’t perceive her. The bitter expression on her face was still there. She gave off a white glow, but this white light merged with the darkness, so no one outside could see it.

The woman gradually stopped moving and an azure light spread across her feet. Soon, it covered her body and she disappeared in a flash.

What replaced her was an extremely beautiful flower that bloomed in the depths of the hall.

“The Flower Imperial Concubine is already dead… The only thing that remains is a Flower Celestial… a Flower Celestial that can’t leave this cave…”

The flower bloomed, but there was a feeling of sadness as this beauty bloomed in the darkness, where no one could see it.

While Wang Lin pondered, he looked at the transfer array before him and stepped inside.

However, the moment he approached, his gaze fell on the darkness in the distance as if he had spotted something.

He entered the transfer array and it began to shine. Then Wang Lin’s figure disappeared inside.

When he reappeared, he was in an illusory space, and a large formation was carved into the ground. There was a large black stone at the center.

After carefully observing his surroundings, Wang Lin entered the large formation and arrived next to the black stone. A moment later, he slapped his bag of holding and the key to the celestial cave that he obtained flew out.

The moment it flew out, it turned into green smoke and entered the black stone.

In an instant, light came from the large formation. One by one, the runes floated into the air and filled the area. The formation slowly became active.

The moment the formation activated, a subtle connection appeared between the formation and Wang Lin. He felt his vision blur, then he saw everything within the fourth cave.

It was as if the entire cave was in his mind. With one thought, he could break any restriction and control everything.

Except he had no control over the palace.

He saw Situ Nan and Master Hollow Wind and company, who had disappeared under the sea of flowers.

With a thought, Master Hollow Wind, the three Chen Brothers, Big Head, and Lei Ji disappeared. Situ Nan stood there frowning. Ever since Wang Lin had disappeared, he had been on guard, and a cold light flashed across his eyes.

Just at this moment, Situ Nan’s expression changed as he felt a divine sense sweep past him. This divine sense was very familiar.

“Wang Lin!”

Situ Nan’s body disappeared after Wing Lin’s divine sense swept by. When he reappeared, he was next to the large formation.

“The cave has been opened completely. Lei Ji, your cultivation is lacking, so wait here for us to return!” As Wang Lin’s voice echoed, the formation on the ground began to flash.

At the same time, a shocking change occurred in the Demon Spirit Land!

Chapter 1011 – Celestial Spirit Heaven Realm

There was a vast plain in the northern part of the Demon Spirit Land. At this moment, a mysterious change occurred in the sky above the plain.

The clouds began to gather from all directions, covered the sky in a sea of clouds. There were whistling sounds coming from the sky in the distance. Then a pillar of light came out from the plain.

This pillar seemed to support the sky of the Demon Spirit Land, and a thunderous rumble came from it. As it continued to rise, a large amount of ripples carrying powerful impacts spread out and caused the clouds to retreat.

As a result, this pillar of light pierced through the heavens. It turned into rings of light that slowly spread across the sky.

The moment the pillar of light appeared, rich celestial spiritual energy spread out and covered almost 30% of the Demon Spirit Land.

There were a few ugly, black birds that flew by and were swept by the celestial spiritual energy by coincidence. The black birds’ bodies trembled and then large amounts of black gas came out from their bodies and dissipated.

After the black gas was gone, the black birds suddenly changed into white cranes. They let out joyful cries and their eyes filled with intelligence as they flew away in a beautiful arc.

The Demon Spirit Land was filled with demonic energy, which was the source of energy for the inhabitants to cultivate. At this moment, a shocking scene unfolded in the sky.

The demonic energy that filled the Demon Spirit Land collided with the celestial spiritual energy that appeared. There were fierce collisions as, like fire and water, the two wouldn’t mix, causing a strange change to occur.

However, the demonic energy here was too strong and the celestial spiritual energy from one pillar wasn’t enough. It was soon suppressed by the surrounding demonic energy.

However, as even more celestial spiritual energy came out from the pillar, it was finally able to cover the surrounding 50 kilometers. There was enough celestial spiritual energy to prevent the demonic energy from suppressing it completely.

Everything in the 50 kilometers space was filled with celestial spiritual energy, while the outside was full of demonic energy. A balance was reached where celestial spiritual energy couldn’t expand but demonic energy couldn’t invade.

Just at this moment, Ling Tianhou, the middle-aged man in purple, and the famous Master Void were sitting in the center of the formation in the third cave.

Ling Tianhou’s eyes opened and shined brightly. Without hesitation, his right hand reached out and a crack appeared. Large amounts of green smoke came out of the crack and the key to the cave slowly appeared.

“It only took him seven days to open the forth cave. I had already overestimated Wang Lin, but it seems I was still still looking down on him… I spent nearly one month opening the third cave…” Ling Tianhou pondered as his right pointed at the black stone at the center of the formation below him.

The smoke immediately surrounded the black stone and went inside it.

Then the black stone trembled and the formation activated!

In western part of the Demon Spirit Land, the land that belonged to the Spirit Demon Country. At this moment, the sky changed colors and a pillar of light shot up into the air! As the pillar of light shot up, waves of impacts began to spread outwards endlessly.

The pillar shot into the sky along with a loud rumble. Dense celestial spiritual energy spread out and began another collision with the demonic energy in the Demon Spirit Land.

At this moment, the pillars from the north and west seemed to resonate with each other as they flashed violently. Their power increased as they attempted to break the 50 kilometer barrier and expand outward!

At the same time, another pillar of light shot into the sky in the south. Even more celestial spiritual energy erupted, and another battle between celestial and demonic energy began!

The All-Seer was sitting inside the second cave, looking at the formation with a calm gaze. However, there was an strange, almost indiscernible light that flashed across his eyes.

“Seven days…” The All-Seer silently pondered. It was impossible to tell what he was thinking or feeling.

Three pillars of light appeared one after another in the Demon Spirit Land, attracting the attention of the powerhouses in the Demon Spirit Land. The drastic change in demonic energy caused them to panic.

The Demon Spirit Land that hadn’t changed for countless years was undergoing an unimaginable change when the three pillars of light appeared!

The celestial spiritual energy that spread out from the three pillars seem to begin three battles against the demonic energy. Aside from the east, the rest of the sky above the Demon Spirit Land was filled with colorful lights.

However, there was simply too much demonic energy that had gathered over the countless years. As a result, the celestial spiritual energy of the three pillars wasn’t enough to shake the Demon Spirit Land.

Inside the first cave, the Celestial Cloud Cultivation Pair quietly stood within the large formation. Although Wang Wei looked calm, there was a hint of unsuppressable excitement in his eyes.

He took a deep breath and muttered, “This day… The day we waited for has finally arrived…”

Hu Juan stood beside him, holding Wang Wei’s hand, and softly said, “We will succeed this time.”

“We planned for so long; we must succeed this time!” Wang Wei nodded.

There was a purple shadow behind them. It gave off a fierce aura and vaguely revealed an aura Wang Lin would be very familiar with.

“The Demon Spirit Land… Who knew that this place used to be called the Celestial Spirit Heaven Realm…” Wang Wei let out a sigh and pointed his right hand toward the black stone in the formation. The black stone flashed and the formation activated.

“The demonic energy is like a poison. Today, let its true form reappear!” Wang Wei’s eyes shined brightly.

A pillar of light shot up straight into the sky in the eastern part of the Demon Spirit Land. Along with it, endless celestial spiritual energy spread out.

At this instant the four pillars of light from the east, south, west, and north changed. It was as if they had linked together to form a giant formation!

Large amounts of celestial spiritual energy rushed out, and now it was several times stronger than before. It created a storm of celestial spiritual energy that swept across the Demon Spirit Land.

As the celestial spiritual energy swept across the dark red land it was as if a layer of dust was wiped off revealing the healthy black earth. The various plants sprout new life as the storm swept by.

The celestial storm swept through the dense jungle. The monstrous trees in the demonic jungle trembled and all returned to their original forms as towering trees.

Even some of the monsters inside the jungle trembled when the celestial spiritual energy storm swept by. At this moment, there was a black tiger with a single horn on its head laying low, and its eyes were shining. It was staring ahead with slobber in the corner of its mouth. Before it stood a group of demonic deer. The deer were purple and were tearing each other apart within any hint of being docile.

Just as the black tiger was about to pounce, the celestial spiritual energy storm swept by.

It was as if a storm had swept away all the demonic energy. Without the demonic energy, the ground was no longer red and became green once more. The deer that were biting each other all tembled on the ground. The purple of their bodies faded, revealing their original colors, and they gave off a celestial feeling.

The black tiger that was going to pounce trembled and let out a roar. The horn on its head shattered and its black fur turned white. It was filled with celestial spiritual energy, and then the fierceness was gone and was replaced with intelligence.

As the celestial spiritual energy storm swept by, the demonic jungle changed completely. From a distance, it looked like the Celestial Realm.

Although the river outside the jungle looked clear, it was filled with demonic energy. If one drank it for too long, demonic energy would gather and change their physique.

Even the fishes in the river became strange with the invasion of demonic energy. A fish the size of your palm had sharp teeth that could easily tear mortals to pieces.

However, the moment the celestial spiritual energy swept by, it was as if a layer of fog had swept by. The river became even more clear and gave off a refreshing feeling. Even the water itself contained a hint of dry sweetness.

The fishes inside trembled and changed from their hideous appearances into very colorful appearances. Then the fishes began playing inside the river

If you looked from above, you would clearly see that the entire Demon Spirit Land was changing as the celestial spiritual energy swept by.

It was as if the world should be like this, but something that happened countless years ago caused this place to become a demonic land. Now the four pillars of light were releasing celestial spiritual energy that quickly cleansed the demonic energy from this land.

The darkness on the ground melted like snow as light replaced it. The demonic energy that filled the place was quickly pushed away. It was as if the Demon Spirit Land had been covered in a veil of demonic energy and now it was mercilessly removed, exposing its true form!

All the cities and tribes of the Demon Spirit Land were swept by this demonic energy. Every single person’s face was filled with pain as they fell down, unable to stand still.

Demonic energy came out of their bodies and was dissipated by the celestial spiritual energy. All the demonic energy that had been stored up for years was now all gone. Now that they had regained consciousness, there was no longer any demonic energy left inside their bodies. Instead, it was replaced with a refreshing feeling and confusion.

As the four pillars continued to release celestial spiritual energy, it slowly filled the world. As it swept across the land, even the sky brightened up.

All the demonic energy seemed to dissipate under this rich celestial spiritual energy!

From a distance, it was filled with green mountains and clear rives. The cranes flew in the air and the cries of spirit beasts were heard. There were no longer any demonic beasts left!

Celestial Spirit Heaven Realm!

However, there were still a few places where the demonic energy lingered in the restored Celestial Spirit Heaven Realm. No matter how much celestial spiritual energy rushed into the area, the demonic energy wouldn’t move!

In a valley in the Celestial Spirit Heaven Realm, there was a pool of water. A demonic face appeared in the pool. He looked at the celestial spiritual energy that had swept by, and his eyes released a demonic glow.

Chapter 1012 – Celestial Cave Opens

“Qing Lin planned this well… I didn’t expect such a big change to occur when the cave was opened… If I hadn’t absorbed the other ancient demon spirit, I would’ve been completely suppressed right now!

“However, none of this matters now. Even if the Demon Spirit Land returns back to what it was, it doesn’t matter! Now that the cave is open, I’ll succeed this time!

“Ancient Devil, Celestial Emperor, I, Bei Lou am coming!” The ancient demon revealed a ferocious expression as he rushed out of the pool of water in a ray of demonic light.

The celestial spiritual energy swept by him, but when it got close to him, it was absorbed by the demonic light around him and increased his demonic energy.

In the underground cavern under a demon country in the Celestial Spirit Heaven Realm, Yao Xixue raised her head the moment the celestial spiritual energy swept by. The moment she felt the celestial spiritual energy, her body trembled. Then her eyes released a ghostly glow and a powerful demonic energy surrounded her.

The demonic energy formed a large vortex that absorbed all the celestial spiritual energy around her. The celestial spiritual energy was crushed and absorbed.

Yao Xixue’s body flickered and disappeared. When she reappeared, she was floating in the air. Her entire body gave off a powerful demonic aura that covered up her appearance, but her cold aura was still strong.

After pausing for a moment, she turned into a ray of demonic light and charged ahead.

There was another place that was spared from the celestial spiritual energy. That was the Fire Demon Country, where the Soul Refining Sect was!

The celestial spiritual energy flew by the statue of Wang Lin within the depths of the Soul Refining Sect. The celestial spiritual energy tried to dissipate the demonic energy inside, but a sharp cry came out from within the statue.

The moment the celestial spiritual energy arrived, the millions of Soul Refining Sect disciples felt the anxiety within the cry. Without anyone taking charge, almost all of the disciples took out their soul flags. Countless soul fragments appeared and formed a protective layer around the stone statue.

The entire capital of the Soul Refining Sect was surrounded by countless soul fragments that whistled to confront the celestial spiritual energy. However, the celestial spiritual energy was too powerful, and the Soul Refining Sect was like a lonely boat floating among angry waves.

The millions of Soul Refining Sect disciples were filled with fear, but they clenched their teeth and held on!

Just at this moment, a portion of the celestial spiritual energy changed as if it had its own will. Not only did it not attack, it formed a vortex to help the Soul Refining Sect resist the other three portions of celestial spiritual energy.

The three portions of celestial spiritual energy didn’t attack by force and instead went around.

The vortex around the Soul Refining Sect quickly stopped and fused back with the other three to sweep across the world.

When the celestial spiritual energy filled the Celestial Spirit Heaven Realm, the four pillars shined brightly, causing the land to be enveloped in light.

The four pillars of light were connected by the light as if a layer of protection was woven above the Celestial Spirit Heaven Realm.

The Celestial Spirit Heaven Realm of the past activated its own protection formation once more!

At this instant, as the light filled the sky and the protection formation was reactivated, a big change occurred in the center of the Celestial Spirit Heaven Realm. There was an endless mountain range in the center of the four pillars.

The earth shook, large amounts of the mountain fell off, and dust flew into the air. From a distance, everything was covered by dust.

Purple light came from one of the mountains that were collapsing, revealing a purple dragon. The purple dragon let out a roar and the remaining mountains crumbled.

The purple dragon rose into the air and let out a heaven-shaking dragon roar! This dragon was extremely dignified and revealed an extremely cold gaze.

After it appeared, another mountain ranged collapsed and a second purple dragon appeared. Then more mountains collapsed and other purple dragons appeared one by one. In the end, there were nine purple dragons in the sky, and they let out a dragon roar that seemed to last forever.

These nine purple dragons intersected with each other, and as the purple light flashed, they formed a formation. The moment this formation was formed, the celestial spiritual energy within the area exploded greatly.

The Nine Dragon Formation floated in the air and flashed a violet glow. It could even be seen from a distance, and it gave off a purple glow.

The sky outside the formation twisted and then three people walked out. They were Ling Tianhou, the middle-aged man in purple, and between them was Master Void. He opened his eyes and they shined brightly.

Shortly after the three of them appeared, the space before them twisted and another person walked out.

The moment this person appeared, Ling Tianhou’s eyes became fierce. Master Void also raised his head to look at the All-Seer.

The All-Seer’s expression was normal as he looked at Master Void and calmly said, “All-Seer greets Fellow Cultivator Void.”

Master Void faintly smiled and nodded. “Ling Tianhou invited me, so this old man came to see.”

The All-Seer looked at the Nine Dragon Formation and calmly said, “I wasn’t confident with just my strength, but since Fellow Cultivator Void is here, there should be no problem with this trip!”

As the two spoke, two different distortions in space appeared on the opposite sides of the formation. It was the Celestial Cloud Cultivation Couple and Wang Lin.

An illusionary figure followed the Celestial Cloud Cultivation Couple. Behind Wang Lin was Situ Nan, Master Hollow Wind, and company. When the two sides appeared, they began to gauge the other.

The moment Wang Lin appeared, the figure behind Wang Wei trembled as he carefully looked at Wang Lin. His eyes revealed regret and gratification.

Wang Lin’s gaze landed on the Celestial Cloud Cultivation Couple. He had seen them before, but he didn’t know them. However, he immediately recognized the shadow behind them as Zhou Yi!

Wang Wei looked at Wang Lin with interest and smiled. “You’re Wang Lin, the one who took the key to the fourth cave?”

Wang Lin’s expression was calm, but his eyes were filled with caution. He couldn’t see through the cultivation of his man before him, and the woman beside this man also had a cultivation he couldn’t see through.

“Celestial Cloud Cultivation Couple!” Wang Lin once heard about this cultivation couple form Yao Xixue. After they took control of a cave, they never left. These two had to be that cultivation couple.

Wang Lin calmly said, “I am.”

Hu Juan, who was next to Wang Wei, smiled at Wang Wei. “You lost our bet from back then.”

Wang Wei smiled and nodded, then he smiled at Wang Lin. “Was the restriction at the entrance to the Tide Abyss at the Fire Demon Country placed by you?” As Wang Wei spoke, he waved his hand and a blade of grass appeared.

The moment Wang Lin saw the grass, he recognized it as a restriction he had placed back then. His expression didn’t change and he nodded.

“The younger generation will surpass us in time. When I was your age, I wasn’t able to place such intricate restrictions.” Wang Wei let out a sigh and his eyes filled with admiration.

“Senior is exaggerating.” As Wang Lin spoke, his gaze seemed to casually sweep by the shadow behind Wang Wei.

The moment Wang Lin’s gaze swept by, Zhou Yi’s eyes flashed faintly.

Wang Lin immediately understood.

Just at this moment, several rays of light came from the distance. The one in front was the beautiful middle-aged woman. Behind her were her four disciples, including Qian Qin and the one that could be the next Brilliant Void Saintress.

The beautiful woman arrived and looked around. First she greeted the All-Seer, then she carefully looked at the Celestial Cloud Cultivation Couple, and then gave a friendly nod toward Wang Lin. Finally, she arrived next to Master Void.

The All-Seer’s expression was normal, but he frowned.

Two old men arrived after the beautiful woman. It was the old man sitting on the gourd and the man in black. The old man on the gourd looked at everyone. When he saw the Celestial Cloud Cultivation Couple, his pupils shrank, and after pondering for a moment, he arrived next to the All-Seer.

As for the man in black, he didn’t speak and stood next to Wang Lin and company.

Wang Lin’s eyes lit up and he looked at the man in black. Wang Lin hadn’t even talked to this person once, but he vaguely felt that this person had a cold and arrogant personality and that he didn’t like to be close to people.

The man in black looked at Wang Lin and spoke for the first time. “Take me in.”

Wang Lin pondered for a bit and nodded.

The Nine Dragon Formation slowly rotated under the purple light. However, at this moment, a powerful demonic flame charged toward here.

In an instant, the demonic flame arrived and turned into a human figure. However, it was surrounded by demonic energy, making it impossible to clearly see the person’s face. It was even impossible to tell if they were male or female.

However, the moment this figure appeared Wang Lin suddenly looked over. At this moment, the demonic figure also looked at Wang Lin. Its eyes revealed a powerful sense of hatred, and this person gazed straight at Wang Lin like a sword.

However, this person suddenly withdrew their gaze and stood next to the All-Seer.

The All-Seer was neutral as he nodded. However, his gaze fell in the distance, and this time there was a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

A bold young man in red slowly walked in from the distance. He was very handsome and revealed a demonic sense of beauty.

His head was completely smooth without a strand of hair. There was celestial spiritual energy surrounding him. He first looked at Wang Lin and smiled. “Little Brother Wang, I came late.”

“Bei Lou…” Wang Lin’s expression was calm as he nodded. “You’re not late, this is a good time.”

The appearance of the the bald-headed young man caused Master Void’s pupils to shrink. There was a flash of coldness in the eyes of the Celestial Cloud Cultivation Couple.

Only the All-Seer gradually revealed a smile.

The Nine Dragon Formation activated and celestial spiritual energy filled the area. As the nine purple dragons moved and roared, there was an intense flash of purple light that covered the surrounding 50 kilometer area.

The light quickly passed, and everyone’s figures disappeared.

The fifth cave had opened!

Chapter 1013 – Specter

No one knew that what the fifth cave in the Celestial Spirit Heaven Realm where Celestial Lord Qing Lin was looked like, not even its size.

Only Qing Lin was allowed to enter back then. No outsiders were allowed, and any offenders were killed!

Even Qing Shuang had never taken half a step inside here. This fifth cave was Qing Lin’s absolute secret!

At this moment, as the purple light dissipated, everyone disappeared without a trace.

Wang Lin felt as if his body was shattered into countless pieces by the purple light. This feeling was very strange, but he felt no pain.

It felt as if it had lasted forever, but in reality, it only lasted an instant. Wang Lin appeared in a unfamiliar place.

This place was covered in black sand, and it was impossible to see the end of the horizon. Wind that moved the sand like a tornado blew by.

Even the sky was dim, as if there was a grey shroud above the sky. If one looked up for too long, they would feel oppressed.

Wang Lin looked at the sky as he stood in the black sand, his expression gloomy.

His divine sense had already spread out, but his divine sense, which could easily cover the entire Demon Spirit Land, couldn’t find the edge of this space. Wang Lin was the only person inside his divine sense range.

It seemed that everyone that had entered was scattered, and it would be very difficult to meet each other.

While pondering, Wang Lin floated into the air. However, after he only floated 100 feet, his expression changed and he felt a sense of crisis descend from above. He landed without hesitation and a ray of blue right shot out from his right eye and turned into the azure light shield.

Just as the azure light shield appeared, grey gas descended from the sky. It was so fast that it immediately touched the azure light shield.

There was a bang and then Wang Lin retreated more than 100 feet before he stopped. A cold glint flashed in Wang Lin’s eyes. He then formed a fist and threw a punch without hesitation.

The ancient god shadow appeared behind him, and his fist contained the power of an ancient god. This fist collided with the grey gas and made the grey gas collapse.

However, not only did the collapse of the grey gas not let Wang Lin relax, it caused his pupils to shrink, and he quickly retreated.

The collapsed grey gas didn’t dissipate but turned into 10 strands of even more powerful grey gas that shot at Wang Lin from 10 different directions.

The rumbles continued when Wang Lin was forced to retreat, and the grey gas moved even faster, chasing him. Although it was all blocked by the shield, the impacts still caused Wang Lin’s body to tremble.

He retreated for more than 10,000 feet. When he saw the grey gas attack once more, Wang Lin spat out a mouthful of essence origin energy at it.

When they collided, Wang Lin’s hand formed a fist and he threw a punch. The scene that made Wang Lin gasp occurred once more as the rumbles continued.

The more than 10 strands of grey gas collapsed, but they turned into more a hundred strands that charged at Wang Lin.

“What the hell is this!?” Wang Lin’s scalp felt numb. He didn’t suffer much backlash during the first punch, but the backlash on the second punch was huge. His hands were still sore from the punch.

Although the pain soon disappeared, Wang Lin didn’t dare to throw a third punch.

As he rapidly retreated, the azure light shield surrounded Wang Lin, resisting the attacks of the grey gas.

Wang Lin’s figured move like a line across this desert of black sand as he retreated from the pursuit of the grey gas. Wang Lin’s movement drew a long line in the desert.

Teleportation had no use here, and Wang Lin even tried to use Spatial Bending. Although he could use it, no matter what he did, he could only move one inch!

“I have just entered, but I’ve already encountered such a strange thing.” Wang Lin revealed a wry smile. Seeing how the grey gas was relentless in its pursuit, killing intent flashed in his eyes.

His right hand formed a seal and then Wang Lin suddenly turned around and shouted, “Call the Wind!”

Since his physical force couldn’t destroy the gas, Wang Lin chose a celestial spell.

After he spoke, dense, black wind appeared in this dim world and then four black dragons appeared.

However, just as the four black dragons appeared, the sky changed as if it was the raging sea!

From a distance, countless strands of grey gas appeared in the sky. The grey gas linked together to form a whirlwind that swept the area. Wang Lin was stunned as the four black dragons from Call the Wind were swept away.

Wang Lin felt his scalp tingle and escaped once more. The grey whirlwind behind him became larger and larger as it absorbed more grey gas. In the end, it was over 10,000 feet wide as it chased after Wang Lin.

While Wang Lin escaped, he could feel the suction force from behind him. What shocked Wang Lin was that wherever the whirlwind passed, black gas would appear and be absorbed by it.

As a result, the whirlwind grew larger and larger as it chased him.

“What exactly is this!?” Clenching his teeth, the ancient god furnace appeared around Wang Lin. His ancient god power entered the furnace, causing him to immediately disappear. When he reappeared, he was 1,000 feet away.

Although it was only 1,000 feet, it gave Wang Lin determination. The whirlwind only took a second to cross 1,000 feet. Even if he used all of his ancient god power on the furnace to escape, it still wouldn’t be enough.

If he wanted to truly escape, he had to make the whirlwind stop. Even if it was just for a second, it would give Wang Lin a glimmer of hope.

He jerked his head back and touched his bag of holding. More than a dozen swords flew out of his bag.

The moment these swords flew out, they formed a sword formation and charged at the incoming whirlwind.

There was no time to feel heartache right now. As the dozen or so swords closed in on the whirlwind, Wang Lin shouted, “Swords, explode!”

As he shouted, one of the large swords gave off a destructive aura and exploded into countless fragments that shot at the whirlwind. At the same time, the remaining big swords all exploded like this.

The countless fragments swept through the whirlwind, causing it to pause for a moment.

While he felt heartache for the swords, the ancient god furnace flashed. He disappeared and reappeared more than 1,000 feet away. After he appeared, the ancient god furnace flashed once more.

After flashing nine times in a row, Wang Lin appeared almost 10,000 feet away, but he didn’t relax. The whirlwind paused for a moment and continued to chase after him.

Wang Lin had a bitter expression as he clenched his teeth and his right hand reached out. A crack appeared before him, and as his right hand reached out, the illusion of the God Slaying Spear appeared.

Holding the God Slaying Spear, Wang Lin threw it!

This spear immediately closed in on the whirlwind and went through it. The destructive aura erupted and exploded forth as if the heavens and earth were shaking.

The whirlwind collapsed!

Taking this chance, Wang Lin used the ancient god furnace once more. He used it dozens of time at once.

However, his expression immediately turned pale at the scene behind him.

The whirlwind that collapsed was the same as the grey gas. It turned into dozens more whirlwinds of the same size and chased after Wang Lin.

No matter what he tried, he couldn’t make the whirlwind disappear. The more he attacked, the more whirlwinds appeared. This was the first time Wang Lin had encountered something like this!

With his cultivation, he naturally saw that none of the whirlwinds were fake and were all real!

“I can’t scatter it, use treasures, or cast spells. Once this whirlwind shatters again, it will turn into hundreds. How will I dodge it then?”

The whirlwinds got closer and closer and continued to absorb the grey gas that appeared, making it stronger. Wang Lin knew that even with the ancient god furnace, he could only keep this up for a short period of time. Soon, the whirlwinds would close in.

“Since I can’t dodge them, I must resist them!” Wang Lin simply stopped. He couldn’t give the whirlwinds more time to power up. The moment he stopped, his ancient god power filled his body and his body expanded greatly!

The true body of an ancient god appeared once more!

This body that was thousands of feet tall seemed to be able to support the world. The five ancient god stars rotated rapidly as the 10 whirlwinds closed in. Wang Lin let out a roar that shook the world!

He no longer escaped. As he walked forward, the ancient god furnace flashed and he disappeared. When he reappeared, he was before a whirlwind.

Within the depths of the fifth cave in the Celestial Spirit Heaven Realm stood a wooden bridge. Under the bridge flowed black water. Sometimes, a hideous shadow would flash by in the water.

There was a person sitting on the wooden bridge.

It was impossible to see his appearance, but one could vaguely see that the figure was wearing a suit of armor. He was covered by a dense, black fog that was filled with devilish energy. The devilish energy was dense, as if this was a devil hell!

His body was motionless and remained sitting. Before him floated a small bottle. The bottle was sealed by a cork, making it impossible to see what was inside.

The person inside the black fog slowly opened his eyes. His eyes were filled with bloodlust, and he licked his lips. He spoke with a hoarse voice that sounded like friction between bones. “Who will be the first one to come out… It has been many years since I tasted human flesh…”

Chapter 1014 – Pursue (1)

His ancient god body was thousands of feet tall, making it feel like Wang Lin could support the heavens. The ancient god furnace flashed and he appeared before a whirlwind.

This whirlwind couldn’t be destroyed by force; Wang Lin had already learned his lesson from before.

Just as his body appeared, Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. He then let out a roar, and instead of summoning the azure light shield, he resisted the whirlwind with his body!

“I want to see how the power of this whirlwind compares to my ancient god body!”

The whirlwind moved at a shocking speed and instantly smashed into Wang Lin. Being in close contact with the whirlwind made Wang Lin feel like a powerful wave was smashing into his body.

In particular, there were violent winds inside this wave that wanted to tear his body into pieces to be absorbed by the whirlwind.

When the whirlwind completely landed on Wang Lin’s body and attempted to tear his body to pieces, it also entered his body. There were popping sounds coming from within Wang Lin’s body, and he was forced back three steps.

While he retreated, the ancient god furnace flashed. He appeared 1,000 feet away and dodged the attack of four whirlwinds.

Wang Lin’s expression was serious. Using his body as a test, Wang Lin was able to clearly calculate how many whirlwinds his body could withstand.

“An ordinary cultivator would be torn apart, and not even their origin soul would escape! Even I felt pain with my ancient god body. What the hell is this whirlwind?!” There was a flash of coldness in Wang Lin’s eyes as a whirlwind headed toward him.

Blue light flashed around Wang Lin as the azure light shield appeared and rotated around him.

“If I use the azure light shield and my ancient god body, I should be able to get rid of these whirlwinds!” Wang Lin moved straight for the whirlwind.

Three whirlwinds moved the fastest, and as they moved toward Wang Lin, they smashed into the azure light shield. There was a loud rumble and the azure light shield began to flash.

An unimaginable impact made it so Wang Lin had to retreat. Another nine whirlwinds rushed over and smashed into the azure light shield as Wang Lin retreated.

As the azure light shield rotated, Wang Lin retreated once more. This was a retreat without end, and as the whirlwinds continued to slam into him, he retreated again and again.

By the time all nine whirlwinds had dissipated, Wang Lin had retreated an unknown distance. Even though he was an ancient god, he was only at five stars. Despite the azure light shield blocking the whirlwind, the pain Wang Lin felt caused cold sweat to cover his forehead.

The crisis was not over; there were still 15 more whirlwinds coming at him. The 15 whirlwinds seemed to line up before they charged at Wang Lin.

Even if he used the ancient god furnace to dodge, he couldn’t separate the whirlwinds, due to their speed.

Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble!

An earth-shattering sound echoed in an instant. The 15 whirlwinds smashed into the azure light shield and dissipated, turning into an unimaginable force. The azure light shield was almost squished up against Wang Lin’s body.

Wang Lin’s body trembled and a mouthful of blood gushed up, but he swallowed it back down. Then his body flew back like a kite with a broken string.

Wang Lin crashed into the ground tens of thousands of feet away, causing a shockwave to set off. Large amounts of sand were kicked into the air, and it took a long time for it to settle.

There was a huge pit on the ground. Wang Lin had already shrank back to the size of a normal person. He let out a wry smile as he struggled to get up and then walked out of the pit.

Looking at the smooth, black sand desert, Wang Lin let out a sigh of relief. Fear still lingered in his eyes.

“This is the first time my 5-star ancient god body has been injured like this. I don’t know what that whirlwind was, but its power was amazing. If I had let it split once more, then I wouldn’t have been able to resist it today.” Wang Lin’s expression was gloomy. After his origin body and avatar fused, he could battle a Nirvana Cleanser cultivators.

Originally, he believed he was safe enough against anyone but late stage Nirvana Cleanser cultivators and Nirvana Shatterer old monsters, especially considering the fact this ancient god body was extremely powerful.

However, at this moment, Wang Lin felt danger. When he looked at the black sand desert, it was as if he had returned to the Land of the Ancient God. He had to be extremely cautious as one mistake could cost him his life.

“Recently, I’ve had it too easy. The increase in my cultivation and integration of my original body has made me become less cautious than before…” Wang Lin silently pondered. He clenched his fist and his eyes were filled with caution.

This kind of gaze hadn’t appeared in his eyes in a long time. Thanks to this crisis he had just faced, he recovered the cautious attitude he had before.

“This is the cave of Celestial Emperor Qing Lin. It is filled with danger, so I mustn’t be negligent at all. I must be on my guard!” Wang Lin took a deep breath. He didn’t spread out his divine sense but rotated around his body.

He slowly walked forward.

Thanks to his mental fortitude, he realized that although there could be chance that the grey gas would appear, it was mostly due to his divine sense.

Although the power of the grey gas was strong at the start, he could still withstand it. However, he had a vague feeling that if he spread out his divine sense once more, what would appear wouldn’t be grey gas but something else.

This feeling was very strange, and it came from Wang Lin comprehending the heavens for over 1,000 years.　

After pondering for a while, Wang Lin’s eyes lit up and he slapped his bag of holding. The soul flag appeared in his hand and it opened up with a shake. Wang Lin’s left hand reached inside and took out a soul fragment.

This soul fragment had a fierce expression, but it had long lost its will after being refined inside the soul flag. It respectfully floated before Wang Lin. Wang Lin put away the soul flag and pointed between the soul fragment’s eyebrows. He left a bit of his divine sense inside it.

After doing this, he charged forward. After 15 minutes, he was very far away from the soul fragment. He took a deep breath but didn’t spread out his divine sense. Instead, he sent out a message!

The divine sense left on the soul fragment spread out. However, at this moment, an unimaginable feeling of danger appeared in Wang Lin’s mind. He cut off his connection with the divine sense without any hesitation.

The moment the divine sense was cut off, Wang Lin vaguely saw the the sky above the soul fragment churn. A ray of grey light fell from the sky and landed on the soul fragment, completely obliterating it!

Cold sweat came from Wang Lin’s forehead. Fortunately, he had been prepared and had cut off his divine sense fast so that it didn’t cause any reaction at his location. He stared at the sky in the distance and felt his scalp tingle. Although the grey light disappeared in an instant, the feeling Wang Lin got was more terrifying than dozens of whirlwinds fused together.

After pondering for a long time, Wang Lin moved through the black sand desert. There was no night or day; the sky was always dim as if it was being blocked by a dust storm.

Wang Lin walked very far within one month of time. During this month of time, he didn’t see a single person; he didn’t even see a single living being.

There were no plants here. The only thing other than him was barran, black sand. After looking at this for too long, even one’s mind would become gloomy.

Wang Lin’s expression was more gloomy than normal. This place was like a forbidden land, a prison that would cause despair to appear in your heart, despair toward life itself.

Even though cultivators couldn’t be compared to mortals, if they stayed here for too long, they would suffer from this oppression. Not only would their origin soul change and their personality would become more hostile, they would almost turn into a devil.

If a demonic cultivator was here, this place would be like a holy land for them and their cultivation level increase. However, in the end, their origin soul would completely turn into that of a devil and they would become a devil human without any consciousness.

Along the way, Wang Lin silently pondered and slowly walked forward. During this month, he didn’t see that strange grey gas again. However, not only did the sense of crisis not disappear, it became even stronger as he moved forward.

Several times throughout this period, Wang Lin clearly felt a divine sense that brushed by like a gentle breeze. However, no matter how hard Wang Lin searched, he couldn’t find the source of this divine sense.

He couldn’t fly. During his month, he took out a soul fragment that flew into the sky. After flying 200 feet into the air, the soul fragment collapsed.

Standing on the sand on the ground, Wang Lin’s expression became more gloomy. There was black gas moving across his face, but his eyes were filled with clarity.

“I wonder how Situ is doing… Situ walks down the demonic path, so if he were here, he would definitely gain some benefits.”

Wang Lin pondered as he raised his hand and grasped at his face. Black threads came out from his face and entered his right hand.

Looking at the black gas in his hand, Wang Lin felt the aura of the scattered devil from it.

“Devilish energy…” Wang Lin’s eyes lit up and he mercilessly squeezed.

In an instant, the black gas collapsed and spread out. It immediately covered 1,000 feet and slowly dissipated. Wang Lin stopped moving as he stared at the dissipating devilish energy and he had a thought.

“Maybe I can do this…” Wang Lin pondered a bit and then continued walking forward.

He didn’t know where he needed to go. In this boundless black sand desert, there was nothing to tell him which direction was which. He could only continue to walk forward to find the exit.

Time passed once more. In the blink of an eye, another month passed. After being trapped here for two months, black gas had surrounded Wang Lin. From afar, Wang Lin looked a bit thin and like a devil god.

He slowly moved forward.

Chapter 1015 – Pursue (2)

On this day, Wang Lin closed his eyes and his expression remained gloomy as he moved forward. However, at this moment, a faint divine sense swept by Wang Lin at a very fast pace.

Wang Lin didn’t stop as he muttered, “The ninth time…”

During these two months of time, this was the ninth time a divine sense had swept by. What gave Wang Lin even more pressure was that the divine sense was different each time. It was obvious it was nine different people.

After three breaths of time, the divine sense withdrew and swept by Wang Lin once more. Wang Lin remained calm and continued walking forward.

After the divine sense withdrew, Wang Lin raised his head to look into the distance. His eyes lit up as he muttered, “Still not enough…”

When walking through this desert, especially when there was no sun or moon, it was easy to lose track of time. If it wasn’t for the fact that Wang Lin was long accustomed to loneliness, he would have gone crazy here.

Compared to the loneliness here, his decades of cultivation or the hundreds of years he spent in the Land of the Ancient God were all more intense. The loneliness here really wasn’t much.

While he walked, his figure gradually disappeared into the distance. It was as if his figure could reveal the loneliness in his heart.

One person, one world silently existed, silently walked on without end.

One month, one month, one month… Wang Lin walked through the black sand desert for six months. An ordinary cultivator would have gone crazy. This was not cultivating, but constantly moving forward in this desolate world while bearing the pressure of being all alone in the world.

However, all of this was nothing to Wang Lin…

The black desert expanded endlessly. A divine sense swept by Wang Lin.

At this moment, Wang Lin suddenly raised his head and coldness filled his eyes.

“The 32nd divine sense… I have enough devilish energy!”

Wang Lin was currently covered in mist. He was covered in devilish energy, like a raging black flame in the desert.

The divine sense swept by and disappeared far beyond Wang Lin.

Several breaths later, the 32nd divine sense rapidly retreated. However, the moment it passed Wang Lin, the devilish energy from Wang Lin erupted!

He had waited half a year, accumulated for half a year, and observed for half a year! During this half a year, Wang Lin silently waited for the devilish energy that naturally appeared here and accumulated it. During this time, he had to be careful to not let this devilish energy affect his origin soul. At this moment, it all erupted.

The devilish flame shot into the sky. It was as if the black flame was going to burn the sky. A giant devil shadow appeared and mercilessly attempted to devour the retreating divine sense!

The moment the divine sense attempted to retreat, a portion of it was devoured. At this moment, Wang Lin could feel a cold origin energy enter his mind through the devilish energy.

The divine sense rapidly contracted and used some unknown method to escape from the devilish flame. It was about to escape far away.

There was a flash of coldness in Wang Lin’s eyes. He had waited six months for this moment, and everything was still within his plans.

The moment the divine sense escaped, Wang Lin’s arms opened up and a roar that he endured for half a year was released!

At this instant, all of the devilish energy around him spread out like crazy. As Wang Lin stood there, strands of black gas came out of his body. The black mist quickly spread and soon covered more than several thousand feet.

When the black gas was released from Wang Lin’s body and spread far and wine, his true appearance could finally be seen once more!

Anyone who was familiar with Wang Lin would gasp if they saw him now!

Although the current Wang Lin still had the same clothes, his long hair was as black as ink as it flowed in the air. His face was so sunken in that at a glance, he looked like a bag of bones!

In particular, his eyes were sunken in with a trace of black blood vessels. Wang Lin no longer looked like a normal cultivator but a devil cultivator!

In addition, a vicious temperament surrounded Wang Lin, making him look very different!

Normally, half a year of gathering devilish energy wouldn’t change Wang Lin like this, and he wouldn’t be able to gather so much devilish energy. He would have to cultivate here for decades to achieve this effect.

Wang Lin was able to do this because he was not a righteous cultivator. He had stood on both sides during his more than 1,000 years of cultivation, especially when he used Demonic Finger, which allowed him to become a devil cultivator for a moment!

He had gone to the extreme to use some powerful spells.

As both his arms opened, his eyes released powerful killing intent and the devilish energy rapidly expanded.

Just as the divine sense was about to escape, Wang Lin let out a roar!

Before this roar, the endless devilish energy suddenly collapsed. Just like the devilish energy from half a year ago, the moment it collapsed, it quickly spread.

It spread so fast that one could only see the devilish spread before it covered hundreds of thousands of kilometers. The escaping divine sense was shrouded within.

If this was it, it wouldn’t be enough to reach Wang Lin’s needs. This was merely the second step; there was still step three!

The moment the devilish energy spread out to hundreds of thousands of kilometers, Wang Lin took a step and a deep pit appeared. Wang Lin charged forward at an unimaginable speed as if he was a bolt of lightning!

At the same time, the black blood vessels on his face moved, and so did the devilish energy in his body. His right hand formed a seal and he pointed the Demonic Finger at the sky.

He was borrowing the power of the Demonic Finger to control the devilish energy in the world so it would dissipate slower and move with him. This allowed Wang Lin to remain shrouded within this devilish energy.

At this moment, Wang Lin’s mind was clear. This was the moment of truth. With each breath, more devilish energy would dissipate, and if he couldn’t find the source of the divine sense, his half a year of work would end in failure!

His speed reached his limit as he charged forward like a meteor toward where he had locked onto the other divine sense.

If one looked from above, they would clearly see this shocking scene. A devilish energy that covered hundreds of thousands of kilometers was moving forward at a fast pace. However, this circle of devilish energy was rapidly dissipating.

A black shadow moved like lightning within the devilish energy. It was impossible to see the true appearance of this shadow; you could only see its afterimages.

Wang Lin had to leave this black sand desert, and the divine sense that swept by was the key. However, Wang Lin couldn’t track it with his divine sense. Although he didn’t know why the other divine sense didn’t trigger any reactions, Wang Lin didn’t dare to try using his own.

He could only endure and wait. However, he didn’t have time to wait for decades. Not to mention helping Zhou Yi, he wouldn’t even be able to help Situ Nan remove the poison.

Half a year ago, when he found that he had condensed a trace of devilish energy and crushed it, he noticed something. When the devilish energy spread for a moment, Wang Lin felt like he was inside a void.

He vaguely gained some understanding of this place in this void. He spread out his divine sense, and it instantly spread out more than 1,000 feet without any obstruction.

This discovery opened a big door for the confused Wang Lin.

In order to gather more devilish energy and to shorten the time it would take to do so, he resolutely used the Demonic Finger to absorb devilish energy. He was absorbing it fast enough to be a real devil cultivator.

This allowed him to have powerful devilish energy, but the price was high. Not only did Wang Lin’s appearance change, now he had a devil intent in his body.

At this moment, he moved at full spread as he charged forward, and his divine sense spread out hundreds of thousands of kilometers. As the devilish energy dissipated, the distance quickly shortened.

His divine sense that spread out within the devilish energy caused no reaction from the desert. However, Wang Lin knew that the moment his divine sense went outside this devilish energy, it would cause the black sand desert to react.

That grey light that descended half a year ago during his experiment was something Wang Lin still remembered in his heart.

At this moment, he quickly moved with his divine sense locked onto the rapidly retreating divine sense. Although he had gathered a lot of devilish energy, it still quickly dissipated, so now less than half of it remained.

Wang Lin clenched his teeth and roared in his heart, “A bit faster!”

The escaping divine sense suddenly stopped. It no longer escaped but charged at the sky.

“It was cut off!” Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. He had already expected the other person to do this, cut off a portion of divine sense so their location wouldn’t be found.

The moment the divine sense was cut off, Wang Lin cough out a large mouthful of blood. The blood shined brightly, and Wang Lin jumped inside it and flashed forward.

Blood escape!

Blood escape was to injure oneself in exchange for an extreme speed boost. The reason Wang Lin didn’t use it against the whirlwind half a year ago was because the whirlwind was constantly absorbing grey gas and increasing in speed. Blood escape only gave a burst of speed for a short period of time. As a result, he would ultimately be unable to escape.

The blood light flashed and Wang Lin’s speed increased greatly. He ignored the divine sense that was cut off and continued to charge at the direction the divine sense was coming from. Borrowing the small amount of devilish energy left, he rushed out, chasing after that cut-off divine sense!

In the distance, a large shadow appeared within Wang Lin’s view!

Chapter 1016 – Lonely Desert Smoke

This shadow became larger and larger in Wang Lin’s eyes until it revealed itself!

Wang Lin’s pupils shrank. He was familiar with this shadow, very familiar!

It was a black tower that stood within the this uninhabited black sand desert. It was filled with so much devilish energy that one could feel its crazy aura from far away.

Wang Lin had seen a black tower like this before. In the Sky Demon Country, a cold snort almost made Wang Lin’s body collapse last time he was there.

He wasn’t able to escape the spells from the tower in the Demon Spirit Land. If not for the simulation of the Celestial Ascension Fruit, he would have lost track of the scattered devil’s tower!

“Scattered devil! Back then, Bei Lou said that there were nine scattered devils under the ancient devils. I met the only one in the Demon Spirit Land. I didn’t think I would encounter a scattered devil’s tower here!” Wang Lin’s eyes lit up and he stopped.

His expression turned slightly red. This was the backlash from using blood escape. The remaining devilish energy in the air also dissipated.

“There is a scattered devil’s tower here… And Ancient Demon Bei Lou was eager to come… The Flower Celestial said that after the Celestial Realm collapsed, Celestial Emperor Qing Lin was seriously injured. Then he was entangled by two outsiders and was forced into closed door cultivation here!

“Those two outsiders were probably Ancient Demon Bei Lou and an ancient devil!” The moment Wang Lin saw the black tower, it was as if a bolt of lightning had flashed across his mind and he was enlightened.

Various thoughts flashed through his head. Wang Lin’s eyes lit up as he seemed to grasp a bit of the situation.

“Ancient Demon Bei Lou was split into nine parts and then was sealed within the Demon Spirit Land. After countless years, what was originally a celestial land was turned into a demonic land… Who was it that sealed Ancient Demon Bei Lou, and why were there only scattered devils and not ancient devils in the Demon Spirit Land?

“Where is the ancient devil? Going with this analysis, this ancient devil must be here in the fifth cave, where Celestial Emperor Qing Lin is located!”

Wang Lin was suddenly enlightened!

He had long suspected this, and once he saw the scattered devil’s tower, he began to speculate!

“Scattered devil… I don’t know if I can battle a scattered devil with my current cultivation level!” The origin energy inside his body moved and suppressed the injuries from him using blood escape.

Hostility appeared on his face. Half a year of waiting and the effect of the devilish energy caused him to be filled with killing intent. Especially right now, when his appearance was so ferocious.

Wang Lin stepped toward the tower!

The black tower didn’t look far, but it was still a distance away inside this black sand desert. However, it was nothing for Wang Lin, and he quickly closed the gap.

However, just as he moved forward, the land before the black tower trembled. Countless grains of black sand gathered and formed dozens of people made of sand!

They all wore very ancient clothes and were filled with devilish energy. Their devilish energy fused together in the air to form a strange figure.

This was a figure of an old man. His eyes shined as he stared at Wang Lin, and then he pointed at him! The few dozen sand people let out roars and charged at Wang Lin.

Rays of spells filled the sky and the colorful spells flashed as they closed in on Wang Lin.

The ferociousness on Wang Lin’s face erupted after six months of holding back. With no hesitation, he appeared before a sand person and his right index finger directly pressed down between the eyebrows of the sand person.

With a bang, the sand person trembled and collapsed into a pile of sand that scattered everywhere.

“A mere puppet wants to stop me?” Wang Lin’s body flickered and immediately appeared next to another sand puppet. A spell appeared on his fingers as he swept past the puppet, causing it to collapse.

At this moment, the spells of the dozens of puppets took many forms and closed in on Wang Lin. When they closed in, there was a flash of blue light in Wang Lin’s eyes. The azure light shield appeared and swept the area, causing earth-shattering explosions as the spells collided with it.

All the spells were stopped 10 feet away from Wang Lin, and not a single spell made it within 10 feet of him. Wang Lin moved like lightning and his right index finger pointed at each sand puppet as he passed them.

Boom, boom, boom. As Wang Lin moved, the explosions never stopped. Every explosion meant a puppet collapsed.

The hostility on Wang Lin’s face became even stronger when his body flickered and he appeared behind the last sand person. His hand grabbed the puppet’s head and mercilessly squeezed. After a shocking sound echoed, he flew into the air, but he didn’t pass the 200 feet limit.

“Call the Wind!” The moment Wang Lin flew up, his right hand formed a seal and he pointed at the old man formed by the devilish energy released by the puppets.

The old man’s face was filled with shock. What happened just now was too fast; before he could even respond, the slaughter was over. In his view, the ferocious youth before him was more of a devil than him!

He didn’t know after gathering devilish energy for half a year, Wang Lin’s demonic side had broken free!

After he said “Call the Wind,” black wind appeared, forming four roaring black dragons. However, a strange change had occurred to the four black dragons.

There was a single long horn on the heads of each of the four black dragons. Their fangs were all longer as well; just looking at those sharp teeth was enough to make your scalp tingle!

What kind of celestial dragons were these? They were clearly devil dragons!

The four devil dragons that appeared didn’t blast out cold wind. Instead, they inhaled, and the black wind around them was devoured.

As they devoured the black wind, popping sounds came from their bodies. Black armor appeared on the bodies of these four devil dragons.

This armor wasn’t complete; only part of it had appeared. However, the ferocious-looking armor and sharp thorns made the devil dragons look even more evil!

Not only the old man, even Wang Lin was startled; however, he didn’t have time to think about it. Only one line echoed inside his head!

“What kind of celestial spell is this? It is clearly a demonic art!”

Wang Lin pointed and then the devil dragon charged at the old man. The old man’s expression changed greatly and his hands formed a seal to use a spell.

However, just at this instant, the four devil dragons let out a unified roar that shook the world. The black sand in this world began to rise into the air!

The sound wave created by this roar contained a devilish intent, and the old man’s spell was interrupted by it. He quickly retreated and was about to return to the black tower in the distance!

The four devil dragons chased closely after. Their large heads, ferocious teeth, and slobber that fell from their mouths were very shocking!

Killing intent filled Wang Lin’s eyes as he flew toward the black tower behind the four devil dragons. However, he always remained below 200 feet, and the four devil dragons were the same.

Fear filled the old man’s eyes as he escaped like crazy toward the black tower. However, his cultivation was only at the early stage of Nirvana Scryer, so he couldn’t escape from the devil dragons at all. As the four devil dragons closed in, the old man roared in desperation, “Lord Fallen Devil, save me!”

Just as he shouted, his vision went black and intense pain traveled through his body, causing him to lose consciousness.

The four devil dragons seemed like they were fighting for food as they fought each other until one of them devoured the old man. A few dozen more people suddenly flew out of the tower. They were all dressed in black and their heads was covered. They stared at the four devil dragons with cold gazes.

“A total of 32 strands of divine sense. The old man that died was one of them, so 31 left!” Wang Lin remember each of the divine senses that had swept by. There were only 32 divine sense!

None of the people that had flown out of the black tower were weak. Killing intent filled Wang Lin’s face. He clearly understood that if he wanted to leave, all the answers were in this place!

Even if he didn’t kill them, they wouldn’t let him go!

Wang Lin charged at those people with the four devil dragons circling him!

“Lord Devil slaughter!” An old voice came from these people in black. Every one of them formed a seal and pointed to between their eyebrows!

In an instant, a large amount of devilish energy was released and formed the shadow of devil above them.

Before the shadow could form, Wang Lin didn’t hesitate to point at it, causing the four devil dragons to roar and charge at the illusion. Wang Lin revealed a grin as he charged out like a sharp sword toward the crowd!

When he charged out, his right hand reached out and the God Slaying Spear formed. While filled with killing intent, Wang Lin threw the spear!

The God Slaying Spear was like a bolt of black lightning when it caught up to the four devil dragons. It was as if it had turned into a fifth dragon, and it collided with the shadow.

This created a loud sound that caused the earth to tremble, and it was as if the sky was going to crumble as well.

The devil dragons dissipated and the God Slaying Spear also shattered. The devil shadow let out a roar, and the powerful impact it created caused Wang Lin to retreat a few steps and look at it with a gloomy gaze.

After letting out a roar, the devil shadow twisted and shattered into pieces. Even the men in black that created the devil shadow collapsed.

Just as they collapsed, Wang Lin took a step and quickly arrived before the men in black. He swept his right hand and all of their heads flew off. All the heads looked different and were shrouded by black gas.

“I have great use for your heads!” Wang Lin stared at the 100 foot black tower, and his eyes fell on the top. He could see a person standing silently here!

“I’m the fallen water scattered devil, Ming Hai. If you can kill me, then you have the chance to obtain Celestial Emperor Qing Lin’s Mountain and River Painting, Lonely Desert Smoke!”

Chapter 1017 – Nirvana (1)

He wore a gray armor and devilish energy came out of his body, forming a devil shadow behind him. He stood there as if he was one with the black sand desert.

It was impossible to see his face under the grey armor. You could only see his cold eyes with an indifferent gaze under the helmet.

His voice was flat without any emotion. As he spoke, his gaze was locked on Wang Lin.

Wang Lin’s expression was gloomy, and with a wave of his hand, he put all the heads into his bag. Wang Lin then looked at at this person who claimed to be called Ming Hai, and he could feel that his cultivation level was no weaker than Nirvana Cleanser.

What made him feel even stranger was that aside from the strands of devilish energy, there was also celestial spiritual energy.

Wang Lin looked at the man and calmly asked, “Am I the only one here?”

The man pondered a bit before shaking his head. The his eyes suddenly shined and he slowly said, “When you beat me, you will know everything!” With that, he took a step forward.

With this step, he jumped off the tower. As he floated in the air, his right hand mercilessly grasped at the void! Five strands of black smoke appeared and shot toward Wang Lin.

The five strands of black smoke seemed to be able to cut space itself. As they moved, five hideous marks appeared as if they had cut the sky itself!

Wang Lin’s pupils shrank and he immediately retreated a few steps. The black smoke smashed into the ground were Wang Lin was and kicked up a lot of sand. Waves of sand rose up hundreds of feet into the air and smashed down on Wang Lin!

Wang Lin’s eyes lit up and his right hand formed a seal. Then he pointed forward and shouted, “Summon the Rain!”

After he spoke, the sky changed colors and countless drops of rain appeared. The raindrops turned into countless crystals and fell with Wang Lin’s words!

These raindrops contained the origin energy of the world. The sand released muffled popping sounds and dissipated as they collided with the rain.

Wang Lin didn’t stop and continued to retreat. His hands changed to form more seals and rain gathered. Everything within 10,000 feet was covered by raindrops!

The rain that descended from the sky shot forward like sharps swords the moment Wang Lin waved his hands. There were heaven-shaking rumbles, and the waves of sand quickly dissipated under the impact of the rain.

Just at this instant, the man named Ming Hai charged forward and directly went through the sand wave. He pointed forward and softly said, “Sand Explosion!”

The sand on the ground before him trembled and then suddenly flew into the air. It then charged at Wang Lin from all directions.

Endless amounts of sand from even farther away seemed to be gathering toward this location. The sand extended as far as the eye could see.

The sand was too fast, and it came from all directions as if it wanted to devour Wang Lin. If you looked from above, waves of sand were gathering.

Wang Lin’s expression changed and he spat something out. The 18 Hell Celestial Sealing Stamp flew out and turned into a small mountain. He then shouted, “Magic Arsenal!” and waved his right hand!

A ghostly cry echoed across the sky and specks of light filled the world as Wang Lin waved his hand. Countless souls appeared, including the soul of Blood Ancestor.

There were also the numerous celestial souls and the souls of all those people Wang Lin had killed! These people summoned by Wang Lin’s spell all roared. The sound replaced everything else in the world, including the sound of the sand whistling. These battle souls were positioned around Wang Lin.

With a thought from Wang Lin, these souls charged out. Among them, Blood Ancestor’s soul was most tyrannical. He turned to look at Wang Lin with bloodshot eyes, but he didn’t lash out and instead charged outward with a roar!

There were also those numerous celestial souls that seemed to have gone crazy and pounced at their surroundings.

Among these souls, there were people from the Slaughter Realm. They were new additions, and when they appeared, killing intent filled the area!

As the countless grains of sand flew at Wang Lin, they came into contact with the souls. As a result, an endless rumble echoed across the world.

Ming Hai had a calm expression as he pointed to between his eyebrows. A flash of white light came from his eyebrows and formed a three inch sword!

This sword was completely while, and the moment it appeared, it released a shocking sword energy. This sword energy was so strong that it could almost break open the sky!

“This sword was gifted to me by the Celestial Emperor. It is named Fang Zhu!” There was a hint of melancholy in Ming Hai’s voice, and he threw the small sword in his hand.

There was a flash of white light when the sword flew toward. It was very fast and looked like a white line that closed in on Wang Lin.

“This sword has a spirit. To die by it is your fortune!”

Ming Hai let out a soft sigh. It was impossible to see his expression, but the sigh pierced the black gas and landed in Wang Lin’s ears.

With no hesitation, Wang Lin’s right hand formed a fist and the shadow of an ancient god appeared behind him. He then stepped through the grains of sand and threw a punch at the white light.

There was a loud bang and a whirlwind appeared before Wang Lin that swept away all the sand and collided with the white light.

The heaven-shaking sword energy exploded at this moment. Even Ling Tianhou’s sword energy was greatly inferior! This sword energy was like a rainbow, and the moment it appeared, the whirlwind formed by Wang Lin’s fist collapsed from the center!

It was cut in half!

Wang Lin’s expression became gloomy and he continued to retreat, throwing punches as he did so. The rumbles continued, and he retreated more than 1,000 feet before he dodged the sword energy!

There was a hint of disappointment in Ming Hai’s eyes, and he turned around to walk back into the tower.

That small sword had broken through all the shockwaves sent by Wang Lin’s fists. It then flashed and turned back into a ray of white light that shot at Wang Lin!

Wang Lin frowned hard, and blue light flashed in his right eye. The azure light shield appeared before Wang Lin and the white light collided with it.

Popping sounds echoed and the shadow of the ancient god behind Wang Lin became more solid. He silently pondered as the ancient god stars slowly rotated. The memories he inherited from Tu Si flashed through his mind.

After taking a deep breath, Wang Lin placed his hands before his body. Then his fingers crossed, forming a strange mark.

“Steal the merit of the heavens, take the soul of the universe, gather the Ancient Order, eternal remembrance!” The ancient god language slowly came out of Wang Lin’s mouth. As he spoke, the ancient god shadow behind Wang Lin also formed the same seal.

Although Wang Lin had inherited a lot of ancient god spells, a 5-star ancient god could only use a few of them. In addition to calling the power of the ancient ancestors and summoning the God Slaying Spear, there was also this spell!

This spell was the limit of the amount of power a 5-star ancient god could use, and it was named Merit Spirit!

Instead of the white sword, the spell was targeted at the man named Ming Hai. Wang Lin’s eyes revealed a ghostly light as he pushed the hand seal forward. Large amounts of ancient god power filled his body and quickly gathered on the seal inside his hands.

“Steal the merit of the heavens!”

At this moment, the entire world changed. The dim sky seemed to be ripped open by a pair of giant hands. All the surrounding sand was instantly knocked away by a shock wave. This allowed the souls from Magic Arsenal to charge forward.

The world changed in the space outside of the Demon Spirit Land, and endless origin energy began to gather. This origin energy broke through the vortex at the East Demon Spirit Sea and went inside.

It pierced through everything inside the Demon Spirit Land and charged into the fifth cave though the Nine Dragon formation!

At this moment, the white jade bottle floating before the person sitting on the wooden bridge and covered in black mist began to tremble violently.

“Eh?” A sound came from the black mist. A ghostly light suddenly shined from the eyes of the person in the black mist and he suddenly looked up. A black vortex appeared, and origin energy charged out from the vortex toward the jade bottle.

“It was able to attract power from the world outside!” The voice of the man inside the black mist was filled with shock!

“I originally thought that only four people needed attention, but unexpectedly, there is another…” A murmur came from the black mist, and his eyes lit up. A dried up arm reached out of the white bottle and mercilessly squeezed!

The origin energy that charged in began to collapse and dissipate rapidly.

Just as this person inside the black mist crushed the incoming origin energy, Wang Lin’s ancient god language echoed once more in the black sand desert.

“Take the soul of the universe!”

After he spoke, the ancient god shadow behind Wang Lin let out roar that shook the heavens and earth. It was as if this roar could split the world and extract the souls of the mountains, of the starry skies, and of the universe!

The universe didn’t have a soul, but this ancient god spell could withdraw a will from it! This was an extremely powerful ancient god spell, but the amount of power it displayed depend on the power of the user.

If a 9-star ancient god used Merit Spirit, they could not only extract the soul of the universe, they could even extract some of the laws of the world and use it to change the heavens!

Wang Lin was, after all, only at five stars, so he couldn’t do all of this. However, since he was a royal ancient god, he was at least able to make the black sand desert tremble!

The devilish shadow on the wooden bridge had just crushed the origin energy when the white jade bottle started trembling violently. It was as if a force inside it was constantly releasing a suction force from within!

The black cork blocking the mouth of the bottle trembled and was pulled down as if it was going to get sucked into the bottle!

A ghostly light exploded from the eyes of the person inside the dark mist!

Chapter 1018 – Nirvana (2)

After he said “Steal the merit of the heavens,” although the origin energy he summoned from the outside was blocked, his own origin energy mixed with his ancient god power and went into his hand.

The moment his origin energy left, a white line appeared from the seal formed by Wang Lin’s hands!

“Take the soul of the universe!” Then it caused a storm inside the black sand desert. As numerous gusts of wind whistled through the desert, black gas appeared within the world and condensed into a black line before Wang Lin!

These two lines intersected and formed a diamond-shaped rune!

This rune was beyond anything from the Tattoo Clan. It was so complex that one would feel dizzy just by looking at it.

“Gather the Ancient Order, eternal remembrance!” The moment Wang Lin said the last line, the diamond rune released a black and white glow and slowly floated forward!

As it floated, the diamond rune continued to expand until it was more than 10,000 feet tall. It was like a wall that reached the heavens, and it continued to push forward.

Rumbles echoed and the dim sky was pushed back; even the black sand on the ground was pushed back!

It was as if the sand was having all of its existence erased!

The giant diamond rune could be clearly seen from anywhere in the world! As it moved forward, everything before it was destroyed!

Wang Lin revealed a tired expression. It was not easy for him to use this spell with his current ancient god power, which was why he had never used it before. If not for the fact that this battle would determine whether he could leave or not, he wouldn’t have used it.

Although the man named Ming Hai was as strong as a Nirvana Cleanser cultivator, the spells and treasures he used were heaven-shaking.

As the rumbles echoed, the small, white sword was pushed back and a sword hymn echoed across the sky!

Ming Hai, who was walking back into the tower, trembled and turned around. When he saw the slowly approaching diamond rune, his eyes shined brightly.

“I don’t care whether your identity is an ancient god or Qi cultivator. Being able to display such a spell means you’re qualified to see the true form of the sword gifted by the Celestial Emperor.”

As the man spoke, he pointed forward. The small, white sword that was pushed back trembled and released sword energy that could pierce the heavens!

At this moment, the entire sky was covered by sword shadows. An ancient sword intent suddenly filled the world and emitted an ancient aura. The small sword had summoned this ancient sword intent to descend on the black sand desert.

As the sword intent descended, various figures appeared behind the sword shadows in the sky. These were figures of ancient people, and they each held a sword in their hand. Then the small, white sword turned into a ray of white light that charged at the diamond rune, and the figures in the sky began to move!

As they moved, they released dense amounts of sword energy. At this moment, the sky was a world of swords!

Under the impact of the small, white sword, those sword energies closed in on the diamond rune!

The small, white sword moved the fastest and suddenly collided with the diamond rune. Large amounts of ripples began to spread across the rune, then the sword energies from the sky descended.

It was as if countless people were using various sword tactics that emitted sword energy, and they fused together into a monstrous sword intent that shot at the diamond rune!

The diamond rune shook violently! There was a loud rumble that echoed as it shook. Wang Lin’s body trembled and he coughed out blood. He would suffer backlash for using this spell at this current cultivation level!

Coldness appeared in Wang Lin’s eyes as he stared ahead. His ancient god stars rotated rapidly and a large amount of ancient god power entered the diamond rune. This caused the diamond rune to continue moving forward!

As it moved, all of the black sand was removed from the ground, revealing a mirror-like white surface. The dim sky was also pushed away, revealing a mirror-like white surface!

The ancient sword intent and countless sword shadows formed by the small, white sword were forced to retreat! Even ancient sword intent couldn’t stop an ancient god spell!

Moreover, this small white sword didn’t possess the complete ancient sword intent, only a portion of it. As a result, it wasn’t able to resist!

Ming Hai’s eyes revealed a strange light as he smiled and stared the diamond rune along with Wang Lin, who was behind it. He laughed. “Good. I didn’t expect to see this kind of spell in my twilight years. I’ll answer one of your questions! I think the thing you want to know the most is how to leave this place!

“This is the first layer of the celestial cave, the Bottle World! This is where the Celestial Emperor collects celestial spiritual energy to form celestial spirits. The reason it is called the Bottle World is because this entire world is within a bottle! This bottle was one of the treasures the Celestial Emperor refined in his earlier years!

“However, due to the Celestial Emperor being seriously injured, his divine sense collapsed. A divine sense containing the Celestial Emperor’s Lonely Desert Smoke entered and made this place into a black sand desert! The grey gas you experienced was formed by the Celestial Emperor’s spell!

“There are a total of 99 realms, and each of the realms has the same black sand. You and your companions were sent into different realms here! In addition, I can tell you that the Celestial Emperor’s spell Lonely Desert Smoke was comprehended through one of the nine Mountain and River Paintings, the Lonely Desert Smoke. That painting is sealed within this bottle world!

“If you are destined, you can take it! Of course, you must kill me first!” Ming Hai laughed as he leaped forward and a ghostly light appeared in his eyes. He pointed up at the sky and slowly said, “I, Ming Hai, am a realm spirit of the bottle world. Aside from the Fang Zhu, which the Celestial Emperor gave me, I also have a Celestial Emperor spell!

“Burn the Heavens!”

Ming Hai pointed at the sky and laughed, then a nine-colored flame began burning from within his body. This flame contained scarlet, orange, red, green, cyan, blue, and purple, along with black and white.

The flame shot into the sky along with Ming Hai’s finger. The sky was enveloped in a scarlet light and began burning!

This didn’t end. As the scarlet light filled the sky, the other colors began to shine. The nine-colored flames flooded the sky, and at this instant, the flames covered the sea!

Burn the Heavens!

Burn the sky!

A celestial spell that used the power of burning the sky. The person that created this celestial spell was Qing Lin!

Waves of heat descended from the sky. As the sky burned, the dim shroud covering the sky was replaced with endless fire. Under this intense heat, the sand on the group actually collapsed.

Grains of sand shattered, and in an instant, the black sand desert Wang Lin was in turned into hell! As the grains of sand collapsed, they began to melt due to the invading heat!

The black sand became a black sea!

This shocking scene caused Wang Lin to gasp. He was close to the flames, so he immediately felt the heatwave enter his body. His skin began to crack and even the blood in his body turned into red gas that came out of his pores!

Just this was already shocking. However, Wang Lin immediately noticed that something was happening to his origin energy; it was rapidly dissipating.

The flames that covered the sky seemed to extend endlessly, as if they wanted to burn the entire sky. As long as there was any sky, the flames would continue to burn.

Popping sounds echoed across the the sky. Wang Lin could vaguely see nine fire dragons roaring through the sky and burning the world!

For a celestial spell to have the name “Burn the Heavens,” it had to have unimaginable power. If even the sky could be burned to ashes, there was no need to mention everything below the sky!

The diamond rune swept forward and pushed the melted sand. The flames in the sky seemed to be getting pushed by the diamond rune.

However, in an instant, even more intense flames covered the sky. As sky burned, it was as if the sky was melting as well. Large amounts of flames fell from the sky, and every time a blob of flames fell, the earth would tremble.

More and more flames fell, and it all burned before the diamond rune.

The dense heat wave and black gas caused Wang Lin’s mind to tremble!

At this moment, Ming Hai’s laugh echoed across the world.

“The power that burns the sky, become my celestial spell and destroy everything!” As Meng Hai’s voice echoed, the flames in the sky suddenly gathered and swept toward the diamond rune!

There were nine colors in these flames. The nine-colored flames descended and began to circle the diamond rune. As more flame descended, even the ground began to burn. It was as if the black sand desert had turned into a fire hell that wanted to devour Wang Lin and the diamond rune!

Wang Lin had already lost too much origin energy. His face was pale as he sat above the diamond rune. However, with the impact of the flames, the burning of the sky, and descending flames, the diamond rune under him shattered!

While it collapsed, Wang Lin’s eyes lit up and his arms spread out. The remaining origin energy in his body was mercilessly sent out to create a shock wave. This shock wave caused the shattered diamond rune to scatter in all directions!

Although the rune had shattered, it still contained the power of an ancient god. As it scattered, it was as if a storm was set off in this sea of flames!

As this storm spread out, it pushed the flames away. However, this was only temporary. Once the storm dissipates, the flame will return and burn everything!

Using the window where the flames were pushed away, Wang Lin ignored the sweat that covered his body and the red mist that was his blood that came out of his pores and slapped his bag of holding. His eyes were red as he shouted, “God Slaying Chariot!”

In an instant, a five-colored light flew out of Wang Lin’s bag and turned into the five-colored butterfly!

Chapter 1019 – Nirvana (3)

The five-colored butterfly flapped its wing and five-colored powder appeared. Wang Lin pointed at Ming Hai behind the sea of fire. The five-colored butterfly moved forward and flapped its wings.

An invisible wind that could shatter all power of law was set off in this ruin of the black sand desert!

The moment the five-colored butterfly appeared, the mist around Ming Hai was hit by a gust of wind and was blown away.

When the mist dissipated, the grey armor and the upright figure within the armor were revealed.

Looking at the five-colored butterfly, there was a trace of confusion in Ming Hai’s eyes. He seemed to have given up on resisting as he stared at the butterfly in a trance.

As the five-colored butterfly moved forward, it flapped its wing. A small portion of Ming Hai’s armor shattered into fragments and was pushed back.

As the five-colored butterfly continued to move forward, it continued to flap its wings. The rumbles continued and Ming Hai’s armor began to shatter like crazy!

Large amounts of cracks appeared on his helmet until it fell off from his face. This revealed his rough, black hair and his sunken in face.

He was a middle-aged man filled with age. There was a scar on his right eyebrow. If you looked closely, this scar almost penetrated into his skull, and there was a black fragment inside it!

Bursts of black gas came from the fragment and continued to enter Ming Hai’s head.

Ming Hai withdrew his gaze from the butterfly and his eyes revealed a ghostly light. He touched the scar on his forehead and muttered, “I still haven’t died…”

His body flickered and he charged at Wang Lin. His right hand formed a seal and pointed at the sky. The flames in the area seemed to have gone crazy, as if they were being summoned. They devoured the shattered diamond rune and rushed over.

There was a flash of coldness in Wang Lin’s eyes as he charged out and formed a seal with both of his hands. He bit the tip of his tongue to spit out a blood arrow, and his right hand used it to draw a blood rune that landed on the five-colored butterfly!

“Every God Slaying War Chariot has five seals on it. After the third chariot was activated, it turned into a cocoon that gave birth to this butterfly. However, there are still five seals on this butterfly. Only by releasing all five seals can I gain control of this chariot and use the true power of the treasure created by Master Tian Bao that could slay gods!

“Turning into a butterfly can be considered the first seal. Now the second seal, release!” Wang Lin’s blood arrow landed on the butterfly, causing it to tremble violently. As it trembled, a sixth color quickly appeared!

Ming Hai quickly moved forward, waving his hand, which was covered in flames. After he closed in on Wang Lin, he waved his hand and flames appeared before him. Without hesitation, Wang Lin summoned the ancient god furnace. He disappeared in a flash and re-appeared behind Ming Hai.

Coldness flashed in his gaze and his right hand mercilessly pressed on Ming Hai’s back. The Wither Dao Pair appeared in a flash. As the evil intent filled the area, grey light shined on Ming Hai’s feet.

Ming Hai revealed a grim smile. He opened his arms and a devilish celestial energy surged out. It created a shockwave that quickly spread!

The grey light under his feet quickly disappeared and a powerful shockwave went after Wang Lin. Wang Lin quickly retreated, but at the same time, he spat out another blood arrow at the butterfly not far away.

“Third seal, release!”

Opening three seals was the limit of Wang Lin’s cultivation!

The butterfly trembled, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a seven-colored butterfly!

The seven colors flashed, making the butterfly more gorgeous. With a flap of its wings, seven-colored powder appeared before Wang Lin and gently floated forward!

Ming Hai turned around and waved his right hand, causing the sea of flames to charge at Wang Lin once more. The sea of flames was only 1,000 feet away and would soon reach Wang Lin.

The heat wave blew on Wang Lin, and his skin became even more cracked, but not much blood mist flew out. Wang Lin felt dizzy right now due to losing too much blood.

Even his origin soul had become weak, but due to the Ancient God Leather Armor, his origin soul wasn’t damaged. After all, this armor came from an 8-star ancient god, and Wang Lin’s body was only five stars!

Even Ming Hai was startled by this. He let out a sneer as his left hand formed a seal and pointed at the earth. Then his hand reached out at the void. Suddenly, all the sand that had melted into black liquid began to gather in Ming Hai’s hand.

At this moment, the seven-colored butterfly flapped its wings and rapidly approached Ming Hai. The seven-colored powder formed a storm that charged at Ming Hai!

Ming Hai’s eyes lit up. He grabbed the black liquid that had gathered in his left hand and threw it up. The black liquid was thrown into the air and formed a protective barrier!

However, just as the black liquid barrier was formed, the seven-colored butterfly went through the storm and pierced the barrier. This caused the black liquid to be pushed back toward Ming Hai along with the storm!

At this moment, the flames were less than 500 feet away. In this moment of crisis, the ancient god furnace appeared around Wang Lin and he appeared behind Ming Hai in a flash. His right hand quickly pointed forward!

Ming Hai frowned and the devilish celestial energy inside his body erupted once more. However, just as it was about to erupt, there was a hint of coldness in Wang Lin’s eyes as he shouted, “Stop!”

This time, he didn’t want to attack to hurt Ming Hai, but to confuse him so he could find the best chance to use the Stop spell!

With one word, it was as if countless threads had wrapped around Ming Hai, and he unexpectedly paused for a moment. Not including Wang Lin’s ancient god body, he was only a peak mid stage Nirvana Scryer cultivator. To use the Stop spell against a celestial at the Nirvana Cleanser stage meant that he would suffer the backlash, but he didn’t care anymore!

The moment Ming Hai’s body paused, the seven-colored storm arrived. It didn’t attack Ming Hai’s body, but under Wang Lin’s control, it charged into the wound on Ming Hai’s right eyebrow!

The entire seven-colored storm entered the wound!

A frantic roar came from Ming Hai’s mouth. He held his head as he began to struggle like crazy and quickly retreated!

Wang Lin didn’t pursue but withdrew all his treasures. When the Burn the Heavens spell appeared, he had already withdrawn all of the souls for his Magic Arsenal and the Celestial Sealing Stamp. After doing so, he charged straight for the black tower!

At this moment, the flames from Burn the Heavens came at Wang Lin from all directions. Under the heat wave, Wang Lin’s clothes caught on fire, but a ray of blue light came of his right eye quickly extinguished the flame.

He clenched his teeth and the ancient god furnace appeared once more and moved him forward 1,000 feet in a flash. Then he stepped into the black tower. The reason he entered the black tower was because when the flames were burning the world and melting the black sand desert until there was nothing left, the black tower didn’t move at all and none of the flames had gone inside.

However, the flames were far too fast. Almost at the moment Wang Lin walked into the tower, the flames swept by. The heat wave from the flames hit Wang Lin’s back!

Wang Lin only felt pain from his back, and the heat directly entered his body. Luckily, this was only residual heat, so it wasn’t too much. He took out large amount of pills and swallowed them.

Then he looked back into the distance and saw the sea of flames everywhere. The black sand desert no longer existed and the sky was now a void that would occasionally reveal a mirror-like, smooth, white surface.

Ming Hai’s painful screams came from the distance. He was holding his head and roaring constantly. Wang Lin could clearly see the seven-colored light in Ming Hai’s right eyebrow. The seven-colored light flashed as if it wanted to seal this would.

However, just as the wound on his right eyebrow was sealed, the the black fragment in the scar was surrounded by the seven-colored gas. This cut off the flow of devilish energy, and his eyes entered a trance as if he had awakened from an endless nightmare. However, his face was filled with endless pain. He jerked his head up to look at the mirror-like white surface above him and revealed a miserable smile.

“Celestial Emperor, Ming Hai has been disloyal. Due to my own greed, I turned into a devil. I deserve to die!” With a miserable smile, the endless flames surged and wrapped around him. After the flames disappeared, the person had turned to ashes, leaving only the seven-colored butterfly. It flew through the sea of flames and returned to Wang Lin’s side.

After witnessing all of this, Wang Lin silently pondered. He vaguely had an idea of what had happened. After letting out a sigh, he noticed that the flames were not coming into the tower. Then he began examining this tower.

After a long time, his eyes lit up and he slapped his bag of holding. The heads that he took a little while ago floated before him.

Wang Lin’s eyes revealed a strange light and he muttered, “I didn’t think the celestial spell Nether Guide would be useful in this place!

“These people all have devilish energy. If I use it as a guide, I will be able to open a passage to leave this place!”

Wang Lin waved his right hand and the heads all collapsed. Then his hand formed a seal and everything merged together to form a dark red vortex. A passage gradually opened before Wang Lin.

“Huh?” Wang Lin’s eyes narrowed and he noticed that something was wrong. As the vortex rotated, dense devilish energy came out from within.

Just at this moment, he heard a boom. It sounded like the vortex had just broken into some place!

Wang Lin looked inside and was shocked!

He saw a large hall filled with devilish energy. There was a huge throne in that hall, and a person was sitting on it!

Chapter 1020 – Qing Lin?

Wang Lin originally intended to borrow the power of Nether Guide to open a path to the outside of the bottle. However, as the devilish energy invaded the vortex from the other side, the Nether Guide went out of control!

The devilish energy was so dense that Wang Lin immediately retreated when he felt a sliver of it. There was a trace of shock in his gloomy expression.

This was the first time he had used Nether Guide, and he didn’t expect the tunnel to lead to such a place.

In his experience, the scattered devil gave off the most devilish energy, followed by Ming Hai, but the devilish energy from neither could even remotely compare to the devilish energy coming from the other side of the vortex!

The devilish energy from the vortex was very pure. It was the an extreme devilish energy that could be the ancestor of all devilish energy.

The scattered demon and Ming Hai were like fireflies, while this was like the bright moon!

In particular, the person sitting on the throne in the mysterious hall made Wang Lin’s scalp tingle, and his heart trembled from just one look.

At this instant, Wang Lin could only hear his heart rate accelerate, and even his breathing stopped. He didn’t hesitate to immediately cut off the Nether Guide, and the vortex began to collapse.

As the vortex collapsed, the shadow of the dozens of people killed by Wang Lin appeared. They stared at Wang Lin with vicious gazes and let out ghostly wails. It was as if they wanted to rush out of the vortex and devour Wang Lin.

The figure sitting on the throne slowly raised his head and a muddy gaze gradually appeared from inside the fog. It pierced through the collapsing vortex and fell on Wang Lin’s body. The muddled eyes suddenly became focused.

The moment the mysterious figure’s eyes became focused, a blue light flash out of Wang Lin’s right eye and he retreated without any hesitation. The azure light shield immediately appeared before him.

Just at this instant, the mysterious figure on the throne raised his hand. He was holding something in his hand, and he threw it!

A ray of yellow light shot toward the collapsing vortex. When the yellow light entered the vortex, it caused a loud rumble and made the vortex collapse even faster. The moment the yellow light pierced through the vortex, the vortex disintegrated.

The dozens of ferocious shadows let out screams before exploding into countless black specks that dissipated instantly.

The yellow light charged out of the vortex and instantly landed on the azure light shield. However, it went directly through the shield as if it was incorporeal and closed in on Wang Lin’s face in an instant. The yellow light stopped just three inches away from Wang Lin’s nose.

At this moment, the vortex disappeared and peace returned to the black tower.

However, cold sweat appeared over Wang Lin’s forehead. Taking a close look at the yellow light, he saw a diamond-shaped crystal inside.

After retreating a few steps, Wang Lin had an gloomy and uncertain expression. After silently pondering for a long time, he reached out and the crystal flew into his hand.

“I didn’t use Nether Guide wrong, but another powerful spell interfered. It made me lose control of Nether Guide and led me to some place I don’t know!” Wang Lin looked at the crystal in his hand. Given his intelligence, he only pondered for a bit before he understood.

“That mysterious person probably interfered with my Nether Guide. It’s unfortunate I couldn’t see his appearance due to the dark fog. It was obvious he did that to give me the crystal!”

Wang Lin’s eyes lit up and he frowned. The Celestial Emperor cave was too mysterious; there were too many things he could only speculate about and not obtain real answers.

“Is that mysterious figure… Qing Lin?” Wang Lin silently pondered and muttered, “What is his goal for giving me this crystal…”

Staring at the crystal, Wang Lin didn’t spread out his divine sense to scan it. Instead, he put it on the side, retreated a few steps, and sat down to cultivate.

His physical body was injured and he had lost a majority of his blood, making him feel dizzy. What really made him feel danger was that he didn’t have much origin energy left in his body.

If this was all, his situation wouldn’t be so serious, but even the celestial origin energy inside his body was almost depleted.

“I have consumed too much of the celestial origin energy brother Qing Shui gave me. I must find way to replenish it as soon as possible. The amount danger in this battle was something I’ve rarely encountered in my life.”

Thinking about the celestial spell Ming Hai used, Wang Lin couldn’t help but feel dread. He looked outside the tower and saw the flames that covered the world.

Although he couldn’t feel the heat from inside the tower, when he looked outside, his vision was distorted by the heat waves. It was as if his vision was being burned into dust, so he couldn’t see far.

“I wonder how Situ and company are doing…” Wang Lin let out a sigh. He was inside the tower, and everything outside was covered in flames. It was as if Wang Lin was the only person left in this world.

After pondering for a long time, the pills Wang Lin swallowed began to show their effects and his physical injuries gradually healed. Then he slapped his bag of holding and a milky white light appeared in his hand.

There was very pure celestial origin energy inside this milky white light.

“The origin soul of Esteemed Xuan Bao now has its use!” Wang Lin placed the ball of light before his nose and inhaled. Then two strands of celestial origin energy came from the ball of light and entered Wang Lin’s nostrils, making their way into his body.

Time slowly passed. Several days later, Wang Lin opened his eyes. The celestial origin energy in his body had been restored and even increased a bit. However, Wang Lin knew he couldn’t keep too much celestial origin energy inside his body; otherwise, it might cause his domain to disappear.

The passive recovery ability of ancient gods was very strong, so in just a few days, all his injuries had disappeared. Even the dizzy feeling was gone. However, the problem Wang Lin faced now was recovering his origin energy.

It wouldn’t be a problem for Wang Lin to recover origin energy if he was outside. With his cultivation, he could easily absorb the world’s origin energy when he cultivated.

However, after several days of cultivation, the recovery of his origin energy was very slow. He could vaguely perceive that there wasn’t much origin energy in the black sand desert. The remaining origin energy had all fused with the endless flames outside.

As a result, it would be difficult for Wang Lin to absorb it, as it would be no different from pulling a chestnut out of an open fire.

After pondering for a while, Wang Lin stood up and looked at the yellow crystal not far away. However, he chose to ignore it and arrived next to a window and looked outside the tower.

The flames still covered his vision, and crackling sounds came from the sky. The mirror-white surface was covered by the black smoke from the burning flames. From a distance, the entire sky was covered in a dense, dark cloud.

“I can’t recover my origin energy, so my cultivation can’t reach its peak, meaning I can’t carelessly explore that yellow crystal or leave the black tower.” While Wang Lin was cultivating, his divine sense spread across the entire black tower, but he found nothing abnormal.

While he pondered, he looked at the dense flames outside the tower and began to calculate. Then he clenched his teeth and took one step outside the black tower!

With one step, Wang Lin landed on the ground. The moment his feet touched the ground, the flames seemed to notice him. They immediately charged at him to devour him.

Wang Lin’s eyes lit up and he raised his right hand and reached out. A portion of the flames were caught by him, and in that instant, he retreated back into the black tower.

The moment he entered the black tower, the flames arrived and the entire tower was devoured by the flames. After a long time, the flames gradually subsided and retreated like the tides.

Wang Lin’s face was pale as he sat on the floor of the tower. In his right hand was a flame the size of a soybean, giving off powerful heat. Cracks began to appear on Wang Lin’s right hand.

Staring at the flame, Wang Lin’s eyes became bloodshot. Before the light of the flame, he revealed an uncertain look. Wang Lin was struggling with a difficult choice right now.

After seven minutes, Wang Lin revealed a decisive gaze!

“Although this flame is dangerous, there isn’t too much of it. I have already done some calculations, so there shouldn’t be any issues. It’s useless to be indecisive about this, so I might as well try it!”

Wang Lin hit his body with his right hand and his bag of holding flew into the corner. Then he placed some restrictions over it. After taking a deep breath, he brought the flame to his mouth and swallowed it without any hesitation!

The moment the flame entered his body, an intense heat erupted inside him. The heat from the flame was unimaginable, and at this moment, Wang Lin’s body turned red. He opened his mouth and a painful roar echoed from within the tower.

At the same time, a large amount of flames came out of his pores and his clothes instantly became ashes. The flames expanded outward and covered everything within 30 feet of Wang Lin.

Large amounts of sweat instantly turned into white gas that surrounded Wang Lin’s body.　

At this moment, he felt like he had devoured burning coal. Due to the Ancient God Leather Armor, his origin soul wasn’t injured. However, his remaining origin energy seemed to integrate with the flame and was burning Wang Lin’s body.

Wang Lin endured the intense pain. After the flame had integrated with his origin energy, it started to move toward his origin soul.

“Only by allowing it to enter my origin soul can I really absorb the origin energy inside!” After making a few calculations, decisiveness filled his eyes. He pointed at his chest and the Ancient God Leather Armor left his origin soul and flew out.

Without the Ancient God Leather Armor, the origin energy within the flame entered his origin soul!