Renegade Immortal

by Srtyi

Wang Lin is a very smart boy with loving parents. Although him and his parents are shunned by the rest of their relatives, his parents always held high hopes that he will one day become someone great. One day, Wang Lin suddenly gained the chance to walk the path of an immortal, but found that he only had mediocre talent at best. Watch Wang Lin as he breaks through his lack of talen

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Chapter 1585 - The Might of an Arrow!

Wang Lin's gaze was as cold as ice as he looked at the four people retreating rapidly, including the man in white who was extremely arrogant and had frozen the ancient umbrella. Their expressions changed greatly and they desperately tried to escape.

All of them were powerful cultivators with much higher cultivation levels than Wang Lin. However, right now only their projections were here, so their cultivation levels were suppressed to mid stage Spirit Void, a level that wouldn't be detected by the Inner Realm cultivators.

However, these four people had forced Wang Lin to face several life and death crises. If Wang Lin hadn't learned the Realm Burning Umbrella in the Fallen Land, he would have died to their first combined attack!

If Wang Lin hadn't obtained the fortune from the madman, he would have died to the two celestial imperial concubines!

Similarly, if he didn't have this bow and arrow, even if he had given it his all, he wouldn't have been able to escape!

Staring at the four of them, Wang Lin's eyes were filled with killing intent. He only had the power to launch this one arrow. Once the arrow was used, he would need to sacrifice life force to use this bow, and he had no life force left to sacrifice.

He had prepared this arrow for the Sovereign, the strongest person that hadn't appeared yet. He intended to wait until everyone who wanted to kill him had shown up and then use this arrow to end this calamity!

However, not everything could go as Wang Lin wished. He was not the heavens, so he couldn't change how others acted or control their thoughts.

As the four closed in, Wang Lin knew that if he didn't take out the bow and arrow, he would die before the Sovereign arrived!

His Immortal Celestial Body was not complete. Although it could help a bit, it had also damaged Wang Lin too much. Wang Lin knew that if he experienced a few more collapses, his soul might truly collapse and he would really die before they could even kill him.

The only thing remaining would be an immortal body!

What was immortal was his body, not his soul!

"Kill!" Wang Lin loosened his right hand that had pulled the bow into a full moon. His right hand trembled and the bowstring released a buzz that echoed across the world. All the force from the bowstring was transferred to the arrow!

That arrow moved with the bowstring. When the monstrous force from the bowstring passed through, the arrow shot out!

The world changed greatly!

A deafening, howling sound echoed across the world! This arrow was like a ray of death that shot out like crazy.

What charged out along with it was Wang Lin's soul, origin soul, and all the power inside his body. His ancient energy, celestial bloodline energy, and everything else!

At the moment the arrow flew off, all of these things turned into invisible smoke and were absorbed by this arrow.

He only had enough power for one arrow!

Wang Lin's body trembled due to the bow and showed signs of collapsing. He retreated hundreds of feet but still couldn't offset the force of drawing the bow. Blood flowed out and he was knocked into the water in the distance.

However, he stared ahead with a grin. He stared at the shocking arrow that had shot out!

Once the arrow shot out, a geep gully appeared in the calm water. This gully seemed to match the arrow and extended as the arrow flew forward. It was as if there was a pair of giant hands forcing the water apart.

A huge crack even appeared in the sky. The crack continued to spread and seemed like it was going to break this extremely powerful killing formation that was set to kill Wang Lin!

The four people escaped in terror. Heaven Master Void God was the fastest and was the furthest away. The two celestial imperial concubines followed closely after. Their faces showed pain and despair appeared in their eyes.

The man in white was lowest in cultivation level and status. He couldn't keep up and fell behind, which resulting in him becoming the person closest to the arrow.

The arrow broke through the heavens and earth as it closed in, creating ripples that spread in all directions. A monstrous killing intent came from the arrow, and the runes on the body of the arrow gave off a faint flicker.

It was as if at this moment, no person or thing in this world could stop this arrow. In an instant, it closed in on the man in white.

The man in white turned deathly pale. He attempted to crush the jade to leave, but although the jade shattered, there was no reaction. At this moment, as the arrow closed in, he felt a sting of pain in his forehead and coughed out blood.

He knew he couldn't escape. He let out a roar and turned around to use a spell. However, just as he turned around, the arrow closed in at an unimaginable speed and hit the area between his eyebrows.

A thunderous bang rang out and the man in white's head exploded. His body disintegrated layer by layer as the arrow pierced through.

His mournful scream disappeared just as it began. This caused the other three to tremble and almost lose their minds.

The celestial imperial concubine that was covered by the dark moon looked hideous, but there was terror and despair in her eyes. The arrow closed in and pointed at her forehead.

This celestial imperial concubine suddenly turned, exposing her twisted expression. She raised her right hand and layers of lightscreens appeared. However, the arrow penetrated them all and closed in.

At this moment of crisis, the celestial imperial concubine coughed out blood and formed a blood person. It began to take shape, but the arrow pierced through as it shot toward the celestial imperial concubine that had reached the limit of despair!

All of this happened in an instant. The celestial imperial concubine took out the ancient harp she had played before. This harp was a gift from the celestial sovereign and an extremely powerful treasure.

But just as the ancient harp appeared to block for her, it collapsed into countless fragments. The celestial imperial concubine let out a scream and retreated. But she only retreated two steps before the arrow pierced through the harp and through her head.

The celestial imperial concubine's head exploded like the man in white's and her body dissipated. The arrow rushed through as her body dissipated.

The shocking arrow had killed two people in a row, so it had lost some momentum, but it still had monstrous power. At this moment, it shot toward the third person, the woman who had used the divination spell!

The woman had witnessed the death of the man in white and then saw her sister collapse. Her face revealed a miserable expression. Although this body was a projection and a normal death would be fine, dying to this arrow would apply serious injuries to her original body. This arrow didn't belong in this world. This arrow came from her hometown; it was a famous treasure of the Li family!

Feeling despair, the woman no longer fled. She turned around to face the arrow that was growing larger and larger until it filled her vision. She closed her eyes.

Just as she closed her eyes, the arrow closed in on her forehead. Just as it was about to pierce through, a seven-colored light came from her chest. On her neck was a pendant made of a piece of a black, oval-shaped stone. The seven-colored light came from this stone.

The pendant floated before her and the seven-colored light surrounded her body.

Just at this moment, the arrow pierced through the woman's forehead. She didn't open her eyes until after the arrow passed. She didn't receive any injuries, but a crack had appeared on the floating black stone before her.

"My most beloved concubine, I give this stone to you. It can protect you… So that even if one day I'm not there, it will still be with you…" These soft words from the celestial sovereign echoed in her ears.

The arrow pierced through the woman and chased after Heaven Master Void God, who was in fog form. A thunderous rumble echoed across the world when the arrow pierced into the fog.

The fog suddenly collapsed. The moment it collapsed, it rapidly condensed into an old man wearing black. His face was pale, and just as he retreated, his body collapsed once more.

A miserable scream echoed. In a short period of time, Heaven Master Void God had collapsed several times. When he reformed the last time, the mark between his eyebrows shattered and the arrow pierced through his body.

One of the five masters of the Ancient Star System, Heaven Master Void God, let out a miserable smile and exploded. Large amounts of fog dissipated without a trace.

"Sovereign, this old man has blocked the arrow for you. You have to give this old man an explanation!!" His mournful roar echoed as he dissipated.

The only words that could describe the power of this arrow were "heaven-shaking!"

After killing three people, there wasn't much power left in the arrow, but it still howled toward the sky. It was going to attempt to break open the sky and release Wang Lin from his calamity!

However, just as the arrow closed in on the sky and the blue light began to flicker, a person silently walked out. This person was wearing a black robe that even covered his face. A powerful pressure spread out from his body. This pressure was far stronger than the mid stage Arcane Void cultivation limit allowed in this sealed space!

He stretched out his dried-up right hand and grabbed the arrow!

His body trembled and then he slowly raised his head to look at Wang Lin. He spoke in a calm and hoarse voice.

"The roar from borrowing the power from the Ancient Tomb, blocking the Outer Realm cultivators in the first battle in the Cloud Sea. Wang Lin, we finally meet again… This old man is the Sovereign…"

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Chapter 1586 - Celestial and Ancient Separate!

Wang Lin raised his head and looked at the person in the black robe. How could Wang Lin forget this appearance? This person was the Sovereign!

The leader of the five masters of the Ancient Star System. Someone with great cunning who had schemed against heaven and earth!

Whether it was killing the previous Lord of the Sealed Realm, the destruction of the four Celestial Realms, scheming against Celestial Emperor Qing Lin, setting up the Tattoo Clan to find Li Guang's arrow, the betrayal of Daoist Water, Master Simo's fall, the death of the Zhan family ancestor, and various other things all contained the shadow of the Sovereign!

In the Ancient Star System, Wang Lin faintly felt like his mind was being manipulated. Thinking about it now, it must have also been an act of the Sovereign.

In Wang Lin's memory, there was a spell he couldn't erase, it was Fishing the Moon in the Well!

He had seen that spell when he faced the third Vermillion Bird that he suspected to be the Sovereign. When he saw the water, he feared that this calamity was also a Fishing the Moon in the Well!

What was fished out was planet Suzaku and Wang Lin!

"Fishing the Moon in the Well…" Wang Lin stood up on the water and calmly looked at the sky.

The celestial imperial concubine that hadn't died stood in a daze between the two of them. She retreated a few steps and became silent.

The man in the black robe seemed to smile as he said in a hoarse voice, "If it wasn't for Blue Dream taking pity on you, you would have already become this old man's pawn." He then leisurely squeezed and the arrow trembled and dissipated in his hand.

He dreaded the power of this arrow, which was why he had delayed his appearance. He had waited until after Wang Lin used the arrow to reveal himself.

This arrow had already already formed a connection with the bow in Wang Lin's body. After it dissipated, it reappeared inside Wang Lin through some strange method. If Li Guang hadn't died, this arrow would have returned to Li Guang's body.

"Tell me, where did you obtain your celestial bloodline?" After the black-robed man squeezed the arrow, he slowly walked toward Wang Lin. Although his pace was slow, each step he took caused Wang Lin to tremble. It was as if endless pressure was pressing on his body from all directions.

What was even more bizarre was that a reflection of the black-robed man had appeared on the water's surface and was walking toward Wang Lin.

It looked like there were two Sovereigns, one in the sky and one on the ground.

That pressure suddenly doubled and came from both the sky and the earth. This caused Wang Lin's face turn pale, and he couldn't move his body at all, as if he was being stopped by the Stop spell.

However, his eyes were calm. Things had already reached this point, and Wang Lin knew that it would be very difficult to survive this calamity. He understood this when he released that arrow.

"Not going to speak? It doesn't matter. I'll get my answer from you." The black-robed man shook his head and raised his dried-up right hand. He pointed toward Wang Lin.

With this, the blue sky disappeared without a trace and was replaced with golden light. This golden light was sunlight that came from a sun that had suddenly appeared in the sky.

The sun appeared suddenly and hung in the sky. The aura of the law of origin spread out. As the sunlight flashed, the Sovereign's figure became dark. As he walked forward, halos appeared around him.

"Aside from that arrow, you have nothing left to use against me… Since the beginning, there was light, and this light is one of the essences this old man has comprehended. Law of origin essence… under the power of the law of origin, your ancient and celestial powers will separate!" The Sovereign's voice was ancient, and all the light in the world formed a pillar of light that shined on Wang Lin.

Wang Lin couldn't resist absolute power. Intense pain came from his body as the light surrounded him; the light was as hot as the sun. Wang Lin felt the familiar law of origin as it burned everything inside him, including the wandering souls.

This law of origin was extremely deadly to the wandering souls. Miserable screams echoed and all the wandering souls inside Wang Lin dissipated.

Without the wandering souls, Wang Lin's body collapsed under the rejection force and the light. The law of origin forced its way into Wang Lin's flesh and blood. It was going to force Wang Lin's ancient and celestial powers apart.

One could faintly see that after Wang Lin's body reformed, the golden light in his body was about to rush out.

That feeling of being separated by force was several times more intense than when he fused. Wang Lin's expression became twisted, but he didn't make a sound, he just stared at the Sovereign. He was going to remember this, remember everything that had happened to him today!

If he had another life, if he didn't die today, then all the pain he had suffered on this day would be paid back 10, 100 fold!!

He still had one ace he hadn't used!

This ace was likely out of his control, but at this moment, Wang Lin didn't care. But he was waiting, waiting for the most critical moment, waiting for the Sovereign to come closer. Maybe then this ace might be able to change everything!

The black-robed figure didn't seem to have any change in his expression from being stared at by Wang Lin. His right index finger slowly stretched out with the other four fingers and formed a palm. As the law of origin caused Wang Lin's ancient and celestial powers to separate, he walked closer and closer to Wang Lin. Then his right hand reached toward Wang Lin.

"Fishing the Moon in the Well!" As the black-robed man reached out, his reflection on the surface also reached toward Wang Lin.

He wanted to reach out to the celestial bloodline that was forcibly being separated from Wang Lin's body!

As he moved, a tearing pain came from Wang Lin's body. This pain almost caused him to scream, but he held back. The veins on his face swelled up and his eyes were bloodshot, but he continued to stare at the Sovereign!

"A little closer…"

Large amounts of golden light spread out from Wang Lin's body and endless golden blood came from his orifices. Also, inside Wang Lin's bones, the most important bone marrow that made the blood also squeezed its way out of his body.

In a flash, under the intense pain, all the blood inside Wang Lin's body spread out, including the bone marrow. All the fortune the madman had given him erupted from his body.

From afar, this scene looked extremely shocking. The golden blood that was spraying from Wang Lin's body took human form, and it was shaped like Wang Lin!

It was like a soul. Wang Lin seemed to have been split in half, and the figure made of golden light slowly separated from Wang Lin's body. It floated seven inches above Wang Lin, and less and less golden light connecting them remained!

When the golden figure flew out, Wang Lin's ancient god stars appeared, but there was no golden light. Even the ancient devil stars in his right eye had lost the golden light!

The black-robed man's eyes lit up and he mercilessly reached out. The remaining golden light broke. Wang Lin's celestial bloodline was completely separated from his body!

When it was separated, the golden figure moved and then turned into a drop of golden blood!

This drop of blood contained the half-complete rune for the Immortal Celestial Body. This drop of blood was refined from the fortune the madman had given Wang Lin!

Without the celestial bloodline, there was no rejection force. Wang Lin returned back to the way he was when he met the madman. Popping sounds echoed inside him and he returned to his ancient god body.

"Immortal Celestial Body… This is the Immortal Celestial Body… Where did you get it?!" The black-robed man looked at the drop of golden blood floating above Wang Lin. There was strong excitement in his eyes but also a strong sense of fear.

The Sovereign would rarely lose his composure like this; only this blood could make him like this! He could know everything about Wang Lin, but there was no way for him to know what had happened to Wang Lin inside the Nether Beast.

At this moment, the Sovereign stepped forward and his right hand reached out for the drop of golden blood.

Just as he did so, there was a monstrous cold gaze in Wang Lin's eyes. He bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of his ancient blood like an arrow. This opened his storage space and a black palace flew out!

The moment this palace appeared, the world darkened and Wang Lin's ancient blood landed on one of the windows, dying it red.

"With my name as Ancient Wang Lin, I release your seal to give you your freedom and help me kill my enemy!!" With Wang Lin's cultivation level, he could only open one window and release one of the powerful souls sealed by Ye Mo!

As his voice echoed and the blood fell, the window on the black palace trembled. Cracking sounds echoed and it suddenly collapsed. A powerful and excited roar came from the collapsed window.

"Damn Ye Mo, you sealed his old man, Master Scarlet Soul, for countless years. Today this old man is finally free!!" With this roar, a red shadow charged out. It was impossible to see the face of the figure, just that it was blood red. A shocking aura appeared with him.

The Sovereign was too close, so he was hit by the blood shadow when it appeared. He was knocked back several hundred feet and his hood was knocked off, revealing his appearance.

"Master Scarlet Soul!"

The red shadow laughed and didn't even look at the Sovereign or Wang Lin. In a flash, he went toward the celestial imperial concubine in the distance. The blood shadow surrounded the celestial imperial concubine as she screamed. Her delicate body melted and was devoured by the blood shadow.

The blood shadow laughed and charged at the sky. With a flash of blue light, a giant hole appeared. The blood shadow charged out through the hole.

At this moment, in the Inner Realm, on the real planet Suzaku, in a mortal city, the madman was holding an oily chicken leg. Sitting among a group of beggars, he proudly took a bite under the envious gazes of the beggars. He stared at the sky and was in a daze.

"Damn, he is no longer here. He doesn't care about this king anymore… No, I need to go find him. He can't just leave me…. Eh?"

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Chapter 1587 - Kindness Ends!

When the blood shadow charged out of the well, a giant hole appeared in the seal.

When the hole appeared, the boundless world began to tremble. Large amounts of cracks spread with the hole as the center. From afar, it was a shocking sight.

As the cracks appeared in the sky, countless cracks appeared on the water's surface. The entire world trembled violently as if it was going to collapse.

A madman came from the sky. Master Scarlet Soul didn't look down at all. After breaking a hole in the sky, he laughed as he left.

"Little kid, you have the ancient aura on you. This old man should kill you, but since you've released me, this matter evens out. Haha, this old man is finally free!!" Master Scarlet Soul's voice echoed and no one could stop him from leaving. Even the Sovereign had a serious expression as he watched Master Scarlet Soul gradually disappear.

Master Scarlet Soul couldn't be controlled, which Wang Lin had expected, but he still felt regret. However, his emergence did resolve the danger of the Sovereign reaching out toward the golden blood above Wang Lin.

He had also broken open the seal, so Wang Lin could move freely once more.

Wang Lin quickly raised his right hand and grabbed the drop of blood above him. This drop of blood was extremely pure and was his celestial bloodline, so it could not be placed in his storage space. He held it in his hand as he charged for the hole in the sky.

"If I leave this place I can survive this life and death calamity!! Now that a hole has opened, the aura will leak out and all the third step cultivators in the Inner Realm will notice!!" Wang Lin's eyes were filled with madness as he charged at the hole in the sky.

The Sovereign's law of origin and Fishing the Moon in the Well were used to extract Wang Lin's celestial bloodline. His purpose was to obtain that drop of condensed celestial blood. Although Wang Lin hadn't willingly taken it out, the Sovereign had his methods to obtain what he desired.

However, because Master Scarlet Soul had rushed out, he was forced back several hundred feet. Although he looked unharmed, his original body had coughed out its second mouthful of blood.

The first mouthful of blood came when he grabbed the arrow!

After being forced back, he lost the chance to get the blood. As a result, this wasn't a bad thing for Wang Lin. His ancient and celestial bodies hadn't fused and the rejection force was like a blade hanging above his head. He was in extreme danger as his body was constantly collapsing.

However, now his ancient and celestial powers had been separated by the Sovereign, which resolved the issue of the rejection force, and the blade hanging above him had disappeared.

Things in life were often like this. There were losses but also gains!

Wang Lin lost his celestial body and celestial bloodline, but at the same time, his body had turned back into an ancient god. The amazing recovery power immediately kicked in. The five organs he had lost began to appear and his injuries rapidly recovered.

His origin soul appeared inside his body. Although it was weakened, the intense pain was no longer there. He also felt more relaxed.

At the same time, the golden blood condensed from his celestial body was not taken by the Sovereign and was in Wang Lin's hand. If he survived, he wouldn't try to integrate it by force. Doing so was simply impossible. The result would only be death as it was like a powerful toxin!

Wang Lin would choose to refine it into a treasure, a celestial body treasure! Then he would integrate this treasure into his body to avoid the problem of the rejection force and still use its power!

When Wang Lin was given this fortune by the madman, he had no power to choose and was forced to absorb. If he had to choose, he would not try to fuse ancient and celestial powers with his current cultivation. Even in the madman's world, no one had ever tried it.

The result of trying it by force would only be death!

However, the life and death calamity the Sovereign had brought upon Wang Lin had resolved this issue. A calamity was a calamity, but it could also be great fortune!

These thoughts flashed through Wang Lin's mind as he rushed toward the hole.

The moment the hole appeared, all the aura inside erupted outwards.

The originally hidden world could no longer be hidden once that hole was made. It was instantly felt by the various third step cultivators in the Inner Realm!

In the Cloud Sea, Master Hong Shan was refining the third step cultivator they had captured in the Seven-Colored Realm in the Summoned Rivered. He had just noticed something strange in the soul when he suddenly looked up into the distance. His expression changed greatly.

"Not good!!" Master Hong Shan didn't hesitate to put the puppet before him away and step forward. Ripples echoed as he used his full speed and disappeared.

The moment he disappeared, Master Zhong Xuan's teacher also awakened. His pupils shrank and he quickly fused with the world.

In the Brilliant Void Realm, in the Rain Celestial Realm, Qing Lin was in closed door cultivation, healing. He was in a secret room surrounded by mist that gave off a dim glow. At this moment, he suddenly opened his eyes and was shocked.

"Sovereign!!" His face sank and his right hand ripped open a rift before him. He disappeared in an instant.

Also inside the Brilliant Void, in the Corpse Sect, Master South Cloud was concentrating on refining a set of formation flags. These flags would be for the next great war, but as he was refining, he suddenly looked up. His expression changed greatly when he noticed the sealing aura, then he stepped forward without hesitation.

The Summoned River third step cultivators also noticed this aura, and they all anxiously moved.

In Allheaven, a person wearing green was silently walking through the stars. He looked ahead with a dim expression as if he was looking for something, but he found no sign of it.

This person was Qing Shui. He let out a sigh and was about to look forward when he suddenly looked back. His expression changed and he stared toward the Brilliant Void.

"Wang Lin!!" After feeling the looming aura in the Inner Realm, Qing Shui no longer thought about his own matter. Coldness and killing intent filled his eyes as he charged toward the Brilliant Void.

In Summoned River, the young man that had escaped during Wang Lin's divine retribution still couldn't find the place. He had simply decided to hang around the area he suspected. While thinking, his eyes suddenly lit up and he looked toward the Brilliant Void.

"Eh!" His eyes narrowed and ripples echoed as he disappeared.

In the Thunder Celestial Realm, there was a thunderous rumble. The mysterious Old Ghost Zhan stepped out and charged toward the Brilliant Void.

Various powerful cultivators noticed it when Master Scarlet Soul broke the seal. They all rushed over from all directions.

All of this happened in an instant. Wang Lin was about to step into the hole. Seeing Wang Lin about to leave, the Sovereign's eyes revealed a mysterious light. He wouldn't allow this plan to fail, despite the fact that the moment the seal collapsed, everyone in the Inner Realm would have felt it. Even though Old Ghost Zhan or the mysterious person that had seriously injured him with a roar before could instantly appear, he still wasn't going to let Wang Lin escape!

"Blue Dream! Don't forget our agreement. I'll help you get your wife's body back." The Sovereign's voice was calm. At the same time, his dried-up right hand pointed at the sky.

After he spoke, a sigh came from the sky. As Wang Lin stepped into the hole in the sky, blue light gathered, forming a light screen blocking Wang Lin. Not only that, but the blue light flashed and knocked Wang Lin back inside.

He once said that he wasn't going to attack, but at this moment, he had attacked...

When he attacked and blocked Wang Lin from leaving, the relationship between them had been broken clean!

There was a complicated look in Wang Lin's eyes. As he was knocked back, the Sovereign's right hand pointed at the sky and a red light appeared. Shortly after, orange light appeared, and in the blink of an eye, seven-colored filled the sky.

This endless seven-colored light interlaced together, and soon, a giant, seven-colored lance appeared above the Sovereign.

His dried-up right hand grabbed the seven-colored lance. As he coldly looked at Wang Lin, he threw the lance at him!

The seven-colored lance howled through the air, carrying a destructive aura and a power Wang Lin could not resist.

This was a lance of death!

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Chapter 1588 - Life and Death

"Seven-Colored Lance!" The madman had used this spell before, and Wang Lin even knew the chant and seals for it. However, he hadn't comprehended it, so he couldn't use it.

However, he knew the Seven-Colored Lance contained the power to destroy the world. It was an extremely powerful spell that didn't belong to this world, like the Realm Burning Umbrella!

Everything before Wang Lin dissipated and the only thing that remained was the seven-colored light. His eyes were filled with despair and the aura of death surrounded his body.

Wang Lin understood he couldn't dodge, escape, or resist… This Seven-Colored Lance was the real life and death calamity.

In his eyes, those rolling clouds seemed to appear once more. He saw the helpless white bird that tried to escape the dark clouds as the rain fell.

That bird clearly appeared before Wang Lin's eyes. It was filled with despair, reluctance, and struggle, but in the end it was still devoured by the dark clouds.

That bird was the sign of the life and death calamity.

The sky was shrouded in seven-colored light. The lance formed by the seven-colored light got closer and closer. Wang Lin revealed a bitter smile. He understood it was likely he wouldn't survive this calamity...

"Father, mother… Tie Zhu is very tired. I'll come and accompany you, OK…." The despair in Wang Lin's eyes disappeared and was replaced by relief.

He was very tired. He wanted to rest, he wanted to close his eyes, he wanted to live a mortal life. He didn't want to face those life and death struggles, he didn't want to consider all the struggles against fate, he didn't want to drag his parents into it, have to send his parents off and sweep before their grave.

He would rather not know anything himself…. Not know that there were cultivators on planet Suzaku, that there were other cultivation countries, and that there was the Cultivation Alliance outside of planet Suzaku...

He didn't want to know that the space outside planet Suzaku had countless other planets like planet Suzaku. He didn't want to know that outside planet Suzaku there was the Cultivation Alliance and that the Cultivation Alliance was only in the Brilliant Void...

He also didn't want to know that outside the Brilliant Void there was Allheaven, the Cloud Sea, and the Summoned River...

He didn't want to know that all of this was only the Inner Realm. He didn't want to know that there was the Outer Realm outside...

As Wang Lin lived on, he faintly realized that there was even more out of that…. And more...

"It's all over… I'm free… Wan Er, I'm sorry… In the end, I didn't gain the strength to awaken you… Ping Er, I'm sorry… Your father did his best…" Wang Lin felt bitter as he closed his eyes.

These were his last thoughts before death as the seven-colored lance closed in on him.

As he closed his eyes, the clothes on his chest collapsed and his chest followed. Flesh and blood were ripped apart, and his face was the same...

Dust to dust, earth to earth...

When the seven-colored lance was only a few hundred feet away, warm images appeared before his eyes...

In the yard, his father inhaled from his pipe and spat out smoke before he put the pipe down. There was a small wooden carving of a colt in his hand. His face was filled with a smile. This was his gift for Tie Zhu's seventh birthday.

Wang Lin crouched next to his father with his hands on his chin and his eyes filled with excitement. He watched the little colt take form. In his eyes, his father was omnipotent, his father was the heavens, his father could do anything.

Not far away, his mother was holding a pan. While feeding the chickens, ducks, and livestock around her, she would look at the father and son pair with a soft gaze filled with happiness.

The image gradually dissipate into countless fragments. These fragments gradually reformed into a secluded valley surrounded by shade.

There was a wooden cabin inside the valley. Li Muwan was sitting in front of the house with her hair coiled up like a madam. Her delicate face radiated happiness as she gently looked at the man before her. She had waited for a long, long time for this moment. Now she could silently watch him until the end of eternality...

Her gentle hand moved over the ancient zither and gentle tunes played.

As the music echoed, Wang Lin held a piece of wood like his father and looked gently at Li Muwan as he carved for her.

The two looked at each other. This valley was filled with an unexplainable feeling, and it was unforgettable.

This image slowly dissipated, and after it turned to fragments, they reformed once more. He was on a tall mountain. As the winds howled, Wang Lin stood silently at the top of the mountain, filled with sadness and loneliness.

He looked ahead and there was melancholy hidden in his eyes. Although it was hidden, it was very strong and leaked out in his shadow. It landed in the eyes of a youth behind him.

This youth wore coarse clothes. When he was behind his father, no matter how strong the wind was, the wind that landed on him became gentle. His father was like a mountain that supported his world. With his father there, he was not afraid of the mountain peak being too high or the wind too violent.

With his father there, he wasn't afraid of anything.

The youth looked at his father's back and said earnestly, "Dad, Ping Er will accompany you forever, we will never be apart…"

The last image in his mind collapsed. And his body collapsed along with it. The seven-colored lanced howled and got closer and closer to Wang Lin.

However, just at this moment, a voice came from the blue light that covered the hole in the sky.

"Eh?"

This voice appeared extremely abruptly, and not even the blue light could stop it. As this voice echoed into this world, the expression of the Sovereign changed. His gaze that would never change even of heavens collapsed was filled with extreme fear!

Even when Master Scarlet Soul appeared, he wasn't like this, but when he heard this one word, his mind almost collapsed and he subconsciously retreated. His face was filled with disbelief and fear so powerful, he couldn't even conceal it!

"Haha, this king finally found you. Damn it, you actually ditched this king, this king won't allow it!" In the blue light, the madman was holding half a chicken leg in his hand and had a smug gaze. He walked out from the blue light.

When the madman appeared, a powerful golden light spread from his body.

The expression of the Sovereign changed. Even though he had cultivated for countless years, his mind collapsed.

"Mas…. Mas…" The Sovereign almost lost his wits as he looked at the madman, and his face instantly turned pale.

After the madman spoke, he saw Wang Lin and the seven-colored lance. With a bang, the lance shrouded Wang Lin in a seven-colored glow.

The madman was startled for a moment and let out a shocking roar. Simply ignoring the Sovereign, golden light shrouded him and stepped toward the seven-colored light.

"You can't die, you haven't played with this king yet. You promised to take me to a lot of places to play…" the madman roared with madness in his eyes. He rushed into the seven-colored light and hugged Wang Lin's collapsing body.

The seven-colored lance contained a destructive aura, and when the madman hugged Wang Lin, that destructive force erupted. What made the seven-colored lance so terrifying was that its power would erupt seven times, and each time was stronger than the last!

A series of violent rumbles echoed in a row, each time stronger than before. After seven thunderous rumbles passed, the world trembled and the sky was torn open by force!

Even the water below erupted, and this sealed world turned into fragments. The fragments scattered in all directions like a storm.

This storm ripped opened the world, ripped open space, and ripped open all existence. Then a black hole suddenly appeared. This black hole led to an unknown place, and it was pitch black.

That madman had a complete Celestial Immortal Body. During this collapse, his body had disintegrated several times. In the end, under the destructive force of the seven-colored lance, he held the unconscious Wang Lin, and the two were inhaled by the black hole.

At this moment, as the sealed world collapsed, the Sovereign's body became blurry. He stared at the black hole that had already dissipated and murmured to himself,

"He really went mad…. Really went mad… It must be him who gave the Immortal Celestial Body to Wang Lin. If he didn't go mad, he would never have done this… He was seriously injured, and given his character from the past, he would never save anyone. He really…. really went mad… He doesn't recognize me anymore…" The Sovereign relaxed and his body dissipated.

Just as he was about to dissipate, a person silently walked out beside him. This person was Old Ghost Zhan. The moment he appeared, he pointed at the Sovereign's blurry figure.

The Sovereign suddenly turned his head, but he was in a trance and was caught off guard. It was too late to dodge now, and he let out a painful groan as his figure disappeared without a trace.

Old Ghost Zhan looked are at where the black hole was and pondered. This sealed world had been created by many third step cultivators in the Outer Realm. Even with the aura leaking from the hole as guidance, it still took him a bit to get here.

"A step late. It's unfortunate about that celestial blood. As for that madman… Could it really be that person in his memory… I didn't think he had really gone mad… They were devoured by that black hole. The aura that came from the black hole was clearly the cave wall layer. One step in the Celestial Immortal, one step here…" Old Ghost Zhan shook his head and left.

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Chapter 1589 - Dream of Celestial or Celestial Dream!

Planet Suzaku gave off a gentle light. From afar, it looked peaceful. Only an invisible speck of dust collapsed and released a slight sound.

That dust particle was the location of Wang Lin's calamity...

After Old Ghost Zhan disappeared, more and more ripples echoed around planet Suzaku. Soon, ripples covered the whole sky and figures anxiously walked out. Master Hong Shan, Master South Cloud, Qing Lin, Qing Shui… etc.

They didn't appear at once but one after another. Powerful divine senses swept the area until they locked onto the collapsed dust particle. Everyone silently pondered.

They couldn't feel Wang Lin's aura. Just like when Wang Lin went missing back then, it was as if he was dead.

Master Hong Shan's eyes were filled with sorrow. After a long time, he softly said, "He is not dead."

"The great battle is about to begin, the Outer Realm will spread this." Qing Lin let out a sigh as he looked at the collapsed dust particle. The image of Wang Lin from the past flashed before his eyes.

Qing Shui looked up at the stars in the distance and his gaze became extremely cold. A killing essence aura spread out from his body and shrouded the area.

"I'll replace him… And station myself at the Cloud Sea's battle station." Qing Shui closed his eyes and his face gradually changed. Eventually, he took Wang Lin's appearance and even his cold temperament became similar to Wang Lin's.

He gave up on finding his daughter and his freedom. He chose to take Wang Lin's appearance and become a symbol at the battle station in the Cloud sea.

"Junior Brother, I'll get revenge for you… As for everyone involved in this matter, if I have even the glimmer of a chance, I'll give it my all to get revenge for you!!" Qing Shui closed his eyes to hide his sorrow.

Many people who had arrived here knew well that Wang Lin couldn't avoid this calamity. They knew the Outer Realm had planned for a long time to avoid their detection and launch his attack.

It would be very difficult for Wang Lin to avoid it, and he was likely dead...

As the silence continued, everyone gradually dispersed. However, the anger in their hearts burned brighter and brighter...

Planet Suzaku in the distance still gave off a gentle light, as if it would stay like this forever. All the people Wang Lin was familiar with were still immersed in their own world; they still didn't know what had happened here.

Zhou Wutai was still sitting on the Suzaku statue, silently drinking wine.

In imperial city in the country of Zhao, that old house and yard were still there. The tomb remained lonely, only that weeping and grieving figure was gone.

Only a few empty wine jugs sat on the ground; there was no longer any wine from the Ceng family inside.

Only the giant statue holding the heaven splitting axe and looking at the sky remained. It seemed to become an eternal existence...

Several days later, a cold-looking young man silently stood under the statue. He slowly knelt down and kowtowed as tears flowed down the corners of his eyes.

"Teacher, Thirteen will announce that he is your disciple when I'm in the limelight and under everyone's gazes!!"

Several days later, a beautiful woman came with teary eyes and a slightly old tiger. She gently stroked the statue as her tears flowed down her cheeks and fell on the ground.

"Uncle… I'm Zhou Ru… I'm Little Ru Er…"

Several days later, a burly man laughed before the statue. He laughed and laughed until tears flowed down from his eyes. He held two jugs of wine as if he wanted to get drunk with the statue.

After getting drunk, the burly man began to cry.

"If I didn't guide you down the path of cultivation… If we didn't meet back then… If I had taken away the Heaven Defying Bead back then… If you were still a naive teenager back then…"

Several days later, a gorgeous woman stood before the statue. She stood there for a long, long time. She looked at the statue as sun rose and set.. After several cycles, she silently left. Two drops of tears fell as she turned, shattering when they fell on the ground.

She was Mu Bingmei.

Several days later, a woman wearing a pink, water pattern skirt arrived on planet Suzaku looking exhausted. She looked at the statue and recalled the past.

"Lord doesn't know me, but I know Lord!"

Several days later, several months later… The passage of time seemed to be forgotten like the void. There was no beginning or end, only two broken bodies...

This place was a dark void with no life or objects. The silence here seemed to have existed forever. In this void, there was a faint blood-colored light that formed a circle. Inside this circle, Wang Lin's body was collapsing on a wide scale; it was covered in scars.

Beside him, the madman's eyes were closed, but his face was ashen. There were no injuries on his body, but there was seven-colored light between his eyebrows. The seven-colored lance couldn't hurt the madman's immortal body, but it could hurt his soul, which had become unprotected after the serious injury from the past...

This blood circle of light was formed by the drop of golden blood that Wang Lin held in his hand. As the light gently surrounded them, Wang Lin struggled to open his eyes. He didn't know how long he had been asleep, but he knew that he would only be awake for a short period of time.

Feeling bitter, Wang Lin saw the unconscious madman and his gaze became gentle. He let out a sigh and barely managed to raise his hand. Only after waving several times did he manage to open his storage space.

Three Dao Fruits floated out and he inhaled. The three fruits turned into three rays of light and entered Wang Lin's mouth with their unimaginably chaotic dao intent.

Wang Lin's eyes revealed the strongest light at the end of his life. His left hand grabbed the madman and then his right index finger pointed toward the area between his own eyebrows.

"Dream Dao…" Using what's left of his power, he used the third original spell he had made, Dream Dao.

Using his own Dream Dao to dream of thousands of years ago… In that dream, he would complete his life and death, karma, and true and false essences!

His right hand dropped and Wang Lin closed his eyes...

"Little Brother, Little Brother, wake up…"

"Alas, how are you so drunk? I'm going to clean up, please wake up…" On the side of the road, in a humble restaurant, a waiter in green helplessly pushed a drunk young man on the table.

"This is really a scholar, so drunk after just two cups." The waiter pushed harder.

"Heaven is an inn for all living things… Time is the hundreds of passing travelers… And being born into a dream, such a joy… or joy of dream… Good poem, good poem!" The young man had an intoxicated gaze as he looked at the waiter and giggled.

"Hehe, let me tell you, I had dream… I dreamt I was an immortal…" Then the young man fell onto the ground and began snoring.

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Chapter 1590 - A Dream is Like Life

The early morning sunlight gently scattered over the earth. The sky was clear and the feather-like clouds were spread across the sky. As the sunlight hit the clouds at the dawn of the day, there was a faint, orange light. From afar, it looked like a dream like world.

Smoke and the sound of dogs barking came from the inn on the corner. These things didn't feel out of place; it was as if this was how everything should be.

The few dogs raised by the shop were playing with each other and running around, shaking their tails.

Shortly after, the sound of horseshoes hitting the ground came from the distance. In the distance, dust was being kicked up as several horse galloped by. Sitting on top of the horses were several burly man wearing robes. They all had serious expressions as they galloped by.

As they approached, the dogs whimpered and avoided the road. The horses quickly passed by with the wind.

Perhaps the sound of the horses was so loud that it caused the ground outside the inn to tremble, and even the inn itself seemed to tremble.

This inn was very humble and seemed to have existed for a long time. As it trembled, it emitted sounds as if it couldn't withstand this trembling. Cries of shock came from the second floor of the inn.

"Don't worry, don't worry. This old man's shop has been here for over 100 years, and this happens every time horses rush by. It won't collapse." An ancient voice echoed across the inn. In the corner of the hall sat a small old man wearing coarse clothes. He held a pipe in his hand and leisurely smoked it.

Opposite him, the waiter from last night put a towel over his shoulder and brought a kettle of hot water to the guests in the rooms on the second floor.

At this moment, in the rightmost room on the second floor, there was a young man still wearing his clothes lying on the bed. The entire room was filled with the smell of alcohol.

As the horses passed by and the room trembled, the young man slowly opened his eyes. He placed his hand on his forehead and looked around in a daze.

"Alas, greed is wrong, greed is wrong… How did I drink so much wine…" The young man looked 18 or 19 years old. He was slender and plain-looking, and he gave off the aura of a scholar.

He put on a bitter smile and his head hurt as he stood up holding the side of his bed. He staggered to the table and poured himself a cup of cold tea. Only after drinking it did he feel slightly better.

"It looks like I have to be careful in the future about getting drunk. I lost consciousness last night. If I only lost my silver, that would be small, but if I lost my life…" The young man sighed and drank a few more cups of cold tea.

Just at this moment, a knocking sound came from the door and the voice of the waiter echoed.

"Hot water, does Guest want any?"

The young man quickly got up. He seemed to have stood up too fast and became dizzy again. He barely managed to speak.

"Come in."

The door opened with a creak and the waiter walked in with the kettle. After filling the basin with hot water, he looked back at the young man and smiled.

"I have been a waiter here for three days. I have never seen anyone get drunk from the rice wine here after only two cups. Last night, no matter how much I pushed you, you wouldn't wake up, and I had to bring you up here to rest. Little Brother is not good with alcohol, so you need to practice. I heard that all the officials at the capital can drink one thousand cups without falling."

The young man's face turned slightly right and his eyes became filled with gratitude. He got up and clasped his hands. "Thank, Brother, for your care. I don't know what went wrong either. The first cup felt fine, but once the second cup entered my stomach, I fell on the ground, drunk."

The waiter grinned, and as he was leaving with the kettle, he had a playful smile. He looked at the young man and said, "You're coming here to test for an official position, right? When you were drunk last night, you said you had a dream where you became an immortal. Haha, what you said was very interesting. If you have time, come talk to me again, it was very fun."

As they spoke, the waiter walked out with a gentle smile. The young man's face turned flushed and he shook his head bitterly. After the waiter left, the young man washed his face with hot water and washed away a lot of the drunkenness from last night.

He opened the window and the cool wind came in along with the bright sunshine. This wind felt very good when it blew on his face; it made the young man let out a deep breath.

The young man stood by the window and looked outside as he muttered to himself, "After getting drunk last night, I really had a dream. That dream was very strange, and I haven't forgotten any of it…

"That dream was very realistic, almost impossible to separate from reality… It actually started three years ago when Fourth Uncle arrived. I joined the Heng Yue Sect… Hehe, it was interesting, but the dream didn't seem to finish and I only remember joining the Heng Yue Sect. Heng Yue Sect… How could such a sect exist, how can there be immortals? Scholars like me don't believe in the power of ghosts, it is mostly rumors to fool people." The young man shook his head and looked at the cup on the table. His childish heart showed as he formed the seal from his memory and pointed at the caup.

"Attraction Spell!" The young man smiled and pointed at the cup.

That cup didn't move at all, it just calmly stayed there. The young man laughed and muttered, "These spells are very interesting."

After playing around for a bit, the young man cleared his mind and tidied up his things. His clothes, money, dried food, pen, ink, and books were all there. Then he carefully cleaned the room and waited for the smell of wine to dissipate before he changed into clean clothes. Then he put the bamboo backpack on his back and walked out of the room.

He had been very smart ever since he was young, but his personality was very simple. He grew up in a mountain village, and this was his first time leaving home. The kind gaze of his parents followed him as he left the mountain village. He was like a baby bird that was going to spread his wings.

This room had become dirty and smelled of alcohol due to him. He'd rather clean it up himself than let the waiter who had carried him up here do it.

He simply ate some food on the first floor and paid his bills. Then he smiled at the waiter before he left, facing the sun.

The gentle light fell on his body and filled the young man with sunshine as well. He gave off a very comfortable feeling, and people couldn't help but feel affection toward him.

His clean clothes and neat attire were filled with vitality. Walking along the official road, he looked ahead, and he could faintly see the far-away capital of the country of Zhao.

"Wang Lin, you can definitely do it! When I get a title, I'll bring my parents out from the mountain village, serve them until they grow old, and let them enjoy happiness." The young man took a deep breath and walked forward.

The spring breeze blew by and brought the fragrance of flowers toward him. Wang Lin's clothes fluttered in the wind as he gradually walked further and further from the inn.

The sound of the dogs barking was scattered by the wind and sent into some unknown place. The scattered sound slowly became fainter.

A young man at 18 or 19 would often not know what tiredness was. As Wang Lin walked down the official road, his eyes were nimble. From time to time, he would stop and look at the surrounding mountain and forest as if it was very comfortable.

The daylight passed by quickly. As Wang Lin leisurely walked down the road, the trees were no longer dense and soon a river revealed itself.

The sound of the river rushing came with the wind. In Zhao, there were several official roads that traveled with the waterways.

Just like how on the left side of Wang Lin were mountains, and not far on his right was a river. There were several boats flowing down the river.

The horizon gradually grew dark and dark clouds began to gather. Thunder rumbled in the distance and lightning moved within the dark clouds. They looked like silver snakes.

The sky was clear during the day, but before night even arrived, clouds filled the sky and became unpredictable. The green mountains in the distance became dark due to the dark clouds. Although the clouds were dark, they couldn't completely cover the mountains.

From afar, the mountain and the clouds seemed to be battling. The mountain wanted to pierce the clouds, but the clouds wanted to devour the mountain. It was like a battle of a dragon and a tiger.

At this moment, the sound of thunder echoed and rain started to fall. Wang Lin quickly ran to a tree and took out a large umbrella from his bamboo backpack. This umbrella was skillfully made by his father and could be folded. Once opened, it could not only cover his bamboo backpack, but also his body under the umbrella.

Holding the umbrella in his right hand, Wang Lin looked at the mountain in the distance that the dark clouds couldn't cover. He looked at the rain as it fell to the earth, fell on the leaves, fell on the surface of the river, creating ripples, and fell on the surface of the boats.

"The old saying goes: the black clouds are like black ink that can cover the mountains, the white rain jumps like beads into the boat… It turn out to be true." Wang Lin looked at all of this and laughed.

"Did a scholar like you become dumb? You see rain fall on my boat and you can still laugh. It really is infuriating!" A crisp voice came from the boat close to the shore of the river. At the bow of the boat stood a pretty girl holding an umbrella. The young girl had a gloomy face as she stared at Wang Lin and her jade-like hand pointed toward him.

Wang Lin was startled and his laughter stopped. He scratched his head.

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Chapter 1591 - When You Don't Wake Up

The young girl was wearing a bright green dress and looked very beautiful. The pole of the umbrella looked like a tree trunk and even the canopy looked like leaves. The thin lines looked like the veins of the leaves. Overall, it was very strange.

The girl's skin was pink and very beautiful. With her eyebrows locked and her eyes glaring, she gave off a different sense of beauty.

At this moment, the rain curtain was dividing the girl and Wang Lin as the raindrops fell into the river, splattering everywhere. As the rain fell, the sky and earth seemed to become one. Even the green mountains in the distance no longer looked like anything but part of the scenery.

As Wang Lin looked at all of this, his face suddenly turned red.

This was the first time he had left the mountain village, and he had never seen a girl this pretty. Comparing his playmates in the village to this girl was like comparing mortals to immortals.

The girl originally had a gloomy expression, but after seeing Wang Lin stare at her and then turn red, she couldn't help but smile. Her mind like the weather, always changing.

"Hey, bookworm, you've seen enough." The girl smiled and even her voice sounded like crisp bells. It swirled within the rain and entered Wang Lin's ears.

Wang Lin's face, which was filled with a scholarly aura, became even more red, to the point that even the bases of his ears were red. He quickly bowed at the girl on the boat.

"It was rude, I hope Lady won't mind."

The girl's laughter echoed. Looking at Wang Lin's silly expression, she was about to speak when a soft and gentle voice came from inside the boat.

"Junior Sister!"

As the voice echoed, the corner of the canopy of the boat was opened by a jade-like hand, revealing the girl's delicate figure. When the girl's face entered Wang Lin's eyes, the rain in the world seemed to pause.

A purple dress and eyes as bright as the moon. It was as if her appearance had caused the world to lose all color, as if her appearance had sucked all the light from the world. It was as if she was the only thing that existed in this world.

She was very beautiful, but there was a hint of sadness in her eyes. They seemed to contain sadness, exhaustion, and hesitation. Anyone who saw these eyes would feel pity rise in their heart.

They also contained a hint of annoyance as she looked at the girl in green.

The girl in green smiled and pulled the girl in purple. She pointed at Wang Lin and her voice was like a songbird.

"Senior Sister, this scholar is really rude. First, he spoke rudely and then stared at me. But he looks kind of dumb and is interesting."

The girl in purple smiled and her gaze followed the rain toward Wang Lin, who was hiding from the rain on the shore. When she saw him, she was startled for a moment. After taking a closer look, there was a flash of confusion in her eyes.

"I feel like… I've seen him somewhere before…"

Wang Lin's face became even more red as he was being watched by these two women. He coughed a few times and clasped his hands once more, not knowing what to say. He quickly turned away to look at the mountain and dark clouds to calm his rapidly beating heart.

"Wang Lin, ah, Wang Lin, you have read so many books, how can you look at two girls like that? It's best to be calm. Once the rain stops, I should continue on my way." Wang Lin took a deep breath of the rainy air and slowly calmed his heart.

The girl in purple looked at Wang Lin for a moment and softly said, "Sir, I fear that the rain will last through the night until tomorrow. Since it is fate we meet, how about you come aboard and take shelter from the rain? There will be a place to say at the next station."

Although her words were light, they penetrated the rain and spread out.

"This…" Wang Lin hesitated for a bit and looked up at the sky. The dark clouds were covering the sky and the rain didn't seem like it would stop any time soon. It might really last the night.

"We are allowing you take shelter on our boat from the rain with good intentions and you still hesitate? Do you think we will eat you or something?" The girl in the bright green dress saw Wang Lin hesitate and stared at him.

"Junior Sister." The girl in purple looked helplessly at the girl in green.

Wang Lin smiled bitterly and nodded as he picked up his bamboo backpack. He held the umbrella as he walked through the muddy path toward the shore.

The water and soil had fused together. As his steps fell, mud dyed the edge of his pants. The rain had made the ground slippery, and the shore was a bit slanted. While walking toward the river bank, Wang Lin slipped and was about to fall.

A burst of fragrance flowed into his nose and Wang Lin's falling body was supported by a delicate body. It was the girl in purple. Her feet gently kicked off the ground and jumped in a beautiful arc onto the boat with Wang Lin.

"Many thanks, my lady." Wang Lin stood on the boat, his face bright red.

"Sir, you don't need to be polite. Please, sit." The girl in purple loosened her hand and sat down with a giggle. The girl in green put away her umbrella and sat down next to the girl in purple and began to observe Wang Lin.

Wang Lin's heart pounded. From his birth to now, he had never been this nervous. He sat opposite of the two girls after putting down his bamboo backpack. His forehead was already covered in sweat from embarrassment.

"Sir, you don't need to be nervous." When the girl in purple saw Wang Lin's appearance, she smiled. She raised her hand and lit up the candle.

The fire flashed and lit up the room.

The more the girl in green looked at Wang Lin's expression, the more interesting she found him. This caused Wang Lin to feel even more embarrassed.

"This scholar is named Wang Lin. I greet you two ladies. Thank you for allowing me to stay on the boat." Wang Lin took a deep breath before he got up and clasped his hands at the two girls.

The boat leisurely floated down the river as the rain fell. Although the three were sheltered from the rain, the sound of the rain hitting the canopy could still be heard. The sound of the rain hitting the boat and the river gradually fused together into a wonderful, spring song.

From afar, as the sky darkened, the boat gradually became hidden inside the rain. A gentle light came from the boat and gave off an inexplicable sense of warmth in the cold spring rain.

"Wang Lin… Why do I feel like I have seen him somewhere before… Even his name feels very familiar…" The girl in purple looked at Wang Lin and the confusion from before appeared again.

"Eh? Your name is Wang Lin? I feel like I've heard that name before…" The girl in green carefully looked at Wang Lin and pondered.

The girl in green thought for a long time and finally raised her head. She smiled at Wang Lin and said with her beautiful voice, "Strange, I don't think I have ever seen you before and I've never heard your name before…"

"My name is Xu Fei, and this is my Senior Sister Zhou. As for her name, you should ask yourself." Xu Fei winked, looking very cute.

"This one is named Zhou Rui," the girl in purple said softly. There was still confusion in her eyes, especially since even Xu Fei felt that Wang Lin's name was familiar. She just couldn't figure out why.

As time passed and the clouds in the sky thinned, the moon would sometimes appear but would soon be covered again.

The rain became stronger and stronger and the sound of raindrops falling replaced everything. The wind blew in moisture and caused the candle fire to wobble.

Wang Lin felt cold, but he saw that the two girls looked normal, as if they hadn't noticed the cold wind at all. The rain rattled and the world outside the curtain was dark.

As Wang Lin looked, he suddenly entered a trance.

In the dark night and quiet river, it felt like this boat was the only thing that remained. The two beautiful girls in the boat gave off a feeling that none of this was real.

Wang Lin's body felt cold during his trance. His vision blurred and he felt sleepy, but he held himself back. He leaned against the wall and slowly said, "You two ladies refer to each other as junior and senior sister. Lady Zhou also leaped onto the boat carrying me. You two must be experts in the martial arts world."

"We are not people from the martial arts world. You are really interesting, Bookworm. We are people who cultivate toward immortality, real immortals…" The vague voice seemed to come from farther and farther away as Wang Lin became even more sleepy.

He faintly felt as if someone was speaking about the Heng Yue Sect...

"Am I dreaming again…" Wang Lin closed his eyes and passed out.

The boat shook gently and even the candlestick shook. The girl in green looked at the girl in purple with a confused expression.

"Senior Sister, he is only a mortal. Why did you use a spell to make him sleep?"

The girl in purple looked at the sleeping Wang Lin. After a long time, she softly said, "I must have seen this person before! However, I just can't remember where. Even you said his name sounded familiar."

"Wang Lin… Wang Lin…" The girl in the bright green dress frowned and there was also confusion in her eyes.

A moment later, the girl in purple shook her head and sighed. "Forget it, let's not think about this matter. Perhaps we met in a previous life…"

"Previous life?" The girl in the green dress laughed and looked at the dark sky outside.

"Senior Sister, it's about time. We have to go meet with Wang Zhuo. This time the sect master noticed a golden light from the east and calculated that a treasure might be born. A lot of sects might go searching. Although our cultivation levels aren't high enough to participate, it will be a good experience."

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Chapter 1592 - Life is Like a Play, Who Am I?

The girl in purple gently nodded and got up with the girl in green. Just as they were about to leave, she turned to look at Wang Lin as if she wanted to engrave his appearance in her heart.

Just as she was about to leave, the girl in purple hesitated for a moment. The girl in green had already left the boat and was flying using the attraction spell.

"Senior Sister, let us go." The girl's voice echoed through the rain.

The girl looked at Wang Lin's body that was trembling and shrunk into a corner and silently walked over. Her jade-like hand touched her bag of holding and a thick coat appeared in her grasp. She gently covered Wang Lin with the coat and murmured,

"Is it really in the past life…" The girl sighed and left.

The rain became more and more intense.

The rain fell as the lonely boat floated on the river, giving off an inexplicable feeling. This was the aura of loneliness...

Ripples echoed in the water as the boat drifted down the river. The boat gradually went further and further away and gradually disappeared into the lonely night. Only the faint lamp in the boat could still be seen wobbling in the darkness.

From afar, the wobbling fire from the boat was like a lonely leaf floating down the river as it gradually sailed to the end of a dream...

The sound of rain hitting the boat continued, but Wang Lin was having a sweet dream under the canopy.

The coat around his body had a faint fragrance that entered his nose and was brought into his dream.

"Xu Fei… Senior Sister Zhou Si… Wang Zhuo… Wang Hao… Zhang Hu…" Wang Lin murmured in his sleep. If those two girls hadn't left and heard Wang Lin's words, they would be shocked!

But now they couldn't hear him.

Wang Lin's dream was like another life. In that dream, he saw Xu Fei in the Heng Yue Sect and also Senior Sister Zhou… On the mountain of the Heng Yue Sect, there was also a white bird that flashed by...

After a long time, the little candle flame gradually extinguished and became one with the night.

The rain stopped early in the morning. The horizon gradually brightened, but it hadn't completely scattered the darkness. The world was still dim, and it seemed to make people's mood dim as well.

The rain overnight had caused the river to rise a bit higher. Although it was difficult to notice with the naked eye, the shore of the river made it very obvious.

The rain fell on the soil and formed large amounts of mud that flowed into the river. A boat slowly floated down the river and got closer and closer to the shore.

In the end, the boat ran into the mud on the shore and stopped.

Inside the canopy, Wang Lin's head hit the wall of the boat when it hit the shore. He opened his eyes in pain and confusion as he slowly remembered what happened last night. However, looking around, the two girls from before were gone without a trace.

Last night was like a dream. The beautiful figures of those two girls lingered in Wang Lin's mind.

"Was it an illusion…" Wang Lin was confused and looked at the coat covering him. It obviously belonged to a girl. He gradually awakened.

However, in his mind, aside from the two girls' figures, there was also that extremely real dream. He saw those two girls in that dream.

All of this confused Wang Lin greatly. The candlestick had extinguished a while ago. This made the inside of the canopy barely visible.

After a long time, Wang Lin walked out from the canopy and looked at the dim world. The surroundings were hazy, so he couldn't see too far. The wind blew by, and while it was cold, it also allowed him to smell the fragrance of the soil. He let out a deep breath.

"Could it really have been a dream…" Wang Lin stood at the bow. After the rain stopped, the area was extremely silent. This silence made it seem as if Wang Lin was the only one left in this world.

Looking around, Wang Lin felt a sense of loneliness spreading from his body for some unknown reason. As he looked at the dim sky, this sense of loneliness became even stronger.

The wind blew by, causing his black hair to flutter behind him. The wind couldn't flatten the folds on his clothes.

"A bit cold…" Wang Lin lowered his head. He didn't know why that sense of loneliness had suddenly become so strong. This loneliness made him think of home, of his parents, of everything.

And also of that woman he couldn't seem to remember...

It seemed like an invisible force had gathered in his body and caused two streams of tears to flow.

"Why would I… cry…" Wang Lin raised his hand and wiped away a drop of tear that was like a drop of rain. Wang Lin's eyes were filled with endless sadness and sorrow that he didn't even notice himself...

"What's wrong with me…" Wang Lin lowered his head and sat down, ignoring the wet surface of the boat. In the serenity of the dawn, tears fell and fused with the wet surface of the boat.

This feeling, like he was the only one left in the world, was very familiar to him. It was as if he had felt like this for a long time, walking silently through the world and savoring this sense of loneliness by himself.

Wang Lin gradually entered a trance as if there was an abyss before him. This abyss had endless suction force that seemed to be able to drag the sky down into it. Deep inside the abyss, there was a crack, and a lonely figure sat inside.

That place was also very quiet, with only the sound of the suction force. The lonely figure had its back toward him. Although Wang Lin couldn't see the face of the figure, he could feel the loneliness and sadness from the figure.

In a trance, he saw a young man wearing white with white hair silently walking through the stars. His figure also gave off a sense of loneliness.

He saw a lot, and the tears from his eyes gradually fell. This sadness came from his soul and this world. It was as if this world was his soul, his dream. At this moment, he found this familiar sense of silence and loneliness here.

Under the dim sky, Wang Lin looked at the water for a long, long time...

It wasn't until the cold wind blew by again, causing him to feel very cold, that he subconsciously lifted his left hand and pointed at the candlestick not far away. The candle slowly ignited.

Wang Lin didn't even realize this himself. His eyes were filled with sadness and the sorrow that came from nowhere as if it was eternal.

In this silence and dimness, the burning candlestick slowly lit up the surrounding area as it flickered. Although it was weak, it gave off a sense of warmth as it struggled to burn.

Looking from far away, the figure on the boat gave off a sense of desolation.

As time passed, the sky gradually light up. The darkness scattered from the earth, river, and boat. The surroundings gradually cleared up and the what was in the distance became clear.

Only the rolling, black clouds still moved through the sky. A bird that was like a dot flew off from the mountain and rushed into the black clouds. After piercing through, it flew around a few times before it flew toward Wang Lin.

Soon, the bird closed in and Wang Lin raised his head to look at the white bird. The white bird seemed to look down at Wang Lin. Wang Lin could notice a detectable trace of sadness, and that startled him as the bird disappeared into the distance.

When the bird left, the sorrow in Wang Lin's heart slowly dissipated. The fire on the candlestick slowly extinguished.

"What's wrong… with me." Wang Lin seemed to have awakened and stared at the drop of tear that was still on his finger. He watched as the crystal drop of tear fall.

After a long time, Wang Lin stood up and packed up his things with that confusion and inexplicable sadness. He put the girl's coat in his backpack and walked off the boat.

The moment he walked off the boat, he looked back at the boat before walking off into the distance.

However, just at this moment, a howl came from the rolling clouds in the distance. The moment this shocking sound rang out, Wang Lin subconsciously looked up and saw an unimaginable scene.

Ray rays of light that seemed to be able to pierce the heavens flashed through the black clouds. One of the rays of light suddenly stopped above Wang Lin, revealing a woman wearing blue. She looked down and her gaze met Wang Lin's gaze.

"Eh…" Confusion appeared in her eyes.

A handsome young man walked out from the other ray of light and gently asked, "What's wrong, Junior Sister Liu?"

"Nothing, I feel like I have seen that scholar somewhere before…" The woman shook her head and flew off into the distance.

"A mere mortal. We should quickly go meet with Teacher and go to the place that released the golden light." The young man looked at Wang Lin before withdrawing his gaze and looking at the woman.

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Chapter 1593 - The Soul Returns to the Ancient Temple on a Rainy Night

Wang Lin stared at the sky and the two rays of light disappearing into the distance.

"Who is she… Very familiar, very familiar…" Wang Lin murmured, feeling a sting of pain in his heart. This fused with the inexplicable sadness and turned into a strange force that caused Wang Lin's breathing to become rushed and his face to turn pale.

His body staggered and he retreated a few steps as his gaze toward the horizon collapsed. His right hand pressed against his chest where the stinging pain was coming from. The pain washed over him like a tide. It was an unspeakable pain, as if his heart was being torn apart, and a sense of melancholy surfaced.

All of this came from the woman that flew through the sky. The woman seemed to exist in Wang Lin's mind for countless years, but the thoughts accompanying that figure were very complicated.

After a long time, a tinge of color returned to Wang Lin's face. He breathed heavily and closed his eyes.

"So immortals really exist… Then, is my dream… really a dream…" Wang Lin sliently pondered as he stood on the damp dirt after the rain. It wasn't until the sky was completely bright that he opened his eyes in a daze and silently walked forward.

"Did I dream of an immortal or… Did an immortal dream of me…" Wang Lin didn't understand. It was as if that drunken dream before had changed the trajectory of his life.

Wang Lin stepped onto the main road and walked toward the capital once more. He no longer had the urge to observe his surroundings but silently walked with the bamboo backpack on his back. His footsteps caused crunching sounds to echo as he walked.

The sun rose, the sun set.

Wang Lin walked along the official road the entire day. When he was tired, he would sit on the side and take out some dried food to eat. After resting a bit, he would continue on.

When the sounds of horses and carriages would drift in from the distance, Wang Lin would dodge to the side. Only after the carriages or horses passed would he return to the road.

In the blink of an eye, seven days passed. During these seven days, Wang Lin's weak body gradually became stronger. From sunrise to sunset, Wang Lin walked on the road. If there was an inn on the road, he would rest.

Or if he could see smoke from a village during sunset, then it would be even better. Wang Lin found it more comfortable than staying in an inn.

However, most of the time, Wang Lin would have the illusion that he was the only one left in the world after the sun had set. He would find some shade along the road and cover himself in thick clothes. Then he would count the stars in the sky as he thought of the warmth of his home and his parents as he slowly fell asleep.

The fire he had started crackled before him and gradually extinguished. The smoke rose into the air and seemed to fuse with the sky.

The wind in the night was cold and would often wake Wang Lin up. Every time he woke up, he would looked at the silent surroundings. He felt very familiar with this darkness, and he wasn't afraid. Instead, his head was calm as he looked around before falling back asleep again.

This was the rainy season in the country of Zhao. Even if the rain stopped, the sky would be covered in dense clouds and thunder would echo. The rain would often stop for half a day before falling again.

On the dusk of the eighth day, Wang Lin propped up his umbrella and rushed forward with a wry smile. The rain fell outside his umbrella and thunder rumbled. Although it was only dusk, the sky was already dark.

"One more day of travel and I'll reach the capital, but this rain is getting more and more intense." Water covered the ground, so as the rain fell, drops of water would bounce off the ground and land his clothes. His green robe became soaked and constantly suck away the heat in his body. This slowly made Wang Lin feel very cold.

When the moist wind blew, the coldness was bone-chilling. Wang Lin shivered and placed his umbrella to mostly cover his bamboo backpack. There were books and dried food inside, along with his replacement clothes. Those things couldn't be drenched.

Wang Lin quickly walked through the rain and looked around for some place to take shelter. In the distance, he vaguely saw the shape of a house.

He didn't have time to look closely, but Wang Lin propped his umbrella and walked closer. When he got closer, he saw that it was an abandoned temple.

Creaking sounds echoed in this rainy night, giving off a sinister feeling as it entered one's ears.

The temple wasn't large and was broken. There were two doors to the temple, with one closed. The red paint on the door had faded and the ring on the door was covered in rust. Rain gathered on the rusted ring and dripped down.

The other temple door was broken badly. Although it was still slightly connected to the frame, it could no longer be closed. It constantly rocked under the wind and rain, giving off the creaking sound Wang Lin was hearing.

As wind and rain became larger, the door rocked even more violently as if it was going to be blown off the frame.

Wang Lin quickly walked closer and looked at the temple before walking in. The yard of the temple was covered in gravel and weeds. The wind and rain caused the weeds to bend, and the rattling of the rain mixed in with the creaking door.

There was a flash of lightning followed by rumbling thunder that lit up the world, allowing Wang Lin to see everything inside the temple. Wang Lin exclaimed and subconsciously took a few steps back. He saw several white skeletons at the edge of the temple.

His heart pounded and his face turned pale, but the rain was getting heavier. He clenched his teeth and ignored the bones of the people that had died here an unknown amount of years ago as he walked into the temple.

A large statue dozens of feet tall was inside the temple. It was impossible to see its appearance, and its color had long faded. It was broken everywhere.

There was water inside the temple. Many of the roof tiles were broken, so rain fell in, causing a lot of water to gather in the ground.

A cold aura surrounded this temple. Wang Lin took a deep breath and his face turned pale. He first bowed toward statue before finding a place without water to place his bamboo backpack. Then he placed some dried branches before him and tried to light them.

These branches weren't completely dry, so Wang Lin failed to light them up after many attempts. His body was very cold and he trembled as he attempted to light them again.

However, just at this moment, a bolt of thunder exploded inside the temple. The resulting rumble caused Wang Lin's hands to shake. A huge shadow appeared and surrounded the area.

"Who!?" Wang Lin suddenly looked up, suppressing the shock in his heart and looked at the door.

His voice was very loud, almost a roar. Just as the thunder dispersed, it caused the person who was about to enter the temple to tremble in fear.

"Who!?" A frightening voiced came from outside. A middle-aged man wearings rags who seemed to have just climbed out of the water took a few steps back before falling over.

After taking a closer look at Wang Lin inside the temple, the middle-aged man relaxed a bit. He quickly entered the temple and glared at Wang Lin. Then he vigorously patted his chest and roared at Wang Lin.

"You scared me!!"

Wang Lin was startled for a moment and revealed a wry smile. He relaxed and then clasped his hands at the middle-aged man and apologized. "The night was dark and I couldn't see clearly. The thunder also came too suddenly, so I hope Brother won't mind."

The middle aged man snorted, and after muttering for a bit, he no longer paid attention to Wang Lin. He sat down on the side and reached into his sleeve to take out half of a wet chicken leg. While looking at it, he burst into tears.

His cry was extremely sad in this rainy night, and this caused caused Wang Lin to feel a chill. Wang Lin moved further away and finally lit up the branches before him.

Under the flickering fire, everything inside the temple became more clear.

The middle aged man cried and cried as he took a bite of the wet chicken leg before he started to grin. Then he let out a loud laugh, which startled Wang Lin.

"A madman…" Wang Lin moved further away. If not for the rain outside, he would have chosen to leave. Although this was next to the official road, if a madman appeared in the middle of a rainy night, it was still chilling.

The middle aged man laughed and laughed before crying again.

"They don't care about me, they don't care about me… I can't remember… Who I am…"

His cries filled the temple and made Wang Lin feel pity. He turned to look at the madman and sighed.

"The life-like dream before one awakens. Life is like a play, but who am I… Dreaming is living and waking up is dying, or the dream is dying and waking up is living… The moments of closing and opening the eyes are the moments of life and death, or perhap it is when one can't separate the real and fake lives...

"This life is a reincarnation cycle, and perhaps it is also a karmic cycle… However, when will I awaken…" Wang Lin murmured, then confusion filled his eyes. During these days, his dreams had caused him to become confused. As he thought for the past seven days, he vaguely felt something.

With a sigh, Wang Lin took out dried food from his backpack and looked at the fire before him. He listened to the rain outside the temple and began to silently eat the dried food.

The rain leisurely fell from the sky, shrouding the mountain, the earth, and the temple. In this temple, next to the fire, two dream souls that didn't seem to belong to this world entered.

One looked at the fire and one gnawed at the chicken leg. The statue between the two of them had an elusive smile as if it was looking at the two of them.

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Chapter 1594 - Looking Back and There is Reincarnation

In a trance, Wang Lin looked a the fire, but he was interrupted by the sound of swallowing saliva. He looked around to see the middle-aged man not far away looking at the dried food in his hand. The middle-aged man constantly licked his lips and revealed a pitiful look.

Looking at the man, Wang Lin smiled. At this moment, he didn't feel like the middle-aged man was a stranger, he just felt pity.

"Here you go." Wang Lin took out dried food from his bamboo backpack and passed it to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man's eyes widened, and after swallowing his saliva, he rushed over. He grabbed the dried food and devoured it in just two bites.

"Delicious, delicious. This king hasn't eaten for several days… Eh? Why do I call myself 'king?'" The middle-aged man frozen for a moment and shook his head. He no longer thought about it and looked pitifully at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin took out a few more pieces of dried food and handed them over. He softly asked, "What's your name? Why are you here? Where is your family?"

The middle-aged man gave him an unspeakable reason. The more he made contact with this middle-aged man, the stronger the feeling became. It was as if they knew each other before, and now there was a feeling of guilt in his heart.

The middle-aged man took the dried food and was about to eat. He was startled by Wang Lin's words and then began to cry as he looked at the dried food in his hand.

"I don't know what my name is… When I woke up, I was in the mountains. I can't think of anything… Golden light, I remember waking up surrounding by golden light and a lot of people trying to catch up. Hmph, hmph, but they can't can't find me." The middle-aged man cried and his voice became blurry.

Wang Lin's gaze became even more gentle. Seeing the man devouring his dried food, which he didn't have much of left, in a few bites again, he shook his head and smiled. He then took out his water pouch and handed it to the madman.

The middle-aged man drank a few big mouthfuls and then let out a hiccup. He looked at the smiling Wang Lin and handed over the chicken leg in had in his hand.

"Here you go, this chicken leg is not tasty anymore."

Wang Lin smiled and took the chicken leg. He didn't eat it but wrapped it and placed it inside his backpack.

The rain outside the temple became even heavier, with the thunder rumbling and lightning flashing. The temple's door continued to swing with the wind and would sometimes hit the wall. Aside from the creaking sounds, there was now also the sound of the door banging on the wall.

The entire world became dark, with only the fire in the temple leaking out. It was a faint light in this dark world.

Wang Lin and the middle-aged man sat next to the fire. Warmth slowly appeared within their wet clothes.

Wang Lin looked at the fire and softly said, "Perhaps it's good to not know who you are. Sometimes even if you know who you are, you can't help but think you're in someone else's dream… I have been dreaming a lot lately, and that dream is so real, I can't separate it from reality."

The middle-aged man drank a mouthful of water and murmured as he shook his head.

"Says who? Try to think of how painful it is not knowing who you are. Hmph, hmph, if it was me, it wouldn't matter if it was a dream, as long as I'm happy. As long as I'm happy, it's all good.

Wang Lin's eyes narrowed. The man's words touched him.

"As long as I'm happy, then it's all good… My dream is to pass the imperial examine so that my parents can have a good life and not be looked down upon by our relatives…" Wang Lin silently pondered for a long time and then nodded.

Wang Lin looked up. He put more dried branches into the fire and asked, "What are you? What are your dreams?"

The middle-aged man yawned and seemed sleepy. When he heard Wang Lin, he suddenly became spirited and began speaking excitedly.

"Me, I have many dreams. I want a lot of spirit stones. I want a lot of silver. I want a lot of delicious food…" As he spoke he swallowed.

"What is a spirit stone?" Wang Lin was startled.

"Spirit stone? Eh, I said 'spirit stone,' but what is spirit stone?" The middle-aged man was also startled. He scratched his head and looked at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin silently pondered for a bit and then smiled. He didn't question more and began to talk with the madman.

The two of them seemed to have endless words to say to each other. The madman was originally sleepy, but the more he spoke, the more excited he became. He didn't know why, but Wang Lin gave him a warming feeling, like a relative.

The wind outside howled and would occasionally blow into the temple, causing the fire to flicker. It would also bring in a chill, but it no longer made the two of them feel cold.

Even the elusive smile from the statue behind them slowly softened. A sense of warmth shrouded the temple and dispersed the coldness here.

It was late into the night, but not only had the rain not stopped, it had become even stronger. The fire before Wang Lin slowly weakened because dried branches weren't added, so it seemed like it could go out at any moment.

"I'll tell you a secret. I have never told this secret to anyone else," the middle-aged man said to Wang Lin mysteriously.

Wang Lin looked at him and nodded with a smile. He revealed an look of interest.

The middle-aged man stretched out his right hand before Wang Lin.

"Look, look here. What do you see?" The middle-aged man pointed at his right wrist and became even more smug.

However, aside from it being dirty, there was nothing there. Wang Lin looked at it for a while and bitterly shook his head.

"Eh, you can't see anything? Impossible, wait and let me go wash." The middle-aged man quickly ran to some water in the temple and watched his right arm. Then he returned to Wang Lin, raised his right hand again, and mysteriously whispered, "You see it now?"

Wang Lin's expression turned strange and he shook his head again. He indeed didn't see anything.

The middle-aged man became furious and roared at Wang Lin.

"Take a closer look, widen your eyes and take a look. You… You… How can you not see? You liar, you clearly see it."

Wang Lin rubbed his forehead and held the middle-aged man's right hand before his eyes. After looking for a bit, he smiled and nodded, "I see it, I indeed see it."

"Hehe, I'm good, right? Hmph, I'm going to find this person. He should know me." The middle-aged man sat on the side and looked at his arm. He slowly went into a daze.

"I need to find him. I faintly have a feeling that he promised to take care of me. He promised to take me to play, but he left… No one is left to care about me. I'm the only one left… I'm going to find him. I have to find him."

As he muttered, his expression dimmed and he curled up as he looked at his arm. His voice grew weaker until he fell asleep.

Wang Lin let out a sigh and got up to take out a thick cloth. Not caring that the middle-aged man was dirty, Wang Lin placed his cloth over him. This seemed to disturb the middle-aged man, who grabbed the cloth and turned before falling back to sleep. His right arm was facing Wang Lin.

Wang Lin sat next to the fire and watched the gradually weakening flames. He silently pondered in this silent temple with the rain still falling outside.

His heart was no longer confused. Dreams were only dreams, nothing would change. Even if this was just a dream, he was still going to be happy, he was still going to walk forward with determination.

"Let's just say that dream is my other life! Although that life was wonderful and even magnificent, the sadness and loneliness from that dream makes one's heart ache…" Wang Lin seemed to gain an understanding of some things.

At this moment, the fire dimmed and completely extinguished. The smoke rose and darkness shrouded the temple once more. Wang Lin leaned against the pillar and was about to sleep while the middle-aged man snored. Just as he was about to close his eyes, his eyes suddenly widened and he turned to look at the middle-aged man.

Now that the temple was dark, there was a faint, golden light coming from the middle-aged man. This light came from his wrist, where there was a faint palmprint!

It was as if an invisible hand had grabbed the madman's right wrist and left this print.

Looking at the palmprint, a very familiar feeling appeared in Wang Lin's heart. He was startled for a long time and then looked at his own hand. However, the palmprint was blurry, so it was impossible to make out. Wang Lin was startled for a long time and then shook his head.

The rain fell all night and didn't stop until dawn. The fragrance of the earth permeated the world and drifted into the temple.

One night, no dream.

Wang Lin opened his eyes and stretched his body. Looking at the sky outside the temple, he stretched his stiff body. He looked at the middle-aged man, who was still snoring. The middle-aged man's right arm had returned to normal; the golden palmprint could no longer be seen.

Hiding the doubt in the bottom of his heart, Wang Lin packed his clothes and changed into a clean outfit. He then pushed the middle-aged man a few times. Seeing the middle-aged man wake up, he clasped his hands and smiled.

"Our meeting last night can considered fate. My name is Wang Lin. I still have to take the imperial exam, if we can…" As Wang Lin was speaking, he stopped. The madman had his head lowered and looked crestfallen.

After pondering a bit, Wang Lin kept one day of dried food and took out the rest. He placed it before the madman and whispered, "I need to go, you can definitely find that person, definitely."

Somehow, he felt relucent. He looked at the middle-aged man before letting out a sigh and heading out of the temple. However, before he walked out of the door, he heard the madman cry.

"They all left me. He left and you left. No one cares about me…"

Wang Lin's footsteps stopped and he looked at the sky outside. After a moment, he turned around and looked at the crying middle-aged man inside the temple. He softly said,

"I… I'm missing a book boy[1]. You're a bit old, but it should be no problem…"

At this moment, Wang Lin didn't know that what he had said was like a reincarnation cycle. Back when he first saw the madman, he faintly felt like he had seen him before. It was back in the human trial in the Fallen Land, where he saw another version of himself and the housekeeper-like book boy.

That person held the wine and was constantly worried about the money for the wine.

1. Kinda like a servant. Like there are lot of different servant types where the title is just the related subject boy. They help the person with the related subject and is also their student in a way, as they get knowledge of the subject in return.

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Chapter 1595 - Soul Refining Sect's Karmic Cause

At this time, there were a lot of scholars from villages, towns, and cities all over the country of Zhao heading to the capital for the imperial exam. They were alone, like Wang Lin, or in groups three to five, heading to the 49 province capitals. Only after passing this exam could they head to the city of Su to take the second exam.

The city of Su had become famous due to one person. His name was Su Dao, the country of Zhao's head scholar. His existence had caused the city of Su to become the capital of scholars in the country of Zhao.

The person that stood out the most in the exam in the city of Su would become the Chosen Su. All the Chosen Sus would go to the capital of Zhao, where they would either soar into the sky or quietly leave.

Wang Lin walked along the road, carrying the expectations from his parents and his own vision of the future. Behind him was the middle-aged man, now wearing new clothes. He had a bamboo backpack on his back and he hummed a song he had heard in some unknown place. He looked very relaxed.

The sky was grey, but there was no rain. However, the trace of water on the official road gave off a chilly aura. The soil and water seemed to fuse together, making the path very muddy.

Originally, it would only take a bit over half a day to reach the city, but Wang Lin and the middle-aged man didn't see the city until dusk.

The sunset released bursts of orange light that pierced through the clouds and landed on the city. At a glance, it gave off the sense of a road leading to the end.

"Finally here." Wang Lin let out a big breath and wiped away the sweat on his forehead. Along the way, he had experienced a lot of things. Thinking back, even he found it very strange.

"Big Fortune, the city is ahead of us. We are going to stay there for a while." Wang Lin smiled and looked at the book boy behind him.

"I don't like that name…" The middle-aged man shook his head with a bitter expression.

"I think it's very good, that name is good." Wang Lin laughed and led Big Fortune to the city gate. After taking out the token he got from the village, they were examined by the soldiers and allowed inside.

Although it was dusk, the city was still lively. There were many people on the street; they were scholars that had come from all over for the exam. Wang Lin arrived a bit late, so he and Big Fortune didn't find any open rooms even after checking four or five inns.

Seeing the sky become darker and darker, Wang Lin became anxious. Luckily, the last inn had one empty room. Although the price was a bit high, thunder started rumbling across the sky. The rain that had stopped showed signs of appearing once more. Wang Lin clenched his teeth and had Big Fortune take out the silver.

Big Fortune took out the silver he had been holding for Wang Lin. His heart ached as he took out a bit and unwillingly handed it over while muttering to himself.

"Not much silver… Heartache… I seem to have experienced something before and know that silver is very important…"

As he muttered, the waiter looked at Wang Lin and the middle-aged man with scorn. He lazily led them to the guest room. He had see many scholars like Wang Lin. Some were generous and others were very poor like Wang Lin.

Wang Lin had a simple personality. Although he had noticed the waiter's expression, he didn't take it to heart.

The room wasn't big, but it was suitable for two people. However, a musty smell wafted out of the room when the door was opened, causing Wang Lin to frown. This kind of smell was unavoidable in this season unless it was a very good inn.

After eating some simple food, Wang Lin lied on the bed with his cloth and looked at the oil lamp on the table. He could hear Big Fortune's loud snoring.

The bedding gave off a sense of moisture, and it was very uncomfortable to lie in. After tossing around for a long time, Wang Lin still couldn't sleep, so he got up with a sigh. Big Fortune continued to snore as Wang Lin sat down at the table. He took out a book and began reading using the lamp on the table.

As he read, thunder rumbled in the sky and lightning flashed. This thunder was very intense. This thunder didn't dissipate but lasted for a long time. The continuous rumbles awakened many people in the city.

The wind blew even more strongly, making it seem as if the sky above the city was torn open. Endless wind howled and swept the earth. Large amounts of muddy sand were blown into the air and rain continued to hit the window of every home.

Popping sounds came from the window in Wang Lin's room as if the wind was going to break through. Wang Lin wasn't able to focus on reading. He frowned and raised his head.

Just at this moment, the window was suddenly violently pushed opened by the wind. The two shutters started to hit the frame around them. The gusts of wind also brought in water through the window.

The fire on the table was extinguished and the room went dark. Wang Lin's hair was blown by the wind and even his clothes fluttered violently. As the rain and wind invaded the room, even the book in Wang Lin's hand was almost blown away.

Wang Lin exclaimed and quickly got up. He faced the wind and walked up to the window to close it. Just as he got close, thunderous rumbles echoed. It seemed like this violent sound was coming from the window, which shook Wang Lin's mind.

Just at this moment, a bolt of lightning flashed before Wang Lin. A bright light flashed, shrouding the sleeping city.

At this moment, Wang Lin saw a small portion of the city in the dark night. When he saw this, he was startled.

He saw the white bird that he had seen in his dream on the way here. The white bird circled amidst the wind and thunder.

It seemed to notice Wang Lin's gaze. The white bird looked at Wang Lin. At this moment, their gazes met.

The thunder became even more intense and lightning flashed nonstop. As the sky flickered with the light from the lightning, Wang Lin's mind rumbled. He remained still, feeling as if some thoughts were slowly gathering in his mind. These thoughts eventually turned into a blurry voice.

That voice was filled with confusion and sounded ancient. It echoed inside Wang Lin's mind.

"Karma… What is karma… Karma, what is it…"

Wind blew into the window and continued to hit Wang Lin's body. He stood in front of the window and allowed the wind to hit him, the rain to fall, the thunder to rumble, the lightning to flash. In his eyes, everything in the world beside that white bird had disappeared.

The bird flapped its wings and turned into a ray of light that charged toward Wang Lin. It closed in in an instant and landed on the window. It closed its wings and silently looked at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin looked at it for a long time.

Wang Lin murmured, "Is it you talking to me…"

"Karma, what is it…" Confusion appeared in Wang Lin's eyes. The bird looked profoundly at Wang Lin before it flew off the window. It circled a few times in the sky before letting out a cry and disappearing into the dark clouds.

Although it had left, the thunder in the sky continued to rumble. As the rumbles became even more intense, they seemed to disturb Wang Lin's thoughts. He subconsciously frowned and pointed outside with this finger.

With this, there was flash of thunder in his right eye. As the mark flashed, the thunder in the sky stopped. It was as if there was a will beyond the thunder that caused it to retreat.

It was as if this will was the king of thunder and could control endless thunder. If it wanted the thunder to retreat, the thunder had to retreat! Even the endless lightning seemed to have extinguished with this point of his finger.

Even wind collapsed before this finger and was pushed back. Along with it went the rain, The rain seemed to have a spirit, and it was terrified. In the blink of an eye, the rain stopped.

What stopped was only the rain above the city. Under the pressure the will that was like the king of thunder, all the rain in the country of Zhao seemed to stop. The thunder collapsed, the lightning shattered, and the dark clouds dissipated.

There were cultivators flying in the sky of Zhao, including Wang Zhuo, Xu Fei, Zhou Rui, and company. They had been flying in the rain, but they were all shocked and terrified at this moment. Before him was an old man. The old man looked back, and endless shock filled his eyes.

"This aura… My god, what kind of cultivation level is this?!"

In the other side of Zhao, two rays of light appeared when the dark clouds collapsed, revealing a man and a woman. The woman was Liu Mei. Her face was pale and she looked back with confusion in her eyes. The expression of the man next to her changed greatly and he almost exclaimed out loud.

Also in the country of Zhao, in the city of Teng, the Teng family Nascent Soul old monster, Teng Huayuan, was cultivating. At this moment, he opened his eyes upon feeling something frightening.

At the peak of the Heng Yue Sect, there was an old man in a yellow robe looking at the sky and frowning. He was Huang Long, but at this moment, his expression was very serious. His hand continued to form seals until it trembled and blood flowed out from his nails. His eyes revealed a strange color, as if he didn't dare to believe it.

"This… How is this possible?!"

In a place far away on planet Suzaku, there was a strong sect. This sect was strong enough to sweep across all rank 5 countries. This sect was filled with souls, and the howling of ghosts echoed. From a distance, it looked like a giant flag!

There was a person sitting in the sky filled with souls. He was a middle-aged man, and he was Dun Tian's senior brother.

"I can't find it… This old man has divinated 37 times and hasn't succeeded once. Could it be that my Soul Refining Sect really has no hope left…"

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Chapter 1596 - Soul Refining Sect's Karmic Effect

"Could it be that my Soul Refining Sect has no chance of rising again, no chance of continuing on…" The middle-aged man seemed to go crazy and began to laugh. However, just at this moment, his expression changed and he looked into the distance.

"Eh!" His eyes narrowed and his hands formed a seal. He began divinating like crazy.

"This is… This… This…" The man's expression changed rapidly. He consumed large amounts of life force and divinated nine times, but the result of all nine times were the same!

This was an unbelievable and even absurd result to him!

While pondering, his body flickered and he disappeared without a trace. He used teleportation and charged toward the country of Zhao.

In a city inside Zhao, the world had become peaceful. In the second floor of an inn, Wang Lin stood before the window and his murmurs echoed.

"Karma, what is… Karma…"

The night slowly passed. Wang Lin unknowingly returned to the table and stared at the extinguished candlestick in a daze. That voice continued to echo in his mind until it replaced everything.

He had forgotten to close the window. There was no wind or rain anymore. The sun rose into the sky and light shined on the earth. The people that got up were surprised to find that the dark clouds that had shrouded them for over half a month had all disappeared.

The bright sky had no cloud as far as the eye could see. The sunlight gently shined on their bodies and gave people vitality once more.

It seemed the summer had come a bit early this year. It seemed the rainy season had left a bit early this year.

Big Fortune also awakened. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the sky outside the window. He immediately smiled, pointed out the window proudly, and began to roar.

"I had a dream last night. With a point of my finger, the thunder stopped. Haha, look how powerful I am. Hmph, hmph, it seems I'm indeed not ordinary. It is a pity."

Wang Lin's thoughts became hidden in his mind when the sun appeared. He hadn't slept all night, but he didn't feel tired. However, a swelling pain came from between his eyebrows.

He rubbed his brow and looked at Big Fortune. After seeing the smile on Big Fortune, he felt happy as well.

"You're powerful. It was your dream that caused the thunderstorm to disappear, OK?"

Big Fortune became excited and felt even more proud.

Time quickly passed. The county imperial exam would be held in five days. All the scholars that had come to take the exam waited for these five days to pass. On the morning of the sixth day, the sky was still sunny and all the scholars rushed out from the various inns toward the different exam grounds.

During these five days, Wang Lin had gone to the office to submit his entry and find his exam location. Other than that, he didn't leave his inn at all; he spent all his time reading. He was very nervous because if he passed, he could continue, but if he failed, he would have to start from the beginning. He would have to return to the village and silently wait for a few years before another test began.

Wang Lin didn't want to fail, he couldn't bear to see his parents' disheartened expressions. He didn't want his failure to cause his relatives to give his parents those fake comforting gazes that were in actually mocking them.

Big Fortune was suffocated during these five days. He was very active and had gone out by himself while Wang Lin was studying. He wandered the city and gradually met some people. He managed to learn to be even more stingy.

On the sixth day, Wang Lin bathed and burned some incense. He then changed into a white scholar robe and let out a sigh of relief. He put on the bamboo backpack and walked toward the exam ground.

He was going to the third exam ground that was on the west side of the city. The street was very lively and stalls filled both sides of the road. The stalls had been set out early so the students taking the exam could buy food.

At a glance, there were many scholars rushing toward the exam locations. They were in a rush, worried, or very nervous. Even when eating, they would often devour the food in a few bites and quickly leave.

Wang Lin took a few deep breaths and slowly calmed himself. After eating a few buns, he arrived outside the exam area with Big Fortune. The were many people here, but there was no noise. Most people had their eyes closed, recalling what they had read.

Two officials wearing robes coldly looked at the scholars. Because of them, there was a dignified atmosphere here. Wang Lin calmly stood there as he looked at the exam area, and he gradually calmed down.

Big Fortune looked around a lot, but the more he looked, the more gloomy he became. He saw that the other book boys were all a lot younger than him. In comparison, he was out of place.

After muttering a few words, Big Fortune took out some buns and took some big bites.

Shortly after, the exam arrived. A bell chime seemed to come from the distance and echoed across the entire city. It was a heavy sound.

The moment the bell rang, all the scholars opened their eyes and their expressions turned serious. The tension instantly reappeared.

One of the officials rolled his eyes and slowly said, "Enter the exam room! If anyone has notes, get rid of them yourself. Don't be found later and get disqualified."

After the scholar entered the exam room, everyone was searched. After making sure there were no notes, they were allowed in.

When it was Wang Lin's turn, it was the same. After examining his bamboo backpack, they allowed him to enter.

Big Fortune waved his hands at Wang Lin and began to roar. Even though the surrounding people frowned at him and looked at him with disdain, he didn't care.

Wang Lin smiled and waved at Big Fortune outside before heading in.

After finding the seat with his name, Wang Lin calmly sat down and paid attention to the inspector of the exam. Once all the scholars sat down, they turned over their exams and became focused.

Only when the inspector took out the sealed exam paper did the sounds of writing start to echo across the room.

Wang Lin calmly grinded ink and looked at the blank paper before him. He didn't write for a long time. The exam would last for a whole day, giving people plenty of time to think.

The people that were meditating like Wang Lin had collected their thoughts and began to write. Soon, Wang Lin was the only one who was still pondering.

The subject of this test was a painting. The painting was very simple; there was a mountain with a single tree on top. There seemed to be wind causing the tree to shake.

There were a few sketches under the mountain. It seemed like there was a family guarding the mountain.

The intent of this painting was very clear: it basically meant that ability was the pillar. All the other scholars knew this, and the essays they wrote all revolved around this.

However, when Wang Lin saw the painting, the voice from five days ago appeared once more.

"Karma… What is it… Karma…"

Time slowly passed. In the blink of an eye, it was noon. Some people were already finished writing. They held up their papers and blew on them to dry the rest of the ink. Their faces were filled with joy as they shook their heads and began to mediate.

Only Wang Lin was still silently sitting there with confusion in his eyes and still hadn't written anything. This kind of thing was rare, and the inspectors couldn't help but pay more attention to Wang Lin.

People gradually began to leave the exam ground. Some were proud and some looked crestfallen. They either left alone or with their book boys.

The sun began to set and the exam room became dark. There wasn't much time left, only half an hour. The last scholar aside from Wang Lin got up with a sigh. He looked at Wang Lin and shook his head before leaving.

"If you can't do it, then leave quickly. Don't waste our time." An inspector frowned as he walked next to Wang Lin and knocked on the table.

Wang Lin didn't look up but closed his eyes. A few moments later, he opened his eyes and added some water to his ink. His eyes shined brightly and he began to quickly write on the paper.

"What is karma? I seek a wooden house, but this mountain has no wood, so I plant this lone tree. During sunrise, I harvest the branches. During midday, I harvest the wood. And during sunset, I harvest the roots…" Wang Lin seemed to have forgotten what was going on in his surroundings as the ancient voice echoed around him. The painting filled his mind as he wrote down his thoughts and questions.

"Eh?" The inspector standing beside Wang Lin looked at at this paper and was startled before taking a closer look. Soon, more inspectors were attracted and came to look. Some scoffed at a glance and left. Soon, the remaining inspectors all shook their heads and walked away.

"... What is karma. Planting the tree is karmic cause and harvesting the wood is karmic effect… The day the house took form, it also became a karmic cycle…"

Wang Lin put down his pen and looked at it deeply. The brightness in his eyes dissipated and was replaced with confusion. He sighed as he clasped his hands at the last elderly inspector. He then cleaned up his stuff and left the exam area.

After he left, the old inspector picked up Wang Lin's paper and carefully read it again. He seemed to enter a trance and gained some enlightenment. He remembered Wang Lin's name on the paper.

"This kind of insight into karma can came from a teenager? This person might not become a pillar of the courts, but he will become great scholar!" The old inspector pondered for a long time before circling Wang Lin's name.

Wang Lin walked out of the exam area. He spotted Big Fortune, who had been waiting all day and had fallen asleep leaning against a tree. He smiled and was about to wake him up when the world suddenly darkened. There seemed to be a ghostly howl, and the darkness shrouded Wang Lin and Big Fortune. It seemed to separate them from the rest of the city.

An middle-aged man wearing a black robe walked out of the black wind. A cold aura filled his body as he looked at Wang Lin.

"This old man won't hurt you, you only have to answer one question."

He was the the Soul Refining Sect's Dun Tian's senior brother! Almost all the scholars in this country had been found by him, and he had asked them the same question. Then he erased their memories in disappointment and searched for the next person.

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Chapter 1597 - The One Line From Hundreds of Years Ago

Back when Wang Lin unconsciously blasted away the storm, Dun Tian's senior brother felt something. He then spent a large amount of life force to divinate nine times.

He was going to find the future of the Soul Refining Sect. He was going to find the Soul Refining Sect a path to survival!

The nine divinations all gave him an extremely absurd conclusion. He didn't believe it at first, but after coming to the same result nine times, he had to believe it.

All the divinations pointed to the country of Zhao. They pointed toward a specific country and a scholar inside that county!

As a result, he came with his expectations high along with a feeling of absurdity. After arriving in this country, he spent a few days questioning almost every single scholar, but he didn't get a satisfactory answer.

Those scholars were only mortals; how could they answer this question? With the middle-aged man's cultivation level, forget the country of Zhao, he was considered extremely powerful across the entire planet. Soul Transformation, Soul Transformation, just one step from Ascendant!

The middle-aged man rolled up his sleeves and the black wind roared. Endless ghosts roared inside, surrounding Wang Lin and Big Fortune. This caused this area to separate from the world and become blurry.

Big Fortunate was still sleeping. His snores echoed and seemed to be out of place. Wang Lin turned around and looked at the man that had walked out from the dark world.

This person was an immortal, Wang Lin understood this, but he wasn't afraid at all. He could see that while the middle-aged man seemed powerful, he was in fact extremely weak.

Wang Lin didn't understand why. It seemed that ever since that voice had appeared in his mind during that rainy night, a strange change had happened to his body.

This change was an inexplicable feeling, and it became even more apparent just after he finished writing the answer to the test!

He calmly looked at the middle-aged man that walked over and slowly said,

"Speak."

The middle-aged man was surprised. He stood several feet from Wang Lin and carefully looked at Wang Lin. In his eyes, Wang Lin was very ordinary, a true mortal and not a cultivator.

However, Wang Lin's calm expression allowed the middle-aged man to see something extraordinary. All the scholars he had encountered had crumbled before him. The fear and terror they felt required him to use a spell to sooth them before they could speak.

Wang Lin was the first person he had met that was so calm.

This couldn't even be described as calm. From what the middle-aged man saw, Wang Lin seemed to not care about his presence at all. It was as if Wang Lin didn't think of him as an immortal but as a mortal.

It has to be said that with his cultivation level, even mortal emperors would have to tremble in fear and treat him like an ancestor. The invisible pressure around him wasn't something a mortal could resist; even cultivators would be suppressed with fear.

This middle-aged man had only encountered something like this twice in his life. Both of the mortals that he met that were this calm were the greatest scholars on planet Suzaku.

These great scholars had comprehended the heavens and could see through the world. They had powerful auras and were not afraid of ghosts or the supernatural. Although even a Qi Condensation cultivator could kill them, the higher one's cultivation level, the more they would feel an aura similar to that of a cultivator within the scholars.

If someone like this were to cultivate, they would be a natural.

Wang Lin was the third person that gave him this feeling. After pondering for a bit, the middle-aged man clasped his hands at Wang Lin.

"This old man is Soul Refining Sect's sect master, Nian Tian."

"One line to read the heavens. The word 'Nian'[1] covers everything. Good name!" Wang Lin smiled and clasped his hands at the middle-aged man. The aura of a great scholar became even stronger on his body. The howling ghosts slowly retreated as if they were afraid to get close. Even the howling weakened until it disappeared completely.

This shocked the middle-aged man. He took a deep breath and hope appeared in his eyes. He faintly felt that he would find his answer from his person. It was likely that his nine divinations all pointed to this person!

"This old man wants to ask if my Soul Refining Sect has a path to survival! I hope you can resolve this old man's hundred-year question!" Nian Tian looked sincere and clasped his hands at Wang Lin again.

The inheritance of his sect was very important, and asking a mortal was very strange. Even Nian Tian himself thought it was absurd, but with nine divinations coming to the same result, he had to believe it. Luckily, Wang Lin's extraordinary calmness allowed him to see hope as he waited for Wang Lin's answer.

After hearing this question, Wang Lin was startled and silently pondered.

"I can't answer it." After a long time, Wang Lin shook his head. He had no idea what the Soul Refining Sect was. He could only roughly guess that it was an immortal sect.

The middle-aged man didn't speak and revealed a bitter expression. He shook his head and let out a sigh. He looked at the sky and felt that his behavior was really unreasonable. He was asking this mortal about the fate of his sect.

"This old man has disturbed you. You are a great scholar, so this old man won't erase your memory. Ah." The old man revealed a wry smile. He waved his sleeves and turned to leave. His figure gave off a sense of depression and confusion as he walked away.

Wang Lin looked at the bleak figure. He could faintly feel an invisible mountain weighing on this person. Under the weight of the mountain, this middle-aged man looked even more miserable.

Wang Lin thought about his dreams. He remembered the voice that echoed in his mind and calmly said, "Take me to see the Soul Refining Sect."

The middle-aged man that was about to leave stopped and turned to look at Wang Lin. After a long time, he nodded and pointed at Wang Lin. The black wind gathered from all directions around Wang Lin. Then the middle-aged man stepped into the sky and disappeared along with Wang Lin.

In the county, no one noticed the spell that was used outside the test area. No mortal could even see the black wind that had appeared. Under the tree, Big Fortune was still snoring. He muttered a bit before continuing his sleep.

Planet Suzaku, in the sky above the Soul Refining Sect, Wang Lin appeared with a pale expression, but he was extremely calm. The black wind surrounded him and allowed him to stand firm.

Beside him was Nian Tian.

"This is my Soul Refining Sect." Nian Tian pointed at the land below and a rumble echoed. The black fog covering the sect scattered and the entire Soul Refining Sect entered Wang Lin's eyes.

Wang Lin looked at the Soul Refining Sect beside him and a familiar feeling appeared from the bottom of his heart. He felt like he had been here before in his dreams, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't think of anything.

A moment later, Wang Lin softly said, "I want to go walk around…"

"Good." Nian Tian didn't hesitate. He controlled the wind for Wang Lin, leading him to the Soul Refining Sect. There were many cultivators in the sect, and the opening of the sect attracted their attention. When they walked out, they immediately saw Wang Lin and Nian Tian.

"Greetings, Sect Master."

Voices echoed. The cultivators of the Soul Refining Sect all had strange expressions. They could all see that Wang Lin was a mortal, but they didn't know why the sect master would bring Wang Lin here.

Wang Lin's eyes were filled with confusion as he walked through the Soul Refining Sect. He feel that this place was very familiar, and he even knew ahead of time the dangers that were here. The more he walked, the stronger this feeling became.

Under a mountain peak, Wang Lin stopped. There were many caves in this mountain, and they could be seen from below. The familiar feeling became even stronger; it was as if he had lived here at some unknown time.

Nian Tian still followed Wang Lin and accompanied him as he walked through the Soul Refining Sect. His eyes revealed a mysterious light as he looked at Wang Lin. Most of the day slowly passed, and Wang Lin finally arrived next to the main mountain in the Soul Refining Sect.

Looking at the main mountain, it was surrounded by black fog rings that led into the sky. It was a majestic sight.

At this moment, the sky dimmed. Wang Lin looked at the main peak. Although the familiar feeling was there, it was missing something. After a long time, he shook his head and was about to speak.

A roar came from the main mountain and a figure appeared in the fog at the peak. It stepped toward Wang Lin and Nian Tian.

"Senior Brother, this person is?" As the ancient voice echoed, the black shadow closed in. He was also a middle-aged man, and his gaze swept across Wang Lin.

"Dun Tian, this person is a scholar that I invited here. You are in the middle of fusing with the flag, don't be distracted. Quickly go back into closed door cultivation." There was a complex emotion in Nian Tian's eyes as he spoke.

Dun Tian smiled. Wang Lin was only a mortal in his eyes. Although he had taken a glance, he didn't bother remembering Wang Lin. He turned around and disappeared.

Although he was like this, when Wang Lin saw Dun Tian, his mind rumbled as if he had thought of something. Looking at Dun Tian's retreating figure, two lines of tears started flowing down from the corners of his eyes for some reason.

Just at this moment, a white bird flew across the Soul Refining Sect. It passed by while letting out a series of cries.

"Hundreds of years from now, on the day you die, a man will come here. He will be the path to survival for your Soul Refining Sect!"

Wang Lin murmured as he looked at Dun Tian's back, and even more tears appeared.

Nian Tian trembled. He looked at Wang Lin for a long time and clasped his hands. He didn't believe this completely, but he remembered it in his heart. He didn't tell Dun Tian this. It wouldn't until hundreds of years from now, when he was dying, that the words of that unforgettable scholar would appear in his mind.

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Chapter 1598 - A Meeting

On his deathbed, he recalled the words of the no-name scholar form hundreds of years ago. Those words seemed to fill his mind until the moment his life ended and he became one of the primary souls of the soul flag.

His divine sense spread out for the last time at the end of his life and spread across the Soul Refining Sect. He saw a man who had fled from a far away place and mixed in among the Soul Refining Sect disciples. A very ordinary-looking person.

When he saw that moment, Nian Tian's divine sense trembled like never before. He was shocked to find that this person was the scholar he had questioned hundreds of years ago!!

With confusion and an unimaginable speculation, his divine sense dissipated. His soul became part of the soul flag...

Wang Lin was sent back to the city in Zhao and stood next to the tree outside the test area. Big Fortune was still sleeping there. Everything that had happened felt like a dream.

"Karma… I understand a little…" Wang Lin looked at the sky and saw the white bird again. The white bird circled in the sky before slowly disappearing into the clouds.

After waking up Big Fortune, the two returned to the inn. The moonlight fell from the sky and stretched out their shadows.

The ranking was going to be placed a few days after the test. All the scholars anxiously waited for that day to come. Those who entered the ranking would have a chance of going to the next test.

This chance was to go the city of Su to participate in the exam there and have a chance to fly to the heavens. Once they obtained the title of Chosen Su, they would have a chance to go to the capital of Zhao for their last struggle!

If they were talented enough to obtain the appreciation of Head Scholar Su, they would instantly become famous. If they could become Su Dao's disciple, the glory they could obtain would be unimaginable!

This was the desire of almost all the scholars in Zhao.

Less than 50 people in the entire county would have the chance to go to the city of Su. Although Wang Lin's name was not on the top of the list, he was among these 50 people.

When Wang Lin saw his own name, he didn't feel excited. He calmly looked at the ranking and left with the excited and proud Big Fortune. He went to the city hall to confirm his identity and obtain the certification for the next exam and the silver reward issued by the imperial court.

What caused Big Fortune to become excited was not that Wang Lin had gotten on the ranking but the silver.

His experiences during this short month had unknowingly changed Wang Lin, or one could say that he should have always been like this. Those dreams still existed every night, and he had grown used to them.

His mentality had changed. He no longer felt lost; he no longer felt confused or worried about the failing the exam.

What would be obtained would still be obtained and what would be lost would still be lost.

Nothing was worth anything, only the heart remained the same. The heart was as calm as the water in the well. It was like looking at a mountain as a mountain then seeing a mountain not as a mountain and then seeing a mountain as a mountain again. In this short period of time, not even he realized how much he had changed.

The aura of a great scholar gradually grew on his body. Among the countless scholars, his straight back and calm eyes stood out like a pearl.

Like cultivators that coldly looked down at their fellow cultivators!

"Life is like a dream. I'm not willing to wake up from this dream." There were many scholars celebrating and even more feeling depressed when Wang Lin left the city with Big Fortune.

Just like how he came, he calmly left.

Big Fortune followed Wang Lin and continued to calculate their silver. He would sometimes mutter and reveal an expression of heartache.

At the gate of the city, Wang Lin stopped and his gaze fell on a wine stand not far away. "Big Fortune, go buy wine!" He suddenly wanted to drink even though he had gotten seriously drunk after just two cups before.

"There is very little silver and you want to drink wine?!" Big Fortune rolled his eyes as he grabbed the cloth around his chest and shook his head.

"What does this silver count as? Thousands of gold coins can be scattered, and they will always come back. Quickly, go buy wine!" Wang Lin smiled and pushed Big Fortune.

Big Fortune struggled and let out a long sigh. He arrived next to the wine stand unwillingly and began to bargain in a way that made Wang Lin gobsmacked. He even played dirty, and in the end the liquor vender smiled wryly and sold Big Fortune two jugs of wine at a very low price.

Despite this, Big Fortune still felt so much heartache when he took out the silver that his face became twisted and he started to mutter.

"Mine, mine, it was mine!"

Wang Lin laughed and took the wine jug. He took a big gulp and allowed the wine to flow down the corner of his mouth. Big Fortune quickly followed with a bitter expression.

At this moment, it was noon. The two walked further and further away. The lonely and sad aura around Wang Lin dissipated greatly. Instead, it was replaced with relief.

"Young Lord, where are we going?" Big Fortune's voice echoed from the distance.

"The city of Su. I heard the osmanthus wine there is pretty god. I need to wait for a person there." Wang Lin took another sip of wine. He untied his hair and let it scatter behind him as he laughed.

The city of Su was 250 kilometers south of the capital of Zhao. This city was very long and had a few rivers going through it. The city of Su was a river city.

The city of Su was famous because of Su Dao. The city of Su was also a gathering place of talents, and where there were talents, there would be no lack of beauties.

There were always boats traversing these rivers. Dancing and singing would happen day and night, making it very lively. Poetry, beautiful dances, and zither music filled the entire city of Su.

All the wine stalls that sold osmanthus wine were as famous as the scholars. It was said that the officials in the capital would send people to buy the osmanthus wine from the city of Su.

The head scholar, Su Dao, loved this wine in his earlier years and often drank it while comprehending the world. When he became famous, the osmanthus wine became even more famous.

The two-month journey passed by in the blink of an eye. Wang Lin and Big Fortune were sitting inside a humble carriage on the way to the city of Su. Wang Lin drank wine he had bought along the way and looked outside. Sometimes his laughter after getting drunk would echo.

"Young Lord, don't drink anymore. The amount of wine you drink is frightening. It's only been two months, two months! See how much wine you already drank? Almost all the silver has been used by your drinking!!" Big Fortune cried out, voicing his extreme heartache.

"If you keep drinking, even if we reach the city of Su, we won't have any silver to stay at an inn. Who told you to drink, who told you to drink so much?" Big Fortune's chatter became more and more frequent in these two months.

However, not only did he not make Wang Lin feel annoyed, but Wang Lin felt a sense of familiarity with him.

"No harm, you are the book boy and housekeeper. If there is no more silver left, you can just go earn some." Wang Lin laughed as he joked with Big Fortune. He drank wine and looked at Big Fortune, who had a bitter expression.

As Big Fortune continued to chatter, dusk arrived and the sunset gave off a red glow. It wasn't glaring and the light was extremely gentle. As the carriage wobbled, they closed in on the city of Su.

The city of Su was very big and looked like a mighty city. However, this was only the outer appearance. Inside, it was filled with winding rivers and gave of a feeling of elegance.

After paying the fare for the carriage, Big Fortune looked at the little remaining money in his hand and nearly cried. Most of the money they had spent on the road was for wine that entered Wang Lin's stomach.

Wang Lin's tolerance for alcohol had unknowingly increased; he was no longer someone who would get drunk after just two cups.

After getting off the carriage, Wang Lin fixed his clothes. He looked very elegant with his white robe and long hair scattered. As he held the wine jug in his hand, the scholarly aura around him had dissipated. It was replaced with a sense of freedom.

As he walked on the streets of Su, he saw many people walking along the road. Students accounted for more than half, and there were also many beautiful women embellishing the city.

Although Wang Lin's appearance was ordinary, his temperament was very special. As he walked down the street, he attracted a lot of attention. Many beautiful women directed their gazes at Wang Lin. Wang Lin remained calm and continued to walk forward.

Big Fortune followed behind him. During these past two months, he constantly had a bitter expression. At this moment, he was the same and continued to sigh.

It was dusk in the city of Su, and the moonlight gradually appeared. As the boats floated along the river, the sound of music and leisure could be heard. Wang Lin stood on a bridge and looked at the boats on the river as the zither music filled his ears.

"Young Lord, who are we waiting for?" Big Fortune peaked at a few of the women dancing on a boat. He swallowed and his eyes shined.

Wang Lin remained calm and muttered, "Waiting for a person from my dream. He will come and gift me a pot of wine. If he shows up, it will confirm one of my guesses."

Big Fortune looked at the empty wine jug in Wang Lin's hand and said very carefully, "We are going to stand here waiting? Maybe we should find a cheap inn first…" He was afraid Wang Lin would make him buy wine again.

Wang Lin shook his head and revealed a smile that wasn't as smile. He looked at Big Fortune and said leisurely,

"I remember that there was a lot of silver, especially after we got the silver from the exam…"

"Is there? Uh… Forgot…" Big Fortune blinked and revealed an awkward expression.

"Take out the silver you hid and get some osmanthus wine and rent a boat. We will live here for a few days." Wang Lin waved his sleeve with a smile and no longer looked at Big Fortune.

Wind blew by, causing ripples to echo across the river's surface and landed on Wang Lin's body. This wind was soft and not cold; it carried a hint of warmth. Along with the wind came the sound of a zither playing.

Wang Lin murmured, "Will you come…"

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Chapter 1599 - Su Dao

"The world is an inn for all living things... Time is a guest of the ages... The difference between life and death is like being awakened from a dream!"

The city of Su left the season of recovery in June and entered the season when the flowers bloomed. The willow leaves that flew through the sky seemed to want to carry the passage of time with them.

The willow leaves filled the sky like snow; it was a very beautiful scene. They looked like snow in the summer as they drifted across the sky. If the wind was even stronger, they would flutter more and look like they didn't have roots. While beautiful, they would also give off a hint of sadness.

They seemed like wanderers that had no home. They could only move with the wind, not knowing where they would go. Perhaps they would land in the river and become part of the water, or fall on the ground and mix with the dust. They would then be swept away by the powerful wind.

Their fate was the wind, and different winds gave them different lives.

There was one wisp of willow that was white and covered in flowers gently fluttering in the air. It landed in the palm of a young man in white who was on a small boat.

The young man was holding a wine jug in his left hand and drank a mouthful of wine as he recited a haughty poem. His voice wasn't loud, but it gave off a leisurely feeling, like he was going to pursue the end of the world.

Behind the young man was a middle-aged man wearing the clothes of a book boy. He had a bitter expression, and every time the young man took a sip, the middle-aged man's heart would ache a bit more.

"One jug of osmanthus wine costs seven silver pieces. Expensive, really too expensive!! Drinking a mouthful is almost like swallowing half a piece of silver…"

The willow leaf that landed in the young man's hand stopped for a moment but didn't seem to reach its end point. It seemed to release a faint sigh as it flew off from the young man's hand. It fluttered into the distance with a hint of madness as if it knew where it was destined to go and charged tirelessly toward its goal.

There was a forest of peach blossoms on the river bank. As the willow leaves fluttered away, peach blossoms fell into the river, causing ripples to echo.

"The crazed willows dance with the wind, the light peach blossoms flow with the river." Wang Lin drank the wine in his hand and his laughter echoed.

Aside from the boatman and these two people, there were three beautiful women on the boat as well. One was playing the zither and two were singing and dancing. The boat floated along the river, through the stone bridge, and leisurely into the distance.

"Big Fortune, bring out the wine!" Wang Lin turned around and looked at the middle-aged man as he laughed.

Big Fortune had a bitter expression and continued to sigh. He picked up a jug of wine and unwillingly handed it to Wang Lin. He began speaking as if he was about to cry.

"Young Lord, there really isn't much silver left… We are renting this boat but also buying wine. These three little girls accompanying us cost a lot too, the daily cost is simply too high… How about… How about we go ashore and find a cheap inn to save some money?"

"What's the rush? The person I'm waiting for hasn't arrived." Wang Lin shook his head and smiled. He took the jug and drank as he sat down. He listened to the beautiful woman playing the strings on the zither. The sound of the zither was gentle and cheerful but it couldn't enter Wang Lin's mind.

"Young Lord, I have taken out all the silver I hid. You, you… Damn it, this old man counted. If we continue spending like this, we are going to end up as beggars in seven days!!

"It has been more than one month, one month. Who the hell are you waiting for and why haven't they come?" Big Fortune's heart ached as he bitterly complained to Wang Lin.

As if he looked very funny, the woman that was taking a break from dancing laughed.

Big Fortune's eyes widened and he stared at the woman. After muttering a bit, he picked up a jug of wine himself and took a big gulp.

"I need to drink more, this is good wine. One mouthful is half a silver…"

"The zither music is still not right." Wang Lin leaned against the side of the boat and gently shook his head. After a long time, he seemed to have drunk too much. He got up and walked next to the woman playing the zither. He placed his hand on the zither and the beautiful woman's face turned red as she withdrew her hands.

"I remember a song. I don't know the name, but I heard it in my dream. It should be placed like this…" Wang Lin said as he closed his eyes and his hand began playing the zither.

At first it was very raw and the broken sound was not a song. However, as Wang Lin focused on playing, the song gradually became coherent.

An unspeakable sadness came from the zither music and flew out in all directions.

The two women resting on the boat went into a daze and looked at Wang Lin. The sorrow in the music was very light, but it could reach one's soul. When you heard it, you couldn't help but be startled.

It was unknown how long ago Wang Lin had sat down before the zither and started to play. The woman that was playing the zither sat beside him. There was an unspeaking splendor shining in her beautiful eyes as she seemed to be lost in the zither music.

Even Big Fortune was startled as he sat there. He drank mouthfuls of wine one after another. He forgot his heartache and began to stare at his right wrist.

Li Muwan had played this zither song. And a different song that contained the same charm came from the blind woman in the Demon Spirit Land.

At this moment, tears slowly flowed from Wang Lin's closed eyes. His tears landed on the zither; they seemed to fuse with the song and scattered with the music.

He would have the dream every night. He saw a lot, but not everyone was clear. There were a few people that were still blurry. Although they were vague figures, that feeling of sorrow as very strong.

Under this zither music, the boat drifted across the river and passed through many bridges until dusk arrived.

Wang Lin waited for more than one month, but the person from his dream that should've appeared still hadn't shown up.

As the boat floated under a stone bridge, two figures unknowingly appeared on the stone bridge and listened to the sad zither music.

These two people were old men with white hair. One of them wore a green robe. Although he was just standing there, he stood straight like a pine tree.

His expression gave off a sense of age and his eyes revealed wisdom. Even just standing there, he gave off the aura of a grand scholar.

He was Su Dao.

Su Dao revealed an emotional gaze as he looked at the boat floating away. He saw Wang Lin playing the zither and leisurely said, "What a sad song, such a song is not something an ordinary person can play… The sorrow reveals sadness that could only appear after one has experienced countless years. The image of that sad figure still lingers in his heart. Su San, this old man didn't make this trip in vain."

The old man behind Su Dao also let out a sigh. If Wang Lin saw this person, he would recognize him as the old man who watched him write his exam until the end.

"Student didn't expect him to be able to play the zither. When I saw his exam paper, I felt that this child was not ordinary. When I came to meet you, I saw this child on the boat, so I thought I would bring you here to see him, Sir." The old man respectfully bowed.

The boat went further away and the zither music gradually disappeared. At this moment, Su Dao smiled. He took a few steps down the bridge and shouted at the boat below.

"Young man, tell this old man what you think karma is."

Wang Lin's hands stopped and the zither music stopped. He opened his eyes and looked back with confusion. From his position, he could only see the old man and not the second old man on the other side of the bridge.

At this moment, night arrived and the bright moon hung in the sky. In the night, the figure of the old man was a bit blurry, and even the bridge seemed to be hidden under the moonlight.

Even Wang Lin's gaze seemed to become blurry. He looked at the old man, at the bridge, and the surrounding haziness as he began to mutter, "Karma…"

"It shouldn't be like this… If this was time reversing, if this was a reincarnation, if this was a dream, then I should have met the me in my dream… But why did I meet this old man… Why is it like this…"

Wang Lin had waited for more than one month. He had waited for that scene that caused him to awaken in confusion and spend a day drinking wine. In that dream, he saw the other him in the dream appear on the bridge in the city of Su.

However, instead of meeting his dream self, he met this old man.

"This can't be explained… I know about the Soul Refining Sect. I can even vaguely guess that the person that will appear in the Soul Refining Sect hundreds of years from now is the dream me… I have gained enlightenment in all of this, but didn't I see him here…" Wang Lin's eyes were filled with confusion. He didn't understand, even he himself became blurry.

As Wang Lin remained in a state of confusion, the boat floated further and further away.

When the old man saw that Wang Lin didn't answer, he smiled and shouted again.

"Young man, tell this old man what you think karma is."

"Karma… I'm karmic cause, I'm karmic effect…" Wang Lin's voice slowly arrived and gradually disappeared with the boat.

Su Dao smiled as he looked at the boat that disappeared. He turned back and looked at the student behind him.

"What is his name?"

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Chapter 1600 - 10 Years

Su San quickly said, "His name is Wang Lin."

"Give me his exam paper." There was a hint of joy in Su Dao's eyes.

Su San smiled when he heard this. He then proceeded to take out the exam paper. He had come here just so he could let Su Dao see this extraordinary exam paper.

However, after he came here, Su Dao wouldn't look at it until today.

Holding Wang Lin's paper, Su Dao took a closer look and nodded.

"This young man will be the last student this old man will take." With a smile, Su Dao looked back at the boat. There was a willow leaf floating between him and the boat under the moonlight. It was impossible to know if Su Dao was looking at the willow or the boat.

Time would fly by, and when you wanted to pursue it, there would be no trace of it.

Several days later, Wang Lin left the boat with Big Fortune. He stood on the shore and looked at the boat he had lived on for more than a month and at the river where he waited for more than a month. He silently pondered for a very long time.

It wasn't until half an hour later that Wang Lin shook his head and let out a sigh. He was about to turn and leave when a cry came from the sky. Wang Lin's body trembled and he looked up at the sky.

He saw the familiar white bird circle in the sky. The bird gradually descended and landed on the bridge in the distance. It looked at Wang Lin before flying back into the clouds. Its white figure was like the willow flower.

Wang Lin murmured, "Is it you…"

Wang Lin didn't participate in the exam in the city of Su. The day he left the boat, he was invited to the house of the great scholar Su Dao. The person that invited him was the old man inspector.

Su Dao's house wasn't large, but it was very elegant. It was quiet and gave one peace of mind. In the courtyard, Wang Lin saw the old man that had asked him the question on the bridge.

Big Fortune had to wait outside in the courtyard while Wang Lin and Su Dao drank osmanthus wine as they began to chat in the courtyard.

Only when the moon was high in the air did Wang Lin bow at Su Dao.

"This old man has had many disciples in my life, but I only have three true students. From now on, you will be my last student. This old man doesn't want you to take the imperial exam, and you're personality is not suited for that… This old man wants you to become the country of Zhao's grand scholar once I die!

"Not only the country of Zhao, there are many countries on planet Suzaku. This old man wants you to become the grand scholar of the entire planet! This is a life without riches and glory or monstrous power, but you will be able to comprehend the world and have you own thoughts!

"In this world, since there are mortals like us, there are naturally immortals. Many immortals have come to me, asking me to walk the path of dao, but they were all rejected by me.

"This old man smiles and looks at the sky. I have my own ideals. I pursue no dao, but I comprehend the truth of the world. Although my body is fragile, my mind can live forever and break open the cage. Although these immortals can kill us mortals with just a finger, they still have to lower their noble heads before the world's grand scholar!

"Immortals cultivate to defy the heavens, but us scholars comprehend the heavens. That is also defying the heavens!

"If the heavens have a spirit, then in its eyes, the immortals are just mortals like us! They are mortals and we are mortals. The only difference is that they have the power to make the mountains crumble and we have an understanding of the heavens. In the end, it all intersects.

"This teacher has taken in many students that are cultivators who came to Teacher in hopes of reaching the Soul Formation stage. Some pursued even deeper into the meaning of dao!

"This kind of life is ordinary but not ordinary. Wang Lin, are you willing to choose this path?" At this moment, although Su Dao was merely an ordinary old man under the moonlight, Wang Lin could feel a mighty aura from him.

This aura came from comprehending the truth of the world and having one's own thoughts. It was this that allowed Su Dao to stand at the top.

That will was like a flame that burned inside Su Dao, and it was heaven-shaking.

"Scholar, Grand Scholar, and finally Lord Scholar!" Su Dao had his hands behind his back as he looked at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin silently pondered, and after a long time, he knelt and bowed at Su Dao.

At this moment, Wang Lin had just turned 19 and Su Dao was now 83.

Su Dao smiled as he grabbed Wang Lin's hand and supported Wang Lin up from the ground. Their words echoed inside the courtyard.

"This old man entered the world as a boy and returned home middle-aged. I traveled all over Zhao and also went to many other countries. I saw mountains, I saw rivers, I saw life. At age 50, my wife died and this old man griefed before her grave. It was there that I gained enlightenment about the world. Every time I thought about life, I would remember the time that I knew her.

"After that, my thoughts turned to karma.

"What is this karma? Why does a karma cycle exist in this world…"

One night passed, and Wang Lin's life changed on this night. He no longer pursued the imperial exam but pondered his own life's desires. Aside from being filial to his parents, he wanted to understand the world and pursue that voice in his mind.

"What is karma… What is life and death… What is true and false…"

He and Big Fortune lived inside Su Dao's mansion and listened to Su Dao's teachings every day. The aura of a great scholar became stronger and stronger inside his body.

Several dozen people received the title of Chosen Su and went to the imperial capital after the exam. Some rose and some fell, but none of this could move Wang Lin anymore.

He hadn't entered the exam, but Wang Lin's reputation had soared in the country of Zhao, surpassing those that had soared into the imperial capital. Although he hadn't left the Su mansion, as time passed, people came to visit Su Dao, and Wang Lin was the one that came out to greet them.

Wang Lin had seen a lot of people, whether it was mortal students, rich royalty, and even cultivators. He became even more calm, he started loving wine even more, and he became even more leisurely.

In the blink of an eye, years passed. As the willow leaves fell, Wang Lin was about to become middle-aged. He stood in the courtyard where Su Dao had taken him as a student 10 years ago, watching the willow leaves cover the ground.

Su Dao's body had become even older. Time had taken a lot from his body and left a lot on his body. He could no longer drink and talk all night with Wang Lin like 10 years ago. He sat in a chair with two servants helping him move. He watched the willow leaves fly with Wang Lin.

Wang Lin's expression was calm. After sending the two servants away, he pushed Su Dao's chair.

"Lin Er, look at these willow leaves. They are here year after year. Even if Teacher is gone, they will still come every season as if they have an agreement with heaven." Su Dao's voice was hoarse, but his spirit was very good. He lifted his right hand and one of the willow leaves fell in his palm.

Wang Lin softly said, "This willow leaf is life."

Su Dao looked at the willow leaf and slowly said, "Life isn't it just a ball of karma. It floats before you, but if you try to seize it, you can't catch it. Only when it's tired will it fall in your hand."

As he spoke, a soft breeze came, causing the willow leaf in his palm to fly away.

"Karma, karma. Wang Lin, if you can find your own way among the countless willow leaves, then you will know what karma is." Su Dao smiled and pointed at the sky.

"That ball of willow leaves is Teacher!"

Wang Lin looked up and looked at where Su Dao was pointing. However, there were many willow leaves in the sky, so he didn't know which one Su Dao was pointing toward.

"You can't see it because that willow leaf is my entire life…" Su Dao closed his eyes and two streams of tears rolled down.

"It is two willow leaves, they were tangled together due to the wind. That's my life with her…" In Su Dao's eyes, all the willow leaves had disappeared, all of them beside the two that were sticking together. They flew further and further away.

"That year, when the willow leaves flew through the sky, I saw you on the bridge. I saw the confusion in your eyes. I thought you were like a rootless willow leaf. You were very helpless and confused. It was as if there was a problem that you couldn't understand.

"I saw you and saw the willow leaf that flew by. That was your life; it swirled before you, but you weren't able to see it, so it came before me.

"I saw the willow leaf, but you must have thought I was looking at you… I asked the willow leaf the question, but you must have thought I was asking you...

"At that time, I was thinking I should help you." Su Dao turned his head. His old face revealed a kind expression as he looked at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin's body trembled.

"You are the last karma in my life. I've always felt like I've see you somewhere else before." Su Dao turned around and looked at the sky.

"As years pass, people will see the willow leaves cover the city. They don't understand that the willow leaves come to find the person they are connected to. Each willow leaf represents the entire life of a person...

"However, in the end, they land in the water, they land in the dust, and dissipate before our eyes… It's not that they can't find us, but we aren't able to find the one that belongs to us."

Wang Lin silently raised his head and looked at the flowing willow leaves in the sky, a scene that was just like 10 years ago.

He eventually saw a group of willow leaves. There were two that seem to be glued together. The willow leaves fluttered endlessly, and no matter how hard the wind blew, it wasn't able to separate them.

Zither music seemed to come from somewhere, floating into this ears. It was as if a woman was waiting, and the only thing to accompanying her was the zither music.

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Chapter 1601 - Letter Home

In a flash, another 10 years passed.

Su Dao had died of old age three years ago, he left during the winter. He struggled to survive the winter so he could live for a a few more months and see the willow leaves next year.

However, although his mind could comprehend the world, his body wasn't able to alter life and death. During the winter, the snowflakes fell, leaving the world and the river frozen with a thick layer of ice. He looked at the snow falling as if it would last for an eternality.

Wang Lin pushed his wooden chair and walked through the city of Su. Wang Lin, who was almost 40, gave off a steadfast aura. He wore a white shirt as he silently pushed Su Dao.

This winter was particularly cold. The falling snow was blown by the cold wind and fell on their bodies. Early in the morning, the bell in the temple leisurely echoed in the distance. The crisp sound could cleanse one's heart.

"Lin Er, Teacher is about to leave… Teacher never have any children. Your three senior brothers inherited a lot of truths from me, but only your thoughts are similar to mine...

"I know you have already become aware of karma. Although still hazy, you will eventually understand. What you pursue is not just karma.

Teacher will gift this mansion to you." Su Duo's weak voice mixed with the wind and entered Wang Lin's ears. Wang Lin remained silent and sorrow appeared in his eyes.

Su Dao had accompanied him for 17 years. During these 17 years, Wang Lin had gone from a 19-year-old young man to a middle-aged man. Following Su Dao, Wang Lin learned a lot and understood a lot.

The snow was heavy and covered their vision. As the bell echoed, the snow covered the entire city of Su.

The crunching sound of the wooden chair being pushed was weak. Only the the two lines of tracks left by the chair were visible. It was like life, and when you look back you could see how long it was. However, it only led to the present and you couldn't see where it ended.

Snow fell and covered the tracks in the ground. Not even the starting point could be seen.

"Send me… to the Su Mountain outside the city…" Su Dao's old voice was weak, but his eyes were bright. He looked at the world as if he was seeing his own end.

Wang Lin silently nodded as he pushed the wooden chair and walked forward toward Su Dao's final goal.

The snowfall became even heavier. The wind and snow fell on his face. He allowed the snow to melt, and the coldness entered his heart. Wang Lin pushed the wooden chair through the ancient streets and out of the city of Su. He saw the small mountain outside the city.

The mountain wasn't large, but it had spirit.

One couldn't see this spirit, but if one closed their eyes, they would feel every tree and grass on the mountain. One could feel the mountain breathing, and that was enough.

Wang Lin pushed the chair up the path leading to the mountain. Su Dao slowly closed his eyes. He faintly felt like he couldn't hold on anymore. However, his eyes were still as bright as they were 17 years ago.

The eye is the window to the heart. Su Dao's body may rot, but this thoughts, the trajectory of his life, had already formed, so it would never disappear.

"Carry me to… that place." Su Dao's voice was even weaker. Wang Lin carried Su Dao on his back and walked off the mountain road. The snow continued to fall as he walked into the mountain step by step.

At the end, there was a solitary grave. This grave existed in the snow as if it was waiting for something. It seemed to have waited for several decades for this day.

Su Dao sat down before the grave and stared at it. There were no tears, but his gaze became gentle.

"I'm coming… You said you wanted to always look at me, so I buried you here so you could always see me below the mountain," Su Dao murmured as he touched the grave. His expression was gentle and he seemed to forget the coldness of the grave.

Or it could be said that the coldness from the grave had turned to warmth in his heart.

He slowly closed his eyes and his face had a gentle smile as he lost his breath...

Su Dao died.

Wang Lin stood there for a long time. He turned around and looked down the mountain. From this position, he could see the city of Su and the Su Mansion.

A powerful sense of melancholy filled Wang Lin's heart. He was confused. He was still thinking about what kind of existence this world was.

Was it his previous life, his reincarnation, or just a dream? It was just that there was no way to explain everything. Truth and false seemed to traverse in a permanent circle, making it impossible to tell where the start and end were.

Half a month later, another grave appeared next to the lone grave on the mountain. It was no longer lonely.

Three years after Su Dao died, Wang Lin was 39.

His parents had been brought here from the mountain village many years ago, but they couldn't adjust to the life here. After several months, they returned to their hometown and lived an ordinary life.

In the winter when Wang Lin was 39, he was looking at the snow when he got a summon from the emperor of Zhao.

This was the fifth summon in the three years after Su Dao died.

The contents of the five summons were roughly the same, but each was more luxurious than the last. They said the emperor wanted Wang Lin to come to the capital to become the Imperial Teacher.

During these 20 years, Wang Lin's name had risen among the scholars in Zhao. Although he had never left the city of Su in these 20 years, people would come to visit and listen to his teachings during the annual imperial exam.

This was related to Su Dao, but it was also related to Wang Lin himself. During these 20 years, some dignitaries, some scholars, and some nobles had been defeated by Wang Lin's words.

Everyone knew that Wang Lin had obtained Su Dao's inheritance to become a grand scholar. This became even more deeply rooted in their hearts when Su Dao died.

However, nothing was absolute. There were a lot of people who didn't recognize Wang Lin's existence. They didn't believe Wang Lin was worthy of the title of grand scholar, and the emperor of Zhao led that group.

These opinions were scattered when Su Dao was alive. However, in the three years after Su Dao died, their voices became louder and louder. During Wang Lin's three years of silence, they had become voices of doubt.

Wang Lin didn't pay attention to these kinds of things. He continued his quiet life with Big Fortune.

Wang Lin's silence allowed the people that questioned him to become even more unbridled. They admitted Wang Lin was Su Dao's student, but they didn't think Wang Lin was worthy of the title of grand scholar. Driving by people with their own motives, this matter slowly changed until such voices could be heard all across Zhao.

Wang Lin still ignored all of this. He watched the sunrises and sunsets. He looked at the spring pass and autumn arrive. He comprehended the world and tried to understand karma. He also searched for signs of life and death and true and false.

Although he was in a state of confusion himself, he continued to experience life. He didn't want to pay attention to these pointless things, and he didn't feel the need to prove anything. All of this meant nothing to him, it was like children arguing.

However, the more he remained silent, the louder those voices became. What was worse was that out of Su Dao's three other students, other than Su San, who was elderly and terminally ill, the other two had also stood out to question Wang Lin.

As a result, the scholars of Zhao were a mess and even disrupted the ordinary people. The voices of doubt were like a storm that swept across Zhao.

Some people had found Wang Lin's exam paper from 20 years ago and began to heavily criticize it. They used the fact that Wang Lin had only passed the first exam to throw out arrogant accusations.

Amidst these messy voices, the summon from the imperial capital of Zhao came the sixth time, seventh time, eighth time, ninth time, following Wang Lin like snow.

What was even more excessive was that this affected Wang Lin's parents. His parents were already old and should've been enjoying the end of their lives. However, for some reason, the people in the village had learned of this and it spread across the village. The rumor of the villagers ignited Wang Lin's parents' anger.

They were already old, and this anger caused Wang Lin's father to fall ill.

During the winter of this year, Wang Lin stood in the yard, holding a letter. This letter was from his mother. She had found someone to write it and then entrusted his fourth uncle to send it.

The letter told Wang Lin that his father was fine.

After reading it again and again, a hint of anger appeared in Wang Lin's calm eyes.

Wang Lin folded the letter and put it his clothes. He looked up at the falling snow and slowly said, "A bit too much."

He had no intention of proving anything. No matter how loud the voices in Zhao were, he didn't care. The title grand scholar held no value, he didn't care.

He was like an old man who just wanted to slowly comprehend the world.

However, everything had a limit, and Wang Lin's bottom line was his parents. The anger of his parents, the pain of his parents, the grief of his parents, and the wrath of his parents were his anger, his pain, his sadness, his wrath.

"Big Fortune, make the necessary arrangements. I'll lecture for 10 years. For the next 10 years, I welcome anyone in the world to come to the city of Su to learn from me. If they can show they are above me, they can take this mansion from me." Wang Lin waved his sleeves and left.

Behind him, Big Fortune, who had entered his elderly years, was still the same as 20 years ago. He was very excited as he was equally as angry during these last three years. Those people that used to respect him not only alienated him but were also cold to him.

Now that he heard Wang Lin's words, there was a hint of expectation in his proud expression. He quickly went to arrange this matter.

"Hmph, hmph, my young lord is still the most haughty. 10 years of lectures. I want to see the expressions of all those people when they fail."

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Chapter 1602 - You Dare!

10 years of lecture to welcome the scholars of the world!

This news spread out from the city of Su and spread through various channels. It quickly made its way throughout the country of Zhao. When the people that questioned Wang Lin heard this, they were all dumbfounded.

Su Dao had once lectured, but it was only for one year.

However, this Wang Lin dared to say "10 years." This kind of thing couldn't be considered haughty but extremely arrogant! The so-called lectures were like challenges in the martial arts world, to welcome anyone to battle in these 10 years.

This matter quickly spread. After a brief moment of calm, there was a violent reaction. Countless scholars and people that questioned Wang Lin with the secret support of the Zhao emperor all headed for the city of Su along with anyone who thought they were qualified.

There were many people in an inn on the official road 500 kilometers away. There were many scholars there, and people were all talking about Wang Lin's lecture.

"Have you heard that Su Dao's student Wang Lin arrogantly announced a 10 year lecture? 10 years! The entire world is shocked, all the skeptics are heading there."

"Hehe, almost everyone already knows this. I say this Wang Lin does have talent, but he is not qualified to be the grand scholar of Zhao."

"I don't think so. Since he dares to say 10 years, that means he has confidence to back it up. I heard several dozen scholars visited him a few days ago and all returned in failure."

A soft snort came from a table near the window in the inn. There were four people sitting there, three young ones and one old man. The old man drank tea as he listened. He looked calm, but there was disdain hidden in his eyes.

"Someone who merely passed the first exam dares to lecture! Sir shouldn't have accepted him back then! The title of grand scholar should belong to me, Su Yi!"

Similar things happened all over the country of Zhao. The closer they were to the city of Su, the more common it became.

Inside the city of Su, the door to the Su mansion was opened all day long. It wouldn't close for 10 years.

Wang Lin calmly sat inside the courtyard and drank osmanthus wine as he coldly looked at the hundred scholars before him. It had been four months since he said he would lecture for 10 years. More than 1,000 people had come to the mansion.

Today, another 100 people came, filling the courtyard. Some people were standing outside the door, and even further out were countless carriages with old men sitting inside.

As time passed, even more scholars from all over Zhao rushed over to the city of Su.

"I'm Dong Yun. I was in the same generation of examinee as Sir. I am now an official at the palace and have a question I'd like Sir's help on." A middle-aged man stood up from the ground. He gave off a proud aura as he stood straight.

"I don't understand what the meaning of the changes of the four seasons are. I hope Sir can tell me." The middle-aged man looked at Wang Lin and slightly clasped his hands.

"You were born in spring, grew up in summer, became old in autumn, and died in winter. You ask me about spring, summer, autumn, and winter, but in my eyes you are growing old and dying of illness!" Wang Lin drank a mouthful of wine.

The middle-aged man was startled by Wang Lin's response and asked in a daze, "Then why would one grow old and die of illness?"

Wang Lin leisurely said, "Because you're still alive."

The middle-aged man was startled on the spot for a long time, but there was still confusion in his eyes, he didn't understand.

"The moment you die, you will think back about your life from birth to death. This process can't escape the four seasons. Send off the guest!" Wang Lin waved his sleeve and a servant arrived. The servant led the stunned middle-aged scholar that seemed to have understood something out.

"I want to ask Sir something. I'm a scholar of great talent. When I meet people in my hometown, no one can beat me. But why have others succeed while I have nothing after 30 years?" A fallen old man filled with confusion clasped his hands at Wang Lin.

"The country of Zhao has mountains that are high and low. The high mountains might not reach the peak, and the low mountains might contain a spirit vein. You only compare the height of the mountains, why not see them as mountains instead? Send off the guest!"

The surrounding people went into an uproar. The countless scholars were shocked and began to ponder.

A young man couldn't squeeze into the courtyard, so he shouted, "I ask Sir why is there rain in this world, and what is rain?"

"Good question!" Wang Lin stood up and walked up the ladder with a jug of wine in his hand until he reached the highest point. Looking at the people below, there was something unusual about him. There were many people here right now, and when he looked into the distance, he saw even more people rushing over.

The entire city seemed to be moving. Almost all the scholars who had come to the city beside those that had already questioned him were here today. Wang Lin's gaze fell on a restaurant in the distance. He could see a middle-aged man sitting in the restaurant.

This person wore an expensive robe and gave off a sense of might without being angry. He had many bodyguards behind him, and he coldly looked toward the Su mansion. His gaze fell on Wang Lin, who was standing on the high steps.

Looking at Wang Lin, the middle-aged man's eyes became gloomy. Looking at Wang Lin, he felt like he was staring at Su Dao from the past.

Beside him sat two youths wearing daoist robes. They had their eyes closed and wore calm expressions.

"Su Dao died, he will also die. The country of Zhao doesn't need a grand scholar! However, he can't die to us mortals. I trouble you two immortals to help us, I'll do my best to meet your requirements."

One of the young men had an arrogant expression as he slowly said, "Mere mortal, you want him die, then he will die."

Wang Lin drank a mouthful of wine and revealed an easygoing expression. He looked at the young man who had asked the question.

"I heard something in my dream. I'll gift it to you. The rain is born in the sky and dies on the earth. The process in the middle is life!"

After he spoke, the uproar became shocking. As it spread, even the people outside heard it. Most of the old men in the carriages outside were moved. A few silently got up and clasped their hands at Wang Lin before summoning their servants to leave.

Just this sentence alone let them knew that the title of grand scholar was not false!

"I heard Sir followed Su Dao for more than 10 years and is very knowledgeable. I ask why are there immortals in this world and why are we mortals but ants to them?" An old voice came from the courtyard. The surrounding people moved aside as an old man slowly walked forward.

This old man obviously had a high reputation. Wang Lin didn't know him, but many people here did. They all respectfully bowed at him.

"Immortals have power, and the power fuses with their hearts, making their hearts increase infinitely so they can see mortals as ants. However, if you have an ideal and expand that ideal to comprehend the world and understand the truth, you can see immortals as immortals without the awe. So what if you look at immortals as if they are ants?" Wang Lin drank a mouthful of wine and began to laugh.

The old man's body trembled. After murmuring for a moment, he bowed at Wang Lin. He then left with the support of his servant.

As the scholars asked questions, Wang Lin continued to drink osmanthus wine and laugh as he answered. More and more scholars clasped their hands at him and left. Some looked back at Wang Lin with respect that had never appeared before.

However, although a lot of people were leaving, even more people were coming in.

"Sir, about the old saying 'the ancient words have clouds.' Er Gen had heard it at the start of a song…" Before the scholar could finish, Wang Lin interrupted him.

"I have forgotten the old texts and have comprehend the truth of the world so I can have my own thoughts. I have forgotten such things, don't ask again!"

"Sir, Scholar Su had been seeking the meaning of karma his whole life, and it is something scholars have searched for for thousands of years, but no one knows. I ask if Sir understands it and if Sir can explain it so I can understand as well!"

"Karma is karma, there is no need to comprehend it, it can only be experienced. There is nothing to explain. If you understand it, then you understand it. If you don't understand it, you don't understand it. I could stand here explaining it for 10 years and you still would not understand!" Wang Lin looked up when he finished drinking his wine and threw the jug to the side.

"Big Fortune, bring more wine!"

Instead of heartache, Big Fortune felt proud. He quickly took out a jug and handed it to Wang Lin.

"I want to ask Scholar Wang this: before, you said that if you expand your thoughts infinitely to include the world itself, there is no need to fear immortals and you can view immortals as ants. Then can you do it?" The speaker was a gloomy old man. He stared at Wang Lin from within the crowd as his hoarse voice echoed.

Wang Lin knew this person, he was the Su Dao's first student, Su Yi, who was already famous in the imperial court.

"Why can't I?" Wang Lin drank and laughed.

As soon as he said this, one of the two youths sitting next to the middle-aged man in the restaurant, the one that spoke earlier, opened his eyes. His body flickered and he turned into a ray of light and charged toward Wang Lin.

"Ignorant ant,disrespecting immortals means death!" A gloomy voice filled with majesty echoed. The expressions of all the scholars below changed and they all kneeled in terror.

"Immortal!"

"It's actually an immortal!"

"Wang Lin disrespected immortals and now an immortal came here to punish him. He deserves it!"

The ray of light closed in and the cold sword light was chilling. The young man in the robe held a sword with contempt and disdain in his eyes. He looked around and then instantly closed in on Wang Lin.

The moment the young man in the daoist robe closed in, Wang Lin let out a roar without any sense of fear.

"You dare?!" After he spoke, a powerful aura erupted from his body and an invisible pressure covered the world. The heavens rumbled and countless bolts of thunder and lightning appeared. Before, the world was calm, but now it suddenly changed!

This sudden change caused the expressions of all the kneeling scholars to change. This also caused the expression of the middle-aged man in the restaurant far away to instantly turn pale.

"Impossible!!" The other young man in the daoist robe suddenly opened his eyes. There was disbelief and terror in his eyes.

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Chapter 1603 - Home is Under the Heng Yue Mountain

Although Wang Lin's words weren't loud, they were heaven-shaking!

The expression of the young man holding the flying sword changed greatly. He was only a early stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. When he looked at Wang Lin, Wang Lin seemed very large. That roar had also caused the sky to change colors.

That mighty aura formed an invisible barrier that caused the young man's face to turn pale. He actually coughed out blood and his sword light dimmed. He didn't dare to move forward, and the flying sword in his hand fell to the ground. Then he quickly retreated.

"Impossible, impossible!! You are just a mortal, you're just an ant. You can't make me afraid!!" The young man trembled like crazy and his mind rumbled. His voice became twisted as he retreated, causing the people kneeling to be filled with disbelief.

Throughout the ages, such a thing had never been seen before. A mortal had just dared to scold an immortal cultivator. That thunderous roar seemed to linger forever in one's ears.

As the young man retreated, the other young man stepped out. His cultivation level was far above the other's; he was at the mid stage of Foundation Establishment.

He stepped forward and his hands pressed against his fellow sect member's back. He looked at Wang Lin and Big Fortune, who were the only people standing!

With this glance, he faintly saw an aura above Wang Lin that made him tremble. This aura was strong, and with just a glance, his mind was filled with countless complicated thoughts. It seemed like it was going to break his mind and force him to cough out a mouthful of blood.

"I have comprehended the world, so what if I see immortals as ants? Forget the two of you, even if all the immortals on planet Suzaku came, so what?" Wang Lin looked up, and thunder seemed to be flashing his his eyes. His long hair fluttered and he drank a mouthful of wine.

Terrified, the young man felt his scalp go numb. This kind of thing was beyond his imagination. Although Wang Lin looked fragile, he could sense a powerful, upright aura that didn't fear the heavens or earth. It was comparable to a spell that could hurt them, and it made him feel a sense of respect.

"How can this be? He is just a mortal, just a mortal!! How could he give off such an aura, this person… this person…. can't be offended!!!"

He didn't dare to leave like this, but he remained in the air with a respectful expression. He clasped his hands at Wang Lin as if he was greeting an elder.

"It was our fault, I hope Grand Scholar won't take offense. We will leave now and never enter the city of Su again." With that, the young man quickly left while supporting the other young man.

The surroundings suddenly became silent.

Wang Lin stood there and drank a mouthful of wine. A gust of wind blew by, causing his clothes to flutter before everyone.

"What's impossible about it?" Wang Lin put down the jug of wine and his gaze fell into the crowd. He saw the pale-faced Su Yi that had asked the question.

Su Yi lowered his head and his body started to tremble. It took a long time for him to struggle to get up and bow at Wang Lin.

"Su Yi greets Zhao's grand scholar."

"We greet Zhao's grand scholar." All the scholars clasped their hands. Their trembling eyes revealed indescribable reverence. What happened today was something they would never forget.

The many old men in the carriages outside lowered their heads. They were content with their loss!

They could have never imagined in their lives that a mortal could frighten an immortal, but now they had witnessed it. A complicated sense of pride appeared in their hearts.

"If your thoughts are infinitely large, if you understand the truth of the world, then you can even look at immortals as ants!" This line spread across the country of Zhao from today onward.

"I'm tired." Wang Lin took the wine jug and looked at the restaurant. The middle-aged man in the restaurant was drenched in sweat and in a daze. He didn't dare to look at Wang Lin but lowered his head and bowed. Wang Lin and Big Fortune turned and went back into the mansion.

The countless scholars bowed for a long time before they leaving one by one. Finally, everyone who came for their own reasons slowly left and the city of Su gradually became quiet.

No one dared to say a word of doubt anymore. The storm from before disappeared without a trace.

Due to this matter, Wang Lin's reputation surged in Zhao and he completely replaced his teacher, Su Dao, as Zhao's grand scholar. A grand scholar that could frighten immortals!

Time passed. Wang Lin's 10-year lecture was still ongoing, but no one was qualified to question him. If anyone came, they were like students who respectfully listened to his teachings.

In the blink of an eye, eight years passed.

In eight years of time, Wang Lin had gone from his early 40s to someone who was almost half a century old. His hair had started to turn white.

During these eight years, Wang Lin would spend a few days out of every month sitting on the boat with Big Fortune while drinking osmanthus wine. He was always waiting for that person that hadn't come according to the agreement.

Not just these eight years, but he did the same thing in the 20 years before that.

A total of 28 years, 28 changes between the spring and autumn. However, in the end, as the boat passed under the bridge, that person still didn't arrive.

"Master, what are you waiting for…" Big Fortune was still healthy, but he had become even more stingy. He often looked at his right wrist in a daze, trying to recall something, but he still couldn't remember.

Wang Lin's face was a bit old and he looked up at the sky. He slowly spoke with a hoarse voice, "I'm waiting for myself… Waiting for a meeting with myself."

There was still a white bird swirling in the air. It had accompanied Wang Lin for 28 years without any change.

As Wang Lin looked, he became a bit tired and leaned against the boat. He fell asleep as the zither music echoed in his ears. The music seemed to fuse with his dream; there seemed to be zither music in that dream too.

Big Fortune let out a sigh and he looked at his right wrist in a daze.

The sunlight at noon was very soft and warm when it landed on Wang Lin's body, so Wang Lin slept very well. However, during this season, there were some willow leaves floating through the air. One flew softly across Wang Lin's face, causing him to open his eyes.

The boat was still moving.

Looking at the willow leaf floating before him, Wang Lin suddenly smiled.

"Big Fortune, do you still remember when we just arrived at the city of Su more than 20 years ago? Back then, there was also this many willow leaves, and we were also on a boat."

As he laughed, a boat passed by. Just as the boat passed by, two soft and alluring voices came from the boat.

"Senior Sister, these willow leaves are very annoying. They are very uncomfortable when they land on your body."

"If you don't think about them, then you won't think they exist. Junior Sister, your heart is not calm."

After he heard these voices, he was startled. He felt like they were faintly familiar, as if he had heard them before. He stood up and looked over. He saw the figures of two women above the boat.

These two women were very young and very beautiful. They stood among the endless willow leaves like two celestials. The wind caused their clothes to flutter, making them even more beautiful.

"It's… Them…" Wang Lin stared at the boat as it disappeared. In his mind, that boat from that rainy night from more than 20 years ago appeared.

As he looked, he revealed a gentle smile. He could not forget how he looked at the ink-like dark clouds in the rain. How he looked at the mighty world and recited a poem. He still remembered how happy he was.

The reprimand from the girl named Xu Fei still lingered in his ears.

His own blush and heartbeast inside that boat along with the beauty of those two girls were still in his memory, they hadn't faded. That thick coat was placed in the bamboo backpack from back then by Wang Lin. He still kept it there and had never taken it out.

Wang Lin let out a sigh. He touched his white hair but didn't call out to them. He sat there and drank his wine.

In his life, he had never met a woman that made his heart move. Aside from Big Fortune and wine, the only other thing that accompanied him was the white bird in the sky.

He didn't have a wife; he seemed to have walked through 28 years of his life in this loneliness.

If there was a woman that made his heart move, it would have to be when he first met her. The girl named Zhou Rui, who had gifted him the coat.

Leaning against the bow and drinking wine, Wang Lin looked down at the water and saw his own old face in the reflection. He had a lot more white hair now.

The boat the two women were in gradually closed in until they passed by Wang Lin's boat. It was like two different trajectories in life, and they continued on their different paths.

"Eh, Senior Siser, I think that old man was looking at us." Xu Fei looked at Wang Lin's back.

The boat floated under a stone bridge.

Zhou Rui turned around and her sharp eyes swept by. However, from her position, with the stone bridge blocking the way, she couldn't see anything. She was also not someone who would check with her divine sense just because someone had looked at her.

The two boats floated further and further away from each other.

Wang Lin sat on the boat and softly spoke to Big Fortune.

"Big Fortune, let's leave the city of Su. I have waited here for 28 years, we aren't waiting anymore. Let us go home."

"Home? Where is home?" Big Fortune was startled.

"Under the Heng Yue Mountain." The boat docked on the shore and Wang Lin and Big Fortune got off. He looked back at the river and at the city of Su, where they had lived for 28 years.

When they arrived, it was when the willow leaves had just begun to fall. There were a few jugs of wine, a carriage, and the two of them.

When they left, it was the same.

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Chapter 1604 - In My Heart, This Old Man Understands

The carriage brought the two of them along with a few jug of wines out of the city of Su without anyone noticing. The slowly headed toward the direction of Wang Lin's home.

It wasn't until dusk that the two women from the boat got off and walked down the streets of Su. Their appearances gradually changed and became very ordinary.

"Senior Sister, you grew up here. Aside from the boat, is there any other fun place to go? We have been in closed door cultivation for so long and finally got to come out, we have to have some fun."

"You, I'm going home to visit my parents, and you have to follow me. There is no fun place in the city of Su. Tomorrow, I'm going to visit the Grand Scholar Su Dao. He was a family friend in his earlier years. Once you go there, you must not be disrespectful. Although he is a mortal, even Teacher is very polite to him."

As the two spoke, a scholar walking by heard this and smiled. He saw that the two women were very ordinary, but he still stopped and explained.

"You two ladies must have been away from Zhao for a long time. Su Dao died more than 10 years ago. The great scholar of Zhao now is named Wang Lin, he is Su Dao's student."

The two women were startled. The scholar shook his head and left with a smile.

"Wang Lin… Wang Lin… Ah, Senior Sister, I remember. The old man that looked at you on the boat, although he is old, he was that little scholar, Wang Lin!"

Zhou Rui stopped in her tracks and he looked back at the twilight. Before her, the image of the young man blushing appeared.

"Senior Sister, Senior Sister, what's wrong?" Xu Fei looked at Zhou Rui as if she had understood something.

Zhou Rui silently pondered for a moment before gently shaking her head. She walked forward with Xu Fei, but she only walked 10 steps before she clenched her teeth as if she had made a decision.

"Wait for me!" After speaking one line, Zhou Rui's body flickered and she charged off into the distance. Her sudden action caused an uproar in the surroundings. The people nearby were in awe and disbelief. They were in a daze for a long time before they reacted.

"Immortal!!"

"That was an immortal!!"

Xu Fei looked at Zhou Rui's figure and her eyebrows slightly wrinkled. She let out a gentle sigh.

Zhou Rui's divine sense spread across the river while flying above the city of Su. However, in the end, she couldn't find that figure.

Even after she searched the entire city of Su, it was still the same.

"Did he leave…" Zhou Rui didn't know what was wrong with her. She wanted to see Wang Lin, but fate had made a fool out of her. Once two lives cross paths, they won't cross paths again for a short period of time.

Dozens of kilometers outside the city of Su, the carriage squeaked as it moved along the road. Wang Lin was sitting in the carriage, allowing the wind to blow past him.

He drank wine as he looked outside the curtain at the dim sky, thinking about something. Although he wasn't old, he no longer looked young. As he continued to drink wine, a few more strands of white hair appeared.

He again saw the white bird circling in the sky and flying toward his home with him.

Now that he was older, his body was not as good as when he was young. After being on the bumpy carriage for a long time, he felt like his bones were going to scatter. He was extremely tired.

Just like this, they traveled and rested throughout the summer. After four months passed, Wang Lin and Big Fortune entered the area under the Heng Yue Mountain in autumn.

When he had left, the side of the road was covered in red and green flowers. When he returned, most of the flowers had withered and the leaves had turned yellow. Although they hadn't all fallen off, that time wasn't far.

"28 years…" Wang Lin looked at the grass and trees around him and his vision turned blurry. He remembered that when he left, he was only a young man, but now that he had returned, he was almost half a century old.

The carriage slowly followed the official road into a quiet and hidden village in the mountains. Wang Lin was very familiar with everything here, he grew up here.

He didn't catch the attention of too many neighbors as he brought Big Fortune to the home he had left all those years ago.

His parents were still there, but his once tough father was now supporting himself with a stick. He stood there with the help of Wang Lin's white-haired mother. They looked toward the road, at their child coming home.

Even though this child had become the grand scholar of Zhao and the pride of the Wang family, to them, Wang Lin was the same as he was 28 years ago. He was still their child.

It was the same now, and when they were taken to the city of Su, it was also the same.

The carriage stopped outside the courtyard. Wang Lin walked down from the carriage and immediately saw his parents.

He revealed a soft smile. Wang Lin stepped forward and knelt down.

"Father, Mother, Tie Zhu has returned."

Big Fortune blinked. After he got off the carriage, he also knelt down and loudly said, "Father, Mother, Big Fortune has returned."

Wang Lin's father laughed. He ignored Wang Lin and quickly helped Big Fortune up. He shook his head and laughed. "You, still the same as back then. You have taken care of Lin Er for all these years, I can't thank you enough. But don't copy him."

Wang Lin stood up and looked at his parents' happy smiles. An unspeakable sense of warmth appeared in his heart. He held his mother's arm, supported his father, and let Big Fortune into the courtyard.

"Tie Zhu, when will you leave this time?" Wang Lin's mother looked kindly at her son. Wang Lin was her pride.

"Still calling him Tie Zhu? Wang Lin is now the grand scholar of Zhao. Do you know what a grand scholar is? Even the emperor has to respectful. Do you not see how the country lord always come over every year?" Wang Lin's father stared at his wife.

"I'm not leaving this time. Tie Zhu will stay to take care of both of you." Wang Lin looked at his mother. He saw her head of white hair and the wrinkles on her face.

Wang Lin's return caused an uproar in the entire village for a few days. The neighbors all rushed over, they wanted to see the grand scholar of Zhao that made them all feel pride in their hearts.

Even the scholars and officials from the nearby city rushed over once they learned of this. Along with them were relatives from the Wang family.

In these few days, Wang Lin's father was radiant and stood straight. What he was most proud of in his life was his son, the grand scholar of Zhao.

When he saw so many people coming, Wang Lin's father became even more proud. He took out silver to prepare a banquet in the village.

The banquet in the village was originally very simple, but due to the push of many people, it became extremely luxurious. A chef was brought from the city along with materials and personally cooked it all.

Wang Lin saw that his father was happy, so he didn't say anything. Given Wang Lin's personality, he normally wouldn't want a banquet and would prefer it to be quiet..

However, since his parents were happy, he just let them be.

The Wang family all came to visit Wang Lin. They were all respectful toward Wang Lin, and just one nod from him shocked them.

Among these relatives, there were older uncles, heads of families, and people in the same generation as him.

As Wang Lin looked at this, he felt like he had encountered this before in his dream, only there were great differences from his dream.

During dusk, Wang Lin's parents seemed tired, so he left with them. The banquet gradually ended as everyone dispersed in the next few days. The mountain village became peaceful once more.

"Tie Zhu, you're not young anymore, why haven't you gotten married… Ah." Wang Lin's father was a bit drunk and muttered a few words. Then he let out a sigh and didn't speak about it anymore.

Just like this, Wang Lin slowly watched the sun rise and set in the hometown he grew up in. He watched the years pass.

It was five years later, in the autumn of the 33rd year since Wang Lin originally left his hometown. The autumn leaves were being swept by the wind and rustling on the ground, looking for their roots. Wang Lin's father laid in bed, holding Wang Lin's hands. There was reluctance in his eyes, but what was even more noticeable was relief and pride.

"Tie Zhu, your father's life will be unforgettable because of you… You father can't read, but I found people to gather your books and read them all to me. You once said that the reincarnation cycle is like the four seasons. Father remembers…" Wang Lin's father smiled, but under that smile, under that pride and relief, Wang Lin could still sense a strong sense of fear...

He was afraid of death, he was afraid of not being able to see his loved ones, and he was afraid of the loneliness and the unknown that came with death. He clung to Wang Lin's hand as if it was his life, his last root, the last person he could rely on.

The light in his eyes dimmed; they were filled with helplessness.

"Dad, don't be afraid, I'm by your side." More than half of Wang Lin's hair was white and he looked at his father with sadness in his eyes. He held his father's hand and leaned forward. Wang Lin held his father's thin body in his arms, just gently hugging him.

"Dad, you have me. Don't be afraid, you have me.

"Dad, do you still remember the birthday present you gave me? That little wooden colt, I found it the other day…

"Dad…"

In the yard outside, the large tree that seemed to have existed in the village for more than 100 years gave off a sense of age. Most of its leaves had been taken away by the wind, with only one leaf still hanging on. The wind rocked the leaf, and the leaf was running out of strength. In the end, the leaf fell off and landed in the room of the Wang family.

Wang Lin's father was no longer afraid. He slowly closed his eyes. He lost his breath and died in his son's arms.

The leaf from the tree seemed to have gained a soul and flew off into the distance.

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Chapter 1605 - Liu Mei

Two years after his father left, Wang Lin's mother fell asleep and never woke up. She had a happy face, as if she had met Wang Lin's father in her dream. They reunited and didn't want to come back.

There was a person that held you while you were still a baby. No matter how tired she was, she would still whisper to you until you were asleep and no longer crying.

There was a person that worried about you wetting the bed as you slept and feared that you'd catch a cold. She would disregard her own sleep and wake up several times throughout the night to check your bed to see if it was wet.

There was a person who endured her exhaustion to wake up to make you breakfast so you wouldn't be hungry as you grew up and studied.

There was a person who would only eat the head and tail of the fish after learning you liked to eat fish. When you would smile and ask why she wouldn't eat the body of the fish, she would smile and reply that she like eating the head and tail. You believed her.

There was a person that mended your clothes for you as you grew. There a few spots of red on the needles that were difficult for you to see.

There was a person who would still look at you with the same gaze even after you grew up. She would silently look at you, silently be happy, silently smile until she silently closed her tired eyes.

This person was called "mother."

There was another person. When you were still a baby, he held you up high in the air until you replaced the sun and became everything to him.

There was another person. Before you learned to walk and was still falling, he held your hand. He laughed as he helped you take your first step in life.

There was another person that held your hand through the mountains and rivers as you laughed with joy. As you looked up, you would feel that he was the mountain, he was the sky.

There was another person who saw you take it very seriously when your mother said she liked the fish's head and tail. Then saw you leave the head and tail to your mother, yet he only sat there looking at his wife with an apologetic and soft gaze.

There was another person who was stern as you grew up and would almost make you feel annoyed. However, as you grew up, you would gradually see the love you couldn't see before in those stern eyes.

There was another person that laid on the bed with this eyes slowly closing but filled with fear and helplessness. However, your embrace and soft words made him like a child, like when you were young and he raised you into the air. He no longer felt afraid and helpless, but warm as he died in your arms.

This person was called "father."

Wang Lin sat before this parents' tomb and his tears flowed. He laughed and cried. The memories were engraved in his mind and he would never forget them. He wasn't drinking wine, but at this moment, it was as if he was drunk.

In his dream, in the other life, he couldn't mourn for his parents. He couldn't hold his father's body as he died. He couldn't kiss his mother's forehead before she slept.

In this life, he was able to.

If a man has a wife and children, then although the pain of losing his parents was strong, he still had someone to rely on. But if a man didn't have wife and children, his sorrow could shroud the world.

From now on, there was no embrace that could warm his soul when he becomes exhausted.

From now on, there was no smile that could dissipate this melancholy while he felt lonely.

From now on, in this entire world, there was only his lone figure silently looking at the sun rise and fall.

Wang Lin guarded the tomb for three years, until all his hair turned white. His body was no longer upright but slightly bent. His body gave off an ancient aura and a trace of time.

"38 years…" There were wrinkles on his face. He was now an old man that was almost 60 years old.

Big Fortune was even older. He held a cane and stood behind Wang Lin. He silently looked at his right wrist, and after a long time, he gently nodded.

"Life, how many 38 years can there be… I don't know about others, but for me, there shouldn't be a next one," Wang Lin whispered as he knelt down before his parents' tomb and kowtowed.

"Do you still remember that old temple…" Wang Lin got up and looked back at Big Fortune, who looked like he couldn't walk too far anymore.

"In that old temple, I said I was missing a book boy and you followed me." Wang Lin revealed a smile as he looked at Big Fortune. During these 38 years, Big Fortune had accompanied him along the whole way.

"Big Fortune can still be a book boy." Big Fortune rolled his eyes and grinned.

"You're old and I'm old… However, there are still things I want to do… Big Fortune, help me guard my home. Wait for me, wait for me to come back." Wang Lin looked up at the sky and saw the white bird.

"I'm stilling missing a hint of understanding of the world. I want to spend the rest of my life going to the different countries on planet Suzaku. When I come back, perhaps I won't have gained anything, perhaps I will have gained enlightenment."

On the spring of the 38th year, Wang Lin left the mountain village by himself. Big Fortune stayed, silently awaiting Wang Lin's return. Perhaps it would be in 10 years, perhaps it would be in 20 years, perhaps it would be in a lifetime.

Wang Lin sat in the carriage and drank wine by himself as it went away from the Heng Yue Mountain. A few months later, the carriage arrived at the border of Zhao, where Wang Lin got off. He discharged the coachman and took a deep breath. He looked back at Zhao and took a step forward, crossing the border.

This was the first time he had left Zhao in his life. He didn't know where the future would lead, but he didn't think about it. He only knew that the road would be beneath his feet.

Just as he stepped forward, several rays of light flew by above him. He didn't look up but calmly walked forward.

A soft sound came from the rays of light above. It came from a beautiful woman among several cultivators. Aside from her beauty, she was very charming, and this charm wasn't fake but natural.

She stopped in the air and looked down at Wang Lin, who was walking away. Her brow wrinkled and her eyes were filled with confusion.

"What's the matter, Junior Sister Liu?" A cultivator beside her opened his mouth in surprise.

"Nothing. You all return to the sect first. I have some personal matters," the beautiful woman said softly. She no longer paid attention to them and flew down.

The cultivator that spoke was startled and was going to follow.

"Senior Brother, I want to be alone." The woman's soft but determined voice echoed. The cultivator stopped and pondered for a bit. Then he left along with the rest of the group, who were also surprised.

Wang Lin stopped and turned around. He looked back at the sky and the beautiful ray of light closed in. The light stopped 100 feet from him and turned into a beautiful woman in purple.

The woman was very beautiful. Her beauty was something Wang Lin had never seen before in his life. She was several times more beautiful than Zhou Rui.

However, Wang Lin didn't enter a daze. He had seen through everything and pursued the truth of the world; he had his own thoughts. In his eyes, although the woman was beautiful, once she closed her eyes and entered the soil, she would be no different from any other woman.

The woman looked at the old Wang Lin, at his white hair and wrinkled face, at his bright eyes. After a long time, she gave a slight bow.

"Senior, I saw you decades ago. Now that we are meeting for a second time, do you still remember me?"

Wang Lin looked at the woman before him and began to ponder. After a long time, he smiled and shook his head, saying in a hoarse voice, "I forgot."

"Since you forgot, then let it be forgotten. Senior, I don't know why, but I've always felt like we've met somewhere before. Not just this time, but last time as well. I want to know, what is your name?" the woman asked softly, with a smile.

Wang Lin remained calm and slowly said, "This old man is named Wang Lin."

"Wang Lin?" The woman frowned and carefully thought for a long time.

"Are you Zhao's grand scholar, Wang Lin?"

"This old man is." Wang Lin nodded. His eyes gaze off an ancient aura. His gaze was profound, as if it contained the world.

"I must have remembered wrong…" The woman thought for a long time and couldn't think of where that feeling of familiarity and that stinging pain was coming from. She looked at Wang Lin and didn't understand why that feeling would become even more intense as she looked at him. His old face made her feel a sting in her heart and an unspeakable sadness.

"Excuse me, farewell." She let out a sigh. She turned to leave with confusion in her eyes and pain in her chest.

Wang Lin softly said, "I wonder, what is young lady's name?"

The woman stopped and turned around. "Liu Mei." Below her pretty eyes, she revealed a beautiful smile that could cause one's heart to skip a beat. After hesitating for a bit, she took out a pill from her bag of holding.

"You are getting hold, this pill can help you keep your energy. It is fate that we have met, so this is my gift to you. Goodbye." Liu Mei put down the pill. Clouds appeared under her feet and she flew into the air, looking very beautiful.

"It is a previous life or reincarnation, or is it a dream… Or is it nothing at all… Liu Mei, Liu Mei… That woman from my dream that caused me to awaken from pain…" Wang Lin looked at the pill. He hid his thoughts very well.

After a long time, it wasn't until that woman was far away that Wang Lin suddenly looked up. He used all his strength to let out a roar.

"Liu Mei, you have to remember. No matter what, whether it is the next life or reincarnation or a dream, don't get close to a cultivator named 'Wang Lin!' Don't get to know him, don't get close to him…"

Liu Mei had already left and Wang Lin didn't know if she had heard. He used all his strength until his voice went hoarse and there was no trace of that ray of light.

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Chapter 1606 - A Guest From Xue Yue

Wang Lin didn't know if his words would have any use, and even he was in a state of confusion. After a long time, he picked up the pill. A moment later, he let out a sigh and walked away.

He walked on planet Suzaku by himself. He didn't stay in one place but crossed countless mountains and rivers with his comprehension of the world. He walked from one country to another.

The years went by, and Wang Lin devoured that pill. The pill gave him endless energy and the strength to fulfill his wish of traveling the world.

On his way, he saw countless strange faces. Among them, some kind, some fierce, some confused, and some stubborn.

He encountered robbers and bandits, but every time he encountered them, he only had to stand there and they would feel that mighty aura coming from him.

Wang Lin could frighten cultivators so there was no need to talk about mortals.

As he walked, his face became even more old, but his eyes became even brighter. They contained his endless wisdom and comprehension. This allowed his mind to be reborn and evolve.

He went to too many cities and saw too many people. He even went to many capital cities. Among the many imperial capitals and officials, Wang Lin's temperament and words caused people to slowly respect him.

He even saw many emperors that enjoyed high status. In his eyes, these people were all the same.

There was no difference.

It wasn't that there weren't people that wanted his life, but anyone who had that feeling would end up backing away in awe before Wang Lin.

The country of Wu, inside the palace surrounded by thousands of soldiers. If the emperor gave a command, the army would move. He wanted Wang Lin to stay and become the country of Wu's grand scholar.

But in the end, Wang Lin smiled, shook his head, and he left. Thunder rumbled in the sky and the sky changed colors. The thousands of soldiers didn't dare to block him. After he left, they all clasped their hands toward him.

In the country of Sun, the emperor of Sun and his countless subjects followed Wang Lin thousands of kilometers to send him off.

In the country of Heavenly Dog, there were countless evil people, but in the end, when Wang Lin left, he reformed tens of thousands of people.

As he walked, the name "Grand Scholar Wang Lin" set off a storm on planet Suzaku. This storm became even more intense and was remembered by countless people.

Along the way, Wang Lin saw countless mountains. He stood on the mountains and looked at the world, feeling its might. He also met immortals, a lot of strange and familiar figures.

On planet Suzaku, there were many sects in these cultivation countries. Many of them built their sects in beautiful mountains, but some were built in dangerous areas as well.

Every mountain he passed, if Wang Lin wanted to, he could walk into a sect based off the feeling in his heart without deliberately looking for it.

Although the power of the sect protection formations varied, none of them could stop Wang Lin. He would then be detected by all the shocked cultivators inside the sect.

Even the elders that were in closed door cultivation for countless years would be awakened from the powerful aura coming from Wang Lin's body.

Wang Lin calmly entered and calmly left. He only looked at the mountain, enjoyed the scenery, and comprehended the world. As for others, they were all the same to him.

Even among the cultivation world, the name of the mortal Grand Scholar Wang Lin slowly spread. The cultivators knew that on planet Suzaku, there was a grand scholar that even cultivators felt awe and respect for.

They didn't feel awe for his power but his thoughts!

"Whether it is immortal or mortal, all of them are leisurely beings…" Wang Lin left some of his words everywhere he went.

Among cultivators, many talked to him to gain insight and comprehend the world. They formed their own domains and reach the Soul Formation stage. Even those that were already at the Soul Formation stage or beyond came to talk to him and were still shocked by his words.

One year, one year, time passed, and in the blink of an eye, it had been 12 years.

During these 12 years, Wang Lin had gone to many places. His name had unknowingly spread to many places he hadn't been.

12 years ago, he left Zhao by himself. 12 years later, he was still alone as he walked across planet Suzaku.

On this day, as the snow fell, Wang Lin arrived at the capital of a country he didn't know the name of. This country was very big, it was equal to three Zhaos.

Wang Lin had come to this capital city in his dream. He stood outside the gate as the snow fell, and a hint of melancholy appeared on his old face.

He tightened the coat around him and entered the city.

Walking on the snow on the ground, Wang Lin entered a very quiet street in the city. There were shops on both sides, but there were very few people in the shops.

Looking at the familiar place, the images from his dream became even more real. It was as if this dream was overlapping with what he was seeing. Wang Lin entered a trance as he slowly walked forward.

Dong, dong… dong… The sound of iron being hit came from the distance. Wang Lin looked over and saw a blacksmith shop with his old eyes.

Inside the shop, there was a middle-aged man who had his stout upper body revealed as he held a hammer and struck the iron.

Although snow was falling, the man didn't feel cold at all. He continued to swing the hammer, creating that sound.

Beside the man was a small chair where a seven or eight-year-old boy sat, dressed in a thick, cotton coat. His face was flushed and he looked excitedly at the man.

"Dai Niu…" Wang Lin's eyes became blurry and he gently shook his head. The child before him was not the Dai Niu from his dream.

"Senior, you have stood outside for a long time, come inside to warm up." The man put down his hammer and wiped away his sweat. He turned to Wang Lin outside the shop and smiled.

Wang Lin was stunned for a moment before he nodded with a smile. He went into the blacksmith shop, the hot air melting a lot of the snow on his body.

"Wife, bring some good, warm wine." The man put on a coat. Seeing that Wang Lin was old, he helped Wang Lin sit down and sat down beside Wang Lin.

The man smiled. "Senior is not a local?"

Wang Lin looked at the shop and softly said, "I came here once more. Now that I passed by here again, I came to look around."

The boy that was seven or eight years old looked curiously at Wang Lin. When he heard his mother's voice, he got up and ran over. Shortly after, he appeared with a middle-aged woman with a wine jug. The woman looked virtuous and poured a cup of wine for Wang Lin with pity in her eyes.

"Senior, the weather is cold, drink a cup of wine to warm your body. Did you come here to look for your relatives?"

Wang Lin smiled but didn't speak. He picked up the wine up and took a sip before drinking the entire cup.

"Senior, the wine of my Ceng family is pretty good, right, haha. My grandfather was not a blacksmith but a wine seller. It was me who opened up the blacksmith shop."

The man picked up his cup and laughed after drinking it.

The fire in the shop was very strong and formed a powerful contrast against the snow outside. It forced the coldness from the snow out.

Wang Lin sat there and drank the Ceng family's wine. He couldn't tell if this was a dream or not.

After a long time, when the snow became lighter, Wang Lin got up and said his goodbyes. The man felt pity toward Wang Lin and gifted him some wine to warm his body.

When Wang Lin left, the sky was dark, but thanks to the snow, the ground was very bright, allowing him to see far. As he walked, the light from the blacksmith shop disappeared behind him. He walked further away as the moonlight dragged his shadow.

After that brief rest, Wang Lin seemed to have understood something. He still walked across planet Suzaku and went to many places. It was now the 15th year since Wang Lin left Zhao, he was now in his early 70s.

His spine was even more bent and his body gave off the feeling of his twilight years, but his eyes became as bright as the sun. No one dared to look at his eyes. His eyes contained karma, contained life and death, contained true and false… Not even his teacher, Su Dao, had this temperament.

In the summer of the 15th year, in a strange country, the rain fell and Wang Lin stood inside a pavilion next to the road. He looked at the rain outside and he could faintly see the sea in the distance through the rain.

That sea was very large, it separated two continents.

On the other side of the sea, there were many countries. That was the last place Wang Lin wanted to go. There was a woman there that he loved in his other life. He had to go take a look.

The rain fell until it formed lines. The world became a blur until he could only see the outline. Wang Lin looked at the rain and listened to the sound as he slowly closed his eyes.

Just as he closed his eyes, the figure of a woman walked closer from the distance. The woman seemed to be surrounded by a cold aura. As she walked closer, cracking sounds echoed and the rain turned into ice.

She was holding a baby, and the bay was wrapped in a thick quilt. No rain landed on the baby, and the baby was asleep.

The woman stopped before the pavilion. She was middle-aged, but her face was still beautiful and delicate. However, her cold aura gave off a powerful killing intent.

"Are you Grand Scholar Wang Lin?"

Wang Lin opened his eyes and calmly looked at the woman before nodding.

One of them stood inside the pavilion, where there was no rain. The other stood outside the pavilion, and there was also no rain. All the rain turned into ice around her.

"I came from Xue Yu and have a question to ask you." The woman's voice was cold, as if it came from the snow.

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Chapter 1607 - Li Muwan

Wang Lin looked at the cold woman and then his gaze fell on the baby wrapped in the quilt. After pondering for a bit, he nodded.

The woman's expression was still indifferent and her eyes seemed to contain the winter wind. She looked at Wang Lin and the world behind him.

"Your name is famous on planet Suzaku, I have even heard of you all the way in Xue Yue. Sir is a grand scholar that has helped many cultivators comprehend the world.

"I came today for this child." The woman looked down at the sleeping baby. There was a hint of softness in her cold eyes.

The coldness in her voice dissipated somewhat as she looked at the baby in her arms and said, "Everyone says Sir has seen through the world, understands karma, is indifferent to life and death, and walks between true and false. Could you give this child her own path?

"This child's parents both died when she was born. I just happened to pass by when I saw her; she was already stiff and on the verge of death. I took pity and took a closer look, and I found out that she is extremely talented. She has the aura of the five elements in her body. If she survives, she will be a sun for planet Suzaku!

"However, her life will be a bumpy one. I'm good at divination and divinated that this child will face a calamity. Since I have encountered her, I got myself involved and will become someone to help her pass her calamity.

"The more she grows, the more the life and death calamity becomes more clear. My cultivation is limited, so I can only use my spell to keep her from growing, keeping her in the state of a baby.

"I heard Sir is talented, so I sought you out for help…" The woman's voice was cold as she spoke softly.

Just at this moment, a flash of lightning appeared in the sky and thunder rumbled. The thunder seemed to be too loud and woke the sleeping baby. She opened her pure eyes and began to cry.

Even after the thunder passed, the cry of the baby still echoed.

Wang Lin looked at the baby and softly said, "Let me hold her."

The woman pondered a bit before handing the baby to Wang Lin. Wang Lin held the baby and looked down at her.

This was a baby girl. Although she was crying, she was very lovely. There seemed to be a red dot imprinted on her soul.

Tears flowed down from her eyes and made the quilt around her wet.

It was strange. The girl cried loudly in the woman's arms when she woke up, but in Wang Lin's arms, she slowly stopped crying. Her innocent eyes were open wide as she looked at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin's old face slowly smiled and his right hand gently rubbed the baby girl's nose. The baby girl immediately began to laugh happily.

Wang Lin softly asked, "What is her name?"

The woman pondered a bit before she said, "Her parents died early, so I don't know either. Over the years, I never gave her a name. How about you give her a name, Sir?" Her voice still contained some coldness.

Wang Lin looked at the smiling and happy baby girl. He vaguely felt a familiar aura from this baby girl. After a long time, Wang Lin looked up at rain.

The distance was covered by the rain. For an instant, a colorful butterfly could be seen taking shelter from the wind and rain.

If the butterfly's wings became wet due to the rain, it wouldn't be able to fly.

If the butterfly's body was hit by the wind, it was like a hurricane for a person.

Looking at the butterly under the leaf, Wang Lin's eyes revealed enlightenment. He looked at the butterfly for a long time.

"Let's call her Red Butterfly… The butterfly in the rain with its bright and delicate red light that will walk its proud and bright life."

Wang Lin's words were soft and revealed an inexplicable feeling as he looked down at the baby girl. The baby girl seemed to be able to understand Wang Lin's words and laughed even more.

"I don't know spells and I don't know how to help her avoid her life and death calamity. I have seen something in my dream, and I'll draw it for you. If you can understand it, perhaps it can resolve her life and death calamity." Wang Lin sighed as he handed the baby girl back to the cold woman. He raised his right hand into the rain and headed to the stone table in the pavilion. He closed his eyes as if he was recalling something and began to draw out a complex pattern.

This pattern was a formation. This formation was extremely complicated, and it shocked the woman from Xue Yue. She carefully remembered it.

After a long time, Wang Lin finished the last stroke and opened his eyes.

"After you comprehend this, take a strand of the baby girl's hair and place it inside…" Wang Lin had a complicated expression as he looked at the sky. The dark clouds began to dissipate.

The pattern on the table gradually dissipated with the wind and could not been seen clearly anymore. The woman from Xu Yue closed her eyes for a moment before bowing at Wang Lin. She held the baby and walked toward the rain.

Wang Lin didn't look at the woman's back. He stared at the pavilion and watched the rain weaken. There was confusion in his eyes.

"Karma… Is this karma true like a past life… Or false and I'm just completing it on my own…" Wang Lin didn't understand. The rain stopped outside the pavilion and a rainbow appeared.

The butterfly that took shelter under the leaf from the rain flew into the air. It flew before Wang Lin and off into the distance.

With a sigh, Wang Lin walked out of the pavilion. He walked off into the distance toward the sea.

On the 15th year after leaving Zhao, Wang Lin had arrived near the sea. He boarded a merchant ship travelling between the two continents. He was going to see the world over there.

The sea was boundless and magnificent. The wind blew and the waves rolled by the merchant ship. Standing on the ship, Wang Lin smelled the sea breeze as his white hair fluttered. The ocean wind blew by, but it couldn't blow away the traces of time.

The sun and moon over the sea had their own taste. This was the first time Wang Lin had been out to sea, but he didn't feel any discomfort. He looked at the water and an aura filled his body.

The sky above the sea had a group of seagulls flying in circles. The bright sun shrouded the entire sea.

One month, two months, three months… After five months, the merchant ship had completely entered the depths of the sea. As the wind blew and the sailors sang their unique songs, Wang Lin revealed a smile.

On a day in the sixth month, it was early morning when the sun had just begun to rise that Wang Lin woke up from all the noise outside. He walked out and saw the sailors he had been with for half a year kneeling on the ground. They were worshiping toward the east.

Wang Lin looked over and his body trembled violently.

On the surface of the sea to the east, among the hazy sky, an illusory image appeared.

The image depicted a volcano mouth, and it was erupting. The mountain trembled and two large cracks like two dragons entangled together appeared. It was like a sign.

Endless lava sprayed out and smoke flew out, covering the sky inside the image.

There was no sound, it was only an image. The scene of the volcano erupting caused everyone on the boat to kneel.

From far away, the illusory image fused with the world. It looked extremely real but gave off a sense of haziness at the same time. It made it impossible for people to tell if it was real or not.

As Wang Lin stared at the illusory world, his mind rumbled.

"True and false… True and false… The book said that the sea has a spirit named Shen and that its breath creates a mirage… This scene… This scene… is it real or is it fake… Does it really exist somewhere or is it only an illusion."

"Sea spirit, don't be angry… Sea spirit, don't be angry…" The mortals trembled and knelt on the ground when they saw this incomprehensible scene. Their hearts trembled. Although it wasn't the first time they had seen it, they hadn't seen it much before.

Ancient legends said that if anyone saw an illusion at sea, it was because the sea spirit had been angered and would punish all life at sea...

Wang Lin was a daze, so he didn't see that the mortals had all gotten up and dropped a large amount of cargo into the sea. They were trying to give sacrifice to the sea spirit and appease its anger.

"This should be fake. It doesn't exist, it's a complete illusion. Something like this can't appear in this world. This is not something that happened somewhere in this world...

"This should be an immortal cultivating under the sea, and his spells are causing this!" Wang Lin murmured. He had seen through the truth of the world, but what he saw now was unimaginable.

Wang Lin took a deep breath and murmured, "Fake… This is fake…" However, his voice suddenly stopped and his eyes widened. His right hand unconsciously raised to point at the illusory volcano in the distance and disbelief filled his eyes.

"This… Her…"

In the illusory image, as the black smoke filled the world, a woman appeared. She wore white, and although not a supreme beauty, she gave off a feeling of tenderness. Her long hair waved and danced with her clothes. She looked like a fairy as she appeared from the dust.

This woman walked out from the black cloud and her jade-like hand pointed downwards. The erupting volcano trembled and showed signs of extinguishing.

When Wang Lin saw the woman, he seemed to lose all his strength and was stunned there. An unreasonable sense of sadness surged and swept through his body like a storm. His entire body was drowned in sadness and two lines of tears flowed down from his eyes.

"It's her…" Wang Lin's body was already old, but now it was even older. He leaned against the boat as he looked at the woman in white inside the illusion. His gaze seemed to last for an eternity.

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Chapter 1608 - This Gaze

After one hour, the illusory image disappeared before everyone, before Wang Lin's eyes. All the crew members still trembled and they remained silent.

They couldn't forget what they had seen inside the imagine, especially those burning rocks that scattered as the volcano erupted.

The scene they saw made it so they couldn't tell if it was real or fake, but they knew it was the anger of the sea spirit.

Wang Lin leaned against the ship and seemed to lose all his strength. Two streams of tears flowed down the wrinkles on his face and soaked his clothes. He looked at the image that had disappeared and his mind went blank. The only thing that remained was that delicate, white silhouette.

"Is this real… or fake… Is it even this a dream…" After a long time, Wang Lin shook his head and looked at the sea.

Time passed. One month, two months, three months...

On the ninth month of Wang Lin's journey at sea, he saw the real anger of the sea. At night, the dark clouds covered the sky and thunder rumbled. Lightning flashed and a few bolts seemed to strike deep into the sea. This caused the sky to flicker between darkness and light.

Every time lightning flashed, it would light up the sea. During that brief moment of light, you could see the waves surging. The fierce sound of the waves could compete with the thunder.

The wind roared across the sea and hit the ship. Every sailor was fearfully struggling between life and death as they manipulated this merchant ship to endure against the wrath of the sea.

Every single person was praying. Everyone wanted to leave behind their last words that might not see the light of day again.

The storm raged, thunder rumbled, lightning flashed, and monstrous waves raged.

Deep in the night, Wang Lin stood on the boat and clung to the pole next to him. His body seemed to lose control, trembling violently. The wind came by once and completely soaked his clothes. Water dripped from his white hair, but his eyes were bright!

As he looked at the wrath of the surging sea, his eyes became brighter and brighter. His heart expanded infinitely until it was enough to shroud the world.

"This is the power of the heavens, this is the real truth! This the mercilessness of nature!" Wang Lin laughed. His old laughter was weak compared to the thunder and waves, but it revealed the might of his heart.

He watched the mortals struggling to survive. He watched the merchant ship shake violently as if it was going to be submerged and devoured at any moment. Wang Lin looked at all these people and saw the unwillingness in their hearts!

However, this unwillingness was a bit weak and was simply insignificant before this wind and rain.

As the wind and waves became even more intense, a powerful wave arrived and the mast broke. It landed on a crew member who tried to dodge but was too late. Luckily, he wasn't seriously injured and struggled to climb out. He pulled the ropes and continued to struggle for survival.

However, the merchant ship was like a lone leaf in the wrath of the sea. It didn't have the power to contest against the waves. The entire ship gave off a sound as if it couldn't bear it anymore and would crumble soon.

An aura of despair permeated across the ship and filled everyone's hearts. Wang Lin no longer grasped the pole but joined the sailors, disregarding his old age. He did his best to resist the rage of the sea.

"Don't give up, we still have strength…" A middle-aged had a grin as he held onto a rope and let the sail down. The waves passed by beside him. At this moment of life and death, he began singing a sailor tune they all knew.

A teenager less than 20 years old wiped the sweat from his face and roared, "Don't despair, we still have dreams…" It was as if he had found the courage he lost with this roar.

"Don't be discouraged, we still have tomorrow…" More crew members began to sing amid the wind and waves. Their voices echoed together and fused into a defying sound to live!

"Don't give me, we still have the will…"

"Don't close your eyes, we still have to see the sun rise…"

"The heavens and earth are mighty, but they can't cover the voices of our survival. We travel the sea for a living, how can we fear death?! The wrath of the sea spirit can frighten us, can drown us, but it can't stop our song!"

All the crew members began to roar this song that had been passed down since ancient times across the seas of planet Suzaku!

The voices gave off a sense of courage, an indomitable spirit, a desire to live, and their fearlessness toward death. Wang Lin's old body trembled when he heard this cry. His eyes shined even brighter than before.

"This is a defying will! A defying will against the heavens and earth! Life and death, life and death, this defying will is born between life and death. It is because of reluctance and unwillingness that this defying will appears!

"If there was no reluctance and no unwillingness, there would be no life and death. Life is life and death is death… I understand!!" Wang Lin's mind trembled. He was still confused about karma, life and death, true and false, unable to see through them completely. However, when he heard the sailors' song, he suddenly gained enlightenment.

Life and death!

Like the mountain sees life as life and death as death, sees life not as life, death not as death. But in the end, after comprehending everything, you see life as life and death still as death!

Everyone has fear toward life and death. It was due to this fear that two paths appeared, one was compliance and one was defying!

Complying with life and death was the first realm of life and death!

However, if it turned into the defying will, it would mean to see life not as life and death not as death. This was the second realm!

People used to say "see through life and death," but in truth, one can't see through life and death. At most, one can only see life and death clearly!

With that defying will, one can disregard life and death and say "life is joy and there is no need to be afraid of death!" This is a determination to die, but it doesn't mean you have seen through life and death!

The third realm of life and death, the truth Wang Lin was searching for, was also not seeing through or surpassing life and death. It was just one line!

This line filled Wang Lin's mind, but he couldn't say it. It was as if there was a barrier that prevented him from saying it.

In the wind and rain, these words that looked down upon life and death and the unwillingness to submit echoed until the thunder disappeared, the lightning vanished, and the wind and waves calmed down. The night slowly passed and the dawn of the new day arrived. The cries of surviving a life and death ordeal echoed across the ship.

Wang Lin looked at them and smiled. He sat at the bow of the ship and looked at the rising sun. He saw the white bird flying in the rising sun, and its cries echoed.

On the eleventh month at sea, the continent could be see in the horizon. When they saw the continent, joyous cries came from the boat.

Wang Lin said goodbye to the crew he had known for almost a year. He left the merchant ship and arrived on this unfamiliar continent.

There were many mortal countries here along with many sects and cultivators he might know from his dream.

Among those countries, there was one called Hou Fen.

Wang Lin calmly walked in this continent across the sea from his homeland. He looked at the unfamiliar mountains, unfamiliar waters, and those unfamiliar faces as he walked.

Although he hadn't come here before in his life, his name had spread to many places in the last 10 years, including this continent.

Although he was not as famous as he was in his hometown, Wang Lin didn't care. He was a traveler, and he continued to travel across the continent. He walked through mountains and rivers and through the cities and countries.

In a flash, three years passed.

It has been 19 years since he left Zhao. Wang Lin's body was not as good as before and was getting tired. He held a cane in his hand, but he could still hold on as he walked.

He went to a lot of sects. He saw a lot of immortals. He saw a lot of emperors. His name gradually became known by countless people on this foreign continent.

No matter what country, no matter what sect, people all knew that there was an old man named Wang Lin who was the grand scholar of this generation. He was travelling through the world, searching for something.

His words became fewer as he got older. Often, he wouldn't need to speak; the wisdom in his eyes would cause people to enter a trance. A trance from which they didn't know when they would awaken.

On the autumn of the 19th year, Wang Lin arrived in a place filled with volcanoes. When he arrived, a volcano erupted far away. Wang Lin could see the black smoke rising in the sky.

A heat wave blew by from the distance and landed on his body. Wang Lin raised his head and looked at the black smoke in the sky. His old eyes revealed a gentle gaze that was never seen before.

He saw a white figure walking out of the black smoke. This white figure was a woman, and she looked very beautiful. She seemed to be collecting something from the erupting volcano and held a jade bottle in her hand. She turned and saw Wang Lin in the distance.

This gaze was something Wang Lin could not forget and made his body tremble. It was as if he had waited more than 1,000 years for that gaze. It was as if he had waited for a lifetime just to come here and see her gaze.

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Chapter 1609 - The Dream Questions You

There is an old saying that describes the beauty of a woman as she turned around and smiled. However, this woman in white didn't smile, so this scene had a different flavor to it.

This gaze was very unfamiliar.

The woman in white's gaze swept by Wang Lin and didn't have any hint of familiarity, as if she was looking at a stranger.

She withdrew her gaze before turning around and flying off into the distance.

Wang Lin stared at her, stunned, until he could no longer see her.

A glance back to recall the yearning of the past...

Wang Lin closed his eyes. After a long time, he let out a sigh.

"In my entire life, all the people I met had a hint of familiarity… Zhou Rui was like this, Xu Fei was like this, Liu Mei was like this...

"In the 19 years since I left Zhao, all the cultivators I have seen in my dream gave me the same feeling...

"Only she alone, only she alone…"

Wang Lin's face became even older. He leaned against a dead tree and opened his eyes. His eyes revealed confusion, but even more apparent was a complicated sense of enlightenment.

Wang Lin felt bitter as he walked forward in a daze.

He didn't know how far he had walked. He couldn't see the sunrise or sunset. He didn't leave any prints in the country of Hou Fen, but he walked further and further away.

Day after day, month after month...

The complicated expression in his eyes became even stronger, but he still used the confusion to cover up the truth he had already realized. It wasn't that he didn't want to believe, but he felt like there was still a chance, a lie that he didn't even believe himself.

Then, on a certain day or a certain year, a mountain appeared before him!

This was a dead volcano. Perhaps at a certain point in the past, it roared and spewed out endless rivers of lava.

However, now it was dead.

The ground was filled with potholes and black rocks scattered everywhere. An aura of death shrouded this area, and there was no a trace of anyone within hundreds of kilometers.

Wang Lin stopped under this dead volcano. He stared at the mountain in a daze, and after a long time, the confusion in his eyes collapsed. His entire body trembled and he subconsciously retreated a few steps.

"This is it…" Wang Lin was familiar with this mountain. This was the same mountain that was erupting in the illusion he saw over the sea!

The two cracks that were like two entangled dragons were like marks that would exist forever, even in death. It was this that told Wang Lin the identity of this mountain!

Looking at the mountain, Wang Lin could no longer deceive himself and cover up what he had long figured out. The image from the sea overlapped with what he was looking at now.

The illusion above the sea and the truth before him formed an invisible force that rushed into his body. His mind rumbled and the power of this force swept away more than 50 years of lying to himself. For the first time, he was going face himself and the world!

"I should have understood back then… But I didn't want to believe. Wang Lin, like you, I also deceived myself, but you forgot that I know deception as well… You lied to yourself, but can you really get away with lying to yourself…" Wang Lin pointed at the dead volcano and laughed. His laughter was filled with sadness.

"She was the only one… She didn't have feelings of familiarity to me, that glance was strange… Wang Lin, ah, Wang Lin, if the me today is from the previous life and the me in the next life will be with Li Muwan, then did you want me to come back to cut my karma with Li Muwan...

"If the me today is a reincarnation, then the me at the end of the cycle is supposed to erase Li Muwan's existence. To let her go so we will become true strangers to each other...

"If the me today is a dream and the me in my dream as a cultivator is the real life, then does the sleeping me want Li Muwan to forget me in the dream due to his sorrow...

"Is all of this for the future, the next reincarnation cycle, or the awakened world, where she will no longer have to endure the pain of waiting, no longer have to survive as a broken nascent soul, and no longer live the life of a living dead person for more than 2,000 years.

"To let her be happy before meeting me so she could quietly live out her life? She may have another dao partner, but there won't be a cultivator named Wang Lin that made her wait...

"Is this it…" Wang Lin laughed. As he laughed, tears flowed down.

The more he understood, the more he learned about everything in the world. Seeing through life and death and true and false would normally make one confused, but at this moment, he only felt a heart-wrenching pain.

"Wang Lin, are you really going to do this… Are you really willing to let her forget herself… Do you really want to let the other you cut off this karma that has accompanied you for more than 2,000 years?" Wang Lin's voice was mournful.

"I have been through a lot in my life, and all of it revolved around karma. Karma… karma… Wang Lin, you can't see through it! Even if you cultivate for the rest of your life, even if your cultivation is shocking, even if you are the ruler of the world, you still don't understand what karma is!

"You devoured three Dao Fruits and returned to 2,000 years ago with your Dream Dao spell. You used your own thoughts along with the complex dao intent and the power of the Dream Dao spell to create this world from your memory!" Wang Lin staggered and sat down on a rock. His hair was scattered everywhere as if he had gone crazy.

"You created this world, everything here is something you made up. Do you really think I don't know? I can't see through it!" Wang Lin's laughter became even more mournful.

"You made everything very real, you created everything too perfectly. You even learned Liu Jinbiao's deception dao and fooled yourself into forgetting that all of this was just a dream, that all of this was just the Dream Dao spell… But you underestimated me, you underestimated yourself!

"You are Wang Lin, the Lord of the Sealed Realm. Your cultivation is heaven-defying and you could kill third step cultivators before reaching third step. You survived the life and death calamity and are about to enter the Void realm of third step cultivators!

"But I'm also Wang Lin. Although I didn't cultivate, I have comprehended the world and understand its truth. I don't fear god or ghosts. Even if you are before me, so what?

"You deceived yourself and immersed yourself in the world you created. You think that by doing this with the power of the three Dao Fruits, you can create your own world and reincarnation to create these cycles of karma again and again!

"How can I not understand such a thing?

"You wanted to meet a great scholar who would give you enlightenment about the world, so Su Dao appeared… You wanted to cut your karma with Liu Mei, so I met her twice and she gifted me the pill!

"Before your Dream Dao, you heard about Red Butterfly, so you brought the matter about her into your dream. You used your dream to complete a cycle of karma.

"You were aware of Nian Tian and the Soul Refining Sect, so you thought you should complete that karma as well. Do you think I don't know? At the start, I didn't, and I was confused, but the moment I met the madman and saw the glow coming from his right wrist when the fire extinguished, I knew!

"I deceived myself, I didn't make myself think too much about it. However, more than 50 years have passed, and I have lied to myself for more than 50 years. Today, I don't want to deceive myself anymore!

"You think this is karma… I'll tell you you're wrong, you're completely wrong. I don't care about the others, but you want to cut off the karma with Li Muwan. I refuse to accept this!

"You think this is for her own good, in order for her to not feel pain and give her a complete life, but all of this is fake! What is true, what is false, you know less than I do! Why don't you understand!? Why haven't you awakened?!

"You think you can cut it, but can you cut it!? Can you cut it?!?!" Wang Lin let out a roar.

As he roared, the world rumbled and endless thunder echoed and lightning flashed, covering the sky. It was as if the heavens were angry.

The moment the heavens became angry, a giant vortex appeared in the sky. This vortex rotated as if it was going to tear the world apart. An endless void appeared in the vortex.

In that endless void, there was a wisp of red light. Within the red light lied two bodies lying with their eyes closed. One of them struggled to open his eyes as if Wang Lin's roar had bombarded his soul and showed signs of awakening.

"You can't cut it!" Wang Lin's right hand pointed at the vortex in the sky. His white hair fluttered and a powerful surge of energy shot out toward the sky.

"Since you can't cut it, then don't interfere with me. Your so-called karma is just a joke in my eyes!" Wang Lin waved his sleeves and the thunderous rumbles and the vortex slowly stopped. The vortex became smaller and smaller until it turned into a white dot that was the white bird. It circled the sky for a long time before it flew far away.

Wang Lin had understood everything a long time ago. He was the grand scholar, how could he not understand?

"What is karma, what is life and death, what is true and false? I came to be because of these three questions, no one understands this more than me. From now on, whether it is the Dao Fruits, memories, or this false world, don't interfere with me!"

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Chapter 1610 - Origin of Void

Looking at the bird flying off into the distance, Wang Lin withdrew his gaze and looked at the dead volcano for a long time. Then he turned around and slowly walked away.

On this day, it was June of the 19th year since he left Zhao and the 57th year since he had gotten drunk after just two cups of wine at that inn beside the road.

This year, Wang Lin was just short of 80.

Aside from the country of Hou Fen, there were still some other countries on this continent, but Wang Lin didn't go. The country of Hou Fen would be the last place he visited.

Here in the mountain outside Li Muwan's sect, there was a broken house. It was built an unknown amount of time ago and no one lived there anymore.

Wang Lin started living here.

From this position, he could see the sect Li Muwan was in and feel her existence.

"What is karma? Don't think, don't ponder. Look at the sun rise and fall, see the rain and snow fall, see the seasons alternate. Don't think about whether this is true or false, don't think about the confusion between life and death. Just silently live the rest of your life…"

Whether it was sunrise or sunset on the horizon, there was always an old figure sitting on a rock, silently looking into the distant mountain.

"All karma in life is karmic cause as long as you say it is karmic cause, and it is karmic effect as long as you say it is karmic effect… Why bother to find a reason…" Wang Lin remained calm as he looked at the mountain ahead year after year.

He didn't eat food, and there was no food. He had forgotten hunger, he had forgotten everything.

Wang Lin looked at the world and revealed an elusive smile. During these years, he saw many cultivators fly out of the sect, among them was Li Muwan.

"This world, this starry sky, all of these are formed by clusters of karma. This is karmic fate…" Wang Lin smiled as the days and years passed like a dream.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, it had been seven years. During these seven years, Wang Lin learned a lot and comprehended the world.

During these seven years, Li Muwan's sect had naturally found Wang Lin, and the elders of the sect slowly came to see him. They saw Wang Lin's state and heard his occasional muttering. This shocked them.

At some point, Wang Lin was no longer the only one on this mountain. Soon, cultivators began to sit around him.

None of the cultivators that came left.

They calmly sat around Wang Lin as if they were seeking dao.

Year after year, even more cultivators came from Hou Fen, from all directions, from various sects to this place as if something was calling out to them in their hearts.

Among these cultivators, there were some that had not even reached the Foundation Establishment stage, some were at the Soul Transformation stage, and there was one who had stepped through the sky and reached the Ascendant stage. But no matter what cultivation level they were at, they didn't exist to Wang Lin.

No matter what cultivation level, they only had to sit down on a spot in the mountain. There was no more and no less space, so there was no fighting over spots. They all silently sat there and listened to Wang Lin, who may only speak once a year.

When Wang Lin didn't speak, they were cultivating. It was as if an invisible force that allowed their minds to pursue the world was present here.

"All the karmic fate gathers together and eventually becomes a karmic effect. This is karma. In the decades that I spent comprehending karma, I found that between karmic cause and karmic effect, there was something else, that is karmic fate.

If there is no karmic fate, there is no karma." Wang Lin had a smile as he opened his mouth this year.

Even more cultivators sat on the mountain. Soon, there wasn't even any space at the foot of the mountain. The dozens of kilometers around the mountain Wang Lin was on was filled with cultivators.

Almost all the cultivators on this continent slowly found their way here from a strange feeling over the years. The area within hundreds of kilometers of the mountain was covered in countless cultivators who were here to worship Wang Lin.

Some cultivators crossed the sea from another continent or came through transfer arrays. This included the Soul Refining Sect's Dun Tian, Nian Tian, and a large amount of Soul Refining Sect disciples.

There was also the cultivators of Xue Yue. Under the lead of the cold woman, they had arrived due to that strange feeling. They sat down and silently seeked dao.

The cold woman was holding a baby girl that seemed like she would never grow up.

The four country alliance, Zhou Wutai, and all those faces Wang Lin was familiar with all arrived.

Yun Quezie still had that sloppy appearance as he sat down in the distance.

Teng Huayuan, Huang Long, Xu Fei, Zhou Rui, even Wang Zhou, and many other Wang Lin didn't know arrived. They sat down in the distance and looked toward Wang Lin.

In the end, even Zhu Quezi broke through the void and arrived. He silently pondered above Wang Lin for a long time before finding an open space and sitting down.

"Liu Mei and I meeting and creating karma was all because of karmic fate…

"The connection between the Soul Refining Sect and I is also karmic fate."

"Whether it is Red Butterfly or everything else in the world, karma is like this. Even in this world, everything is still true. Fate, fate, fate…

"This fate is an external force. Due to its interference, there is karmic cause, and they combine to form karmic effect. Like a man and woman having a kid together. The man and woman are karmic cause. They come together due to karmic fate, and the child they give birth to is karmic effect." Wang Lin smiled and sighed softly.

At this moment, a person walked out of the sect in the mountain. This person was still the same as before, wearing a white robe with a green silk shawl around her shoulder. She revealed a gentle expression. It was Li Muwan.

"Come." Wang Lin looked even older, but an aura of the heavens and earth came from this body. It was as if he had become the earth and the heavens during these years of comprehension.

He extended his right hand and called out to Li Muwan. Wang Lin's eyes were filled with a tender gaze; even his voice contained a hit of longing.

Li Muwan's eyes were filled with confusion, but a feeling came from her heart that made Wang Lin feel very familiar. This sense of familiarity seemed to be engraved in her heart and would follow into the reincarnation cycle.

Even if it was thousands or tens of thousands of reincarnation cycles, even if she drank thousands or tens of thousands of Grandma Meng's Soul [1] she wouldn't forget! However, there seemed to be a seal blocking her from remembering it all. It seemed to want to cut them apart.

She unconsciously arrived next to Wang Lin, and Wang Lin pulled her hand. She sat down on the rock with him under the gazes of the countless cultivators within hundreds of kilometers.

"However, karma started by fate will eventually disappear from the world. This is void. The reason it is disappearing is because it needs to exist first. If it doesn't exist, it also can't disappear. If there is no disappearance, then it is void… This is also something I understood from the end of karma.

But ending or not, existing or not, this isn't the end, it is void…"

Wang Lin smiled and his left hand landed between Li Muwan's eyebrows.

This point seemed to hold no power, but the moment it landed, the seal on her mind collapsed. Li Muwan's body trembled and she became the first person to awaken their memory in his made-up world.

"Wang Lin…" Li Muwan's eyes were filled with tears and two streams of tears flowed down. She looked at Wang Lin's old face as she raised her hand to touch his face, and even more tears flowed out.

However, these tears contained a sense of joy and warmth. She didn't care about Wang Lin's old age; she tightly hugged him.

"I don't exist, all of this doesn't exist, that's why the word 'disappear' exists… This contains true and false, life and death...

"Karma, true and false, and life and death all actually came from the void… And the next line, if I say it, this dream will end…" Wang Lin looked at Li Muwan as he calmly spoke.

This was a sleepless dream. From when he became drunk as a young in that inn in Zhao, it had been more than 60 years.

More and more cultivators began to gather around the mountain until all the cultivators that Wang Lin had met in his dream, even those he had only seen once, arrived. They all silently looked at the two people on the mountain.

Time seemed to last forever. It was unknown how much time had passed as Wang Lin held Li Muwan. They sat there watching sunrises and sunsets together and counted the years with each other.

"Karma, it can't be cut because it is void… Karma is karma. Fate gathers to be scattered in the void." Wang Lin's voice echoed across the world, which turned into countless willow leaves. They didn't know where they came from or where they would go.

They slowly floated in the sky and slowly fell down on the cultivators nearby as if they had found the records of their lives.

Two willow leaves glued together slowly fell before Wang Lin and Li Muwan. It was as if their hands were held together and would never separate.

"Your sad appearance from that day was imprinted in my heart the moment I closed my eyes...

In this dream, I'll accompany you and watch you as you leave, watch you as you wake up… I'll still be in the dream, waiting for you…" Li Muwan looked at Wang Lin with her tender gaze. She stroked Wang Lin's wrinkled face and softly murmured.

1. Basically the myth is when you die and get reincarnated into your next life you drink this soup to forget everything about your previous life before being reincarnated.

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Chapter 1611 - A Beautiful Woman

Li Muwan's voice contained a tenderness that entered Wang Lin's ears. This caused Wang Lin's heart to feel calm. His old face suddenly seemed a big younger. He looked at Li Muwan and forgot about the passage of time.

Wang Lin engraved Li Muwan's words from that life in his dream, he could never forget them. The dream life seemed to overlap with the present, and the valley they lived in for many years together appeared.

The flowers in the valley blossomed and withered as days and years passed by. Only their figures seemed to become eternal existences. The sound of the zither music was intoxicating and made it so he didn't want to wake up.

Wang Lin didn't want to wake up.

In the valley, he watched Li Muwan's hair turn white, then she eventually became a pile of bones. That cruel scene ripped his heart apart and caused him to suffer in pain and sorrow.

He remembered how he had hugged Li Muwan and let out the most miserable cry at the sky.

"Even if heaven wants you to die, I will take you back!"

That voice had always echoed inside Wang Lin's mind. It came from the dream and became Wang Lin's strength.

"This dream, let me accompany you until the end of days…" Li Muwan tightly held Wang Lin as if she was afraid he would leave. Tears flowed as she whispered again and again and again...

She couldn't tell how many times she had said it...

Wang Lin's dried hands rose up and caressed Li Muwan's hair. His expression was gentle and he nodded.

This woman, even a thousand years after her death, her figure became even more profound in Wang Lin's heart until she became his everything.

Whether it was Liu Mei or Li Qianmei, and all the other beauties he met later were unable to replace her shadow. They weren't able to walk into Wang Lin's heart.

Wang Lin knew that his heart had already died on that day, that year, when he held Li Muwan's body and let out that roar in grief.

The colorful sky seems to be missing a color. I'll spend my life to find her...

Wang Lin raised his head and looked at the sky. There seemed to be a white bird circling in the sky a he softly asked himself, "Are you willing to cut it off… Can you cut it off…"

On the 31st year after leaving Zhao, Wang Lin and Li Muwan were sitting on the rock surrounded by cultivators for thousands of kilometers. Wang Lin held Li Muwan with a smile as he comprehended the world with her.

Wang Lin's words became fewer and fewer, from one time a year to once in several years.

"The origin came from the void, this is karma. If you all can understand, you can form dao…" In the 32nd winter after he left Zhao, snow fell from the sky. Wang Lin stood up from the rock, but his body was very weak. He knew that his life was near its end and that there was only one part left. Even if he was unwilling, he was about to die.

This dream was very, very realistic. In this dream, he was a mortal.

Death was an end, the end of the dream, but, similarly, it was the beginning of everything.

Li Muwan was still very young. She gently supported Wang Lin and stood with him on the rock.

Liu Mei was in the distance. She silently looked at Wang Lin and Li Muwan from afar. The confusion in her eyes had become stronger and stronger over the years. In the end, it turned into an unspeakable pain that caused her to lower her head.

Wang Lin's voice became even older as he softly said, "Do you still remember where home is…"

Tears appeared in Li Muwan's eyes and she nodded.

"Take me there." Wang Lin stroked Li Muwan's hair. His old face revealed his 2,000 years of longing.

Li Muwan bit her lower lip and held Wang Lin as she flew into the sky. They flew off into the distance under the gazes of all the surrounding cultivators.

They disappeared over the horizon, disappeared from everyone's gazes. It was as if they had never been here, had never come to this place.

The wind blew by Wang Lin and caused his white hair to flutter. His hair flew into Li Muwan's face and entangled with her black hair. The intersecting of black and white seemed like they didn't want to separate.

Li Muwan's gaze was gentle. As she moved forward, she looked at Wang Lin with a loving and warm gaze.

Wang Lin looked at the earth below him flash by as the wind blew by. He saw the volcanoes, the plains, the jungles, the cities, and the mortals that now looked like black dots.

An unknown amount of time passed before the earth below turned green and an endless mountain range appeared. There was a valley hidden within the mountains.

That valley was his second home aside from the country of Zhao in his dream.

This was his home with her.

The ray of light landed on the ground, causing the the countless blades of grass and trees to rattle. Soon, they all calmed down. Li Muwan appeared holding Wang Lin, and they soon arrived at the valley.

The valley was empty and weeds were everywhere. There were a few wild flowers giving off some aromas.

"We are home…" Wang Lin entered a trance as he looked at the valley. A sense of yearning and sadness came from his soul. As he looked around, he felt a sense of sorrow, and then his gaze fell on Li Muwan.

Li Muwan also looked around. After a long time, she revealed a happy smile.

"Wang Lin, let us not think about how this is a dream. Let us live here, OK?"

"OK."

Time slowly passed. The weeds in the valley all disappeared and a simple, wooden house appeared in the valley. Day after day, the beautiful zither music would echo inside the valley.

Wang Lin stood there with a stick in his hand as the zither music played. His appearance was even older and there were many wrinkles on his face. There were also brown spots all over his skin.

These were an old man's spots. Each spot was like the rings of a tree; they were the imprints of time.

He still wore that white robe and listened to Li Muwan's zither music with a smile. He looked at the woman, who had both her hands on the zither.

The woman's face was no longer as young as when they first came here. Just like him, she had become an old woman.

Li Muwan had used a spell to make herself look older. She didn't want Wang Lin to become old while she remained young. She wanted to be like him, like a mortal. They would count each other's white hairs as they spent the rest of their lives together.

How could Wang Lin not know know her intent? He didn't stop her, he just gently looked at his wife.

His wife.

They didn't care about each other's ages or appearance. What they cared about were the souls in their eyes.

They didn't care about the passage of time or about the barrier of yin and yang. All they cared about was that moment of longing.

This was how they selt. As the sun set in the valley and the zither music echoed, the two old people silently looked at each other. The old man's smile was the old lady's smile.

He looked at her, she played the zither. It was as if there was nothing in this world aside from each other. Forget the world falling apart, forget the sun and moon alternating, forget the sky changing colors. For these two old lovers, those things were all insignificant.

One year, one year.

That white bird never appeared again; it was as if it had left the dream.

Under each other's gazes and the sound of the zither, Wang Lin and Li Muwan experienced the revival of life in spring, the willow leaves fluttering across the sky in the summer, and the autumn leaves rolling by.

They watched the rain and snow together as they went through winters that weren't cold one after another.

This year was the 35th year since Wang Lin left Zhao.

This year, Wang Lin felt the call of death. He understood that one day, when he closes his eyes, he might never open them again. He would leave this dream world. This day was getting closer and closer.

The yellow leaves flew across the sky in the autumn of this year. They slowly rolled along the ground, but one leaf was blocked by Wang Lin's body.

Wang Lin leaned down and struggled to grabbed the leaf with his hand covered in old man spots.

"The fallen leaf returns to its roots… Wan Er, I have to go… Send me on one last trip. Accompany me to Zhao, and with Big Fortune, we will go to the city of Su and complete the last thing in this dream. The last meeting with myself.

"Back then, he didn't come. This time he will definitely come."

Li Muwan had a head of white hair as she supported Wang Lin out of their home with reluctance and attachment in her eyes. They flew off into the distance as a ray of light toward the continent across the sea where Zhao was.

This place was a dream but also not a dream. It was formed by Wang Lin's dao spell with the help of the Dao Fruits. The time inside the dream was the same as the time outside.

Outside the dream was the Cultivation Alliance, the four major star systems, the final battle between the Inner and Outer Realms!

During these several dozen years, the Inner and Outer Realms were fighting like water and fire. The Outer Realm had spread the news that the Lord of the Sealed Realm was dead and used their full power to invade the Inner Realm.

The barrier Qing Lin had created by borrowing the power of the Ancient Celestial Realm had collapsed more than 30 years ago. Countless Outer Realm cultivators rushed in and the battle raged again and again. Both sides suffered heavy losses and blood filled the sky. The smell of blood was unimaginably thick and the four major star systems had become hell.

As life became more and more cruel, the third step cultivators of the Inner Realm gave up the Summoned River and Cloud Sea. They condensed their forces into Allheaven and the Brilliant Void for their final struggle.

As the situation became even more desperate, the rumor that the Lord of the Sealed Realm had died took root. Even though Qing Shui had turned into Wang Lin, Qing Shui had been seriously injured by Heaven Master Void God and almost died more than 10 years ago.

As a result, the news of the Lord of the Sealed Realm could no longer be stopped. It gave the Inner Realm cultivators an unrecoverable blow.

One month ago, the Brilliant Void faced a difficult choice. Should they give up and head to Allheaven for the last battle, or stay at the Lord of the Sealed Realm's hometown? Stay at planet Suzaku and fight to the death!?

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Chapter 1612 - A Meeting With Yourself

This was the fall of the 35th year since Wang Lin left Zhao.

In Hou Fen, as the autumn wind blew across the sea to Zhao, it was already winter. The entire country of Zhao was covered in snow like a white jade was placed over it.

Only the two lines created by the carriage passing by could be seen. The sound of the carriage creaking slowly went into the distance.

Along the path, you could see an inn. This inn was covered by dense, white snow; it was bleak and no one was inside.

More than half the inn had collapsed more than 10 years ago, injuring a lot of the people staying there. The owner had gotten in trouble with the officials and died in prison. As for the waiter, he had left. It was unknown where he was or if he was still alive.

Over time, the inn that once made the grand scholar of Zhao drunk became a ruin.

The carriage stopped for a moment before the inn. The curtain of the carriage was raised up and a burst of heat spread out. In this cold weather, the heat didn't scatter far before it dissipated.

An old man wearing white looked at the abandoned inn covered in white snow. His eyes were filled with reminiscence as he watched. After a long time, he let out a sigh and put down the curtain.

"Wan Er, there was an inn here before and I woke up here." An old voice came from the carriage as it slowly went off into the distance.

As the carriage went further away, the voice from the carriage became weaker until the snow covered up everything. Only the cold wind continued to blow as if it would never get tired.

An old man's time was short. They could count their own end as they silently looked at the blue sky and white clouds and the snow falling. At the same time, an old man's time was infinite; what was infinite was their memory. They could forget their death in their memories.

The speed of the carriage was not fast, and it bounced as it moved along the road toward the small village below the Heng Yue Mountain. It was dusk of the second day, but the snow continued to fall without any sign of stopping.

The snow sealed the earth as the lone carriage slowly moved closer to the mountain village.

It wasn't until night came that the mountain village appeared before their eyes. The mountain village in the snow was very quiet. Even the big, astute dogs were all hiding in their houses. Even though they heard the creaking of the carriage, they were unwilling to raise their heads to bark.

Every household was sitting beside their burning stove. In the cold night, they would sit by the fire together with their families, warming their bodies and souls. The warmth of the body and soul allowed the mortals of this world to survive the cold winter again and again.

Among the many houses in the village, there was a house where there were two large dogs curled around each other in the yard for warmth. Everywhere else was covered in white snow.

There was a faint light coming from the fire inside the house that came through the withered, yellow window paper and scattered into the yard. The light landed on the snow, making it look like a tired sunset. It was struggling and was slowly lowering its head before it disappeared.

In the fire, one could see a bent figure behind the window paper. The shrunken figure held a thin fire rod and was poking the fire, trying to make it burn brighter.

It was an old man, an old man that was covered in so many wrinkles that even his eyes couldn't be fully opened anymore. He sat there staring at the fire, and after a long time, he tightened his cotton coat. Then he looked at his right wrist.

He was Big Fortune.

"It has been many years… He should be back soon…" Big Fortune looked at this right wrist, where there was a golden palmprint faintly glowing. He gently stroked his wrist and recalled the past.

He had waited here for 35 years. He still remember the day Wang Lin had told him to wait for him here until he comes back.

"He said that there will not be a second 38th year, so he should be back soon…" Big Fortune looked tired and stood up with the help of the stick. Just as he was about to go rest, the two big dogs that were too lazy to move began to whimper.

The sound of a carriage crushing the snow faintly came from the distance until it stopped outside the courtyard. The door to the carriage opened and Wang Lin walked out facing the wind and snow.

Behind him, Li Muwan, who had become an old woman, walked out with a gentle smile. She stood with Wang Lin and looked at the yard and the gentle light coming from the yard.

With a creak, the door to the house was pushed open from the inside. Big Fortune stood there, stunned, looking outside the yard. He saw Wang Lin through the blizzard and grinned.

"I'm back." Wang Lin looked at Big Fortune, who was just as old, and smiled.

The blizzard became even stronger.

However, inside the house in the snow, the fire became even brighter. In this house, the master and servant who had been apart for 35 years reunited again.

Tonight, the howling wind was very cold. However, the three people inside the house didn't feel cold and instead felt warmth.

Only in the early morning did the snow become sparse and fall more sporadically. The sunlight landed on the snow, and although it didn't melt the snow. it made one feel more refreshed.

When the sunlight fell on the ground, the light reflected off the snow and made it difficult to keep one's eyes open. In the morning, Wang Lin brought Li Muwan and Big Fortune to his parents' grave next to the village.

Kneeling before the grave, Li Muwan also knelt down beside him. The two remained silent before the grave for a very long time.

"Father, Mother, her name is Li Muwan. She is your daughter-in-law… I brought her here to see you." Wang Lin didn't cry. He pulled Li Muwan's hand as they bowed toward the grave.

Several days later, during a blizzard, the carriage left the mountain village and headed toward the city of Su.

On the carriage, Wang Lin lifted the curtain and looked at his home covered in snow. In his eyes, he saw himself from 73 years ago when he left home carrying the bamboo backpack under his parent's gentle gazes. Every few steps, he would look back until he could no longer see his parents' figures. Finally, he stopped turning back and stepped toward the future.

At that time, he was still ignoran; he didn't know where his path was. He only knew that he had to allow his parents to live a good life, to make his relatives to look up at his family.

As he looked back from the carriage, everything became a blur in the snow. He let out a sigh and put down the curtain.

The carriage went further away.

In the spring of the 74th year, the carriage arrived in the city of Su.

In the spring, everything revived in the city of Su. After the snow melted, the aroma of the grass and flowers entered one's heart and was unforgettable.

Wang Lin was very familiar with this fragrance. Just like when he first came to the city of Su, he rented a boat and bought osmanthus wine. He sat on the boat with Li Muwan as he drank wine, watched the sunset and sunrise, and experienced life.

Big Fortune was the same as before. He sat on the side as he looked at Wang Lin with a happy smile.

"This is a meeting, he will definitely come." Wang Lin held up the wine jug. He had already entered his twilight years. There were even more old man spots on his hand, and they had become even darker. He brought the the wine jug closer to his mouth and drank a mouthful.

The zither music echoed. It was Li Muwan playing the zither.

Days passed day by day. Several months later, the spring of Su passed and now it was June of another year.

This was June of the 75th year. The willow leaves flew again as Wang Lin sat on the bow of the ship and drank osmanthus wine.

"The world is an inn for all living things... Time is a guest of the ages... The difference between life and death is like being awakened... from a dream..." Wang Lin laughed as the boat floated down the river. There was a stone bridge before him, but there was no one on the stone bridge. However, there was a white bird flying above the bridge.

This white bird hadn't appeared in a very long time. Now that it appeared, it circled around the stone bridge. The streets around the bridge became blurry; it was as if everything in this world had become a blur at this moment.

Only the stone bridge and the boat were extremely clear.

As the boat closed in, Wang Lin's eyes revealed the brightest glow in these 70 plus years. He stood up and looked at the stone bridge.

Wang Lin murmured, "He came…"

Just at this moment, the white bird closed in and landed on the stone bridge. A white light spread out from the bird. From afar, it looked like a white vortex.

Inside the vortex, a person slowly walked out.

This was a young man who had a head of white hair. His cold eyes contained confusion as he looked at his surroundings in a daze. When the boat closed in, the young man's eyes suddenly looked at the boat and at Wang Lin on the boat.

When their gazes connected, the world became a blur. At this instant, time seemed to stop. To be more accurate, the time in this world did stop.

Li Muwan's hands froze above the zither and the music stopped. Big Fortune was sitting on the side, looking at his right wrist. The river stopped moving and the willow leaves all froze in the sky.

Everything in this world stopped completely at this moment.

Only the young man on the stone bridge and Wang Lin on the boat remained the same as before.

"Why don't you come over and drink with yourself?" Wang Lin smiled and sat on the side.

The white-haired young man on the stone bridge silently pondered for a moment before he jumped onto the bow. He sat down and picked up a jug of wine. After taking a drink, he didn't look at his older self but at Li Muwan, who had been an old woman for a long time.

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Chapter 1613 - Awaken From Dream!

"Why did you… bring her here…" The young man in white drank another mouthful of wine and closed his eyes.

"She is here. If you can cut it off, then cut it!" Wang Lin picked up the wine jug and slowly took a drink.

The white-haired young man silently pondered until he drank the entire jug of wine.

"Are you blaming me…"

"You are me, I am you. Blaming you is the same as blaming myself." Wang Lin calmly smiled.

The young man in white softly said, "I'm still asleep. I used the dao of deception to create this world. I have no control, this is all deduction from using the complex dao intent from the three Dao Fruits…"

Wang Lin didn't speak.

The two of them, or one person, sat on this boat and drank wine while the world was frozen.

Time didn't pass. The willow leaves still remained motionless in the air, but the two of them had drunk too much wine.

After a long time, the young man in white softly said, "How is this life…"

"Why do you ask me? How I feel is how you feel." Wang Lin placed down the wine jug.

"Are you ready…" The young man in white let out a sigh and looked at Li Muwan. His eyes became blurry.

"You can go." Wang Lin looked back at Li Muwan with eyes filled with reluctance. No matter how much he didn't want to leave, he knew he was going to be gone… This dream was about to end...

There were many things waiting to be done. There were many many people waiting for him.

"Wait for me, Wan Er. I'll wake you up…"

The eyes of the young man in white were also filled with reluctance. He silently stood up and walked over to Li Muwan. He knelt down and kissed her forehead before hiding away his reluctance while sadness filled his body. He suddenly turn around and reached toward the sky. A jug of wine appeared in his hand.

He gently placed it down. The white-haired young man let out a sigh and stepped forward. His figure turned into a white bird and gradually disappeared.

Although he had left, everything in this world remained frozen without any change. Only the jug of wine remained, as if it was waiting for someone to pick it up and drink it to end everything.

Wang Lin silently pondered. Time didn't pass, but he pondered for a long time. Wang Lin arrived next to Li Muwan and sat beside her. He placed his hands over the zither, closed his eyes, and began to slowly play it.

The zither released no sound, but music filled Wang Lin's heart. Bursts of sorrow appeared in his heart. A song in a dream has to end, an unforgettable cry of yearning.

"That year, that year, we met in the country of Hou Fen outside the Sea of Devils. A hunt, a black voice called out, and I looked down.

"Years went by, cycles went by, we were two specks of dust in two corners of this dream. After how many years did we finally meet only to pass by each other in a daze?

"When we finally met, it was the moment before the dream ended. Even if I'm reluctant, even if I'm reluctant…"

Wang Lin opened his old eyes at the end of the song. His right hand trembled as he picked up the wine jug and looked at Li Muwan. This gaze was like the end of time.

This gaze was waking up from a dream.

Wang Lin held the wine jug and held it up to his mouth. He looked at the heavens and earth, at the world he had lived in for more than 70 years, and then drank the entire jug of wine!

This wine was like water, it wasn't spicy.

But it was like fire. When it entered his stomach, it burned.

"What is karma… When I open my palm, it is karmic cause, and when I close my palm, it is karmic effect…"

The world rumbled. The boat Wang Lin was on disappeared. Along with it went the river, the stone bridge, the countless boats on the river, and the endless willow leaves in the sky.

An invisible ripple spread in all directions with Wang Lin as the center. All the buildings in the city of Su disappeared in a flash. Not only Su, but the entire country of Zhao, the mountains, rivers, sects, villages, and everything disappeared in a flash.

The country of Zhao, outside of Zhao, the Soul Refining Sect, Xue Yue, other countries; everything in the world collapsed.

There was also the endless sea, the raging sea, the other side of the sea, the other continent, Li Muwan's hometown; they all disappeared. There was also the country of Hou Fen, the country of Xuan Wu, the Sea of Devils, and Wang Lin and Li Muwan's home; they all collapsed into ashes.

Everything in this world scattered… Leaving behind all the mortals and cultivators doing various things. They didn't disappear, they calmly remained across the world.

Just like Li Muwan and Big Fortune beside Wang Lin.

"What is life and death… My left hand is life and my right hand is death…" Two stream of tears flowed down from Wang Lin's eyes. After he spoke, thunder rumbled and lightning filled the sky above planet Suzaku.

The moment he spoke, Li Muwan, who was the closest to him, seemed to be hit by a gust of wind and turned to ashes. Not just her, but the countless mortals remaining in the city of Su after it disappeared all turned to ashes.

In the entire country of Zhao, all those figures that Wang Lin was familiar with or unfamiliar with disappeared.

Liu Mei was originally standing at the top of a mountain. After the mountain disappeared, she seemed to be floating there. The wind blew by and her figure became blurry before she disappeared with the wind.

Xu Fei and Zhou Rui were originally flying in the air. At this moment, time stopped and the wind blew by. Their bodies turned into ashes and were taken away by the wind.

Wang Zhou was wearing a black robe as he stood on top of the Heng Yue Mountain. The wind blew by and his body collapsed.

There was also Hong Long, the Teng family ancestor, and the countless cultivators of Zhao. Even outside Zhao, there was Zhou Wutai, who looking at a young man before him. It was his disciple.

Looking at his disciple, Zhou Wutai disappeared along with his disciple when the wind blew by.

There was also Yun Quezi, the Soul Refining Sect's Dun Tian and Nian Tian, and Zhu Quezi. Whether it was this continent or the one across the sea, everyone disappeared without a trace.

At this moment, this world had no earth or life left, only the sky remained.

The only ones that hadn't disappeared were Wang Lin, who was crying, and Big Fortune.

In this world, they were the only ones left.

When Li Muwan disappeared, Wang Lin's tears silently fell into the endless void. The thunder and lightning in the sky formed a giant vortex. Inside the vortex, inside the dark red blood light, sat the white-haired young man. His eyes were closed and tears were flowing out.

He didn't want to give up… But the dream would eventually come to an end and he would awaken. That moment would come sooner or later. After completing the meeting with himself and drinking that jug of wine, the dream shattered.

"What is true and false… When I, Wang Lin, open my eyes, it is true. When I close my eyes it is false…" As he said this, Wang Lin grabbed Big Fortune's right hand and his hand overlapped with the golden imprint on Big Fortune's wrist. He slowly closed his old eyes.

The moment he closed his eyes, various scenes appeared before him. These scenes made him unwilling to give up, but in the end they still dissipated one by one. If he wanted to find them, he could only look in his memories.

In the scenes, he saw himself and Li Muwan sitting on the boat along with Big Fortune.

He saw a carriage going through the snow toward his mountain village hometown.

He saw himself and Li Muwan in their home in the valley. Zither music was playing, and it was a happy tune. Their locked gazes seemed to last an eternity. When one looked back, it was impossible to see clearly.

He saw himself sitting on the rock on the mountain comprehending the heavens. The surrounding cultivators within thousands of kilometers worshipped him. Among these cultivators, he saw Liu Mei's tears.

He saw himself pointing at the sky and roaring near the dead volcano. He could endure anything, he could use anything to deceive himself, but he could not deceive himself to cut his karma with Li Muwan. He pointed at the sky, at the white bird, as he questioned himself.

Could you cut it off, can you cut it off, you can't cut if off!!!

Among the endless wind and waves in the sea, he saw a merchant ship struggling. He saw everyone on the ship singing an ancient sailor song. He saw the defying will against death!

He saw a woman holding a baby in the rain outside a pavilion. She was so cold that it was enough to turn the rain to ice.

He saw the confusion in Liu Mei's eyes at the edge of Zhao and the pill she left with a smile.

He saw his father close his eyes in his arms. He saw the autumn leaf flying away with his soul, going further and further away… He saw his mother's eyes never open again and a smile appear on the corner of her mouth as if she had met his father.

He saw himself glaring at the cultivator that had come to kill him the city of Su. He frightened the cultivator to leave with just one line!

He saw Su Dao and saw him being buried. He saw the year when he and Big Fortune first arrived in the city of Su, when the willow leaves were flying through the air. They rented a boat and waited for the meeting with himself.

In the end, he saw an inn beside the official road. On the table inside the inn lied a drunken young man. The waiter stood beside the young man with a frown and started to push the young man.

"Little Brother, wake up… Ah, this is really a scholar. Just two cups and already so drunk. I have to clean up, hurry up and wake up…"

He saw the drunken young man raise his head and speak one line with a giggle.

"Let me tell you, I had a dream… I dreamt I was an immortal…"

All the images became blurry fragments when he said the word "immortal."

Wang Lin's eyes closed completely. The moment he closed his eyes, the sky collapsed. Everything in the dream dissipated.

The dream ended...

In the dark void that Old Ghost Zhan said was the cave wall layer, there was a white-haired young man lying in blood colored light. His eyes opened.

"Fate comes from the void and the void must exist… I understand."

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Chapter 1614 - Karma Print

In the dark void, the blood light continued to flash for decades. However, the blood light became even more faint as if it would disappear soon.

Even if time passed, no one would notice it. No knew where the time here came from or went.

Aside from silence, there was more silence.

It wasn't until this day that the white-haired young man opened his eyes.

The moment he opened his eyes, a thunderous rumble boomed in this void. This thunder wasn't strong at first, but soon it reached a peak and could shake the world.

The thunderous rumble seemed like it was going to rip open the dark void and rush out of here. The thunder instantly became violent and echoed across the void.

The thunder was like a wave, and it created countless silver snakes that lit up the void. These endless silver snakes looked like a giant net and shrouded the entire void.

The rumbling and thunder and flashing lightning seemed to be waiting for their king to appear. The thunder roared in excitement; it was excited because their king had finally awakened!

The bolts of lightning rumbled as they flickered; they were also welcoming their king!

A fire storm appeared within the thunderstorm. This fire was nine-colored and rotated in the void, burning menacingly. The nine-colored fire rotated and then the nine colors suddenly turned into one.

The fire was monstrous and spread with the white-haired young man as the center. It burned brightly and seemed to be competing with the thunder and lightning above.

The fire surged as if it were welcoming its king!

The king of thunder and lighting and of the monstrous fire was the white-haired young man, it was Wang Lin!

Wang Lin had fire in his left eye and thunder in his right eye. His eyes were filled with enlightenment, but there was also hidden sorrow from awakening from the dream.

This dream had lasted for more than 70 years. These more 70 years could not be considered a dream but his other life, even if this was a life he had made up. He had used the dao of deception to deceive himself.

The moment he woke up, there was a hint of confusion in his eyes. His left hand was holding the madman's right wrist and left a golden palmprint.

After a long time, as the thunder and fire raged, the confusion in Wang Lin's eyes was removed by force. It was replaced with coldness and determination along with the endless killing intent after he remembered everything that had happened!!

"Sovereign, Heaven Master Void God, and those Imperial Celestial Concubines… I, Wang Lin, have awakened!"

Wang Lin's eyes were filled with endless coldness. He slowly got up and looked at the void outside the blood light.

"I have cultivated for more than 2,000 years. Today, I'll make the void gate and become a third step cultivator!" Wang Lin pointed ahead.

"Thunder essence!"

The heavenly thunder entangled with the endless lightning. In the blink of an eye, all the thunder and lightning gathered to form a bolt of eternal thunder. It floated outside the blood light, and at the same time, the thunder mark in Wang Lin's right eye rushed out. It fused with the eternal thunder outside the blood light.

It formed an eternal heavenly thunder print!

This was a thunder print! The nine accompanying thunders rototated nine times around it before they fused with it to form a bolt of thunder essence!

The moment the thunder essence formed, the void was about to collapse. The power from the thunder print was enough to shatter the world. Even the void trembled and ripples spread out, causing the surrounding area to become distorted and unreal.

A terrifying aura came from the thunder. This aura was extremely powerful, powerful enough to cause the sky to change colors. This was thunder, the invincible eternal thunder!

A person who could control this thunder was considered a thunder celestial!

The pressure of a third step cultivator came from the thunder print and surround the area. Just the power from this thunder was enough to shake early stage Nirvana Void cultivators!

After this thunder fused with the accompanying thunders, it turned into a chaotic form. It no longer looked like a bolt of thunder but a chaotic mass.

An chaotic mass of essence from the beginning of the world that would become thunder essence!

This mass had no color. It surrounded the blood light and slowly rotated around Wang Lin. Wang Lin's right hand pointed out once more.

"Fire essence!"

Wang Lin's voice was filled with coldness. As he roared, the endless fire surged. The nine colors fused into one to turn into Ethereal Fire. However, as the Ethereal Fire burned, dao intent appeared within.

This fire had suppressed Ethereal Fire and become dao fire. As the fire raged, the aura of a complete fire essence erupted.

All the fire in the void gathered like crazy and formed a fire tattoo formed by countless fire seeds and appeared before Wang Lin.

The fire tattoo looked real, but it was actually an illusion, a complete blur. It was as there were countless auras surrounding it, making it look distorted, but the heat radiating from it was hot enough to burn early stage Nirvana Void cultivators!

Thunder and fire had reached completion!

Just these two essences were enough for Wang Lin to blow open the Void Gate and instantly kill any cultivator that hadn't reached the peak of Nirvana Void!

"Karma, appear!" The coldness in Wang Lin's eyes dissipated and was replaced with reminiscence. The aura of a grand scholar, some he had never released outside his dream, spread out.

This aura was not something a cultivator could have. Not even grand scholars who became cultivators could keep this aura. On the path of cultivation, in the world where the weak were food to the strong, they had all changed. They had forgotten what it was like to comprehend the world.

Only by using the dream dao was Wang Lin able to save the aura a grand scholar after waking up. The moment he spoke those words, that aura erupted.

The karma essence was invisible, but it gut gathered in Wang Lin's right hand. When his palm opened, it was karmic cause, and when his palm closed, it was karmic effect! This right palm would become his fourth original spell!

Karma Print!

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Chapter 1615 - Many Cultivators Witness the Void Gate

Karma Print. With Wang Lin's open hand as the heavens' karmic cause and closing his palm as the heaven's karmic effect, the process would be karmic fate! The power of the external karmic fate would form the Karma Print.

Although Wang Lin had just comprehended this, its power was extremely shocking.

In this world, no one understood karma more than him. That mysterious way of thinking, more than 70 years of dreaming, more than 2,000 years of experience, and many other thing allowed him to comprehend this shocking fourth spell when he awakened.

The moment this print appeared, it would be powerful enough to knock someone into the cycle of karma. It was not like the dream dao that slowly changed them; instead, it would set their karma by force in an extremely dominating fashion!

This was a dao spell!

Wang Lin looked at his right hand. As his right hand opened, the power of a grand scholar spread from his body. This aura could terrify ghosts and gods, and it was enough to force back Nirvana Void cultivators.

With this aura, Wang Lin had comprehend the truth of the world; he was the world!

With a wave of his right hand, Wang Lin's eyes revealed a strange light. He gathered the karmic power before him and formed the Karma Print.

This print was not only Wang Lin's fourth original spell but a sign that his karma essence was complete.

The Karma Print intersected with his thunder and fire essences, forming a ring. The aura of a third step cultivator suddenly erupted several fold.

Three essences were complete. Even if a peak Nirvana Void cultivator were here, they would find it difficult to block a full power attack from Wang Lin! Although essences were difficult to complete, once they are complete, they become very powerful!

The moment the three essences formed, a muffled rumble echoed as if it came from outside the void.

Brillant Void, outside planet Suzaku. Tens of thousands of cultivators had formed a blockade around the planet.

These cultivators were all from the Outer Realm. They all had a marks between their eyebrows and their faces were filled with cruelty and killing intent. There was also a sense of excitement among them.

They surrounded the last power of the Brilliant Void with Master South Cloud taking the lead. They were going to battle to the death.

Master South Cloud originally didn't want to stay here. However, the cultivators of the Brillant Void had already become exhausted during these decades of struggle. Their eyes were blood-red from the killing, and they didn't want to evacuate to Allheaven.

In their view, even if they went to Allheaven, it was all pointless!

When the Outer Realm army slaughtered their way to Allheaven, where could they retreat to?

If they were going to die, they were going to die in their hometown. If they were going to fight to the death, then they would fight to the death at the Lord of the Sealed Realm's hometown, planet Suzaku!

The statue of the Lord of the Sealed Realm stood like a mountain. The cultivators of the Brilliant Void let out smiles as if they had forgotten about death!

Situ Nan was here as well. He should have gone to Allheaven with Qing Lin, but he rushed back. This was planet Suzaku, this was his brother's hometown, this was where Wang Lin had gone missing. He, Situ Nan, was not willing to leave alone.

"So what if I die?" Situ Nan smiled and his pale hair fluttered as he charged into the Outer Realm cultivators in his purple robe. Over the years, under Qing Lin's careful teaching and his amazing talent, he had broken open the Void Gate with Qing Lin's help and became a third step cultivator 30 years ago!

Along with Situ Nan, Thirteen, Big Head, and the others stayed as well. Although their cultivation levels weren't high enough, they had grown more powerful after many battles. Although they were covered in injuries, they gave off monstrous killing intent.

Among them were also Master Long Pan and Master Lu Fu.

After Master Long Pan awakened, he had a profound memory of Wang Lin and knew that he was the Lord of the Sealed Realm. He knew that planet Suzaku was Wang Lin's hometown and that Wang Lin had gone missing here.

He didn't have to come, but Master Long Pan still came. He didn't bring his disciple, Xuan Zhong, along. He used his power equal to that of an Arcane Void cultivator and used the River and Mountain painting to prevent the Outer Realm cultivators from breaking planet Suzaku.

Master Lu Fu also didn't return back to Allheaven, even though he was the ancestor of Allheaven. However, over the past few decades, he had witnessed countless deaths and seen far too much. He was deeply moved by Wang Lin, so he silently stayed to fight!

"This old man will battle to the death…" Master Lu Fu's eyes were filled with madness.

There was another person. This was someone that Wang Lin was familiar with. He was the Azure Dragon Divine Emperor! He hadn't died, and he appeared a few decades ago with the Four Divine Sect, becoming a force for the Brilliant Void.

Today, he brought many elders of the Four Divine Sect and was going to fight to the death against the Outer Realm cultivators at planet Suzaku.

The Azure Dragon Divine Emperor had disappeared with the Four Divine Sect. Then, a few decades ago, he suddenly reappeared with the Four Divine Sect and began a life and death battle against the Outer Realm.

His cultivation level was already very high in the past. Over the years, although he hadn't reached the third step, he had reached the peak of the fifth Heaven's Blight.

Including these people, there were less than 8,000 cultivators protecting planet Suzaku against tens of thousands of Outer Realm cultivators. However, these 8,000 cultivators had lasted for several months!

Rumbles continued to echo across the stars and the area around planet Suzaku was filled with the smell of blood. The army of tens of thousands of cultivators closed in. Among them were only three third step cultivators.

One of them was a young man in green with a cold expression. Every time he attacked, ice filled the area. If Wang Lin were here, he would recognize him as one of the people that had attacked him.

There was another person: the Heavenly Wolf Clan's Zhou Jin. After Wang Lin disappeared, he returned to the Outer Realm. He then brought his Heavenly Wolf Clan into the Inner Realm and started a bloodbath as if he was trying to wash away the shame of being Wang Lin's slave.

Among the two of them, Zhou Jin had the lowest cultivation level. He and Master Lu Fu battled on the left side of planet Suzaku. Countless spells collided, and from afar, one could see a giant blood wolf trying to devour Master Lu Fu but failing.

The young man in green that had comprehended the ice essence had an extremely high cultivation level. He was here with his original body, which was at the mid stage of Arcane Void. By himself, he was forcing Master Long Pan and Situ Nan back.

This was the last battle in the Brilliant Void. The entire Brillant Void had fallen, aside from this place. Only planet Suzaku remained!

At this moment, this war was reaching its end. As the tens of thousands of cultivators pushed in, the thousands of Inner Realm cultivators were being pushed back. They were filled with despair.

"Glory to the Lord of the Sealed Realm, glory to the Brillant Void!!" a middle-aged cultivator roared while being pierced by several flying swords. He chose to blow himself up and kill two Outer Realm cultivators with him.

"Glory to the Lord of the Sealed Realm, glory to the Brillant Void!!" Even more people roared the same thing in despair. The voices overlapped and fused together. They were the last cries of these people's lives.

"The Lord of the Sealed Realm has already been killed by us. What glory is there to a dead person?" the young man in green coldly said. He waved his hand and ice rumbled, freezing a large area and forcing Master Long Pan and Situ Nan back.

After hearing "Lord of the Sealed Realm," a hint of humiliation arose in Zhou Jin's eyes. There was a flash of coldness in his eyes and his killing intent increased.

The surrounding tens of thousands of Outer Realm cultivators let out a roar in unison. They closed in with a fierce aura around them.

Just at this moment, a rumble came from above this battleground of slaughter. At first, this rumble seemed to come from the distance, but soon it echoed in everyone's minds.

This sound felt ancient, and the aura to caused the expressions of everyone here to change.

An illusory gate that occupied the entire star domain appeared. This gate was indescribably large, so much so that cultivators were like ants before it!

"The Great Void Gate!!"

"This… This is the Void Gate!!"

The expression of the retreating Situ Nan changed greatly; his eyes were filled with shock.

"Could it be that one of the Outer Realm cultivators' essence has reached completion. This… this…"

Master Long Pan's pupils shrank and there was worry in his eyes.

Master Lu Fu was also startled and quickly retreated. He looked at the giant Void Gate and despair appeared in his eyes.

"Could it really be that easy for Outer Realm cultivators to enter the third step, for their essence to reach completion in this battlefield…"

Zhou Jin was also shocked. His expression changed greatly as he stared at the Void Gate. That familiar aura almost made him lose his wits.

"This… This aura… This is…" He was Wang Lin's slave and had Wang Lin's seal on him, so he was more sensitive to this aura then anyone here.

That green-robed young man narrowed his eyes the moment the Void Gate appeared.

"I want to see who among these Inner Realm cultivators has completed their essence. I want that person to die immediately after reaching the third step!"

If these third step cultivators were like this, then there's no need to talk about the other cultivators. They all stared at the Void Gate with shocked expressions.

They couldn't imagine how someone could trigger the Void Gate in a situation like this. Whether it was in the Inner or Outer Realm, the appearance of the Void Gate was like a holy event. It meant that someone might become a third step cultivator.

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Chapter 1616 - Essences That Shocked Everyone

"Who is it? Who triggered the Void Gate at this time!?"

"This matter is simply unimaginable, this is… actually… actually…"

"This old man has encountered countless battles, but I've never encountered something like this. This is a bit too unbelievable."

A rumble echoed. The appearance of the Void Gate caused the battle to pause for a moment. Both Inner and Outer Realm cultivators looked at each other, wondering who had triggered the Void Gate.

However, in the end, they didn't find anything.

As the rumbles continued, the powerful aura from the Void Gate didn't stop. It continued to pour out, forming an incredibly powerful pressure.

This pressure was extremely powerful. As it spread, it pushed away the cultivators in the battlefield below.

Zhou Jin's expression changed once more and he instantly turned pale. The pressure coming from the Void Gate was beyond his imagination. Under his pressure, he anxiously retreated and his mind trembled.

"Such powerful Void Gate pressure. This… How many essences is this!? This Void Gate is far more powerful than mine…"

The man in green was also shocked. His eyes became cold and he didn't retreat under the pressure. Instead, he raised his head and stared at the Void Gate that was becoming even more solid.

Soon, the Void Gate formed completely and covered the area. It gave off a bright glow that lit up the darkness of space!

The pressure the light gave off was like the heavens' might. This gave the surrounding cultivators an impulse to kneel. They all trembled, and some lower level cultivators who were lacking directly knelt down.

A bolt of thunder rumbled. Endless thunder surrounded the Void Gate and rumbled endlessly. This caused the surrounding space to tremble.

"Thunder essence!" The green-robed young man's eyes lit up.

Just as he spoke, he saw a sea of fire burn and surround the giant Void Gate. It was fighting against the thunder for the spotlight.

"Fire essence!" The young man's expression became gloomy.

The moment the fire appeared, an unknown force appeared outside the Void Gate. This power had the ability to suck one's mind in. It formed a vague mark. This mark looked like a rune, but no one could see it clearly.

This was the Karma Print. Not being able to see it clearly was normal. If you could see it clearly, that meant you would be sucked inside and would likely die.

"This!!! This is the grand karma dao!! Three essences, it is actually three essences. To trigger the Void Gate with three essences, this had never happened before. Who is this!?" The expression of the green-robed young man changed greatly.

Master South Cloud was similarly shocked. Master South Cloud's cultivation level was very high, and when he felt the three essences from the Void Gate, his expression changed greatly. His mind trembled and his gaze locked onto the Void Gate.

"It really is a third essence! In this wide world, there is someone who can resist the temptation of reaching the third step and have the fortune and comprehension to complete three essences. Once they break open the Void Gate, even if they are only at the Nirvana Void stage, they will be able to kill Spirit Void cultivators!"

Situ Nan, Master Long Pan, and Master Lu Fu were all shocked. The Void Gate that suddenly appeared had shocked them twice in a row. They didn't know if this was a blessing or a disaster.

"This is similar… How is it so similar to my brother…" Situ Nan's eyes hid his excitement and expectations. A speculation formed in his heart, causing his heart to beast faster and his excitement to reach a limit.

Wang Lin, who was inside the void, didn't know any of this. The rumble he heard from the distance was caused by the Void Gate that had appeared outside.

"Life and death essence!" Wang Lin sat down in the lotus position and raised his hands. He closed his eyes slightly.

The void trembled. Outside the blood light around Wang Lin, the fourth essence appeared.

This fourth essence was life and death!

"My left hand is life…" Wang Lin's words were filled with an unimaginable majesty, as if he was the ruler of the world. As he spoke, a white aura gathered in his left hand and formed a seal.

This seal contained endless life force and the will of the heavens!

"My right hand is death…" A black aura surrounded his right hand and a shocking death aura appeared. This death aura contained the might of the earth! This created a stark contrast with his left hand.

"I, Wang Lin, am the heavens and earth of life and death!" Wang Lin's hands clapped together before him and his eyes opened. The moment his eyes opened, a light emerged from between his hands and lit up the void.

"Life and Death Seal!"

Wang Lin's hands separated and the black and white light flew out. They fused to form a life and death seal, and it fused with the other three essences.

This was Wang Lin's fifth original spell, Life and Death Seal!

The Life and Death Seal was powerful enough to kill the heavens and give life to the earth; its power was unfathomable!

As soon as the fourth essence appeared outside planet Suzaku, the Void Gate rumbled once more. The pressure from the Void Gate caused even more cultivators to kneel. Under this pressure, almost all the cultivators uncontrollably knelt.

The pressure from the Void Gate surged and a strand of black and a strand of white gas appeared. The two strands rotated around the Void Gate and formed what the people outside could see as the fourth essence!

The moment the fourth essence appeared, the first one to collapse was Zhou Jin. His body trembled and he retreated once more. The terror in his eyes eyes had reached an unimaginable degree.

"Four essences! No one in my Outer Realm could trigger the Void Gate with four essences. This is impossible, this is absolutely impossible!!"

The green-robed young man turned pale. Three essences had already shocked him and he faintly felt like that was the limit, but now there was a fourth one.

"Someone with four essences can be considered the child of heaven. If he breaks open the Void Gate with four essences, not even a mid stage Spirit Void cultivator would be his match…. Who the hell is he!?!

"Who has such fortune, such patience, such comprehension? If this person is from the Inner Realm, he must be killed, or the consequences will be endless!!

"Four essences should be the limit. The Void Gate triggered by four essences is already unimaginably powerful. This person is likely to be stopped by the Void Gate!"

But just at this moment, the Void Gate trembled and its pressure suddenly increased. It spread out like a storm, forcing the surrounding cultivators to retreat.

A fifth essence appeared on the Void Gate!

This fifth essence was true and false. After it appeared, it became a blur, as if another Void Gate had appeared behind it. Two Void Gates stood there, and it was difficult for others to tell which was real and which was fake!

"A fifth essence!!! This… This…" The green-robed young man's expression changed completely. His motionless body retreated several dozen steps as he pointed at the Void Gate. A never-before-seen fear appeared in his eyes.

"Five essences, it is actually five essences. If this person can't open the Void Gate, then it won't be an issue, but if he does, he could battle against late stage Spirit Void cultivators!"

The minds of all the nearby cultivators trembled uncontrollably. They were constantly being pushed back by the increasing pressure from the Void Gate.

Master South Cloud's eyes lit up. He didn't know which side was triggering the Void Gate, but he knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"Brillant Void cultivators, don't look at the Void Gate, let us charge!" Master South Cloud roared, his voice awakening the thousands of Inner Realm cultivators. Master South Cloud charged at the shocked green-robed young man.

Situ Nan, Master Long Pan, and Master Lu Fu charged forward. They began a frenzied battle against the Outer Realm cultivators as the rumble from the Void Gate echoed.

The thousands of Inner Realm cultivators followed them. In an instant, a bloodbath began!

Just at this moment, a cold snort came from the distance. A cloud of purple mist appeared out of nowhere. It was too fast and instantly entered the battlefield, colliding with Master South Cloud, who was battling against the green-robed young man. A thunderous bang rang out and Master South Cloud's face turned pale. He was already injured, and just now he was knocked toward planet Suzaku.

"One of the Five Masters of the Ancient Star System!! Quickly, retreat to planet Suzaku and resist with the formation!"

The moment he spoke, the purple mist swept by Situ Nan, Master Long Pan, and Master Lu Fu. Master Lu Fu coughed out a large amount of blood and was knocked back. His body collapsed and his origin soul was very weak as he quickly escaped.

A golden light flashed around Situ Nan. At the most critical moment, he took out the gift Qing Lin had given him. This treasure was a jade, and now the jade collapsed. He coughed out blood and quickly retreated.

Master Long Pan's body also scattered, and when he reformed, he was almost transparent. Without hesitation, he waved his hand, taking Situ Nan and Master Lu Fu's origin souls back to planet Suzaku.

As for the thousands of cultivators, they all retreated without hesitation under Master South Cloud's roar. They all returned to planet Suzaku from all directions.

The purple mist floated there. Then it scattered and an old man walked out. The old man gave off a powerful pressure without being angry. He coldly looked at the Void Gate and his pupils shrank an indiscernible amount.

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