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Chapter 747 - Burning

In an instant, Wang Lin's vision blurred and his body fell and landed on the ground.

Li Yuan's expression was pale as he landed 100 feet from Wang Lin. As for the woman named Ge, her face had no trace of blood and she immediately began to puke. The speed was so fast that her body was almost unable to bear it.

The moment he landed, Wang Lin immediately felt a powerful pain coming from the ball of light in his chest. This pain was so intense that it almost completely drowned him.

His body trembled. This feeling was like when a mortal swallowed a piece of burning coal. Imaginable heat was coming from inside his body as if it was trying to burn his entire body to dust.

Li Yuan adjusted his breath and his eyes lit up before looking at Wang Lin. At this moment, Wang Lin looked like he was in a lot of pain; it was as if a flame was burning inside his body.

The woman named Ge's eyes revealed a hint of viciousness as she stared at Wang Lin. She could tell that Wang Lin's current condition was not good. She gently touched her bag of holding and a black dagger appeared in her hand.

The moment the dagger appeared, countless ghosts appeared around it. This dagger was also an inheritance from her family and was highly toxic. The toxin could corrode the flesh, and the ghost sealed inside was extremely harmful to one's origin soul.

Li Yuan slightly frowned, but he didn't stop her. If this person was killed like this, then even if this person went to that place, he wouldn't be able to reach the final destination.

The woman named Ge knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If she gave up this chance, she might never have another. She clenched her teeth as she held the dagger and was about to step forth.

However, just at this moment, Wang Lin suddenly opened his eyes. They were no longer filled with thunder but instead flames. He stared at the woman holding the dagger and said, in a hoarse voice, "The dagger is not bad; are you going to gift it to me?"

The woman named Ge was frightened and her eyes were filled with fear. She subconsciously took a few steps back and said, "Yes… yes…" With that, she quickly threw the dagger on the ground.

Wang Lin closed his eyes. When he reopened them, he regained his clarity. His right hand reached out and the dagger flew into his hand. After taking a closer look, Wang Lin put it inside his bag of holding.

The ball of light condensed by the old man had exploded in Wang Lin's body, placing him in a huge crisis. That feeling of his body burning still existed.

However, what was surprising was that this burning had no harm to his cultivation and instead was very beneficial. As it burned, Wang Lin could even feel his cultivation slowly improving, and he became infinitely closer to breaking through the peak of the late stage of Ascendant.

However, this process was painful enough to make him go crazy. Fortunately, Wang Lin's mental strength was as stable as a rock after 1,000 years of cultivation, so he simply endured the pain. On the surface, others couldn't see anything abnormal at all.

Wang Lin's expression was neutral and his voice was no longer hoarse as he calmly asked, "Li Yuan, is the place you talked about on this fragment?"

Li Yuan's eyes gave off an indiscernible flash as he bowed and respectfully said, "Senior, right now Junior is not sure. I need to go to the center of the fragment and observe for a while."

Wang Lin glanced at Li Yuan and nodded.

Li Yuan's body moved and he flew forward. As for the woman named Ge, she was now extremely terrified of Wang Lin and followed closely after Li Yuan. However, she could still feel a pair of eyes filled with killing intent watching her from behind.

Wang Lin casually followed behind them. The reason he didn't kill this woman was because she was a key for Li Yuan! Li Yuan was probably a big reason why she was able to come to the Thunder Celestial Realm.

According to his previous speculation, if Li Yuan's purpose was just the iron sword and the restrictions, he could have easily take it from the woman when they entered the Thunder Celestial Realm. There must've been karmic cause and karmic effect behind his actions.

Wang Lin was calm. While he followed behind them, he was also enduring the pain inside his body. Right now he felt very complicated toward the old man.

On one hand, he was grateful that this person had given him the opportunity. Although he was suffering from great pain, his cultivation level was slowly increasing. On the other hand, he hated the old man for taking the Thunder Beast and toying with him twice.

After letting out a secret sigh, Wang Lin focused his mind and suppressed the pain. He could clearly feel that his body was undergoing some kind of change after the ball of light entered him. He felt as if the ball was trying to condense the thunder his body and form a true body of flesh and blood.

Wang Lin didn't know how long this process would take. However, he had a feeling that the moment his body finished changing and the pain disappeared, he would break through the first step of cultivation!

Wang Lin's cultivation had reached the peak of the late stage of Ascendant, and even his domain evolved to the karma domain. However, he had no clue on how to make a breakthrough.

At this moment, he took a deep breath and decided to not suppress the pain. Instead, he let the pain explode and thus increased the speed of his cultivation.

If one looked from a distance, they would see a faint flame coming from Wang Lin body, as if he was burning. If one was close, they would even hear the crackling sounds of his flesh burning.

It was as if it was burning away impurities.

As Li Yuan flew, he didn't turn around, but there was a flicker of restrictions between his eyebrows. With these restrictions, he could complete a lot of spells that normally required his divine sense.

He clearly saw through the state of Wang Lin's body. After pondering a bit, he regained his focus. The higher Wang Lin's cultivation level, the smoother this trip would be. However, he couldn't let Wang Lin actually reach the Illusory Yin stage, or else there might be problems.

Li Yuan thought, "It looks like I can't hesitate anymore!"

One month later at the center of the fragment, Li Yuan carefully looked around as if he was trying to match an image in his head. After a long time he nodded. "After looking at two fragments, I have determined the general location of the forbidden area. However, it is not here, but to the east!" Li Yuan turned and looked at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin's expression remained neutral as he calmly said, "Just lead the way."

After the location was determined, their speed naturally picked up. Li Yuan no longer tried to stall for time and sped out. From the eastern edge of the fragment, they once more got on the thunder chain and headed into the void.

The woman named Ge was helpless and could only follow. Three months later, they had crossed four fragments. On this day, Li Yuan stared at the towering mountain ahead and revealed a trace of extremely well hidden excitement.

"This is the place!"

Chapter 748 - To Raise a Difficult Question

Wang Lin's gaze was calm as he looked at the mountain. The mountain was so tall that he wasn't able to see the peak. It was as if there was another universe past the peak.

Bursts of silver, dragon-like thunder were coming from the clouds along the peak. There were also muffled echoes of roaring thunder.

When Wang Lin looked at the mountain, he could feel an ancient aura. This was the mountain's soul.

As the woman named Ge stared at the mountain, her eyes revealed a mysterious light. Her body trembled and she subconsciously looked at Li Yuan. At this moment, he had his back toward her, and his back clearly entered her vision.

After looking at the mountain and then at Li Yuan, that sense of familiarity suddenly came back and exploded. The woman named Ge's expression was filled with fear. This fear was several times stronger than when she looked at Wang Lin.

She remembered!

Just at this moment, Li Yuan turned around and meaningfully looked at the woman, causing her words to stop at the entrance of her mouth. She lowered her head and remained silent for a moment before she looked up once more. Her eyes were calm, as if she had understood everything.

Li Yuan looked at the mountain and slowly said, "This mountain is nameless! There are many restrictions inside. The Thunder Celestial Realm has opened countless time, but you can see that not many have cracked the restrictions inside!"

The woman named Ge silently pondered and calmly looked at the mountain. She was extremely familiar and unfamiliar with this mountain at the same time.

Wang Lin calmly said, "Let's go!"

Li Yuan nodded and walked in front. He stepped closer and closer to the mountain. The thunder was extremely loud at the base of the mountain and one could clearly see flashes of thunder descending.

Li Yuan's steps were firm as he stepped on the mountain. This mountain had no path, but since the Thunder Celestial Realm had opened countless times, a path naturally formed as people came and cracked the restrictions in the mountain.

The woman named Ge followed behind Li Yuan and leaned slightly to the side. She bit her lip as she looked at Li Yuan and thought "I should have already seen through this… That figure when compared to that thing in the family… So familiar… So it wasn't a legend…"

The woman revealed a bitter expression. She understood why this Li Yuan had appeared in the family. This was all because he had purposely contacted them.

She also realized that if it wasn't for Li Yuan using some special method, the family wouldn't have let her come to the Thunder Celestial Realm.

The family ancestor's complex gaze from when they left appeared in her head. Back then, she felt that it was strange, but now she understood.

The family ancestor knew all of this… Otherwise, why would no family member come to the Thunder Celestial Realm for tens of thousands of years.

It was as if the Thunder Celestial Realm was a forbidden area for their Ge family!

And all of this changed due to the arrival of Li Yuan. She became the first family member in tens of thousands of years to enter the Thunder Celestial Realm. The only person to accompany her was this Li Yuan!

"So the ancestor sent me to the Thunder Celestial Realm for atonement… This is why the ancestor gave me the family inheritance treasure…" The woman named Ge let out a pitiful smile.

"Li Yuan promised to bring back my sliver of soul probably because the sacrifice won't work if my soul isn't complete…" At this moment the woman named Ge's mind was clear, as if she had seen through everything.

Her various changes in expression would naturally not escape Wang Lin. He noticed that after she saw this mountain, her emotions had been changing constantly.

His gaze moved from the woman and landed on Li Yuan's back. Although his expression was calm, his mouth revealed a sneer. Wang Lin had concluded that Li Yuan had long taken notice of him; even the restriction was probably to lure himself to appear.

It could even be said that the various matters before were all due to Li Yuan's scheme. Although there were few things Wang Lin wasn't clear about, it didn't stop him from seeing through this matter.

A hint of killing intent flashed through his eyes. He would not show mercy to those who plotted against him, but right now he had other plan. The killing intent that came out from his body was like a sharp sword!

Just at this moment, Li Yuan also stopped. He didn't turn around but said, "Brother Xu, I'm not as unbecoming as you think… Meeting you was part of my plan, but there was also fate!" The way he called Wang Lin subconsciously changed.

Wang Lin's eyes became cold as he calmly asked, "What exactly is in the peak of this mountain?"

Li Yuan silently pondered before he looked at the peak of the mountain that extend endlessly into the clouds. His eyes revealed a hint of melancholy and he softly said, "My master is there…"

Wang Lin frowned. At this moment, Li Yuan turned around and looked at Wang Lin. The current him was very different from before entering the mountain; it was as if he had become a different person. He softly said, "Brother Xu, with your cultivation level, you won't be able to leave this mountain without my permission!"

Wang Lin calmly said, "The 18 Plum Restriction, I know a thing or two!"

The moment he said this, Li Yuan was startled. This was not fake, he was indeed shocked. It was as if it was the first time he had seen Wang Lin. Li Yuan frowned and said, "Although not many people know of the 18 Plum Restriction, it is not as if no one knows it. It is not surprising that brother Xu knows."

Wang Lin looked at Li Yuan and smiled. "So what you used is indeed the 18 Plum Restriction!" His shadow flickered and the celestial guard flew out.

The moment the celestial guard appeared, its punch landed on the void behind them. When the punch landed, the entire peak shook and a vortex appeared. This vortex led outside!

The celestial guard withdrew its fist and returned back into Wang Lin's shadow.

Wang Lin didn't move. He calmly looked at Li Yuan and slowly said, "This place can't trap me!"

Li Yuan's expression immediately became gloomy. He looked at Wang Lin for a long time before slowly saying, "It seems I have underestimated you. However, even if you have this puppet…"

Wang Lin sneered and his right hand pointed forward. The final strand of Ling Tianhou's sword energy came out. After his cultivation level increased, his control of this sword energy had become very refined.

The moment the sword energy appeared, a whistle echoed across the heavens and earth and the entire peak trembled. The sword energy was so fast that in the blink of an eye, it stopped before Li Yuan's forehead. It was like a real sword was being pointed between Li Yuan's brow.

"What if I add this?" Wang Lin's voice was cold.

Li Yuan closed his eyes. A moment later, he opened his eyes and slowly said, "Since Brother Xu is like this, I presume you think the reward isn't enough. Please clearly state what you want!"

Wang Lin's eyes revealed a strange light. This Li Yuan was very intelligent, so he was able to understand what Wang Lin wanted. The reason Wang Lin was willing to take out Ling Tianhou's sword energy was to force Li Yuan to say this!

Chapter 749 - The Hilt and the Tip of the Sword

"I want your 18 Plum Restriction method!" Wang Lin's voice was quiet, but the meaning was shocking.

Wang Lin knew that the 18 Plum Restriction was very famous back in ancient times, but it was kept very secret. Outsiders could never learn it, and as for disciples, depending on their status, they could only learn up to 9 Plum Restriction! Only the master could learn up to the full 18 Plum Restriction!

Today, this restriction method was long lost and many restriction masters felt that it was regrettable.

The first time Wang Lin had heard of the 18 Plum Restriction was inside the cave in the Demon Spirit Land. When he saw 18 restrictions appear the moment Li Yuan moved his hand, Wang Lin began to suspect it.

What made him suspect even more was that when he received the jade with information on the hidden restriction, 18 statues appeared the moment he examined it!

These 18 statues were very different from plum blossoms. At that time, Wang Lin was confused, but after pondering carefully, he saw through some clues.

Although his voice was calm, he was only testing Li Yuan. If Li Yuan refused, then Wang Lin would no longer be interested. Whether Wang Lin wanted to attack or leave would only require a single thought from him.

This was the main reason why Wang Lin had followed them the entire way. If it was only for the vague possibility of the origin tool, Wang Lin wouldn't have followed them until now.

However, this Li Yuan was too mysterious. Wang Lin wasn't sure if this person was really only at the peak of the late stage of Ascendant. This was why Wang Lin didn't act on the way here.

Wang Lin only acted after they had arrived at the destination!

Li Yuan pondered for a bit before smiling. "Only the 18 Plum Restriction? If Brother Xu fancies it, then I'm happy to oblige." He slapped his bag and took out a piece of jade. The jade was placed between his eyebrows for a few moment before he threw it to Wang Lin.

"That is he 13 Plum Restriction. I'll naturally give you the remaining five after we enter the mountain."

Wang Lin caught the jade and scanned it. Although his expression looked neutral, his heart began pounding. There were no chants inside, only 13 large statues and a total of 13 plum blossoms.

From beginning to end, the woman named Ge remained silent, as if nothing was related to her. She silently looked at the mountain before her and was in a trance.

"Brother Xu, the 18 Plum Restriction is not the only restriction I know. Do you know of the four great restrictions?" Li Yuan turned toward the mountain and started walking. It seemed like he wasn't afraid of Wang Lin leaving with the jade at all.

After putting away the jade, Wang Lin's eye were calm as he walked toward the peak.

"Rumors have it that when the world was born, the law of the world came to be. A long time ago, that law split into nine parts, and one of them was a restriction! It was also called formation! Different names, but the same meaning!

"Heaven, Earth, Mystery, and Yellow were the four grades of restrictions for a long time!" Li Yuan didn't turn around as he casually walked toward the peak. The woman named Ge followed behind and was still in a trance.

"However, there is another grade above those four, and we call it Void grade! The Void grade is split into the four great restrictions. This mountain has the Annihilation Restriction of the four Void grade restrictions. No one has been able to reach the peak because this peak has no end!" Li Yuan' voice slowly entered Wang Lin's ear.

"Brother Xu must be puzzled on why I know all of this." Li Yuan stepped over a protruding rock, then his right hand formed a seal and he pressed it down randomly in the void.

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This press caused the entire mountain to flash and shake violently. A rumble echoed across the mountain and the entire mountain shrank by half.

Although one still couldn't see the peak, it was obvious that the peak was a lot lower.

"So, what if you embark on the path to the peak? Without a way to crack the restriction, one can search the entire mountain and not even see through the clouds!" Li Yuan turned around and looked at Wang Lin with a smile that was not a smile.

"Brother Xu, do you have any questions?"

Wang Lin looked at Li Yuan and calmly said, "You're very noisy!"

Li Yuan frowned and immediately smiled before turning around and continuing. However, he stopped talking and his eyes were filled with nostalgia, as if every plant on the mountain was extremely familiar to him.

When they reached the middle of the mountain, Li Yuan's right hand formed more complicated seals this time and he pressed it down on the void. The mountain rumbled again and shrank once more. Wang Lin's pupil's shrank as he could vaguely see the peak.

Just as Li Yuan was forming the seal, a voice faintly entered Wang Lin's ear. "Senior, save me. This person is crazy. He…"

This voice came from the woman named Ge, but before she finished speaking, Li Yuan coldly looked at her, causing her to stop.

"Ge Hong, if you want to speak, just directly speak; there is no need to use divine sense." Li Yuan's eyes were cold and contained a hint of mockery. After entering the mountain, he was completely different from before.

Ge Hong pondered a bit before clenching her teeth and taking a few steps back until she was next to Wang Lin. It was as if only by doing this would she feel safe.

"I know who you are, but you didn't come to my family by accident; you have a purpose!" Ge Hong didn't want to die. Even if she already had an answer in her heart, she wanted to fight for that chance at life.

Li Yuan smiled and nodded. "That's correct!"

Ge Hong's face was pale and she snapped, "Why me? The person who took your master's thing was not me but the Ge ancestors!"

Li Yuan's eyes became cold and he smiled, "Because you are a direct descendant of that thief. In the entire Ge family, you are his only direct descendant."

Ge Hong's eyes revealed fear as she took out her bag of holding and screamed. "I'll give you everything in here. There are the scroll, the iron sword, and the compass. Those are the only three things. I'll give you them all, so let me go. I'm begging you to let me go."

Li Yuan accepted the bag of holding. His eyes were filled with a complex expression. Then he gently patted the bag and three things flew out. First was the iron sword, then a simple compass, and finally an ancient scroll.

Li Yuan picked up the scroll and opened it up with a shake. As he stared at the painting inside, his eyes filled up with melancholy.

The painting on the screen was a mountain. This mountain was very tall with most of it in the clouds. At the base of the mountain there was a flying sword heading toward the sky.

There was a man standing on the hilt. This person was only a blurry shadow. There was also a figure standing on the tip of the sword. The back of this person was very similar to Li Yuan's.

Wang Lin's eyes lit up. He looked at Li Yuan and had a speculation in his heart. This painting was obviously from before the Celestial Realm collapsed. If that was the case, could this Li Yuan be a celestial!?

Wang Lin sucked in a breath of cold air, but he also felt like this wasn't true!

Li Yuan let out a sigh as he put away the scroll. Then he put away the sword and compass as well before looking at Ge Hong and calmly saying, "Let's go!" He turned around and walked toward the top of the mountain.

Ge Hong's face was pale and she clenched her teeth. She didn't follow him up the mountain but charged down the mountain at full speed.

Wang Lin's expression remained the same and he moved forward.

As for Li Yuan, he didn't mind Ge Hong leaving. He continued to walk forward without turning back or stopping.

"Brother Xu must have a lot of doubts, but please don't ask. When we reach the peak, I'll naturally tell you. Even I'm a bit fuzzy on the matter…" Li Yuan's voice was a bit strange.

Wang Lin didn't speak as he walked toward the peak with Li Yuan.

Along the way, all of the restrictions were cracked with a wave of Li Yuan's hand. The restrictions he used got more and more complex, and they caused the mountain to shrink more and more.

Every time the mountain shrank, the peak became closer. Eventually, the mountain shrank enough that the peak was in sight.

There was a huge, stone statue on the top of the mountain. This was a sculpture of a middle-aged man, and beside him was a flying sword. There was a person standing at the tip of the sword.

When he saw the stone statue, Li Yuan became excited and subconsciously sped up. He dashed forward and arrived next to the statue in the blink of an eye. Standing before the 100-foot-tall stone statue, his eyes were filled with sadness.

Wang Lin also arrived at the top of the mountain and looked at the stone statue. There was a natural feeling coming from the stone statue, and it gave off a sense of majesty. It also gave off a hint of restriction.

In particular, this statue's right hand formed a seemingly simple seal, but upon closer inspection, it was shockingly complex. When Wang Lin's gaze fell on it, his mind trembled. It was as if there was a mysterious power trying pull out his soul.

Countless whistles of swords entered his ears and his vision became blurry. He looked around and saw countless celestials holding various weapons. They were charging into the sky to battle the heavens!

These celestials gave off flashes of thunder. When they raised their hands, they released powerful bolts of thunder that charged into the sky.

But the sky was completely empty! There were no enemies fighting these celestials, but there were celestials exploding one by one!

This strange scene shocked Wang Lin's mind. At this moment, a celestial flew out from the pack. His sword was covered in purple thunder and there was a person standing on the hilt. This person was the same person as the stone statue.

There was also a person on the sword tip, but this person didn't resemble Li Yuan at all!

When the sword charged out, all of the celestials scattered. It gave off a sword energy that caused Wang Lin's soul to tremble from just a glance and charged into the sky.

During that instant, he seemed to heard a quiet cry in this silent illusion.

"As long as I'm alive, the soul won't die!"

The moment this voice came, the man standing on the hilt of the sword collapsed, leaving behind the servant standing at the tip of the sword. He was staring at the empty hilt.

An extreme sense of sadness came from the servant's eyes. It was as if the master on the sword hilt was his sky. Now the sky had collapsed and there was no one on the hilt…

From then on, there was only him and the sword left in this world. There was only emptiness above the hilt of the sword…

He looked up at the sky with the will to die. He stepped on the tip of the sword and, following his master's footsteps, he charged into the sky.

"When the master dies, the servant follows!"

Chapter 750 - Slave Imprint

The person standing at the tip of the sword charged into the sky. A soft wind blew by the person, causing his body to tremble. Then he suddenly collapsed and fell to the ground.

The sword seemed to let out a cry of sorrow as it fell from the sky and stabbed into the top of the mountain. There was a ripple and then a large chunk of the mountain fell off.

A large amount of shattered rocks gathered around the sword, and in the blink of an eye, the sword turned into a stone statue. Beside it, a statue of its owner also appeared.

The figure of the servant at the tip of the sword slowly formed as the shattered stones gathered.

These stone statues were very rough-looking, but as time passed, they became more and more distinct, as if they were gaining spirit.

The seal from the stone statue had occupied Wang Lin's mind. The seal emitted a powerful light in his eyes. It was as if the statue was coming to life and the stone eyes had begun to show intelligence.

"Future generations with my bloodline, release the restriction and let me awaken… If you don't have enough power, then remember this for future generations…"

The moment that sentence appeared, the imprint that occupied Wang Lin's mind wanted to take root and brand itself onto Wang Lin.

Luckily, the intense pain from Wang Lin's body stimulated his mind and shocked him out of it. He immediately retreated a few steps and closed his eyes to sober up.

At the same time, the power burning his body filled his whole body and dispersed the imprint in his mind.

The moment he became sober, Wang Lin opened his eyes, and they were filled with aghast. He took a deep breath and retreated several more steps. This stone statue was simply too strange, but thanks to his 1,000 years of cultivation, he was able to take some guesses.

The seal from the statue was obviously a celestial spell, and it was some kind of inheritance. However, what it passed down wasn't power, but a slave imprint that lasted for generations!

However, no spell in the world could escape the passage of time. This celestial spell might have been extremely powerful before, but as time passed, it became weaker and weaker.

Even so, if Wang Lin's body wasn't burning, it would have been hard for him to fully awaken. However, what confused Wang Lin was that the collapse of the imprint wasn't because of the burning force. Although the burning force helped push it to collapse, the source of the collapse was the imprint itself.

Li Yuan looked at the stone statue and softly said, "Did you feel it…"

"Brother Xu can rest assured, that imprint will not enslave you and will dissipate… Because it has already imprinted on someone. My ancestors came here a long time ago and broke the restriction with their methods to arrive at the top of the mountain. From then on, they became slaves to this celestial… The following generations of descendants of my ancestors also had the slave imprint…" Li Yuan looked at the statue It was as if he was muttering but also speaking to Wang Lin at the same time.

Li Yuan softly said, "The statue of the celestial can't be broken…" He lifted his right hand and pressed down on the statue. The celestial spiritual energy in his body surged out and countless cracks appeared on the statue. The cracks climbed all over the statue like centipedes.

In an instant, the stone statue collapsed into countless pieces.

However, the moment it collapsed, those shattered pieces reformed once more and it was back to normal in an instant.

"Brother Xu, you saw.…" Li Yuan turned around and looked at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin's expression was serious as he nodded.

Li Yuan let out a bitter sigh and slowly said, "A long time ago, my Li family was famous in the Allheaven Star System as one of the six ancient cultivation families. The family cultivated the dao of restriction. Every generation, there were people who broke through the first step of cultivation into the second step.

"The Li family from back then was at the zenith!

"However, after my family's ancestors entered this place, no one in the future generations was able to break through the first step of cultivation. The peak of the late stage of Ascendant was the limit… It was as if the potential of the family members were slowly sucked away at birth…

"In addition, even our lifespans slowly disappeared. In the same cultivation realm, my Li family members' lifespan is only 30% of others'… All of this is because of the slave imprint!" Li Yuan suddenly turned around and stared at the statue with monstrous hatred in his eyes. The hatred was immediately replaced by melancholy, and Li Yuan's face began to struggle.

Wang Lin's eyes were calm. He stood on the side and silently pondered.

Shortly after, it seemed as if Li Yuan's body had been standing under rain, as his clothes were completely soaked in sweat. It was as if he had suddenly become a lot older in an instant. His hand formed many brandings and he placed them between his eyebrows. Each branding was formed by countless restrictions, and as they imprinted between his eyebrows, his eyes slowly regained clarity.

Li Yuan let out a mouthful of foul air and bitterly said, "Brother Xu, when I get too emotional, it becomes hard to control the slave imprint.

"Over the countless years it was because of this slave imprint that my Li family gradually declined. The clan members died one by one and their cultivations wee stuck at the first step. They slowly lost the glory of the past…

"Until tens of thousands of years ago, my Li family had an incomparable genius; he had talent far greater than all the ancestors. He had a terrifying comprehension of restrictions. If it was before my Li family was branded with the slave imprint, he would have become the strongest person in my Li family!

"Although this ancestor's cultivation was stuck at the peak of the late stage of Ascendant, his control over restrictions made it so that not even second step cultivators would carelessly provoke him. In order to break the slave imprint on my Li family, he used his limited lifespan and left the Allheaven Star System. He traveled to visit experts on restrictions in hopes of finding a method to break the imprint.

"In the Alliance Star System, he traded his restrictions for a scroll from a powerful cultivator. In the Cloud Dust Star System under the Wind Celestial Realm, he traded the family's savings for a compass.

"Before his life span was about to end, he returned to the Allheaven Star System and came back to the Li family. Half of the remaining Li family members voluntarily gave up their lives and used their souls to imitate the soul of the celestial to refine an iron sword!

"He used the iron sword to gather the souls, then condensed them with the compass, and finally sealed them with the scroll. When that ancestor's lifespan was about to end, the Thunder Celestial Realm opened. He took the three treasures along with all of my Li family's hopes into the Thunder Celestial Realm.

"Unfortunately, there were no more news from the ancestor. From then on, my Li family fell into despair and declined even more. The family members died one by one. The slave imprint was like a curse that last reincarnation cycle after reincarnation cycle, and my Li family could never escape… To this day, including me, my Li family only has three people…"

Li Yuan's voice was filled with sorrow. He suddenly turned and gloomily said, "It wasn't until 1,000 years ago that my father saw the iron sword by chance at a remote cultivation planet! If that was all, it wouldn't have been much. After all, it had been too long, and we had no way to judge if it was something that belonged to our ancestor.

"But this iron sword was refined by half of the souls of my family. My father was able to see the anger and grievance of my family members at a glance."

Li Yuan's right hand reached out, and after creating a flash of light, a vortex appeared. As the vortex rotated, Ge Hong appeared with a terrified expression.

To her horror, her body was dragged out of the vortex and thrown to the foot of the statue.

"The family that owned the iron sword had the surname Ge!" Li Yuan's eyes became vicious and were filled with hatred.

"If it was in the old days, when my Li family was still strong, destroying something like the Ge family would only take but a flick of my finger. However, now my Li family's cultivation is stuck at the peak of the late stage of Ascendant, and even with the help of restrictions, we can't beat the Ge family, which has two second step cultivators.

"Several years later, I went out in disguise and entered the Ge family. I found out about everything…" Li Yuan bitterly looked up at the sky.

"The Ge family already knew of my identity since a long time ago… However, they said nothing about the past and sent me to the Thunder Celestial Realm along with Ge Hong and the three treasures."

"Even though they didn't say anything, I could have guessed what happened back then, given my intelligence!" Li Yuan's eyes became vicious as he stared at Ge Hong and slowly said, "Today I came to complete the wishes of my ancestor, but before this, I need your blood to appease the tens of thousands of years of despair that my Li family ancestors have suffered!"

When Li Yuan said this, his right hand reached out and immediately grabbed Ge Hong. His hand held her forehead and her eyes were filled with despair. She wanted to say something, but in the end, she didn't speak.

Wang Lin frowned and slowly said, "Fellow Cultivator Li, the matter between your Li family and the Ge family have nothing to do with me. Why did you brother bringing me here?"

Li Yuan turned around toward Wang Lin and calmly said, "I saw Brother Xu's battle with that Illusory Yin cultivator through my restrictions. One of brother Xu's spells is very useful to me. Brother Xu can relax, I will not ask you to help for nothing. After this matter is complete, I'll give you the complete 18 Plum Restriction along with my family's Annihilation Restriction as compensation! Now, I ask brother Xu to not be impatient, as I must first offer sacrifice to my family's souls!"

Li Yuan's eyes were filled with deep hatred as celestial spiritual energy surged out from his body and rushed into Ge Hong like a raging dragon. The woman revealed a bitter expression, but her eyes were extremely clear. She struggled to look back at the stone statue, and after taking one look, she suddenly understood something. She opened her mouth to say something, but in the end she never got the chance.

Her body exploded into a mist of blood and covered the stone statue. Her origin soul was absorbed by the statue and disappeared.

Li Yuan silently pondered as he looked down at his hand with a confused expression. After a long time, he let out a sigh and said, with an ancient tone, "Ancestor, your family member, Li Yuan, will finish what you started…"

Chapter 751 - Arrival of the Blood Ancestor

The wind blew by and dissipated all the blood mist. Wang Lin calmly watched all of this. This had nothing to do with him, so he naturally wouldn't have tried to help.

Moreover, even if he wasn't here, Ge Hong's fate was sealed from the moment they stepped into the Thunder Celestial Realm.

"This Li Yuan's scheme runs deep. If what he said is true, then the way he endured being next to Ge Hong the whole way can be considered terrifying! Only after arriving at the mountain did he finally spill everything, and only because this mountain was filled with restrictions. It seems this restriction has a lot to do with his ancestors.

"However, I haven't confirmed if everything he said is true!" Wang Lin calmly looked at Li Yuan. His calmness showed no sign of joy or anger, making it impossible to see through what he was thinking.

"However, Ge Hong's eyes were a bit strange. Why did she want to turn around to look at the stone statue before her death…"

Li Yuan took a deep breath before he turned to Wang Lin and calmly said, "Brother Xu, my restrictions can't compare to my ancestor's. What I need from brother Xu is the spell that allowed you to stop the Illusory Yin cultivator from escaping!"

Wang Lin's expression was normal, but his thoughts moved. From this, he would determine if Li Yuan had really witnessed his battle against the Illusory Yin cultivator and saw him use the Stop spell!

"In my entire life, that was the first time I saw a spell like brother Xu's. That spell is very powerful and can be considered unsurpassable. All things freeze at that moment. With Brother Xu's help, I'm confident I can break the stone statue completely and restore my Li family's freedom.

"I offer the Anilhantion Restriction and the 18 Plum Restriction as compensation!"

Wang Lin calmly looked at Li Yuan. If this matter was as simple as what Li Yuan said, then it wouldn't be a problem lending a hand. Forgetting the Annihilation Restriction, just the complete 18 Plum Restriction would increase his power greatly. There were even parts of it that could be used to enhance his spells.

As he pondered, Wang Lin looked at the stone statue. He only took a quick look while avoiding the hand print and then quickly withdrew his gaze. He seemed to vaguely notice something. The appearance of the celestial seemed… somewhat similar to Ge Hong.

"Brother Xu, my cultivation can't match yours; even with the restrictions, I can't match you, let along that sword energy, so why do you still doubt me? Forget it, in order to show my sincerity, I'll give you the complete 18 Plum Restriction. After the seal is broken, I'll give Brother Xu the Annihilation Restriction!" Li Yuan's voice was filled with sincerity as he looked at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin showed no expression, but he nodded.

Li Yuan took out a piece of jade without any hesitation. After imprinting on it, he threw it toward Wang Lin. What was inside were the remaining five statues.

After looking at it, he put it inside his bag and slowly said, "I can help!" Although he said this, Wang Lin became even more cautious. He felt like there was something wrong.

Although Li Yuan seemed to have said everything, Wang Lin felt like Li Yuan was still shrouded in a layer of fog.

Wang Lin coldly snorted in his heart. "I want to see what exactly this Li Yuan is planning!"

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Li Yuan revealed a joyous expression. He then took a deep breath and slapped his bag of holding, causing the iron sword to fly out. While holding the iron sword in his right hand, his left hand gently stroked the iron sword.

A stream of blood immediately flowed down from the sword's body, emitting a red, demonic glow.

Li Yuan muttered to himself, but Wang Lin couldn't clearly hear what he said. Li Yuan kept muttering and then a powerful resentment aura came from the iron sword. It was not a single strand of resentment, but many fused into one.

A red flame burst forth from the iron sword. Inside the red flame, the strands of resentment turned into various human faces that constantly changed.

There was a similar branding between the eyebrows of every single face. As the faces changed, this scene started to look extremely strange.

Just at this moment, Li Yuan bit the tip of his tongue and spat blood into the red flame. The red flame absorbed the blood and suddenly grew.

Bursts of ghostly wails started coming from inside the red flame, and they surrounded the area. The entire mountain was shrouded in these ghostly wails.

Li Yuan's expression was lit up by this red flame, and it gave off a fierce feeling. He touched his bag of holding and the compass flew out. The moment the compass appeared, Li Yuan threw it into the red flame.

When the compass was thrown into the flame, its pointer was started spinning rapidly. Each turn caused a ripple to spread inside the red flame and diffuse outward. This allowed the red flame to quickly spread outward.

In the blink of an eye, the red flame from the iron sword became dozens of feet tall. It was as if it wanted to fly into the sky and give off a constant red light.

The red flame flickered violently and then the compass inside shattered. The moment the compass shattered, the red flame became more intense.

After that, it was the iron sword that collapsed. It turned into molten iron that was absorbed by the red flame, causing it to grow even more. The red flame was now more than 100 feet tall, and it pounced on the stone statue.

The red flame suddenly surrounded the stone statue. Even the statue of the sword and the servant was surrounded in the red flame.

The stone statue seemed to be refined when the resentment inside the red flame entered the stone statue. Cracks gradually appeared on the statue, and more and more appeared as if it was about to collapse.

Li Yuan's eyes glowed as he slapped his bag of holding and a jade bottle immediately appeared. He threw the jade bottle and strands of white light flew out into the red flame. The strands of white light entered between the cracks of the statue.

More and more cracks appeared on the statue and the statue crackled endlessly. As the white light and resentment entered the statue, it was as if something inside it was awakening.

Just at this moment, Li Yuan took a deep breath, and without any hesitation, he took out the last treasure from his bag of holding, the scroll! The scroll suddenly opened, and at the moment the painting appeared, the statue surrounded by the red flames suddenly trembled and the feeling of something awakening became even stronger.

Li Yuan shouted, "Brother Xu, use the spell and let me seal the remnants of the immortal soul inside the stone statue!"

Wang Lin's eyes lit up and he sneered. Not only did he not use the spell, he quickly retreated. He was almost able to see the true karmic cause and karmic effect behind this matter.

Wang Lin's retreat caused Li Yuan's head to suddenly turn and look at Wang Lin. He revealed a fierce expression and shouted, "Fellow Cultivator Xu, if you don't act now, when will you!?!?"

At this moment, even more cracks appeared on the statue, and it even showed signs of collapsing. The feeling of something awakening became even stronger. A majority of the resentment inside the red flame had been absorbed, and all of the white light was also absorbed by the stone statue.

This resentment and white light were like nutrients that gave the statue the power to break free. However, there was also a seal preventing the soul from escaping. The seal wanted the soul to collapse with it.

Wang Lin retreated even faster and retreated 1,000 feet in an instant. Li Yuan's eyes became cold and his cultivation exploded like crazy. Although his cultivation was still at the peak of the late stage of Ascendant, there was a terrifying aura within him.

His charge was like teleportation, allowing him to directly catch up to Wang Lin, and he shouted, "Fellow Cultivator Xu, why are you retreating!?"

"Fellow Cultivator Li's story is very beautiful, but I fear your purpose is not to break the Li family's seal but to revive the celestial statue!" As Wang Lin retreated, the shadow behind him flickered. The celestial guard stepped out and threw a punch at Li Yuan!

There was a huge bang followed by this punch, and its momentum was shocking.

Li Yuan sneered and revealed a hint of contempt. His hand formed a seal and he waved it, causing a black line to appear. The black line expanded and formed a triangle. As the punch closed in, the triangle flashed and appeared before the celestial guard's fist.

In an instant, the triangle expanded rapidly and made contact with the celestial guard's first. Then it spread across the celestial guard's fist like a flexible cord. In the blink of an eye, it wrapped itself tightly around the celestial guard.

At this moment, the celestial guard was wrapped tightly by this triangle that gave off bursts of black light. No matter how hard the celestial guard struggled, it was useless.

"A mere low grade celestial guard dares to act presumptuous before me!" Li Yuan's laughter was shocking!

However, Wang Lin's expression remained neutral, and he gently said, "You were indeed lying before!"

Li Yuan looked at Wang Lin and slowly said, "I don't want to attack you. Now, obediently go back with me and use the Stop spell you inherited from the Rain Celestial Realm. Once this matter is complete, I won't be cheap with your reward!"

Wang Lin faintly smiled and shook his head. "You even dared to kill the descendant of your master, how can I believe you?" After his remark, Wang Lin immediately retreated and rushed away from his place.

Li Yuan's eyes shined brightly. He charged out and slowly said, "It seems I really underestimated you! But you can't run away from me!" As Li Yuan spoke, he waved his hand and a restriction flew out from between his eyebrows. The clouds in the sky suddenly opened, and in the distance, the space distorted and then Wang Lin appeared.

After being forced to appear, Wang Lin showed no signs of panic, as if he had already planned everything.

At this moment in the center fragment of the Thunder Celestial Realm. This fragment was not big, so the landmass was naturally smaller. Thunder-like iron bars surrounded the edge of this fragment.

There was a huge formation at the center of this fragment, and four elders were sitting there. Each one of the elders had white hair, but their bodies were gaining large amounts of origin energy.

The formation suddenly flashed violently, but the four elders didn't budge at all; not even their eyelids twitched. A moment later, a shadow appeared inside the formation.

This shadow became red, and soon, a powerful blood aura diffused across the aura. The four elders opened their eyes and revealed serious expressions.

"Junior Wang Lin, this old man has arrived!" The shadow condensed to formed a middle-aged man wearing a red robe with red hair and red eyebrows.

Blood Ancestor!

Chapter 752 - Karma

Li Yuan looked at Wang Lin and felt doubt in his heart. If this person had already understood the entire situation, why was he still so confident? There was something strange about this.

After letting out a cold snort, Li Yuan didn't waste any time and stepped out. His right hand formed a seal. In a flash, a restriction suddenly appeared. This restriction was unpredictable and suddenly split into 18 restrictions. However, these 18 restrictions showed signs of collapse, as if they were extremely difficult to handle. However, this sign of collapse was extremely well hidden and difficult to notice.

The 18 illusory statues suddenly took physical form due to the restrictions around Li Yuan. The 18 statues shot toward Wang Lin like 18 celestials gods.

These 18 celestial statues gave off bursts of restriction light. In an instant, they surrounded Wang Lin.

"This is the real 18 Plum Restriction. Look closely!" Li Yuan's eyes became cold and his right hand pointed at the air.

Wang Lin leisurely and casually said, "To kill the blood of your own master, such a person is without shame and conscience! Li Yuan, when you sacrificed the blood of your master's descendant, did you not feel the sadness from your master's statue!? Do you dare to turn around and look at the seal on your master's right hand!"

"Don't try to break my faith. Everything I do is to revive my lord; it is not something a mere child like you can understand!" Li Yuan's eyes were gloomy.

Wang Lin had now confirmed his own guess. That Ge Hong was the descendant of the celestial in the stone carving. Back then, Li Yuan's ancestor came with the ancestor of the Ge family. For some unknown reason, Li Yuan's ancestor died and the treasures were taken by the Ge family ancestor.

However, Wang Lin was still confused about something. However, at the moment Li Yuan recognized the celestial guard and named the Stop spell, Wang Lin was suddenly enlightened and understood everything.

"You don't even remember who you are… You are not Li Yuan!" Wang Lin's voice was filled with mystery. As he spoke, the 18 celestial statues rushed toward him.

Wang Lin slapped his bag of holding and a mountain stone appeared in his hand. The stone immediately grew until it was the size of a small mountain and gave off an ancient aura. Wang Lin's hand slapped the mountain, causing the mountain soul to appear and expand.

Wang Lin stood inside the ring, his eyes shining brightly.

"Li Yuan is a descendant of the Li family. He spent his life trying to release his family from the slave imprint. However, you are doing the opposite. Not only are you not trying to release the slave imprint, you are using the soul of all those slave imprints as sacrifices to revive your master. The key to all of this is the blood of the descendant, to use the blood as an offering to awaken the dormant soul sealed inside! Who the hell are you?!"

Li Yuan's eyes became cold. His hand formed a seal and pointed at Wang Lin. The 18 celestial statues trembled and turned into 18 plum blossoms that rotated rapidly around Wang Lin.

It created a vortex with Wang Lin at the center. The vortex gave off a terrifying aura.

Wang Lin's expression was calm without any sign of hesitation. His hand formed a seal and a restriction immediately appeared. This restriction flickered and divided into 18 as well, but six of them were still only illusions.

With a flick, the 18 restrictions flew out toward the 18 plum blossoms, causing the 18 plum blossoms to pause. At the same time, Wang Lin slapped his bag of holding and the celestial sword appeared in his hand.

Holding the celestial sword, Wang Lin's eyes became cold and he slashed down!

Heavenly Chop!

When the sword fell, the surroundings seem to freeze, waiting for the sword to descend!

Bang Bang Bang…

Among the 18 plum blossoms, three of them immediately collapsed. Wang Lin took a step and walked out of the vortex formed by the 18 plum blossoms.

"You are the soul of the servant of the celestial. As the slave imprint was engraved into the Li family, they became slaves to the celestial and followed your commands!

"Not only are you not Li Yuan, even the Li ancestor from tens of thousands of years ago that collected the three treasures was not himself. It was you who merged together with the slave imprint and reincarnated into the Li family!" Wang Lin's eyes shined as he stepped out and spoke with resolve in his voice.

Wang Lin's eyes shined brightly as he coldly said, "That is why tens of thousands of years ago, when you first reincarnated, you were able to make the Ge family comply. Today, after tens of thousands of years in your second reincarnation, you are still able to make the Ge family comply. This is because you are driven by a sense of self righteousness that you must revive your master even at the expense of the entire Ge family!

"You can cheat others, but you can't cheat me. As long as it is related to reincarnation cycle, there is nothing I can't see through!"

Li Yuan silently pondered. When he heard Wang Lin's words, the ripple caused a trace of resistance to suddenly appear in his heart. Li Yuan's face revealed a sign of struggle. Wang Lin's eyes narrowed. He had been waiting for this moment! At this moment, the mountain soul condensed into a ball of fog and was thrown at the stone statue.

At the same time, Wang Lin pointed at the sky and with a thought, the shadow of a whip appeared. The Karma Whip appeared with a series of snapping sounds. The moment it appeared, Wang Lin grabbed the whip, stepped forward, and mercilessly swung the whip.

Bang!

This whip was too fast. What it hit wasn't the flesh or the origin soul but the karmic cause and affect!

When the whip landed on the struggling Li Yuan, his body trembled and he quickly retreated.

"Even the flesh you're in rejects you! Because your soul is not of the Li family!" Wang Lin let out another roar and his eyes released a mysterious light. He then took out another step and pointed at Li Yuan.

Stop spell!

Li Yuan's retreating body suddenly paused and the Karma Whip whipped him once more.

There was a crisp snap as the whip landed, causing Li Yuan's body to tremble once more. The struggle on his face became ferocious.

Wang Lin was about to continue, but he suddenly stopped because the struggle on Li Yuan's face suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Li Yuan's body quickly retreated and rushed ahead of the mountain soul. A restriction appeared in his hand and he pressed it down on the mountain soul. He then looked at Wang Lin and slowly said, "I'm not wrong!"

As if responding to Li Yuan's words, the collapse of the stone statue became even more intense. All the resentment and white light inside the red flame was absorbed by the stone statue. Even the red flame began to shrank as if it would eventually be absorbed by the statue as well.

"I'll allow my master's spirit to break free and enter the reincarnation cycle. I'm not wrong! Not wrong! Even if all of Master's descendants die, I'm still not wrong!" Li Yuan's voice became more calm. As he stared at Wang Lin, his right hand lifted from between his eyebrows and a black line appeared from his hand.

This black line was exactly the same as the one that trapped the celestial guard. However, the moment it appeared, it showed signs of collapse, as if it wasn't complete.

Wang Lin noticed this and remained calm. Those two hits with the whip had opened a hole in Li Yuan's mind. This person was indeed as he had speculated: only the remnant soul left inside the slave imprint.

"Although I don't know why you failed during your first reincarnation tens of thousands of years ago, it is obvious that you're not confident this time either! Otherwise, why would you have taken interested in me mid way!?

"What you're interested isn't my Stop spell, but… this!" In Wang Lin's right hand, the Karma Whip flickered in and out of existence.

Li Yuan's eyes revealed a mysterious light as he stared at the karma whip in Wang Lin's hand and slowly said, "You are very smart… Yes, what I want is the whip containing the power of the reincarnation cycle and karma domain! Without it, I'm only 70% confident, but with it I'm 90% confident!" With that, his right hand pointed at Wang Lin. The black line connected at both ends to form a circle and flew straight at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin quickly retreated, but he didn't panic at all. A majority of his previous actions were all to confirm his final speculation.

Once he confirmed the last speculation, he became 100% confident in leaving this place!

He was finally able to confirm his speculation when he heard Li Yuan's answer about the Karma Whip! The black line closed in and Wang Lin retreated even faster.

"Since you failed during your first reincarnation tens of thousands of years ago, then you still won't succeed during your second reincarnation!

"All of this is because your own master is unwilling!"

"Shut up!" This was the first time Li Yuan's emotions had fluctuated so violently, and his eyes were filled with killing intent. He rushed out and waved his right hand, causing three more black lines to appear in his palm. The three lines formed three swords that shot toward Wang Lin.

Wang Lin let out a laugh and a ray of white light shot out from his mouth. The light turned into a screen that contained the Mountain and River Screen, revealing its majesty.

This was the first time Wang Lin had used this Mountain and River Screen. Even if Li Yuan had seen his battle against the Illusory Yin cultivator, it would be impossible for him to know he had this.

The moment the Mountain and River Screen appeared, the Mountain and River Painting appeared around Wang Lin. The current Wang Lin was like someone inside the painting. The black lines immediately entered the Mountain and River Screen and became dots in the painting that slowly moved toward Wang Lin.

"Tens of thousands of years ago, you also came here with these three treasures like today and also came with someone of the Ge family. The reason you didn't succeed back then was because even your master wasn't willing to awaken using such a method. As a servant to your master, are you really not wrong!?"

Wang Lin's voice came out from the mountain and river. His voice carried the might of thunder and echoed across the world. This voice was so loud that the rumbling words echoed inside Li Yuan's ears.

Li Yuan's body trembled and the struggle appeared once more on his face.

Wang Lin's eyes lit up. With a point of his finger, the karma whip appeared once more and whipped toward Li Yuan.

Wang Lin's eyes shined as he shouted, "Look back at your master's statue. What is that under your master's eyes?!"

The Karma Whip pierced through space and landed on Li Yuan, causing his body to tremble. However, there seemed to be an invisible force that made him look back at his master's statue on the mountain peak.

Chapter 753 - There was no Answer

The red flame was completely absorbed by the statue the moment Li Yuan turned around. More and more cracks appeared and rays of red light shot out from the crack. The red light carried the scent of blood; this scent was from Ge Hong.

These red lights seemed to contain powerful aura and spread out toward the scroll. However, at this moment, there were also many cracks under the statue's eyes. When the red light came out from those cracks, there was an illusion.

It was as if… the celestial statue was crying two streams of blood…

"I… was I wrong…" Li Yuan stared at the stone statue as he muttered to himself, and his eyes were filled with confusion.

Wang Lin's eyes were cold. This Li Yuan was not dangerous. With only his peak late stage Ascendant cultivation, Wang Lin could easily win. However, there was a powerful aura coming from inside Li Yuan's body, and the source of this was the slave imprint!

It was because of this aura that this person always gave off a mysterious aura.

Wang Lin was very wary of that power. He first noticed it when Li Yuan was explaining everything under the stone statue. That moment where Li Yuan convulsed and was soaked in sweat had a very different meaning in Wang Lin's eyes.

At that moment, Wang Lin only kept this in mind. It wasn't until Ge Hong's gaze at the stone statue before death that Wang Lin felt like a bolt of lightning had struck him and he suddenly gained enlightenment.

The Ge family was the descendants of the celestial! As for the Li family, perhaps they really were innocent. It was all because their ancestors had boldly enter this place and received the slave imprint that caused the entire family to decline. Generations of the family contributed their cultivation and lifespans to slowly allow this indestructible celestial soul to recover.

The Li family may have really wanted to rebel, but it was obvious hat it had failed every time. It wasn't until the Li family ancestor from tens of thousands of years ago did the Li family had a chance. However, the slave imprint that had nourished its master for tens of thousands of years had gathered enough for the soul hidden inside it to awaken. This was how the talented Li family ancestor appeared.

As a result, when the Li ancestor said that he was releasing the Li family from the slave imprint, he was, in fact, resurrecting his master.

Wang Lin had really thought that the failure tens of thousands of years ago was due to some problem with the Ge family. However, it wasn't until he thought about why Li Yuan had to find him that he came to a different conclusion.

Li Yuan's preparations were most likely very complete, and he couldn't have planned on meeting him before entering the Celestial Realm. When Wang Lin saw the stone statue and understood the karma between the Li and Ge family, he suddenly understood.

It was because Li Yuan had seen the Karma Whip when he used in the battle against the Illusory Yin cultivator. This was why Li Yuan chose him.

The Karma Whip affected karma!

The failure tens of thousands of years ago was not because of the servant, the treasures, or the Ge family. It was because the celestial was unwilling to be revived this way. The celestial was unwilling to pay the price of the life of all his descendants to release the sealed soul.

It can be imagined that Ge Hong's blood was not enough for the resurrection of a celestial. It was likely that outside the Celestial Realm, the Ge family was carrying out some kind of sacrifice with death as the price.

The karmic cause was the resurrection of the celestial statue. The karmic effect was the removal of the celestial soul resistance.

But how could the soul of a celestial be so simple? If Wang Lin were to use the Karma Whip, he himself would've been dragged into it, and even he didn't know if he would survive.

If Wang Lin hadn't appeared, Li Yuan would've still used other methods after the failure from the first time. However, even Li Yuan wasn't sure if these methods would succeed, which was why he said he was 70% confident and 90% if he had the Karma Whip.

Wang Lin boldly speculated that this Li Yuan also had a karma-related treasure inside his bag!

This would explain why after failing tens of thousands of years ago, the Ge family used various methods to retain the three treasures. Instead of hiding them, they made the whole clan aware of the situation.

Their goal was to wait, wait for the second reincarnation of the slave imprint in the Li family.

This was why everything had gone so smoothly when Li Yuan went to the Ge family. However, Wang Lin remembered the way Li Yuan treated Ge Hong along the way. After constantly watching their interaction, it was as if Li Yuan was constantly changing personalities.

Adding on the change that happened to Li Yuan under the stone statue, Wang Lin confirmed his own speculation. Li Yuan's real soul hadn't died and still existed.

To be more accurate, there was exactly one soul inside Li Yuan's body, but this soul had two different sides. One was the true Li Yuan and the other was the remnant soul inside the slave imprint.

The conflict between the two made it so Li Yuan couldn't use the full power of his family's restrictions. Everytime Li Yuan used a restriction, it would show signs of collapse. The 18 Plum Restriction was like this, and the black lines formed by the Annihilation Restriction was also like this.

After understanding all of this, Wang Lin stayed inside the Mountain and River Painting and silently stared at Li Yuan.

He felt that this Li Yuan was somewhat pitiful.

He was such a loyal servant that he was willing to do whatever it took in order for his master to revive!

Just like the image he saw through the illusion from the statue. When the master died, the servant standing at the tip of the sword looked back with vacant and sad eyes.

The master on the sword hilt was no longer there. It was as if he was the only one left in this world as stood on the sword tip…

Countless years of waiting and two attempts at resurrection, but ultimately he was still unable to escape.

Li Yuan stared at the statue and knelt on the ground.

"Master… I… Am I really wrong…"

More and more cracks appeared on the statue at this moment. As the cracks spread, the red light became even more intense. The red light under the statue's eyes gathered together as if they were real tears of blood.

"Why aren't you willing to wake up… I just want the sword hilt to no longer be empty. The master can always stand on the sword hilt and I can stand on the sword tip to help you battle the heavens and earth…" Li Yuan muttered to himself, and his eyes were filled with sorrow.

Wang Lin stood within the Mountain and River Painting as he silently watched this. He had no life and death grudge with Li Yuan. He let out a sigh and put away the Karma Whip.

"It was because of extreme paranoia that he became lost. After the first failure tens of thousands of years ago, his belief was unstable. Now that he has failed a second time, his faith has collapsed."

More and more cracks appeared on the statue; even the stone sword with the servant on it was covered in cracks. Red light came from within the cracks and colored half the sky.

The stone released even more red light until it slowly extended outward and was absorbed by the scroll.

At the beginning, the scroll didn't absorb much red light. However, as the statue released more and more red light, the scroll began to absorb the red light from the statue even faster.

In the end, the red lights seemed to link together and were rapidly pulled out from the statue. This scene caused the stunned Li Yuan to expose excitement in his eyes.

"Master…"

More and more red light appeared, but none of it leaked out and it was all absorbed by the scroll. The red light from the statue gradually dimmed as if all of it were released by the statue.

Finally, when the last ray of red light came out from the stone statue and into the scroll, the entire statue trembled. It was as if it had lost its soul and no longer had any intelligence. It now looked very ordinary.

The scroll that had absorbed all the red light emitted a bright light. A flame appeared at the corner of the scroll and slowly grew larger. The scroll began to burn from the edge.

It wasn't just one edge, but all the edges of the scroll began burning at once. Green smoke came out from the burning scroll and didn't dissipate.

As Li Yuan looked at this scene, the excitement in his eyes became even more intense.

Wang Lin's eyes narrowed and he carefully observed.

The burning of the scroll slowly moved toward the center form the edges. The celestial on the sword hilt seemed to possess a soul at this moment and flickered inside the burning scroll.

In the end, the flame covered the entire scroll and soon the scroll became a pile of dust that was blown away by the wind.

The green smoke formed by the burning scroll wasn't blown away by the wind but floated in the air. It then vaguely took the shape of a person.

This person's figure was extremely blurry and his appearance couldn't be clearly seen. However, Wang Lin clearly saw a sword formed by the green smoke under the person's feet, and this person was standing on the sword hilt.

There was some smoke swaying near the sword hilt. It was difficult to see if it was the sword's tassel… or just green smoke…

The person standing on the sword hilt rose into the air and waved his hand gently, summoning Li Yuan.

Li Yuan, who was standing on the ground, immediately trembled. A complex rune appeared on Li Yuan's forehead. This was the slave imprint. As the imprint flickered, the remnant soul inside the slave imprint flew out into the sky and landed on the tip of the sword.

The green smoke charged into the sky and disappeared without a trace.

All of this seemed like an illusion. The real and unreal seemed to not exist and everything was but a dream.

Wang Lin's expression was a bit confused as he looked at the statue that had lost its spirit. Then his gaze fell on the seal on its right hand and he fell into a trance…

It was still the same ancient Celestial Realm, still the celestial sword flying into the sky, and still the same two people on the sword. However, the difference this time was the sound that came from the celestial before he died.

"I'm dead, my soul extinguished…"

The statue collapsed into countless pieces of stone. It was now just a pile of debris…

Did the celestial die back then and all of this was a lonely dream formed by the remnant soul of the servant… Or was it really what Wang Lin had guessed before… There were some questions that Wang Lin wouldn't be able to get satisfactory explanations for…

There was no answer… Just like how there was no way to tell if the green smoke was real or fake. Wang Lin thought that he knew everything, but when he saw the green smoke, everything felt fake.

Perhaps only the servant's remnant soul was real, the only one that knew all the answers.

From this day onward, there was an extra sword made of green smoke in the Thunder Celestial Realm. There was a figure that stood at the tip as if it would last for a eternality…

"Where is this…" A weak voice came from Li Yuan's mouth as he lied on the ground. He looked around until his gaze finally fell on Wang Lin.

Chapter 754 - Ancient God Leather Armor

There were many celestial caves scattered across the numerous fragments of the Thunder Celestial Realm along with the treasures of their previous masters. These places were also filled with countless restrictions.

It was not simple to enter the dwellings of celestials.

Despite the fact that the Thunder Celestial Realm had opened countless times over the years, there were still places with restrictions not broken. These restrictions were often too powerful, and sometime there were places that cultivators shouldn't touch.

In an area filled with debris, Li Yuan squatted down, touched the earth, and said, "Brother Xu, look here. This is a typical use of the fourth law of the eight laws of celestial restrictions. What it focuses on is causing disorder in the surrounding celestial spiritual energy in order to hide from divine sense!

"If I'm not mistaken, once this restriction is broken, the cave of a celestial should be revealed here!"

Beside him, Wang Lin looked attentively and nodded. "Brother Li means that the restriction here is primarily made of this soil?"

The fragment they were on wasn't very big. Looking at it from afar, the earth was black and the sky was dark. There wasn't any thunder here, but one could hear the muffled sounds of thunder.

There wasn't anyone within tens of thousands of kilometers of these two. These two figures looked quite desolate here.

Li Yuan nodded and smiled. "I admire Brother Xu's understanding of restrictions. In this past month, most of the times I said something, you were able to see the key points." Li Yuan grabbed a handful of dirt and put it inside his bag of holding. He then said, "Brother Li should take some of this restriction dirt as well. Once we leave the Thunder Celestial Realm, the dirt may change after leaving the Celestial Realm environment. If that is really the case, then once we return to the Li family, it will be a good material for making the restriction compass."

"Many thanks, Brother Li!" Wang Lin smiled slightly as he squatted down and grabbed a handful of dirt.

Li Yuan was very emotional as he sincerely said, "It should be me who is thanking you. If not for you, I would have already died, and let's not mention you freeing me from the slave imprint!"

He became sober one month ago. After the initial confusion, his memories slowly emerged inside his mind. In particular, the various acts he committed while under the control of the slave imprint made it difficult for him to calm down.

After understanding everything, he was very grateful toward Wang Lin. He shared his study of restrictions without any hesitation with Wang Lin to express his gratitude.

"Once we return to the Li family, I'll take Brother Xu to the ancestral inheritance temple. Once there, I can pay respects to the ancestors and then teach you the Annihilation Restriction to repay our debt!" As Li Yuan looked at Wang Lin, his eyes were crystal clear.

Wang Lin backed up a few steps and clasped his hands at Li Yuan. Although Wang Lin didn't speak, his eyes showed the gravity of it all.

The Annihilation Restriction was one of the four great restrictions, and over the last month, Li Yuan had explained a lot of it to him. This restriction was a lot like a spell ,and although it wasn't a celestial spell, it was comparable to one!

In order to learn this restriction, one must learn it at a place of inheritance. In this world, the Li family was the only place left!

"Unfortunately, the restriction here isn't complete. It must have been broken by someone many years ago, but the method they use to break it is extremely crude!" Li Yuan looked at the earth and pondered a bit. He pointed between his eyebrows and a black line flew out. Then his hand immediately formed a seal and he pressed the seal down on the earth along with his finger.

"Break!" With one word, the earth seemed to shake. With Li Yuan's index finger as the center, the earth trembled and suddenly the restrictions broken layer by layer. What appeared before Wang Lin was a celestial mountain and a beautiful pavilion.

This mountain wasn't very tall and there was also a magnificent palace on its side. However, the mountain was filled with holes, as if there had been countless celestial plants there that were taken away. The only plants remaining were some very ordinary-looking trees that swayed in the wind.

The palace was also in ruin; it merely looked dignified.

"It is indeed as I suspected." Li Yuan bitterly smiled and looked back at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin faintly smiled and said, "Brother Li's restriction is really amazing. In the last month, you were able to see through restrictions right away. Although most of the time someone else had been there before, as time goes on, perhaps we will really find a complete celestial palace!"

"Each of the four ancient restrictions will have powerful spells when cultivated to the peak. Whether it is the celestials, or the demons high above, or the mortal beasts below, they can all be sealed!

"The 18 Plum Restriction is something derived from the Annihilation Restriction. However, it was spread outside, and that's how the world outside found out about it." As Li Yuan spoke, he was filled with confidence.

Wang Lin looked at Li Yuan and said, "With how powerful the Annihilation Restriction is, there must be a lot of people seeking it in the Allheaven Star System…"

Li Yuan wryly smiled and nodded. "I don't want to lie to Brother Xu. Over the countless years that the Li family suffered under the slave imprint, the Annihilation Restriction has been taught outside the family seven times! Every time was because it was the last resort.

"But…" Li Yuan looked at Wang Lin and slowly said, "What they learned was indeed the Annihilation Restriction. The Li family didn't hide anything from them and even let them comprehend it at the inheritance temple. However, without the restriction heart, it can't be considered the real Annihilation Restriction!

"The restriction heart is something only the head of each generation can inherit. After we leave the Thunder Celestial Realm, I'll go to the ancestral temple and permanently give you half of the restriction heart!"

Wang Lin was silent for a moment and then clasped his hands at Li Yuan once more.

Li Yuan quickly waved his hand. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly exclaimed and stared at the palace on the mountain.

"Brother Xu, look over there!"

Wang Lin raised his head and looked at the palace. The dilapidated palace looked normal, but after staring at it for a long time, he seemed to have found some clues.

Wang Lin's eyes lit up and he slowly said, "The tree behind the palace. This whole time, only the left side has moved, while the right side didn't move at all!"

Li Yuan's eyes revealed shock and he nodded. "Although Brother Xu hasn't learned the Annihilation Restriction, just your observation skills are enough to surpass many restriction masters."

Wang Lin smiled and said, "It looks like our luck is pretty good."

Li Yuan laughed and flew toward the mountain with Wang Lin. They soon arrived next to the palace. Wang Lin immediately noticed a gloomy aura coming from the motionless half of the tree.

This gloomy aura gave off a sense of danger.

Wang Lin stopped and Li Yuan stopped almost at the exact same time.

Under the tree, there were two white skeletons, and one of them was wearing leather armor. This armor was very rough and had some natural cracks.

At the moment Wang Lin saw the armor, his eyes suddenly widened, revealing a rare look of disbelief.

"This is…"

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"Ancient god skin!" Wang Lin's expression immediately darkened as he stared at the leather armor on the skeleton.

He couldn't tell what feeling it was, but the moment he saw the armor, Wang Lin felt sorrow.

He carefully looked again. This was indeed leather armor made from the skin of an ancient god. Although he didn't know how many stars this ancient god had, when looking at the leather armor, he thought of his original body.

Li Yuan whispered, "Does Brother Xu know this thing?"

Wang Lin shook his head head and calmly said, "I don't know, but it looks similar to something a friend owned."

Li Yuan didn't ask more but looked at the tree next to the skeleton and began to deduce. A moment later, his hands formed a seal and pointed at the tree. The 18 Plum Restriction immediately appeared and charged at the tree.

One by one, the plum restrictions landed and then the space around the tree began to twist. Countless ripples appeared and even the skeleton below the tree began to twist.

Finally, a sound like a mirror shattering echoed and everything before them suddenly collapsed.

The tree was gone and the skeleton was gone as well. The only thing that remained before Li Yuan and Wang Lin's eyes was a transfer array that gave off a soft light.

Li Yuan looked at the transfer array and said, "This is the third law of the eight laws of celestial restrictions. Its main purpose is mirages. The skeleton we saw wasn't really lying under the tree!"

"Using the skeleton as bait to attract people and then kill them with this restriction. I can't begin to guess how many people have died over the years." Wang Lin nodded. He had also seen through this. If that skeleton was real, it would've been impossible for it to have remained intact for so long.

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"This is a slaughter restriction… It looks like that leather armor is a very tempting celestial treasure!" Li Yuan's eyes became cold.

Wang Lin pondered a bit and slowly said, "I just don't know if this restriction was left by the celestials or a trap set by someone who came later!"

Li Yuan also silently pondered. He was also pondering this question. Then he slowly said, "In any case, I can determine that this is the first time that this restriction has been broken. After all, I observed it for a long time and it showed no trace of having been reorganized. The time the restriction has been around also matches this."

Wang Lin's eyes were focused as he slowly said, "It could be that some changes happened to the restriction over the years. This allowed some light to leak out and showed us the inside of the restriction…"

Li Yuan pondered slightly and nodded. "What brother Xu said contains some truth. There is 70% chance it is as brother Xu said. Of course, there is also the chance that this was deliberately set by someone to kill and steal treasures."

Wang Lin and Li Yuan were both astute people with extraordinary minds. The two only needed to discuss a bit to be able to calculate an answer infinitely close to the truth.

Just at this moment, the transfer array that appeared after the restriction was broken began to show signs of instability. It was as if it had been hidden in the dark for so long that once it appeared, it began to conflict with the celestial spiritual energy in the surroundings.

Countless small vortexes had appeared on the edge of the transfer array. This was a sign of collapse. Some illusions appeared form the vortexes. Although they were all fragments of images, one could see the wreckage of ancient buildings.

Wang Lin and Li Yuan both noticed this at the same time and both of their eyes narrowed.

Li Yuan laughed. "It looks like brother Xu's speculation is correct! Why don't the two of us go and check it out?"

Just as Wang Lin was about to speak, a powerful divine sense spread out. This divine sense was too powerful; it was as if the divine sense itself contained a spell.

As it spread out, the clouds in the sky spread out as if didn't dare to provoke it and allowed the divine sense to scan this fragment at will.

Li Yuan's expression changed. At the moment the divine sense swept by, he felt like it was even difficult to breath. It was as if this divine sense was corporeal and was pressing down on his body like Mount Tai.

It also caused the celestial spiritual energy in his body to go out of control and forced him to cough out a mouthful of blood. The divine sense originally only swept by, but then it immediately came back and locked onto this location.

Wang Lin was even more shocked. This divine sense gave him a familiar feeling. However, at this moment, he immediately moved without any hesitation and charged toward the transfer array.

Li Yuan's face was pale and he almost lost his wit as he followed closely behind Wang Lin.

The two of them were originally not far away from the transfer array. At this moment, they moved very fast and got even closer to the array. However, the divine sense suddenly became crazy and the area within 1,000 feet of them suddenly became red.

Strands of red smoke suddenly came out and became something like ghosts. They let out a sharp wails and charged at Wang Lin.

"Restriction!" Wang Lin shouted as he grabbed Li Yuan and charged toward the transfer array.

Li Yuan's astuteness was not weaker than Wang Lin's, so he immediately understood Wang Lin. If both of them attacked, it would slow them down. At this moment of crisis, Wang Lin focusing on speed while Li Yuan focused on attack was the best choice.

While allowing Wang Lin to pull him, Li Yuan's hand moved rapidly and countless restrictions began to appear. The moment the restrictions appeared, they trembled and divided into 18. A large amount of restrictions appeared in almost an instant.

A large amount of restrictions appeared and stopped the ghosts coming from the red smoke. Wang Lin didn't look back as he pulled Li Yuan to the edge of the transfer array. He was one step from entering the transfer array.

Just at this moment, a cold snort came from the divine sense. Then a cold voice echoed in the area.

"Blood space, condense!"

The moment these three words appeared, a force immediately began to squeeze this 1,000 feet area. The space rapidly solidified as if was trying to freeze everything within this area.

Wang Lin was only one step from the transfer array. However, after he raised his foot to take the step, it was as if an entire mountain was tied to his back and his step slowed down.

Even his body felt countless powerful treasures squeezing him as if they wanted to keep him in place. Not only Wang Lin, but Li Yuan also felt this.

This power was simply too powerful; it was comparable to the heavens' might. It was as if an invisible hand has fallen from the sky and grabbed hold of this 1,000 feet area. Its five fingers slowly closed in as if it wanted to crush this area.

Wang Lin's face was pale and cold sweat filled his forehead. He couldn't even lift his hand to take out a magical treasure. He could vaguely see a flash of red light charging toward this location from the distant void. A red figure was quickly condensing within the red light.

A sense of hatred was coming from inside the red light. This was a hatred that carried over across two star systems. The killing intent within was unimaginable…