Chapter 199 – Land of the Ancient Gods (Final)
I have a coconut.
Wang Lin remembered clearly how many ice crystals he had absorbed.
After the 70th ice crystal, they take several times longer to be absorbed.
As Wang Lin absorbed more ice crystals, they contained more memories, and the first thing Wang Lin would do after emerging from the cocoon was examine his body. As he absorbed more inheritances, his speculations were confirmed. The star on his forehead represented the number of times his body had been reconstructed.
After each ice crystal he absorbed, the color of the star on his forehead would become clearer, and at the same time, Wang Lin could clearly feel that with each ice crystal he absorbed, his body was undergoing an adjustment. After 70 readjustments, Wang Lin could feel his body becoming tougher. It was as if he was following in the footsteps of the Ancient Gods.
Although his body appears normal on the outside, his insides have undergone tremendous changes. After absorbing 70 ice crystals, his body has become incredibly powerful.
Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. He suspected that, in his current state, his body would be able to withstand a blow from a spirit formation stage cultivator.
Time passed. Today, within the space containing the ancient gods’ inherited knowledge, there were no blue ice crystals left. All that remained was a giant, dark blue cocoon.
The cocoon was abnormal. There were numerous cracks on its surface. If one looked closely, they would say that the cracks resembled the cracks on Tu Si’s skin.
This giant cocoon had been there for countless years without any signs of breaking. The entire surrounding area felt as if it were sealed by some mysterious force. Nothing had changed in all these countless years.
Wang Lin’s body lay inside the cocoon. His heart had long since stopped beating. His entire body lay there, seemingly dead.
His soul was in complete disarray. The time it took to absorb the last ice crystal was far longer than the last 93 ice crystals combined.
His soul sank into the memories of the ancient god. He experienced the events from the birth of Ancient God Tu Si to the moment he decided to practice the Flowing Ink Transformation Divine Technique, as if he were there himself. After experiencing all of this, Wang Lin even felt like he was an Ancient God himself.
This kind of confusion was something Wang Lin avoided, but now, at the last ice crystal, this feeling exploded.
Because of this, Wang Lin’s soul remained in a state of slumber. After an unknown amount of time, a cracking sound was heard from the giant cocoon.
Soon, a continuous cracking sound could be heard from the cocoon. The countless lines covering it began to expand. Soon, with a “pop,” the entire cocoon shattered.
A figure emerged from the cocoon. The person had black eyes and white hair, with a very ordinary face, but his aura was extremely tyrannical. At this moment, the person’s eyes were closed, and his heart had stopped beating. He showed no signs of life.
After a long time, his eyes opened. They felt like they contained infinite power.
Wang Lin slowly exhaled and examined his body. After absorbing the 94th ice crystal, he could clearly sense how powerful his body had become. Although he hadn’t performed any tests yet, he was confident that this body would help him achieve his goals and provide him with many benefits.
Recalling the moment he absorbed the last ice crystal, his heart still felt shocked. If he hadn’t taken precautions before doing so, such as when he absorbed the 50th ice crystal and slowed down the rate of ice crystal absorption to create a solid foundation, then after absorbing the 94th ice crystal, he would have lost himself and ended up becoming a madman who thought he was Tu Si.
Because of the solid foundation he built, he was able to withstand the storm and maintain his identity.
Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. The memories he had obtained were almost complete, but he still felt a hint of doubt in his heart. According to the memories he had received, they covered the time from Tu Si’s birth to the time he began cultivating the Flowing Ink Transformation Divine Technique, but they did not include the time he cultivated the technique that led to his death.
Wang Lin pondered for a moment. He observed his surroundings carefully. He guessed that there were not only 94 ice crystals, but not too many.
However, why aren’t the remaining ones here? Wang Lin frowned and pondered for a moment, but gave up on it. His hands moved to form a seal, then he spoke in the Ancient God language and said, “Open!”
Instantly, a curved gap opened up in front of him. Inside were three shining black stones.
Wang Lin held the three stones in his right hand. As he stepped forward, ripples spread out from beneath his feet.
He took three steps and his body disappeared from this place.
These three stones were the main ingredients for crafting the prohibition flag. Within the Ancient God meridian aperture, numerous prohibitions were placed in such a way that they formed a ring around a certain point, releasing a noxious odor. A white-haired figure suddenly appeared outside the ring.
After he appeared, he stared at the ring. After looking at it for a moment, and confirming that nothing had changed, he took a step forward. The restrictions seemed as if they had lost their power, as none of them were active at all. With each step, the restrictions nearby disappeared. As he walked to the center of the ring, all the restrictions in his path vanished.
He was Wang Lin, and regarding these restrictions, he had set them himself to protect his body and his storage bags.
Although he believed this place was safe because it wasn’t actually inside the meridians, but in the special space created from inherited memories, Wang Lin was personally very careful, so he still left many safety precautions.
After entering the boundary, his eyes fell on his old body and the storage bags. His eyes revealed a look of regret. The body before him was already decaying. There were traces of Ling Qi released from the Jie Dan within his body.
Beside the body were several bags containing clothing items.
Wang Lin sighed. If he didn’t reconstruct his body after receiving the inherited memories, then he would have to get another body.
He placed his right hand on his old body’s chest. The lifeless body suddenly began to emit a thick spiritual energy. Soon, cracks appeared on the body’s arms and legs, and they continued to spread. As the cracks widened, the spiritual energy fluctuations grew even greater. Finally, the body completely disintegrated, and a fist-sized Jie Dan floated out of it.
There were countless colored dots scattered among the shattered bodies.
When he saw Jie Dan, he felt a sense of familiarity. After all, this was the Jie Dan he had formed himself, and this connection was not something that could be broken by time.
Shortly after, Wang Lin’s right hand reached out and the Jie Dan flew toward him. As soon as the Jie Dan reached his hand, it disappeared into his body and charged toward his dantain. Once it reached his dantain, the Jie Dan began to slowly rotate in place.
A surge of Ling Qi washed over Wang Lin’s body. He closed his eyes and felt his body. He reopened them and stared at the remains of his old body. He formed a hand seal and growled, “Hellfire!”
As the words left his lips, the blue dots mixed with the remains of his body coalesced into blue flames.
Wang Lin opened his mouth and sucked the fire into his body. The fire disappeared into his dantian.
Wang Lin waved his right hand, causing the bags of belongings beside the corpse to fall into his hand one by one. Soon after, white light radiated from his hand, and a black robe appeared. After putting on the robe, Wang Lin reached into the void, creating a gap. Without hesitation, he stepped into it.
He reappeared in the place that held the inheritance of knowledge. Wang Lin took a deep breath and examined his surroundings. After confirming that everything was the same as before, he began to chant some extremely complex words in the ancient divine language.
With a seal formed by his hands, a seething screen of light appeared before him. The words in his mouth acted like an invisible hand, expanding the screen of light. Soon, the screen of light grew quite large, and the image of an Ancient God appeared on it.
Wang Lin was very familiar with the pressure that Ancient God Tu Si’s illusion possessed, so his heart remained calm.
After the image appeared, the eight stars on Tu Si’s forehead emitted eight rays of light, forming an octagonal whirlpool.
Wang Lin looked at Tu Si’s shadow and thought, “Land of the Ancient Gods, goodbye!”