Chapter 187 – Legacy of the Ancient Gods (part 1)
The atmosphere was silent. The technique had been verified, but there was no need to leave this place yet. First, Wang Lin wanted to see if it was possible to enter the Heaven Revolting space.
If he could enter the Heaven Revolting space, his chances of escape would greatly increase. He moved his hand from his brow. His expression was calm, but there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.
There are no restrictions in the Heaven Revolting room. You can enter it at any time.
Wang Lin let out a sigh of relief. He waved his right hand and took out the Ancient Emperor’s storage bag. With a sweep of his divine sense, a force of resistance emerged from the bag.
The storage bag blocked Wang Lin’s divine sense. This meant the Ancient Emperor was still alive, but Wang Lin himself wasn’t sure. Back then, Hunchback Meng’s storage bag had lost its divine sense, but Hunchback Meng still seemed to be alive.
Now Wang Lin has two treasure bags he can’t open. One belonged to the Ancient Emperor, and the other was found in a cave in the Shinto War Shrine from a mysterious skeleton.
The two storage bags still contained the divine sense of their previous master. With that, Wang Lin couldn’t access them. Wang Lin wasn’t in a rush; he touched the storage bags and surrounded them with his own divine sense to prevent the Ancient Emperor from sensing them.
Once finished, he took a deep breath and shot off like an arrow into the distance. His target was the Ancient God’s Sea of Knowledge.
However, he received a piece of jade to make a restriction flag, and the materials needed to make it were inside the Sea of Knowledge.
After sprinting across this space where there was no difference between earth and sky, Wang Lin still couldn’t see the end of the sky.
He remembered Duanmu and the others once saying that the bodies of the Ancient Gods were incredibly large. A mature Ancient God was larger than the entire Suzaku Star. Even just walking between two veins would be unimaginable.
Although the area was vast, there was no life or boundaries, only silence. Wang Lin did not stop and continued forward.
In the body of an Ancient God, there were no restrictions on one’s divine sense, just like in the outside world. Wang Lin’s soul received abundant nourishment in the third realm, especially the enormous soul that was almost like a soul devourer, which allowed Wang Lin’s soul to grow rapidly.
When he spread his divine sense, it could reach thousands of miles. As a result, he continuously monitored his surroundings with his divine sense as he flew forward. After a long time, Wang Lin stopped with a surprised expression as he stared into the distance. The Linq Qi in his body began to become fierce, as if there was a mysterious force pulling it, causing his Ling Qi to be in a state of excitement.
Shortly after, with his divine sense, he detected a dark blue wave of Qi rolling in from afar. The wave was thousands of feet tall and its length was inestimable. The Qi wave was far away, but the rumbling it produced could still be heard.
After a few seconds, the Qi grew closer, causing the Ling Qi to fluctuate even more violently. Without a word, Wang Lin turned around and flew away from it. The Qi wave was too strange, and Wang Lin was extremely shocked by its appearance.
What broke Wang Lin’s heart was that he had lost control of the Ling Qi in his body. As the Ling Qi vibrated violently, his speed slowed drastically.
The Qi wave drew closer. The roar made it sound like it was right behind Wang Lin. Wang Lin was startled, but his eyes remained calm. He knew he wouldn’t be able to escape the Qi wave in time, so he pointed his right hand at his brow, and the Heaven Revolting Bead shot out. Wang Lin’s body quickly began to fade before disappearing completely.
After about ten breaths, a wave of Qi shot past where Wang Lin had disappeared, disappearing into the distance. After a while, Wang Lin’s shadow slowly began to appear, until he became real again. He stared at the passing wave of Qi for a long time, contemplating what he had just witnessed.
After staring for a moment, he continued flying forward.
The Six Desire Demon Lord appeared within a thousand feet of the exit of the third realm. The blood red light faded around him, revealing a sour and thin face. In his hand, he held a skeleton that had lost an arm.
There were gold spots on the frame, which emitted small rays of golden light.
Most of his flesh had been lost in the fight against the wandering souls. His Yuan Ying was on the verge of collapse. There were countless wandering souls in his body. When they attacked, Six Desire Devil Lord’s stamina plummeted.
Now, he didn’t even have the energy to activate the Blood Desire Escape technique. He could only wait quietly for the wandering souls to devour him, or for his master to capture him.
In his heart, he desperately hoped that his master would catch up with him before the wandering spirits devoured him, even if it meant turning into a demon. He would rather save his life.
Unfortunately, his wish would be very difficult to achieve, because at that moment, his Yuan Ying’s last line of defense collapsed in an instant due to the wandering soul’s attack, and his Zifu soul was exposed.
The wandering souls showed greedy expressions and rushed forward. The Six Desire Devil Lord was helpless at this moment, but the skeleton inside his body released a golden light.
A huge golden light emerged from the skeleton and surrounded the Six Desire Devil Lord. Instantly, the wandering souls that had pounced on him began to scream, and quickly left his body to escape the golden light.
The Six Desire Devil Lord was stunned by what had just happened. After the wandering souls left, he immediately regained control of his body. He revealed a joyful expression as he stared at the skeleton in his hand. He felt as if he had just narrowly escaped death.
But soon after, he became very suspicious, but now was not the right time to think about it.
All the wandering souls around him began to retreat, as if afraid of the golden light. The Six Desire Devil Lord was a decisive man. When he realized this, he put aside his suspicions and headed towards the exit of the third realm.
The large crack near the exit had closed. Unhindered by the wandering souls, he quickly arrived at the exit and stepped into the whirlpool.
He felt incredibly relieved at that moment. The Third Realm was too terrifying. If he could escape from here, he swore never to return.
When he first came here a thousand years ago, although he had also reached the third realm, it wasn’t unusual. The awakening of his master, Hunchback Meng, who had become a demon, and a series of events had created a cloud of confusion in his heart. This cloud only spread and made him extremely nervous.
He was inside the whirlpool. As the purple lightning descended, he waved his hands and performed a series of hand techniques. After completing them, his Yuan Ying shrank significantly.
The color in his eyes faded. The technique landed on the skeleton in his hand. The golden light shone brighter as the bones began to crack, before exploding into dust and scattering in all directions.
Amidst the cloud of ash were countless specks of golden light. Six Desire Devil Lord waved his hands, sending ash scattering as the golden specks coalesced into a gleaming golden arm bone.
However, on this arm bone, there are only four and a half fingers. Half of the ring finger is missing.
The moment the arm bone appeared, the countless purple lightning bolts in the whirlpool stopped in place, completely motionless. The Six Desires Demon Lord didn’t even look as he took the nearly intact arm and spat out Ling Qi.
The spiritual energy was quickly absorbed by the arm. Afterward, the Six Desires Devil Sovereign began forming a set of hand seals with his arm. If Wang Lin were here, he would have realized that this was the same set of hand seals he had obtained from the Ancient Emperor, but instead of just around 400, there were over 1,000 sets.
These thousands of hand seals were all executed by this arm. Shortly after, a whirlpool suddenly appeared before him. Six Desire Devil Lord’s eyes lit up. The reason he dared to come here was because he felt he had completely grasped this arm bone, and with it, he would be able to leave just like a thousand years ago.
The arm bone was the inheritance Wang Lin had been searching for. After a thousand years, the Six Desires Demon Lord felt he had finally solved the mystery of the arm bone.
He was worried that the inheritance would be stolen, or something unexpected might happen, so he took great pains to put it inside a disciple. No one would have guessed that the inheritance was not in his bag, but in the young man who followed him.
Thanks to the connection he has with the bones, he can use it at any time, so it’s safe.
Moreover, the arm bone was an inheritance from the Ancient God Land, so there were no restrictions placed on it. Thus, his disciple could enter the Ancient God Land without any problems.
After forming the final hand seal, he decided that he would never return to this strange place again. However, just as he felt confident and stepped into the whirlpool, the whirlpool suddenly collapsed right before him and disappeared.
The Six Desires Demon Lord was stunned for a moment, but at the same time, a purple lightning bolt that had frozen in the air descended and struck him, causing him to disappear from the exit of the third realm.
After he disappeared, the Sky Demon Sorcerer appeared. He revealed a strange smile and said, “My good disciple, you must succeed so that you don’t waste your master’s efforts in unlocking the secret of that arm, saving you from the wandering souls and preventing you from leaving.”
Wang Lin’s entire body was like lightning. He quickly flew through the area outside the Ancient God Qi Sea, however, his direction had changed. Instead of moving forward, he was now moving upwards.
He didn’t know how long he had been flying. His surroundings were exactly the same as before. If it weren’t for his divine senses, he would have thought he was flying in place.
During this time, he encountered more than 10 Qi waves. He avoided them all by going into the Heaven Revolting room. Gradually, he discovered some clues. No matter how he looked at it, those Qi waves were formed by Ling Qi.
Wang Lin already had an answer in his heart, but he refused to believe it. This Qi wave clearly came from the Ling Qi whirlpool in the Qi Sea. If only the whirlpool could produce such a powerful Qi wave, wouldn’t the entire Qi Sea have reached an unimaginable level of Qi?
If this Ancient God was dead, why was his Ling Qi still circulating? Furthermore, Wang Lin noticed that as he flew forward, waves of fluctuations, which caused his mood to change, came from all sides. However, these waves didn’t cause Wang Lin any serious harm. They were only slight, but they raised Wang Lin’s guard. He checked the location of his own sea of Qi for reference. Above the sea of Qi was the Ancestral Point, and within it was the Zifu Knowledge Sea.
As Wang Lin flew, he silently calculated in his heart, but there was too little information. It felt like there was always a mist over his eyes, preventing him from seeing the truth. The entire Land of the Ancient Gods had a strange atmosphere.
As Wang Lin flew, he suddenly stopped. Without a word, he pointed at his brow and disappeared into the Heaven Revolting space. At the same time, a flash of white light appeared near him. As the white light faded, the Six Desire Devil Lord appeared.
His face was grim. He stared at the golden arm in his hand, then looked around. He was momentarily stunned. A thought crossed his mind. He looked around again, and his expression suddenly changed to one of joy.
“This… This Ancient God is clearly dead, but this place still has such strong fluctuations of will?” Six Desires Demonic God’s eyes grew brighter. He could sense fluctuations coming from all sides.
This fluctuation, to him, was clearly a kind of desire. A thought flashed through his mind. He formed a seal with his right hand and uttered a spell into the air. A thin, snake-like black Qi appeared before him and flew away, heading into the distance.
The Six Desire Devil Lord’s eyes lit up. He opened his mouth and inhaled. The black light immediately returned and was sucked in. The Six Desire Devil Lord’s face once again revealed a joyful expression. He could clearly sense that by absorbing that trace of desire alone, he had recovered all the Yuan Ying he had lost to the wandering souls.
The Six Desires Demon Lord, without saying a word, scanned the area with his divine sense and found nothing unusual. He immediately opened his arms, forming different seals, while he sat cross-legged. He shouted, “Desire Fear, come!”
As soon as the words left his mouth, as he formed a seal with his hands, black Qi appeared around him. All of that black Qi charged towards the Six Desire Devil Lord.
Gradually, more and more black Qi gathered, until it covered a vast area around the Six Desire Devil Lord’s body. His body was like a black hole, absorbing the black Qi endlessly.
His expression grew increasingly confident. He showed a hint of surprise on his face. He could clearly sense that the Fear Desire within the Ancient God’s body was greater than he could have imagined, far beyond his expectations.
Time passed slowly. From a distance of 100,000 feet, the Sky Demon Sorcerer revealed a delighted expression as he looked at the Six Desires Demon Sovereign. He muttered to himself, “Absorb, my good disciple, continue absorbing. For the sake of my master’s plan, you must put on a good show!”
He smiled strangely. His hands crossed, causing a blue light to rapidly spread in all directions, instantly enveloping everything within a mile. After finishing, a thought flashed through his mind. His smile grew even wider. He thought, “Good disciple. Back then, your master’s calculations were correct. Your crazy nature would become a barrier blocking your path of cultivation. But looking at it now, it’s this crazy nature of yours that will help this old man’s plan succeed.”
Time passed slowly. An endless black mist now covered an area a mile in radius. If not for the Sky Demon Witch preventing it, the black mist would have continued to spread.
After an unknown amount of time, the mist faded. Six Desire Devil Lord’s eyes revealed a crazed light. His cultivation had reached an extraordinary level.
“Desire of Greed, come!” he shouted again. A moment later, a red mist suddenly appeared, covering a one-mile radius around him.
After that, his Impulsive Desire, Desire for Pleasure, Desire for Jealousy, Desire for Obsession, and the like were all devoured by the Demon Lord of Six Desires. What his master, the Sky Demon Sorcerer, had said was true; his greatest weakness was his desire to improve his cultivation. If given the opportunity to improve his cultivation, he would absolutely not give up.
Even now, he never considered stopping, continuing to absorb all of that desire relentlessly. As he absorbed this obsessive desire, his body emitted a very pungent odor.
The six desires within the Ancient God’s body were scattered due to some changes in the Ancient God’s soul before his death. The Six Desires Demon Sovereign has now absorbed some of the Ancient God’s desires and reached a level in the Mysterious Sky Demon Cultivation Method that surpasses the expectations of its creator, the Sky Demon Sorcerer, of what the highest level could be.
At that moment, the Sky Demon Witch smiled. Even her usually gloomy face couldn’t help but laugh. She quickly rushed towards the Six Desires Demon Lord.
“My good disciple, your task is complete. It seems this old man didn’t adopt you in vain. This time, you’ve truly shown your gratitude!”