After six zhang, Wang Lin’s gaze focused. He did not continue forward but stepped back three steps, stepped out from the side, and walked nine steps! Then he stepped back three steps again, changed direction, and headed straight forward.

He had circled around in a small arc and arrived three zhang away from the pavilion!

His expression was calm. All of this was within his calculations, with every variation in his mind. He had simulated every step countless times in his mind before finally being able to determine them.

Precisely because he was confident, he stepped calmly. Wang Lin knew that if he took a single wrong step while within this Restriction, he would certainly suffer a violent backlash.

The first six zhang were fine, but the final four zhang were different. Given his cultivation, if he took a wrong step, he would be doomed beyond salvation!

However, things were not absolute. Within this Restriction, there was always a glimmer of survival. If, in a moment of crisis, one stepped onto this path of survival, one could save their life!

This was also a characteristic of the Immortal Restriction!

It was just that this sliver of survival was not fixed; it changed position constantly as the Restriction shifted. For the past two months, besides the Restriction itself, the focus of Wang Lin's calculations had been the location of this survival path.

From six zhang to seven zhang, the reason he circled a small arc for this one zhang was because of the change in the survival path; he constantly kept himself one step away from it.

At this moment, standing at seven zhang, he focused and calculated with his fingers for a moment. His gaze flashed, and he stepped forward, covering one zhang in a single stride.

After landing, Wang Lin immediately took another step forward, but the moment his foot touched down, his expression changed. Without any hesitation, he stepped half a step to the left. Just then, within ten zhang of the pavilion, a black hurricane immediately appeared!

This hurricane appeared out of thin air, and a violent force surged out. Inside the hurricane, streaks of black lightning flashed. In almost the blink of an eye, the area within ten zhang seemed destroyed; wind and thunder rumbled, lightning cracked. This destructive power—let alone Wang Lin, even a Soul Transformation Cultivator would die if they stayed inside for more than three breaths!

Especially that lightning; like a swimming Dragon sweeping across, it could destroy everything in the world!

Within this ten-zhang hurricane, Wang Lin's figure moved constantly, weaving between the lightning. Every step he took was on the path of survival. If he were slightly careless, he would be struck by the lightning, leading to his Primordial Spirit being destroyed!

That step just now was not a calculation error; rather, for some reason, the Formation Restriction had inverted and was running in reverse!

After ten breaths, the hurricane immediately dissipated, as if it had never appeared, and the black lightning vanished with it. Wang Lin's body flickered, and he stepped directly into the pavilion, having crossed the ten-zhang distance, but large beads of sweat were dripping from his forehead.

The moment his body stepped into the pavilion, the area within ten zhang around it immediately shone with a bright light. Under this brilliant radiance, the surrounding scenery changed drastically.

Behind the pavilion, as if parting clouds and mist, a rockery was revealed. There was grass everywhere on the ground, and beyond that, a bamboo forest was faintly visible, connecting with the bamboo forest that had already existed around them.

The surrounding scenery changed completely, as if finding a way out of a desperate situation, revealing another world.

At the same time, a calm voice drifted from the void and fell into Wang Lin's ears.

"By breaking the Restriction, you have temporarily gained the qualifications to possess this Immortal Cave. As long as you do not die, no one else will enter here!" The moment this voice arrived, a crystal light flew from afar and stopped in front of Wang Lin.

This was a crystal token, only the size of a finger, floating in mid-air and emitting rays of seven-colored light.

"This is the Immortal Cave token. With this token, you can enter the Immortal Cave!"

Wang Lin took the small crystal token and took a deep breath, casting his gaze toward the pavilion. Inside the pavilion, whether it was the stone tables or stone chairs, everything was guarded by Restrictions and could not be touched easily.

However, compared to the ten-zhang Restriction, the power of these Restrictions was much weaker.

Wang Lin did not look at the tables and chairs; his gaze focused on the wine pot on the round table.

Although the Restriction on the wine pot was exquisite, it could not stump Wang Lin. After a brief calculation, he pointed his right hand toward the wine pot. When he was three inches away, a ripple like that on a water surface immediately spread out.

Wang Lin's finger touched the water surface, causing a ripple. At the same time, he quickly lifted his finger, and with a flick, a phantom image of a Restriction flashed from his hand and landed on the water ripple.

In that instant, the water ripple surged, and in the very center, a rotating Vortex appeared. This Vortex spun faster and faster, spreading outward to form a circular opening.

Wang Lin's right hand moved like lightning, reaching directly through the circular opening, grabbing the wine pot, and pulling it out instantly.

The water ripples dissipated, and the surroundings returned to normal.

Excitement appeared in Wang Lin's eyes. The wine pot in his hand was slightly heavy, clearly not empty! He took a deep breath and opened the lid. A fragrance immediately rushed toward him. Wang Lin saw at a glance that there were about ten drops of fine wine left in the pot!

"The wine pot is slightly heavy, but there are only ten drops… However, this is Immortal wine, and given that it was placed here, it is clearly no ordinary object!" Wang Lin stared at the wine pot, feeling some internal struggle. A moment later, he gritted his teeth, poured out a single drop, and inhaled, immediately taking this drop of wine into his mouth.

The moment this drop of wine entered his mouth, Wang Lin's entire body turned bright red. Inside his body, a violent Immortal Power surged through his entire body in the blink of an eye.

A feeling of slight intoxication emerged within Wang Lin along with that Immortal Power.

The Immortal Power in his body increased rapidly, flowing through his Meridians like a flood. A fiery heat rose from his Dantian and instantly surged toward his heavenly spirit.

At the same time, the slight intoxication grew heavier with the flow of Immortal Power. Wang Lin's eyes were no longer clear but revealed a hint of turbidity.

Slowly, his body leaned to the side, his head tilted, and he fell into a deep slumber.

Time passed: three months… six months… nine months… one year!

For a year, Wang Lin remained in a deep slumber, with snores drifting far away. Since he began Cultivating, Wang Lin had rarely slept. This time, however, was his longest in hundreds of years!

Although he was in a deep slumber, the Immortal Power in his body was growing crazily. The speed of this growth, even if Heavenly Fate Child were to see it, would be shocked!

When the Immortal Power in his body reached a certain level, the Demonic Power crystal in his Dantian shattered and melted silently. The Demonic Power filled his body but was immediately swallowed by the Immortal Power, becoming a part of it.

Within ten zhang, as Wang Lin slept, wisps of free-floating Immortal Qi were emitted from his body, permeating the surroundings. Over the course of a year, this caused the Immortal Qi within these ten zhang to become extremely dense.

In his slumber, Wang Lin always held the wine pot in his right hand.

On this day, Wang Lin slowly opened his eyes and let out a burp. There was some confusion in his eyes, and he subconsciously looked around. But instantly, the confusion in his eyes vanished, replaced by clarity.

He stood up almost immediately, his eyes filled with vigilance. After looking around carefully, he frowned slightly and looked down at the wine pot in his hand. He only remembered drinking a drop of wine, after which his Immortal Power increased, and then he fell into an uncontrollable deep slumber!

Thinking of the Immortal Power, he immediately looked inward. Upon checking, his eyes revealed unimaginable shock.

"This… I… how long have I slept!!!" Since he began Cultivating, it was rare for him to be as shocked as he was now.

"The Immortal Power in my body has far exceeded the level of the Late Stage Great Perfection of Nascent Soul Transformation. I only need to successfully comprehend the Concept to reach the Soul Transformation Realm of Life and Death in one go!!" Wang Lin looked at the wine pot in his hand in disbelief.

"What on earth is this wine!" Wang Lin very cautiously placed the wine pot into his Storage Pouch. Feeling it still wasn't safe, he took it out and placed several powerful Restriction Seals on it before putting it back into the Storage Pouch.

"I must thoroughly loot this entire place!!" Wang Lin's interest in this place reached a peak at this moment!

After the excitement, Wang Lin also felt some lingering fear.

"Fortunately, my Concept comprehension has not reached Soul Transformation. Otherwise, if my Immortal Power were sufficient this time, I would have attempted to break through to the Soul Transformation Realm of Life and Death. While in a deep slumber, I would have been unable to take out Zhou Yi's Soul Transformation crystal. If I were unlucky and the breakthrough failed, I would have died too unjustly!" Wang Lin was silent, but immediately, his gaze flashed.

"My current cultivation has no rivals within the Nascent Soul Transformation stage. Now, I just need to reach the required Concept, then find a secret place to attempt the Soul Transformation. This secret place… this location is the most secret. Once my Concept is sufficient, I will attempt the Soul Transformation here!

Things in the world are truly like blessings in disguise. It was a coincidence that I entered this place; if not for this, even with enough Immortal Jade, it would have taken who knows how many years to reach my current level. Could this be what Mortals call a fortuitous encounter…" Wang Lin was in high spirits. After this sleep, his condition was excellent. He looked around and was about to continue breaking the Seals, but a thought occurred to him.

"How long did I sleep this time… If I slept for decades or even a century, wouldn't everything outside have changed drastically? If that were the case, it would have been better to just Cultivate myself…" Wang Lin pondered for a moment and walked a few steps inside the pavilion, then suddenly his gaze focused on the bamboo forest in the distance.

In that bamboo forest, a corner of a railing was exposed. Although most of it was covered by bamboo, upon closer inspection, Wang Lin still saw some clues.

"I didn't notice it before; there is another pavilion here. But looking at its appearance, it seems like a shrine in a Mortal courtyard!"

After thinking for a moment, Wang Lin did not go to check the shrine but took out the small crystal token. Integrating his spiritual sense into it, amidst flashes of light, his figure disappeared from the Immortal Cave.

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The Immortal Cave is a great Treasure Trove, containing many secrets. I'll find time to come back and dig slowly after I go out.

The first chapter today was a bit watery, but the second chapter will be solid. It averages out, so please provide monthly votes!