Chapter 1224: Peak of the Cloud Sea, Knowing

Wang Lin and Mu Bingmei stood separated by the open door of the courtyard. Their gazes converged, as if that door were an uncrossable chasm. Separated by this chasm, the two fell silent in the moonlight.

This silence was different from the times with Li Qianmei, though it was hard to say exactly where the difference lay. It seemed that in Wang Lin's life, apart from Li Muwan, there was always the figure of someone called Liu Mei, or perhaps the current Mu Bingmei, accompanying him…

Vermilion Bird Star was like this… Luotian Star Domain was also like this… Now that he had reached the Cloud Sea, it remained the same.

In this silence, Mu Bingmei lowered her head, took a light step, crossed the chasm-like door, and walked into the courtyard, arriving on the grass a few zhang away from Wang Lin.

"I didn't expect to meet you here." Mu Bingmei raised her head, gazing at the night sky, her voice somewhat hoarse as she spoke slowly.

Wang Lin withdrew his gaze from Mu Bingmei. His expression was calm, devoid of the complexity of the past, as if the person he had just looked at was merely an unfamiliar friend.

"The affairs of the world are mostly unpredictable," Wang Lin said indifferently.

Mu Bingmei's peerless face displayed astonishing beauty in the moonlight. This beauty contained a noble temperament, an aura that she, as the Kunxu Saintess, had naturally possessed for many years.

Of all the women Wang Lin had met in his life, none could compare to Mu Bingmei in terms of beauty. She was like a Fairy who should not have appeared in this world, having descended into the world by chance.

"Unpredictable…" A trace of bitterness appeared on Mu Bingmei's face.

"Why did you come to the Cloud Sea?" Wang Lin looked at Mu Bingmei. This woman, even though her Clone had brought him infinite pain, was deeply branded into his heart and soul—forever, forever impossible to wipe away cleanly.

It was just that Liu Mei was a Clone of this woman before him, and everything about Liu Mei seemed to have continued in this woman. Sometimes, even Wang Lin could not distinguish whether she was Liu Mei or Mu Bingmei.

But all of this was no longer important. Before Wang Lin left the Alliance Star Domain, he had already settled all grudges with this woman, letting the wind return, no longer able to stir his heart.

"Do you know someone called Tuo Sen… an Ancient God…" Mu Bingmei looked at Wang Lin, a deep worry flashing through her eyes alongside the bitterness.

"Tuo Sen!!" Wang Lin's eyes suddenly changed, and cold light instantly flickered within them.

"He broke free. The army of the Luotian Star Domain collapsed as a result. Countless were killed by him, and in the end, they had to retreat back to Luotian, not daring to take even half a step back in… There was a Cultivator with great Divine Ability in Luotian named Lu Fuzi; even this person retreated into the starry sky, not daring to fight Tuo Sen!" Mu Bingmei's words were very soft, but the content was shocking. Falling into Wang Lin's ears, it made him take a deep breath, and his entire aura suddenly condensed, as if in an instant, he had become a volcano about to erupt.

But Mu Bingmei's words were not finished yet; the news she wanted to tell Wang Lin was not yet complete!

"The Star Domain occupied by the Corpse Yin Sect was found by this Tuo Sen. The king of the Corpse Yin Sect was defeated, suffering heavy casualties. The entire Corpse Yin Sect has almost fallen apart!"

"The Four Saints Sect suffered heavy casualties during Tuo Sen's advance. Although the Azure Dragon Saint Emperor's cultivation was heaven-defying, he was still no match for Tuo Sen… In the end, his life or death is unknown!"

"All remaining forces of the Cultivation Alliance were completely disintegrated under Tuo Sen's sweep, scattering like birds… Only the headquarters of the Cultivation Alliance, for some unknown reason, did not attract Tuo Sen's attention, and by some stroke of luck, it remained intact!"

Wang Lin's pupils contracted. The shock brought to him by these pieces of news was truly too great, like a ten-thousand-gold carriage crashing head-on into his heart and soul, turning into a storm that caused it to collapse.

He had never expected that Tuo Sen's awakening would stir up such a storm in the Alliance Star Domain!

"The Rain Immortal Realm you care about most was not destroyed. Tuo Sen also went there, but he was blocked by Qing Lin outside the Rain Realm. The two seemed to have an agreement, and in the end, Tuo Sen left." Mu Bingmei bit her lower lip and said softly.

"You were right. If Ru'er had chosen to stay by my side back then, then with her cultivation, she would not have escaped death in this catastrophe… The Kunxu Realm no longer exists… All the Cultivators within it were killed in battle. Even the steward who guarded Kunxu died at Tuo Sen's hands, buying me a chance to escape… My Physical Body has already collapsed, and what you see now is what I recently condensed again…"

"My cultivation has also regressed significantly. I need time to reach the Peak."

The stormy waves in Wang Lin's heart calmed down at this moment. Although he had been mentally prepared for Tuo Sen's appearance, hearing Mu Bingmei's words still shocked him.

"As the Kunxu Saintess, I also possess the Kunxu Legacy. Tens of thousands of years ago, that generation's Kunxu Saintess had ties with the Cloud Sea Divine Sect. The Divine Sect Grand Elder once owed that generation's Saintess a favor, so I used a Secret Technique to escape here, wanting to Cultivate in the Divine Sect and use the Divine Sect's power to restore my cultivation…" Mu Bingmei's voice was low. Just as she was speaking, her whole body suddenly trembled.

What made her body tremble was Wang Lin!

Wang Lin took a step forward, directly approaching Mu Bingmei. He raised his right hand, pointing two fingers like a sword, and with lightning speed, he struck toward the center of Mu Bingmei's brow.

Mu Bingmei did not dodge. Instead, after a moment of astonishment, her face turned pale, as if she had recalled something but was not certain. She allowed Wang Lin's two fingers to land on her brow.

Mu Bingmei's Primordial Spirit suddenly roared and echoed crazily. A moment later, a mass of rotating aura flashed out from the center of her brow. This aura rotated rapidly, and within it, it actually revealed a thick Ancient God aura!

The strength of this aura could not be detected by outsiders, but Wang Lin felt it clearly. His expression was gloomy as he looked up at the night sky, wondering what he was thinking.

Mu Bingmei's face was bloodless, and she stood there stunned. Then, a look of misery appeared on her face. Her heart and soul trembled as she took a few steps back, as if she had lost all strength.

"I… I'm sorry… I'm sorry…" Mu Bingmei bit her lower lip, two lines of crystal clear tears flowing from the corners of her eyes. She was, after all… still just a woman.

Her original intention was to tell Wang Lin everything she knew so that Wang Lin could be prepared. Her original intention was to worry about Wang Lin's safety, wanting Wang Lin to know all of this and to let Wang Lin leave as soon as possible.

Her original intention was good.

"I… After I came to the Cloud Sea, I have inspected my body and Primordial Spirit many times and found nothing. This body was even re-condensed, and even my Primordial Spirit has been searched by me inch by inch… I…"

"It's fine." Wang Lin lowered his head. Seeing Mu Bingmei's pale face, her tears, and her regretful and flustered expression, he sighed inwardly and said softly.

"This matter has nothing to do with you. I once saw with my own eyes that even the Luotian Third Step Cultivator, Lu Fuzi, was defeated and nearly died under Tuo Sen. With Tuo Sen's strength, if he left a mark on you without you noticing or being able to discover it, he would never let you find any clues."

Wang Lin's voice was gentle; he naturally saw Mu Bingmei's good intentions.

"I…" Mu Bingmei had not expected the result of everything to be like this, her face pale and bloodless.

"Besides, since he, Tuo Sen, left an Ancient God mark on you, it might just be a supplement he sent to me!" Wang Lin's eyes flashed. He raised his right hand and grasped the air toward the center of Mu Bingmei's brow. Suddenly, under the mutual attraction of the Ancient God aura, the Ancient God mark at the center of Mu Bingmei's brow suddenly detached, turning into a strand of aura that rushed toward Wang Lin.

The moment it approached Wang Lin, star points suddenly rotated out from the center of his brow, directly absorbing that aura and merging it into the sixth star that had just taken shape! With a boom, in his heart and soul, Tuo Sen's phantom manifested. While ferociously roaring, Wang Lin's illusory Ancient God body immediately appeared in front of it.

This was a process of devouring and absorption. Although Tuo Sen was strong, the aura left on Mu Bingmei was not much. In a moment, it was forcibly devoured by Wang Lin, which actually made his sixth star even more stable.

"He… Before he left the Alliance Star Domain, he shouted your name, wanting to find you. He even came to this Cloud Sea Star Domain, but it seemed he couldn't find you no matter what." Mu Bingmei took a deep breath, guilt and complexity appearing in her eyes as she said softly.

Wang Lin's expression suddenly changed. He looked at Mu Bingmei and said in a deep voice, "Do you know when he arrived at the Cloud Sea?"

"I am not very clear about the specific time. I was in seclusion to restore my body at that time, but the approximate time is definitely no more than a hundred years." Mu Bingmei thought for a moment and said softly.

"A hundred years!" Wang Lin's eyes flickered, and he pondered.

For the past hundred years, Wang Lin had spent most of his time in that strange Dao-seeding space. He vaguely knew that the place where he was located seemed to have some connection with the Sealed Realm Grand Formation.

"Inside the Sealed Realm, Tuo Sen definitely did not find my aura. If I were him, I would consider whether the other party had left the Sealed Realm… And the place where I existed at that time was related to the Sealed Realm Grand Formation. Once Tuo Sen tried to break the Sealed Realm Grand Formation, he would very likely have sensed something… In that case…" Wang Lin's expression immediately became strange.

"If this Tuo Sen were still in the Sealed Realm, it has been several months since I left the Seven-Colored Realm. He would definitely have come looking for me, and yet he hasn't come to this day… Then… I can almost conclude that this Tuo Sen used some method to break the Sealed Realm Grand Formation and went… to the Outer Realm!"

Just as Wang Lin basically analyzed the true answer, in the Primordial Stars of the Outer Realm, a roaring shout spread crazily through the starry sky. In the starry sky, a giant Ancient God, carrying a roar of anger, rushed out from a Primordial clan. Behind him, blood permeated the air, and red light flooded the sky.

This was already the ninth Primordial clan he had destroyed. In this Primordial Star Domain, Tuo Sen, who still could not find Wang Lin, was almost going mad!

But just a moment ago, the instant he destroyed and slaughtered this Primordial clan, his heart and soul suddenly shook. He clearly felt the mark he had left on the Kunxu Saintess and sensed Wang Lin's aura!

This discovery made Tuo Sen's expression instantly turn ugly. A storm erupted crazily within his body.

"You are in the Inner Realm!!! How could you be in the Inner Realm? I clearly searched the Inner Realm countless times!!!" Tuo Sen roared crazily, but at this moment, he no longer had the strength to break the Sealed Realm Grand Formation again in a short time!