Chapter 1229: No Home (Combined Fourth and Fifth Updates)

Wang Lin stood in mid-air, his eyes deep in thought. Within the sliver of survival he had deduced, the key was this Jade Slip from Liu Jinbiao. But now, this Jade Slip had mysteriously vanished, and along with it, the Heaven Defying Bead.

This change caught Wang Lin off guard. He was mostly confused, with a faint sense of unease lingering within him.

"Since the deduced chance of survival was related to this jade pendant, but now both the jade pendant and the Heaven Defying Bead have disappeared, how is it to be resolved!" Wang Lin frowned, his body flickering as he returned to the Guiyuan Sect.

Inside the Guiyuan Sect, Lü Yanfei and the others were waiting for Wang Lin. Upon seeing him, they immediately greeted him respectfully, but Wang Lin, deep in thought, only gave a slight nod.

The Jade Slip that Liu Jinbiao had sent to the Guiyuan Sect had now become an ordinary object. Without the aura of shattered nirvana permeating it, this Jade Slip was actually very simple. It had been created by Liu Jinbiao using the centipede artifact spirit within the jade pendant. It was indeed the aura of shattered nirvana, which was why it had not revealed any flaws.

Now that those eight centipedes were all dead, the aura had dissipated, and the Jade Slip had become an ordinary object.

"Grand Martial Uncle, the Guiyuan Sect has finished packing, and we can leave at any time." Lü Yanfei looked at Wang Lin and said softly.

Wang Lin remained silent, casting a glance at the Guiyuan Sect. He still felt some attachment to this place; it was here that he had spent his initial time in the Cloud Sea Star Domain, and it was here that he had gained his identity in the Cloud Sea.

"You go first. I still have some trivial matters to attend to. If there is a chance in the future, I will come to the seventh-rank Star Domain to find you." After a moment of silence, Wang Lin spoke slowly.

A trace of sadness flashed in Lü Yanfei's eyes, but she understood that with Wang Lin's cultivation, he would certainly not stay in the small Guiyuan Sect for long and would inevitably leave. She just hadn't expected it to happen so soon.

Biting her lower lip, Lü Yanfei bowed to Wang Lin. She wanted to say something, but in the end, she didn't speak, letting it turn into a faint sigh in her heart. She led all the members of the Guiyuan Sect, and one by one, they stepped into the Teleportation Formation and left.

Every member of the Guiyuan Sect bowed respectfully to Wang Lin before leaving.

Watching these Guiyuan Sect Disciples leave, Wang Lin took a deep breath. He sat cross-legged in the deserted plaza of the Guiyuan Sect, staring at the sky, a cold light revealing itself in his eyes!

"All the paths I deduced lead to death. Even if I went to the seventh-rank Star Domain with the Guiyuan Sect, it would be the same. Even if I were to flee now, I could not escape! I, Wang Lin, have cultivated against the heavens my entire life. Since there is no path left to take, then I must fight to forge one!"

"Third Step experts… if I do not die in this calamity, one day, I will make Third Step experts bow their heads before me!" The coldness in Wang Lin's eyes intensified!

He waved his right hand, and his Storage Space appeared. Two short swords flew out from within. These two short swords were items he had obtained from the Seven-Colored Realm. They had a Seal on them that he had never been able to break. Facing this crisis, he decided to forcibly break the Seal to add to his strength.

While Wang Lin was preparing for this life-or-death tribulation, far away in the ninth-rank Star Domain, within the Potian Sect, Li Qianmei, who was trapped in a Formation by three Potian Sect Elders and unable to leave, looked at her Master and said softly, "Master, you will not let Qianmei leave; can you give Qianmei a reason?"

Li Qianmei's Master, the Sect Master of the Potian Sect, remained silent and did not speak, as if he had lost his vitality and only his body remained.

"Master, Qianmei grew up by your side since she was young. It was you who taught me to cultivate the Dao and gave me my current cultivation. The Demon Sect battlefield is currently ongoing; Qianmei has no other requests, only to return to the battlefield." Li Qianmei lowered her head and spoke softly.

"I have already sent a Jade Slip to the Demon Sect. You can go in three months; there is no need to rush!" Li Qianmei's Master spoke hoarsely after a moment of silence.

Li Qianmei's eyes narrowed as she looked at her Master. Her heart was shaken. She had never been able to understand why her Master would act like this and why he had dispatched three punishment Elders. The purpose of these three Elders coming here was certainly not to Seal her; after all, with her cultivation, she was not enough to warrant the dispatch of three Elders.

These three Elders were clearly there to monitor and act as witnesses. Monitoring…

Li Qianmei's face turned pale. She realized that these three punishment Elders were not monitoring her, but her Master! Originally, Li Qianmei thought her Master was acting this way because she had forcibly left the Demon Sect, but now that she saw her Master telling her to return to the Demon Sect battlefield in three months, it was clear that the current matter had nothing to do with the Demon Sect!

"What could it be that would make Master act like this…" Li Qianmei felt a faint sense of trepidation. She was not worried about herself, but for some reason, the figure of Wang Lin appeared in her heart.

"Master, what has Qianmei done that makes you have to restrict me for three months!" Li Qianmei raised her head, her eyes filled with determination as she looked at her Master.

Li Qianmei's Master sighed inwardly. Looking at his most valued Disciple, his eyes revealed a look of kindness and complexity. After a long time, he said slowly, "You…"

Before he could finish, the moment he spoke the first word, one of the three Elders immediately clasped his hands and said, "I ask the Sect Master to think carefully!"

"I have my own judgment!" Li Qianmei's Master, the Sect Master of the Potian Sect, turned cold and glanced at the Elder who had spoken.

"Li Qianmei, do you know a person named Lü Zihao!" The Potian Sect Master's gaze fell upon Li Qianmei.

Li Qianmei's expression remained normal, but her heart was shaken, causing huge waves!

"I know this person. Master once asked Qianmei to go to the fifth-rank Star Domain to find Senior Brother Sima's relics and Jade Slip. On the way, Qianmei met this Lü Zihao."

"This is the reason why I have confined you for three months!" The Potian Sect Master looked deeply at Li Qianmei and said slowly.

Li Qianmei was silent, but a power gathered within her frail body. She had been able to leave the Demon Sect battlefield for Wang Lin. Now, hearing her Master's words, with her intelligence, she immediately felt a life-and-death crisis faintly appearing around Wang Lin. The magnitude of this crisis was such that even her Master could not shake it, and he could only hurriedly recall her. It looked like confinement, but in reality, it was a protection for her.

In the silence, Li Qianmei's expression gradually calmed down, but a sense of determination and bitterness permeated her. She slowly stood up from her cross-legged position.

The moment she stood up, the expressions of the three Elders outside the Formation turned cold, and one of them shouted, "Li Qianmei, what are you doing!"

"Master, Qianmei has been an orphan since I was young. I was raised by you, and I have always been grateful for your kindness. You taught me to grow up and taught me principles. Although you are my Master, in Qianmei's heart, you are like a father!" Li Qianmei's voice was calm, but it revealed a sincere gratitude.

She looked at her Master, slowly knelt on the ground, and kowtowed once.

"Master, if Qianmei has a next life, I will surely repay this kindness of raising me, even if it costs me my life!"

Li Qianmei's Master was shaken. Looking at Li Qianmei, his expression became even more complex. He had raised Li Qianmei, and he understood the character of this Disciple very well.

"You taught me to cultivate the Dao and helped me with Alchemy, allowing Qianmei to reach shattered nirvana in a thousand years. Qianmei knows that for my sake, you even used a large amount of the Sect's medicinal materials, which caused some Elders to be dissatisfied! They even had many complaints against you… Master, this kindness is unforgettable to Qianmei. In the next life, I will be a beast of burden to repay you." Li Qianmei kowtowed a second time. She could never repay the kindness her Master had shown her in this lifetime.

"Qianmei also knows that those Elders often suspected that Qianmei was of an alien race because of the color of my hair. They once said that those not of our race must have different hearts. They were dissatisfied that you wasted a large amount of the Sect's Medicinal Pill for my sake, and even dissatisfied that you taught me to cultivate the Dao! But you never cared about all this. You were always as gentle as a father to Qianmei. And for my sake, you spared no effort to consume your own origin power to help me refine Medicinal Pill and consolidate my foundation… Master, how can Qianmei repay this kindness…"

Crystal-clear tears flowed from the corners of Li Qianmei's eyes. She rarely cried in her life. Even when she was mocked with vicious words as a child, feeling as if she were alone in the vast world, she rarely shed tears. But now, she cried.

While crying, Li Qianmei kowtowed a third time to her Master.

"These many kindnesses, Master, even if Qianmei dies, I will never forget… but now, Qianmei must leave!" Li Qianmei raised her head, letting the tears stream down her cheeks, looking at the Master who was like a father in her heart.

"Is he worth you going…" Li Qianmei's Master looked at the girl he had raised with his own hands. In his heart, he had actually long regarded her as his own daughter.

"There is someone else in his heart. That woman is deep within his heart, and no one can replace her… This Disciple does not know what kind of feelings I have for him; it is hard to say. It has been a hundred years, yet for some reason, his shadow has always remained. It is as if in a past life, I was a fish beneath the surface of the water, and he was a bird flying past in the sky. I do not know… This Disciple even understands that his heart will never accept the existence of another person. But all of this cannot be measured by whether it is worth it or not. I only know that if I were to watch everything unfold while knowing everything, yet still not go, I would never be happy in this life…" Li Qianmei's voice was very soft, and as she spoke, her tears seemed to increase.

Li Qianmei's Master was silent. After a long while, he sighed deeply and spoke slowly: "The Grand Competition of the eighth-rank Sects has been cancelled by the God Sect."

This sentence caused Li Qianmei's body to tremble suddenly. As a Disciple of the ninth-rank Star Domain, she naturally knew that the only ones capable of cancelling the eighth-rank Sect Grand Competition were… the God Sect!!

"As early as several years ago, people from the God Sect were investigating Lü Zihao, right up until he appeared! Do you still want to go?" Li Qianmei's Master said softly.

The bitterness on Li Qianmei's face grew stronger, but her determination deepened just as much. She looked at her Master and nodded.

"I must go…"

"Ordinary people from the God Sect cannot terminate the eighth-rank Star Domain Grand Competition. The one who issued this order is the God Sect Grand Elder, Daoist Shui! With your cultivation, what use are you before Daoist Shui? Can you stop him? Let alone you, even if all the Cultivators of my entire Heaven-Breaking Sect were added together, would it be of any use?" Li Qianmei's Master closed his eyes.

Li Qianmei bit her lower lip until blood seeped out, tasting bitter in her mouth… Yet the determination in her eyes did not diminish in the slightest; instead, it increased.

"This Disciple cannot stop him, but I must go… Master, let me leave. This Disciple must go!"

"It is precisely because I know your temperament that I had you return immediately after I discovered this matter. Do not speak of this again. You will stay here and cultivate in seclusion for three months. Only after three months may you leave!" Li Qianmei's Master suddenly opened his eyes, seemingly having made a decision.

A thick bitterness appeared on Li Qianmei's face. Her beautiful eyes seemed to lose all their luster in an instant. A sharp pain came from her heart, turning into a void that seemed as if it would drown her entire being.

Her body trembled slightly, and she subconsciously took a few steps back. A mouthful of blood sprayed out, landing on the ground, and her complexion instantly turned pale.

Seeing Li Qianmei spray blood, the determination in her Master's eyes immediately collapsed, revealing complexity.

"Master… you can prevent this Disciple from leaving, but you cannot prevent this Disciple from letting my Dao dissipate…" Li Qianmei lowered her head. Her voice was very faint, yet it revealed a sense of final farewell.

"You!" Li Qianmei's Master's eyes flashed. He quickly raised his right hand and pointed forward. It turned into a mark that instantly fell into the Formation and was directly imprinted onto Li Qianmei, causing the suddenly chaotic and about-to-collapse Primordial Spirit power within her body to be forcibly suppressed.

A miserable smile appeared on Li Qianmei's face. She lifted her head, blood still on the corner of her mouth, and looked at her Master, saying softly: "Master, you can stop Qianmei for a moment, you can stop Qianmei for three months, but you cannot stop me for a lifetime! He has not yet answered my third question. Even if he is truly dead, Qianmei must go to the world where he is and wait for him to answer that third question… When I was young, you taught me that to live a life, sometimes, one needs to have some persistence, needs to have the courage to persist, and even more so, needs the courage to struggle and to pursue… We Cultivators, if we lack this persistence and courage, we cannot cultivate the great Dao."

Li Qianmei's Master's expression was extremely gloomy, and he even revealed pain. He knew the personality of this Disciple of his, but he had not expected Li Qianmei to actually use the dissipation of her Dao to resist. He could stop her for a moment, could stop her for three months, but he truly could not stop Li Qianmei for a lifetime!

"Have you thought it through!" Li Qianmei's Master was silent for a long time, his voice gradually turning cold.

"This Disciple has thought it through. Please let me leave…" Li Qianmei looked at her Master with bitterness.

"If you step out of this Formation, you will no longer be under my Heaven-Breaking Sect, nor will you be my Disciple. From this moment on, do not call me Master again, because once you step out, you will have no Master! You, consider it yourself!" Li Qianmei's Master waved his large sleeve, and the Formation where Li Qianmei was located immediately collapsed with a boom, forming a shockwave that swept across the surroundings, effectively opening the sealed Formation!

The three Heaven-Breaking Sect punishment Elders' expressions changed drastically. One of them even shouted in a low voice: "Sect Master, what is the meaning of this!!"

"Scram!" Li Qianmei's Master suddenly looked up. Following a low roar, a violent wind howled. An aura that had passed through the third heavenly and mortal decay erupted crazily. Sweeping out, it caused the three Elders to spray blood one after another, their bodies tumbling backward.

"Li Qianmei, Master awaits your choice!" Li Qianmei's Master's gaze fell upon the woman within the Formation. His voice was calm, but to Li Qianmei's ears, she could hear a hint of trembling within it.

Li Qianmei stared blankly at her Master. The void in her heart grew stronger, turning into extreme pain, making her heart feel as if it were riddled with holes. The Heaven-Breaking Sect was her home… Master was her father… But at this moment, she had to face a choice!

The surroundings were silent. A miserable look appeared on Li Qianmei's face. She lowered her head and knelt on the ground again, kowtowing deeply six times. Watching Li Qianmei, her Master's eyes revealed deep pity and distress!

"You may go!" Li Qianmei's Master turned his head away, looking at the sky, his heart feeling as if it were being torn apart.

Li Qianmei did not speak. She stared blankly at her Master for a long, long time, tears streaming down continuously. Finally, she turned around, transformed into a long rainbow, and flew blankly toward the horizon…

"I have no home now… Is it worth it…" Li Qianmei's confusion grew even stronger.

After Li Qianmei left, her Master closed his eyes. The pain in his heart washed over him in waves.

"Sect Master! Once Li Qianmei offends Senior Daoist Shui, if the God Sect gets angry, how can my Heaven-Breaking Sect endure it!! I will report this matter to the God Sect. Once the God Sect is enraged, you will have to pay the price for this matter!" An Elder who had been swept away in the distance shouted hoarsely at this moment.

"Scram, scram, scram!!" Li Qianmei's Master suddenly turned around and roared at the shouting Elder. His Heaven-Man Five Decay cultivation erupted. With a booming sound, it caused the Elder to spray blood continuously, his body like a kite with a broken string, tumbling backward violently. His Physical Body even collapsed with a bang, and his Primordial Spirit fled rapidly while screaming.

"The Heaven-Breaking Sect has been a slave to the God Sect for eighteen thousand years; even your nature of cultivation has been completely enslaved. If you fear the God Sect, then as for all the responsibility Li Qianmei incurs once she offends Daoist Shui, I, this old man, will bear it alone!" Li Qianmei's Master flicked his large sleeve, and his body flickered and disappeared into the heavens and earth.

Only his voice echoed like thunder, permeating the entire Heaven-Breaking Sect. Although his voice rumbled, it could not shake the Cultivators within the Heaven-Breaking Sect who had been intimidated by the God Sect for tens of thousands of years, whose Dao Hearts had been permeated and whose minds had been enslaved!

Just like the star mist of this Cloud Sea Star Domain, how many people are there who can see through the fog!

Wang Lin was unaware of everything Li Qianmei had done, whether it was leaving the battlefield at the Demon Sect or this break with the Heaven-Breaking Sect. At this moment, Li Qianmei was like a woman without a home, carrying confusion as she flew toward the fifth-rank Star Domain.

She was originally a lonely woman. An orphan from a young age, she was unhappy in childhood because of her blue hair, but her strength and her tranquility allowed her to walk this path… But now, having lost her home, she was like someone falling into an abyss. The loneliness of her childhood permeated her. Her whole being appeared desolate and fragile, as if a gust of wind would blow her away, to a place where no one could find her… silently waiting for life and death.

At this very moment, within the Guiyuan Sect of the fifth-rank Star Domain, two short swords were floating in front of Wang Lin. Light flickered upon them; one was white and one was black. The two Sword Lights intertwined, and even faintly transformed into thousands upon thousands of sword shadows, crisscrossing around him to form a Vortex of swords, stirring the heavens and earth.

Under his continuous refining and breaking of the Seals, these two short swords, which were extremely mysterious within the Seven-Colored Realm, were slowly revealing their full power!

As time passed, gradually, outside Wang Lin's body, those black and white sword shadows became more and more numerous!

Ten thousand, fifty thousand, one hundred thousand, three hundred thousand, five hundred thousand… until… one million!

One million black and white sword shadows formed a sword storm connecting the heavens and earth, emitting a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering sword howl!

Five updates released, fourteen thousand words! I have been writing from the morning until now, and I am exhausted! Others use reaching a certain number of monthly votes to trigger an update, and their monthly votes skyrocket. Er Gen uses updating to a certain extent to exchange for monthly votes, yet it is pitifully few. How sad!