Chapter 1232: The Peak of the Cloud Sea Arrives!

In the starry sky, a lonely figure wearing white robes, with blue hair flowing, displayed peerless elegance. Li Qianmei, carrying both confusion and determination, sped forward.

Crystal clear tears still remained on her face, and as she bit her lower lip, her speed increased more and more.

"There are some things in this world that have no logic to speak of, only the need for persistence. Regardless of whether it is worth it or not, one must do it…" She sighed softly, suppressing the sorrow and bitterness in her heart, and her speed increased even further.

In the ninth-rank Star Domain, where the God Sect was located, on a Cultivation Planet hidden within the mist, there was a continuous expanse of Formations. At the center of those Formations, there was a rather magnificent palace.

Inside the palace, Mu Bingmei sat cross-legged, staring ahead, her beautiful face currently displaying indifference.

"Why have you trapped me!"

"Sister Mu, the Master's orders cannot be disobeyed. I am also very confused by this matter. Perhaps the Master did this to help you recover your cultivation as quickly as possible, which is why she resorted to this strategy…" Wang Shanshan sat cross-legged outside the palace, frowning, and spoke softly.

Mu Bingmei was silent. She could not understand why the Grand Elder of the God Sect would act this way. Everything about this matter seemed strange, and a stinging sensation faintly emerged from her heart, making it impossible for her to enter meditation. It felt as if something major was about to happen, and that it involved someone she was familiar with.

At this moment, Mu Bingmei did not know that the eighth-rank sect Grand Competition had been canceled, nor did she know that Li Qianmei had already broken ties with the Heaven-Breaking Sect and left.

She did not know that Wang Lin was currently in the greatest crisis of his life, with his life and death unpredictable!

If she knew all of this, who knows what choice she would make…

Time passed slowly. Wang Lin remained sitting cross-legged on the Barren Continent. His Primordial Spirit transformed into a ball of flame, permeating the two halves of the Iron Sword, constantly forcing out the bloodstains on it.

One hour, two hours, three hours… until ten hours had passed.

With Wang Lin's cultivation, after consuming all his Origin Crystals, he finally forced out thirty percent of the blood on the Iron Sword. This thirty percent of dark black bloodstains formed a blood pill the size of a bean, emitting a strange aura, floating within Wang Lin's Primordial Spirit.

Forcing out thirty percent of the bloodstains from the Iron Sword was already Wang Lin's limit. Even if he were given more time, it would be very difficult to force out any more. Right now, if it weren't for the fact that he had reached his Peak under that life-and-death crisis, he would never have been able to force out so much.

Putting away the Iron Sword and the Silver-Robed Woman, Wang Lin sat there cross-legged, entering meditation to adjust the Qi within his body. Gradually, his heartbeat became slower and slower, often only beating once every few breaths.

It was as if he had returned to silence.

Time flowed, and the final two hours arrived, slowly yet quickly. The moment the last breath passed, Wang Lin opened his eyes and looked at the starry sky with calmness.

In that instant, the entire starry sky, the star mist suddenly surged, and an indescribable pressure faintly emanated from within the mist.

"It's here!" Wang Lin's pupils shrank violently, but quickly returned to normal, and he stared coldly at the sky.

That pressure was earth-shattering. The moment it emanated, it immediately made the ground tremble, faintly showing signs of collapsing. In an instant, all the mist permeating the fifth-rank Star Domain rolled back with a boom!

The mist surged like waves, and the roars within became increasingly intense, as if all the Vicious Beasts hidden in the mist were terrified at this moment.

At the same time, a huge, majestic Vortex composed of mist appeared at the end of the starry sky within Wang Lin's gaze. The Vortex swept across, emitting a rumbling sound. Following that, a huge arm suddenly stretched out from within the Vortex, whistling directly toward Wang Lin.

The arm was aged, with wrinkles on it, like the hand of an old man. The moment it grabbed toward Wang Lin, the world roared, as if the entire world was about to collapse because of the appearance of this arm!

At this moment, the heaven and earth origin energy seemed to be sealed by a strange force, unexpectedly avoiding it all at once, no longer existing in the slightest within this Star Domain.

The speed of that huge palm was indescribable. Almost the instant he saw it appear from the Vortex, it had already approached the top of Wang Lin's head, grabbing down at him fiercely, as if grabbing an ant!

There were no words, no questions, and no chance of survival given; the palm descended!

This scene was one Wang Lin had encountered before in the Seven-Colored Realm. It seemed that every Third Step expert liked to use this method to crush those they viewed as ants to death with one grab!

It seemed that in this world, unless it was between fellow Third Step experts, no one could make them reveal their true forms, let alone ants like Wang Lin in their eyes!

But ants can also bite, struggle, and resist. Moreover, Wang Lin had never considered himself an ant! Even if he truly were an ant, he would only desire to devour the heavens and destroy the earth, filled with a spirit of defiance!

The moment the arm descended to grab him, Wang Lin's eyes revealed a look of madness. With a cold snort, his body leaped up directly, transforming into a shooting star heading straight for the palm grabbing from the sky.

"A Third Step expert cannot make me yield!" Wang Lin ignited the Battle Intent in his heart. The star of rules formed by his Concept at the center of his brow spun crazily. The moment he rushed out, he immediately approached the palm. The instant the palm grabbed, he let out an earth-shattering roar!

"Ten Million Sword Qi!" Wang Lin's right index finger struck out fiercely toward the palm. The Sword Qi hidden within his finger erupted with a boom—one, two, ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand, a million… five million, eight million… nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand!

The Sword Qi, missing only one to reach ten million, erupted crazily from Wang Lin's right index finger in an instant.

At this very instant, Wang Lin's right index finger transformed into that final sword, causing the Sword Qi to become ten million at this moment, reaching a state of Perfection.

The moment this Perfection appeared, the phantom images of two deer beasts materialized from the totem, circling outside Wang Lin's right index finger. Following this finger, it suddenly collided with the grabbing palm!

This was a collision of finger and palm, the convergence of ten million Sword Qi, a Divine Ability capable of killing any shattered nirvana Cultivator, one that would even make those undergoing the Heaven-Man Five Decay change their expressions!

This was the first attack between Wang Lin and the person who wanted to kill him!

A loud boom echoed earth-shatteringly through the world in an instant, shaking all directions, collapsing the boundless star mist, and even transmitting throughout the entire fifth-rank Star Domain, causing all fifth-rank Cultivators in various locations to spit out blood, their faces instantly turning pale, revealing indescribable shock.

Everything in the world seemed to slow down at this moment. Wang Lin's index finger landed on the palm of the grabbing hand. At this instant, the ten million Sword Qi hidden at Wang Lin's fingertip erupted with a boom!

Those streams of Sword Qi rushed crazily into the huge palm. The ten million Sword Qi whistled, carrying madness, carrying Wang Lin's unwillingness to be extinguished, carrying Wang Lin's resistance and the foundation of his defiance, roaring within the palm in an extreme manner.

In particular, the phantom images of the two deer beasts rushed out along with the Sword Qi, transforming into black and white Qi and merging into the palm. At this instant, the thumping sounds roared like thunder in the world, continuous and incessant, replacing all sounds in the world, and even causing the operation of heavenly fate to seem to stop abruptly at this moment.

In the entire world, only the scene of Wang Lin's fingertip touching the palm remained!

The huge, aged palm's downward trend suddenly paused. Endless thumping sounds came from within. Looking at it from a close distance, one could see as if ten million silver snakes were drilling within the skin of the arm, causing countless fine lines to appear under its skin, and the thumping sounds became even more intense.

A roar arose suddenly, as if it were collapsing. The skin of the arm burst open, but strangely, no blood spilled out, and not even a shred of heaven and earth origin energy was present!

The arm then paused and lifted, and a soft sound of surprise suddenly emanated from the endless mist behind the arm.

"You do have some ability! But how can the light of a firefly compete with the glory of the bright moon! You dare to rise into the sky before this old man? Get down!" The aged voice permeated from within the mist like pressure, and it transformed into a wave of Qi that crashed down from the sky with a boom.

The strength of that Qi wave was such that a shattered nirvana Cultivator would have their Physical Body collapse and die upon the slightest touch. At this moment, it landed on Wang Lin. Wang Lin spat out a mouthful of blood. It felt as if he had been hit by a ten-million-catty carriage, or as if countless Cultivation Planets had smashed into his body. Sounds of his bones being pressed tightly came from within his body, and his body was involuntarily smashed down heavily from the sky.

He simply had no power to resist!

But Wang Lin possessed an Ancient God Physical Body. After spitting out blood, with bloodstains at the corner of his mouth, he roared ferociously: "Ten Million Sword Qi, collapse! Collapse! Collapse!!!!"

Wang Lin's voice revealed a mad killing intent. He had defied the heavens all his life; what he defied was this world, and he would never submit!

The moment his voice appeared, the ten million Sword Qi that had merged into the huge arm immediately vibrated and, at the same time, erupted with a boom. The ten million Sword Qi exploded simultaneously. This scene was difficult to describe with words. The rumbling sound seemed to want to collapse the fifth-rank Star Domain. In an instant, the huge hand's skin split open, and countless Sword Qi exploded, emitting an earth-destroying power!

It was as if ten million Cultivators had transformed into Flying Swords, drilling into the interior of that arm, unfolding a mad, self-destructive attack. The roaring sound was like an absolute sound transmitted from ancient times, roaring earth-shatteringly!

Such a Divine Ability was enough to kill any shattered nirvana Cultivator, and even those undergoing the Heaven-Man Five Decay would need to defend themselves in a sorry state. But right now, the huge arm vibrated violently, and a strange force emanated from within. With a boom, the collapse of the ten million Sword Qi suddenly dissipated, yet that arm remained completely unharmed!

Only on the palm of its hand did a blood spot appear, dripping a single drop of blood!

Wang Lin's Divine Ability had once caused Daoist Blue Dream of the Primordial Stars to have his phantom four fingers collapsed. Now that his Divine Ability had greatly increased and he had unlocked the Seal of the short sword, its power was certainly not ordinary!

In his first contact with Daoist Shui, his first attack, Wang Lin spat out a mouthful of blood. His Physical Body bones were in intense pain from being squeezed, and his body even felt a sense of tearing as he was smashed down from the sky.

But, Daoist Shui was injured! Even if it was a small wound, he was still injured; this was a fact!

I owed a chapter yesterday, I am writing it now, and will make up for it in a while.