Chapter 1243: Peak of the Cloud Sea, Origin of the Heaven Defying (Second Update)

Wang Lin was unaware of all this.

At this moment, he stepped into the Gate to the Heavens within the Heaven Defying. With one step, it was as if he had stepped into another world!

Here was an endless starry sky, devoid of mist, filled only with brilliant nebulae that displayed extreme beauty.

This starry sky was very quiet, very quiet…

Similarly, for Wang Lin, it was also very unfamiliar.

"You are the third person… to step into this gate…" That murmuring voice slowly emerged within this silent starry sky. The moment it appeared, endless starlight suddenly flickered throughout the sky, erupting from each star and condensing in front of Wang Lin, transforming into a massive Vortex of starlight.

"Come in… my third fated person…"

Wang Lin's eyes flashed, and after a moment of contemplation, he stepped into the Vortex. The instant he entered the Vortex, his entire soul immediately dissipated. When he appeared again, what was displayed before Wang Lin was a blue sky and a black earth!

This was inside the Gate to the Heavens, on a star. The earth was black but covered in green grass, and a wind blew, causing the grass to rustle.

The sky was blue, without clouds, as if the ocean were inverted.

In front of him, on that earth, stood a massive, heaven-reaching tree. Its length had already reached the height of the sky. A green light permeated the tree, but it could not hide the damage and Rifts on it.

This giant tree seemed to have lost all vitality, struggling as it slowly died.

Wang Lin looked at the giant tree before him and gasped.

"This was formed by my life-bound Nirvana Tribulation Treasure. Only in this way could I survive until now…" That murmuring voice came from within the giant tree, echoing through heaven and earth.

Wang Lin's heart was shaken as he gazed at the massive tree; its size was enough to rival an Ancient God.

"I come from the Ancient Immortal Realm. I have forgotten my name. After descending, the world called me the Master of the Sealed Realm, or the Venerable of the Sealed Realm… Before you, two others entered here. I do not know their names, but being able to enter here means they are fated with me. I gave the first person who entered peerless Dao laws and gave her my insights into heaven and earth…

The second person who entered here, I gave him half a body of rules, giving him Heaven Defying Aptitude!

You are the third Cultivator to enter this place. You, what do you want…"

Wang Lin was silent. After a long while, he looked at the giant tree and slowly spoke: "Was it you who forced Daoist Shui to retreat?"

"If you hadn't found the jade pendant I dissipated back then, I would have been unable to help you. But since you found the jade pendant, I could use it to exert some of my remaining power… That Dao slave betrayed me back then. I gave him three chances to remain immortal, and since the last chance had already been used, I took action…"

"Why are you helping me?" Wang Lin suppressed the shock in his heart and asked, his expression unchanged.

Wang Lin's words caused the giant tree to fall silent. After a long time, the murmuring voice, carrying age, echoed out.

"A long time ago, the Primordial Stars had no distinction between the Inner Realm and the Outer Realm. Within this boundless and majestic starry sky, there was a Holy Land called the Ancient Immortal Realm. The Ancient Immortal Realm ruled these stars and educated all races. All living beings within the stars, upon reaching a certain level and opening their own stars, could undergo Ascension and enter the Ancient Immortal Realm to become citizens of the Immortal Realm…

Originally, everything was in a cycle, but because of a supreme treasure from the outer stars, everything underwent a earth-shattering change!

This change caused the Ancient Immortal Realm to split, dividing into two parts, and eventually dissipate and hide. It even sealed off the path to Ascension and closed all passages…

Because of this, the Primordial Stars were also divided into two, appearing as the Inner Realm and the Outer Realm. There was also the Heart of the Realm formation. In the Outer Realm, that split-off Ancient Immortal Realm became the Holy Land of the Outer Realm… And in the Inner Realm, there was another part of the Ancient Immortal Realm. I came from there…"

Wang Lin listened to the words spoken by the aged voice, his heart churned like a stormy sea. Such secrets were extremely rare for anyone in the world to know, and he had never thought that the Inner Realm and the Outer Realm had such a connection!

The Ancient Immortal Realm split into two, causing the Primordial Stars to also separate, becoming two star systems: the Inner Realm and the Outer Realm!

"The Ancient Immortal Realm suffered heavy casualties in that upheaval and countless perished. Even the Ancient Immortal Emperor, who existed at the beginning of heaven and earth, was severely injured by that Magic Treasure and went into seclusion, ignoring worldly affairs… But the people of the split-off Ancient Immortal Realm, led by the nine Immortal Concubines, have been eyeing the Inner Realm covetously at every moment. What they want is that Magic Treasure from back then, and what they want is the heaven-reaching road to the Ancient Immortal Realm in the Inner Realm!

As the Dao Immortal of the Inner Realm's Ancient Immortal Realm, I descended to rule all living beings in the Inner Realm, resist the invasion from the Outer Realm, and fight against them! However, before I could finish, I was ambushed by the Dao slave, severely injured by the people of the Outer Realm joining forces with several people from the Outer Realm's Ancient Immortal Realm, and finally, the Immortal Concubine took action, destroying my Physical Body and forcing me to enter this Heaven Defying, remaining as the spirit of the Magic Treasure…"

"What is the Heaven Defying!" Wang Lin's heart shook as he quickly asked.

"The Magic Treasure that triggered the upheaval that split the Ancient Immortal Realm, that object from the outer stars, was the Heaven Defying. However, the true Heaven Defying is a Compass. On that Compass, there are nine supreme treasures of heaven and earth. When we obtained this Heaven Defying Compass back then, there were only three treasures on it. The Heaven Defying Bead was the object placed in the very center. After the split, the Inner Realm's Ancient Immortal Realm obtained two. As the Dao Immortal, I was to lead the Inner Realm to fight against the Outer Realm, and the Immortal Emperor bestowed this Heaven Defying Bead upon me…

However, I am not the first owner of this Heaven Defying Bead. Through my countless years of research, I have learned that before me, this Heaven Defying Bead had two other owners. Every one of them was an existence far surpassing me… And they should have been Cultivators from the outer stars!

Moreover, I have deduced that this Heaven Defying Bead is the most important item on that Compass! Unfortunately, the Immortal Emperor is in seclusion and cannot know everything; otherwise, if he were to research it, he would surely be able to break the final secret of the Heaven Defying and find the location of the Primordial God Realm!"

"Primordial God Realm?" Wang Lin had received more and more earth-shattering secrets, each one enough to shock him. Just after hearing the origins of the Ancient Immortal Realm and the Heaven Defying, he heard the four words 'Primordial God Realm' again!

"The Primordial God Realm should exist… I do not know too much about this matter… Right now, my vitality is extinguished, and I should have died long ago, but my mission is not yet complete. The Immortal Emperor has not emerged from seclusion, and the Ancient Immortal Realm remains sealed. We must not let people from the Outer Realm invade and disturb it, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!

The two people who entered here before did not become the next owners of the Heaven Defying; they were just my chess pieces. But you are different. You have already allowed the Heaven Defying to merge with your Primordial Spirit and have become the Master of the Heaven Defying. Therefore, I want to help you. I want to make you the Venerable of the Sealed Realm, let you protect the Sealed Realm on my behalf, resist the invasion from the Outer Realm, until the Immortal Emperor wakes from his seclusion, until the Seal of the Ancient Immortal Realm in the Inner Realm is opened!

After I help you, I will completely dissipate. Along with the jade pendant you retrieved and the Nirvana Tribulation Treasure I have become, I will merge into the Heart of the Realm formation, making this formation more powerful and buying time for your growth!

If you can achieve this great merit, when the Immortal Emperor wakes up and you offer the Heaven Defying, the Immortal Emperor will surely reward you heavily and let you fulfill all your wishes. Even the woman you placed in the Heaven-Avoiding Coffin can be reborn and can wake up!"

Wang Lin suddenly looked up, staring at the giant tree, and fell silent.

"This person must have been observing me for many years, knowing everything about me, and even more so, knowing my desire to resurrect Wan'er. He is grasping this point to make me submit to that so-called Immortal Emperor!

Letting me offer the Heaven Defying after that Immortal Emperor wakes up. Once I obey, I will be completely controlled by that Immortal Emperor, relying entirely on his rewards. If he is happy, he can resurrect Wan'er; if he is unhappy, he can erase both of us. How could I do such a thing! But right now, if I want to leave this place, I must agree with this person. This person doesn't have malicious intent toward me; he is just extremely rigid. Since that Daoist Shui betrayed him, this person still pedantically missed the opportunity to kill the traitor because of his previous words about three chances of immortality, which has led to this point!"

"What can you give me!" Wang Lin said slowly after a moment of silence.

As soon as his words fell, the giant tree trembled, and immediately, a heaven-shaking pressure emanated from within it. This pressure turned into a storm, rushing straight toward Wang Lin, instantly enveloping him completely, and with a sudden suction, it pulled Wang Lin back into the giant tree.

"I have contemplated the Heaven Defying for many years, and it contains too many secrets. I cannot see all of them, but I can extract the power of the Primordial outer stars from within this Heaven Defying and leave it as an imprint in your soul. Although it cannot let you ascend to the heavens in one step, it can let you enter the Dao Realm, evolve the insights of the Heavenly Dao from within, and how much fortune you have depends on yourself!" That aged voice echoed, shaking heaven and earth, and gradually dissipated.

Time flowed, turning the disk of years. Unknowingly, spring passed and autumn came, the sun and moon alternated, and another two years passed. On the Barren Continent in the second-tier Star Domain of the Cloud Sea, Li Qianmei accompanied the stone statue that Wang Lin had turned into. Quickly, yet slowly, six years of time had passed.

Six years is slow for a Mortal, but there is also the saying of 'a decade in the blink of an eye,' so six years is not a lot, but it is definitely not a little.

For a Cultivator, six years is like a snap of the fingers, turning to dust. But for Li Qianmei, these six years were spent smearing the stone statue with fresh blood every day. Six years was like six hundred…

Although her face was still beautiful, it was full of illness, and she had become thin. However, her gaze still carried firmness and persistence.

Now, the time she rested every day was less than two hours. During these two hours, she meditated with all her heart, striving to recover some vitality to continue smearing the stone statue.

Her haggard appearance was like falling flower petals, which made everyone who saw it feel heartbroken.

To tell the truth, today is not suitable for a burst, because previous multiple bursts have squeezed my brain dry. The plot is in my heart, but I don't know how to organize the language to say it, sigh.

But since the words have been said, even if Er Gen tries his best, he will make his brain explode. At worst, I'll drink a few more stimulating drinks and smoke more cigarettes. I am writing the third chapter!