Chapter 1277: Peak of the Cloud Sea, Choice

Wang Lin's eyes gleamed as he looked at Daoist Blue Dream.

Daoist Blue Dream, suspended in mid-air, took a step and landed on the Peak of the mountain. He turned his back, clasped his hands behind him, looked at the blue light in the sky, and awaited Wang Lin's reply. The mountain wind blew, stirring his blue hair, and a gentle pressure emanated from his body.

He stood at the Peak of the mountain; the mountain seemed to disappear before him. He stood on this Cultivation Planet, and all the aura of this star vanished. He stood amidst heaven and earth, and even heaven and earth seemed to bow low; everything, everything, lowered its head before Daoist Blue Dream.

When he stood in the starry sky, all the light in the starry sky had to make way. Wherever he was, he was the mountain, he was the sky, he was the starry sky!

"Most of the Spells I've created in my life, nine Divine Abilities, six Immortal Arts, three Daoist Magic, and even one Life-and-Death technique, can all be taught to you. Will you learn them or not!"

Wang Lin remained silent, not speaking.

"I also have two hundred billion disciples' incense and my insights into the void Realm. Do you want them or not!"

Wang Lin's breathing quickened slightly as he looked at Daoist Blue Dream, but he still said nothing.

"I also have five Dao Artifacts forged from meteorites from beyond the heavens. Even the Venerable Master is extremely wary of me. When the five Dao Artifacts appear, heaven and earth collapse! Do you want them or not!"

A sharp light flashed in Wang Lin's eyes, and his breathing became heavier.

"I also have a Third Step Dao lineage, which has no successor to this day. Do you want it or not!"

"I can also take you on a journey through the Primordial Stars, exchange for Dao Spirits from the other four Venerables, and help you achieve supreme Divine Abilities!"

"I can even break through the void for you and go to the legendary Ancient Burial Ground, help you absorb Ancient Souls, and allow your Ancient God Body to reach Major Achievement!"

"You possess five Origins within your body, an astonishing talent. Throughout history, I have never heard of anyone who could give birth to five Origins. I can help each of your Origins reach Major Achievement, and then you can inherit my Dao lineage, possessing seven Origins!"

Daoist Blue Dream's voice was calm, his gaze fixed on Wang Lin as he slowly spoke, "All of this, do you want it or not!"

Wang Lin's eyes were bloodshot as he stared at Daoist Blue Dream. The information and temptation conveyed in his words were, for Wang Lin, nothing short of earth-shattering. How could he not be moved!

He was extremely moved!

"You must have sensed the crisis outside the Blue Silk Clan. That woman has a formidable background. If you become a successor to my Dao lineage, I will bear all the crises for you alone! Consider it yourself!"

"…Conditions!!" Wang Lin's voice was hoarse. Daoist Blue Dream's words thundered in his heart.

Daoist Blue Dream's expression was normal. He met Wang Lin's gaze and calmly said, "The conditions are very simple, only two! First, from now on, you will no longer be a person of the Inner Realm, but rather the Young Sect Master of my Primordial Stars' Blue Silk Clan! You must consume the Forgetful Heart Fruit, make an Origin oath, and sever ties with the Inner Realm!

Your person, your heart, everything about you, from now on, will have no connection with the Inner Realm. Even in the war between the Inner and Outer Realms, you may not participate, but you also cannot help the Inner Realm!"

Daoist Blue Dream's words, each like a knife, pierced into Wang Lin's body, causing him to tremble!

"Second, I don't care what affections or attachments you have in the Inner Realm; from now on, sever them all! I have only one daughter; you can Dual Cultivate with her, and in your life, you can only have her alone!"

Wang Lin closed his eyes. Daoist Blue Dream's temptation was arguably the greatest he had ever faced in his life. If any other conditions had been offered, Wang Lin would have been deeply moved, and might even have accepted!

However, how could he agree to Daoist Blue Dream's two conditions!

He was a person of the Inner Realm, born and raised there. If the entire Inner Realm were likened to a country, his agreement would be an act of treason! The words of the Immortal who died in the Sealed Realm Grand Formation roared in his ears, and the countless sacrifices made by the Boundary Lord echoed tremendously in Wang Lin's mind.

He could not accept the first condition, let alone the second condition of abandoning Li Muwan. This was practically asking him to abandon his Dao, abandon his life's pursuit, and abandon a lifetime of promises!

He absolutely could not accept it!

Opening his eyes, Wang Lin's eyes were bloodshot as he said in a deep voice, "I can refuse, I won't learn…"

A cold light flashed in Daoist Blue Dream's eyes as he stared at Wang Lin.

What Wang Lin didn't know was that many years ago, Qing Lin of the Rain Realm had also faced such immense temptation. However, the one tempting Qing Lin was the Venerable Master, while Wang Lin faced Daoist Blue Dream!

"Senior's cultivation is unfathomable, but this Junior must ask: in Senior's life, has there ever been someone more important than your own life!" Wang Lin lowered his head and whispered.

"Yes!" Daoist Blue Dream was silent for a moment, then slowly said.

"If Senior were me, and you were asked to abandon that important person in exchange for supreme cultivation, would Senior agree!" Wang Lin raised his head and looked at Daoist Blue Dream.

"Besides that, if Senior were also asked to abandon the entire Blue Silk Clan, would Senior agree?"

Daoist Blue Dream did not answer this question. Instead, after a moment of silence, he spoke calmly.

"The Third Step of cultivation is known as the Four Realms of Emptiness! Among them, void nirvana is the beginning, void spirit is the threshold, void profound is the grand Dao, and Empty Tribulation Realm is the Peak! Throughout history, I have only heard of people reaching the Great Perfection of the Empty Tribulation Realm Late Stage, but I have never heard of anyone successfully Undergoing Tribulation. As for the legendary Fourth Step, Stepping on Heaven, no one has ever reached it!

Even the Eight Concubines of the Ancient Immortal Realm haven't reached it!" Daoist Blue Dream withdrew his gaze from Wang Lin, looked at the distant horizon, and slowly said.

"I have two Origins within my body. One of them has reached the void profound Middle Stage, and the other, an Origin I have Sealed, is infinitely close to the Empty Tribulation Realm Early Stage. Their Fusion can unleash the Peak power within the void profound Realm!

Do you know how many people like me exist in my Outer Realm?" Daoist Blue Dream spoke calmly.

"Excluding the Ancient Eight Concubines, there are at least seven people!"

"Your Inner Realm has no incense, and it has been besieged by the Sealed Realm Grand Formation for tens of thousands of years. Furthermore, the Venerable Master is skilled in schemes, having planted a large number of our Outer Realm seeds, causing your Inner Realm to almost fall apart! What good is your stubbornness!" Daoist Blue Dream's words entered Wang Lin's mind, causing Wang Lin to fall silent.

After a long while, Wang Lin looked up at Daoist Blue Dream and said in a deep voice, "Everything Senior said might be true, but if so, why doesn't the Outer Realm launch a full-scale war against the Inner Realm? Instead, it relies on the power of time to slowly dismantle all the Inner Realm's forces! Perhaps there is an existence in the Inner Realm that Senior and the others are extremely wary of!"

Daoist Blue Dream was silent for a moment, then calmly said, "There is indeed such an existence. With a single roar back then, it could make the Venerable Master flee in panic!"

Wang Lin's mind trembled. He had only been guessing, but he never expected to hear such a secret from Daoist Blue Dream!

"Since your mind is made up, I will not force you. You brought Yue'er here, and I will not discuss the previous Karma. Since I cannot give you my Dao lineage and incense, I will teach you three Divine Abilities. How much you can learn depends on your own Comprehension Ability!" Daoist Blue Dream sighed inwardly. He thought highly of Wang Lin, and everything he said earlier was true, but some things simply could not be forced.

Moreover, as one of the Five Venerables of the Primordial Stars and a Third Step mighty figure, he had his own pride and was unwilling to force others!

"Watch closely, this is my first Divine Ability!" Daoist Blue Dream raised his right hand and grasped towards the sky. Immediately, heaven and earth roared, wind and clouds rolled back, and the entire sky was instantly filled with endless blue light, faintly revealing a gigantic Vortex.

The Vortex rumbled, and streams of heaven and earth power condensed from all directions, instantly forming a gigantic Seal! This was a great Seal composed of Origin Qi, like the imperial Seal of a mortal emperor!

As one Seal descended, heaven and earth roared, shaking violently and earth-shatteringly. Suddenly, the sky became the earth, and the earth became the sky; heaven and earth reversed!

The mountain Peak where Wang Lin stood completely inverted at that instant. The earth became the sky, and this mountain Peak became a giant awl, yet strangely, no stones fell. However, in Wang Lin's perception, his mind was shaken, and an indescribable power wildly permeated heaven and earth.

Below him was a sky filled with blue light. The clouds, the sun, everything, had completely inverted, with only Daoist Blue Dream standing alone amidst heaven and earth!

"This Divine Ability is called the Sky-Overturning Seal. What does 'overturning the sky' mean? In my view, it means turning the sky into the earth! When the earth becomes the sky, it is the strongest Seal in this world!" Daoist Blue Dream waved his right hand downwards. Immediately, this earth, which had become the sky, rumbled downwards, smashing directly towards the sky below!

Wang Lin's mind was shaken as he watched this scene, his eyes filled with disbelief. He had never imagined that such a Divine Ability existed between heaven and earth. The power of this Divine Ability, if unleashed in the starry sky, would be enough to slaughter all living beings!

"If you use it in the starry sky, you must hold heaven and earth in your heart!" Daoist Blue Dream raised his right hand and flicked his sleeve. Immediately, heaven and earth roared, as if time had flowed backward, and in an instant, everything returned to normal. The sky was still the sky, and the earth was still the earth!

"In this heaven and earth, this starry sky, what is most abundant? Not people, not spirits, not Divine Abilities, nor heaven and earth Origin Qi. In my opinion, it is light! The most abundant thing in this entire heaven and earth, starry sky, and Universe, is light! Light is omnipresent, everywhere! The Sky-Overturning Seal is an offensive technique, and my second Divine Ability is a defensive art. Watch closely!" Daoist Blue Dream gave Wang Lin no time to process. After completing the Sky-Overturning Seal, he raised his right hand again.

The moment his right hand was raised, everything in heaven and earth—plants, trees, living beings, houses, everything that existed in this heaven and earth—emitted endless light. Even the starry sky beyond the sky was filled with brilliant light.

This endless light arrived in an instant, shaking heaven and earth, surrounding Daoist Blue Dream's body. At this moment, he seemed to become the source of light for heaven and earth. The light was dazzling, and even Wang Lin felt a stinging sensation that made it impossible to open his eyes.

A gigantic phantom, radiating boundless light, appeared outside Daoist Blue Dream's body, as tall as heaven and earth!

"Although this art is not a Daoist Magic, it was comprehended by this old man when he reached the void spirit Realm. If you can learn it, you will have more than enough self-preservation in these Primordial Stars! As for the last technique I will teach you, it is one of this old man's three great Daoist Magic, comprehended when my cultivation reached the void spirit Peak!"