Chapter 1369: Peak of the Cloud Sea, Name of Falling! (Third Update)

Illusory Fire is formless and can burn all emotions into flames, but this fire can only be released externally to harm enemies. It cannot enhance the cultivation of the Vermilion Bird clan Cultivators themselves.

Illusory Fire is the Vermilion Bird clan's Flame of World Annihilation! It can kill, but it cannot be refined from a Cultivator's body. Its quantity is eternal and indestructible due to its formlessness.

When Solid Fire transforms, whatever amount is achieved will remain that amount until the Cultivator's death.

However, at this moment, the instant Wang Lin's Illusory Fire was born, it was swept by the Magnetic Force mist, and within it, a strange change occurred that even a First Generation Old Ancestor could not comprehend!

This Illusory Fire, at the moment of its birth, absorbed a trace of Magnetic Force from the Magnetic Force mist! If it were merely this, it would be fine; this trace of Magnetic Force condensed within by external power would dissipate at any time.

But within Wang Lin's Illusory Fire, this Magnetic Force was released by Heaven Defying, and its Magnetic Force was eternal!

Thus, although the power of this Illusory Fire did not change, its existence made Wang Lin the first person in history to be able to absorb Illusory Fire!

Wang Lin's Illusory Fire was not abundant at its birth, but if he continued to absorb it, the strength of his Illusory Fire would be astonishing!

The Magnetic Force mist furiously spread from Wang Lin's body, instantly filling the entire Local Realm. A moment later, it broke through this realm, surging forth from the Local Incense on the Emperor Star.

The endless Magnetic Force mist rushed out, enveloping the sky of the Emperor Star, and further diffused, returning to the outside of the Emperor Star, becoming the Magnetic Rift that surrounded it.

It seemed as though there was no change from before, but upon closer inspection, one could still discern the difference.

Before entering Heaven Defying, this Magnetic Rift was like a dead object, full of savagery, but now, it seemed to have formed a whole, and even gained vitality.

Tens of thousands of Cultivators on the Emperor Star stared blankly at this scene, and in their gaze, they saw that after the Local Incense emitted all the Magnetic Force mist, this giant incense, which had burned for almost half its length, suddenly emitted cracking sounds.

The piercing sound clearly reached the ears of all Cultivators. Fine cracks appeared on the incense, growing more numerous until they covered the entire giant incense in just a few moments.

With a boom, the Local Incense suddenly broke in the middle. The burning section tilted and fell, penetrating the giant turtle below and dropping onto the arena with a thud.

Silence fell all around.

On the back of the giant turtle, the Human Incense was extinguished. The Local Incense broke… the only one remaining towering was the last one, the Heaven Incense!

Grandmaster Yunluo's face grew paler, the broken Local Incense was like a severing of her spirit, making the fear in her eyes even more intense.

"It shouldn't be him, it can't be… it absolutely can't be him!"

Si Mozi's mouth was dry. After witnessing Wang Lin's trial, the series of events that unfolded had already exceeded his imagination. Even now, he felt somewhat dazed, and a deep sense of apprehension involuntarily arose in his mind towards Wang Lin, whose soul had not yet emerged.

This was an impossible situation; as a Third Step mighty figure, to actually feel apprehension towards a Cultivator still in the Second Step… but now, it had occurred to Si Mozi.

Daoist Miaoyin stared at the Local Incense, broken into two halves, narrowing her eyes. With a flip of her right hand, she took out a peach and took a fierce bite, a flash of greed passing through her eyes.

"Heaven Defying… Heaven Defying… I, Daoist Miaoyin, will have it!"

Daoist Blue Dream's expression was complex. He withdrew his gaze and remained silent. Li Qianmei, beside him, lowered her head, her expression unreadable.

Old Vermilion Bird scratched his head with his right hand, a bitter smile appearing on his face.

"What on earth did this little fellow do… The recent changes on the Emperor Star are clearly related to him… How many secrets does this kid hide… Now, the first incense is extinguished, the second is broken… How can the trial continue, how can the results be calculated…"

The tens of thousands of Cultivators around, after a brief silence, burst into an uproar.

"The second incense actually broke! This…"

"What is the cultivation of this Third Young Emperor currently undergoing the trial? How could he possibly achieve this? The extinguishing of the first incense was already shocking, but compared to this broken incense, what does that even count for!"

"This matter might not be related to that Third Young Emperor. This broken incense is probably caused by the Magnetic Force mist from the Emperor Star just now! But why would that mist suddenly reverse and enter the incense…"

Various thoughts arose, but in common, all eyes fell on Wang Lin, who was still meditating beneath the first incense, awaiting his Awakening!

"Will this person awaken, or will he, as before, spontaneously ignite the next incense…"

Within the Local Realm, after all the Magnetic Force mist surged out from Wang Lin's body, the Heaven Defying Bead in his chest gradually hid itself and disappeared.

The entire Local Realm fell silent, with only the illusory fire on the Vermilion Bird in front of Wang Lin burning silently.

After a long while, Wang Lin looked at the Vermilion Bird, opened his mouth, and inhaled. Immediately, the Vermilion Bird shrieked and flew straight towards Wang Lin, merging into his left eye. At this instant, a dense Illusory Fire erupted from Wang Lin's body. This Illusory Fire was formless and colorless, permeating around Wang Lin, exuding a power of world annihilation.

Exhaling a deep breath of turbid Qi, Wang Lin raised his head and looked into the distance. After a moment of contemplation, he did not choose to leave. Instead, he took a step forward, his figure like a shuttle, directly traversing thousands of miles to appear at the end of this Local Realm, at the bald mountain that had remained unburnt in the sea of fire earlier.

On the bald mountain, the Fourth Generation Vermilion Bird sat silently. Being there, he had felt every single one of Wang Lin's previous actions with extreme clarity, and his mind was shaken.

But he was, after all, no ordinary person, and he quickly suppressed the shock, silently gazing into the distance.

In front of him, the heavens and earth distorted. Wang Lin emerged, coming within a few feet of the Fourth Generation Vermilion Bird, standing there in similar silence.

"After the Vermilion Bird's fourth Awakening, the Illusory Fire still needs some time to nurture. You must remember this," the Fourth Generation Vermilion Bird looked back at Wang Lin and said softly.

Wang Lin's eyes showed complexity as he looked at the middle-aged man before him, cupping his fists and saying, "Senior, are you the Fourth Generation Vermilion Bird?"

"I am," the middle-aged man nodded.

Wang Lin did not speak. After a long while, he whispered, "The Fifth Generation Vermilion Bird had a great kindness towards this Junior. Before he died, he constantly spoke of having accompanied the Fourth Generation Vermilion Bird as his medicine boy back then…"

Sadness appeared in the middle-aged man's eyes. He nodded silently, and his voice, tinged with melancholy, softly said, "I know…"

Wang Lin raised his right hand and waved it in the Void Realm, and immediately, a Storage Rift materialized. From within it, a stone statue slowly flew out!

That stone statue was none other than the transformed corpse of the Old Vermilion Bird Saint Emperor after his death!

"The Old Saint Emperor dedicated his entire life to the Vermilion Bird Saint Sect. In my opinion, no one is more deserving of being called Vermilion Bird than him!" Wang Lin looked at the Old Saint Emperor's corpse, scenes from back then flashing through his mind.

"When the Old Saint Emperor was anxious for the Vermilion Bird Saint Sect, you were not present, nor was the Second Generation Vermilion Bird… Within the Four Saint Sects, the White Tiger Saint Emperor died in battle, the Black Tortoise Saint Emperor defected, and the Azure Dragon Saint Emperor was trapped. For tens of thousands of years, only the Old Vermilion Bird Saint Emperor maintained it alone, until his death, he never forgot the matters of the Vermilion Bird Saint Sect… never forgot his Master… Today, since this Junior can meet Senior, I will place his corpse here. I believe that if the Old Saint Emperor has a spirit in the netherworld, he would also choose to remain here, accompanying the Master who abandoned him back then and never returned. This place, perhaps, is his home."

Wang Lin took a few steps back, knelt before the Old Saint Emperor's corpse, kowtowed three times, and whispered, "Old Saint Emperor, this Disciple brought you back from the Vermilion Bird Saint Sect. Today, I send you back to the Fourth Generation Vermilion Bird, sending you home… The kindness from back then cannot be repaid, but my promise will continue."

After rising, Wang Lin gave the Fourth Generation Saint Emperor a complex look, cupped his fists, and said, "Thank you, Senior, for your assistance just now. This Junior will take his leave." Wang Lin sighed inwardly, turned, and walked towards the sky.

He could accept the Second Generation Vermilion Bird, but he could not accept the Fourth Generation Vermilion Bird… If this Fourth Generation Vermilion Bird had not left back then, the Old Saint Emperor would certainly have been present among the four Awakenings. If the Fourth Generation had not left back then, the Old Saint Emperor would never have returned to the ruins and perished.

The Fourth Generation Vermilion Bird looked at his Disciple's corpse, his body trembling. Deep sorrow appeared in his eyes. He slowly rose and came to the corpse's side, his right hand tremblingly raised to caress his Disciple's face.

"Lu Yun… this Master… has let you down…" Tears streamed from the Fourth Generation Vermilion Bird's eyes.

"This Master knows everything about the Four Saint Sects… but I cannot go back… After I came to these Primordial Stars back then, something unexpected happened, and a mysterious person planted a Seal on me…" The Fourth Generation Vermilion Bird murmured, looking as if he had aged instantly, his gaze towards his Disciple's corpse filled with sorrowful recollection.

"Over the years, I have tried to break my own Seal several times, but I have never succeeded… Even a First Generation Old Ancestor cannot undo this Seal… I can only remain in this Local Realm, unable to take half a step out… Once I leave, the Seal will erupt, causing me to lose my mind and descend into madness… Lu Yun, it's not that this Master doesn't want to go back… it's that I can't…" The Fourth Generation Vermilion Bird's tears fell onto his Disciple's body, carrying the endless sorrow in his heart, and painful memories, but more so, a remorseful guilt.

"This Seal is not only on me but also on the Second Generation Vermilion Bird. Under his suppression, he doesn't need to be in this Local Realm, but he cannot leave this Land of Falling… Land of Falling… Land of Falling, this place is the Land of Falling for my Vermilion Bird clan… either go mad and die, or break through and emerge!" The Fourth Generation Vermilion Bird murmured bitterly, seemingly explaining to his Disciple… Wang Lin's figure walked towards the horizon, getting further and further away, finally disappearing without a trace.

The moment his figure disappeared, on the Emperor Star, beneath the first extinguished Human Incense, his Physical Body's closed eyes suddenly opened!

My state today is not good, and I'm not very satisfied with the writing. Please forgive me. I will continue to write.