Chapter 1438: Dominating the Inner Realm, Donglin Star’s Xiang Family!

Lu Fuzi gasped, the shock in his eyes deepening. Although he had already guessed it, seeing it with his own eyes still left him feeling a jolt of alarm!

But soon, this alarm dissipated. Lu Fuzi's eyes flashed, and a cold sneer slowly appeared at the corners of his mouth.

"Fortunately, he has not yet reached the Third Step! As long as he hasn't reached the Third Step, I do not believe he would dare to fight me!! What if he has two Origins! He is merely a brute. If he does not come to provoke me, so be it, but if he truly dares to do so, I will let him know what kind of existence a Third Step void nirvana Early Stage mighty figure is!"

With a cold snort, Lu Fuzi strode away. From beginning to end, he did not even glance at Xie Qing below. In his eyes, all living beings between heaven and earth were nothing but ants, unworthy of his gaze!

Donglin Star, the most mysterious place within the Luotian Star Domain! As early as years ago, Wang Lin had heard many rumors about this star.

This star did not have a fixed position; instead, it drifted slowly within the Luotian Eastern Star Domain. Even if one's cultivation had reached shattered nirvana Perfection, without a guiding Jade Slip, finding this moving Donglin Star in the vast sea of stars would be an extremely difficult task.

Even if one swept it with Divine Sense, it would be unable to manifest due to the strange structure upon this star. For the vast majority of Cultivators, searching for this star could only be done with the naked eye.

But, not including Wang Lin!

At this moment, within the vast Eastern Star Domain of Luotian, a shocking Cultivation Planet was drifting slowly. In the starry sky, one could faintly see craters upon this Cultivation Planet, revealing a dark yellow color, while a powerful pressure spread through the starry sky, vast and mighty.

Donglin Star!

This star was not alone; on its periphery, there were dozens of small Cultivation Planets, revolving around it and moving slowly along with Donglin Star.

Streaks of Formation light flickered all around, connecting these dozens of small stars to Donglin Star. From a distance, it looked like a gigantic star-net!

At this moment, the Formations on Donglin Star were all activated, causing the star-net to constantly emit booming sounds that spread far into the starry sky.

It could be faintly seen that on the dozens of small stars outside Donglin Star, sword light was flickering. Many Cultivators were rapidly arranging themselves, forming more Formations and Restrictions, while simultaneously strengthening the defensive power of Donglin Star.

Waves of tense atmosphere could be clearly felt from the grim expressions of those thousands of Cultivators!

All the Cultivators, without anyone speaking, arranged themselves in Formation and slowly, thunderously activated all the Formations upon these dozens of small stars.

Furthermore, on each small star, there were three old men sitting cross-legged within the Formation eyes. The number of these old men reached nearly a hundred; each of them exuded a sense of vicissitudes, evidently having lived for a very, very long time, and they would not easily venture out.

But at this moment, they had to appear! Because the representative of the Xiang Family, Xiang Yundong, had sent back a heaven-shaking piece of news that shocked and horrified the entire Xiang Family!

Wang Lin, whose vitality had been stolen by the Old Ancestor back then, had returned with a cultivation level that even Lu Fuzi feared!

This news caused the entire Xiang Family to tremble. After a brief silence, the current head of the Xiang Family and its Grand Elder immediately issued the Donglin Blood Order!

Within Donglin Star, the Xiang Family was the secret hegemon. They rarely appeared, and even many Luotian Cultivators were unaware of them. The world only knew that Donglin Star had three great families!

Xu, Lü, and Liu!

Especially the Xu Family, which produced many gods of slaughter and was notoriously fierce; just mentioning them within the Luotian Star Domain could make one's heart tremble!

Then there was the Lü Family. Although they did not have the reputation of the Xu Family, they were extremely skilled in the art of Restrictions. Although they did not possess the Legacy Restrictions like the Li Yuan Family—one of the four great Legacy Restrictions families that were equal in fame to the Xiang Family but had declined over the years—the Lü Family produced many talented individuals and had extremely deep attainments in Restrictions!

All the Restrictions on the entire Donglin Star were laid down by the Lü Family!

The final Liu Family was famous for researching Magic Treasures and Divine Abilities. In particular, their Nine-Life Blood Sunflower Art was a heaven-shaking technique that fused Divine Abilities with Magic Treasures. It was rumored that since its creation, it had only been used once.

But that one time it was unleashed, it caused devastation across the entire eastern part of Luotian, as if it were the end of the world!

These three great families fought constantly among themselves, using this cruel method to maintain their families' abundant vitality and continuous strength! But in reality, only a few Old Monsters in the Luotian Star Domain knew that these three great families—Xu, Lü, and Liu—were actually just branches of the Xiang Family!

The Xiang Family could be said to be the strongest lineage among all the cultivation Families in the entire Luotian Star Domain that had been passed down since the ancient era! Even within the Luotian Star Domain, the Xiang Family alone was enough to contend with the Thunder Immortal Palace, and the Thunder Immortal Palace would very likely be at a disadvantage! Of course, that was assuming Lu Fuzi was not included.

The Xiang Family was like a sleeping behemoth; it would remain still, but once it awakened, it would shake Luotian!

Therefore, a representative of the Xiang Family, Xiang Yundong, despite clearly lacking sufficient cultivation, could still be chosen by Lu Fuzi as one of the four sons to be taught Daoist Magic!

Each of the four sons chosen by Lu Fuzi had deep meaning behind them, whether it was Blood Godzi, Lie Yunzi, or Yan Leizi—they were all the same!

Furthermore, in the minds of some Old Monsters in the Luotian Star Domain, there was another rumor. This rumor was related to the Xiang Family, but its truth could not be verified. Perhaps only Lu Fuzi knew the veracity of this rumor!

According to the rumor, the only mysterious cultivation Family in Luotian that had been passed down since the ancient era had a connection with the Xiang Family. Or, to be clearer, the meaning expressed in the rumor was that the Xiang Family was an outer branch of that mysterious ancient cultivation Family whose very surname was rarely known to anyone!

The existence of the Xiang Family was merely to guard the gate for this ancient Family!

The ancient cultivation Family had already existed for a long time when the Immortal Realm collapsed back then. They had gone through the entire ancient era, continuing unbroken for countless millions of years. The accumulation and strength of this Family were unimaginable!

They were even more mysterious and unfathomable; it was rare for anyone to appear in Luotian even once in ten thousand years. Even during the days Wang Lin was in Luotian, even when he caught up with the great war between the entire Luotian and the Alliance, driven by Lu Fuzi, this mysterious ancient Family had only issued one edict and sent out one person.

The edict was to confer the title of True Immortal, and the person sent was the Ninth Elder, Yimu Zi, who had seized the moonlight essence within the Moon Gazer.

On the entire Donglin Star, under the Xiang Family's Blood Order, all three great families were mobilized, deploying layers of protection. At this moment, on this main Donglin Star, in the far west.

The ground was a dark red, as if it had been soaked in countless amounts of blood throughout the ages, emitting waves of bloody aura. When blown by the breeze, it permeated the heaven and earth, lingering for a long time.

Perhaps because the bloodiness was too thick, everything here was filled with a sense of tyranny.

In the far west, there was a vast, continuous graveyard. On the ground were countless severed limbs, ghastly white bones, and rotting flesh on those bones, attracting vultures to circle in the sky; some vultures even stood on the white bones, pecking at the rotten meat.

The entire far west was filled with monstrous Death Qi. Looking from afar, it had almost turned into a gigantic, invisible Vortex, swirling with Death Qi, causing any Cultivator who approached to involuntarily feel their heart tremble.

Furthermore, endless miserable souls echoed in this far west, emitting waves of silent, resentful roars.

Wang Lin had been here before; it was the place where the only remaining Old Ancestor of the Xiang Family had been in seclusion for years!

The further one looked into the depths, the darker the ground became. Life could not exist here, and even the members of the Xiang Family would absolutely not dare to come here easily unless there was an important matter.

Every time they came, their vitality would be sucked away by this land, leaving them extremely weak upon leaving, requiring them to immediately find a place to sit and meditate to regulate their breathing.

At this moment, two old men dressed in black robes were slowly walking from the distance with grim expressions. They stopped in the depths of this far west.

One of the old men respectfully cupped his fists toward the black earth and said in a deep voice: "Old Ancestor, everything has been arranged according to your instructions, waiting only for that Wang Lin to arrive."

The old man's voice penetrated the earth, echoing deep into the ground, and gradually fell into the bottom of this land, into a vast hollow space.

Looking at this space, it seemed endless; all there was, was a sea of heads formed by endless human heads! The Death Qi here was countless times stronger than in the outside world, shrouding all directions.

In the center of this sea of heads, there was a tower of heads, and on top of it sat a coffin. This coffin was earth-yellow in color, and some parts of it were rotting; thick streams of yellow liquid oozed from the rotting parts, flowing down the coffin and dripping onto the heads below, making a sizzling sound.

The voice of the black-clad old man on the ground reached here, seemingly impacted by the pervasive Death Qi and becoming much weaker. It entered the coffin, and after a brief silence, a hoarse voice slowly emanated from within the coffin.

"That child's vitality from back then was very good, very good… It left me with an aftertaste for a long time… He truly had good fortune to not have died back then when all his vitality was lost…"

"You may withdraw. That Lu Fuzi's words were somewhat exaggerated; this child has not yet reached that level. The reason Lu Fuzi said so was that he wanted this Wang Lin to come and test a guess that has always existed in his heart… This matter is of no concern!"

The earth shook, echoing the old and hoarse voice of the person inside the coffin. Hearing the Old Ancestor's words, the two black-clad old men heaved a sigh of relief. They had previously been shocked by the news brought back by Xiang Yundong and had felt a sense of impending disaster, but now their hearts were calm. In their view, the Old Ancestor was the heaven of the Xiang Family!

Since the Old Ancestor said it was of no concern, this matter would definitely not go wrong!

However, including the Xiang Family Old Ancestor inside the coffin, these three people did not notice at all that at this moment, in the starry sky outside Donglin Star, a figure dressed in white was walking over!

Wang Lin had arrived!

Gazing from afar at Donglin Star, which was filled with the light of Formations, and the dozens of small stars on its periphery, Wang Lin seemed to have returned to those scenes from back then, when he, accompanied by Qing Shui, and with Xiang Yundong carrying inner expectations, had come here for the first time.

Gradually, a monstrous cold light appeared in Wang Lin's eyes!