Chapter 1619: Ancient Mystery, Destroying the Formation! (Third Update)

The power of Origin is condensed by Outer Realm Great Experts using incense, nourishing their entire bodies and making them eternally indestructible. However, for Inner Realm Great Experts, the scarcity of incense has become a heavenly chasm, not only preventing them from achieving the Third Step, but also making it extremely difficult to recover once they are injured or consume too much Origin power after reaching the Third Step.

Wang Lin achieved the Third Step not by relying on incense, but by relying on comprehension to bring his three illusory Origins to Perfection, and by relying on consumption to bring his Thunder and Fire physical Origins to Major Achievement.

Thus, in the Third Step, he does not need incense. What he needs is the Origin already condensed by others. By devouring endless Origin, he can restore and increase his cultivation!

Similarly, he does not possess an Incense Realm, so he is not like ordinary Empty Spirit Cultivators who must integrate the Incense Realm with themselves, becoming the Heaven and Earth, thereby reaching the stage of Perfection.

Wang Lin's body is an Ancient God Physical Body, inherently surpassing all states of Perfection. Therefore, with the assistance of Ancient God Power, he is able to kill an empty profound Early Stage Great Expert with his Empty Spirit Middle Stage cultivation.

Even against an empty profound Middle Stage opponent, Wang Lin dares to fight, though the outcome would be hard to determine. But if they wish to kill him, it would be extremely difficult!

The Third Step path Wang Lin walks is fundamentally different from that of any other Cultivator. Even the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable's path is not the same as his. Ultimately, even the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable requires incense, but the incense he absorbs is non-toxic.

Wang Lin's path is not necessarily untrodden, but it is extremely arduous. The end of this path is endless and incredibly rugged. If he wishes to become an empty profound Cultivator, he must acquire several more Origins, and after achieving Perfection with them again, his power will increase!

Unlike others, whose Origins obtained after entering the Third Step can almost never reach Major Achievement, Wang Lin is different. He can still acquire the Seventh Origin, the Eighth, Ninth, and even the Tenth Origin.

Moreover, because he does not absorb incense, his Origins do not suffer from the fatal flaw of being unable to reach Major Achievement after the Third Step! What he needs now is to find or comprehend the Seventh Origin. Once the Seventh Origin reaches Major Achievement, he can reach the Empty Spirit Late Stage!

If the Eighth Origin appears again and reaches Major Achievement, his cultivation can advance to the Empty Spirit Peak!

If nine Origins appear, he can step into the empty profound Great Realm! After this, if he possesses great wisdom and great fortune, allowing the nine Origins to fully merge into a single force called “Void” on the Immortal Astral Continent, then this Void Power can allow him to attempt to face the Third Step Great Tribulation. If he passes this tribulation, he will become an Empty Tribulation Great Venerable!

The tribulation between Empty Tribulation Realm and empty profound is one of life and death: success means life, failure means death. There have been no exceptions throughout history. This is a chasm that must be faced!

This tribulation is also called the Mysterious Tribulation. It is divided into nine stages. Only by passing all nine stages can one truly succeed and step into the Empty Tribulation Realm.

Even someone as powerful as the Venerable Master has only passed three Mysterious Tribulations and lacks the courage to face the fourth.

Daoist Blue Dream, for example, has not even passed the first one, remaining stagnant at the Peak of empty profound Late Stage Perfection. It is not that he fears death, but that he cannot sever the concerns in his heart. He has not yet completed his final task, and he cannot face the regret of failure.

Among all the Cultivators of the Inner Realm Immortal Caves over countless eons, many talented individuals have been born, and a small number of them reached the Third Step. But ultimately, to this day, only one person, relying solely on his status as an Immortal Cave Cultivator, has passed the Eighth Mysterious Tribulation. If he passes one more time, he can be called a Venerable!

He is the Old Ghost Zhan! He failed when passing the Fifth Tribulation and should have died—the Venerable Master knows this. But what the Venerable Master does not know is that the Old Ghost Zhan somehow obtained an immense Immortal Fate!

This Immortal Fate caused his cultivation to skyrocket, allowing him to continuously pass up to the Eighth Tribulation before stopping just before the Ninth Tribulation.

The Empty Tribulation Realm cultivation level is known as Great Venerable on the Immortal Astral Continent! This level of cultivation already stands at the Peak of the Third Step. If one can take that legendary step, they can Step into the Void!

The Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable is an Empty Tribulation Great Venerable, but his cultivation is not Empty Tribulation Great Perfection, but Empty Tribulation Middle Stage!

Even though it is only the Middle Stage, it is enough for him to become somewhat famous on the Immortal Astral Continent and establish a sect! He founded the Seven Dao Sect!

Wang Lin did not fully know all these matters, nor did he have time to contemplate them now. The moment he opened his eyes, he stood up. Though his figure did not look tall from afar, a powerful Aura surged forth from within him. Standing there, he seemed to support the starry sky, his back facing the Inner Realm, like a protective Ancient God wrist guard, giving an indescribable sense of security.

With calm eyes, Wang Lin took a step forward. With this step, his entire being landed on the Sealed Formation, which was already dim and on the verge of death. The Formation trembled, and the light flickering upon it was far inferior to what it had been in the past.

In silence, Wang Lin raised his right foot and stomped directly onto the Sealed Formation. With a tremendous boom, the entire Sealed Realm Great Formation violently trembled. Light rapidly flashed upon it, and massive nets continuously materialized, finally spreading boundlessly, roaring forth across every location in the entire Inner Realm.

Even the tens of thousands of Inner Realm Cultivators recuperating in Luotian opened their eyes one after another and saw the Sealed Realm Great Formation!

The power of a single stomp caused the Sealed Realm Great Formation to fully materialize. Only when it completely appeared could Wang Lin allow this dying Formation to live out its final moments.

"You have sealed the Inner and Outer Realms for countless years. You prevented the Outer Realm's invasion and prevented the Inner Realm from leaving. For the Inner Realm, you are a Guardian… Therefore, I must bow to you!" Wang Lin cupped his fists and bowed toward the materialized Sealed Realm Great Formation!

"But similarly, it is precisely because of your existence that Third Step Great Experts are rare in my Inner Realm, making the power between the Inner and Outer Realms completely disproportionate. Your existence has left the Inner Realm Cultivators eternally trapped and sealed!" Wang Lin raised his right hand and pressed down fiercely onto the Sealed Realm Great Formation.

Following this press, the Karma mark appeared. Wang Lin's five fingers descended, and amidst the earth-shattering roar, he clasped his fingers, clenched his fist, and pulled violently outward.

"Karma Soul Extraction!" As Wang Lin roared, the Sealed Realm Great Formation trembled violently as his right hand pulled, and a bolt of thunder roared up from within the Formation, extracted by Wang Lin!

That was an illusory Long Spear formed by thunder. This spear contained endless Power of Thunder, and it was precisely the Sacred Object of the Flashing Thunder Clan!

With a squeeze of his right hand, the Long Spear formed by thunder instantly collapsed, transforming into countless bolts of lightning that scattered around, spreading across millions of miles and illuminating the starry sky brightly.

This Thunder Long Spear Formation Spirit, since being integrated into the Formation countless years ago, was extracted and destroyed for the first time. From now on, this spirit will no longer exist within the Sealed Formation!

Following the collapse of the Long Spear, the Sealed Realm Great Formation trembled, and fine Rifts appeared within the massive net.

"I do not know who created you, but today, since you are only a remnant, return and dissipate. I, Wang Lin, will set up a Great Formation here. This Formation exists only for my Inner Realm, survives only for my Inner Realm, and belongs entirely to the Inner Realm Cultivators!" Wang Lin raised his right hand again and continuously struck the Sealed Realm Great Formation six times!

Six roars, six instances of Karma, and six times he swung, clasped, clenched his fist, and pulled out. The Sealed Realm Great Formation immediately began its true collapse. The boundless net that permeated all the Heaven and Earth within the Inner Realm shattered with loud bangs.

Before Wang Lin, red light, like fresh blood, spread out, covering the entire Formation in bloody light. Wails and roars of pain immediately echoed throughout Heaven and Earth. A massive Nine-Headed Meteor Hammer suddenly materialized, its whistling sounds spreading in all directions. The Meteor Hammer swept and swung, emitting a terrifying sense of dominance. Black blood dripped from it, revealing endless gore, but upon leaving the Sealed Realm Great Formation, it instantly collapsed and vanished before Wang Lin's eyes.

Following the Meteor Hammer, a heat wave rushed forth. A massive Flaming Trebuchet materialized with a roar. This war chariot was incredibly ferocious. It was also a Sealed Realm Formation Spirit, and countless Cultivators from both the Inner and Outer Realms had died by it throughout history, the vast majority of them being Inner Realm people!

Now that this war chariot was extracted, it violently split into pieces, turning into a mass of mist that rapidly rushed outwards and dissipated.

After the War Chariot, ten thousand beams of golden light shone, and a Golden Blade materialized. Following the golden light, purple energy surged, filling the Great Formation, and a purple whip, about a thousand zhang long, appeared illusorily. This whip bore countless rune marks, making cracking sounds and twisting like a python!

Moreover, after the whip appeared, the Sealed Formation trembled, and an Aura of antiquity suddenly arose. A massive Spiked Mace abruptly materialized. This Spiked Mace had countless sharp spikes and a terrifying appearance, and the countless Vengeful Spirits wrapped around it attested to the massive slaughter it had once committed.

But the moment these three Formation Spirits appeared, they violently collapsed with loud bangs, eternally dissipating into Heaven and Earth, and vanishing from within the Sealed Realm Great Formation!

Also destroyed was another Formation Spirit that had not yet fully condensed into a physical form, still just a mass of mist. It collapsed and burst open upon appearance.

Of the Nine Spirits of the Sealed Formation, seven have now been destroyed.

Wang Lin looked calm as he gazed at the Sealed Realm Great Formation, from which six Formation Spirits had dissipated. At this point, the Formation had undergone irreversible collapse. As the roar echoed, the collapse began throughout the entire Inner Realm. At this moment, all the Cultivators in the Inner Realm saw the Sealed Formation Net in the starry sky shattering layer by layer. Rolling back, it left the Inner and Outer Realms completely unobstructed at this moment!

"The Eighth Spirit of the Sealed Formation, the Sacred Object of my Ancient Clan, the Heaven-Opening Axe! Do you wish to return to my hands, Wang Lin, or be destroyed along with this Formation? I give you a choice!" Wang Lin raised his right hand and waved it toward the Sealed Formation. The Formation violently shook with loud rumbles, and amidst the large-scale collapse, its Eighth Spirit appeared!

The power of this spirit surpassed the previous seven spirits!

This spirit is the Supreme Magical Artifact of the Ancient God Clan, the Heaven-Opening Axe!

Amidst the roar and the collapse of the Sealed Formation, a massive phantom axe, carrying a dense Ancient God Aura, slowly floated out from within the Formation.

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