Chapter 1650: Ancient Mystery, Fan Shanmeng!

Fan Shanlu’s face was pale. She did not answer Wang Lin’s words, but staggered a few steps before immediately sitting down cross-legged, placing her hands in Hand Seals on her knees, and closing her eyes to meditate.

Seven-colored light flickered around her body, especially on her glabella, where dazzling seven-colored light gathered. A Vortex was faintly visible, and within that Vortex, not only did seven colors spread out, but bursts of cold Qi also emanated.

As soon as the cold Qi appeared on the giant ship, the deck immediately frosted over with crackling sounds, releasing white mist. Wang Lin’s gaze sharpened, and he retreated several steps.

But right then, Fan Shanlu’s complexion suddenly turned rosy, and she spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. When the blood hit the ground, it turned into fragmented, dense particles of bloody ice, spreading across a large area of the deck.

Immediately afterward, the Vortex on her glabella suddenly magnified and rapidly spun. A sharp light burst forth in Wang Lin’s eyes; he saw a face appear distinctly inside the Vortex on Fan Shanlu’s glabella!

It was an incomparably beautiful face, almost identical to Fan Shanlu's, striking the heart with its beauty!

The moment this face appeared, Fan Shanlu showed an expression of pain, her veins bulged, and she became ferocious. At the same time, she suddenly opened her eyes. The instant her eyes opened and closed, the Vortex on her glabella instantly collapsed, rolled back, and rushed into her skull, disappearing along with the other incomparably beautiful face.

With a piercing scream, blood spilled from Fan Shanlu’s lips. She closed her eyes while performing Hand Seals and resumed her meditation.

These scenes, falling into Wang Lin’s eyes, made his mind extremely solemn. He vaguely seemed to have figured something out, yet he was not entirely certain.

In silence, Wang Lin spread out his Divine Sense, enveloping the massive ship. As his Divine Sense expanded, everything about the ship instantly reflected in his mind.

This ship was enormous, and many parts contained Restrictions and Formations that even Wang Lin found strange. Furthermore, as his Divine Sense swept through, Wang Lin was astonished to discover that the entire ship was almost entirely composed of Restrictions; even the deck beneath his feet was the same.

It could be said that this ship was like a colossal Restriction Formation.

The layers of protective light screens outside the ship were derived from the ship’s Restrictions, intricately layered one upon another. Breaking them open would be extremely difficult.

The center of the ship’s internal Restrictions was also slightly discovered as Wang Lin’s Divine Sense swept past: it was the large ghost-face sail on the mast. The ghost face within the sail seemed like a living thing. As Wang Lin’s Divine Sense swept by, the ghost face’s eyes turned and stared intently at Wang Lin.

Although the surroundings were silent, the moment he was stared at by the ghost face, Wang Lin seemed to hear ferocious roars and shouts within his mind.

This sound pierced his mind, causing Wang Lin’s expression to change involuntarily, and he retreated a few steps backward.

“Time Restriction, Life-Death Restriction, Ancient Soul Restriction, Destruction Restriction… This ship not only possesses these four great Restrictions, but also some Restrictions I have never seen before…”

“If I can be given time to fully grasp and clearly study all these Restrictions, then I might very well achieve Minor Achievement of Restriction Origin!” A strange light shone in Wang Lin’s eyes. His Restrictions were already extraordinary, but unfortunately, although he had seen many Restrictions in the Immortal Cave Realm, most of them were incomplete. Forcibly deducing them would be like building a cart behind closed doors—not only would it waste a lot of time, but it would also be difficult to gain anything.

But the situation was different now. The Restrictions on this ship were equivalent to opening many paths for Wang Lin. If he could fully comprehend them, using them for deduction, the Restriction Origin had hope of appearing!

A moment after Wang Lin observed the Restrictions here, the pitch-black starry sky outside the ship was suddenly filled with seven-colored light, dispelling the darkness of the cosmos. The Seven-colored Daoist stepped closer.

“This ship… looks familiar…” The Seven-colored Daoist stood outside the ship, and after looking at it a few times, a look of recollection appeared on his face. But no matter how he thought, he still couldn't recall where he had seen this ship.

“I haven’t recovered my memories, and many things I can no longer recall.” The Seven-colored Daoist was silent for a moment, then shook his head, raised his right hand, and waved it forward.

A booming sound abruptly rose!

On the deck inside the ship, amidst a violent tremor, the booming sounds from the outside transformed into muffled rumbles. Wang Lin turned to look outside. Through the layers of protective light screens, Wang Lin clearly saw the seven colors outside, and beneath that seven-colored light, the Seven-colored Daoist, whose expression remained calm, as if nothing in heaven or earth could cause him the slightest change in demeanor.

The rumbling rose again. Amidst the shaking of the deck, the outermost layer of protective light screen suddenly collapsed. Furthermore, under the force of the collapse’s impact, the massive ship was forcefully pushed back several tens of feet.

“Although this ship’s Restrictions are powerful, currently less than twenty percent are activated… With just this twenty percent power, I fear it cannot stop the Seven-colored Daoist’s arrival…” Wang Lin’s eyes flickered. This was a crisis of life and death. The Seven-colored Daoist might not kill him due to certain reasons, but he intended to take away the Li Guang Bow and Arrows.

Wang Lin absolutely could not hand over the Li Guang Bow and Arrows. This item was of great importance, serving as his reliance when dealing with these empty profound mighty figures! Most importantly, Wang Lin would not let his life be chosen by the other party; he refused to have his fate controlled by the other party’s whim!

“This Soul Demon Boat could stop him for dozens of hours, even when he was at his peak.” Just as Wang Lin’s eyes flickered, a cold voice suddenly came from behind him.

Fan Shanlu slowly opened her eyes.

“Even though the Restrictions on this boat are only operating at less than thirty percent, he is also not the same as he was back then. It can stop him for… three days.” Fan Shanlu spoke coldly, a cold light emanating from her eyes as she stared at the Seven-colored Daoist outside the ship, revealing a complex hatred in her gaze.

“You are not Fan Shanlu!” Wang Lin turned around, looked at the woman, and suddenly spoke after a long pause.

The woman withdrew her gaze from outside the ship and fixed it on Wang Lin. After a while, a hint of admiration gradually rose in her eyes, and she nodded.

“As expected of the collaborator chosen by my younger sister. I am indeed not Fan Shanlu. I am her older sister, Fan Shanmeng!”

Wang Lin narrowed his eyes, scrutinized the other party for a few moments, and remained silent.

“You should already know my identity from my younger sister—I am the Dao Companion of the Seven-colored Immortal Venerable.” As the woman spoke, she raised her right hand and, performing Hand Seals, waved it toward the ship’s protective light screen in front of her. Immediately, seven-colored light encircled her right hand and shot straight toward the light screen.

After Fusion with the light screen, a majestic aura suddenly emanated from the ship. The protective light screen instantly grew thicker, completely blocking the external rumbling so that when it reached the ear, it was barely perceptible.

“Since you are cooperating with my sister and me, I won’t hide anything from you. Back then, Dao Yi Great Heavenly Venerate, one of the Nine Yang Venerates of the Immortal Astral Continent, and Xuan Luo Great Heavenly Venerate of the Ancient Country, appeared near my Seven Dao Sect. Their cultivation was supreme, belonging to the realm of legends. They were fighting over a remnant storage fragment that somehow flew out of the Primordial God Realm.

It was originally impossible for Seven-colored and me to participate in this matter, and we certainly wouldn't have gained any benefits. But ultimately, due to an Opportunity, or perhaps because even now I still haven't figured it out, although the fragment was broken, how could Dao Yi and Xuan Luo, two Nine Yang Great Heavenly Venerates, not discover that one piece was missing.

The missing piece fell into Seven-colored’s hands. It was precisely because of this that I saw the true nature of this person’s heart. To conceal the aura of this fragment, I abandoned all my cultivation and used all my strength to suppress it, intending to quickly return to the Seven Dao Sect with him.

However, along the way, he ambushed me. I had absolutely no defenses. Under his ambush, I lost all my cultivation, which he took to suppress the fragment. He then destroyed my body and soul with a single palm strike. He did this to silence me, fearing the news would spread.

He even intended to use my cultivation to open the fragment. After all, this fragment came from the Primordial God Realm, and opening it was extremely difficult.

But I did not die. I was a Core Disciple of the Great Soul Gate, and my Life Soul was with my Master. My Master used a Great Divine Ability, the Reincarnation Art, to quickly Rebirth me through Reincarnation.

Within the Seven Dao Sect, there were people who obeyed me, especially since my younger sister was also there. I borrowed my Master’s magical power and told all of this to my younger sister, which led to the great battle in his Immortal Cave!” The woman spoke slowly, recounting the events of the past.

“I knew he must have opened the fragment and obtained the item within. I knew he had lured dao ancient Ye Mo away and sealed the Seven Dao Sect’s mountain gate. But how could I let him succeed? I told this news to Lian Daofei, who had always coveted my beauty, and lured him to the Seven Dao Sect!

Furthermore, through my younger sister’s coordination, most of his concubines defected, which caused the Disciples of the Seven Dao Sect in the Immortal Cave Realm to split. This is how the current Inner Realm and Outer Realm came to be!” The woman paused her speech here and looked at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin’s expression was calm, without the slightest ripple. He already had many guesses about these matters in his heart. Hearing the woman’s words now, he only believed some of it, not all, and many parts of her narrative were glossed over. Although it seemed complete, there were still some clues missing.

“What kind of place is the Primordial God Realm?” Wang Lin was silent for a moment before speaking slowly.

“There has always been a legend within the Immortal Astral Continent: the Primordial God Realm has opened nine times. Each time it opened, the one who obtained the ultimate creation would become a Great Heavenly Venerate… Up until now, after nine openings, there are indeed Nine Suns.

The tenth opening might see the appearance of a Tenth Sun… As for what the Primordial God Realm truly is, I do not know that either.”

“You just said that the current Seven-colored is greatly different from the Seven-colored back then. I need an answer regarding this.” Wang Lin’s gaze flashed as he looked at the blurry figure outside the ship, who was continuously shattering the light screens.

“He is not complete!” The woman was silent for a moment, then spoke suddenly.

“I don’t know how he managed to get Li Guang’s help to kill dao ancient Ye Mo, but I do know that when Lian Daofei broke into this Immortal Cave using the method I told him, a fierce chaotic battle erupted inside!

This great battle occurred shortly after the dao ancient died. Seven-colored should have been injured and entered seclusion to study what he had obtained from that fragment. I only learned afterward that among the items inside that fragment, there was a Heavenly Dao!”