Chapter 1678: Ancient Mystery – His Identity!!

Chapter 1678: Ancient Mystery – His Identity!! (Third Update)

The scene that emerged this time was a Cultivation Planet. Wang Lin was familiar with this star; it was none other than Tian Yun Star!

Heavenly Fate Child sat cross-legged in a secret chamber of the Tian Yun Sect on this star. Before him sat nine youths, all with their eyes closed, lost in unconsciousness.

Heavenly Fate Child's eyes revealed a strange glimmer as he looked at the nine people before him. He opened his mouth wide and suddenly swallowed forward. With this swallow, all nine were strangely consumed by him.

Heavenly Fate Child's body trembled, his expression showing pain, and then he slowly closed his eyes, falling into a deep slumber. Time flowed by, and no one knew how long had passed before Heavenly Fate Child opened his eyes, a look of enlightenment within them.

"This is my ninety-seventh Awakening… The candidate for the next slumber and Awakening is Ling Tianhou!"

Wang Lin watched these scenes, his expression calm, but his heart was surging with waves. He never expected that Heavenly Fate Child's consumption was actually for the sake of repeated Awakenings!

"He must be one of the Three Ethereal Souls and Seven Corporeal Spirits of the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable. Only this can explain his repeated Awakenings!" Wang Lin looked at Heavenly Fate Child, a cold glint appearing in his eyes.

The scene changed again. Amidst the successive scenes, Wang Lin saw Heavenly Fate Child at different times, until one specific time when the scene showed Heavenly Fate Child sitting cross-legged on an unfamiliar Barren Star. After consuming some Cultivators he had selected, he opened his eyes and woke up once more.

His body flickered, and he departed from this Barren Star. The moment he was traveling through the starry sky, he suddenly paused, looking down. Where his gaze rested was a brownish-yellow, semi-abandoned Cultivation Planet.

With a soft sound of surprise, a smile gradually appeared on the corner of Heavenly Fate Child's mouth as he slowly sent out a Divine Thought.

"To be able to see someone with such profound insight on this abandoned Cultivation Planet is rare. However, with your mere Nascent Soul cultivation, even if it is a Soul Transformation insight, do not be too greedy. If you continue to pursue this kind of Heavenly Dao, I fear it will take millions of years, and you will be unable to find the Origin. But by that time, your Physical Body will likely have long since decayed. Have you considered this?"

Amidst his words, Heavenly Fate Child raised his right hand and suddenly struck a palm towards that semi-abandoned Cultivation Planet!

"I am Heavenly Fate Child. Today, I will forge a good karma with you. If you can walk out of this abandoned planet, you may come to Tian Yun Star to seek me out. I will take you as a Named Disciple and let you follow me for a hundred years!"

A thicker smile appeared on Heavenly Fate Child's face as he flicked his large sleeve and walked towards the distance.

"This child is not bad; he can be cultivated slightly to become a Clone for me to consume in the future. However, his cultivation is too weak; whether he will be useful later is still up for debate… But I have a feeling that this child will be extraordinary!"

Seeing this, Wang Lin's mind trembled violently. He stared at that brownish-yellow Cultivation Planet, his mind roaring. The aura that had emanated from that Cultivation Planet made Wang Lin understand everything in this instant!

While Wang Lin's main body was immersed in Heavenly Fate Child's Reincarnation, in the starry sky outside, every Heavenly Fate Child Clone that appeared in the Inner Realm at this moment raised their right hand simultaneously and pointed directly at their brow without hesitation!

In the eastern part of the Zhao River Star Domain, the first Heavenly Fate Child to appear had a strange glimmer in his eyes as his right hand also lifted to press against his brow.

"I am heavenly fate. This life's final slumber and final Awakening are about to begin. With this Awakening, I will complete my plan of Reincarnation through eternity!!" He closed his eyes, and his fingers pierced fiercely through his brow, sinking into his skull.

In this instant, Heavenly Fate Child's Physical Body collapsed with a bang. The roaring sound echoed simultaneously in countless places across the four Star Domains of the Inner Realm. Yet, one could see these nearly three thousand Heavenly Fate Child Clones all having their Physical Bodies shattered at this moment. Strands of Soul transformed and headed straight for the Zhao River at an extreme speed, towards Wang Lin's Clone!

"Let's see if you are faster, or if I am! When I was plotting against you, you were just a small Nascent Soul Cultivator. If it weren't for me, your Physical Body would have rotted long ago! Everything you have is mine!" These three thousand Souls transmitted waves of Soul thoughts as they traveled, merging together to form a heaven-shaking voice that roared within Wang Lin's mind in the Zhao River Star Domain.

While these three thousand Souls were rushing towards Wang Lin's Clone, Wang Lin's main body saw even more Awakenings within Heavenly Fate Child's Reincarnation!

Gradually, the appearance of the person Wang Lin saw became completely different from Heavenly Fate Child, as if he had changed into another person. If not for the locking of that aura, Wang Lin could hardly imagine that the strangers he saw in what looked like Reincarnation were actually Heavenly Fate Child!

Before the Four Great Immortal Realms had collapsed, in what was called the ancient Cultivation World, on a Cultivation Planet, a middle-aged man in blue robes smiled as he consumed a youth who was unconscious before him.

This youth was his only Disciple!

"This is my thirty-fourth Awakening…"

Also in the ancient Cultivation World, amidst dust floating in the starry sky, a charming woman with a smile consumed an unconscious man beside her. That man had remarkable cultivation and was even permeated with Immortal Qi; he was clearly an Immortal from one of the Four Great Immortal Realms.

Repeated consumptions, sometimes many, sometimes one—everything in Heavenly Fate Child's Reincarnation was revealed before Wang Lin's eyes. What he saw left him horrified!

"What exactly is Heavenly Fate Child's identity? He actually relies on consumption to Awaken. And what is he Awakening?"

In the starry sky outside, the hundreds of Heavenly Fate Child Souls existing in the Zhao River approached Wang Lin's Clone in rapid succession, whistling as they crazily drilled into Wang Lin's Clone's body.

Wang Lin's Clone sat there with a calm expression, seemingly not caring about the Fusion of those Souls. Inside his body, Heavenly Fate Child's Soul grew stronger, vaguely occupying the entirety of Wang Lin's body!

At this moment, the Souls from the other three Star Domains were also rushing over rapidly. This process was fast, but to Wang Lin's main body, it felt slow.

Wang Lin's main body, within Heavenly Fate Child's Reincarnation, slowly saw Heavenly Fate Child's third Awakening from those repeated Awakenings. The time of this Awakening was no longer the ancient Cultivation World, but the primordial era!

In the starry sky of the primordial era, amidst brilliance, there existed many Cultivation Planets. The Cultivators there did not cultivate immortality, because at this time, no Immortal Realm had appeared. These Cultivators cultivated their own strength and insights into the aura of heaven and earth.

An old man wearing animal skins lay on the ground, surrounded by firewood and flames. He was already dead and was being cremated by his clansmen with fire.

Hundreds of men and women in similar clothing surrounded him, kneeling there and whispering.

But just then, the old man who should have been dead suddenly opened his eyes. There was a moment of confusion in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by ruthlessness. He slowly sat up. Amidst the astonishment and joy of the hundreds of men and women around him, a strange smile appeared on the corner of the old man's mouth. He opened his mouth wide and suddenly swallowed towards the surroundings!

With this swallow, the hundreds of men and women around him were all consumed by him, and even the bonfire entered his mouth. As the Cultivation Planet trembled violently, it collapsed with a roar. A huge mouth appeared in the sky, and with a fierce swallow, this Cultivation Planet was actually swallowed into that huge mouth in an unimaginable way!

"This is my third Awakening… I remember that during my second Awakening, I swallowed the seventh Corporeal Spirit of the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable!" In the starry sky, the old man's figure materialized, and he licked the corner of his mouth, revealing a smile.

Wang Lin watched this scene, and his mind, which had already calmed down, roared again at the old man's words.

"He swallowed the seventh Corporeal Spirit of the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable!! He was originally not one of the Three Ethereal Souls and Seven Corporeal Spirits of the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable, so then who is he!! He could actually swallow the Soul of the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable!!"

Having witnessed the other party's ninety-plus Reincarnations, Wang Lin had already discovered that the other party's consumption power seemed to weaken continuously with each Reincarnation. This third time he could swallow a Cultivation Planet, but by the ninety-plus Awakening, he could only swallow people!

Wang Lin stared at the smiling old man, his pupils constricting.

The scene dissipated, and when it appeared again, it was Heavenly Fate Child's second Awakening!

What appeared before Wang Lin this time was an unfamiliar Star Domain. This Star Domain was not only unfamiliar but also devoid of any trace of life. Wang Lin stood in the starry sky, looking around. There were countless Cultivation Planets here, but there was not even a trace of life on them!

This was a dead Star Domain, or rather, this was the earliest time of the Immortal Cave Realm, the period before life had been born!

In this silent starry sky, a thought gradually arose in Wang Lin's mind that made him feel incredible. This thought was none other than Heavenly Fate Child's ultimate identity!

The moment this thought emerged, in the distant starry sky, a weak Soul aura suddenly rushed over rapidly. Wang Lin turned around abruptly, and at a glance, he saw that the aura contained an illusory figure. That figure was blurry, exuding a Soul Power belonging to the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable!

In Wang Lin's gaze, he saw that the moment this Soul aura appeared, a huge Rift suddenly tore open silently in the starry sky, swallowing this Soul in one gulp.

After the consumption, the Rift closed, and a youth slowly materialized from within. The youth radiated a dark light, and there was confusion in his eyes, but clarity soon appeared.

"The seventh Corporeal Spirit of the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable… The taste is not bad… I helped him a lot, and now that he is dead, no one can control me anymore… It is a pity that the power of his Three Ethereal Souls is too great; after I separated from his body, I dared not swallow it… But with this most primitive Corporeal Spirit fused, I can also use this Spirit to make myself grow… Similarly, perhaps many, many years later, I can deduce the complete Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable from this Spirit. When that time comes, I will be the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable… But most importantly, it is my own growth…" The youth's expression never changed; he raised his right hand and tugged at the corner of his mouth, making himself look as if he were smiling.

"I must first learn to become a Cultivator. I want to make everyone, including those Three Ethereal Souls and the other six Corporeal Spirits of the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable, unable to recognize my identity… I want to regain control of Reincarnation…"

Wang Lin looked at the youth, his expression showing boundless shock. He knew who the other party was!!

"He is…"

These three chapters were difficult to write. After deleting and revising, I probably discarded nearly 3000 words, but I finally finished writing them.