Chapter 1681: Ancient Mystery, The Qualification to Vie for Supremacy!! (Third Update)

The mist was struck by the blue light and immediately collapsed, and the illusory giant mouth also vanished the moment it appeared.

Heavenly Fate Child's face was pale, his eyes filled with disbelief. He suddenly looked up into the distance, his gaze showing shock! He saw Wang Lin, dressed in white, walking toward him from the distant starry sky behind Daoist Blue Dream and the two others, his white hair fluttering.

In Wang Lin's right hand, he held half a Compass!

The Compass looked extremely ordinary, emitting no aura, but seeing it made Heavenly Fate Child's mind roar, and the shock in his eyes turned into an unimaginable terror!

"This… this is impossible. You couldn't possibly find my true body. You… even if you found this old man's true body, so what? I have already undergone ninety-nine Awakenings. I am the Heavenly Dao!" Heavenly Fate Child stared at the approaching Wang Lin, raising his right hand to point at the starry sky.

"The Heavenly Dao is one, the myriad things and the vast sky, return to me!" Heavenly Fate Child roared, and the mist floating outside his body immediately swirled, rushing straight toward the starry sky. Suddenly, the starry sky trembled, and a giant mouth abruptly materialized.

This mouth was illusory and vague, and the moment it appeared, it fiercely swallowed downwards!

But just as it was about to swallow, the giant mouth strangely trembled, immediately collapsing and dissipating into the starry sky.

This scene caused Heavenly Fate Child's expression to change once more!

"Do you truly believe that this current revival of yours is your ninety-ninth Awakening…" Wang Lin stepped forward, his voice cold.

Heavenly Fate Child fell silent, killing intent flashing in his eyes as he stared intently at Wang Lin. Without hesitation, his body flashed forward, rushing straight toward Wang Lin!

"I have achieved the Fusion of three thousand Clones! Even if I haven't fully awakened, I possess the aura of the Heavenly Dao. All living beings evolved by the Heavenly Dao are ants before me! You are not a seven-colored soul; even if you obtained my true body, I will instantly kill you!"

Heavenly Fate Child transformed into an afterimage and instantly approached Wang Lin, but just then, a blue light flashed in front of him. Daoist Blue Dream stepped out, flicked his large sleeve, and directly enveloped Heavenly Fate Child.

Heavenly Fate Child's expression was sinister. The moment Daoist Blue Dream made his move, he let out a low roar.

"You are also a being evolved by the Heavenly Dao, yet you dare to obstruct me!!" Heavenly Fate Child completely disregarded Daoist Blue Dream's attack, fiercely waving his right hand forward, immediately colliding with Daoist Blue Dream.

A boom echoed. Daoist Blue Dream's expression changed, and he stumbled back several steps. Heavenly Fate Child, with a gloomy expression, did not retreat at all; instead, he charged toward Wang Lin at an even faster speed, closing the distance to less than ten zhang in an instant!

Wang Lin's expression was calm, and the look he gave Heavenly Fate Child held a hint of mockery. The moment Heavenly Fate Child approached, Wang Lin spoke softly.

"My body, ultimately, still belongs to me. Let the Dao dissipate…"

Heavenly Fate Child, who was nine zhang away from Wang Lin, suddenly trembled. A rune mark on his chest immediately emitted a faint, flickering light. As it flashed, a ripple spread from the rune, instantly enveloping Heavenly Fate Child's entire body.

Under this ripple, all comprehension of the Dao that existed within the Wang Lin Clone he occupied instantly dissipated, like snowflakes meeting the scorching sun. Without the comprehension of the Dao, there was no longer any Origin within this body!

In Heavenly Fate Child's left eye, the Fire Origin dissipated; in his right eye, the Thunder Origin collapsed. In his glabella, the Slaughter, Life and Death, Karma, and True and False Origins all disintegrated. Furthermore, the Restriction Origin, which existed within the blood vessels of his pupils, also scattered once the comprehension of the Dao vanished.

In this brief instant, there was no longer any Origin remaining in the Wang Lin Clone occupied by Heavenly Fate Child. The seven Origins scattered simultaneously and vanished into the starry sky.

The body could be seen as a bucket, and the water inside the bucket was the Origin, while the comprehension of the Dao was the foundation that kept the bucket solid and leak-proof. Now that the Dao had dissipated, the water inside the bucket could no longer remain and flowed out completely.

Heavenly Fate Child froze completely, his eyes filled with horror. He never expected such a thing to happen; this had never occurred in any of his previous Awakenings and absorptions!!

"Let the Spirit scatter…" Wang Lin looked calmly at Heavenly Fate Child and slowly spoke.

The moment the words left his mouth, the Primordial Spirit belonging to Wang Lin, which had merged with Heavenly Fate Child's three thousand Clones inside his body, immediately dimmed. It finally transformed into specks of crystalline light that spread out from his body, filling the starry sky and emitting a dazzling brilliance. If a Cultivator loses their Primordial Spirit, their Physical Body is no different from that of a Mortal!

How could this Mortal Physical Body withstand the occupation and Fusion of Heavenly Fate Child's three thousand souls? Now, as the Primordial Spirit completely vanished, Heavenly Fate Child's body trembled, and thumping sounds echoed. His body showed signs of collapse amidst the trembling, unable to bear the burden!

The terror in his eyes had reached its limit. He had calculated the heavens, calculated the earth, and calculated through countless ages, but he had miscalculated a second time when it came to Wang Lin!

He hadn't calculated that Wang Lin could find his true body, nor had he calculated that Wang Lin could still control this Clone! In his mind, this was impossible. Everything about this body had been completely occupied by him, becoming an independent existence. Even now, he couldn't figure out the reason behind all this!

Why could Wang Lin still control his body? Why could Wang Lin make the Dao dissipate? Why could he make the Spirit scatter!!

Amidst Heavenly Fate Child's confusion and fear, he heard the third sentence spoken by Wang Lin.

"Let the Soul perish…"

As this sentence was uttered, Heavenly Fate Child's entire body suddenly trembled violently. He clearly sensed that Wang Lin's soul, which had originally merged with his three thousand souls inside this body, abruptly vanished upon hearing the command.

The Fusion of three thousand souls was perfect and inseparable, but now, with the dissipation of Wang Lin's soul, this perfection was instantly broken. Heavenly Fate Child's body violently collapsed, and amidst scattering flesh and blood, the remaining two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine souls exploded directly out of the disintegrating body.

"This is impossible!! Impossible!! Why is this happening? How can you still control this body… This doesn't conform to the rules of the Heavenly Dao! This doesn't conform to the Laws of this realm! I am the Heavenly Dao; I set all these things! Every body I occupy belongs entirely to me!!

I know your memories! Even if you used the Three Fates Art, you couldn't achieve this! Even if you died a thousand times, I would not perish! What method did you use? Who… who exactly are you!!!" The two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine souls scattered as the Physical Body burst, transforming into a mass of vague mist. Within that mist existed all the sentient beings swallowed by Heavenly Fate Child during his ninety-plus Awakenings.

They were all roaring at this moment, shouting the exact same sentence!

"Who exactly are you!! You are not the seven-colored Three Ethereal Souls and Seven Corporeal Spirits! You are merely a Mortal of the Immortal Cave that I evolved! You shouldn't be able to do this! I refuse to accept this!!!"

"You are merely a part of the Heavenly Dao, but I am the master of the Heavenly Dao…" Wang Lin slowly spoke, watching the two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine souls roaring at him, every one of them displaying madness, confusion, the agony of not finding an answer, and disbelief.

The instant he spoke those words, Wang Lin raised his left hand and pointed at his glabella. The Ancient God Star Point on his brow dissipated, replaced by a spinning Vortex. This Vortex emitted an ancient, desolate aura. Within that aura, the moment Wang Lin raised his right hand, a faint light flew out from his glabella, floated above the starry sky, and suddenly expanded, transforming in the blink of an eye into a giant Vicious Beast!

Nether Beast!

After the beast appeared, its expression was dull. Since there were few people here, its level of fear was not that great. It stared blankly around, then was attracted by the mist formed by Heavenly Fate Child's two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine souls. It stared blankly, and unconsciously, it slightly opened its mouth, as if some drool was flowing out. Its expression showed hesitation, seemingly contemplating that these misty souls looked quite delicious.

"The master of the Heavenly Dao? Nether Beast… Could this Nether Beast be the transformation of my other mass of misty body from back then!!" All of Heavenly Fate Child's souls looked toward the Nether Beast after a moment of stunned silence, their expressions revealing shock.

He naturally knew about the Nether Beast, but back then, his body was split apart by Lian Daofei's self-detonating Divine Sense. Having become Heavenly Fate Child, he had lost contact with his other half for countless years and couldn't sense it at all. Otherwise, he wouldn't have needed ninety-nine Awakenings and this method to regain control of Reincarnation and search for his other half.

"The game is over, Heavenly Fate Child." Wang Lin spoke calmly, raising his right hand and tossing the half-Compass he held. The Compass shot straight toward the slightly open mouth of the Nether Beast and entered it instantly.

All of Heavenly Fate Child's souls shook simultaneously, letting out earth-shattering screams at that instant. They scattered frantically, fleeing rapidly in two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine directions.

Daoist Blue Dream and the others wanted to pursue, but Wang Lin stopped them. Wang Lin looked at the Nether Beast. The beast smacked its lips, confusion appearing in its eyes. After a long time, the confusion suddenly vanished, replaced by an expression of mercilessness.

"Swallow them. From now on, you will be complete." Wang Lin showed fatigue on his face, stepped forward, and sat cross-legged on the Nether Beast's back.

The Nether Beast suddenly opened its giant mouth and swayed forward, heading straight into the starry sky. The moment it opened its mouth, the two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine souls that had scattered and fled were all reversed, enveloped by the suction force, and one by one, amidst miserable roars, were sucked into the Nether Beast's giant mouth!

"Senior Blue Dream, Senior Qing Lin, Senior Hong Shanzi, I need to reconsolidate a Cultivator Clone and won't be returning to the Immortal Realm with you yet. Once I have resolved my own matters, we shall meet again in the Immortal Realm. Please relay to Senior Brother Qing Shui that it is best if he does not venture out during this period. I will require his assistance when I return."

Wang Lin clasped his hands toward the three of them, his expression even more exhausted, and slowly rode away on the Nether Beast.

The Nether Beast's eyes were utterly merciless, a gaze that was terrifying, just like when it had swallowed Lian Daofei back then.

With the Nether Beast present, Wang Lin no longer feared anyone within this Immortal Cave Realm! Only at this moment did he truly possess the qualification to Vie for Supremacy!

This competition is for that third soul!

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