Chapter 1852: Immortal Astral’s tenth sun, the Ninth Origin (Second Update)

He chose to wait. He still had nearly sixty years of Lifespan left. He did not want the tribute, prepared by his clan and passed down through generations, to become a wedding dress for someone else during his final fifty years.

Eighty years is enough time for an entire lifetime, yet for Wang Lin, these eighty years were spent inside the Green Devil Scorpion Temple.

During these eighty years, he could not absorb the power of heaven and earth, nor could he Cultivate. He could only wait silently and tediously under the protection of Heaven Defying. As he waited, he seemed to become an old man, and many matters, many memories, seemed to blur.

It was like being separated by a layer of fog, making things unclear, or perhaps, they had been sealed away.

He forgot many things—the Immortal Cave Realm, the Tianniu Continent—and even the danger he was in slowly faded from his memory. His whole being was in an indescribable state, seemingly in Fusion with heaven and earth, becoming a part of it, but not in the manner of Shrinking the Ground into an Inch.

However, in his mind, there were still a few figures he could never forget, figures he refused to forget… Among those figures were his parents, and that gentle, smiling woman who played the zither without speaking.

Some people forget the purpose of their Reincarnation throughout their vast lives… Some live ordinary lives, only to suddenly recall the pursuit they lost when gazing at the starry sky before death… Some overturn the entire world, perhaps just to find a single figure… Even if it's only a reflection, he must reverse this firmament to set it right… Time flowed, and this time, it wasn't forty years, but thirty years… After Wang Lin's steadfast wait of one hundred and ten years inside that scorpion building, the Green-Robed Elder made his choice!

He could no longer wait. His Lifespan was less than thirty years. He also didn't need to wait anymore, because no more testing was necessary. He absolutely refused to believe that someone could sit like that for one hundred and ten years. One must know, this was not meditation or secluded cultivation, but a march toward death!!

He saw that Wang Lin's Physical Body was completely wasted away. If he hadn't made preparations, Wang Lin would likely have been hollowed out and destroyed by the countless Green Devil Scorpions.

If the Primordial Spirit remained, the moment the Physical Body perished, the Primordial Spirit would also be completely devoured by the swarming scorpions, turning into nourishment. He did not believe anyone could endure this torment, which came at the cost of death!

On this day, the one hundred and tenth year, the Green-Robed Elder slowly stood up. His coughing grew more severe. Accompanied by the two Green Devil Emissaries behind him, he walked toward the space where Wang Lin was located.

Before long, the sound of coughing faded into the distance, slowly weakening inside the scorpion building.

Inside the green space, amidst echoing ripples, the figure of the Green-Robed Elder walked out weakly. He gazed at the spot where Wang Lin was, covered by a large number of scorpions, his body no longer visible, and remained silent for a long moment.

"I don't know if you can hear my voice, but if you can, then this old man greatly admires your endurance… To endure for over a hundred years in this environment, this old man could not do it… The war between the Tianniu Continent and the Green Devil Continent, based on the Green Devil Emissaries' perception, has reached its final stage…" The Green-Robed Elder spoke slowly, pausing when he reached this point.

After a long time, his voice once again echoed within the green space.

"If you can hear me, and if you truly are enduring, then I hope that after you obtain the good fortune, you will not trouble the Green Devil Continent… If you can achieve this, even if you still possess consciousness, this old man will not hesitate to grant you the good fortune!!"

The Green-Robed Elder murmured, his words revealing a sense of vicissitude and exhaustion.

"I am very old now, and I will die within a few decades. These years have been very, very tiring… The mission of my clan is to guard this place… After I die, I hope you can promise to send the ashes of my clan's successive generations of sacrificial priests, buried beneath this Scorpion Temple, to Central Continent, because that is the home of my clan…" The old man's words conveyed a sense of decline, like a dying testament, revealing an indescribable sincerity.

But!!

In his right hand, hidden within his robes, he was currently clenching a green Jade Slip. This Jade Slip did not require cultivation to activate; only successive generations of sacrificial priests could use it. Its main function, besides destruction, was to detect mental fluctuations in the surroundings.

During these words, if there was even the slightest mental fluctuation from Wang Lin, he would immediately and unhesitatingly use this Jade Slip to blast him to death, certainly not as gentle as his words suggested!

This was his final test!

Long after his words ended, the Jade Slip in his hand showed no reaction. The Green-Robed Elder sighed in relief, put away the Jade Slip, looked up at the large number of green scorpions below, and suddenly bit his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

As soon as his fresh blood appeared, it scattered below. Immediately, all the scorpions in the green space shrieked in unison, retreating frantically, revealing Wang Lin's withered Physical Body, which they had covered, as if it had seen the light of day again.

"Eight Origins, still missing one Dao…" the old man murmured, suddenly raising his right hand and extending it out of his robe. His right arm was covered in green hair, and the arm was withered, emitting a scent of decay.

At this moment, all the green hair on his arm fell off, and a burst of yellow light enveloped his right arm. Slowly, his arm melted, and three earth-yellow beads floated out.

"With these three Meng Earth Beads, you should be able to condense the Earth Origin!" The old man, slightly panting, waved his left hand forward. The three beads shot straight toward Wang Lin's Physical Body. One merged into his glabella, one into his chest, and the last one rushed straight toward his Dantian and vanished.

The moment all three beads integrated into Wang Lin's body, his body suddenly shook, and a dazzling burst of earth-yellow light immediately flashed forth from within him.

The light was brilliant. As it spread, the surrounding scorpions shrieked and retreated, seemingly highly sensitive to the radiance. After this light flashed for several hours, a layer of earth spontaneously appeared and covered Wang Lin's body.

Covered by the earth, Wang Lin seemed to become a clay figure, motionless.

Time flowed. The Green-Robed Elder did not leave again; instead, he sat cross-legged beside Wang Lin, looking at his body with a solemn expression. The tens of thousands of years of dreams for his clan now had a chance to materialize, which was extremely important to him.

Three days later, the thin layer of yellow earth on Wang Lin's body remained completely unchanged, which brought a look of surprise to the Green-Robed Elder's eyes.

"Three Meng Earth Beads are actually not enough… They can only allow the Earth Origin within his body to reach Minor Achievement…" The old man frowned, and while pondering, he suddenly raised his left hand, pressed it against his glabella, and pulled outward. Immediately, using a special method, he forcibly dragged three grains of sand out from his body!

The three grains of sand were dark red, looking as if they were stained with blood.

Gazing at the three grains of sand in his palm, the old man sighed softly. This item was collected by his clan over countless years at great cost, containing immense power of Earth Origin. Legend said that these three grains of sand were three of the Nine Origin Sands born when the Immortal Ancestor first created the first continent!

Of those nine grains of sand, besides these three, five of the remaining six were absorbed by people to achieve the power of Earth Origin, and one transformed into a continent upon which the Central Continent Imperial City was built!

This item was extremely precious; even those who saw it with their own eyes were rare. Without the slightest hesitation, the old man flicked his left hand forward, sending one grain of sand straight toward Wang Lin.

The instant that grain of sand merged into Wang Lin's body, his body immediately roared. The thin layer of yellow earth outside his body rapidly increased at a visible speed, instantly enveloping Wang Lin's Physical Body and forming an earth sphere nine zhang in size.

The earth sphere emitted extremely dense power of Earth Origin. After maintaining itself for nine days, it rapidly contracted, and the moment it completely vanished, it surprisingly spread out again from within Wang Lin's body. After doing this eight times, it slowly lost its effect.

But just as it lost its effect, the second grain of sand swiftly arrived from the Green-Robed Elder and merged into Wang Lin's body again. Amidst a great rumble, the Earth Origin aura of the sphere outside Wang Lin's body was world-shaking, and it began to cycle once more.

This time, it cycled exactly nine times. The instant the ninth cycle was completed, a massive amount of Earth Origin power immediately emanated from within Wang Lin's body. Astonishingly, he now possessed the Ninth Dao Origin!!

But this was not the end. After the Ninth Dao Origin appeared, the Origin power contained within the sand had not completely dissipated. Instead, it rushed into the Ninth Dao Origin, rapidly impacting the Origin True Body.

The Green-Robed Elder looked excited, suddenly stood up, raised his left hand, and waved. Immediately, the third grain of sand shot toward Wang Lin. The moment it surged into Wang Lin's body, his Earth Origin power dramatically increased. This level of ascent instantly restored Wang Lin's body from its withered state, reversing all internal injuries.

His Earth Origin immediately swelled, absorbing all the Origin power from the third grain of sand. Within Wang Lin's body, there were clear signs of condensing a Third Origin True Body.

However, because Wang Lin's will had not spread out and merged with it, this True Body could not fully condense. But as soon as Wang Lin's Primordial Spirit emerged from the protection of Heaven Defying, he would instantly occupy both the Earth Origin and Thunder Origin True Bodies, becoming a Cultivator of Three Origin True Bodies thereafter!

With Three Origin True Bodies like this, even if his cultivation remained at the Ethereal Peak, his strength would surge by several times!

Not to mention, Wang Lin now possessed Nine Dao Origins. As soon as his Primordial Spirit appeared, he would immediately use these Nine Origins to impact the empty profound!!!

"Within this person's body, there are three Void Origins, two Special Origins, and the remaining four Daos are all Solid Origins… I cannot make the Void and Special Origins condense True Bodies, but those four Solid Origins, I can!" The Green-Robed Elder showed excitement and agitation.

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