#1927 · 1927 of 2048
Chapter 1927: The tenth sun of Immortal Astral, the First City of the Immortal Race!
During the cold winter of this year, amidst the dancing snowflakes, two figures descended from Mount Ziyang Sect. These two, one in front and one behind, were Wang Lin and Liu Jinbiao.
After a year of silence, Wang Lin meditated and cultivated silently amidst the longing for his homeland, causing his Wood Origin within his body to reach Major Achievement, and he was already very close to condensing his true body.
The special Origin integrated into his Thunder True Body reached Perfection in Donglin Sect, and he no longer needed to comprehend special Origins, as it was already sufficient. As for the Five Elements True Body, now that the Wood Origin was close to its true form, only the Gold Origin remained in Minor Achievement, not yet at Perfection or Major Achievement. Wang Lin understood what was needed; if there was another Immortal Extremity Sword fragment, the Gold Origin would reach Major Achievement.
Once the Gold Origin also reaches Major Achievement, even if it's not a true body, the Five Elements' Perfection can unify, which would be enough for Wang Lin's cultivation to advance from the Middle Stage of Empty Tribulation Realm to the Gold Venerate level of the Late Stage of Empty Tribulation Realm.
Finally, there was the Void Origin. After Life and Death, Karma, and True and False, Wang Lin comprehended the fourth Void Origin, Reincarnation, in Donglin Sect.
He only comprehended a trace of this Reincarnation Origin, as if pushing open a new door and obtaining a seed of Origin. It still required repeated comprehension within his body before it could reach Major Achievement.
"Gold Venerate cultivation is not difficult… The difficulty lies in this Void Origin… A trip to the Imperial City, that is where the Immortal Ancestor left his legacy back then. Perhaps, there, I will sense the aura of the Immortal Extremity Sword…" Wang Lin walked away step by step, facing the wind and snow.
From Ziyang Sect in the Eastern State to the Imperial City in the Central State, the journey is extremely long. Ordinary Cultivators, even flying at full speed, would find it difficult to reach, unless they used a Teleportation Formation.
As Wang Lin stepped forward, his figure was obscured by the wind and snow, gradually covered by snowflakes, merging with the heavens and earth. The Shrinking the Ground into an Inch technique carried Liu Jinbiao and the Sea Dragon away from the Eastern State.
Behind them, outside the mountain gate of Ziyang Sect, Lonely Cliff Heavenly Venerate stood silently. Beside him were the two little girls, their eyes filled with reluctance, watching the distant figures disappear.
"Will he come back…?" Hua Hua's mood was a bit low.
"Can we still see him…?" Han Han, beside her, also asked in a low voice, looking into the distance.
"He should… He should. I've already given him a Jade Slip. If he encounters an unsolvable crisis in the Central State, you'll know immediately.
This is our agreement with him. At that time, the Twin Great Heavenly Venerate will need to go and help," Lonely Cliff sighed and slowly said.
"En, that's for sure. Since little Wang Lin chose us, no one can bully him!" Hua Hua looked at Han Han beside her, and the two little girls nodded seriously together.
Central State, the hub of the entire Immortal Race land, is extremely vast and the place with the richest Immortal Qi, truly a land of outstanding people. At the core of this Central State is the Imperial City.
This city is as vast as an entire state, boundless, and is the greatest majestic city in the entire Immortal Astral Continent!
Even the Imperial City of the thirty-six prefectures of the Ancient Race cannot compare to this Immortal Race city. This city is also known as the Ancestral City throughout the entire Immortal Race continent!
In the Ancestral City, there is only one Sect, which is the Sect of the Imperial Family's Imperial Advisor, Shang Daoxuan. This Sect has a long and profound history, intertwined with the descendants of the Immortal Ancestor for generations, sharing both prosperity and decline!
The entire Sect had different names in different Immortal Emperor eras. Each generation of Immortal Emperor, upon ascending the throne, would gain the allegiance of this Sect, and after their Immortal Ancestor Bloodline awakened and they inherited the title of Eight Extremities Great Heavenly Venerate, they could rename this Sect.
This generation's Immortal Emperor, Lian Daozhen, named this mysterious Sect the Dao Sect! The Sect Master of this generation's Dao Sect is the current Imperial Advisor, Shang Daoxuan, a trusted minister by the Immortal Emperor's side!
Shang Daoxuan's cultivation is unfathomable, especially his power of deduction, which is world-shaking. He alone can contend against the combined might of the three Imperial Advisors of the Ancient Race!
The Dao Sect is in the Ancestral City, but its exact location is unknown. Throughout history, very few people have truly found it. However, most secrets in this world cannot resist the passage of time. Over countless years, people have slowly formed multiple conjectures about the location of this mysterious Sect.
Some say this Sect is in a void that overlaps with the Ancestral City.
Some say this Sect is in a certain spatial Rift within the Ancestral City, and its entrance is inside the Imperial Palace.
Others say this Sect is deep underground in the Ancestral City.
Among these various theories, perhaps one is true.
The Ancestral City is divided into four sub-cities: East, South, West, and North. The central area is the Immortal Race Forbidden Land, which is the Imperial Palace. Only those who have received permission can enter this Forbidden Land.
Within these four sub-cities of East, South, West, and North, there are numerous mansions. Each mansion represents a power, not a Sect, but possessing power stronger than most Sects.
Among them, the four Marquis's Mansions are the strongest, each stationed in one of the four sub-cities: the Li Mansion in the North City, the Luo Mansion in the South City, the Shan Mansion in the West City, and the Meng Mansion in the East City, like four behemoths, deterring the five states.
In addition, within this Ancestral City, there is a transcendent power that seems to rival imperial authority. This is a mountain within the city, located between the East and West cities. This mountain is named Emperor!
Emperor Mountain!
One mountain, one person, one Long Emperor Great Heavenly Venerate, made the entire Ancestral City and Imperial Palace feel as if countless mountains were pressing down, almost suffocating.
Many speculate that the purpose of the mysterious Dao Sect's existence is to counter this Emperor Mountain, which is gradually overshadowing imperial authority!
This is the structure of the entire Immortal Race Ancestral City. Outsiders rarely know such details; only Great Heavenly Venerates can see it so thoroughly and clearly. During Wang Lin's year in Ziyang Sect, because he was going to the Ancestral City, the Twin Great Heavenly Venerate performed the Soul Fusion technique and extracted this memory about the Ancestral City for Wang Lin to know.
The five great states of the Immortal Race, and seventy-two small states, result in slightly different seasonal changes. For instance, the severe wind and snow blowing from the Eastern State, which also enveloped the Central State in wind and snow, had already lasted several months.
This was the first snow of the year in the Ancestral City. This snow was heavy, covering almost half of the Ancestral City, and at the East Gate of the Ancestral City, the falling snowflakes even blurred one's vision.
There are no Mortals in this city, a rare occurrence in the entire Immortal Race land, a place where only Cultivators exist. This is because the Immortal Qi within the city is too dense, having formed a kind of Immortal Might, making it impossible for Mortals to survive here.
On this day, outside the East Gate of the Ancestral City, on an endless plain covered layer upon layer with snow, a figure gradually approached from afar. This figure wore a straw cloak and a bamboo hat, walking step by step against the wind and snow.
The bamboo hat covered his face, making his appearance invisible, but from his figure, he did not seem old, rather like a young man. However, despite the violent wind and snow sweeping across him, it could not disperse the aura of vicissitude emanating from him.
As he slowly approached, about tens of thousands of miles from the Ancestral City, the man in the straw cloak stopped. He slowly raised his head, his gaze seemingly piercing through layers of snow, looking at the majestic city in the distance.
"Immortal Emperor… I, Wang, have arrived…" Wang Lin looked into the distance, letting the snowflakes fall on his straw cloak and behind him, gradually covering the footprints he had made.
"This should be my last stop on this Immortal Race land… I need to find the Madman and see if he still remembers me… After this, there will be no more regrets." Wang Lin fell silent, lowered his head. The bamboo hat shielded him from the wind and snow, and also concealed his face. He silently took steps, walking forward one by one.
He could have chosen not to come to this Ancestral City. He knew it was dangerous for him here, but he still came.
In a person's life, some things, for the sake of having no regrets, can be done, should be done, and must be done! Some people pursue love without regret for emotional fulfillment, while others persist for the sake of friendship, like seeking a good drunk.
More people, for their loved ones, even when faced with a cliff blocking their path, will climb it hand over hand, bit by bit.
Wang Lin values emotions deeply: family affection, romantic love, and friendship are all precious to him, because for him, any kind of emotion, in his lonely life, has been very, very rare, not many… Losing one means truly losing it.
The Madman had been kind to him. He and the Madman had spent sixty years in the Dream Dao on the Vermilion Bird Star. Through countless years, he couldn't just ignore him and leave. He had to go and see, to see if his old friend was doing well now.
With such thoughts, he came.
The wind blew against his body, and snow blocked his path. At sunset on this day, Wang Lin arrived outside the East Gate of the Ancestral City. Standing there, compared to the magnificent city, he was as tiny as an ant.
The city gate, unlike those in the Mortal world, had no guards. This Ancestral City never needed guards; it had two Great Heavenly Venerates, and it had the mysterious Dao Sect. Even people from the Ancient Race, apart from the Ancient Dao Great Heavenly Venerate, even Xuan Luo would not easily come here.
At dusk, the sky was hazy gray. As the wind and snow intensified, amidst the crunching sound of footsteps on accumulated snow, Wang Lin stepped through the East Gate, his feet landing inside the Ancestral City.
A dense Immortal Might immediately assailed Wang Lin as he stepped through the city gate. This Immortal Might was enough to cause a Mortal's Physical Body to collapse, but for Cultivators, it was barely tolerable. Moreover, if one cultivated here, the effect would be several times better than in famous mountains and rivers or some major Sects.
However, for Wang Lin, this Immortal Might had no effect whatsoever. He no longer needed to forcefully absorb this Immortal Qi. Walking on the bluestone slabs within the city, Wang Lin looked around.
In the wind and snow, there were quite a few pedestrians in the city, all hurrying to and fro. Even with their cultivation, they were not seen flying, but walked like Mortals here.
"Even a Dragon must coil in this Ancestral City, even a tiger must crouch in this Ancestral City, even a Heavenly Venerate with supreme cultivation must abide by the rules here… Is that so…?" A cold glint flashed in Wang Lin's eyes beneath his bamboo hat.
"Not including me!"
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