Chapter 1965: Lanterns Dim, Incense Burner Bows to Imperial Venerate (First Update)

The Ancient Three Races, where the Dao Ancient Lineage is located, is in the southwestern part of the Immortal Race Continent. The twelve dao ancient Commanderies are comparable to an Immortal Race province, or even slightly larger.

Such a vast area, if one did not possess the technique of Shrinking the Ground into an Inch, relying solely on flight would take many years to cross. However, in the Ancient Race, there are special existences like the Great Ancient God, Great Ancient Demon, and Great Ancient Devil, who can tear through the sky and travel at speeds that greatly reduce this time.

For example, the dao ancient envoy group returning from the Primeval Lineage would only need a few months to return to Dao Ancient Imperial City.

Dao Ancient Imperial City is a massive city floating in mid-air. From afar, this sky city is incredibly astonishing, floating between heaven and earth, exuding a deep sense of majesty.

Furthermore, countless small fragmented stones float around this sky city. These stones vary in size and slowly revolve in circles around the sky city as their center.

A month after the dao ancient envoy group returned to Dao Ancient Imperial City, Wang Lin, using the map Jade Slip, traveled from the Primeval Land, crossed the vast earth, and arrived here.

He gazed at the sky city for a long, long time.

Although this city was not as magnificent as the Immortal Race Ancestral City, it was still extremely spectacular. Especially in the very center of this sky city, a massive statue stood. This statue was of a man, looking up at the sky, with a contemptuous expression that Wang Lin could clearly feel, even from a great distance.

"Ancient Ancestor…" Wang Lin murmured softly.

Outside this sky city, the rotating碎石 formed a strict Restriction defense. Anyone entering required an identity Jade Slip; otherwise, they could not step into the city.

This was the Peak of dao ancient imperial power, this was where the dao ancient Emperor resided!

To the east of the sky city, the entire area was a magnificent palace complex composed of ornate halls! The palace guards were strict, Restrictions were dense, and it was enveloped in a faint purple Qi, giving anyone who looked at it a sense of oppression.

Especially in Wang Lin's gaze, the purple Qi outside the palace in the eastern part of the sky city subtly condensed, revealing a blurry figure. This figure was extremely massive, as if supporting the sky, its appearance unclear, only its imperial crown visible.

From this person, a pure Ancient Race Qi emanated!

The city of the Dao Ancient Lineage was not as vast as the Immortal Race Ancestral City, and its palace could not compare to the Immortal Emperor's palace. However, the level of its guard and the oppression it gave off far exceeded that of the Immortal Emperor's palace!

Inside and out, countless imperial palace guards, and even the servants walking within the palace, all possessed considerable cultivation.

Wang Lin stood there, watching for a long time. He gradually withdrew his gaze, lifted his foot, and took a step forward. His pace was not fast, but his figure vanished, transforming into a wisp of smoke, drifting into the sky city.

The layers of defense outside the sky city made it impossible for others to advance, and even powerful cultivators would frown and stop, having to follow the established rules of the sky city, using an identity Jade Slip to enter like everyone else.

To the dao ancient people, only nine individuals in the current world could disregard the Restriction defenses of Dao Ancient Imperial City!

These nine individuals were the Nine Suns of Immortal Astral!

Only these nine could step into one of the three Ancient Race imperial cities as if walking on flat ground!

But now, there was one more person. The layers of Restriction defenses could not stop Wang Lin's smoke-like figure, allowing Wang Lin to calmly appear on the streets of Dao Ancient Imperial City.

The number of dao ancient people residing in the Imperial City was immense, making the place quite prosperous and lively.

Wang Lin stood there, looking at the place. He saw countless Ancient Race people, men and women, but for some reason, the faint sense of belonging he had when he first arrived in the Ancient Race was gone.

"Master should know of my arrival…" Wang Lin didn't need to spread his Divine Sense to feel that at the southernmost tip of this sky city, there was a mountain within the city. This mountain was shrouded in mist, exuding the aura of a Great Heavenly Venerate.

He could feel the gentleness emanating from this aura. With a slight smile, Wang Lin turned and walked south.

South of the city, this mountain stood, and amidst the swirling mist, a flight of steps wound downwards. There were also handrails beside the steps, making the place look like a recreational area.

Wafts of a refreshing spiritual Qi spread, and taking a deep breath here could invigorate one's spirit.

There were many Ancient Race people on the steps, each with a devout expression, walking upwards step by step. Their destination was the grand hall at the summit, a hall known to everyone in the Dao Ancient Lineage!

This was the dao ancient Hall! It was the residence of Xuan Luo, the only Great Heavenly Venerate of the Dao Ancient Lineage!

The dao ancient Hall was open to every member of the Dao Ancient Lineage. Any member could come here to seek a Breakthrough in cultivation. However, very few of them could meet Great Heavenly Venerate Xuan Luo; instead, they were guided in their cultivation by the nine dao ancient powerhouses who followed Xuan Luo.

At any given time, one of these nine would be present in the dao ancient Hall to awaken spirits and choose bodies for the clansmen!

Outside the grand hall, there was a massive incense burner, so large that it required ten people to encircle it. Inside, a bed of white ash held nine gigantic Burning Incense sticks, emitting wisps of green smoke that ascended straight to the Nine Heavens.

Every dao ancient clansman who came to this incense burner, preparing to bow and seek guidance on cultivation from those within the dao ancient Hall, would kneel before it. This incense burner was quite peculiar; the more people who knelt, the thicker the green smoke, and the nine Burning Incense sticks within seemed to never burn out, remaining so for countless ages.

Wang Lin walked on the stone steps, looking at the mountain, watching the rolling green smoke, and ascended step by step. When he stood at the summit and saw the incense burner, several dao ancient clansmen were just rising from their prostration beside it, their expressions respectful, as they walked towards the dao ancient Hall.

After they finished bowing, the nine Burning Incense sticks in the incense burner seemed to emit a little more green smoke, though it was very subtle and hard to notice without close attention.

Wang Lin gazed at the incense burner, silent for a moment, then slowly walked over. Beside the incense burner, he clasped his fists and bowed deeply!

This bow was not to the burner itself, nor to the incense within it, but to his Master, Xuan Luo!

Since he had chosen to come to the Dao Ancient Lineage, since he had chosen to follow his Master, and chosen to fulfill the oath of yesteryear, Wang Lin had already, from his heart, wished to take root in this Dao Ancient Lineage. He had wandered for thousands of years, for far too long, and now he wanted to live a peaceful life in this place.

To protect the dao ancient, and to protect his Master's Reincarnation.

It was precisely for this reason that Wang Lin, adapting to local customs, bowed to the incense burner. This bow expressed his inner decision. Yet, at the moment Wang Lin clasped his fists and bowed, the incense burner let out a thunderous roar, and the nine Burning Incense sticks visibly began to burn furiously, the rolling green smoke suddenly thickening ten, hundred, thousand, or even ten thousand times over!

This drastic change immediately caused the few people who had just finished bowing and were walking towards the dao ancient Hall to stop in their tracks, turn around abruptly, and show looks of horror.

And the several dao ancient clansmen walking up the stone steps behind Wang Lin also all stopped, revealing expressions of disbelief.

The incense burner rumbled, and its green smoke billowed forth, filling the azure sky with ever-increasing density. The richness of this green smoke far surpassed what it was before, utterly incomparable, like the bright moon compared to a firefly.

The green smoke soared into the sky, immensely grand, making it clearly visible to everyone on this mountain, as well as below the mountain, throughout the entire southern part of this sky city, and even in other directions!

This rolling green smoke was like the mountain Peak itself burning, fiercely rushing into the Nine Heavens, forming a mushroom shape at the edge of the sky, spreading in all directions.

This scene was even clearly visible within the palace to the east!

Outside the dao ancient Hall, all the dao ancient clansmen who had arrived were completely stunned, their eyes filled with shock. In fact, it wasn't just them; every clansman in the entire sky city who witnessed this scene was equally astonished!

And at this moment, Wang Lin's bow was only halfway complete, not yet fully finished!

At the same time, within the dao ancient Imperial Palace, a man dressed in imperial robes and wearing an imperial crown stood in the highest pavilion, his hands behind his back, frowning as he stared at the rolling green smoke on the horizon.

"Your Majesty, this selection of concubines found a total of thirty-one women. They have all been arranged to undergo soul fusion…" Behind the imperial-robed man, an elder spoke respectfully in a low voice.

But before he could finish, he was also shocked by the sudden appearance of the rolling green smoke in the distance and froze in place.

"To make the incense burner before the dao ancient Hall emit such green smoke… investigate, who is this person…" The imperial-robed man frowned and slowly began to speak, but before he could finish, his entire body trembled, and his eyes revealed a monstrous gleam!

The elder behind him gasped, subconsciously retreating a few steps. The scene he witnessed was even more terrifying than what he had seen before, and even fear arose in his heart!

The rolling green smoke on the horizon actually bent over, drawing a massive arc, as if unable to bear the power of that bow, and began to dissipate. It looked as if it could collapse!

This scene was earth-shattering! It caused all who witnessed it within Dao Ancient Imperial City to exclaim in shock!

This surpassed their imagination; they had never even thought that someone could make the smoke from the incense burner before the dao ancient Hall bend and collapse. This was not bowing to the incense; this was clearly the green smoke bowing to the other party!

Before the dao ancient Hall, Wang Lin's bow did not continue, because he saw that the ten-thousand-times denser green smoke could not bear his bow. If he continued, it would surely collapse!

"Wang Lin… do not bow… come to the back mountain…" At this instant, a familiar voice echoed in Wang Lin's ears, a very gentle voice, as if filled with compassion.

Wang Lin straightened his body, and the green smoke slowly stopped bending. As Wang Lin walked past the incense burner, the monstrous rolling smoke also returned to normal.

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