Chapter 1997: Dim Lights, Unspoken Words!

As the entire Immortal Astral Continent shifted between black and white, on the Immortal Race's land, within the Ancestral City's Imperial Mountain, Great Heavenly Venerate Jiudi opened his eyes from his seclusion. His body flickered, floating in the sky, gazing into the distance, his expression changing.

“This is indeed the Primordial God Realm… This time, the opening originated from the Ancient Race… and the timing is significantly earlier… The Primordial God Realm should not open ahead of schedule, this matter…”

“This will be the first complete opening of the Primordial God Realm, vastly different from previous times.” Beside Jiudi, a woman's voice sounded. It was Haizi, standing there in white robes, looking into the distance with a complicated expression in her eyes.

“I cannot deduce everything; I can only calculate this much. Furthermore, according to my calculations, this opening of the Primordial God Realm should require waiting for several hundred years.”

“Completely open!!” A hint of uncontrollable excitement suddenly appeared in Jiudi's eyes.

“If it is completely open, then perhaps inside, there will be a method to surpass the Great Heavenly Venerate and reach the level equivalent to the Immortal Ancestor!”

On the Immortal Race's land, within the Dao One Sect, over the years, the sect had been shrouded in gloom, countless powerful cultivators had died inexplicably, and Great Heavenly Venerate Dao Yi had remained in seclusion, causing the area to gradually become sparsely populated.

But at this moment, an earth-shattering roar erupted from within the Dao One Sect. Amidst the roar, a boom echoed, and a mountain peak collapsed. From within, a figure completely enveloped in gray qi flew out. The figure's expression was sinister as it stared intently at the distant world.

“The Primordial God Realm!! There might be a way for me to completely dispel the Curse Technique and advance my cultivation further!”

Inside the Purple Sun Sect, the two adorable little girls were currently in seclusion. Between them was the Immortal Ancestor's eyeball, emitting bursts of strange light that connected the two girls.

At this moment, both of them simultaneously opened their eyes, their gazes fixed in one direction, seemingly penetrating the walls of their seclusion chamber to see the world outside.

There was also Wu Feng, who first discovered signs of the Primordial God Realm appearing in the Immortal Race's Frozen Land. He stood atop an iceberg at this moment, a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

Meanwhile, deep beneath the Imperial Palace of the Immortal Race's Ancestral City, within the overlapping space, there was a mountain peak. That peak was formed by the Madman and remained motionless.

Regarding the opening of the Primordial God Realm, besides the powerful cultivators of the Immortal Race, the Ancient Race's land reacted similarly. Great Heavenly Venerate Jigu and Great Heavenly Venerate Shigu were all reacting the same way.

And there was Xuan Luo, who had long sensed the clues, gazing at the Desolate Mountain Wang Lin had gone to, and the abnormality in the sky. Even the Sacred Imperial Ancestor, who had sunk beneath the dao ancient Imperial Palace, suddenly flew out again, standing beside Xuan Luo, staring in shock at the Sky Curtain.

“The Primordial God Realm has opened early!”

The two looked at each other, said nothing further, and fell silent.

On the Ancient Race's land, in the central region connecting the Three Lineages, within the tall tower on Ancient Dao Mountain, the figure shrouded in mist stood by the tower window, looking at the sky, and let out a sigh.

“Finally… it has been completely opened… The day I learned everything, I knew I was powerless to change it…” The blurry figure shook its head, a rare complexity and bitterness appearing in its eyes.

“Several hundred years from now… the Immeasurable Calamity…”

“All living beings must cross the Immeasurable Calamity… leaving the Abyss as a single obsession… acting upon the decree of cultivation…” The blurry figure muttered.

After the sky of the Immortal Astral Continent darkened for the eighth time and then turned back to light, the last black Vortex above the collapsed Desolate Mountain vanished without a trace. But on the Vast Sea, eight Heaven-Piercing Pillars stood firm in the water, remaining completely still despite the surging waves.

Within the area connected into a circle by the eight pillars, the sea gradually turned into mist, but the sea outside the connections of these pillars remained water.

Inside the Formation beneath the collapsed Desolate Mountain, the dao ancient Imperial Preceptor, who resembled both Heavenly Fate Child and the Seven-Colored, looked extremely solemn. He performed Hand Seals with both hands, constantly changing them before slamming them onto the Formation, letting out a strange sound from his mouth.

That sound was like countless people muttering, yet it was impossible to clearly distinguish what was being said. When this sound reached Wang Lin's ears, his eyes flickered almost imperceptibly.

“Imprison the Dao of Heaven, all living beings must cross the Immeasurable Calamity, leave the Deep Prison with one obsession, all living beings are also before the immeasurable, dissolve the current light world, escape the Heavenly Thought, retrieve the Dao of the next life… Acting upon the decree of cultivation!” After the countless muttering sounds, the dao ancient Imperial Preceptor's mouth suddenly formed this sentence.

The moment his words came out, the Formation where the dao ancient Imperial Preceptor stood immediately emitted endless light. Under that light, countless large nets suddenly appeared surrounding the space where the Formation was located!

That large net was precisely the Inter-Boundary Net that Wang Lin had just shattered with a single step to prevent his arrival! But now, as the Formation's light continuously flashed, these large nets were seen breaking one by one, developing Rifts.

This Formation was actually forcibly transmitted onto the Immortal Astral Continent from its original space by the dao ancient Imperial Preceptor, using an unknown method!

It must be known that previously, within this desolate mountain ruin, the Formation existed only as an illusion, like a projection. When Wang Lin broke into it, the Boundary Breaking Power almost exhausted his entire cultivation and methods. But now, this Formation had been moved from its illusory projection state to become a real existence in the same manner!

What came along with it was Wang Lin's Slaughter True Body!

At this moment, this True Body was clearly in the same space as Wang Lin's main body.

This sight caused Wang Lin's eyes to flash.

The instant the Formation crossed the boundary and truly appeared on this land, the dao ancient Imperial Preceptor inside the Formation let out a low roar. Amidst his roar, the Formation violently erupted with Ten-Colored Light. That light shot up into the sky, and from a distance, it looked exactly like the Formation of the ninth Heaven-Piercing Pillar!!

Wang Lin's Slaughter True Body retreated a few steps the moment the light soared into the sky, returning to Wang Lin's main body. After the Fusion, Wang Lin's figure flickered and reappeared outside the light. Looking at the Heaven-Piercing Pillar of light before him, he clearly felt an indescribably terrifying power contained within it.

“The Ninth Pillar, open the Primordial God Realm!!” The dao ancient Imperial Preceptor's roar came from within the light pillar. The pillar continuously ascended, transforming into a long rainbow that shot straight toward the Vast Sea connecting the Immortal and Ancient lands.

On the Vast Sea, within the circle formed by the eight Heaven-Piercing Pillars, as a long rainbow whistled over from the horizon, the ninth pillar abruptly materialized above the circle, causing the heavens and earth to shake and the winds and clouds to change color. The entire sky produced ripples that continuously spread outwards, and in the blink of an eye, the sky over the entire Immortal Astral Continent was filled with echoing ripples.

The entire sea churned, and the ninth pillar in the sky was seen slowly sinking, suddenly dropping toward the center of the circle formed by the eight pillars!

The instant it descended, a startling transformation occurred, shaking the minds of everyone who could sense the change here and causing them to reveal expressions of disbelief.

The vast, boundless seawater suddenly emitted a tremendous sound that echoed across the entire Immortal Astral Continent. Under that deafening noise, the Vast Sea slowly began to rise!!

This scene was as if a giant hand, using immense Divine Ability, was forcefully scooping the sea from the sky, slowly lifting this immense, endless ocean!

The size of this Vast Sea was indescribable, but the Divine Ability required to lift it was absolutely beyond what a Great Heavenly Venerate could unleash. Not even Great Heavenly Venerate Gudao could accomplish this feat.

As the seawater rose, it revealed a massive concave pit below. This pit contained countless amounts of silt, was riddled with potholes, and had countless sea plants lying askew. This pit was the seabed world of the Vast Sea, hidden beneath the waves for countless years, never seeing sunlight!

The seawater continued to rise, and after a moment, it was higher than the ground of the Immortal Race and the Ancient Race. The depth of this water was extremely massive, difficult to calculate clearly, and like its breadth, hard to measure in a short time.

After this endless expanse of seawater rose above the lands of the Immortal and Ancient Races, it was still ascending, making the sight shocking and simultaneously blurring the distinction between the seawater and the sky.

At this very instant, this endless seawater, like a raised palm, suddenly rotated half a circle and stood upright!!

In the upright ocean, the former depth of the water became its current breadth, and the former breadth of the water reversed to become its depth. Such a scene could be described as shaking the heavens and weeping the ghosts!

The nine Heaven-Piercing Pillars were right in the center of this upright ocean!

The Vast Sea standing upright was like a giant wall, blocking the path between the Ancient Ancestor and the Immortal Race. Looking up, one could not see its end, even giving rise to an illusion.

It was impossible to tell whether the Immortal Astral Continent was rotating while the sea remained still, or if the sea truly stood upright while the Immortal Astral Continent remained motionless. This astonishing sight gave the feeling that the firmament itself had been reversed.

The upright ocean slowly began to rotate around the nine central pillars. As it accelerated, it erupted with roaring and whistling sounds, appearing from afar like a seawater storm connecting heaven and earth.

Faintly visible within the storm, the nine pillars emitted light, forming a colossal gate!

This gate was tightly shut, unopened!

“It's a pity your Slaughter is insufficient… otherwise, this gate could be opened immediately. But now, it requires five hundred years of nurturing time before it possesses the power to open this gate… Therefore, Wang Lin, we shall meet again five hundred years from now in this Primordial God Realm! When we meet again, you will know the full truth!” Inside the collapsed Desolate Mountain at the edge of the Dao Ancient Imperial City, the Formation was operating, and the figure of the dao ancient Imperial Preceptor within it slowly faded away.

“You were the one who destroyed the Donglin Sect, weren't you?” Wang Lin suddenly spoke, looking at the figure about to dissipate.

But he received no reply. Instead, amidst a long laugh, the Formation dissipated, the figure of the dao ancient Imperial Preceptor vanished into thin air, and the place remained a ruin.

Wang Lin remained silent here for a long time, then turned and flashed, transforming into a long rainbow heading toward the sky, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Wang Lin had no reason left to stay in the Dao Ancient Lineage. Everything here had become the past, yet there was one person whom, even if Wang Lin had to die once to repay the kindness, he still regarded in his heart as his Master… unspoken, but imprinted in his mind.

It really reached first place. Can it hold steady for a few more days?