Chapter 2121

He took out a premium-grade Tier 3 origin crystal and swung his arm forcefully, sending the origin crystal flying like a streak of light towards a spot in the sky.

With a soft bang, the origin crystal shattered, revealing an array.

This array was connected to the lightning in a special way, providing power to the Thunder Beast King.

Lin Moyu threw out another premium-grade Tier 3 origin crystal, smashing it hard against one of the array's nodes.

The array stopped functioning with a boom, and a large number of cracks appeared before it shattered like glass.

Chapter 2568: Everyone Eventually Dies

As the array shattered, the lightning stopped falling, no longer providing power to the Thunder Beast King.

At this moment, the Thunder Beast King's strength had just recovered to the Mid-stage Heavenly Venerate level, but it had only recovered less than half, so it could not hold on for long.

The array that Lin Moyu destroyed was also just a Tier 3 array.

Its purpose was to provide power to the Thunder Beast King.

The Thunder Beast King already had the ability to absorb lightning; this array only needed to provide a little guidance to supply the Thunder Beast King with lightning.

Likewise, it was quite easy for Lin Moyu to break it.

The array itself had no defensive capabilities and was broken by Lin Moyu in a few moves.

At this moment, although Lin Moyu had not fully mastered arrays below Tier 3…

…he understood the principles; while he couldn't set them up, he could break them!

"Fortunately, the jade token given by Senior Lu contains a vast amount of basic knowledge about Artifact Arrays."

"Through this basic knowledge, I can deduce the fundamentals of the arrays; as long as the array isn't too complex, I can deduce it."

Lin Moyu discovered that Rune Arrays and Artifact Arrays had many things in common.

His knowledge of Rune Arrays also played a huge role at this moment, allowing him to better understand Artifact Arrays.

It was a pity that time was short; he hadn't had time to learn and master the hundreds of arrays recorded in the jade token.

After the array behind the lightning was broken, the Thunder Beast King completely lost its source of power and could no longer receive replenishment.

Under the siege of the Dragon Cavalry, its power was slowly worn away until it completely collapsed.

The Thunder Beast King shattered and dissipated like fireworks, and where it died, a portal made of lightning appeared.

"You have passed the assessment, come in!"

A voice suddenly rang out, and the portal opened.

Lin Moyu was startled, "There is actually someone here."

"I should be within the Thunder Mountain range; could it be a senior from the Lei Family?"

Although the other party was just a voice, it carried unimaginable majesty, and wisps of powerful aura emanated from behind the portal.

Lin Moyu could not distinguish the other party's realm, but it was undoubtedly a Dao Venerable Realm expert.

However, compared to the Dao Venerable Realm experts he had seen before, it seemed somewhat different.

Lin Moyu did not know much about the Dao Venerable Realm, only that there was a huge difference in strength within the Dao Venerable Realm.

Even among those in the Dao Venerable Realm, there was a world of difference.

A powerful Dao Venerable Realm expert could easily slaughter a weaker one.

This gap seemed even more terrifying than the gap between any other cultivators in the same realm he had encountered before.

Lin Moyu instinctively felt that the senior behind the lightning portal was an extremely powerful Dao Venerable Realm expert.

Lin Moyu walked into the portal calmly; he had no choice, since he had already arrived, he would just have to take things as they came.

Upon entering the portal, Lin Moyu felt as if he had experienced a brief teleportation.

There was constant roaring in his ears, and countless bolts of lightning exploded before his eyes; every single bolt could easily annihilate him.

An invisible force carried him through layers of lightning to another space.

This space was a world of lightning; there was nothing but lightning.

Even the Great Dao became faint in this space; Lin Moyu could barely sense his own Great Dao.

The operation of laws also became obscure.

Lin Moyu was shocked, "It actually isolates the Great Dao!"

He realized that he might have truly touched upon some great secret; the ability to isolate even the Great Dao was unimaginable.

The Dao Venerable Realm is the pinnacle of the Great Dao, yet they still rely on the power of the Great Dao.

What kind of existence could isolate the Great Dao?

Lin Moyu felt that among the people he had met, perhaps only three possessed this ability.

They were the Green Robe old man and his wife, as well as the old person who gave him the essence of ancestral water.

Lin Moyu looked around this independent space; this space was like a cave, surrounded by countless bolts of lightning, leading to an unknown place.

Lin Moyu did not rashly move forward, but stood where he was and spoke, "Senior, are you there?"

His voice had just been transmitted when it was immediately drowned out by the thunder, unable to travel very far at all.

This was an ocean of lightning, and the roaring was endless; standing here, Lin Moyu felt his mind shaking violently, making it difficult to calm down.

The thunder affected his soul, and even influenced his Dao Heart.

Suddenly, the thunder stopped, and the surroundings became silent, quiet enough to hear a pin drop.

Lin Moyu heard his own heartbeat, the sound of his blood flowing, and even the faint sound of his skin stretching and contracting.

The sudden change made Lin Moyu feel a bit unaccustomed, and for a moment, it was hard to adapt.

Ahead, lightning intertwined silently, and a figure appeared within the flashes.

"A Remnant Soul!"

Lin Moyu was startled; what was here was actually a wisp of a Remnant Soul.

If a Remnant Soul possessed the power to isolate the Great Dao, then how strong would the complete entity be? Lin Moyu could not imagine it; it had completely exceeded his understanding.

Lin Moyu bowed to the figure, "Lin Moyu greets you, Senior."

Taking the initiative to state his name was the greatest sign of respect.

The figure was initially illusory and hazy, but as bolts of lightning fell upon him, the figure quickly solidified, eventually turning into an old man with the bearing of an immortal.

He wore a robe of lightning, like an immortal exiled in the lightning.

Even as just a wisp of a soul, he exuded an aura stronger than Clan Leader Lei Zhengying; the strength of his original body went without saying.

Lin Moyu knew that this was the strongest person he had ever seen, besides those three.

A deep, heavy voice rang out, "You are named Lin Moyu, in the Heavenly Venerable Realm!"

Lin Moyu nodded, "Senior is correct."

The Remnant Soul looked at Lin Moyu, "Your talent is good, and your soul is very pure; your future is very broad."

Lin Moyu immediately put on a flattered expression, "Senior, you flatter me!"

The Remnant Soul shook his head slightly, "You don't need to be so exaggerated; this is not your true heart, and there is no need to deliberately please a dead person like me."

Lin Moyu was stunned for a moment, then put away his slightly exaggerated expression, "Senior is so powerful, how could you…"

The Remnant Soul sighed, "Everyone eventually dies, and the Dao is sought but never attained; if one does not die, what then?"

"You have passed the previous test and are qualified to inherit my mantle, but whether you succeed or not ultimately depends on your own fortune."

As he spoke, he turned and walked towards the depths of the space, leaving behind footprints everywhere he passed.

Lin Moyu immediately followed; he did not walk aimlessly, stepping on the footprints with every step.

God knows what is in this passage; walking the path someone else has taken is relatively safer.

The deep voice came from ahead, "You are very cautious; caution is a good thing, it can let you go further."

"But being overly cautious is also a bad thing; it will make you lose many opportunities."

Lin Moyu found it a bit strange; why did these words sound so familiar? It seemed as if he had said similar things before.

Back then, he was teaching others, and now it was someone else's turn to teach him; this feeling was very strange.

However, Lin Moyu replied as sincerely as possible, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior, I will pay attention."

The Remnant Soul turned his head and glanced at Lin Moyu, as if he had long seen through Lin Moyu's thoughts.

Lin Moyu thickened his skin and smiled, "What is Senior's mantle?"

"Thunder!"

Chapter 2569: The Great Stele of origin crystals

The Remnant Soul spat out the word 'Thunder', indicating that his Great Dao was lightning.

Lin Moyu couldn't help but speculate about his identity, "Could it really be that the Lei Family also uses thunder as their inheritance? The two are extremely similar."

The Remnant Soul said while walking, "There are thousands of Great Daos; any one of them, as long as you walk to the very end, can lead to the Dao."

"You carry many Great Daos, which is truly complicated; in fact, you are not suitable to be my successor."

He could see that Lin Moyu possessed multiple Great Daos, which seemed to conflict with his philosophy.

Lin Moyu thought to himself, "Walking one path to the end is not my path. Moreover, I never thought about becoming your successor!"

Lin Moyu's Dao Heart was firm; he had set his own path early on and had always followed it through to the end.

No matter who it was, they could not make him change it.

This was Lin Moyu's Dao Heart, firm and powerful.

The Remnant Soul said, "Although I know that you probably cannot become my successor, as the first Heavenly Venerable to come here and pass the assessment in ten thousand years, there are some things that still must be done."

Lin Moyu had dealt with Remnant Souls many times and knew that in most cases, these Remnant Souls would obey the commands left behind by their original bodies in life.

The Remnant Soul before him was just like this, acting according to the rules set by the original body before it died.

However, there were exceptions; if it happened to develop its own intelligence, things would develop in another direction.

The rules from the original body's life were still useful, but the Remnant Soul would also have its own thoughts.

The most basic thought was to escape fate and become a true living being.

A Remnant Soul of Heavenly Venerable Shengfu once had a similar change.

Lin Moyu was not sure if this one before him would also be like that, so he could only remain cautious.

The other party obviously noticed Lin Moyu's situation, but he didn't care and just kept walking forward.

Treading on lightning, step by step forward, they finally arrived at the deepest part of the space.

The deepest part was a space similar to a cave; in front of the cave stood a Great Stele that was at least two or three people tall.

Lin Moyu was shocked when he saw the Great Stele, "It is actually an origin crystal."

The entire Great Stele was a single piece of origin crystal, a huge origin crystal.

This origin crystal was at least Tier 7, and it was a premium-grade Tier 7.

Such a large piece was composed of at least thousands of premium-grade Tier 7 origin crystals; its value was immeasurable.

"To refine so many origin crystals into a Great Stele, what a magnificent feat."

"Premium-grade Tier 7 origin crystals; others cannot even obtain one, yet here there is such a large piece. If people knew about this, I fear even the Dao Venerable Realm experts in the Holy Land would come to snatch it."

The Remnant Soul came to the front of the Great Stele and said loudly, "Look at the inscription!" Inscription?

Lin Moyu did not see any text on the Great Stele, but since the Remnant Soul asked him to look, there naturally must be some.

Perhaps this was another test.

Lin Moyu used his soul power to communicate with the Great Stele, attempting to use this method to view the inscription.

Just as his soul was about to touch the Great Stele, the Great Stele suddenly surged with powerful force, repelling his soul.

Lin Moyu knew that the method of communicating with soul power was not feasible, so he immediately changed to another method.

He placed his hand on the Great Stele; he did it very carefully and did not trigger a counterattack from the inscription.