Chapter 279: Soul Transformation (Third update delivered!)

Within the Main Body, a series of changes were taking place. In reality, the Main Body's physical form had already reached the one-star standard of an Ancient God. Thus, it had officially embarked on the path of an Ancient God. However, Wang Lin had not made up his mind before, which made the path of the Ancient God quite difficult to walk.

But at this moment, the Epiphany in the ancient temple and the realization of the Concept of life and death allowed Wang Lin to understand the wondrous Realm between life and death. Therefore, he made up his mind to let the Main Body walk the path of an Ancient God.

Wang Lin looked at the Main Body currently cultivating. After a brief silence, he suddenly slapped his Storage Pouch. Several orbs of Evil Qi flew out from within. His eyes flashed, and he pointed his right hand. Immediately, these orbs of Evil Qi flew above the Main Body's head and descended one by one.

The Main Body's hair instantly turned from snow-white to red! The Evil Qi all over his body immediately climbed to its peak.

At this moment, the Main Body's appearance actually bore a resemblance to Tuo Sen from the Ancient God Land!

After a long while, the Main Body, having absorbed all the spiritual energy, suddenly opened his eyes. Within them, there were no pupils, only two clusters of red light. Combined with the red hair behind him, the whole person looked like an Ancient Demon, causing others to look on in fear.

Wang Lin and the Main Body smiled simultaneously, but this smile gave people a completely different feeling. The Clone's smile was full of elegance, while the Main Body's carried a sense of bloodthirst.

Wang Lin slapped his Storage Pouch, and over a hundred jade bottles flew out. He took out almost the majority of the Medicinal Pills that Li Muwan had given him years ago. As these Medicinal Pills appeared, the Main Body immediately opened his mouth and inhaled. The jade bottles shattered one after another, and the Medicinal Pills inside fell into the Main Body's mouth, turning into spiritual energy that flowed throughout his body.

The Ancient God Art within the Main Body began to circulate crazily, turning all the spiritual energy from the Medicinal Pills into a part of his solidifying body. Gradually, the Main Body's body became even harder, even revealing a metallic sheen.

Finally, strands of golden silk emerged from every pore of the Main Body's body. At this moment, the Main Body's clothes also vanished into thin air.

As the Medicinal Pills were consumed and the Ancient God Art circulated, these golden silk threads became more and more numerous. Eventually, they danced outside the Main Body, intertwining with each other, and actually formed a huge golden cocoon!

Strands of majestic pressure slowly emanated from within this golden cocoon. Amidst this pressure, there was a powerful vitality, beating like a heart—thump, thump.

However, this sound could not be heard by outsiders; only the Clone could clearly feel it.

The Clone glanced at the golden cocoon where the Main Body was, then sat cross-legged to the side, breathing and meditating to act as his Protector.

Thirteen days passed. The heartbeat within the golden cocoon grew faster and faster, sounding like a drum. Finally, when the sound reached its peak, a crack appeared on the golden cocoon.

The cracks became more numerous and larger. Eventually, they covered the entire golden cocoon. Beams of purple light shot out from the cracks, extremely blinding.

A crisp 'crack' sound echoed within the golden cocoon. Immediately after, large sections of the cracks connected and fell off, and a bronze-colored arm reached out from within the golden cocoon.

Subsequently, the Main Body walked out from within the golden cocoon. He had red hair, like fresh blood, draped over his shoulders. Between his brows, two purple star points, like a Taiji symbol, circled each other and rotated slowly.

His gaze was no longer blood-red but deeply restrained. However, if one looked closely, one could still see that his gaze seemed to contain a sea of blood.

Ancient God Body Refining, the second transformation. After absorbing countless Medicinal Pills and his own cultivation, the Main Body had finally achieved it!

For an Ancient God transformation, the spiritual energy required for each step is countless times greater than the previous one. The higher one goes, the more difficult it becomes!

After the Main Body appeared, he remained silent and looked at the Clone. The Clone's eyes flashed, and he slapped his Storage Pouch. A Flying Sword appeared in the Void Realm. With a point of his finger, it suddenly rushed toward the Main Body.

The Main Body did not dodge or evade, letting the Flying Sword approach. The moment it struck his body, it actually emitted a series of metallic clashing sounds, and even a spark flashed.

The Main Body's expression remained unchanged. He grabbed the Flying Sword with his right hand and snapped it gently. With a 'crack', the Flying Sword split into two, lost its luster, and became scrap metal.

The Clone and the Main Body smiled in satisfaction at the same time. Both pondered for a moment. The Main Body stepped down, and his body slowly sank and disappeared.

According to the memory of the Ancient God Tu Si, a newborn Ancient God cannot become a true Ancient God without undergoing the test at the core of a planet. Therefore, when Wang Lin decided that the Main Body would walk the path of the Ancient God, he had already made a decision.

The Main Body's body sank continuously. When the pressure of the earth reached a certain level, it was extremely terrifying for other Cultivators, but for the Main Body, combined with the use of the Ancient God Art, it was not too unbearable. Thus, the Main Body continued to sink.

Even Wang Lin did not know how many miles he had sunk, but the Main Body still had not reached the very center of the Vermilion Bird Star. According to Wang Lin's rough calculation, it was likely less than one-sixth of the way.

However, this place was already the limit of what the Main Body could withstand. If he were to go further down, his body would definitely collapse.

After all, in the ancient era, every newborn Ancient God would have an adult Ancient God strike out a drop of blood to help before entering the center of a planet. Only then could they safely enter the planet's center and resist that immense pressure.

Deep underground, the Main Body sat cross-legged, quietly breathing and absorbing energy… Unless the Clone faced a life-or-death crisis, he would not move but would continue to breathe and absorb energy.

Even if he did move, it would only be downward, eventually reaching the very center of this Vermilion Bird Star to achieve the Great Dao of the Ancient God. However, wanting to become an Ancient God is truly too difficult!

The Ancient God has three damages and seven tribulations. Each one is a test, and each one is a life-or-death crisis. Moreover, without long, long years, it is impossible to complete.

Similarly, what is even more unbearable than these is loneliness…

The loneliness of being alone… Cultivating alone, enduring loneliness, getting used to loneliness, and in the end, enjoying loneliness…

Moreover, the disappearance of the Ancient Gods was also a heavy stone pressing on Wang Lin's heart. In the ancient era, after Tu Si died, some unimaginable things happened, leading to the non-existence of the Immortal Realm, the severance of Ancient Immortals, and the extinction of Ancient Gods. This catastrophe even implicated ancient cultivation, causing changes in heaven and earth, and the appearance of the Cultivation Alliance.

Although all of this was very far from Wang Lin, once someone knew that Wang Lin's Main Body was practicing the path of the Ancient God, perhaps this distance would no longer be far.

Therefore, Wang Lin understood that he must never let anyone know that he had another Main Body practicing as an Ancient God!

Otherwise, it would bring a catastrophe of destruction!

After the Main Body went silent, Wang Lin sat cross-legged in the Immortal Cave, looking up at the cave ceiling. His gaze seemed to penetrate the stone wall, seeing the sky far away.

"Soul Transformation!" Wang Lin softly spat out these two words.

He stretched out his arms, the Concept of life and death existing in his heart, slowly spreading out, diffusing to the back mountain, diffusing to the Xuandao Sect, rippling out majestically.

Slowly, this Concept of life and death continued to spread, and finally, the entire State of Zhao was enveloped within Wang Lin's Concept of life and death.

He slowly closed his eyes, quietly comprehending the Heavenly Dao, comprehending the Concept between life and death.

At this moment, within the entire State of Zhao, whether they were Mortals or Cultivators, no matter what they were doing, they all felt something. The Mortals were slightly worse off, just feeling a sense of strangeness, but those Cultivators were all immediately alarmed.

Only the few Nascent Soul Cultivators within the State of Zhao suddenly had their expressions change greatly. They flew out from their respective Schools, wanting to find the source of this feeling, but with their cultivation, they could only feel it and could not investigate.

Not to mention them, even the remaining few Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Xuandao Sect had no idea that the source of this shock to their minds was from the back mountain.

At this moment, Wang Lin felt everyone's state of mind—that panic and confusion, bewilderment and shock, all kinds of states were reflected in his heart.

Gradually, the clouds in the sky slowly disappeared. In the State of Zhao, at this moment, there was no wind, no clouds; there was only a peaceful tranquility. Driven by this tranquility, those Mortals and Cultivators who had been affected by the spread of the Concept of life and death all calmed down.

In the Mortal Realm, from the Emperor down to the common people, all felt it. It seemed they could not control their bodies and knelt in one direction.

Even the Cultivators of various Schools, regardless of what level of cultivation they had reached, were all the same.

With the spread of the feeling of tranquility, gradually, some Nascent Soul Cultivators realized that the source of this change in heaven and earth came from the Xuandao Sect!

The Xuandao Sect was now empty. Under the orders of a few Nascent Soul Cultivators, all the Disciples had left the Xuandao Sect and were kneeling in the surroundings.

These few Nascent Soul Cultivators were also feeling uneasy in their hearts. They vaguely had a guess that someone was undergoing Soul Transformation here, but this guess was too shocking, and even they themselves were a bit uncertain.

However, although they had never seen this kind of change in heaven and earth, it had been described in ancient books. Although there were some differences, this feeling, apart from Soul Transformation, could hardly be anything else.

At this moment, in the hearts of the few remaining Nascent Soul Cultivators in the State of Zhao, a question arose.

Who exactly is undergoing Soul Transformation here, and why do they want to undergo Soul Transformation in the State of Zhao… Could it be that this person is from the State of Zhao!

This guess made those who vaguely understood the situation burst into joy. This kind of joy was something they had never experienced in their lives!

Wang Lin sat cross-legged in the Immortal Cave. His body, at this moment, flashed with colorful light. Under the reflection of this light, his whole person looked full of an ethereal, immortal aura.

Gradually, a tiny person exactly like Wang Lin slowly floated up from the top of his head. This was his Nascent Soul…

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