Chapter 284: Nameless (9000-character chapter!)

The old man patted the Crying Beast, and immediately the beast, which resembled a Black Tortoise, opened its large mouth and roared at the Shattered Star Ring. Its sound seemed capable of piercing clouds and splitting rocks.

Although it appeared silent, a vacuum Realm several feet deep was forcefully created within the Shattered Star Ring, and the shattered rocks within the ring all moved aside.

The old man leaped and stepped onto the Crying Beast's head. Immediately, the Crying Beast took a deep breath, and countless spiritual powers from all directions gathered into its mouth, being continuously devoured by it.

Subsequently, the beast roared again. This time, a visible cylindrical sound wave crashed into the Shattered Star Ring, instantly forming a passage nearly a hundred feet wide. All the shattered rocks within this passage vanished.

Wang Lin's eyes flickered. The Crying Beast's attack greatly surprised him, possessing such power. However, if it came to a real fight, Wang Lin was not afraid. Although this beast's attack was powerful, it seemed to be a linear attack. In a battle, flexibility and variation were key. How could Wang Lin allow the Crying Beast to hit him?

The moment the Crying Beast roared, the old man's body shot out like an arrow from a bowstring, rapidly advancing. In the blink of an eye, he entered within a hundred feet with the roaring air current. Immediately after, the shattered rocks outside the surrounding air column suddenly merged, forming Clones identical to the old man.

The old man remained unhurried. He patted his Storage Pouch, and over a dozen Jade Slips flew out from it. As soon as these Jade Slips flew up, they immediately rotated around the old man. The Clones were about to advance, but then the Jade Slips suddenly paused, then shot out in all directions.

Each Jade Slip flew at an extremely fast speed towards each Clone around it, then with several bangs, these Jade Slips self-destructed one by one, turning into silver bright powder while eerily forming Clones identical to the old man.

This made the Shattered Star Ring appear quite chaotic.

The old man's Jade Slip Clones fought with the shattered rock Clones. Using this opportunity, the old man's figure suddenly rushed forward, instantly covering a great distance, and effortlessly walked out of the Shattered Star Ring.

The moment he stepped out of the Shattered Star Ring, the Jade Slip Clones silently dissipated one by one. As for the shattered rock Clones, they also let out unwilling roars and vanished.

The old man turned around, glanced at Wang Lin outside the Shattered Star Ring, and snorted lightly. With a wave of his right hand, the Crying Beast's body suddenly shrunk, finally transforming into a black light that flew into the Shattered Star Ring.

However, the Shattered Star Ring had no effect on this black light, allowing it to pass through unhindered and land beside the old man, where it reformed into the Crying Beast.

The old man leaped onto the Crying Beast's back and left far away.

Wang Lin's eyes flashed, but he did not immediately stand up, instead waiting quietly.

This wait lasted for seven days. As for the Mosquito Beast, it was not put into the Storage Pouch, but was released by Wang Lin to forage around. This Mosquito Beast was originally a Yao Beast born in the Cultivation Devil Sea, and at this moment, it was like a Dragon returning to the sea, quite carefree and at ease.

Seven days later, the figure of the Crying Beast slowly appeared within the Shattered Star Ring. The old man sat atop it, and beside him, seven slender,蛟 Dragon-like golden threads rapidly circled.

But each time they tried to break free, a light barrier would appear around them, preventing their escape.

The old man, from a distance, looked at Wang Lin with some surprise, but said nothing. Instead, he walked out of the Shattered Star Ring in the same manner. After appearing, he suddenly let out a sinister laugh, raised his right hand, and grabbed in front of him. Immediately, a golden thread was caught in his hand, and he flicked it towards Wang Lin's location, saying, "Fellow Daoist, this Fire Line is for you!"

The golden thread was like lightning. With the old man's flick, it shot straight towards Wang Lin. One moment it was far from Wang Lin, but the next, it had already arrived before him.

Wang Lin's expression remained normal. He pointed his right hand in the air, and the Concept of Life and Death immediately brewed within his Primordial Spirit. The Concept of Life emphasizes all changes; the so-called vitality is, in fact, just having changes.

With this point, the flying golden thread immediately paused. Following that, its speed slowed down considerably, becoming remarkably docile, coiling around Wang Lin's finger once.

"It would be impolite to refuse!" Wang Lin said hoarsely.

The old man's eyes flashed. He was now completely certain that the other party was a Soul Transformation Cultivator. One must know that these Aurora Fire Lines were born from the heavens and earth and specialized in devouring Nascent Souls. Unless one could form a Primordial Spirit, this item was not something ordinary Cultivators could control.

The old man chuckled and said, "Since Fellow Daoist is unwilling to form a team, I shall take my leave!" With that, he patted the Crying Beast beneath his feet. Immediately, countless red clouds condensed around the beast's body again, and it stepped on the clouds and departed at an extremely fast speed, vanishing in the distance in the blink of an eye.

Wang Lin pondered for a moment, then stood up and looked at the golden thread on his finger. But just then, the Mosquito Beast suddenly flew back from afar, stopping abruptly ten feet away from Wang Lin, staring intently at the golden thread on his finger, its eyes showing both fear and greed.

It seemed to want to go forward but dared not.

Wang Lin let out a soft '咦' sound, glanced at the docile golden thread on his finger, pondered for a moment, and looking at the Mosquito Beast, said, "Is this item useful to you?"

The Mosquito Beast's eyes showed a look of struggle. After a long while, its large head nodded gently, but immediately, it again showed a look of fear.

Wang Lin's heart stirred, and the Concept of Death in his Primordial Spirit immediately unfolded, converging on the golden thread on his finger. Instantly, a faint, strange light condensed on the golden thread. Under the effect of this light, the golden thread's color immediately dimmed, becoming listless.

The Mosquito Beast's eyes revealed a look of pleasant surprise, and it immediately let out a soft cry. Wang Lin flicked his right hand, and the golden thread immediately flew out. The Mosquito Beast quickly flew up and collided with the golden thread.

Instantly, the golden thread flickered and immediately drilled into the Mosquito Beast's head.

The Mosquito Beast let out several miserable groans, and its entire body fell to the ground with a thud, struggling and twitching, but its eyes showed a look of pleasant surprise.

Wang Lin was quite surprised and kept staring. After about three incense sticks of time, the Mosquito Beast's trembling stopped, and its body actually flickered with some golden light. At this moment, its body also made crackling sounds and grew a size larger.

At this time, the Mosquito Beast was already nearly thirty feet in size, which could easily be described as a small mountain.

Especially its huge proboscis, which became increasingly slender as its body expanded, looking extremely chilling.

In reality, these Aurora Fine Lines were originally a type of Artifact Refining Material, which only Soul Transformation Cultivators could control freely. This item specialized in devouring Nascent Souls, growing by consuming them. As for Yao Beasts, they would usually avoid it upon sight.

However, this Mosquito Beast had followed Wang Lin for quite some time. After frequently consuming Spirit Medicine, its Rank had already Broken Through, from Spirit Rank Low Grade to Medium Grade, equivalent to the cultivation of a Nascent Soul Late Stage Great Perfection.

Originally, it couldn't fuse with the golden thread, but under Wang Lin's Concept of Life and Death, this golden thread was infinitely weakened, losing its changes, and its vitality naturally decreased. Only then could it fuse with the Mosquito Beast, allowing its physique to be altered.

Wang Lin stood up and patted the Mosquito Beast. The beast immediately understood, its body transforming into a black streak and drilling into the Storage Pouch. Wang Lin moved, rushing towards the Shattered Star Ring.

Before long, he walked out of the Shattered Star Ring. When Wang Lin was in the Core Formation Stage, he could come and go freely through this Shattered Star Ring, let alone now.

Especially under his Concept of Life and Death, the moment his cultivation entered the Shattered Star Ring, the Concept of Death enveloped him, reducing all changes in his body and dimming his vitality. As a result, even the Clones that manifested were similarly weakened.

After exiting the Shattered Star Ring, Wang Lin did not stop, but quickly sped towards the Ancient God Land entrance.

Before long, he arrived at the entrance. Just as he was about to step in, the Mosquito Beast in his Storage Pouch suddenly flew out on its own, hovering in mid-air for a few circles, letting out sharp cries towards the distance, occasionally looking at Wang Lin with a pleading expression.

Wang Lin's heart stirred. His Divine Sense swept out, and he immediately discovered a spatial Rift in the distance, only the size of a fist, from which a golden thread was emerging, emitting bursts of golden light.

Seeing this, Wang Lin immediately understood and smiled, "What, one wasn't enough to eat?"

The Mosquito Beast nodded repeatedly, again showing a fawning expression. Its huge proboscis rubbed against Wang Lin. If anyone else saw this scene, they would surely be horrified. That massive proboscis looked absolutely menacing, and very few people could remain expressionless while letting it touch them.

Wang Lin chuckled. He glanced at the golden thread in the distance and said, "No rush. Let me first Seal off the surroundings so others cannot enter, then it won't be too late to collect them for you."

With that, Wang Lin's hands rapidly changed, and streaks of afterimage Restrictions quickly shot out from his hands. These Restrictions were vastly different from when Wang Lin was in the Nascent Soul Stage.

Previously, these were merely powerful Restrictions, but now, they contained Wang Lin's Concept changes. As a result, their power immediately doubled.

These afterimage Restrictions quickly spread out, landing in all directions. Gradually, a massive Restriction Formation encompassing several hundred li took shape.

Having done all this, Wang Lin moved, arriving at the location of the golden thread.

At this moment, the golden thread, which had emerged halfway, seemed to sense something. Without any hesitation, it quickly retreated, shrinking back by more than half in the blink of an eye.

The Mosquito Beast wailed repeatedly in anxiety but dared not approach, instead looking at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin's eyes flashed. He grabbed the golden thread from a distance with a large hand, then let out a low shout and pulled it outwards. Immediately, this golden thread was completely pulled out by him, dancing rapidly in his hand.

The Concept of Death immediately brewed from his Primordial Spirit. The golden thread instantly dimmed, and then Wang Lin threw it. The Mosquito Beast immediately went forward and fused with it.

At this time, the fist-sized spatial Rift, after the golden thread was pulled out, quickly shrunk, seemingly about to completely disappear. Wang Lin's eyes flashed, and he immediately sat down cross-legged. His Primordial Spirit suddenly emerged from his body and, at an extremely fast speed, drilled into the rapidly disappearing spatial Rift.

As soon as his Primordial Spirit entered the Rift, he felt a dazzling golden light before his eyes. He saw that this was a strange space, and in the distance, there was a huge luminous body like the sun. Around it, countless golden threads rapidly waved and flew.

Without saying a word, Wang Lin grabbed with his large hand. Immediately, dozens of golden threads were seized by him. His Primordial Spirit retracted, and he hurried back, holding the golden threads.

The moment his Primordial Spirit returned from the Rift, the Rift closed. As for the more than ten golden threads, under the Concept of Wang Lin's Primordial Spirit, they immediately dimmed and were all thrown to the Mosquito Beast.

The beast's eyes immediately showed excitement, and it began to devour them frantically. However, there were too many golden threads, and it clearly couldn't absorb all of them in a short time. Wang Lin left a trace of the Concept of Death on each golden thread, keeping them in this weakened state for a long time. Then he smiled and said, "You can eat slowly. I'm going to the Ancient God Land!"

With that, his body disappeared from its original spot. When he reappeared, he was already at the entrance of the Ancient God Land. He took a deep breath, his eyes flickered slightly, then he gritted his teeth, formed Hand Seals, and uttered some Ancient God Language. Instantly, his body became illusory, slowly dissipating between heaven and earth.

Outside the first pass of the Ancient God Land, in the boundless dark passage, Wang Lin's figure appeared on one of the constantly moving giant conical stones.

Arriving here again, Wang Lin naturally felt some emotion, but he knew time was pressing. He immediately sat down cross-legged, set up some defensive Restrictions around him, then patted his Storage Pouch. Immediately, a piece of Inkstone flew out from within.

Taking a deep breath, Wang Lin's hands changed, and single-attack attribute Restrictions were quickly cast onto the Inkstone one by one.

As time passed, more and more Restrictions appeared on this stone.

After completing the basic refining, Wang Lin held another item in his hand—a Soul Banner. Under his control, the Inkstone and this banner perfectly fused together, and then the refining began again.

Time flowed by little by little. Wang Lin refined without any hesitation, seizing every moment to quickly refine.

One Restriction after another landed on the Restriction Banner. After an unknown amount of time, only one more set of the ninety-nine sets of Restrictions remained to reach Minor Achievement.

At this moment, Wang Lin hesitated. If his guess was wrong and Heavenly Tribulation were to descend during refining here, then this Restriction Banner would likely be difficult to preserve.

Once damaged, from then on, unless he could obtain another Inkstone, he would only be able to use the one Li Muwan possessed.

If he stopped now, although the Restriction Banner's power would be insufficient, at least it wouldn't be damaged, and with careful use, it could still suffice.

After a brief deliberation, Wang Lin's eyes flashed. If this Restriction Banner couldn't reach the Minor Achievement Realm, its power would be insufficient, making it too much of a hindrance to be useful in the Immortal Realm Gate journey.

He gritted his teeth and drew the last Restriction with his right hand, pressing it onto the Restriction Banner.

Instantly, the Restriction Banner vibrated, and streaks of black Qi emerged from within it. A faint sense of primordial wilderness immediately spread out. Wang Lin's Divine Sense swept over it, and although he had some conjectures about the power of a Minor Achievement single-attribute Restriction Banner, he was still extremely shocked. The power of this Restriction Banner was actually dozens of times greater than before it reached Major Achievement.

Thus, this Restriction Banner would have considerable deterrence against Soul Transformation Cultivators.

Especially after this banner reached Minor Achievement, all ninety-nine sets of Restrictions within it fused into one, allowing it to unleash a single Spirit Sealing Art at the cost of nine sets of Restrictions!

This Spirit Sealing Art could, within a certain range, completely Seal off the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and even the spiritual power within a Cultivator's body, creating a blank Realm devoid of any spiritual power. In this way, all Cultivators, unless they cultivated to the Immortal Realm Qi, would temporarily lose their spiritual power!

Wang Lin's eyes flickered. Holding the Restriction Banner in his hand, his confidence for the journey to the Immortal Realm greatly increased!

As for the Heavenly Tribulation triggered by the Restriction Banner, it had not yet descended. Wang Lin was quite excited, knowing that he had made the right gamble!

Within this Ancient God's body, a world unto itself, the Heavenly Tribulation naturally couldn't sense the existence of the Restriction Banner, let alone descend.

He took a deep breath and continued to cast Restrictions on it. However, he couldn't complete the ninety-nine sets of Restrictions to reach the Intermediate Achievement Realm, because there were simply not many purely offensive Restrictions. This was one of the reasons limiting single-attribute Restriction Banners.

After casting eighteen more completely different Restrictions on this Restriction Banner, Wang Lin sighed inwardly. He had tried his best and could only achieve this much. If he wanted to continue, he would have to meticulously study every Restriction he encountered in the future and gather the strengths of many others to obtain more single-attack Restrictions.

Wang Lin had already made up his mind that he would definitely engage in more exchanges regarding these Restrictions in the future! Just the ninety-nine sets of Minor Achievement possessed such power. Wang Lin was quite looking forward to what this Restriction Banner would be like if it reached the nine hundred ninety-nine sets of Intermediate Achievement Realm! Perhaps even the Nascent Soul Transformation Stage could be deterred.

Thinking of this, a surge of fanaticism rose in Wang Lin's heart. He pondered for a moment, put away this finished Restriction Banner, and took out the tattered Restriction Banner. After a slight hesitation, he gave up on the idea of casting the last Restriction on it. The greatest use of this Restriction Banner was still to trigger Heavenly Tribulation.

After finishing the Restriction Banner, Wang Lin's eyes flashed, and his entire body leaped up, slowly flying towards the dark depths beneath this passage.

Wang Lin was extremely familiar with this space, after all, he had carefully walked up from below step by step back then, experiencing countless hardships and dangers.

Revisiting this old place, he was not careless but descended cautiously.

The reason he chose this place to collect Spirit Beasts was that although the Spirit Beasts here were few, any one of them possessed considerable power, far surpassing the Yao Beasts in the Cultivation Devil Sea.

Here, there were even a few Desolate Beasts. Wang Lin naturally did not want to provoke such beings, which were equivalent to Cultivators of Great Divine Abilities. His target was High Grade Spirit Beasts, equivalent to Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators.

The reason he chose a Spirit Beast here was that Wang Lin possessed a Magic Treasure named the Primordial Beast-Taming Ring. This ring could control a Spirit Beast for a short period, but it required consuming a massive amount of spiritual power.

Wang Lin acquired this ring from those Ancient Cultivators when he first came to the Ancient God Land, as compensation for his assistance.

In the following years, Wang Lin experimented with some Low Grade Spirit Beasts, confirming that the ring was indeed usable. Only then did he proceed with the trip to capture a beast in the passage.

In order to obtain Immortal Realm Qi inside the Gate of the Immortal Realm, Wang Lin could be said to have made full preparations. If he successfully captured a High Grade Spirit Beast—a Spirit Beast equivalent to a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator—it could provide him with immense help in the Immortal Realm!

However, during this period, he needed to regularly supply spiritual power to the Beast-Taming Ring, otherwise, the captured Spirit Beast might retaliate before the Immortal Realm opened.

He descended all the way, Divine Sense spread out, sweeping over the stone blocks, but he didn't find a single Spirit Beast. Wang Lin was puzzled. At the depth he was currently at, he remembered seeing Spirit Beasts before, but now they had all disappeared.

He pondered for a moment, his eyes flashed, and he continued descending. Soon, he arrived at the place where the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Dragon had fallen years ago. Standing on a stone block, Wang Lin looked down. Below, it was still pitch black. Wang Lin hesitated, guessing that if he flew down further, it would likely be the world of Desolate Beasts.

But having not encountered a single Spirit Beast along the way, this trip was bound to fail. Wang Lin remained silent for a while, then resolutely stopped, waving his hands in front of him, preparing to cast a Hand Seal to leave the Ancient God Land.

After all, the area below was too dangerous, and Wang Lin didn't want to take excessive risks just for a Spirit Beast.

However, just as he finished casting the Hand Seal, suddenly, in the darkness beneath him, two pearl-like lights flickered on. At the same time, a Red Dragon, quick as lightning, suddenly rushed out.

Wang Lin recognized the Dragon instantly; it was the same one from back then. He was secretly startled and was about to leave, but he immediately stopped again because he saw a green toad in front of the Dragon.

The toad was about three Zhang tall. With a kick of its hind legs, it instantly rushed far away, with the Red Dragon behind it in relentless pursuit.

Without a word, Wang Lin immediately sank down, merging into the stone block, and observed from afar using his Divine Sense. The Hand Seal was already cast; he only needed a thought to leave this place immediately. Thus, he was no longer in a hurry to leave, and his eyes flickered.

The Red Dragon opened its large mouth while pursuing, retracted its body, and then suddenly sprang forward, its speed instantly increasing several times. It quickly closed the distance and, with a flick of its body, attempted to coil around the toad.

The moment the Dragon coiled toward it, the toad suddenly paused, and its entire body instantly flashed with Azure Electric Light. This electric light was like the sun, instantly illuminating the surroundings. A sphere of electric light, a Lightning Orb, appeared on the toad's body.

The Red Dragon let out a sharp roar and quickly dodged, clearly wary of the electric light.

Wang Lin took a deep breath, feeling shocked. Although the toad's electric light didn't look particularly wondrous externally, it gave him the feeling he had experienced when facing the Heavenly Tribulation years ago.

To be able to contend with the Red Dragon that once parasitized the body of the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Dragon, this toad was probably also a Desolate Beast!

But immediately, Wang Lin rejected his own idea. After the toad finished emitting the electric light, it instantly became listless, landing on a stone block with an expression of despair.

Judging by its appearance, it didn't seem much like a Desolate Beast. After all, if two Desolate Beasts were fighting, the victor wouldn't be decided in just one strike.

Wang Lin's heart immediately grew fervent. He didn't want to provoke Desolate Beasts, but if this toad was a High Grade Spirit Beast, it perfectly matched his goal for this trip.

At this moment, the Red Dragon roared angrily. More than ten Blood Spheres suddenly appeared outside its body. Within these Blood Spheres, the souls of Spirit Beasts gradually emerged.

They rushed simultaneously toward the toad.

Despair deepened in the toad's eyes. Wang Lin gritted his teeth and flashed out… Chapter 291.

The moment he appeared, the Red Dragon floating mid-air immediately swept its gaze over him. A hint of mocking light appeared in its eyes, and three of the Blood Spheres outside its body instantly split off and flew toward Wang Lin.

Seeing the Beast Souls within the Blood Spheres, Wang Lin immediately understood why he hadn't encountered a single Spirit Beast along the way. This Red Dragon must have gone mad and slaughtered these Spirit Beasts, refining them into Blood Souls.

Wang Lin remained calm regarding the rapidly approaching Blood Spheres. He suddenly flicked his right hand, and a black light flashed out. It was a Bronze Ring radiating an ancient aura. The ring was the size of a bracelet, engraved with numerous ferocious Immortal Beasts. At first glance, these Immortal Beasts looked lifelike, as if they were alive.

The moment the Bronze Ring appeared, the Beast Souls within the Blood Spheres immediately showed fear and instinctively scattered, avoiding it. The ring instantly flew above the toad, rapidly enlarged, and was about to descend.

"If you don't want to die, don't struggle!" Wang Lin shouted quickly. At the same time, without even looking at the Bronze Ring, he instantly disappeared within the passage.

Everything happened extremely fast. The Red Dragon clearly hadn't expected Wang Lin to possess a method to leave this place at any time. Seeing Wang Lin's aura completely vanish, it immediately roared in fury. A Crimson Wave Ring instantly spread out from its body, rapidly expanding outward. Any shattered stones encountered by the wave turned into dust immediately.

The toad was originally going to avoid the Bronze Ring, but after hearing Wang Lin's words, its eyes flashed. Instead of avoiding it, it leaped up, entering the Bronze Ring automatically. After the ring locked onto its neck, its several-zhang-tall body vanished the moment the crimson wave struck.

The Dragon's furious roar echoed throughout the entire passage.

Wang Lin appeared at the entrance of the Ancient God Land within the Shattered Star Ring. The moment he materialized, his face immediately turned pale. He took out several bottles of Medicinal Pills from his Storage Pouch, swallowed them, and sat down cross-legged to meditate.

Beside him lay a huge green toad. The toad's eyes showed a strange light as it looked around. A Bronze Ring was locked around its neck.

At this moment, the Mosquito Beast sensed its master's aura and immediately flew over from a distance. But as soon as it got close, it immediately fixed its gaze on the toad, letting out low growls.

The toad rolled its eyes, and its tongue suddenly shot out like crashing thunder, stabbing toward the Mosquito Beast. The Mosquito Beast flapped its wings, instantly dodging. Its massive proboscis, like a sharp blade, flew mid-air and stabbed fiercely.

The toad showed a mocking look. Its abdomen suddenly swelled up, and rumbling thunder sounds actually came from within. Then, it suddenly opened its mouth, and an Azure Lightning bolt shot out, blasting toward the Mosquito Beast.

The Mosquito Beast cried out in alarm, opening its massive proboscis. More than ten Golden Threads instantly shot out from its mouth, forming a large net that enveloped the Azure Lightning.

Just then, Wang Lin opened his eyes, frowned, and shouted, "Enough!"

The toad lazily inhaled, and the Azure Lightning immediately returned to its mouth and was swallowed. As for the Mosquito Beast, it glared fiercely at the toad but dared not approach.

After all, there was a difference of one Rank between it and the toad!

Wang Lin's face was still pale. The moment he locked the toad, the spiritual power within his body rapidly flowed into the Beast-Taming Ring, nearly turning him into a dried corpse. Only then did he barely manage to successfully lock the beast.

The instant he locked the toad, a piece of enlightenment suddenly appeared in his mind—this was a segment of information fed back from the Beast-Taming Ring.

This beast is named Thunder Frog, skilled in the power of lightning, and belongs to the Spirit Rank High Grade Yao Beast category.

According to Wang Lin's knowledge, the Primordial Beast-Taming Ring should regularly absorb spiritual power from his body to maintain the locked state. This time was fixed, so Wang Lin did not leave immediately. Instead, after leaving a calming Divine Thought in the minds of the two Yao Beasts, he continued to sit cross-legged and meditate.

Six days later, the Beast-Taming Ring transmitted an absorption force again. This time, Wang Lin was prepared and naturally unafraid.

After the absorption force passed, Wang Lin swallowed a Spirit Pill and recovered as usual. He stood up, and with a call of his right hand, the Beast-Taming Ring immediately shrank. The toad inside it also let out an unwilling roar before shrinking. Eventually, the toad disappeared, and the Beast-Taming Ring was stuck on Wang Lin's wrist. On its surface, the engravings of Immortal Beasts had vanished, replaced by a single toad.

Having determined the time interval for the Beast-Taming Ring to absorb spiritual power to lock the toad, Wang Lin no longer lingered. He turned around, ready to leave the Shattered Star Ring.

However, the Mosquito Beast showed anxiety in its eyes, howling repeatedly. After catching Wang Lin's attention, it quickly flew toward the distance and stopped at the Place Where the Golden Threads are Born.

He saw that here, the fist-sized Rift had reappeared sometime unknown.

Wang Lin glanced at it, and his Primordial Spirit immediately left his body, entering the Rift again. Amidst flashes of golden light, he grabbed dozens of Golden Threads and was about to leave. But just then, something hundreds of times thicker than the other Golden Threads suddenly flew out from the Golden Mass, which resembled the sun.

The moment this thread emerged, the golden sun immediately shrank by half. As it flew, the surrounding Golden Threads all gave way. The thread was extremely fast and rushed toward Wang Lin. Before it even approached, an aura capable of destroying heaven and earth immediately surged forth.

Wang Lin's eyes flashed. He glanced at the object but did not attack. Instead, he quickly grabbed the dozens of small Golden Threads, hastily retracted his Divine Sense, returned from the Rift into his body, and without any hesitation, quickly fled into the distance.

The Mosquito Beast seemed to realize something, staring eagerly at the Golden Threads in Wang Lin's hand, and quickly followed.

Wang Lin hadn't fled far when he heard a loud boom from behind. Countless tiny Vortices appeared around the fist-sized Rift. These Vortices quickly spread outwards, causing the Rift to grow larger and larger. Finally, the thick Golden Thread suddenly drilled out and chased after Wang Lin.

Wang Lin sped away without looking back. The interior of the Shattered Star Ring was not large. Soon, he rushed past the Restriction he had set up. With a grab of his right hand, the Mosquito Beast turned into a black light and entered the Storage Pouch. Wang Lin did not stop, rushing into the Shattered Star Ring.

The moment he entered the Shattered Star Ring, the unbelievably thick Golden Thread slammed onto the Restriction. However, Wang Lin's Restriction instantly dissipated upon contact with the thread, failing to provide any obstruction.

Wang Lin saw this scene with his Divine Sense, frowned, and increased his speed, leaping out of the Shattered Star Ring and flying away.

The Golden Thread seemed quite wary of the Shattered Star Ring. Some unseen force prevented it from proceeding further, so it abruptly stopped, raising one end high like a snake, pointing toward Wang Lin.

Wang Lin stood outside the Shattered Star Ring, glanced back at the Golden Thread, and left without another word. He understood in his heart that this must be because he had collected too many Golden Threads in these two trips, which is why something like the Ancestor of Golden Threads appeared to stop him.

This was probably also the reason why the old man who possessed the Crying Beast only took seven threads and stopped collecting.

After weakening the Golden Threads in his hand using the Concept of Death, Wang Lin summoned the Mosquito Beast and threw them to it. The beast swallowed them one by one. During this time, the beast could be said to be extremely happy. These Golden Threads were a great tonic for it. With these Golden Threads, the day it achieved High Grade Spirit Beast status was no longer far off.

Leaving the Shattered Star Ring, Wang Lin pondered for a moment, patted his Storage Pouch, and a small tripod cauldron appeared in his hand. This cauldron was the credential for entering the Gate of the Immortal Realm: the Rain Cauldron.

This cauldron was small enough to hold in one hand, and it had no patterns or markings, looking extremely ordinary. However, if examined with Divine Sense, one could see a trace of aura on it that far surpassed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power.

This aura was clearly countless times higher in quality than Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power. Wang Lin knew this was the Immortal Realm Qi.

However, this aura was too scarce to be used for cultivation. It could only serve as a trace of guidance, a key to open the Gate of the Immortal Realm.

Wang Lin had studied this Rain Cauldron many times since he acquired it. After observing it briefly, he put away the Rain Cauldron and began to ponder.

Logically speaking, the appearance of the Rain Cauldron indicates that the Day of the Heavenly Dao is approaching. So many years have passed now, so it should be soon.

It's a pity that the Sloppy Old Man didn't tell him the exact time, otherwise, it wouldn't be so troublesome.

Wang Lin sighed, took out a Jade Slip from his Storage Pouch with his right hand, examined it carefully, then leaped onto the Mosquito Beast and sped toward the location of the Fire Burning Country.

His next goal was to go to the Outer Realm Battlefield to collect enough Wandering Souls to refine into Devil Heads, making final preparations for the impending Immortal Realm.

In the central area of the Fire Burning Country, there was a massive Formation. This Formation was a One-Way Teleportation Formation used by the returning Disciples of the Outer Realm Battlefield every 500 years.

On this day, a person arrived outside this Formation. This person wore white clothes, was gentle and refined, looking like an Elegant Young Master.

His eyes were like stars, and his face was as fair as jade. He was currently lowering his head, carefully studying the structure of the Formation.

This person was none other than Wang Lin!

If he waited for the day the Outer Realm Battlefield opened in 500 years, it would still take several years. Wang Lin couldn't afford to wait this long. Therefore, he planned to use this Formation as a guide and, based on his Soul Devourer attribute, perform a Reverse Teleportation.

After studying it for several days, Wang Lin pondered briefly. His eyes flashed, and he made slight modifications to the Formation. Finally, he walked into the Formation. His entire Primordial Spirit spread out, slowly merging into the Formation. After a long time, the symbols on the Formation lit up one by one. Finally, a ripple descended from the sky and landed on his body. Slowly, Wang Lin disappeared.

The moment he disappeared, the Formation shattered with a loud boom, rendering it unusable again.

Spring came and autumn went. Several years later, inside the Outer Realm Battlefield Teleportation Formation of a certain Third Rank Cultivation Country on the south side of the Vermilion Bird Star, the Cultivators of this country were all standing ready, waiting for the Envoy Lord from the Fourth Rank Cultivation Country to open the Outer Realm Passage for them.

Sun Wen, a Cultivator from the Gongsun Country, a Fourth Rank Cultivation Country, served as the Envoy in this Third Rank Cultivation Country. Although his cultivation was only at the Nascent Soul Late Stage, his Family was a prominent surname in Gongsun Country. Thus, despite his cultivation, he was assigned here for experience.

Today was the first time in his life he had opened the Outer Realm Passage. He was inevitably nervous, but he was mostly enjoying the reverent gazes around him.

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