Chapter 3282

These karmic causes were shackles, and they were also disasters; he should not accept them.

He could only rely on the cause-seeking ring to sever these karmic causes, but the result would be enduring a massive backlash.

Wave after wave of backlash, death after death followed by Rebirth; once it began, there was no turning back.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Moyu had already died more than fifty times; if this were before he reached the Chaos Realm…

…he would have been dead for good by now. Fortunately, after reaching the Chaos Realm, the World Tree had transformed into the Chaos Ancestral Tree.

The number of Rebirths had increased significantly; now, even if he died two or three hundred times, Lin Moyu still felt he could endure it.

His expression was calm as he sensed the karma between life and death. The massive amount of karma was being absorbed by the cause-seeking ring.

It did not fall upon him. Life and death continued, and Lin Moyu transmitted his thoughts to Little Tree.

Little Tree seized the time to absorb Chaos Qi, refining it into Rebirth counts for Lin Moyu. Lin Moyu believed that before the Rebirth counts were exhausted…

…it would certainly be able to absorb the ancient karma completely. He was long accustomed to life and death; he even had the leisure to think between life and death.

Lin Moyu wondered, "Great Venerable Tianzai should know that I possess the Chaos Ancestral Tree, and he should also know that when the Chaos Ancestral Tree reaches the Chaos Realm…"

"…it will mutate. If that is the case, then the Chaos Ancestral Tree must also be one of the methods left behind by Great Venerable Tianzai, just like the techniques."

"Chaos Child is the same, and even Little Tree is the same." Lin Moyu had a feeling.

That all his struggles and efforts along the way had not escaped the layout set by Great Venerable Tianzai. "Great Venerables…"

"…are they all this good at calculating?"

Lin Moyu murmured in his heart. This layout, which had spanned countless years…

…was ultimately just to cultivate an existence qualified to be an enemy of the Dao, because Great Venerable Tianzai was not certain if he could truly defeat the Dao; he was only pursuing that slim possibility.

Death and Rebirth continued. The Rebirth counts accumulated by the Chaos Ancestral Tree were being consumed rapidly, and the speed of refining Chaos Qi was far behind the speed of consumption.

Lin Moyu was not panicked; he was confident that before the Rebirth counts ran out…

…the backlash would surely end. Moreover, with this experience, he would no longer need to worry about karma in the future.

As long as he could accumulate enough Rebirth counts, he could endure even more karma; it was nothing more than dying a few more times.

After dying exactly five hundred times, when there were fewer than thirty Rebirth counts left, the backlash finally stopped.

The ancient karma carried by the due boat and the fifth gem had finally been completely consumed. This was karma with the Dao; being able to consume it completely…

…was truly not easy. In this way, the connection between the two and the Dao could be considered settled.

Even the Dao would not be able to find trouble with him through karma. "It's finally over!"

He could finally take a good look at what kind of gem it was.

Lin Moyu breathed a sigh of relief. Although he remained calm, if he kept dying…

…he might actually die for real. Not fearing death did not mean he wanted to die.

He contacted the fifth gem with his soul power again. A gray light flickered on the gem, and Lin Moyu let out a soft sound of surprise.

There was no information; his soul power felt as if it had fallen into cotton, finding nothing.

"Does it still need to be refined?"

Lin Moyu increased his soul power output, and the fifth gem continuously absorbed it.

Yet there was still no reaction. Finally, after Lin Moyu had continuously outputted power for several days…

…the gray light on the gem suddenly strengthened a bit, and then a powerful force rebounded, forcefully cutting off Lin Moyu's soul power.

He had been rejected. Lin Moyu was stunned; he clearly felt a will cutting off his soul power.

That feeling was like a brat telling him, "I'm full, stop stuffing me."

At the same time, this brat even looked down on him, disdaining that his soul power wasn't tasty enough. Lin Moyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

It had eaten so much of his soul power and was still picky! At the same time, he realized that there was an artifact spirit inside the scepter of calamity.

It made sense; how could such a supreme treasure that transcended the Chaos lack an artifact spirit?

This artifact spirit had been hiding in the fifth gem all along, only revealing clues now. Lin Moyu tried to probe in with his soul power again.

He wanted to communicate with it, but the artifact spirit inside the gem ignored him completely, time and time again.

Lin Moyu was very patient, repeatedly probing into it with his soul power, weaving his soul power into Divine Talismans.

He increased the power, like knocking on a door, knocking incessantly.

Chapter 4291: Stuffing the Brat to Death

Finally, the brat inside the door was annoyed by the noise and shouted,

"Stop coming!"

"You aren't qualified to talk to me yet." The words carried an immature pride. This artifact spirit, which had existed for who knew how many years…

…seemed to have an immature mind. Lin Moyu asked,

"When will I be qualified?"

The brat shouted,

"Wait until you become a Great Venerable before talking." He had died so many times…

…and gone to such lengths to obtain the fifth gem and restore the scepter of calamity, only to get this reply.

Lin Moyu was speechless for a moment. The scepter of calamity was indeed very strong and of an extremely high level.

It transcended the Chaos and was the strongest supreme treasure known so far, without exception.

The more powerful the treasure, the more powerful the force required to drive it. He had just entered the Chaos Realm…

…and could barely be considered to have reached Chaos Realm Small Success. To drive such a supreme treasure, he was indeed not qualified enough yet.

He could accept all of this, but the arrogant tone of this brat artifact spirit made Lin Moyu feel very unhappy.

"Even if you are the scepter of calamity, I am your master now. You should set your position straight."

Lin Moyu's thoughts were transmitted inside, but what he got back was a soft hmph, as if the brat artifact spirit was saying:

"I won't. What can you do to me?" Lin Moyu revealed a hint of a smile.

"What can I do?" Power. With a thought…

…the power within the due boat was activated. Now that he was the master of the due boat, he could fully control it. The palace inside the due boat was instantly filled with restrictions.

Lin Moyu waved his hand, and countless Divine Talismans flew out, forming a massive array.

The Chaos Ancestral Tree emerged in response, and Little Tree evolved a clone to become the eye of the array.

Then, he threw the scepter of calamity into the array, fixing it there, and the World-Burning Fire followed.

It drilled into the fifth gem. Under the reinforcement of the array, the World-Burning Fire became much stronger.

However, relying on this alone would definitely not be enough to do anything to it, but it didn't matter; Lin Moyu had plenty of patience.

If burning it for a year or two didn't work, then he would burn it for a thousand or ten thousand years. His soul power turned into sharp arrows.

Combined with the World-Burning Fire, they drilled into the fifth gem. "You said you were full, right? I'll keep stuffing you."

"I'll stuff you to death!"

Lin Moyu wanted to let the brat know who the real master was.

Sure enough, after a while, the brat artifact spirit shouted loudly,

"What are you doing?"

"Stop it!"

His soul power was cut off again, but the next instant, even stronger soul power surged in.

Lin Moyu continued to force it in. The World-Burning Fire also played a role; the World-Burning Fire had a miraculous effect on artifact spirits.

"Even if I can't burn you, I won't let you have an easy time." The other gems lit up.

The brat artifact spirit wanted to transfer the soul power it couldn't consume to the other gems, especially the soul gem, which could absorb a large amount of soul power.

Lin Moyu moved his thoughts, and several Divine Talismans flew out and landed on the scepter of calamity, cutting off the path of the soul power.

The soul power couldn't get out and was still trapped in the fifth gem. The current array of the scepter of calamity…

…was similar to the array in its core. Lin Moyu had studied this array for many years and was quite familiar with it.

That was why he could do it. The brat was clearly angry, wailing and shouting.

"Stop it! What on earth are you doing!"

This time it was Lin Moyu's turn to ignore it.

He continued to inject soul power. The scepter of calamity vibrated incessantly, wanting to break free from Lin Moyu's control.

But it was firmly clamped by the array, and branches layered over the scepter of calamity, not giving it a chance to escape.

The scepter of calamity was strong, but now its master was Lin Moyu. Even the artifact spirit couldn't fully control the scepter of calamity.

Over so many years, Lin Moyu's power had long permeated the scepter of calamity. Finally, the brat began to beg for mercy.

"Stop, I'm really stuffed, I can't eat anymore!"

Lin Moyu snorted coldly and continued to inject soul power. The brat seemed to be about to cry.

"Stop for a moment, let's talk nicely, don't come again."

Lin Moyu said in a low voice,

"If you say stop, I stop. Wouldn't I lose a lot of face?"

The brat said,

"You can't bully me like this, even if you are the master, you can't do this."

It was indeed still a child, with an completely immature mind. If this kind of thing happened to other living beings…

…it would seem very abnormal, but if it was on an artifact spirit, it was actually a normal state.

The mind of an artifact spirit was often determined at the time of its birth and did not necessarily change with the passing of years.

Those artifact spirits that could continue to grow only accounted for a very small portion. Lin Moyu smiled and said,

"Do you admit that I am your master now?"

The brat shouted,

"You were the master from the beginning."

"It's just that your strength is too poor." Lin Moyu said,

"Then tell me first."

"What is the use of the fifth gem?" The brat hesitated for a while, and finally replied,

"This gem is called hongmeng." "Hongmeng?"

Lin Moyu could not understand its function from the name of the gem.

He continued to ask,

"What is the use of the hongmeng gem?"

The brat said,

"This is very complicated, and I can't say. Master, you can only go see it yourself."

"However, you have to wait until you become a Heaven and Earth Great Venerable to see it. You can't see it now. Perhaps it's because the soul power is stuffing it too hard."

The brat's attitude had improved a lot, and Lin Moyu also gradually withdrew his soul power. "If you had talked to me like this from the beginning…"

"…it wouldn't have come to this. In any case, you are the artifact spirit of the scepter of calamity; Lin Moyu would not go too far."

He mainly did it to scare it. The brat obviously breathed a sigh of relief. "I just woke up."

"And your strength is indeed not good. When that guy last time got me, he was already at Chaos Realm Perfection."

"And he soon became a Heaven and Earth Great Venerable. The guy before that was already a Heaven and Earth Great Venerable himself."

The previous master he spoke of was Great Venerable Tianzai, and the guy before that…

…was the Heaven and Earth Great Venerable whose traces of existence were all erased by the Dao. The Dao's erasure could not affect the brat inside the scepter of calamity, so he knew it very clearly.