Chapter 330: Li Muwan

I cannot avoid Reincarnation, and time has not waited for me. When will you come and take me away… My left hand holds the fleeting Karma of the Devil Cultivation Sea, and my right hand holds a long, lonely century… Li Muwan lay quietly on the bed, dressed in white. Although her face was aged, her eyes remained bright. She gazed silently at the man before her, one look after another… She wanted to engrave his appearance in her heart, forever.

This man before her, she couldn't distinguish if the feeling in her heart was Mortal love. She only knew that in the century-long, unchanging sound of the zither, this figure often appeared in her mind.

Wang Lin held Li Muwan's hand, his eyes revealing a gentle expression. Although his heart felt as if it were being cut by sharp blades, bleeding, his face showed tenderness.

“Wang Lin, last night I dreamed of my brother. He was smiling at me, and behind him, I also saw two very familiar old people, who looked like my parents…” Li Muwan shifted her gaze to outside the window and said softly.

Li Muwan’s parents had died very early; it was her brother who raised her.

Wang Lin’s heart ached even more.

That night, Wang Lin stood outside the Stone House, looking towards the State of Zhao, silently calling out in his heart.

Within the State of Zhao, deep underground beneath the Hengyue Mountain Range, a red-haired man with a stern face, like ten thousand years of cold ice, suddenly opened his eyes from his cross-legged position.

The moment he opened his eyes, thunder suddenly rumbled throughout the State of Zhao, as if a Prodigy had been born, shaking all Cultivators.

The Main Body’s gaze was filled with cold indifference. Between his brows, two purple Star Points rotated and flickered, and threads of purple lightning coursed through his body.

He gently turned his head, his eyes seemingly able to penetrate the earth, looking far towards the State of Chu. Slowly, he stood up, tore open the ground before him with one hand, and strode directly from underground towards the State of Chu.

Time flew by, and half a year passed.

Li Muwan's body grew even weaker, her Soul already on the verge of collapse. The Heavenly Dao of Reincarnation constantly emitted waves of suction, as if to completely pull her away from Wang Lin.

On this day, Ouyang Zi, holding a fiery red Medicinal Pill, with a hint of barely concealed excitement on his face, handed it to Wang Lin.

“A sixth-grade Spirit Pill! I, Ouyang Zi, have refined it!” Ouyang Zi said, then his eyes dimmed, and he collapsed.

He wasn't dead, but utterly mentally exhausted.

Holding the Medicinal Pill, Wang Lin stared blankly at Li Muwan, who was on her deathbed, her hair gray like an old woman. On her face, her former beauty was gone, replaced by the marks of time.

Over these past few years, Wang Lin had watched Li Muwan age little by little, her beauty fading to withered bones, the world changing like seas turning into mulberry fields.

The dust of a past life, the earth of this life, together with endless sorrow, filled the ocean in his heart. Yet, this ocean was too deep, too vast. In the end, the seawater turned into tears, the world hazy, people in two separate paths.

He walked a Heaven-Defying path, cultivated the Dao of Reincarnation, his life full of twists and turns, his body weary, yet a belief always sustained him. However, at this moment, though his appearance remained unchanged, his heart grew increasingly aged with the daily decline of the woman before him.

In his eyes, the woman's aging was merely an illusion; in his heart, her appearance remained as it was in the Devil Cultivation Sea, as the figure playing the zither in the pavilion in the State of Chu, as the gaze that watched him depart from the pavilion in the State of Chu.

Wang Lin gently stroked Li Muwan's face, slowly placing the Medicinal Pill into her mouth. The Medicinal Pill melted instantly upon entry, and in a moment, a trace of color rose to Li Muwan's face.

Instantly, an endless surge of Heaven and Earth spiritual Qi from all directions within the State of Chu gathered frantically like a rising cloud, entering Li Muwan's body.

The Stone Chamber could not withstand this immense spiritual Qi, emitting cracking sounds. A gust of wind blew, and it turned into stone powder, vanishing completely.

Lyu Fei and Tie Yan awoke from their closed-eyed meditation. Their expressions immediately changed drastically. At this moment, Ouyang Zi's body was pushed out by a gentle force, landing beside Lyu Fei and Tie Yan.

“Take Ouyang Zi and wait for me at the Cloud Heaven Sect!” Wang Lin’s voice slowly drifted over.

Tie Yan said nothing, grabbed Ouyang Zi, and swiftly sped away with Lyu Fei. Only after they were a hundred li away did they turn back, taking a deep look behind them.

Although the Stone Chamber was destroyed, Li Muwan's body remained floating in mid-air. Endless spiritual Qi poured in, and an unusual flush appeared on her face. Gradually, in her Dantian, a dim Golden Core slowly emerged.

As soon as this Golden Core appeared, all the spiritual Qi immediately surged into it frantically.

Wang Lin formed hand seals, continuously casting Spirit Arts from his hands, which landed on the Golden Core.

His expression was unprecedentedly solemn. Slowly, the Spirit Arts became faster and faster, and a crack appeared on the Golden Core.

The sixth-grade Guiyuan Pill could, in a short period, drastically increase the user's speed of absorbing Heaven and Earth spiritual Qi, thereby allowing them to Breakthrough their Bottleneck. However, Li Muwan's body was too weak, her Lifespan exhausted, making it difficult to persevere under the power of the Heavenly Dao of Reincarnation.

Wang Lin moved, floating in mid-air. He did not look at Li Muwan, but instead gazed up at the sky, his expression resolute.

His greatest enemy was this Heaven, this Reincarnation.

As Heaven and Earth spiritual Qi poured into Li Muwan's Golden Core, more cracks appeared. Gradually, threads of golden light shot out from these cracks. Though bright, this golden light was not dazzling; instead, it gave a gentle feeling.

However, at this moment, a layer of gray suddenly appeared on Li Muwan's body. This gray grew thicker and thicker, almost instantly enveloping her entire body.

Wang Lin's Concept of Life and Death had long enveloped Li Muwan's entire body, but compared to this gray, it was insignificant.

Mortals could not see this gray, and even many Cultivators could not. Only Wang Lin, who had comprehended the Concept of Life and Death derived from the Heavenly Dao of Reincarnation, could clearly see this gray qi.

And only he knew exactly what this gray qi was!

This gray qi was the Heavenly Dao, Reincarnation, the manifestation of a person at the brink of death.

Li Muwan's eyes showed deep reluctance. She gazed lingeringly at Wang Lin, then looked around, sighed softly, and slowly closed her eyes. A tear fell from the corner of her eye.

The tear slowly fell, hitting the ground with a faint sound.

This sound, reaching Wang Lin's ears, was like hearing the collapse of a past life… He wondered if, in the coming year, where that tear fell, a field of memories and sorrow would bloom… The moment she closed her eyes and departed, the color of the Golden Core immediately dimmed, but the cracks on it instantly shattered, and a small figure, identical to the former Li Muwan, emerged from within. She had just opened her pure eyes when, with Li Muwan's death, she immediately closed them again.

Wang Lin, I am willing to give up everything, even if the starlight in the sky falls, as long as I can have you by my side. Your eyes are the brightest lamp in my heart.

Wang Lin, I am willing to abandon everything, even if the Reincarnation of past and present lives extinguishes my Soul, it cannot hinder my reluctance to part with you.

Wang Lin, I am willing to lose everything, even if life flows away, even if time returns to silence, I only ask that the flowers of memory never wither.

Wang Lin, this is our Karma, this is the choice of the Heavenly Dao. We are, after all, just water and ink struggling and wandering beneath the Heavenly Dao.

“If Heaven wants you to die, I will snatch you back!!” Wang Lin's eyes showed sorrow. He suddenly looked up, his eyes revealing sharp determination. Instantly, the Concept of Life and Death frantically poured out from within him.

In the sky outside the valley, at this moment, the Scroll Painting of Life and Death Reincarnation reappeared. A landscape painting in only black and white slowly unfolded.

As if an invisible hand was waving, ripples appeared on this Scroll Painting.

As soon as this landscape painting appeared, a thunderous roar echoed in the sky, spreading throughout the entire State of Chu.

Li Muwan's body rapidly withered into bones, dissolving into the horizon as it fell from mid-air, and her deceased Nascent Soul was also slowly dissipating.

However, the moment Wang Lin's Scroll Painting of Life and Death Reincarnation covered the sky, the speed at which the Nascent Soul dissipated slowly calmed.

Wang Lin's body flashed, appearing in the sky. He grabbed the Scroll Painting of Life and Death Reincarnation with his right hand and yanked it downwards. Immediately, the entire Scroll Painting fell, enveloping Li Muwan's Nascent Soul.

At this moment, the Scroll Painting was gone from the sky, revealing a strange sight. Red clouds filled the sky, rolling and surging, and two bright lights, seemingly capable of penetrating one's mind, flashed out from within the rolling red clouds, looking at Wang Lin.

This strange yet familiar presence made Wang Lin's body tremble instantly, but he still firmly looked up, standing in mid-air. Beneath him was Li Muwan's Nascent Soul, enveloped by the Scroll Painting.

At this moment, Wang Lin used his Concept of Life and Death, and the Heavenly Dao of Reincarnation he had comprehended, to protect Li Muwan's Nascent Soul from dissipating.

He wanted to fight against Heaven!

“If Heaven wants you to die, I will snatch you back!!!” This was a promise, and Wang Lin's declaration of war against Heaven!

Red clouds covered the sky. The two gazes slowly retreated, but immediately after, countless red clouds condensed, forming a giant hand that seemed to support Heaven and Earth. It descended from the sky with a crash, grabbing towards Li Muwan's Nascent Soul, which was enveloped by the Scroll Painting of Life and Death Reincarnation.

Wang Lin roared, his body flashing as he grabbed the Scroll Painting of Life and Death and sped towards the distance.

And that giant hand, seemingly able to transcend distance, reached out towards the Scroll Painting of Life and Death in Wang Lin's hand!

Wang Lin's eyes flashed, and he looked up to meet the giant hand.

“Bang!”

Wang Lin's Primordial Spirit trembled violently. Under the impact, it was forcibly shaken out a zhang from his body, but immediately, his Primordial Spirit returned to his body. A trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth as he sped away. At the same time, his Divine Sense frantically spread out, searching for something.

The large hand lifted. In the red clouds, the two gazes reappeared, glanced at the Scroll Painting in Wang Lin's hand, and then the giant hand descended again!

“Main Body!!” Wang Lin roared.

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