Chapter 90: The Arrival of the extreme realm (Revised, nearly 1000 words added)

In the ancient era, the three spirit energy Realms of extreme, Dao, and origin were particularly difficult to fathom and comprehend. Among them, the extreme realm was not as mysterious as the Dao Realm, nor as unpredictable and strange as the Origin Realm. However, in the ancient era, if a Cultivator with extreme realm spirit energy appeared, it would be a catastrophe.

The extreme realm is not as mysterious as the Dao Realm or as strange as the Origin Realm, but in terms of terror, the Dao and Origin Realms are far inferior to the extreme realm. The extreme realm uses every means possible; Cultivators with this Realm are cold and ruthless far beyond others, and from then on, their spirit energy attributes become completely extreme.

Consequently, there are no words to describe the lethality of the extreme realm other than terrifying; among Cultivators of the same Rank, the extreme realm is invincible. But the flaw of the extreme realm is also extremely obvious: it cannot reach the Soul Transformation Stage. The Late Stage of Nascent Soul is the end of the extreme realm cultivation.

However, even ordinary Soul Transformation Stage experts would not easily provoke an extreme realm Cultivator at the Late Stage of Nascent Soul.

If it were only this, the extreme realm could not be called terrifying. The true reason for its terror is that in the ancient era, a certain Heaven-Defying powerhouse who had transcended the Nascent Soul Transformation stage was discovered during their tribulation to possess extreme realm spirit energy.

This was news that shocked and terrified everyone in the ancient Cultivation World.

One must know that this powerhouse had run rampant through the Cultivation World for over three thousand years. In these three thousand years, he was the uncrowned king of the Cultivation World, whom no one dared to provoke; if there was the slightest disagreement, he would slaughter the other party's entire School.

In those three thousand years, the mere mention of his name could make people's hearts tremble. The number of Cultivators who died at his hands during those three thousand years was incalculable. Later generations even speculated that the final destruction of the ancient Cultivation World had a great deal to do with this person. If it weren't for those three thousand years where countless Schools were slaughtered to extinction, the ancient Cultivation World would not have completely disintegrated without the slightest resistance in the face of that sudden catastrophe.

The extreme realm itself is already a Heaven-Defying existence. Not only is it invincible at the same Realm, but the extreme spirit energy attributes can also push any Spell to an unimaginable extreme. This in itself is already very terrifying. If one adds the lack of the Soul Transformation Stage restriction, the entire Cultivation World would face a total catastrophe if even a single extreme realm Cultivator whose cultivation exceeded the Soul Transformation Stage appeared.

Because of this, in the ancient era, once an extreme realm Cultivator appeared, they were often the target of all Cultivators working together to exterminate them. In the ancient Cultivation World, the extreme realm was likened to a true Heaven-Defying existence.

If the Demonic Path were likened to a scourge, then in the ancient era, compared to Cultivators with the extreme realm, the Demonic Path was simply incredibly well-behaved; they were not even on the same level.

In fact, even in the ancient era, research into the extreme realm never ceased, but in the end, the reason for this terrifying Realm remained at the exploration stage.

Fortunately, the restriction of the extreme realm not reaching the Soul Transformation Stage seemed to have been an exception only for that legendary person. The generations of extreme realm successors after him were all stuck at the Late Stage of Nascent Soul and could not advance.

To this day, most records regarding the extreme realm have vanished into the long river of history; no one knows how the extreme realm is obtained or possessed.

Only in the scripture repositories of certain super-large Schools in high-Rank cultivation Countries are there a few books describing the extreme realm.

In a certain year of the ancient era, a Genius Cultivator appeared in the Lingqiao School of the State of Gunie. He entered the Core Formation stage in ten years. Later, the Lingqiao School was exterminated by other Schools. Five years later, a mysterious Cultivator emerged, and in one month, he killed nearly ten thousand Cultivators, staining the sky with blood. With a cultivation at the Early Stage of Nascent Soul, not only did he kill Cultivators of the same level, but even Soul Transformation Stage experts could not resist him. In the end, the Righteous and Demonic Paths had to invite a Nascent Soul Transformation stage powerhouse to kill him.

In a certain year of the ancient era, the State of Qing Shui was destroyed. The crown prince joined a certain cultivation School, and thirty years later, he emerged, slaughtering all Cultivators regardless of gender or age; anyone who provoked him was exterminated. In just seven days, there was not a single Cultivator left in the entire State of Qing Shui, and even the School he belonged to did not escape this disaster.

Blood stained the land of the State of Qing Shui. Just as higher-level cultivation Countries sent a large number of experts to capture and kill this person, the sea of blood in the entire State of Qing Shui boiled up, using blood to kill enemies, leaving behind a name of vast destruction. He eventually disappeared mysteriously; some speculated that he had already undergone tribulation…

Such events all shared a common point: these Cultivators were all possessors of the extreme realm.

As for how these people possessed the extreme realm, no one knew. Some speculated that it was due to encountering a great tragedy, while others speculated that these people possessed the same treasure.

The Legacy of this treasure caused everyone who possessed it to be able to obtain the extreme realm.

All sorts of speculations arose one after another, but in the end, with the disappearance of the ancient Cultivation World, all of this gradually faded away.

No one knew that at this very moment, in a small, inconspicuous third-Rank Cultivation Country called the State of Zhao, in a small place called Jueming Valley, a young man named Wang Lin was slowly transforming, gradually stepping towards the true extreme realm.

If Teng Huayuan knew all this, he would probably never have become the catalyst that spurred on the extreme realm successor…

Wang Lin knelt half-way on the ground. Within a radius of several dozen zhang outside his body, it was covered by blue ice crystals, becoming an absolute domain.

On his chest, the Heaven Defying Bead flickered with black light like never before, floating up from his chest and hovering above his head…

Teng Huayuan, utilizing the Bloodline connection of Wang Lin's loved ones, left a message in Wang Lin's mind.

"I am waiting for you outside Jueming Valley… If you do not appear on the day the valley opens, I will destroy the Soul Flag and let your loved ones experience Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering."

At this moment, two men and one woman from the Heavenly Dao School quickly caught up and suddenly stopped several dozen zhang away from Wang Lin. The mysterious blue ice crystals on the ground glowed with a faint blue light, making them feel a shiver in their hearts.

Especially the young man in the center of those ice crystals; a breath of extinction of all things radiated from him. Even the Cultivator at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment could not help but feel his heart tremble.

After hesitating for a moment, the Middle Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator decisively waved his hand and said: "Retreat!" After speaking, he was about to leave when the woman among the three suddenly stared at the Heaven Defying Bead above Wang Lin's head and hesitated: "Senior Brother, that bead looks very familiar to me…"

Another man beside her gasped: "This… this… this is the bead the ancestor spoke of! No, the pattern on it is different. The Jade Slip given by the ancestor clearly had clouds carved on it, but this one has leaves."

The Middle Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator was stunned for a moment, and after looking closely, his expression immediately became grave. But immediately after, a trace of greed welled up in his heart. Except for the pattern on it, the bead was exactly the same in appearance and size as described in the ancestor's Jade Slip. The reward for obtaining the bead immediately flooded his mind.

"Anyone who turns it in will be gifted a Nascent Soul Transformation-level Magic Treasure, their School will be gifted ten refined corpses equivalent to the Soul Transformation Stage, and their Cultivation Country will be promoted by one Rank."

"Regardless of whether it is or not, let's get our hands on it first." The Middle Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator said decisively.

The woman immediately took out a Sound Transmission Talisman and was about to send a message when she was suddenly stopped by the Middle Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, who whispered: "Although this person is strange, if the three of us fight with our lives, we can definitely kill him. If you notify others, and this bead really is the item requested from above, this immense merit will definitely not belong to us. Likewise, if we guessed wrong and this bead is not that item, we have mobilized the masses and will definitely be scolded. Are you stupid?"

The woman was startled, hesitated for a moment, put away the Sound Transmission Talisman, and the three immediately took out their Magic Treasures and cast them without a word.

Just at this moment, Wang Lin opened his eyes. His eyes had lost their blood-red color and instead became gloomy like water. A strong Killing Intent surged into his heart uncontrollably. With the emergence of the Killing Intent, the spirit energy in his body immediately began to circulate.

The first great effect of the extreme realm was thus unleashed: among the same Realm, the extreme realm Cultivator is invincible.

Staring at the three people not far away, Wang Lin waved his hand with a gloomy expression. Immediately, a blue light flashed, and the ice crystals on the ground floated up rapidly, wrapping the three people in an instant with lightning speed.

The expressions and actions of the three remained frozen at the moment they attacked.

Wang Lin stood up, grabbed with his right hand, and immediately retrieved the Heaven Defying Bead. After placing it carefully in his bosom, Wang Lin walked past the three people.

The ice crystals wrapping the three people developed several cracks, shattered, and the three fell to the ground dead.

Wang Lin walked silently inside Jueming Valley. Suddenly, a sword light pierced through the air and landed, revealing a young man. Without a word, he pointed at his Flying Sword, and the Flying Sword trembled, immediately stabbing towards Wang Lin.

Wang Lin did not stop his steps. The moment the Flying Sword stabbed towards his body, a blue ice crystal appeared on the Flying Sword, and in the blink of an eye, the Flying Sword turned into a lump of ice.

The young man was greatly shocked and immediately retreated. He had originally seen from afar that Wang Lin was alone and his cultivation was only at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, so he wanted to come over and kill him to seize the treasure. But he did not expect that the other party did not even lift a hand, and his own Flying Sword was destroyed.

In terror, there was only one thought in his mind: Run!

But before he could take a few steps back, he saw a green light flash, and a small green sword pierced through his chest. His body immediately turned into ice crystals and fell to the ground.

From beginning to end, Wang Lin did not pause his steps for even a moment.

One day later, in a certain part of the valley, seven or eight people from the Righteous and Demonic Schools were fighting, with several people watching on both sides. Just at this moment, Wang Lin's desolate figure walked out from the side, as if he did not see the people in front of him, and walked forward.

A middle-aged man among the Demonic Path onlookers frowned, and without a word, threw a Thunder Talisman at Wang Lin. Immediately, thunder fell from the sky, but the moment it touched Wang Lin, blue ice crystals surged along the lightning, actually freezing the intangible object that was heavenly thunder.

This scene made everyone stop fighting and stare blankly at the expressionless Wang Lin who was approaching them.

Immediately after, a green light flashed on the chest of the middle-aged man who threw the Thunder Talisman. He groaned miserably, his body immediately glowed with blue light, turned into ice crystals, and fell to the ground dead.

Everyone was shocked. At this time, Wang Lin had already approached. Four people stood in front of him. These four people were about to speak, but saw a blue light flash, and all four turned into ice crystals, following in the footsteps of the middle-aged man.

At this point, everyone retreated to both sides. A young man in white from the Righteous Path cupped his fists and said loudly: "Which School is Fellow Daoist from? I am Zhou Quan, a Disciple of the Yuan Tian School."

Wang Lin ignored him and continued to walk forward. Slowly, no one blocked his path in front of him. Wang Lin walked slowly. After walking more than a hundred zhang, a young Disciple from the Demonic Path stared at Wang Lin's back and sneered in his heart: "Killing my Senior Brother, I have remembered you."

Wang Lin stopped abruptly. He felt the thick Killing Intent coming from behind him. He turned around and stared coldly at the Demonic Path Disciple with his eyes.

Under Wang Lin's gaze, that Disciple immediately felt as if he had entered an ice cellar, his whole body cold from inside to out. He hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look into Wang Lin's eyes.

Every Cultivator who saw those eyes gasped.

Inside those eyes, it was filled with dead silence, containing unimaginable Killing Intent, and bursts of chill rolled in everyone's hearts.

After staring at that Cultivator for a moment, Wang Lin turned around and continued to walk forward. A green light flashed on the chest of that Demonic Path Cultivator, he spat out a mouthful of blood, fell to the ground, and his body immediately turned into an ice sculpture; even the blood he spat out turned into ice blocks in mid-air and fell to the ground.

Everyone held their breath. Until Wang Lin's figure disappeared, both sides also lost the thought of fighting and retreated separately.

Just like this, along the way, anyone Wang Lin encountered who offended him turned into ice crystals with a wave of his hand. Even Cultivators at the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment could not resist. After several people died, they all fled, not daring to provoke him.

In three days, the number of Cultivators who died at Wang Lin's hands was countless.