Chapter 97

Once reaching the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, several powerful Spells can be executed. Specifically, the Jade Slip of the Corpse Yin Sect introduced a Soul Ghost Technique that can summon fierce souls to battle.

To seize the Soul Banner when facing Teng Huayuan, Wang Lin racked his brain, employing every method he could use.

Having made his decision, Wang Lin took out a Spiritual Qi Gourd, touched the Heaven Defying Bead, and entered the Dream Space.

Wang Lin hadn't Cultivated in the Dream Space for some time. Looking at the boundless, hazy gray space around him, a layer of gray matter floated above, dense and dark. Looking up, a strong sense of oppression spontaneously arose.

The surroundings were filled with numerous elongated glowing bodies, emitting faint light spots. When Wang Lin previously entered the Dream Space, these glowing bodies were stationary. But after his Water Attribute reached Perfection, these glowing bodies seemed to be injected with vitality, beginning to drift aimlessly.

Wang Lin stood in the space and reached out to touch an adjacent elongated glowing body, passing straight through it. It seemed as though those glowing bodies were not in the same space as Wang Lin; no matter how he tried to touch them, he couldn't make contact.

Nonetheless, he could control them. For example, with a single thought, the surrounding glowing bodies would immediately move accordingly, either forming patterns, scattering in all directions, or condensing together. Everything Wang Lin thought of was reflected instantly.

Wang Lin had asked Situ Nan about these glowing bodies, but Situ Nan couldn't figure it out either. In his own words, the Heaven Defying Bead was extremely bizarre inside, and the Dream Space was just one of its functions. As for functions other than Time Reversal, Situ Nan couldn't analyze them.

He only knew that, given his status as the Number One Expert in a Level Six Cultivation Country, no one on this Cultivation Planet dared to provoke him after he snatched the Heaven Defying Bead.

But the truth was not so. Several powerful Experts suddenly appeared from nowhere, possessing incredibly strong cultivation. These Cultivators launched a frantic pursuit of Situ Nan, forcing him to abandon his Physical Body and hide inside the Heaven Defying Bead, which was how he managed to escape by chance.

At the time, Situ Nan had analyzed for Wang Lin that the Cultivators who pursued him definitely were not people from this Cultivation Planet. Situ Nan was extremely certain; having reached his Realm, he knew almost all the Experts on his planet, and since Situ Nan could be called the Number One Master, his cultivation was naturally extremely strong.

Most of the opponents had cultivation comparable to his, but there was one person whom Situ Nan was absolutely sure surpassed him. If it weren't for that person's intervention, he would not have abandoned his Physical Body. Situ Nan had many friends, and even if the opponent's cultivation was comparable to his, Situ Nan was, after all, an Expert of his home planet, holding the advantage of location and human cooperation.

But after that person made a move, Situ Nan knew that even seeking people to Assist in Battle would be useless; anyone who came would die. That person's cultivation was simply not on the same level as his.

Situ Nan vaguely had an answer in his heart: that person must have come from a certain Level Seven Cultivation Country.

As he thought of this answer, the Heaven Defying Bead became even more mysterious in his eyes. Anything that a Level Seven Cultivation Country would fight over must be a rare Treasure.

Situ Nan told Wang Lin all these things in detail, and repeatedly warned Wang Lin to be cautious, cautious, and even more cautious. If the Heaven Defying Bead were exposed, both of them would be implicated, guaranteed to end up with their Bodies Destroyed and their spirits scattered (Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering).

Situ Nan analyzed that if the opponents truly came from a Level Seven Cultivation Country, issuing a Search Order to a Level Six Cultivation Country would be an extremely simple matter, so they must take precautions.

Wang Lin pondered these matters, deeply agreeing in his heart. Leaving aside whether the Heaven Defying Bead had other functions, the Time Reversal alone was already extremely Heaven-Defying. Cultivators often raced against time; to put it plainly, cultivation equals lifespan, and every time one raises a Realm, their lifespan increases accordingly.

Besides that, there was the sense of superiority that came with high cultivation. One must know that the Rank structure in the Cultivation World is extremely strict. In the eyes of Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators, what are Mortals and Qi Condensation Cultivators? Using the phrase 'Worse Than Pigs and Dogs' might sound harsh, but that is the reality.

Similarly, in the eyes of Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators, Foundation Establishment Stage and Core Formation Cultivators are essentially the same. If we compare further, in the eyes of Nascent Soul Transformation Old Monsters, Cultivators below the Soul Transformation Stage are also Worse Than Pigs and Dogs, to be killed at will.

Determination flashed in Wang Lin's eyes. He had personally experienced some of the Laws of survival in the Cultivation World. The Cultivation World is even more ruthless than the Mortal Realm: survival of the fittest, the weak are prey to the strong. If he wanted to survive, he had to become stronger!

Strong enough that everyone feared him, only then could he avoid being bullied.

"If my current cultivation reached the Soul Transformation Stage or the Nascent Soul Transformation Stage, even if I killed Teng Li, or even massacred everyone in Teng Family City, Teng Huayuan probably wouldn't dare utter a word of dissent, much less go after my parents… Strength, everything is strength. Only by becoming an Expert can one decide the fate of others." Wang Lin felt a sharp pain in his heart, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and his Divine Sense spread out within the Dream Space. Before long, he performed Hand Seals with both hands, and with a grab forward with his right hand, the surrounding glowing bodies immediately condensed, forming the shape of a "gate."

This was a function Situ Nan had discovered after the Heaven Defying Bead's Water Attribute reached Perfection: using the surrounding glowing bodies to form a Formation. Using this Formation, Wang Lin could move freely within the Dream Space.

Wang Lin stepped inside the gate. When he reappeared, he was still in the Dream Space, but the surrounding scenery was slightly different. Directly in front of Wang Lin was a giant about Three Zhang tall, floating cross-legged in mid-air, his body densely covered with countless glowing bodies.

Upon closer inspection, the giant had an ordinary appearance, but a Gloomy Aura rose sharply from him. His body was not solid but semi-transparent, especially around the chest, which was almost completely transparent, looking as if it could dissipate at any moment. Within it, traces of dense Spiritual Qi fluctuations could be seen.

At this moment, the giant's eyes were tightly closed, his body flickering between bright and dim, completely ignoring Wang Lin.

Wang Lin looked at the giant. This was not the first time he had seen Situ Nan's Nascent Soul, but every time he saw it, he was profoundly shocked. He originally thought that if the Nascent Soul was this huge, then Situ Nan's previous Physical Body must have been even larger.