Chapter 991: Alliance Secrets, Birds Scatter

The whirlpool beneath it roared and surged skyward, an unimaginable suction force erupting from within, making it impossible for the Talisman Tribe's Sacred Ancestor to struggle. Pulled by countless chains, she was slowly dragged back into the roaring, rising whirlpool.

The woman's expression was desolate, and runes flickered between her eyebrows. With each flicker, a booming sound echoed, and large sections of the chains around her body would shatter, turning into torn souls that shrieked and dissipated, sucked into the Burial Immortal Whirlpool.

But almost as soon as they shattered, countless souls immediately rushed out of the Burial Immortal Whirlpool, re-forming into new chains that continued to pull relentlessly.

This scene caused all who witnessed it to fall silent, their minds deeply shaken.

The woman let out a tragic laugh. She had been Sealed here for far too many years, and her cultivation was long gone. If Qing Lin's Divided Soul hadn't been present, she might have had a slight chance to escape through struggle, but now, there was no opportunity at all.

Amidst her tragic laugh, her hollow eye sockets seemed to regain some vitality. Although she had no eyes, at this moment, a wisp of green Qi circulated within her eye sockets, seemingly replacing her eyes and giving her a lively aura.

She looked at Qing Lin's Divided Soul, who was preventing her escape, and laughed tragically, "In my entire life, the person I hate the most is you, Qing Lin!"

"Back then, my Talisman Tribe offended the Venerable Master, and we had no choice but to flee into this Sealed Realm, which the Venerable Master could not control. We had hoped to avoid disputes here, wishing only to survive wholeheartedly and stay far from death.

The war with your Immortal Realm was also because your Immortal Realm coveted my Talisman Tribe's Origin power and attacked first. Must my Talisman Tribe simply submit?! That great war lasted for far too long. Your Immortal Realm used every means possible, and you, in order to seize my tribe's supreme treasure, the Sacred Bottle, killed countless powerful experts of my Talisman Tribe!

If it were only that, it would be fine; casualties are inevitable in a war between two realms. But you, as an Immortal Emperor, as the strongest expert within the Four Great Immortal Realms, why did you deceive the fragile heart of a woman like me!

You said that I would be your Talisman Concubine. For you, I, Qiu Yao, betrayed my tribe, willingly becoming your concubine, only wishing to secure a place for my Talisman Tribe to reside within this Sealed Realm.

You said you liked my eyes. For you, I dug out my eyes, which contained the power of the Talisman Tribe's Legacy from the Primordial Age, accumulated over countless eons, and even a trace of the power from the very beginning of the Primordial Era—the Primordial Power that every Sacred Ancestor of my Talisman Tribe had to inherit—and willingly gave them to you!

Do you still remember that scene? Do you remember the fresh blood on my eyes, the blood left in my eye sockets… You said too much, too much. Every time, I tried my best, and even when you Sealed me here, suppressing the monstrous souls in the Burial Immortal Pool, I was still willing.

By your side, I was not a Sacred Ancestor, but merely your concubine. I loved you…"

The smile on the woman's face grew even more tragic, black blood continuously flowing down like tears. But these tears were too desolate, tears of blood, unable to express the countless past events flashing through the woman's mind.

"Why!! Why did I do everything, and yet you still deceived me? You promised me a realm for my Talisman Tribe, you promised me that my Talisman Tribe's descendants would live on forever, and you even said that one day, you would lead my Talisman Tribe back outside the Sealed Realm!

All of this was what you said back then. I, Qiu Yao, was too foolish to actually believe you. I permanently suppressed souls for you in this Burial Immortal Pool, even though I clearly sensed this was a disguised Seal, I still chose to believe you.

If not for today, when I sensed a tribesman approaching and appeared at all costs to see a tribesman, I would never have known that my Talisman Tribe never had a realm at all, and that after I was Sealed, my Talisman Tribe became slaves to your Immortal Realm!!!!

What makes me hate you even more, Qing Lin, is that you are a heartless person, without any emotion, made of iron! Ordinary slave marks could never Seal my Talisman Tribe for all eternity. That slave mark clearly originated from the Primordial Power within the eyes I gave you, and only such a mark could Seal my Talisman Tribe!!

The eyes you obtained from me, that trace of Primordial Power, you even used that Primordial Power to infuse countless slave marks, making all of my Talisman Tribe within the Four Great Immortal Realms into slaves worse than ants!! Worshipping your Immortals for generations."

More black blood-tears flowed from the woman's eyes, seemingly endlessly, carrying her countless eons of expectation and the torrent of hatred that erupted after it shattered in an instant.

"Qing Lin, your Clone is here, so you are not dead. Do you dare to show yourself and see me!!!" The woman's shrill voice echoed, laced with a tragic laugh, as her body was slowly dragged into the Burial Immortal Whirlpool.

Just as her body was about to be completely submerged in the Burial Immortal Whirlpool, the woman suddenly looked up, the runes between her eyebrows flickering wildly, immediately detaching themselves from her brow. Even Wang Lin could clearly see the blood vessels connecting to the runes. At the moment of detachment, he could imagine the pain.

But this pain, for the woman, was far less than the stab in her heart. She raised her right hand, grabbed the rune between her eyebrows, and, disregarding the pain, yanked it out fiercely, pulling the rune directly from her brow and tossing it upwards.

Tashan had always been nearby. The scenes before him brought him some understanding, but his eyes still showed confusion. The rune thrown by the woman arrived with lightning speed, branding itself onto Tashan's brow. With a stinging pain, it deeply merged within.

After throwing the rune, the woman became extremely weak and gradually sank into the Burial Immortal Whirlpool. Her eyes, swirling with green Qi, looked at Wang Lin and murmured, "You helped my Talisman Tribe… I, Qiu Yao, will not forget those who are kind to my Talisman Tribe…"

A tragic smile reappeared on her face. She raised her hands and fiercely stabbed her own eyes. As her body trembled violently, the two green lights that had replaced her eyes were pulled out. She flung them towards Wang Lin, and these two green lights immediately merged into one, heading straight for Wang Lin.

"Besides our innate runes, which are renowned outside this realm, my Talisman Tribe also possesses the Art of Withered Runes. This is the method for creating Withered Runes. With your care for my Talisman Tribe, you can allow my Talisman Tribe's descendants to add the power of runes for you."

Wang Lin received the green light orb, and the woman's Divine Thought immediately entered his ears.

After a deep gaze at Qing Lin's ever-cold Divided Soul, the woman's body completely sank into the Burial Immortal Whirlpool. In this instant, the surroundings fell silent. Even the countless souls within the whirlpool, at the moment the woman sank, all merged into the whirlpool with her.

Only the roaring sound of the whirlpool's rotation slowly rose and fell. The whirlpool also gradually sank, seemingly about to disappear from the huge deep pit in the ground.

Holding the green light orb, with Wang Lin's intelligence, he naturally understood the meaning behind the gift from the woman named Qiu Yao. According to her, the so-called Art of Withered Runes required the power of the Talisman Tribe, serving as an invisible chain to connect Wang Lin with the Talisman Tribe.

"She has such confidence; it seems this Withered Rune is by no means ordinary!" Wang Lin's eyes flickered, his mind recalling the battle with the Yao family in the Luo Tian Star Domain, and the yellow paper talismans that could Seal Origin energy… "Could it be…" Wang Lin's eyes narrowed.

Just then, the previously dormant Burial Immortal Whirlpool suddenly underwent another shocking change. Qiu Yao's figure abruptly reappeared in the center of the continuously sinking whirlpool. With a venomous shriek, a thunderous, earth-shattering sound erupted from within the whirlpool.

"Qing Lin, even if I die, I will not let you go!" The moment this voice echoed, a large number of souls immediately surged from the Burial Immortal Pool. These souls spread out, not rushing out, but continuously collapsing. With the collapse of each soul, the Burial Immortal Pool also trembled.

"You used me to suppress these souls; you should know that over these countless years, I have merged with this Burial Immortal Pool. They won't let me leave, and you won't let me leave. So, let us perish together!"

As Qiu Yao's venomous words echoed, the entire Burial Immortal Pool collapsed with a crash. Countless souls were torn apart, completely disintegrated, transforming into threads of destructive power that merged into the whirlpool. Almost instantly, as the whirlpool continuously absorbed this power, it underwent astonishing changes.

It suddenly rose from the deep pit, transforming into a massive cyclone that shot straight towards the Nine Heavens. The power contained within this cyclone could pulverize all living beings. At this moment, Void Realm Child's face changed drastically. He swept up the village girl, the beautiful woman, and the woman suspected to be the Kunxu Saintess, and immediately fled into the distance.

Heavenly Fate Child and the others did the same. For a time, everyone scattered like birds.

The cyclone roared and swept out, immediately causing the surrounding heaven and earth to collapse over a large area with rumbling sounds. What collapsed was not only the Void Realm, but also the edges of the Immortal Caves that had been Sealed by Loose Devils.

The cyclone rushed out in an instant, and amidst the sounds of resentful, sharp laughter, an object gradually floated up from the depths of the cyclone.

This object was a ten-zhang-sized black pool, filled with black blood, emitting waves of eerie Qi. But strangely, this eerie Qi was actually Immortal Qi!

The Burial Immortal Pool!

Around this black pool, countless ferocious Vicious Beasts were carved, along with a large number of twisted, suffering human faces. The moment this object appeared, a terrifying aura wildly emanated, and outside the Immortal Cave, in the Immortal Spirit Heavenly Realm, at this very instant, winds and clouds reversed, heaven and earth lost their color, and rumbling thunder echoed throughout the former Demon Spirit Land.

Even in the starry sky outside the Demon Spirit Land, earth-shattering changes occurred at this moment. The East Sea Whirlpool spun rapidly, drawing in all the surrounding heaven and earth origin energy, causing this East Sea Whirlpool to continuously expand, growing wildly outwards. Some Cultivators passing by in the vicinity were even directly caught, their Physical Bodies collapsing with a boom, and even their Primordial Spirits could not escape, dying tragically.

This terrifying turn of events immediately attracted the attention of too many people!

And at this moment, inside this Immortal Emperor's Immortal Cave, before everyone could see clearly, a crack immediately appeared on the Burial Immortal Pool with a bang.

Immediately after, amidst a series of cracking sounds, more and more cracks appeared. In an instant, this Burial Immortal Pool, once renowned in the Immortal Realm, collapsed with a boom. All the Burial Immortal souls within it were torn to shreds, forming an unimaginable impact that spread wildly outwards.

Qing Lin's Divided Soul did not dodge. Instead, at the moment the impact of the Burial Immortal Pool's collapse spread, he closed his eyes, transforming into a multitude of crystal points that dissipated within the Immortal Cave.

With that impact, the entire area was enveloped in a deafening, earth-shattering sound. The force of the impact was too astonishing. As it swept through, the Loose Devils' Seals around them collapsed, revealing the true appearance of the Immortal Cave. Furthermore, under that impact, everyone, including Wang Lin, was pushed by a great force, sent endlessly rumbling in all directions.

Inside this Immortal Cave, everyone was forcibly scattered by the power generated from the collapse of the Burial Immortal Pool!

Even Void Realm Child, under this impact, immediately turned pale and was injured. He couldn't spare a thought for the village girl, the beautiful woman, and the pink-clad woman. His body was violently impacted, and he slammed into a Restriction in front of an Immortal Cave. The light of the Restriction flashed, and his figure disappeared.

As for the village girl, the beautiful woman, and the pink-clad woman, they also scattered, each hitting a surrounding Restriction and disappearing without a trace.

Heavenly Fate Child continuously retreated, his eyes revealing a strange light. He stepped with an odd gait, and with a rush, disappeared into a Restriction outside a distant pavilion.

Almost everyone dissipated while retreating.

Wang Lin and Situ Nan were also forced apart by this impact. Situ Nan roared and his figure swayed. The immense force from the impact was simply irresistible. After spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood, he disappeared into a Restriction in the sky.

Wang Lin's body also trembled. Under the force of the impact, his entire body felt as if his bones were shattering. Intense pain came, and he spat out fresh blood, landing in a patch of flowers on the ground. Perhaps he touched a Restriction, and amidst the flashing light, his figure slowly dissipated.

But just as his body was about to dissipate, a crystal light suddenly arrived at an extremely fast speed from the whirlpool formed by the collapsed Burial Immortal Pool.

This crystal light broke through all the Restrictions in its way, heading straight for Wang Lin. It arrived almost instantly, and to Wang Lin's astonishment, it actually penetrated Wang Lin's Storage Pouch, rushing directly inside and merging into the yellow crystal within Wang Lin's Storage Pouch, which he had received from the mysterious man in the great hall.

"Qing Lin's Divided Soul!!" This was the last thought that flashed through Wang Lin's mind before his body dissipated. At the moment the crystal light arrived, he clearly saw Qing Lin's Divided Soul within it!

The collapse of the Burial Immortal Pool caused a violent tremor in this Immortal Emperor's Immortal Cave. All who entered this place were scattered, landing in different positions, triggering the Restrictions here, and were teleported to various places.

Perhaps it was fate; the moment Wang Lin's figure dissipated, the woman covered in Demonic Qi and scars on her face also landed not far from where Wang Lin disappeared, under that impact. In that patch of flowers, she triggered a Restriction and vanished without a trace, going to the same place Wang Lin was teleported to.

After a long time, the impact here dissipated, leaving the ground in ruins, with only the deep pit remaining, emitting a faint chill. The Burial Immortal Pool had also turned into countless fragments, dissipating into various Restrictions along with the impact.

Here, it was utterly silent. After an unknown period, a person struggled out of the deep pit in the ground. This person had a large head and a small body, and fear still lingered in his eyes as he crawled out.

Behind him, the Three Sons of Chen Dao and everyone else who had been sucked in earlier, except for one Disciple of the village girl and the beautiful woman, and the Elder surnamed Sun who had lost his Star Scarred Marten, all climbed out.

They were silent, looking around, still shaken.

No one noticed that in the distance, a Star Scarred Marten flashed over. Its speed was too fast, and everyone was still recovering from their ordeal, only feeling a blur before their eyes as the Star Scarred Marten rushed into the deep pit and headed downwards.

Its eyes showed intelligence. It could clearly feel that in the deepest part below, there was an aura that fascinated it and made it want to go crazy… I've added a thousand words. Also, I'm earnestly asking for monthly votes, very, very earnestly asking for monthly votes. Esteemed sirs, please comfort Er Gen's fragile heart, which is on the verge of collapsing due to the computer; please give monthly votes.