She considers me as her younger brother.
Lin Xun was touched, and the image of Qing Ying's green clothes, blood-colored umbrella, and enchanting beauty appeared in his mind.
"Let's not talk about that."
Zhong Qiu sat on the ground, "I overheard the conversation between you two just now, and I only have one thing to tell you."
Lin Xun also sat down, revealing an attentive expression.
"I have been in the Underworld for countless years, and what I am waiting for is nothing more than this Nirvana of Transcendence, to see who can become the unique lotus that Master divined.
"I hope it will be you, but it's just a hope."
Zhong Qiu's voice echoed in the quiet hall.
"What if I am not?" Lin Xun asked.
Zhong Qiu thought for a while and said, "Disappointment is inevitable, but it doesn't matter. Who was the one who made you my junior brother?"
At the end, he couldn't help but laugh.
It seemed to be a joke, but Lin Xun's heart was churning.
Lin Xun knew very well that the pressure that Second Senior Brother Zhong Qiu was facing in order to protect him was so great that he was in danger of being hated by all the heavens!
Zhong Qiu glanced at Lin Xun, as if he saw through his thoughts. "You don't have to worry about me or feel that you owe me something.
"This time, no matter how the Nirvana of Transcendence plays out, I will not stay in this Underworld anymore, so even if the whole world is my enemy, I am not afraid."
"What about Copper Sparrow House?" Lin Xun couldn't help but ask.
Copper Sparrow House was one of the Three Dark Giants, and its power had long spread throughout the starry sky. Since his second senior brother was the one who created Copper Sparrow House, wouldn’t he be worried that his organization would suffer a devastating blow?
Zhong Qiu smiled and said casually, "As long as I don't die, no one would dare to destroy Copper Sparrow House unless they don't want to continue living."
Lin Xun believed that assertion.
His second senior brother was undoubtedly powerful. Looking at the heavens, he could be regarded as the most outstanding supreme figure in this day and age.
If he was determined to take revenge on someone, which sect would not be afraid?
"What about Heavenly Emperor Shi?" Lin Xun asked. He was most worried about that person.
Zhong Qiu couldn't help but frown and said, "Junior Brother, do you think your second senior brother is not as good as your eldest senior brother?"
Lin Xun smiled bitterly, "How would I dare to think that?"
Zhong Qiu continued, "Since the previous Nameless Emperor was suppressed and defeated by our eldest senior brother, then Heavenly Emperor Shi... Of course I will have to deal with him."
His tone was casual, but full of contempt.
"I didn't come here to talk about this mundane stuff with you this time." Zhong Qiu sorted out his thoughts and then said, "In a month, the Nirvana of Transcendence will descend. Those who enter it will be imprisoned and unable to use any treasures and external forces they carry.
"This also means that in this competition, you can only rely on your own dao."
Hearing this, Lin Xun frowned and then relaxed.
He had many treasures on him, such as the Dao Endless Pagoda and a whole host of Kunlun emperor weapons. All of these were top-notch treasures.
Putting aside all these treasures, the existence of Yezi, Wuque, and the Broken Blade spirit were also of great help in times of crisis.
However, neither the treasures nor the power of Yezi and the others could be used in the Nirvana of Transcendence.
Thus Lin Xun had lost access to some of his trump cards.
Similarly, other experts who entered would also face the same situation!
Zhong Qiu observed the changes in Lin Xun's expression and was satisfied. All in all, the competition for the great dao was ultimately about one's own dao, not external help.
"In addition, the most mysterious and terrifying thing about the Nirvana of Transcendence is the power of reincarnation. This kind of law power has only appeared in the beginning of the primeval times. According to Master, once you get lost in the power of reincarnation, no matter how powerful you are, you will lose everything."
Zhong Qiu continued seriously, "Junior Brother, when you enter this secret realm, you must remember that if you encounter reincarnation, making sure you end up 'awakening' is the most important thing."
Lin Xun nodded, and he suddenly remembered an event in his past.
In his ninth trial of the Great Azure Cloud Path in the Omega Secret-Realm, he had entered a cycle of reincarnation and floated for twenty years in another identity. In the end, he finally found himself.[1]
Was this kind of reincarnation the same as the power of reincarnation mentioned by his second senior brother?
"In addition, what you need to guard against are the attacks from the foreign lands." Zhong Qiu stated, which happened to be what Lin Xun wanted to ask about next.
According to Zhong Qiu, the threat from the foreign lands was actually very likely to come from the other side of the cosmos!
What kind of world was the other side of the cosmos, and how big was that world? Unfortunately, Zhong Qiu couldn’t give him a clear answer.
The only thing that was certain was that on the other side of the cosmos, there were cultivators above the Emperor Stage. In addition, there were so-called immortal and eternal powers and the supreme laws of fate and time!
Such a world was destined to be far different from the Ancient Nebula Road.
All in all, the Ancient Nebula Road was just a ‘road’ leading to the other side.
Therefore, how could a road be compared with a world?
"So, the threats from the foreign lands are very likely to come from the same place and in the same camp as Heavenly Emperor Shi?" Lin Xun narrowed his black eyes slightly.
After thinking for a while, Zhong Qiu responded, "It is very likely that they are coming from the same place, but whether they are from the same camp is uncertain.
"No matter how powerful Heavenly Emperor Shi is, he is nothing more than a cultivator. He alone cannot represent the entire other side of the cosmos.
"After the appearance of the Nirvana of Transcendence, the reason why those who enter will be targeted by these terrifying beings from the foreign lands is because of the appearance of the Eternal Supremacy Path.
"This path is too terrifying. Only one person can step upon it throughout time. Once someone has become the only lotus that blooms from this Calamity of Ruin, they will basically be the only person who has the illustrious foundation of ‘only I am immortal and indestructible’ within the Emperor Stage.
"If such an anomaly appears, it will be enough to arouse the fear of anyone within any world!"
At this point, Zhong Qiu asked, "Junior Brother, do you understand now?"
Lin Xun nodded.
How could he not understand? After all, he had been regarded as an anomaly since he was a young cultivator. Those hostile forces believed that if he was not eradicated, then he would become their calamity in the future.
His past circumstances were actually very similar to the person who would end up on the Eternal Supremacy Path. Who in the universe would willingly allow someone else to become ‘only I am immortal and indestructible’ within the Emperor Stage?
Zhong Qiu did not stay for too long after explaining that and soon left.
Before leaving, he told Lin Xun that after the appearance of the Nirvana of Transcendence, any expert who had the qualification to enter would be able to sense how to get there.
At that time, Lin Xun could go there on his own.
From this day on, Lin Xun stayed in the secret realm. His dao had reached the great perfection of his current realm, but he never had the habit of sitting on his laurels.
His five dao bodies were entrenched within their respective organs. Each was comprehending different inheritances, while his original body was concentrating on studying the classics left by Mister Lu.
One was the Killing Array of Perishment, which was also called the All-Heaven Ninth Array, and the other was the Heaven Slaughtering Dao Severing array which had only been deduced about halfway, but it was significantly stronger than the Killing Array of Perishment.
Days passed.
The atmosphere in the Underworld had also become oppressive. No one knew just how many people were silently waiting for the arrival of the third Calamity of Ruin.
The vicious people who lived in the Underworld had been holding back recently. In fact, they had become extremely low-key and almost dared not to show their faces.
After all, there were too many powerful people from the Ancient Nebula Road in the Underworld now, and there were even many Emperors among them!
"I don't know...whether Lin Xun will participate in the competition in the Nirvana of Transcendence..."
In Thousand Star City, Mi Wuya woke up from his meditation session and suddenly thought of Lin Xun. His originally clear and calm state of mind began to become a bit agitated.
In the past, he was the number one on the All Heavens Saint-King Rankings, dominating his peers for six hundred years. However, Lin Xun had broken all the records he had created.
Despite this, Mi Wuya still admired and respected Lin Xun in his heart. The so-called "I am not alone in my way" was just like that.
"He was not afraid during that unprecedented chess game, so how could he not show up this time?"
Also in Thousand Star City, Ling Hongzhuang was also filled with emotion. Although Lin Xun was being hunted down by Heavenly Emperor Shi, no one who mentioned him dared to despise or slander him as before!
This was the prestige he earned from killing and the power of pure might!
Of course, there were many people who thought differently from Mi Wuya and Ling Hongzhuang. They only had one thought towards Lin Xun: They hoped that Lin Xun would be killed!
"Xuanyue, don't think about him anymore. You and him...are not from the same world at all."
In the Underworld, in a city in a domain.
Brave Gale Sword Emperor of the Ancient Imperial Jintian Clan gazed at Jintian Xuanyue who was sitting in front of the window in a daze. He couldn't help but pity her as he sighed.
Back then on Whirlwind Ship, it was Brave Gale Sword Emperor who had proposed that Jintian Xuanyue follow Lin Xun to cultivate.
Unfortunately, now, Brave Gale Sword Emperor was second guessing his previous decision.
He had suddenly discovered that Jintian Xuanyue, the proudest descendant of their Jintian Clan and regarded as the most beautiful woman in the White Emperor Star Region, was destined to have no chance with Lin Xun in future.
Their paths were too different from each other.
Even if she exhausted all her strength and tried her best to chase him, he was destined to drift away.
"Ancestor, I don't have any unreasonable thoughts about the young master. I know that people like the young master will definitely go higher and farther on the path of the dao in the future, and he is not someone I can catch up with..."
Jintian Xuanyue was silent for a moment before continuing softly, "I...I’m just a little worried. In this world now, other than Copper Sparrow House, who...else can accommodate him?"
She was dressed in white, pure and beautiful, just like before, with a fairy-like charm making her look as beautiful as a painting.
After the trip to the Ancient Immortal Zone ended, she, Xie Yuhua, and Leng Xiujia were rescued by Ling Kezi's master, Emperor Ancestor Chantu.
Since then, she had been separated from Lin Xun.
Over the years, whenever she reminisced about the time when she had followed Lin Xun and ventured into the Great Primordial Chaos World, she would end up feeling lost and indescribably depressed.
Brave Gale Sword Emperor sighed in his heart. Since ancient times, unrequited love had always been the cruelest thing for one to experience. How could an old man like him, who had experienced countless things, not tell what Xuanyue was thinking?
1. The raws in this chapter actually said eighth trial, but if you go back to 1409, it was actually the ninth and final trial where he underwent ‘reincarnation.’ ☜