Chapter 1287
[Immortal Realm Chapter] The Curse Descends, the Blood Rag Doll
For seven days, the members of the Remnant Immortal Alliance remained motionless, staying by the Milky Way in the cosmic rift to recuperate.
The Spirit Master has finally recovered most of his injuries, but forget about restoring his domain. Unless he plunders resources from the Immortal Realm, he can't expect to recover it.
He was feeling a little restless at the moment, and after thinking it over, he couldn't resist and decided to go and take a look at the entrance to ascension.
"Master, there's no need to take the risk. That Lin fellow will ascend to immortality sooner or later. Let's wait and make sure it's safe before we go. Why not?"
Some people advised that stability should be the priority.
"Yes, that makes sense."
After thinking it over, the Spirit Master nodded, sat back down in his original seat, and temporarily suppressed his thoughts.
A few more days passed.
At the entrance to ascension on the opposite bank of the Milky Way, faint flashes of lightning could be seen, as if someone was undergoing tribulation, and strange phenomena emanated from beyond the heavens.
He was filled with doubt and suspicion. Could it be that the boy was undergoing tribulation in preparation for ascension? He suddenly felt uncomfortable all over. He couldn't rest easy without going to see what Lin Shan was doing, so he decided to find out for himself.
But then someone else jumped out and advised him not to be careless.
"The Lin family will rise to power sooner or later. We can sit back and relax. As long as we keep hiding, we'll never lose. Why risk our lives?"
"Hmm, that makes sense."
The Master of the Spirit Realm readily accepted the advice and, after speaking, never mentioned the matter again.
A few more days passed.
A delicate fragrance wafted from across the Milky Way, an intoxicating aroma that seemed to elevate one's entire being, stirring the spiritual roots and awakening the comprehension within!
The Spirit Master twitched his nose, feeling that the smell was so familiar, like the sweet dew of heaven and earth.
How can it be!
On the ancient starry road, which is comparable to the era of the Absolute Law, someone can still break through to a higher realm. Does that make sense?
But the smell was too tempting, making him unable to resist the urge to go and take a look, and he couldn't help but get up.
"Master, you mustn't!"
Someone from the Immortal Remnant Alliance jumped out again, advising him not to fall for the trap.
"This is because the man surnamed Lin couldn't wait any longer and wanted to get rid of you before his ascension. So he deliberately used the lightning tribulation to confuse you and the sweet dew of heaven and earth to lure you. In reality, it was all fake, which only exposed his anxious heart!"
"Hiss~ Now that you mention it, it makes sense."
The Spirit Master stroked his beard, feeling that it was no easy feat to have survived this long, and that he should not act rashly. He wondered what tricks that kid on the other side had up his sleeve.
A few days later.
Across the Milky Way, the entrance to the ascension point is shrouded in black mist, with eerie howls and demons celebrating their new home. Bizarre and fantastical scenes occur frequently, as if a world is slowly taking shape!
"???"
This scene is a bit outrageous.
The members of the Immortal Remnant Alliance all looked up, staring at each other in bewilderment. Could it be that the kid was reconstructing the domain?
The Spirit Master was anxious and his mind was filled with distractions. After all, he had been trapped in the Microcosm for so long and had barely managed to get through the extreme depression. He really couldn't help but want to go and see what was going on.
"Master, you mustn't!"
Then someone else jumped out and advised him that a small act of impatience could ruin a great plan.
"This is a treacherous scheme by the other side! We've waited all these years, what's a little more time? It should be that kid surnamed Lin who's in a hurry now, what do you have to be anxious about?"
"Yes, that's true."
After much thought, the Spirit Master concluded that reconstructing the domain was unlikely. That kid was penniless just like him, so he was probably just putting on a show to lure him over.
Once I understood this, I slapped my thigh in relief.
good boy!
If one plan fails, another will be devised; if two plans fail, a third will be arranged.
First tribulation, then heavenly dew, and now a domain has appeared. You've got quite a variety of deceptive tricks up your sleeve.
Hmm? That's not right!
He suddenly realized that this...this sequence...how come it felt so smoothly connected?
It's somewhat like the process of breaking through the Void!
He couldn't help but recall that when they entered Linshan Star Mansion, they saw that the other party seemed to have deliberately revealed a clone at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. If that were the case...
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Breaking through to the Void Realm requires an environment like the Kongtong Realm, with the assistance of top-tier spiritual veins. Breaking through requires even more massive energy as support, far more than reconstructing a domain. Where can that kid find such an environment on the ancient starry road?
It's a wicked scheme, definitely a wicked scheme to lure me in!
After analyzing the situation, the Spirit Master cursed Lin Shan in his heart for being treacherous. This kid was really full of tricks, and he even had a scheme within a scheme, a series of schemes. He almost fell for his tricks!
Fortunately, he still had the disciples of the Immortal Alliance to offer advice and strategies. Seeing that the people around him were resourceful and intelligent, including many outstanding talents, he smiled with genuine satisfaction. These people were the foundation for his future ascension and establishment in the Immortal Realm.
This further strengthened my resolve to survive until the very end.
You're in such a hurry, trying so hard to seduce me time and time again, but I'm not going to go. I'll just wait it out. Who's afraid of who? The wait-and-see approach never loses!
Finally, more than half a month has passed.
On the ancient road of stars, Lin Shan and Xing Jianxian looked up together, and the Silent Avatar slowly finished its work.
Having survived the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulations, they obtained the sweet dew of heaven and earth, constructed the rudimentary form of their domain, and transformed their divine essence into illusory essence.
All of them were completed one by one.
The bizarre Dharma form was indeed terrifying, swallowing the powerful figures of the Blood Path Era whole and even dismembering their domains to use as nourishment for the nascent form of its own domain!
The current Annihilation Avatar exudes the aura of the Void Transformation stage, and its combat power has already subtly suppressed Lin Shan's main body.
To increase the strength of his clone so that it would be safer to deal with the Spirit Master later, he spent a lot of ancient energy to enhance the Yin-Yang Annihilation Scripture and the Yin-Yang Annihilation Bow, equipping them with complete Void Realm cultivation techniques and Xuan Tian spiritual treasures!
Ancient Rhyme has plummeted from over two thousand points when it first ascended to just over one thousand points now, and its reserves are running out!
"No, this ancient charm becomes less and less effective as it goes on. I need to find a new way to fill the gap quickly."
Lin Shan was becoming increasingly strapped for cash.
Thinking that he still had many things to strengthen after reaching the Void Realm, and that most of the possessions he had plundered in the lower realms had been used up on his journey through the Microcosm, he couldn't help but feel distressed.
Now that the Silent Avatar possesses the Mysterious Heavenly Treasure and the Mysterious Domain, it can basically go out on my behalf, so dealing with the Spirit Control Ancestor should be a piece of cake.
However, something unexpected happened: this time, the clone descended to the mortal realm to break through and, in addition to the sweet dew of heaven and earth, unexpectedly received a reward from the Heavenly Dao!
This surprised Lin Shan greatly.
Isn't the strange one unpopular? I've never seen Heaven reward me for breaking through before, so why am I suddenly getting one now?
Could it be that the Heavenly Dao of the Ancient Starry Sky Road is different from that of the Heavenly Dao of the Lower Realm, and that different treatment exists even though they are from different regions?
He snatched and drank the Heavenly Dew, which allowed his Thunder Spirit Root to break into the dark side of the laws and come into contact with the Thunder Law ahead of time, giving him a deeper understanding of the Thunder Dao. However, he was unable to snatch the Heavenly Dao's reward.
Because it's already individually bound to the Annihilation Avatar!
It is a small, blood-stained rag doll.
He took the item and examined it using the enhancement panel before understanding why he couldn't use it.
【Blood Rag Doll】(Already bound)
Quality: Tier 7 Mystic Treasure (One-time Consumable)
Description: A substitute blood body condensed from fragments of the Blood Path Era's destiny can shield oneself from one fatal attack and be resurrected from the rag doll after death.
Enhancement requirement: Cannot be enhanced
"After that blood-robed old man died, the Blood Dao Era Fate I crushed scattered around, and the Heavenly Dao collected it and gave it to my clone?"
Lin Shan was astonished. Heavenly rewards weren't given out of thin air; they were definitely distributed based on existing resources. This ancient starry road was completely barren, comparable to the era of the Absolute Laws. The only thing they could utilize was the fragment of the Blood Path Era elder's destiny, which is why they created this thing!
If we look at it this way, if a powerful being deliberately orchestrates something, wouldn't they be able to create the environment beforehand and induce the Heavenly Dao to bestow the rewards they desire?
hiss~~~
The more Lin Shan thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Having experienced two consecutive Heavenly rewards, whether in the Kongtong Realm or here, he gradually discovered some patterns. Heavenly Dao is not omnipotent. Even a skilled cook cannot make a meal without rice. It can only make use of limited resources within limited rules to do some unexpected yet reasonable things.
Isn't this another form of self-inflicted trap?
Of course, it would be a lie to say he wasn't envious of the annihilation clone, but in reality, it was no different from having it for himself.
In a critical moment, the main body can run away with the doll, leaving the Annihilation clone behind to cover the retreat.
Being able to be resurrected after death is essentially the same as saving one's own life.
With this, he felt more confident sending his clone out to hunt down the Spirit Master. The old man hadn't come up to check on him for so long that Lin Shan suspected he might have given up on the entrance and was searching for another place along the Milky Way.
Verifying this was simple; he took out the scarecrow from the Seven Arrows Book, two oil lamps, a bow, arrows, and the star-finding needle given to him by the Spirit Master.
"What are you doing? Are you trying to curse someone?"
Xingjianxian watched curiously from the side. This woman, who hadn't yelled for three days, was now up to her old tricks, asking all sorts of questions in a very casual manner.
Lin Shan ignored her, drew his bow and shot an arrow at the straw man!
In an instant, consciousness was pulled into a mysterious space.
Later, they arrived at a familiar environment, which was the path they had taken from the cosmic rift, somewhere on the other side of the Milky Way in the celestial realm.
The Spirit Master was discussing something with a group of disciples from the Immortal Remnant Alliance when he suddenly felt a tingling sensation all over his body. He immediately frowned and looked around.
"What happened to the patriarch?"
The others noticed his unusual behavior and quickly asked him what was wrong.
"It's nothing, I'm just feeling a little unwell."
The Spirit Master had not yet been persecuted by cultivators of the same level in the Microcosm, but this feeling vaguely reminded him of his past in the lower realm, somewhat like a premonition of a curse.
The next moment, an unusual phenomenon suddenly erupted!
"Croak~"
The croaking of a toad terrified everyone, who jumped back and formed a circle, staring in horror at the stomach of the Spirit Master.
It expanded rapidly, bursting through the clothes and revealing a round belly, inside which sounded like a jarring bell, as if a creature had descended from another era!
"Croak~ I am the Heavenly Toad Emperor, the number one frog on the platform for winning orders. Who has won the prize? State your name!"
"???"
This opening was so absurd it made my jaw drop.
But Lin Shan, who was watching from afar, nodded, revealing a smile of seeing an old friend again, thinking to himself that this round was in the bag.
Back then, when the immortal envoy Jinglian Jushi ascended to the mortal realm, I used the Seven Arrows of Nailhead to nail him to death on the ancient starry road. Among them, the one who jumped the most was this Heavenly Toad Void Emperor.
It's been many years since we last met, and I still miss it quite a bit.
The Spirit Master was filled with shock and rage. Anyone who suddenly had a monster jump out of their body would instinctively want to get rid of it!
Before he could do anything, his cheeks suddenly puffed out, and he couldn't help but open his mouth. A long tongue quickly stretched out, engulfing a cultivator from the Remnant Immortal Alliance in front of him, before instantly retracting into his mouth.
"Crunch~ Crunch~"
Blood flowed down the corner of his mouth, along with the cultivator's screams. Everyone was terrified!
The patriarch ate people?!
Even the Spirit Master hadn't anticipated this turn of events. He was even more bewildered than the others. Once he came to his senses, he couldn't help but vomit violently, spewing out a pile of white bones.
While coughing, he reached into his throat, wanting to pull out even the flesh he had eaten, but once it's in his stomach, it's not that easy. Who knows whose stomach it will end up in!
The Heavenly Toad Void Emperor grew increasingly arrogant, wreaking havoc inside his body and finally enraging his host.
The Spirit Master, in a fit of rage, unleashed a deadly attack, mobilizing all his illusory energy to encircle and annihilate the enemy, even slamming a palm into his own stomach!
"Croak~~~"
After struggling for quite a while, he finally managed to destroy the cursed summoned creature, which exhausted him greatly.
Lin Shan's consciousness also returned after the curse ended.
Xingjianxian had witnessed the entire scene. Seeing this, her star-like skirt trembled slightly, and she said in disbelief:
"I haven't been out for a while, and the world outside has developed to this extent? Is it now confirmed that this is the Immortal Era, and not the Cursed Era?"
The Cursed Era?
This was the first time Lin Shan had heard this term; it had never appeared before. Perhaps this was the ultimate goal that the Immortal Book Master was planning?
This idea was just a fleeting thought, but he couldn't just guess about the affairs of important figures.
Chong Jimie's clone nodded, and the other party immediately stood up and transformed into a streak of light, flying out of the Starry Sky Ancient Road to search for the person in the outer cosmic rift. With the reference from the previous scene, the location of the other party could be basically determined.
Lin Shan waited quietly in the same spot.
He silently counted the time in his mind, and when he estimated that it was about time, he picked up the bow and arrow again, aimed at the straw man, and 'snap'!
Consciousness once again vanished into the void, arriving at a familiar place.
Surprisingly, the Spirit Master did not run away, but stayed in place to recover.
They probably guessed that Lin Shan was cursing, but assumed that he was alone and too busy to come out of the Starry Sky Ancient Road to chase after them. In addition, they had the Xuanwu Spirit Boat to come and go as they pleased, so they were fearless.
But who knew that the next moment, the Annihilation Avatar shot an arrow from afar across the Milky Way!
The curse arrived as expected, instantly creating a pincer attack!
"Red umbrella, white pole, after eating, let's lie down together on the board."
Mushroom-like growths sprouted from his shoulders like bamboo shoots after a rain, singing a strange nursery rhyme in unison and grinning foolishly at him.
"I am the Mushroom King, wanna play with me?"
"not good!"
The Spirit Master had no time to deal with the cursed creature, because his Annihilation Avatar had already transformed into a rainbow and flown over.
His eyes widened in disbelief. That kid's clone hidden in the Star Palace had actually broken through to the Void Realm during this time, and right under his nose, he had pulled off a classic case of "blind spotting under the lamp"!
The members of the Yixian Alliance were also stunned. They were the ones who advised the Yuling Ancestor that a small act of impatience would ruin a great plan, and now they were the ones advising the Yuling Ancestor to flee.
"Master, don't just stand there, run!"
"Huh? Oh right, run, run first!"
The Spirit Master staggered to his feet, pulled out the Xuanwu Spirit Boat, and fled in a panic with everyone on board! (End of Chapter)