Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 831 - 826: Suspicion, Part 2

Chapter 831: Chapter 826: Suspicion, Part 2

Every time he drifted off for a while and then woke up, he found that he seemed to have switched to another cave for enlightenment.

Moreover, the previous process took very little time, several times faster than when he was conscious.

The content of his enlightenment was also clearly remembered in his heart, with nothing missing.

Since there was no harm, Lin Xin didn’t bother to intervene and let it happen as it would.

One sword technique after another, one sword path after another, he seemed to be surveying an immensely large book on the sword path.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a year had passed.

The time finally drew near.

The sword marks of the Sword Masters changed batch after batch, with old Sword Masters disappearing with their sword marks, and new Sword Masters emerging.

They were once overlords, recorded in history.

Yet now, they stood before Lin Xin, imparting all their lifelong learning to him.

Finally, time moved.

Lin Xin slowly walked out from a cave.

His eyes were incomparably deep, as if red stars flickered within them.

Rumble!!!

The entire Sword Hall suddenly shattered.

The white buildings on both sides collapsed like sand sculptures, turning into countless streams of white sand.

Lin Xin sighed long and hard, knowing that the Sword Hall had completely collapsed. He had only mastered ninety-nine different sword techniques, and it became increasingly difficult the further he progressed. He increasingly felt his body straining, and many pieces of information clashed and contradicted each other in his mind.

Upon reaching the ninety-ninth sword technique, he even felt that if he continued to inherit them, his own sword path realm might be shaken and disturbed.

"The Sword Hall was indeed worth the trip!"

He stood in the center, countless white lights rotating and bursting around him, turning everything into chaos, making it impossible to see or discern anything.

Time seemed to stand still, or perhaps it had passed for a long time.

Suddenly, his vision blurred, and he realized that he had unknowingly returned to the skies above the main sect of Green Lake Mountain.

The Universal Heavenly Venerable, who appeared as if untainted, was quietly waiting in front, casting his gaze over, seemingly assessing and judging.

"It looks like you have reaped great rewards," the Universal Heavenly Venerable transmitted his voice.

"Indeed,"

Lin Xin nodded.

"Have you found a way to resolve the aftereffects?"

"I have a clue," Lin Xin smiled, albeit stiffly and without any emotion, yet clearly in high spirits.

The flaw of the Supreme Jiuyue Divine Wind Sword lay in that, at the final sword, when all emotions were stripped away, the Sword Master would fall into a state of utter emptiness, believing everything to be meaningless. Over time, nine out of ten would eventually choose to commit suicide.

But the first-generation Divine Wind Sword Master had given him an ultimate solution.

"Then that is good," the Universal Heavenly Venerable also sighed in relief. The situation at Green Lake Mountain was currently very bad.

The Jiu Se Divine Lord arrogated his troops and refused to follow orders. The Sherie Divine Monarch, because of his connection with the Dragon Snake Heavenly Venerable, was still supportive. If Lin Xin encountered any issues himself, it would be hard to turn the tide.

"As one of the highest combat forces in the main sect currently, would the Divine Monarch be willing to attend the grand meeting of the Six Departments?" The Universal Heavenly Venerable’s tone was as gentle as possible.

"Since it is a sect meeting, I will naturally participate."

Having reaped benefits, Lin Xin naturally had to reciprocate.

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A few hours later, at the Golden Crown of Winter in Green Lake Mountain, Dou Yuanjing Court.

As a war conference hall dedicated to researching battle conditions and discussing strategies, Dou Yuanjing Court had powerful defensive power comparable to the Heavenly Alliance’s headquarters and was itself within a warped space-time labyrinth.

This labyrinth was far superior to the one Lin Xin had set up in the Netherworld.

It contained countless space-time wormholes. A wrong step could instantly send someone to an unknown and extremely distant place.

It could be the Abyss, the Heavenly Realm, or some extremely dangerous deathtrap.

And all these transmissions were one-way.

Dou Yuanjing Court’s structure was different from a regular conference hall.

In the entire long rectangle of Dou Yuanjing Court, both sides were densely packed with countless golden crystal stones, each being hollow inside, serving as the seats for every Heavenly Venerable attending the meeting.

The crystal stones themselves had the effect of isolating Primordial Spirit Holy Light, effectively preventing too much concentrated Holy Light from mixing together and causing troublesome changes.

Through the golden crystal stones, all the Heavenly Venerables could easily communicate their divine senses, and in the center of the hall, trigger a special grand formation to manifest various scenarios they wanted to express.

The manifested scenarios could be lifelike and comparable to reality, making it the best war simulation sandbox.

The meeting gradually began.

On both sides of the hall, the golden crystal stones embedded in the walls gradually lit up one by one.

All the crystal stones were the same size, but their brightness varied.

Among them, the three at the very front were extremely bright, almost comparable to small suns.

In one of these three crystal stones.

Lin Xin sat on a crystal seat, his whole body radiating a constant milky white light, making it impossible to look directly at him.

His gaze penetrated the crystal stone, immediately seeing all the Heavenly Venerables of Green Lake Mountain within the other crystal stones.

His master Dragon Snake and the Immortal Elder of Jiuqu were the first he focused on, nodding slightly in greeting before he swept his eyes to other directions.

There were many Heavenly Venerables he didn’t recognize, but there were also some he did.

The Combat Heavenly Venerable, who was once a towering presence, had shrunken several times over. His true form was a three-headed, six-armed, Three-Eyes giant.

Also present was the middle-aged man who had once led the team to kill Shadow City experts, Shen Lue Heavenly Venerable, quietly conversing with a female disciple behind him.

There was also the Nine Nether Heavenly Venerable who had once been impersonated by the Soul Sect, a wizened old man with hardly any flesh on his bones, currently groping a voluptuous and beautiful woman in his arms.

The other Heavenly Venerables had varied appearances. Most were of the Human Race, while some were from different races, yet all had incredibly powerful auras, most being at the peak of Planet Level.

It was evident that the strength of Green Lake Mountain’s Heavenly Venerables indeed surpassed that of other sects.

Everyone had noticed Lin Xin within the crystal stone.

"Sherie Divine Monarch is here too, it seems he has broken through to the Heavenly Venerable Realm."

"Two Heavenly Venerables in one sect, indeed a cause for celebration, a rare occurrence through the ages!"

"A good disciple trained by the Dragon Snake, truly enviable for all."

Everyone expressed their envious congratulations.

The Dragon Snake couldn’t help but wear a proud smile; who wouldn’t feel smug after training such an outstanding top-tier disciple?

Lin Xin also politely responded to the greetings of various Heavenly Venerables one by one.

But not all the Heavenly Venerables harbored goodwill toward the master and disciple duo.

Some remained silent, exchanging divine senses with another prominent presence within a dazzling crystal stone.

The Universal Heavenly Venerable, sitting within the crystal stone, also sighed. Apart from him and Lin Xin, the other brightly shining crystal stone housed none other than the Jiu Se Divine Lord.

As for Wei Ning and Yuan Yi, although they were Great Saints, their cultivation had not yet reached the level of Heavenly Venerable, so they were not qualified to enter here.

He looked toward Jiu Se, seeing him sit cross-legged with a smile, his face peaceful, his chest exposed with a pure white glow emanating from a crack in his chest.

His entire body exuded an extremely strong Buddha Domain aura.

"Alright," the Universal Heavenly Venerable clapped his hands, the crisp sound resonating throughout the hall.

"The reason for inviting everyone this time is to discuss the imminent catastrophe,"

All the Heavenly Venerables gradually quieted down.

A total of twenty crystal stones glowed faintly, including the newly promoted Lin Xin.

As Lin Xin glanced around, he realized another Heavenly Venerable had fallen in battle, a star extinguished.

"Imminent catastrophe? Isn’t the current situation already a catastrophe!?"

One yellow-haired Heavenly Venerable’s divine sense stirred.

That was indeed the key everyone wanted to know. With two Heavenly Venerables having already perished, was this still not considered a catastrophe?

What level would it have to reach to be considered one?

"Of course not," the Universal Heavenly Venerable said calmly.

"The catastrophe could break out at any moment, perhaps tomorrow, perhaps the day after, perhaps next year.... no one can say for certain."

"May I ask the Acting Sect Master, since the Void Demon Spirits are not the catastrophe, and the Heavenly Demon Army Master is not the catastrophe, then what is the catastrophe?"

An old woman leaning on a cane asked in a deep voice.

At this question, everyone fell silent, waiting for the Universal Heavenly Venerable’s answer.

Even Lin Xin was no exception.

Given the Heavenly Demon Army Master’s strength, not considering this a catastrophe, what kind of strength would the true catastrophe have?

Just speculating a bit, he felt a chill in his heart.

"The true catastrophe is the collapse of the Lotus of Operation."

The Universal Heavenly Venerable paused, then spoke slowly with a strained voice.

"The Lotus of Operation? Collapse!?"

Immediately, the entire hall plunged into a storm of mixed divine senses.

What was the Lotus of Operation?

It was the manifestation of the rules governing the many cosmic worlds and the operation of the entire great cosmic void.

It was omnipotent and all-encompassing.

If the great cosmic void, which contained countless cosmic worlds, could be compared to an extremely complex machine, then the Lotus of Operation was its rules and principles. It dictated how the machine had to operate to produce fixed effects.

This was the Lotus of Operation.

If it encountered problems, the machine halting would be a minor issue; the fear was that the entire great cosmic void would collapse.

When everything lost its regulatory constraints.

Matter would become chaos, energy would turn into stormy currents. Even life would lose the foundation of its structure.

At that time, would even souls remain as souls?

After a period of excitement, all the Heavenly Venerables fell silent.

"Thus, the reason for inviting you all this time is to create a grand Holy Land to withstand the catastrophe. Building on the grand formation set up by the Taoist Ancestor of Green Lake Mountain, we will reinforce and fortify it, to ensure maximum survival under the catastrophe. This is the only way we can think of."

The Universal Heavenly Venerable spoke calmly, but there was still a trace of helplessness in his tone.

"Who will resist the Void Demon Spirits when we leave?"

Shen Lue Heavenly Venerable asked.

"For the greater good, we can only ask the Jiu Se Divine Lord to take on the burden...."

"I refuse,"

The Jiu Se Divine Lord suddenly transmitted his divine sense, interrupting the Universal Heavenly Venerable’s words.

The hall fell silent at once, as everyone sensed something amiss.

The Universal Heavenly Venerable’s face turned somewhat grim, his gaze fixed tightly on the Jiu Se Divine Lord’s crystal stone.

"Divine Lord Jiu Se, what do you mean by this? At this critical moment of life or death for Green Lake Mountain, with the Abyssal Realm Artifact you possess to isolate and suppress entirely, you can easily hold off the advancing army of Void Demon Spirits."