Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 878 - 873 Gathering One

Chapter 878: Chapter 873 Gathering One

Prague left.

At the same time, Lin Xin’s orders were conveyed.

Lin Xin sat on the throne, gazing at the silent and empty great hall, recalling that strange dream from the past.

"Indeed.... Lingling and An Ying disappeared long ago, this is a flaw in my heart, yet Xia took advantage of it."

He understood what the true dark gate was.

Lin Yaoyang, having stayed in the Qiushi Region for so long, under Xia’s watchful eyes, was the easiest to manipulate.

Moreover, back when I was still weak, it was incredibly easy for Xia to plant a dark gate on me.

"Do you understand now?"

In the great hall, a semi-transparent, illusory figure slowly appeared.

It was a black bronze-colored infant corpse, stitched all over with threads.

The infant looked at Lin Xin with a bizarre, inexplicably proud gaze.

"I never thought my casual investment back then would yield such good returns, truly impressive...."

Xia spoke in a voice full of intoxication.

"You’re showing yourself now, aren’t you afraid I’ll consume you?" Lin Xin looked at Xia calmly, his expression unchanging.

"You can’t do it." Xia sneered coldly. "Inside Lin Yaoyang’s body, there’s an evil spirit seed I’ve been planting for a long time. Even if the Heavenly Venerable were to be affected, they’d have to obey me.

Let alone the fact that all this time, I’ve placed an evil seed inside her that’s several times stronger than ordinary evil spirit seeds."

Lin Xin’s heart sank.

No wonder Xia could freely come and go in the Netherworld; it turns out he had already completely found his fatal flaw.

"An evil seed grows as strong as its host body. You can stop dreaming about breaking free from my control."

Xia sneered again.

"Even if you’re powerful enough to suppress the evil seed’s strength, it’s impossible to remove it, because it’s absorbing your power—it’s a part of you."

As soon as he finished speaking.

Lin Xin immediately saw a vivid jade butterfly pattern appear on the back of his fair hand, wings spread as if it were about to take flight.

That butterfly, crisp and jade green, seemed as if it were embedded into his hand like a carved gem.

"When did you do this?" Lin Xin’s surroundings slowly began to distort.

A whirlwind of pure purification light swirled rapidly around him, quickly suppressing the butterfly.

Xia was in no hurry at the sight.

The evil seed could never truly control Lin Xin, a fact he’d long understood, but Lin Xin couldn’t completely eradicate it either. Its power could only be suppressed.

Thus, he had a bargaining chip for negotiations now.

As long as he achieved his goal, his investment in Lin Xin could be wholly recouped in one go.

He watched with a smirk as Lin Xin used the purifying force to quickly suppress the jade butterfly.

"You truly cannot eradicate it. You reveal yourself now, it seems you believe you have the qualifications to negotiate with me."

Lin Xin said calmly.

"Naturally." Xia’s young body took a few steps forward. "You came specifically to this secluded hall, dismissing everyone around, just to wait for my appearance, didn’t you?"

Lin Xin did not answer.

"Actually, my purpose is simple. As long as you help me achieve it, I’ll completely remove the evil seed and swear by my true name not to trouble you or any of your family."

Xia continued.

Seeing Lin Xin still silent.

Xia was indifferent, continuing to speak.

"The Wheel of Turning broke, the battle between Jiu Se and the Dark Prison, its root cause, do you know what it is?"

"Is it not to unify to face the Dragon King of Tian Yin?" Lin Xin said lightly.

"Of course not." Xia shook his head. "Jiu Se allied with the Buddha Domain, countless Taoist Cultivators and the Divine King’s Hall. The Dark Prison allied with top experts of all evil paths. One of their objectives is to vie for control over the Future Buddha’s main body.

But what about the others? You don’t think they’d waste their time and energy, risking their lives just to fight for this reason, do you?"

Lin Xin was silent for a moment.

"What is it then?"

"It’s.... the fragmented Wheel of Heaven that’s left behind after the Wheel of Turning broke!" Xia’s eyes flashed a dark golden light.

"It’s also the target I need you to seize!"

"Jiu Se and the Dark Prison are at the level of Taoist Ancestors, do you think I can snatch a treasure from them?"

Lin Xin asked back.

"Do you think you can’t?"

Xia asked again.

"What if I offer you all the Evil Gods and Evil God Kings in the Divine King’s Hall for you to consume? I know you can strengthen yourself by devouring them, don’t deny it."

His eyes glinted with a bizarre gleam.

Hearing this, even Lin Xin couldn’t help but feel a slight tremor in his heart.

Even though knowing that each Evil God King was selfish to the extreme, he hadn’t expected Xia to betray his teammates to such an extent.

"You don’t perhaps think that Evil God Kings and I are of the same race, do you?" Xia sneered again.

"Aren’t you?"

"Of course not!"

Xia waved his hand, conjuring a gray chair for himself, and sat right down.

"If the Netherworld Generals are like the killer army of the Black Universe itself, used to eradicate impurities and bacteria within itself.

The Evil Gods and Evil God Kings are the most powerful beings from other universes devoured by the Dark Cosmos, leaving behind only remnants.

We are merely considered ’evil’ because we don’t assimilate with this universe.

"What about your bizarre life force? And the pollution?" Lin Xin asked calmly.

"We have absorbed the final essence of our original universe, an undigestible remnant even for the Dark Cosmos. According to normal human interpretation, we are like indigestible food residue. If the universe can’t erase us, neither can any other existence." Xia explained without reservation.

"Any supreme being from a defeated universe can essentially be called an Evil God, or an Evil God King. But our group does not necessarily originate from a single Dark Cosmos hometown."

Lin Xin carefully digested what he said, comparing it with all the intelligence he had, finding this explanation to be extremely reasonable.

"Alright, I understand your point. I hope you’ll do as you say." Lin Xin pondered for a moment before responding slowly.

"The battle between Jiu Se and Fang Yu is still in preparation; let’s deal with the Divine King’s Hall first. I will gradually indicate the locations of other Evil God Kings to you, you just need to go and devour them."

What Xia most valued was that Lin Xin was not afraid of the Evil God’s polluting force and could even convert it for his own use. This ability was akin to the rebirth of the Chanting Star God.

As for completely controlling Lin Xin, he never entertained such thoughts.

He was merely using the Dark Gate as a bargaining chip for a mutually agreeable transaction with Lin Xin.

In this transaction, other Evil Gods and Evil God Kings were gifts he was giving to Lin Xin in exchange.

"Then, let’s swear by our true names." Xia’s lips curled into a sneer, looking sinisterly at Lin Xin.

"Agreed."

Their spiritual thoughts clashed sharply in the air. In the center of the hall, two halos, one black and one purple, flickered briefly.

These were the evidence of their true name oath taking effect.

"Prepare yourself, then. I shall take my leave first."

Xia bowed slightly to Lin Xin and disappeared abruptly.

Lin Xin sat quietly on the throne, expressionless.

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Illusory Demon Secret Realm.

Beside a mirror-like clear and smooth lake, rested a disc-shaped, gray-white flying platform.

The platform was enormous, with a diameter of about a thousand meters.

At this moment, it was being crisscrossed by multicolored escape lights. Occasionally, beams of light descended from the sky, landing on the platform.

Each escape light was followed by the appearance of a mighty qi cultivator.

All of these qi cultivators wore light green battle suits, with a large "You" character on their backs.

Some of the "You" characters were white, some purple, and the rarest were black, pure black.

Prague appeared lazily amidst a yellow escape light, also wearing a green battle suit, with a striking black "You" character on his back.

"Where’s Senior Sister, Prague?"

Yao YuanHui, who had just arrived, asked in a low voice.

"I don’t know... I saw her still training in the second Mysterious Realm when I came." Prague yawned, feeling like a hard-luck child.

Summoning future and past selves for cultivation consumed too much time.

"If I could know what’s going to happen, it would be great." He helplessly spread his hands out.

"Can’t you summon your future self? Although the summoned self will lose the memory of the future, only knowing its origin, you can work on this aspect."

Zhao Wumian patted Prague’s shoulder and laughed.

"I wish I could, but alas... if it were that easy, I would have long been at odds with Senior Sister, no longer afraid like this."

Prague was speechless.

Among the Netherworld Generals, the Honored Master has only four disciples.

The first is Senior Sister Lu Li, ranking as the first Netherworld General.

Then there’s Senior Sister Wang Kongyan, followed by Wei Qing.

Senior Sister Wang Kongyan’s Three Flames Spirit Art has reached the Sixth Rank life candle under Honored Master’s guidance. Now, her cultivation has advanced rapidly, reaching the limit of the technique, coupled with the body strengthening Mysterious Realm granted by the Honored Master.

Prior to the great calamity, she was always practicing arduously in a small world with an extremely different time flow.

Now her strength is unfathomable.

As for Senior Brother Wei Qing, he is equally terrifying, practicing the Fire Cloud Technique with the physique of the Lie Yang Xuan Xin, progressing rapidly, reaching an unfathomable combat realm. Boiling seas and igniting heavens are easy things for him.

Then comes Prague.

Despite having the gimmick of wielding the power of time, in actual battle, he ranks at the bottom among the Netherworld Generals.

He also wants to progress... Unfortunately, after many challenges, he got beaten numerous times, so he gradually stopped mentioning it.

Senior Brother Wei Qing, who is ranked ninth before him, is simply a freak.

"By the way, did Honored Master mention why we’re being gathered this time?"

Yao YuanHui asked everyone quietly.

Shh!

Another white light pillar descended, Zhou Songyun’s aged face slowly emerged from it.

"Senior Brother Zhou, have you been isolated in the world gap of the second Mystery Realm again?"

Upon seeing him, Prague’s face changed, and he actively approached and said.

The other senior brothers and sisters quickly stepped forward to greet him.

Senior Brother Zhou Songyun is also one of the most unfortunate batch of disciples following Lin Xin Honored Master.

Although extremely insightful, due to age and lack of aptitude, he got stuck in the Nascent Soul Realm, and went for intense practice in the small world thereafter.

The small world’s time flow significantly exceeds that of the main world, consuming most of his lifespan after over ten attempts.

The time in the small world is also time and it reflects on the beings living there after entering.

Fortunately, he finally achieved a breakthrough recently, stepping into the Fifth Rank. He managed to extend his life before exhausting his lifespan.