Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 890 - 885: Return One

Chapter 890: Chapter 885: Return One

"Still haven’t reached the limit yet..."

Lin Xin chose to focus on enhancing a single attribute, but he didn’t expect that he still hadn’t reached the attribute’s limit.

This made him start to ponder carefully, what exactly determines the limit of attribute points, and why is it connected to the world’s origin.

"If... my attribute points are limited by the soul’s limit, then why am I, just stepping into the soul level of a Heavenly Venerable, able to achieve terrifying attributes far beyond an ordinary Heavenly Venerable through adding points?"

Suddenly, a lightning-fast thought flashed through his mind.

"Could it be that...

This debate over whether the body or the soul came first has always been a fundamental question deeply explored by cultivators, both in the past and now.

"What is the difference between the Origin Earth Realm of an Earth Immortal and a regular Earth Immortal?

What is the difference between a Heavenly Venerable and an Earth Immortal?"

"From the beginning until now, from acquiring attribute points through slaughter at first to gaining them through devouring as of now.

Actually, it’s always been a plunder."

"In the Origin Earth Realm of an Earth Immortal, I plundered the world’s origin of this universe.

As a Heavenly Venerable, I didn’t rise among the stars, but underwent a qualitative change, able to plunder the Star Force that only a Heavenly Venerable is qualified to absorb."

"This... path is fundamentally one of devouring for the sake of devouring. It even seems a bit like..."

He didn’t think further, as the remote sensing brought by the evasion attribute vaguely warned him that continuing to ponder might attract some unnecessary things.

"Strengthening the physical body, thus nurturing the soul in return. Perhaps this is the most terrifying aspect of this ability."

Collecting his thoughts, Lin Xin increased his speed.

In the sea of tribulation qi.

He transformed into a dark red meteor, instantly traversing over a million Spirit Miles. Given that one Spirit Mile equals fifty kilometers, it meant that his instantaneous crossing speed far surpassed the light speed of the universe during Earth’s time.

Reaching an astonishing fifty million kilometers.

The attribute points were still pouring in wildly, without the slightest hesitation, all were allocated by Lin Xin into the physique column.

A total of 1.5 billion attribute points, all added to physique.

This caused his body size to ultimately grow to a massive two hundred meters!

A new pair of arms grew on his back, becoming a standard ten-armed giant.

He also clearly felt that his bloodline of purifying force had again enhanced with the addition of attributes. It had reached a new qualitative change.

This kind of qualitative change, if it had been before, might have caused him to exhibit all sorts of strange phenomena externally.

But now, with his physique reaching an incredible value of over 1.5 billion points, his powerful recovery and resistance were enough to accommodate any qualitative evolution happening within his body.

During the rapid flight process, Lin Xin effortlessly completed a new layer of purification power’s sublimation.

"If viewed using Earth’s measurement units, my current speed, although seemingly terrifying, when converted with twenty moments as one second, to traverse a light-year distance would still take two and a half hours."

He casually estimated in his heart.

But the true Dead Star Universe, often calculated in light-years, spanned distances so vast it’s unimaginable.

Every time he felt powerful enough, comparing like this made him realize the tremendous and awe-inspiring universe, beyond imagination.

"With this in mind, the gap between the Taoist Ancestor and me is indeed as vast as heaven and earth. Even if they are far inferior to the Galaxy of the Dead Star Universe, they can still span at least a small half its range.

Just this small half, I wouldn’t even mention destruction, just traversing it would take too much time.

From one end of their divine body to the other, countless time would be wasted."

Lin Xin slightly imagined this; such a speed must be slower than a tortoise to the Taoist Ancestor.

As beings likened to galaxies, any random movement by them could span thousands or tens of thousands of light-years.

While he takes two and a half hours for just one light-year...

If that’s not slower than a tortoise, what is?

"This is simply not a level that can be compared." Lin Xin felt a profound sense of crisis in his heart.

"It’s just a leap in the level of life, reaching such a terrifying height. No wonder countless seekers cannot cross this threshold; it’s not because they lack the capability, but because the width and length of this threshold are too vast."

Lin Xin paused slightly, adjusted his direction, and flew towards another place with all his strength.

This time, his purpose was clear—heading towards the Mortal Realm.

Along the way, he traversed the boundless whirlpools of tribulation qi.

Some places already exposed the blackened cracks and fissures of the upper Heavenly Realm. Clearly, the spatial structure was almost unable to hold.

In some places, space and matter like stone were also tainted with the polluted breath of the Abyss.

That’s where the space membrane was corroded and shattered by tribulation qi, allowing abyssal breath to leak out.

The originally pure white world was also gradually becoming more colorful.

Red abyssal breath, green, blue, and golden.

There were also colorful floating crystal particles, and occasionally, groups of abyssal creatures, frantically howling and struggling to hold on.

They were driving various ships and flying tools. Their bodies were covered with rotting flesh and skin. They looked incredibly gruesome.

But to Lin Xin, they were just a streak of light in their eyes.

In a few seconds after he passed through these creatures, they only then caught sight of the dark red beam of light Lin Xin left in his wake during his flight.

The rapid flight continued for over ten minutes.

When Lin Xin finally stopped, he was already on the vast black stone land of the Mortal Realm.

BOOM!!!

The ground of the Mortal Realm directly exploded, forming a terrifying giant crater spanning tens of Spirit Miles.

The walls of the pit were incredibly smooth, and the center was a molten dark red Lava Lake.

In the lake, Lin Xin emerged slowly from the water, his white robe impeccably clean, transformed into human form.

"So you were here all along."

Once again, Xia’s voice rang out. Her petite figure appeared directly on the lava opposite Lin Xin.

"The second feast I prepared for you is ready."

"Give it to me."

Lin Xin reached out his hand.

Xia didn’t take offense, flicked her wrist, and a complicated silver-white rotating sphere shot out, flying directly towards Lin Xin.

The surface of the sphere was engraved with patterns of numerous flowers, birds, insects, and fish, among which one type of fish was particularly striking. Its surface had flower patterns rippling like plum blossoms,

With a bang, the ground in front of Lin Xin was suddenly populated with more than ten human heads, whose faces were serene and expressionless.

Each of these heads was almost like a normal human race, except for one distinct difference: the size.

Lin Xin picked one up and examined it.

It’s roughly twice the size of an ordinary human head.

"I used a seal to temporarily lock them inside this, using the bodies from the primordial age of the Rossians." Xia seemed indifferent.

"Alright." Lin Xin carefully sensed the vast aura of evil gods within the head, slightly nodding.

"Then, I’ll take my leave." Xia smiled, bowed, and slowly disappeared from where she stood.

Lin Xin reached out with his hand towards the heads.

Poof!

All the heads instantly transformed into countless black gases, spewing out from the eyes, mouth, and ears.

"Come!"

Lin Xin’s chest trembled, generating a terrifying attraction that immediately locked onto the black gases ahead.

In just a few seconds, the dozens of evil god auras present were completely devoured.

Slightly belching, Lin Xin glanced at the heads before him, and emitted a red light from his body.

In an instant, all the amassed heads vaporized and disappeared.

"It’s surprising how easily you can find my exact location. Seems like this Dark Gate truly is troublesome....."

His eyes suddenly transformed into a silver galaxy, slowly rotating.

He gently made a motion towards himself with his hand.

Boom!!

His whole body exploded directly, turning into countless pieces of flesh and blood.

His vision also turned pitch black.

After waiting for a few seconds, Lin Xin opened his eyes again. He was already standing above the endless Shattered Sea.

Beneath him was the colorful Shattered Sea, with massive stone wheels hovering in the air above.

Some stone wheels tirelessly continued rotating and crushing, but some had already come to a complete halt, motionless.

"The stone wheels of the Shattered Wheel Hall are meant to crush all souls. When they stop moving, does it mean there are no more souls to crush?"

A thought flashed through Lin Xin’s mind.

Suppressing his conjecture, he skillfully followed the route from his previous visit, beginning to carefully search for the Underworld’s location.

"Last time when I got here, I encountered Fang Prison and returned early. This time I must find the Underworld and see the traces I left before.

If my guess is right, the Underworld represents the pure yin side, which should require the least crushing."

Compared to other aspects, pure yin souls are much purer, and only need to shatter memories, dissolve them, omitting even the process of removing impurities.

After returning, Lin Xin even spent some effort and time to devise a method to find the Underworld, with the cooperation of heavenly venerables like Cosmos.

The method is complicated, but ultimately boils down to a simple step, he just needs to find the smallest Shattered Wheel Hall."

Lin Xin rapidly traversed the sky above the colorful Shattered Sea, passing by one Shattered Wheel Hall after another.

These shattered wheels all seemed about the same size, but he could discern the varying arc sizes hidden among the giant wheels.

He only needed to measure the arc size to find the smallest one’s location.

Whoosh!

As the red beam flew like lightning over the colorful Shattered Sea, it stirred up massive waves.

Who knows how long it took, but the red light suddenly halted, landing before a somewhat worn giant wheel of the Shattered Wheel Hall.

"This is it...."

Lin Xin gazed intently at the giant wheel.

It was the smallest giant wheel he’d ever seen.

Almost half the size of the first one he saw.

He closed his eyes, scanning the surrounding shattered wheels with his mind.

The massive wheels over the Shattered Sea seemed to stretch endlessly, with no end in sight.

He could only search around the proximity of the mortal realm, hoping for luck.

"Hopefully it’s this one."

Lin Xin was uncertain, but there was no choice now.

The great battle approached, calamity aura surged, and he intended to enter the Underworld, to understand and settle everything he left there before. Of course, if the calamity aura had already flooded the Underworld, nothing more needed to be said.

If he couldn’t find it, then fate had decided, and there was no choice but to give up.

Looking at the gray-white giant wheel before him, Lin Xin hesitated no longer, lunging forward. In an instant, he transformed into countless blood rays, slipping into the cracks beneath the giant wheel.