After Wang Lin led his younger siblings in offering sacrifices to Father Pangu, they returned together to the Pangu Temple deep within Mount Buzhou. Inside the hall, Chaos Qi lingered, and the Pangu Heaven-Opening Diagram engraved on the hall pillars faintly shimmered with golden light. He turned to face everyone and said in a deep voice, "Your cultivation has now reached the Middle Stage of Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and only half a Yuanhui remains until the Fifth Epoch descends. At that time, Vicious Beasts will emerge, all spirits will be born, and the new Heavenly Dao will also come into being, making the path of Law increasingly difficult. In the remaining time, you must use the kunlun mirror and my Law power to fully master the Laws you Cultivate, and strive with all your might to Break through to Hunyuan Wuji Golden Immortal!"
"Understood, Big Brother!" all his younger siblings responded in unison, their eyes filled with determination.
Wang Lin looked at everyone and added, "Although I am happy for your Breakthrough to Primordial Grand Unity, remember, the new Heavenly Dao will possess the strength of a Hunyuan Wuji Golden Immortal upon its birth. Only by becoming stronger faster can you gain a foothold in the changing Epochs." Everyone nodded again, their expressions growing more solemn.
Afterward, Wang Lin put away the kunlun mirror and led everyone into the sea-calming pearls world, instantly arriving at Three Immortals Island. As soon as they landed, everyone was shocked by the sight before them—the chaos spiritual qi on the island was so dense it was almost liquefied, exotic flowers and plants grew everywhere, and Spiritual Roots swayed, emitting colorful auspicious light, several times superior to the Cultivation environment of Mount Buzhou, prompting exclamations of awe.
Under Wang Lin's guidance, everyone arrived at the three lights divine water pool. The pool water glowed with the three colors of sun, moon, and stars, and in the center of the pool, a chaos green lotus stood gracefully, its petals interwoven with Chaos Texture. Wang Lin leaped onto the green lotus, and the moment his Divine Thought communicated with it, the green lotus suddenly bloomed, its petal phantoms stretching out to envelop the entire pool. "Come over, all of you, sit cross-legged on the petals," he called out. Everyone felt their bodies lighten, not because the green lotus had grown larger, but because they had been shrunk by the Law power, landing steadily on the soft petals.
Once everyone was seated, Wang Lin took out the kunlun mirror and suspended it above his head. The mirror light shone down, forming a light blue energy shield. "Zhu Jiuyin, let's use the Law of Time together to accelerate the flow of time here." Zhu Jiuyin nodded, and the temporal aura around him circulated, resonating with the Law power of the kunlun mirror. In an instant, the flow of time within the energy shield dramatically accelerated, finally stabilizing at twenty times—one breath outside, twenty breaths had passed inside the shield.
"This is a good opportunity for enlightenment," Wang Lin said, taking out the jade disc of creation. As the jade disc unfolded, countless Law runes scattered like stars, falling into everyone's glabella. At the same time, twenty-eight misty white enlightenment tea leaves automatically detached from the branches of the enlightenment tea tree by the three lights divine water lake and flew towards Wang Lin. He distributed the tea leaves one by one to everyone, "Hold them in your mouths; they can help you comprehend the essence of the Law."
Everyone held the tea leaves, immediately closed their eyes, and entered meditation, their Law aura slowly rising. Wang Lin transmitted a message to Houtu, his tone filled with expectation: "Houtu, first comprehend the Law of Reincarnation to Perfection, then divide your attention to control the Law of Earth. Progressing step by step will ensure stability." Houtu nodded gently, her mind sinking into the comprehension of the Law of Reincarnation. After arranging everyone, Wang Lin no longer delayed. With the aid of the jade disc of creation's enlightenment effect and the tea leaves, he began to comprehend his own Laws—he had always chosen to advance all of them simultaneously, without prioritizing any single Law for Breakthrough.
Within the sea-calming pearls world, eight Yuanhui passed in a flash. During this period, many of the Ancestral Witches Broke through their Bottlenecks, erupting with the aura of a Hunyuan Wuji Golden Immortal. Fortunately, the Law barrier of the chaos green lotus isolated them, not disturbing others. Among the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin were the first to awaken, looking with satisfaction at their younger siblings who were still in seclusion, their auras having reached the Peak Daluo Golden Immortal. Zhu Jiuyin then once again activated the Law of Time, increasing the flow of time here to fifty times, while only ten thousand years had passed outside.
Under the fifty-fold time acceleration, another two Yuanhui flowed by. Except for Houtu and Wang Lin, who had not yet Broke through, all the other younger siblings successfully advanced to the Hunyuan Wuji Golden Immortal Realm. Everyone gathered around the green lotus, waiting quietly. A century later, Houtu's body suddenly erupted with the combined pressure of the Law of Reincarnation and the Law of Earth, finally Breaking through to Hunyuan Wuji Golden Immortal.
Wang Lin sensed this aura and slowly opened his eyes. Everyone saluted him in unison, proclaiming loudly, "Big Brother!"
Wang Lin waved his hand, signaling everyone not to be so formal. Dijiang stepped forward and asked, "Big Brother, why are you still at the Peak Daluo Golden Immortal and have not yet Broke through to Hunyuan Wuji Golden Immortal?"
"My Physical Body has only reached the Late Stage of Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and my Primordial Spirit power has just entered the Hunyuan Realm. My Foundation is not yet perfect," Wang Lin explained with a smile. "Breakthrough requires steady progress; I am not in a hurry." Upon hearing this, all his younger siblings nodded in understanding.
Just as everyone was gathered around Wang Lin, the tiger-headed and naive God of Fire scratched his head and couldn't help but ask, "Big Brother, why did you tell us to prioritize raising our Cultivation to Hunyuan Wuji Golden Immortal without minding our Physical Body and Primordial Spirit, while you yourself Cultivate your Physical Body, Primordial Spirit, and Laws simultaneously?"
Wang Lin rolled his eyes at him, explaining with a touch of patience, "You Twelve Ancestral Witches and Tongtian naturally have Law imprints branded by Father God within your bodies, so comprehending Laws is inherently much faster for you than for ordinary beings in the Great Desolation. This path is also the most suitable for you. But I am different; when I was born, Father God did not leave any Law imprints in my body—my Physical Body only Broke through to the Late Stage of Grand Unity Golden Immortal by absorbing the essence blood of the Three Thousand Demon Gods; my Primordial Spirit only comprehended all Laws to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level by comprehending the Laws within the Demon God essence blood, with the help of the jade disc of creation, and I have always Cultivated all of them simultaneously, so my Foundation needs to be solidified little by little."
He paused, then continued, "The Physical Bodies of you Twelve Ancestral Witches are already not bad; you were born at the Peak Daluo Golden Immortal level and can grow synchronously with your Cultivation. Now your Physical Body Realm has reached the Late Stage of Grand Unity Golden Immortal, so you only need to improve your Cultivation Realm to keep up. As for your Primordial Spirit, your Primordial Spirits should have been polluted by the Heaven-Opening Evil Qi, but I repaired them with three lights divine water. They are Acquired repairs rather than Innate flawless Primordial Spirits, so it's difficult to strengthen them to the Hunyuan Wuji Golden Immortal level; you'll need Hongjun's three corpses method in the future. But you don't even have any decent Spirit Treasures now, so how can I teach you to cut the three corpses and elevate your Primordial Spirit?"
"And Tongtian, his Physical Body is not strong, and his Origin is inherently weakly linked to his Physical Body; he follows the Primordial Spirit path. He was formed from a fragment of Father God's Primordial Spirit, so for every bit his Law improves, his Primordial Spirit can strengthen by a bit. When he finds a suitable Magic Treasure later and uses the three corpses method to strengthen his Primordial Spirit, his strength will not be weak. I am not being partial by sending you to be cannon fodder; it's that each of you has your own Cultivation characteristics. I walk my own path, which is different from all of yours."
With a hint of annoyance at God of Fire's rash question in his words, Ancestral Witch Dijiang, seeing this, directly slapped God of Fire on the head and smoothed things over with a smile: "Big Brother, don't be angry with this fool God of Fire; his mind is just a straight string, he speaks without thinking."
Wang Lin waved his hand, his tone softening: "It's fine, you are all my younger siblings. How could an elder brother harm you?" Upon hearing this, everyone nodded.
Wang Lin changed the subject, "You are all in the Hunyuan Realm now, so don't use the innate spiritual qi of the Great Desolation to Cultivate anymore; it will only lower your Foundation."
"Yes, Big Brother!" everyone responded in unison.
Wang Lin then looked at Tongtian: "You go to Chaos and temper your Physical Body with Chaos Qi; don't worry about anything else for now. The rest of you will Cultivate the Chaos Law here."
At this moment, Zhu Jiuyin asked, "Big Brother, why do you want us to Cultivate the Chaos Law?"
"You don't have innate supreme treasures in your hands. If you don't understand the Chaos Law, your own Heavenly Secret can easily be exposed," Wang Lin explained with a smile. "I hope you don't expose yourselves to the outside world before the Middle Stage of the Seventh Epoch." The clansmen all nodded.
He then turned to Tongtian: "You don't need to comprehend the Chaos Law for now. I will lend you the taiji diagram to conceal your Heavenly Secret. First, go absorb Chaos True Qi to refine your Physical Body. Once your Physical Body reaches the Middle Stage of Grand Unity Golden Immortal, return to Pangu Hall, and then I will lead you into the sea-calming pearls."
Tongtian nodded in agreement. Wang Lin immediately raised his hand to open a spatial passage glowing with Chaos light. Tongtian leaped into the passage, and his figure quickly disappeared.
Wang Lin took out the jade disc of creation, and after his younger siblings Cultivated the Chaos Law, he left the chaos pearl alone.
Although he no longer had the jade disc of creation, the taiji diagram he summoned still possessed considerable deductive power.
Thinking of his younger siblings, he decided to find suitable Magic Treasures for them.
As important relatives, Wang Lin believed that Tongtian and the Ancestral Witches each needed at least one High Grade Innate Spirit Treasure for protection.
The Low Grade and Medium Grade Innate Spirit Treasures he had acquired on Mount Buzhou were no longer useful for his younger siblings.
He thought of the seven High Grade Spirit Treasure gourds that grew on the gourd vine—now, nourished by the Chaos Spiritual Qi, the gourd vine had recovered into a Chaos Spiritual Root and was expected to advance to a Medium Grade Chaos Spiritual Root.
The Chaos Gourds that would be re-bred in the future would all reach the Low Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure level.
These seven gourds corresponded to Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Yin, and Yang.
They could be given sequentially to the Ancestral Witches of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, while the Yin Gourd was planned for the Ancestral Witch of Poison.
Only the destination of the Yang Gourd gave Wang Lin a moment's difficulty.
As he pondered, Wang Lin suddenly felt that if he pushed his younger siblings' Cultivation too high too quickly, it would be difficult to find suitable Magic Treasures for them.
He simply decided to let them explore the Chaos on their own—after all, their Cultivation was no longer lower than his own, and he truly didn't need to be a nanny, meticulously handling every detail.
Putting aside the matter of Magic Treasures, Wang Lin then planned to refine the four swords of immortal execution for the Demon Ancestor.
He took five lotus seeds from the calamity gray lotus in Pangu Hall, and with the help of the qiankun cauldron, he initially refined them into the embryos of the four swords of immortal execution and the immortal-slaying formation diagram, then stopped.
This was because if they were completely refined, the grade of the Magic Treasure would be fixed; however, in their embryonic state, the four swords of immortal execution could continuously absorb the Evil Qi of heaven and earth, and the Demon Ancestor could later guide the Dragon-Han Calamity to improve their quality, and this action would not go against the great trend of the Great Desolation.
Several years later, Wang Lin retrieved the qiankun cauldron; since he had not reversed the Innate order or re-refined the Restrictions during the process, no abnormal fluctuations were triggered.
Subsequently, Wang Lin used the Law of Space to instantly arrive at Mount Sumeru on the Western Continent.
He deduced with the taiji diagram that the Demon Ancestor Luohu was currently gestating there.
Wang Lin immediately used the Chaos Law to shield the perceptions of surrounding beings, quietly infiltrating the Restriction where Luohu was located.
He saw that although Luohu had already developed consciousness, he didn't even have a single accompanying Magic Treasure.
Wang Lin directly infused a wisp of Luohu's demonic body into the four swords of immortal execution and the array diagram, allowing them to form a connection.
He then placed them deep underground on Mount Sumeru, nourishing them with the Spiritual Qi of Mount Sumeru's ancestral pulse.
After completing all this, he quietly departed.
After this matter was concluded, Wang Lin remembered that Houtu's transformation into Reincarnation would require the Earth Scroll, and he himself needed to find the Human Scroll, but he couldn't recall its whereabouts.
Then he thought of the missing fragment of the jade disc of creation, and he became even more certain that his missing fragment of the jade disc of creation was most likely in Hongjun's hands.
He clearly remembered that Hongjun's future Dao field was Zixiao Palace, but Zixiao Palace had not yet appeared.
As for which mountain Hongjun's initial Dao field was located on, Wang Lin couldn't recall it at all, only feeling a sudden blankness in his mind.
After pondering for a moment, Wang Lin had a guess—perhaps the Great Dao was secretly obstructing him.
Just like the chaos bell, the Great Dao had shielded his memory and perception of Hongjun's initial Dao field, preventing him from easily obtaining that fragment of the jade disc of creation.
Yes, it must be like this; how could it be that my memory is bad?
He then completely gave up on calculating for that fragment of the jade disc of creation.
After giving up on the matter of the jade disc of creation, Wang Lin's thoughts turned to other treasures.
He secretly mused, "Who says the Dragon Clan has no treasures?"
However, he did not immediately change his itinerary, but decided to proceed according to his original plan—after all, he would have to wait until the Dragon Clan dominated before they accumulated a large number of treasures.
It would be better to wait until the three clans' decisive battle during the Dragon-Han Calamity to pick up some treasures that others had overlooked.
For now, he would first go to Kunlun Mountain to explore, and then search for treasures in the Great Desolation Continent and the Boundless Four Seas.
Wang Lin had been traveling in the Great Wilderness for several hundred years when, one day, the spiritual light on his fingertip suddenly trembled. Looking up at the sky, he realized with a start that the Fifth Epoch had already quietly arrived. He snapped back to his senses—the "one epoch cycle" he had previously perceived was merely an illusion created by Zhu Jiuyin's time Formation, and several hundred years had already slipped away unnoticed in the flow of the Formation.
As the Qi of the epoch's changing cycles swept across the world, the residual aura of the Heaven-Opening Killing Weapons, which had permeated the skies above the Great Wilderness for tens of thousands of years, suddenly became restless. Those ferocious Qi that had accompanied Pangu in opening the heavens furiously gathered, rolling and condensing in the clouds, eventually transforming into Vicious Beasts with green faces and tusks. They had no Spiritual Wisdom, only instinctively exhaling Evil Qi, roaring as they stepped onto the land of the Great Wilderness. At the same time, the dormant myriad spirits also welcomed the opportunity for transformation: the remaining Demon Gods who had escaped the Heaven-Opening Calamity, their Physical Bodies having been worn away by the Heaven-Opening Calamity, shed their Chaos Origin to become Innate Demon Gods, similarly manifesting Innate Dao Bodies; the Spirit Monsters of plants and trees, and the scaled and armored beasts born in the Great Wilderness, also used the power of the epoch to awaken their Spiritual Wisdom and emerge from their slumber. The Great Wilderness, silent for four epochs, was finally broken by the roars of Vicious Beasts and the whispers of living beings, ushering in its first clamor.
However, what appeared at this moment were only the lowest-tier Vicious Beasts; the five great Vicious Beast Kings who commanded all Vicious Beasts still lurked deep within the places where Evil Qi bred, yet to show their faces. Wang Lin understood in his heart that since the prelude to the Fifth Epoch had already begun, the Fierce Beast Calamity that would sweep across the world was already imminent.
As his thoughts churned, a purple light suddenly pierced through the clouds in the sky. Wang Lin looked up and saw a purple eye suspended in the Void Realm, its gaze coldly sweeping across the Great Wilderness—that eye was several times smaller than the golden Heavenly Eye symbolizing the Great Dao, but it carried a stronger sense of "control," precisely the Eye of the Heavenly Dao. He did not wish to expose his whereabouts at this moment, to be targeted by the Heavenly Dao and invite unnecessary trouble. Immediately, the Law of Space circulated around his body, and his fingertip sliced open a dark golden crack. Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Lin stepped into the crack, his figure instantly disappearing from the Great Wilderness, leaving only a gradually healing spatial ripple, his target directly outside the Chaos.
He had two objectives for this trip: first, to find Tongtian, who was currently tempering his Physical Body in the Chaos; and second, to take Tongtian and the Twelve Ancestral Witches to the Heaven-Opening Battlefield before the Fierce Beast Calamity began and while the Heavenly Dao was preoccupied, to search for the Chaos Spirit Treasures left behind by the Three Thousand Demon Gods.
Passing through the Great Wilderness barrier, what greeted his eyes was an boundless expanse of gray. Chaos currents rolled in the Void Realm; no sound could be heard, nor any light seen, only dead silence enveloped the surroundings. Wang Lin stood in the Chaos, performing a hand seal and conjuring the taiji diagram. Black and white Qi circulated on the diagram, forming a phantom compass, which quickly pinpointed a direction containing a familiar aura—precisely where Tongtian was located.
Following the guidance of the taiji diagram, Wang Lin quickly saw Tongtian's figure. Tongtian was enveloped in a layer of light green energy, isolating the turbulent Chaos currents outside, while pure Chaos Spiritual Qi permeated through the cover, seeping into his limbs and bones like flowing water, continuously flushing and refining his Physical Body. He sat cross-legged, faint veins visible on his forehead, clearly enduring the violent power of the Chaos Spiritual Qi, yet without the slightest slack. Seeing this, Wang Lin quietly nodded, a hint of approval flashing in his eyes.
As if sensing a familiar aura, Tongtian slowly opened his eyes, the Chaos Spiritual Light in his pupils receding, replaced by clarity. He raised his hand to remove the energy cover, stood up, and bowed to Wang Lin, his voice a little hoarse from just recovering from Cultivation: "Big Brother."
"Did I interrupt your Cultivation?" Wang Lin stepped forward, his gaze sweeping over Tongtian's increasingly refined Physical Body aura, and asked gently.
Tongtian smiled at his words and waved his hand, saying, "Big Brother, what are you saying? It is my good fortune to be sought out by Big Brother."
Wang Lin nodded, no longer exchanging pleasantries, and directly stated his purpose: "I came to find you this time because I want to take you and the Ancestral Witches to the Heaven-Opening Battlefield. When the Three Thousand Demon Gods perished back then, many Chaos Spirit Treasures were left deep within the battlefield. Even if some Spirit Treasures are damaged or incomplete, they can be re-refined and repaired; even if they cannot be repaired, their materials are still excellent choices for refining treasures, which will be of great benefit to us in dealing with the Calamity in the future."
A glint immediately flashed in Tongtian's eyes, and he promptly nodded: "I will follow Big Brother's arrangements entirely."
Wang Lin said no more, raising his hand to conjure the sea-calming pearls. A dark purple halo circulated around the pearls, and a spatial passageway extended from within them. Twelve burly figures then stepped out through the passageway. They wore Ancestral Witch battle armor, surrounded by the Origin auras of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and so on—they were precisely the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Seeing Wang Lin, the Twelve Ancestral Witches all cupped their hands, their voices resounding like thunder: "Greetings, Big Brother!"
Wang Lin surveyed everyone, and seeing that Tongtian and the Ancestral Witches were all ready, he said in a deep voice, "Since everyone is here, we shall depart now for the Heaven-Opening Battlefield." With that, he took the lead, stepping forward and taking out the jade disc of creation. He used the jade disc to deduce the location of the battlefield, as four epochs had passed, and readers who understand Wang Lin's memory will understand. The Law of Space circulated around him once again, opening up a Chaos path leading to the Heaven-Opening Battlefield for everyone.
Wang Lin activated the Law of Space, bringing the Twelve Ancestral Witches and Tongtian through Chaos. Before long, they arrived at the periphery of the battlefield ruins of the Sky Opening.
Before they even truly approached, the lingering prestige of the Three Thousand Demon Gods' Dao rhyme, permeating the Void Realm, assailed them—even Wang Lin, who had already achieved the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm, felt a tightness in his chest, and the Spiritual Qi around his body nearly stagnated.
The Twelve Ancestral Witches and Tongtian, being Hunyuan Wuji Golden Immortals, did not feel as much impact as Wang Lin.
"Big Brother, are you alright?" The Twelve Ancestral Witches and Tongtian, seeing his expression subtly change, immediately stopped and asked with concern.
Wang Lin waved his hand, his gaze solemn as he looked towards the deep gray distance: "When Father Pangu slew these Demon Gods back then, they were already at the Hunyuan Wuji Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation, and their Dao rhyme was integrated with the Chaos Origin.
Even after countless eons since their demise, this pressure, felt from tens of thousands of miles away, still makes one's heart palpitate." As his words fell, his Divine Sense stirred, injecting into the sea calming divine pearls.
Immediately, a blue light surged in his Sea of Consciousness—the thirty-six-grade chaos green lotus slowly unfurled its petals and settled in Wang Lin's hand, its phantom floating beneath everyone's feet, enveloping the surroundings with a gentle Chaos divine light.
In an instant, the oppressive Dao rhyme pressure vanished without a trace. Wang Lin felt his body lighten, and the Ancestral Witches and Tongtian also collectively exhaled in relief.
"Although this lotus was cultivated by me Acquired, its quality has reached the thirty-six grades of Chaos, belonging to the Chaos Supreme Treasure level," Wang Lin said with a steady voice, gently stroking a green lotus petal with his fingertip.
"As long as the remnant souls of the Three Thousand Demon Gods do not actively launch a full-force assault, it is enough to protect us."
Hearing this, everyone felt much more at ease and closely followed Wang Lin deeper into the battlefield.
The further they went, the denser the ferocious Evil Qi became, mixed within the Chaos currents. That was the resentment and indignation condensed from the Demon Gods' unwilling demise, a hundred thousand times more potent than the Evil Qi in the Great Desolation.
The Twelve Ancestral Witches and Tongtian felt their Sea of Consciousness grow heavy, but the chaos green lotus then bloomed with a clear, brilliant light, dispelling the ferocity like clear dew cleansing dust, allowing everyone's Divine Sense to return to clarity.
"The Demon Gods' resentment here far exceeds imagination. You must remember not to step out of the green lotus's protective shield," Wang Lin said sternly, "Once you are tainted by the resentment, even I would find it difficult to save you."
"Yes, Big Brother!" Everyone responded in unison, not daring to be negligent in the slightest.
As the distance closed, the true appearance of the Sky Opening battlefield finally revealed itself in the gray haze.
In the outermost Void Realm, scattered fragments of Demon God skeletons lay—these were the weaker Demon Gods who perished first back then, yet even so, the residual pressure on their bones was still startling.
Wang Lin concentrated his Divine Sense, and to his surprise, he found this pressure to be almost on par with the deterrence of the eye of the great dao. A question suddenly surged in his mind: Was the eye of the great dao, suspended high in Chaos, merely a manifestation of cold rules, or a sentient being with independent consciousness?
The moment they stepped into the ruins of the Sky Opening battlefield, the Chaos currents suddenly became violent, no longer the gentle surge from outside the heavens, but rather carrying fragments of axe light left over from Pangu's Sky Opening, whistling through like myriad invisible sharp blades.
These fragments were hidden in the gray haze, seemingly dim, but in reality, they contained the destructive power of creation. Even if the Ancestral Witches' Physical Body touched them, they would be instantly torn open with bone-deep wounds, and the axe intent would linger in the wounds, continuously eroding their vitality.
Wang Lin, with everyone under the protection of the chaos green lotus's phantom, had just passed the first Chaos Demon God's skeleton on the outer edge of the Sky Opening battlefield when a sudden sharp pain struck his Sea of Consciousness—as if countless fine needles were piercing his Divine Soul.
The great dao merit accumulated within his body uncontrollably burned rapidly, transforming into a warm current that circulated in his Sea of Consciousness, seemingly resisting some invisible invading force.
"This is bad!" Wang Lin's heart tightened. He caught a glimpse of the Twelve Ancestral Witches and Tongtian beside him, all with vacant eyes, motionless like wooden dummies, their Spiritual Qi stagnant like stone sculptures.
They had clearly been afflicted by the same bizarre power. Without hesitation, he immediately activated the Law of Space, and dark golden light patterns surged around his body, instantly enveloping everyone and teleporting them several miles away to a safe area.
The moment they landed, Wang Lin unhesitatingly condensed the remaining great dao merit within his body into a stream of light and injected it all into the Sea of Consciousness of the Ancestral Witches and Tongtian.
At the same time, the chaos green lotus beneath his feet suddenly bloomed with an incomparably brilliant divine light that illuminated the world. The divine light and great dao merit intertwined, flushing everyone's Sea of Consciousness like a pure radiance dispelling turbidity.
Once one-tenth of the Sky Opening Karma was exhausted along with the divine light, that bizarre power was finally completely dispelled.
"Brother, what happened?" The Ancestral Witches were the first to open their eyes, the lingering stinging pain in their Sea of Consciousness still making them feel a lingering fear, and they all asked Wang Lin.
Wang Lin's expression was solemn as he slowly shook his head: "I couldn't predict it either. When I sensed the great dao merit in my body spontaneously burning to dispel evil, you all had already fallen into a daze.
If I hadn't timely brought you all away and activated the Karma, the consequences would have been unimaginable." After saying this, his Divine Thought sank into the chaos green lotus, and he asked in a deep voice: "Green Lotus, what power was at work just now?"
The consciousness of the chaos green lotus slowly responded, its tone carrying a hint of solemnity: "If my guess is correct, what you were approaching just now was the skeleton of the Curse Demon God.
His power of curse can ignore space and defenses. If not for your profound great dao merit to resist, and my divine light's blessing, I'm afraid..."
Before he finished speaking, Wang Lin's heart turned cold. To be honest, Wang Lin's defenses were breached, and he felt like cursing. Even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal of the Three Thousand Laws wasn't as strong as he thought. Father Pangu, how did you Cultivate?
He looked at the seemingly broken Demon God skeleton not far away, but also secretly rejoiced—if not for his own accumulated great dao merit being sufficiently profound, today he and his younger siblings might have fallen here in the Sky Opening battlefield.
Wang Lin looked at the Demon God's skeleton, which was still emitting a strange curse aura not far away, and then at the others who had just recovered from their daze and whose auras were still unstable. He spoke with a solemn expression: "The danger here far exceeds our estimates.
The Curse Demon God is ranked over two thousand, and we were already in such a bad state. I can't imagine how the Karma and Fate Demon Gods, who are ranked higher, would kill us. Let's return to Pangu Hall and focus on Cultivating first."
He paused, his gaze sweeping over the Twelve Ancestral Witches and Tongtian, his tone firm and undeniable: "Unless all of you can Breakthrough to the Hunyuan Wuji Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm, otherwise, even just facing the remnants and corpses of the Three Thousand Demon Gods, we might perish here, with no chance of recovery." Everyone silently nodded.
As his words fell, Wang Lin no longer hesitated. He raised his hand and conjured the sea calming divine pearls. The pearl's body surged with light, and a gentle suction force drew everyone into the space within the pearl.
Then, the Law of Space around his body rapidly operated, transforming into a dark golden stream of light, breaking through the gray barrier of Chaos, and speeding towards the direction of the Great Desolation—although this trip to the Sky Opening battlefield did not yield any Spirit Treasure, it made him thoroughly recognize the disparity in strength.
Only when everyone's strength reaches Major Achievement will they be able to explore this dangerous place again.
When Wang Lin returned to the Great Desolation with the Pangu Lineage's Twelve Ancestral Witches and his younger siblings of the Shangqing Tongtian, he first stopped in the depths of Chaos beyond the heavens.
Here, the gale-force winds cut like knives, and the Chaos Qi surged into ink-black torrents, requiring even Innate Heavenly Gods to focus and circulate their Qi to protect their bodies.
Yet, he remained calm, raising his hand to activate the Law of Space around him—his fingertips tracing through the Void Realm, silver-white trajectories intertwining like star chains, quickly outlining the prototype of a giant Formation.
This Formation used the Origin of Chaos as its Foundation and the Law of Space as its Veins, aiming directly at the Pangu Hall on Mount Buzhou, deep within the Great Desolation.
It was intended to erect a hidden Spirit Gathering Formation between the two locations, drawing Chaos Spiritual Qi into Pangu Hall for everyone to Cultivate.
Mid-way through setting up the Formation, Wang Lin's fingertips slowed their circulation of the Law, and his peripheral vision caught Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin standing not far away.
Dijiang was enveloped in a light cyan wind-gale, occasionally fiddling with the Chaos Qi currents at his fingertips, his expression holding a casual air of watching a spectacle; Zhu Jiuyin had his eyes closed in meditation, his vertical pupil on his forehead occasionally opening and closing, only pausing for a moment when it swept over the Formation, showing no intention of stepping forward to help.
"You two are quite leisurely," Wang Lin's voice was not loud, yet it pierced through the Chaos gale, clearly reaching their ears.
Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin's hearts suddenly tightened, an invisible pressure abruptly enveloping their entire bodies, and a chill seeped from their backs—this was not due to power suppression, but the "hating iron for not becoming steel" meaning in Wang Lin's words, which made them, as fellow Pangu Bloodline members, instinctively flustered.
Zhu Jiuyin was the first to open his vertical pupil, stepping forward and cupping his hands: "Big Brother, has something gone wrong with the Formation?"
Wang Lin withdrew his hand from setting up the Formation, his face full of helplessness: "Don't you see that this Formation lacks the guidance of the Law of Time?"
He pointed to the flickering, unstable node in the center of the Formation, "This Formation needs the Law of Space as its bones and the Law of Time as its sinews to lock the Chaos passage and prevent it from collapsing.
Your attainments in the Law of Time are already above mine, yet you stand by watching the show.
Are you waiting for the Formation to form itself?"
As his words fell, Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin's faces instantly lost their leisurely expression, replaced by deep shame.
The two exchanged a glance and said no more: an dark-golden aura rose around Zhu Jiuyin, and the Law of Time flowed into the node like water; Dijiang retracted his wind-gale, guiding the Law of Space with his fingertips, blending it with Wang Lin's Law power, completing the weak points at the Formation's edges.
Under their combined efforts, the giant Formation in Chaos finally stabilized, its silver-white light disappearing into the Void Realm, making it almost impossible to detect without deliberate probing.
Seeing this, Wang Lin raised his hand and circulated the Chaos Law, a hazy gray Qi enveloping the entire Formation, completely obscuring its aura.
Then, with a flick of his sleeve, the sea-calming pearls flew out from his Sea of Consciousness space, their pearly light flowing as they released a gentle suction, drawing Dijiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and all the younger siblings behind them into the precious pearls.
Having done all this, the space around him slightly distorted, and in the next second, he crossed Chaos, appearing in Pangu Hall atop Mount Buzhou.
Standing inside the hall, Wang Lin looked out at the Great Desolation land beyond—the heavens and earth were already tainted with scattered Evil Qi, and the prelude to the Fierce Beast Calamity was about to begin.
But he knew that the Pangu Lineage was the Foundation of the Great Desolation, and rashly intervening at this time would only expose their strength too early, or even disrupt the natural progression of the Calamity.
As he pondered, he took out the kunlun mirror and the jade disc of creation: the kunlun mirror floated in mid-air, its surface reflecting the vast mountains and rivers of the Great Desolation; the jade disc of creation released billions of golden runes, which drilled into the mirror surface like swimming fish.
The moment the two merged, the mirror's light greatly intensified, not only clearly reflecting all movements throughout the Great Desolation but also capable of rewinding short periods of space-time, forming an "Space-Time Mirror" for comprehensive surveillance of the Great Desolation.
Immediately after, Wang Lin's gaze fell upon the calamity gray lotus in the corner of the hall, which was entirely gray-black—this lotus was specifically born to absorb the Evil Qi of the Calamity.
His fingertip condensed a wisp of light-golden Law of Time, gently tapping it onto a gray lotus petal; the Law power seeped into the lotus, and the gray lotus immediately accelerated its rotation, the surrounding Evil Qi being devoured like a tide, its refining speed several times faster.
Once all arrangements were in place, Wang Lin waved his hand to seal the main door of Pangu Hall.
The moment the door closed, a layer of Chaos barrier enveloped the hall, completely isolating it from the outside world.
Then, his figure flashed, and he too entered the sea-calming pearls.
Within the precious pearl's space, auspicious clouds coiled, and the Spiritual Qi was so dense it almost liquefied.
The Twelve Ancestral Witches and Tongtian, a total of thirteen people, sat around waiting.
Seeing Wang Lin enter, they all rose.
Wang Lin swept his gaze over the crowd, shaking his head helplessly: "You thirteen blockheads, if I'm not here, you don't know to Cultivate on your own initiative?
Do you have to wait for my arrangements? Could it be that you've turned into toads?"
The words reached his lips, but he felt "old nanny" was inappropriate, so he changed it to, "I am your Big Brother, not your… that thing." Before he could finish, he was interrupted.
God of Fire, who was nearby and had the most impatient nature, couldn't help but look up: "Big Brother, what is that 'that thing' you're talking about?"
Wang Lin was already somewhat helpless due to everyone's idleness, and this question ignited an inexplicable surge of anger in his heart.
He raised his hand and gently brushed God of Fire; the seemingly casual movement carried an irresistible force, and God of Fire was instantly sent flying, slowly drifting down only after hitting an auspicious cloud in the distance.
When God of Fire climbed up, his fiery aura had weakened by more than half, like a wilted chick.
He quickly returned to Wang Lin's side, his head drooping: "Big Brother, I'm sorry, I was wrong.
I won't ask too many questions in the future."
Seeing him in this state, Wang Lin couldn't help but laugh out of exasperation, waving his hand: "Alright, Cultivate."
With that, he took out the jade disc of creation from his in arms; the jade disc floated in mid-air, emitting a soft golden light.
Immediately after, he formed hand seals with his fingertips, muttering incantations, and twenty-eight streams of light flew out from the jade disc, condensing into emerald-green enlightenment tea leaves, exuding a rich Dao rhyme, in the air.
Everyone received a tea leaf, sat down cross-legged, and held the tea leaf in their mouths.
The tea leaf melted upon entering their mouths, and the pure Dao rhyme instantly spread throughout their bodies.
Everyone closed their eyes and entered a meditative state, beginning to refine the Dao rhyme to enhance their cultivation.
Wang Lin looked at everyone diligently Cultivating, nodding slightly, but his gaze fell on Tongtian, one of the Sanqing—only Tongtian did not immediately enter meditation, occasionally looking up at him, his expression showing a hint of hesitation.
Seeing this, Wang Lin raised his hand and cast the Law of Space; a light silver barrier rose between him and Tongtian, isolating the two from the others.
"Tongtian, if there's anything you want to ask, just say it directly," Wang Lin said.
Tongtian unconsciously twirled the hem of his robe, his gaze falling on the circulating Chaos aura at Wang Lin's cuff, remaining silent for a long while before slowly speaking, his voice carrying a hesitation rare for an Innate Heavenly God: "Big Brother, ever since the day I took form, a wisp of sensation has always lingered deep within my Primordial Spirit—it's like there are two auras, originating from the same source as me, both from Pangu Father God's Primordial Spirit, who should be my two elder brothers.
But why is it that from beginning to end, only I am by your side, and they have yet to appear?"
As these words left his mouth, the auspicious clouds within the sea-calming pearls seemed to freeze slightly.
Wang Lin looked up at Tongtian, a trace of understanding flashing in his eyes, but did not answer immediately, only slowly nodding.
His fingertips condensed two wisps of light-golden Divine Thought, which floated like fine feathers towards Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin, who were in meditation, gently seeping into their Sea of Consciousness—the moment the Divine Thought touched their Sea of Consciousness, Dijiang's surrounding wind-gale suddenly fluctuated, and Zhu Jiuyin's vertical pupil on his forehead also snapped open.
The two almost simultaneously awoke from their Cultivation state, their expressions showing a hint of bewilderment.
Only after clearly seeing Wang Lin before them did they quickly retract their auras and swiftly come before him.
"Big Brother, why have you summoned us?" Dijiang was the first to cup his hands, his gaze sweeping over Tongtian, who was beside him.
Seeing his solemn expression, Dijiang couldn't help but harbor a few more conjectures in his heart.
Zhu Jiuyin stood silently to the side, his vertical pupil slightly contracted, seemingly already sensing the unusual atmosphere.
Wang Lin raised his hand and gestured, and the Law of Space intertwined around the four of them, forming a light silver light shield that completely isolated all external Spiritual Qi and sounds—within the light shield, even the flow of time seemed to slow by half, becoming an independent, secret space.
He looked at the three individuals before him, gently tapping the sea-calming pearls in his palm with his fingertips, his voice a little more deliberate than usual: "Tongtian just asked about his two elder brothers.
This matter should indeed be known to you all.
Today, I will tell you all at once, so you can understand the cause and effect."
He paused, his gaze falling on Tongtian's tightly pursed lips, and added: "After you hear all the reasons, if you wish to seek them out, or have other plans, do not hesitate; I will support you in everything."