The cracks in the foreign space were caused by countless years of battle, causing this place to be on the verge of collapse. If it wasn't for the fact that the Cultivation Alliance would use spells to reinforce it every once in a while, it would have already collapsed and turned into nothingness.
Those spatial cracks were connected to a sea of stars. It could be said to be boundless, filled with tyrannical energy and countless mysterious lifeforms.
It wasn't that there weren't people who had entered the Spatial Crack and walked out. However, those Infant Transformation Stage cultivators usually teleported out as soon as they entered the Spatial Crack. This process was built on the premise that the terrifying suction force within the Spatial Crack had yet to fully activate.
The terrifying thing about the Spatial Crack in the Foreign Battleground was that even Soul Transformation Stage cultivators would be afraid of it. Under the effect of the Spatial Crack, even the spiritual energy in one's body would be sucked out, not to mention escaping.
This was only one of the reasons. There were also those spatial cracks. No one knew where they were connected to. They only knew from the experts who had teleported out that it was pitch-black inside the spatial cracks. They couldn't see anything clearly. Their Divine Senses were completely confined in their bodies and couldn't be released.
At this moment, a speck of light suddenly appeared inside the spatial crack and slowly floated in the void. If you looked closely, you would find that there was a soul fire flickering inside the light.
Time slowly passed. After an unknown amount of time, the speck of light floated in the void and the soul fire showed signs of dissipating.
Time passed by in a flash and the speck of light completely dimmed. The soul fire inside the speck of light was only a tiny flame left.
On this day, a huge shadow suddenly floated towards the dot of light from afar. Upon closer inspection, the shadow was actually a huge corpse.
This corpse looked the same as the Giant Demon Clan members, but if you looked closely, you would find that what was imprinted on the corpse's forehead wasn't a hammer, but an axe.
It was a black axe!
If there was a member of the Giant Demon Clan here, they would immediately recognize this axe. This meant that this person was an ancestral devil of the Giant Demon Clan, or rather, an ancient devil.
The moment it came into contact with the speck of light, a wisp of smoke suddenly spread out from the corpse and turned into an illusory creature with two horns on its head. The creature greedily stared at the speck of light, then moved its body and pounced toward it.
This creature was a mysterious species unique to the spatial cracks. It devoured all matter, whether it was corpses, magic treasures, or souls.
The moment his entire body pounced towards the speck of light, he suddenly screamed and struggled to escape. However, almost in an instant, his body was immediately sucked into the speck of light and disappeared without a trace, leaving only his huge body floating motionlessly in the air.
After absorbing the creature, the speck of light gradually brightened, and the Soul Fire within it also became slightly more exuberant.
At this moment, Wang Lin woke up.
To be more precise, it was his soul that had awakened.
The moment he awoke, he didn't have any consciousness. He was just a clump of Soul Flame. A very 'cold' feeling came from Wang Lin's Divine Sense.
At this time, in his Divine Sense, there was a very large Fire Source beside him. Although this Fire Source was emitting bursts of Evil Qi, Wang Lin did not hesitate and rushed over.
He only saw the speck of light burrow into the forehead of the corpse and slowly calm down.
After being surrounded by what could be considered a Demonic Fire, Wang Lin's Divine Sense gradually stopped feeling cold and gradually calmed down.
Time passed slowly again. This time, it was even longer than before. During this long period of time, the corpse that Wang Lin was hiding in continued to slowly drift through the void.
Perhaps it was because of Wang Lin's Divine Sense, but countless smoke-like creatures from before appeared in the surroundings and tried to devour it like moths to a flame. However, in the end, they were all absorbed by Wang Lin. His Divine Sense grew stronger and stronger, and the Soul Fire also grew more exuberant.
The more this happened, the more creatures appeared from the void and rushed over. Wang Lin didn't know that in the eyes of these creatures, the corpse that Wang Lin was in was like a giant glowing object. In this dark world, it was abnormally bright.
Wang Lin didn't know how much time had passed. Ever since he woke up, he had been in a daze. He only remembered that he had devoured countless creatures, and every time he devoured one, he felt his Divine Sense become a bit clearer.
Finally, one day, Wang Lin remembered the scene of his birth, the 16 years he spent with his parents, the days at the Heng Yue Sect … Finally, he remembered Teng Huayuan.
A wave of sorrow rippled through his soul. In the blink of an eye, he understood everything. At the last moment, Situ Nan had risked his life to save him. Situ Nan had brought him to the foreign battleground and the crack in space.
The moment it entered the spatial rift, the heaven defying bead underwent a strange change. To be more accurate, it disappeared without a trace.
But Wang Lin could clearly feel that the heaven defying bead didn't disappear. Instead, it fused with Wang Lin's soul in a way that he couldn't understand. It could even be said that the heaven defying bead melted and fused with Wang Lin's soul.
It was because of this that he was able to devour all those powerful and mysterious creatures.
Situ Nan didn't die but fell into an eternal sleep. The last thing he did before he fell asleep was wrap the souls of Wang Lin's parents in his Nascent Soul and fall asleep with them.
Wang Lin's parents weren't cultivators, so it was impossible for them to be resurrected or possessed. Wang Lin knew this. He just wanted to keep his parents' souls by his side and didn't want them to disappear.
After he recovered all his memories, he found that his Divine Sense had become extremely large. The giant's body seemed to be unable to withstand it and started to collapse.
Without any other choice, Wang Lin's Divine Sense left the giant's body. The cold feeling appeared once again. He floated in the void, looking for the next corpse to possess.
This process lasted for a long time. Every time Wang Lin found a corpse in the void, he would possess it. Similarly, those mysterious creatures continued to attack him and were devoured by him.
His Divine Sense became stronger. Gradually, devouring these powerful creatures became a habit for Wang Lin. He slowly switched from passively devouring to actively attacking.
Or rather, Wang Lin had been here for too long. It had been so long that he had searched through his memories countless times. He even analyzed everything he had done in detail. In the end, he had nothing else to do, so he suddenly remembered the formation book he had obtained.
He immediately recalled the contents of the book and started to make deductions.
When he finished deducing the basic formations in the book, he once again fell into a state where he had nothing else to do.
During the countless years he had been here, Wang Lin had seen spatial cracks appear more than once. However, his Divine Sense was too large, so large that it couldn't pass through the tiny cracks.
However, he discovered that as his Divine Sense continued to grow, even though he couldn't drill out of the crack, every time he hit it, the crack would show signs of collapsing. However, this kind of hit could only happen one or two times in a row. After that, the crack would automatically disappear.
One or two hits weren't enough to make the cracks collapse. Wang Lin knew that this was because his Divine Sense wasn't large enough. Therefore, in order to attack the cracks, Wang Lin began to devour frantically.
He completely abandoned the idea of looking for a corpse to possess. Instead, he moved quickly in the endless nothingness. Every time he found a mysterious substance, he would rush forward and directly devour it.
This continued for a long time. Every time he found a crack, he would try to hit it. The signs of collapse became more and more obvious. Wang Lin knew that as long as he persisted, there would be a day when the crack would collapse after hitting it twice.
However, as time passed, Wang Lin found that the mysterious substance in the nothingness seemed to have completely disappeared. No matter how he searched, he couldn't find another one.
Therefore, he increased the scope of his search. Suddenly, one day, a Divine Sense that was comparable to Wang Lin's came across Wang Lin. This was the first time that Wang Lin discovered a Divine Sense that was similar to his own.
"You've crossed the line!"
A vague voice was transmitted to Wang Lin's Divine Sense.
Wang Lin was startled and immediately used the same method to transmit his Divine Sense.
"How can I leave this place?"
Why should I leave?
There's no way to leave here … "The other side's Divine Sense slowly retreated and disappeared.
Wang Lin was silent for a moment. From the other side's words, he could hear a trace of meaning. Within this space crack, there should be some Divine Senses similar to his. There might even be stronger Divine Senses.
There should be some kind of territory between them. Once they crossed the line, it was likely that there would be a fierce battle. It was either you die or I die.
After this unexpected encounter, Wang Lin turned around and found three other Divine Senses that were as large as him. Through communication, Wang Lin knew that with his own strength, he wouldn't be able to break the space crack in one or two hits.
However, Wang Lin's determination to return was extremely firm. After a long period of silence, he thought of a crazy plan.
On this day, he completely dispersed his Divine Sense and soon covered his entire territory. The more his Divine Sense spread out, the more violent the fluctuations became.
Wang Lin carefully observed every location within the range of his Divine Sense. Suddenly, a small space crack appeared in a certain location. Wang Lin didn't hesitate and immediately sent his Divine Sense inside. The moment he entered, he resolutely cut off that trace of Divine Sense. His Divine Sense smoothly entered the space crack. As the crack disappeared, that trace of Divine Sense also disappeared.
Wang Lin didn't have any emotional fluctuations. He continued to wait for the next crack to appear.
(There is another chapter in the afternoon. Everyone rest assured, I will not write that Wang Lin's huge Divine Sense finally dissipated. If that happened, it would be too stifling. In the next chapter, the answer will be revealed.)
(To be continued)