Back then, she had been like a butterfly from thousands of years ago. In Wang Lin's hand, she had transformed into a soul fragment. Wang Lin's hand, which he held tightly onto, was now empty. He could only watch as the soul butterfly slowly faded away, transforming into a gentle breeze that floated away into the sky.
Back then, she had been in Wang Lin's arms, a look of reluctance in her eyes, a look of longing and tenderness. Her face had grown old, and she had lived her entire life. In the end, her hair had turned white, and she had become a skeleton. Then, she closed her eyes, which Wang Lin would never be able to forget.
Her right hand seemed to want to touch Wang Lin's face one last time. However, in the end, it lost all of its power, and fell back down.
The tears that had flowed out of the corners of her eyes fell onto the ground, turning into flowers for the next season. It was impossible to say whether or not they would bloom again.
In the blink of an eye, thousands of years passed. The blue sea turned into mulberry fields.
Thousands of years couldn't be described as the end of time, but it was enough to make people forget everything. However, it couldn't cause Wang Lin's memories to grow blurry. He still remembered. He still remembered …. Now, it was as if time had turned back. Wang Lin was holding onto the person he couldn't bear to part with. Back then, because Li Muwan had become a specter, his hands had been unable to hold onto her. They had been empty.
Now, although Li Muwan was illusory, in Wang Lin's arms, she felt incredibly real. It was as if he were holding onto the entire world …. However, he didn't have the strength or the body to hold onto her any longer.
His hands burned away by the black flames in his soul. Gradually, they faded away, becoming transparent. Then, they passed through Li Muwan's body and faded away.
His facial features changed rapidly. He went from middle-aged to an old man, covered with wrinkles, until he was completely transparent …. It was as if the scene from back then was repeating itself, except that their identities had been switched.
The only thing that didn't change was the warmth in Wang Lin's eyes. As his body faded away, the black flames finally dispersed the blue flames, transforming into karmic fire. Wang Lin's entire being vanished from Heaven and Earth.
Only his gaze, which was filled with black flames, moved further and further away from Li Muwan.
Li Muwan's body slumped to the ground. She stared blankly at the sky, her heart trembling.
"Just who are you!?!?"
Li Muwan struggled and screamed. There was a pain in her heart. She didn't know where this pain came from, but it was getting deeper and deeper.
The Karmic Fire burned and destroyed everything, but it could not destroy Wang Lin's Dao heart or all the memories in his heart!
"The Karmic Fire is the manifestation of my obsession. I cultivate with this obsession. I will cultivate for her my entire life!"
"Heaven and Earth are heartless and want to erase all obsessions, but my obsessions have already turned into the flames of work. Even the heavens can't take them away!!"
"If this Karmic Fire wants to burn my body, if this obsession wants to destroy me, I will not fight back!
"This fire is my, Wang Lin's, obsession. This Karmic Fire is the heavenly dao that I, Wang Lin, cultivate!"
"What is the use of cultivating a heartless dao? I use my obsession to enter the dao and my obsession to burn my karmic fire. If I don't go to the heavens, even if it is the nine cycles of hell and 18 hells, if hell is free, what harm is there in entering the earth!?"
At the instant the Karmic Flames were about to destroy it, a shocking cry of a Vermillion Bird suddenly resounded!
A Rosefinch appeared inside the black flames. This Rosefinch's body was huge, and his body was no longer blue, but black!
He was like a black phoenix that had been reborn inside the black flames!
Rosefinch's cry spread across the world and penetrated the Human Trial. It came from the first incense stick on the back of the giant tortoise and shook the entire Great Emperor Planet!
Although Dao Master Miao Yin had waited for a few days, he wasn't impatient at all. He waved his right hand and took out another peach. Just as he was about to put it in his mouth, his body trembled and he looked up at the first incense stick!
Rosefinch's cry echoed across the world!
Dao Master Blue Dream's eyes suddenly shined brightly. There was a flash of surprise in his eyes, along with a trace of shock.
"This is Rosefinch's voice … This is not an ordinary Rosefinch, this is …"
Rosefinch's voice was indeed not ordinary. His voice was ferocious and contained an unyielding defiance. It was as if it came from hell and not the heavens!
"Impossible!
Before Grandmaster Yun Luo came, she divined that little bastard would face a death calamity that would be difficult to pass! "Master Simo's expression changed greatly and his pupils shrank as he stared at the first incense stick.
Beside him, Yun Luo's pretty face was also filled with shock. Her right hand, which was hidden under her sleeve, moved even faster, almost forming afterimages. However, at this moment, her fingers suddenly trembled. The fingerprints on all five of her fingers were suddenly torn apart, and blood flowed out. It was as if there was a mysterious power that had interrupted the process of her rebirth!
It was as if Wang Lin's current state was beyond the scope of her divination!
The old Rosefinch revealed an excited expression and began to laugh. As the second generation Rosefinch, he understood Rosefinch's voice very well. Just by hearing it, he knew what was happening in the Human Trial!
"Good boy, Rosefinch was able to transform under the fire of karma!!
After passing this hurdle, the Nine Cycle Karma Retribution will begin. This is the most difficult part of the fire of karma! "
Only the old man sitting on the lizard still had his eyes closed. It was as if none of this could attract his attention.
The woman beside Dao Master Blue Dream stared at the first incense stick. She bit her lower lip and complicated tears flowed down from her eyes.
Inside the Human Trial, the black Rosefinch rose into the air and spread out his body. His body was surrounded by endless black flames and gave off an unimaginable heat. However, this heat didn't destroy the Human Trial at all. All of the heat was gathered on Rosefinch's body.
Rosefinch's voice became even more intense, and there was a fluctuation that could shock one's mind!
The black Rosefinch was formed by Wang Lin's soul!
"Since the fire of karma has appeared, ignite the cycle of karma and help me, Rosefinch, awaken for the fourth time!"
The black Rosefinch let out a roar and his giant body charged into the sky. When he reached the top, black flames erupted from his body.
From afar, the flames looked like a giant torch, and the dancing Rosefinch was at the center of the flames!
"With my obsession, the fire of karma …" Wang Lin's voice was heaven-shaking. The moment his voice echoed, the flames around him turned into a sea of fire. This sea of fire spread in all directions with Rosefinch as the center.
In the blink of an eye, the entire sky was filled with black flames, but no living being in the Human Trial below felt it!
The sea of fire that covered the sky became denser and denser. A moment later, it looked like a giant wave sweeping across the sky.
"Light, the Human Trial Incense!!"
Wang Lin's roar turned into Rosefinch's voice. At this moment, the sea of fire suddenly shrank and shot toward Wang Lin's Rosefinch. It formed a pillar of fire that shot into the sky.
Inside the flames, Wang Lin's soul suddenly condensed above the black Rosefinch. He looked up at the sky and waved his hands.
Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble!
Immediately, loud noises reverberated in the sky. The noises turned into a tearing force that seemed to want to tear the sky apart.
At this moment, on the Great Emperor Planet, black smoke suddenly appeared from the top of the first incense stick on the back of the giant tortoise!
"It's lit!!"
"The first incense stick has been lit!!"
"Let's see how long he can last!"
The surrounding tens of thousands of cultivators were already impatient after waiting for many days. If it wasn't for the fact that they didn't dare to leave, they would have already left. However, at this moment, they all went into an uproar when they saw the black smoke.
At first, the black smoke was still in the form of a thread, but in the blink of an eye, it turned into thick smoke that filled the sky like a beacon. There was also a high temperature that spread in all directions. Under that high temperature, the incense stick was burning fiercely!
The burning was extremely intense, and from afar, the flames were monstrous. The speed at which the incense stick burned was indescribable. In just an instant, more than half of the incense stick had been burned to ashes!
Compared to the other two incense sticks, this one was shocking!
Just when the surrounding tens of thousands of cultivators thought that the first incense stick would burn out in the blink of an eye, the flames on it seemed to suddenly stop!
This pause seemed to enter the minds of all the cultivators here, causing their hearts to tremble as well!
Master Simo stared at the Human Trial Incense Stick without blinking.
Beside him, Grandmaster Yun Luo's face was a bit pale and there was a hint of gloominess in her eyes.
Inside the Human Trial, Wang Lin looked at the sky as he stood on the back of the Vermillion Bird. His body was covered in endless black flames and the karma fire raged. He took a deep breath and lowered his head to look at the weak figure sitting paralyzed on the mountain in the distance. He softly muttered, "I'm sorry.
"My name is Wang Lin!" After saying his last words to Li Muwan, he suddenly looked up.
"Nine Karma Retribution, come!"
The Nine Revolutions Karma Tribulation was the Fire Tribulation of Karma. Back then, the first Vermillion Bird had almost died under this Fire Tribulation. If not for the protection of the Ancient Celestial Venerable, his soul would have been destroyed.
At this moment, as the sixth generation Rosefinch, Wang Lin was going to go through the nine karma retribution by himself without anyone's protection!
In the world, there were red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple. There were also white and black, up and down. Each color represented a cycle. The nine karma retributions began with the black flames and ended with the black flames. This was the cycle of reincarnation.
If he passed all of them, he would ignite the karma of the reincarnation cycle. This would allow the Rosefinch to undergo his fourth awakening and step into the realm of Ethereal Fire!
The nine karma retribution descended!
The black flames around Wang Lin seemed to be swept by a powerful gust of wind and turned completely blood red. The red light dyed the earth red.
Thunderous rumbles echoed and the endless red flames around Wang Lin were pushed back toward Wang Lin from all directions!
The first incense stick on the Great Emperor Planet also began to burn once more.
From the moment the incense stick was lit until now, it had been exactly one breath!
"Thank you, Follow Fate, Follow Fate, Follow Fate, Follow Fate, Follow Fate, Follow Fate, Follow Fate, Follow Fate, Follow Fate, Follow Fate, Follow Fate, Follow Fate, Follow Fate, Follow Fate.