Nirvana Void cultivators devoured dao spirits to solidify their Joss Flame Realm, and they needed a large amount of Joss Flame souls. However, this realm was only external. Only after reaching the Spirit Void stage could they fuse the Joss Flame Realm with themselves. Then they would become the world and the Joss Flame souls would worship them. Then they would have supreme spells in their own world.
Each of the four Void Realms was extremely difficult to break through, especially from peak Spirit Void to Arcane Void. It no longer required a Joss Flame Realm, but an ethereal essence!
Essences were divided into corporeal and ethereal. For example, the five elements of thunder and fire were all corporeal essences. Such essences could be seen and were easy to obtain. They didn't need to be comprehended much, and one only needed to fuse with many of their own to slowly reach completion.
This was how Wang Lin's fire and Thunder essences were.
However, among the essences, there was another called an ethereal essence. Like karma, life and death, true and false, they couldn't be seen and could only be comprehended. Such essences were extremely difficult to reach completion because they couldn't be fused with and could only be comprehended.
The reason there weren't many Arcane Void cultivators, out of the millions of cultivators in the Inner Realm, there were probably only a dozen or so. The main reason was because ethereal essences were difficult to obtain.
If one had an ethereal essence when they reached the third step, then there would be a lot fewer bottlenecks in the Arcane Void stage. However, there were simply too few people who had an ethereal essence when breaking through the Void Gate. As a result, if one wanted to reach the Arcane Void stage, they would have to comprehend an ethereal essence or steal it or comprehend it on their own.
Although it was difficult to obtain an ethereal essence after reaching the third step, over the countless years, many strange people had appeared, and they had slowly come up with a method.
This method was very strange, but it proved that the wisdom of cultivators was often the same. Their method was to let the countless Joss Flame Citizens cultivate in their own Joss Flame World. With the help of these almighty cultivators, the cultivation speed of these Joss Flame Citizens would increase by leaps and bounds. Moreover, the Joss Flame Citizens would create a reincarnation cycle in their own Joss Flame World. As a result, the Joss Flame Citizens wouldn't even know that they were in an illusory world.
With this, these Joss Flame Dwellers obtained illusory power, allowing them to give birth to illusory essence dwellers over countless years.
Once an Ethereal Essence appeared, it would immediately be devoured by the almighty being that raised it and become a part of itself.
Because all of this was illusory, and because these Joss Flame Dwellers were part of the almighty beings' bodies, this devouring was perfect.
Similarly, because the cultivation of these Joss Flame Dwellers was illusory, even if they walked out of their respective Joss Flame Realms, they would lose all their power and become mortals.
Over the countless years, there had been people who had tried to find out if the world they lived in was also the Joss Flame World of a powerful existence. However, there was no answer.
The only thing that could be verified was that once he left this world, his cultivation base would disappear and he would become a mortal. That would be enough to prove that he was only a Joss Flame.
However, if his cultivation level didn't change after he walked out, it meant everything was real!
As Wang Lin walked through the stars of the Summoned River, his divine sense withdrew from the head he had grabbed. When he grabbed the head, he had used the soul search spell and obtained a lot of memories from the middle-aged man.
At this moment, he waved his right hand and another head appeared among the tens of thousands of heads behind Wang Lin.
This was the first third step cultivator among the nearly 10,000 Outer Realms cultivators, but he wouldn't be the last.
There were no more third step cultivators in the Summoned River. Even if there were, they were just dead souls. Wang Lin walked forward like a ray of light as he swept through the Summoned River.
Wherever he went, there would be a rain of blood. He was like a gust of wind sweeping through leaves, and countless heads flew into his back.
The Outer Realm cultivators would often call for death with a flash of his white robe. As Wang Lin walked forward, the number of heads behind him increased. 10,000, 15,000, 20,000 … Until the number of heads reached 50,000!
Fifty thousand heads sounded simple, but if one saw it with their own eyes, it would be enough to shake the minds of all cultivators. This wasn't just a simple amount of slaughter. It was impossible to see it clearly, but rather, it was truly a sea of heads. The thick stench of blood was something that could be smelled even from far away!
When Situ Nan and company arrived at the Summoned River, they saw that there were no Outer Realm cultivators returning to the Summoned River!
As they walked past the cultivation planets dyed red with blood, the Summoned River cultivators joined in one by one. They followed Wang Lin's footsteps and flew forward.
Wang Lin was in front and they were behind. Although there were countless mountains, rivers, and endless stars between them, Wang Lin's existence was like the head of a sword. Wherever he pointed, everyone followed!
Wang Lin withdrew his divine sense from the entire Summoned River. After confirming that there were no Outer Realm cultivators here, he took the 50,000 heads behind him. As the 50,000 heads let out earth-shattering screams, he entered the Cloud Sea. The Cloud Sea was the front line of the war, and a large amount of cultivators from both sides had died here. The moment Wang Lin entered, he vaguely felt the countless souls that seemed to be there, and they were all screaming.
He closed his eyes, and after sensing for a moment, he suddenly opened them. His eyes were filled with killing intent and he stepped forward. The 50,000 heads floated behind him. From afar, it looked like a shocking sea of heads.
"50,000 heads can form the Life and Death Formation!" As Wang Lin moved forward, most of the floating continents in the Cloud Sea had collapsed and were no longer the same.
The continents that still existed were occupied by Outer Realm cultivators. These Outer Realm cultivators had been in the Cloud Sea for a long time, and because the Cloud Sea was the front line of the war back then, there were almost no Inner Realm cultivators left; they had all died.
The entire Cloud Sea had become the Outer Realm's territory!
Wang Lin's divine sense spread out and instantly shrouded the entire Cloud Sea. Everything in the Cloud Sea clearly appeared in his mind. Looking at the Cloud Sea that had lost its sense of familiarity, the anger in Wang Lin's heart raged like a storm.
His divine sense spread out and didn't hide at all. He used a domineering method to tell all the Outer Realm cultivators that he had arrived.
In his divine sense, the Outer Realm cultivators guarding the continents awakened from their cultivation. They looked up at the sky in shock, and a sense of dread rapidly appeared in their hearts.
Wang Lin's divine sense was like a giant wave that swept across the Cloud Sea. It was like a heavy hammer that hammered the hearts of all the Outer Realm cultivators.
Deep in the Cloud Sea, on a rare cultivation planet. This planet was originally the Heaven Breaking Sect, but now it was in ruins. Endless green and purple seaweed grew on the planet. It was more than 1,000 feet tall, and from afar, it looked like the planet had grown hair.
The entire planet was covered in endless green and purple seaweed. At the center of the planet, there was a giant branch that was hundreds of feet thick. It was a giant, purple flower!
It was more than 10,000 feet tall and was very conspicuous among the endless seaweed. It was as if the seaweed was born because of it!
This flower hadn't bloomed, but there was a flower bud about 100 feet wide at the top.
The flower bud was round and slightly transparent. There was a woman sitting cross-legged inside. She was very beautiful, and she was wearing a green dress. She was meditating.
The aura of a mid stage Nirvana Void cultivator came from the flower bud. Just as Wang Lin's divine sense swept by the planet, the woman inside the flower bud suddenly opened her eyes.
There was a hint of shock in her eyes. When she opened her eyes, the endless seaweed on the planet moved.
Far away from this cultivation planet, in the fog that connected the Cloud Sea Battlefield to the Outer Realm, there was a floating continent. There were countless Outer Realm cultivators on this continent, and they were moving large stones to build a huge temple.
The temple had already taken shape, and there was a statue on it. There were two huge black wings on the back of the statue, and the statue looked ferocious and dignified.
This statue wasn't of a person, but a giant bat beast!
There was a red-robed old man sitting on the head of the statue. The mark between his eyebrows was also that of a black bat!
The moment Wang Lin's divine sense swept by, the old man opened his eyes in terror. He suddenly stood up and looked at the sky. His face immediately turned pale.
At the same time, in the Luo Tian Star System, hundreds of thousands of Outer Realm cultivators had gathered. There were also several third step cultivators here, and some of them were the cultivators that had participated in the hunt against Wang Lin!
These hundreds of thousands of Outer Realm cultivators surrounded the star system. They were densely packed and filled the entire star system. They all looked tired, but the ferocity under the exhaustion hadn't dissipated at all.
Surrounded by these hundreds of thousands of cultivators was a formation formed by 999 planets. There were some Inner Realm cultivators on each planet, and they had been resisting for a long time.
At the very center of the formation was a circular altar. The altar was shrouded in a hazy mist, and one could only vaguely see a person sitting cross-legged on it.
On a cultivation planet, a woman with a cold expression bit her lower lip and despair gradually appeared in her eyes.
On another cultivation planet, Mu Bingmei's hair was tied up and she was wearing white. Her beautiful face was filled with confusion.
On each of these planets, there were figures that Wang Lin was familiar with. They were all here.
Today's third watch couldn't be considered the outbreak.
The third watch would be early in the morning.