In the Inner Realm's four star systems, all the invading Outer Realm cultivators were buried by the four wheels formed by the power of the Inner Realm and disappeared.
The only one that escaped was the celestial imperial concubine. She quickly escaped through the rift in panic.
However, there was one person who didn't die to the wheel of the world. That person was Yun Luo!
Yun Luo was the person who dreaded Wang Lin the most among all the Outer Realm cultivators. The scenes she had divined were engraved in her heart. The moment Wang Lin forced the Sovereign back, Yun Luo didn't hesitate to crush the life-saving jade her teacher had left her.
This jade was something her teacher had refined before her death. It was fused with the stars and allowed her to teleport. No matter where she was, she would instantly return to her clan's altar in the Ancient Star System. After one time, the jade would shatter.
She had carried this jade with her all year round. Even when her avatar died, she hadn't used it. Today, she had used this jade to save her life.
As for Wang Lin, his aura was unstable. Although he had the body of an ancient god, he had been seriously injured in the previous battle. These injuries came from killing the celestial imperial concubine whose name and rank he didn't even know, and also from suppressing the old man in black and the other celestial imperial concubine with the Emperor Furnace.
However, even more than that, it was because he had fused the three essences to form the wheel of the world. It had taken almost all of his strength to form this wheel. In particular, pushing the fourth wheel had exhausted Wang Lin.
Although his cultivation had reached the mid stage of Spirit Void after reaching the third step, this kind of burden had made him extremely tired.
Right now his face was pale and he didn't look as strong as before. It was as if a gust of wind could make him fall, but his eyes were still filled with determination and coldness.
He didn't retreat and didn't fall. Instead, he said he would protect the Inner Realm for three years!
Just as Wang Lin said those words, Situ Nan and the other cultivators arrived from the distance. They had come late, but because they hadn't participated in the battle, none of them were injured. Aside from Wang Lin, they had become the protectors of the Inner Realm.
When Wang Lin left, he didn't even have time to say a few words to Shimizu or the people he was familiar with before he left. Time was of the essence. Although the Inner Realm was still calm, only Wang Lin knew that this was just the beginning.
All of this was just the first step.
The real calamity would come during these three years or even after three years. It would set off a peak power that might destroy the entire Inner and Outer Realms.
After all, in the eyes of the people of the Immortal Astral Continent, even if all the cultivators in the cave world died, it wouldn't matter. The Heavenly Dao would continue to create lives, and after tens of thousands of years, countless lives would appear. There would be third step cultivators among them, and there would be powerhouses struggling inside the cave world!
However, Wang Lin wasn't willing to let this happen. He had his own plan, a crazy idea. With this plan in mind, he turned into a ray of light and pushed the wheel formed by the three essences toward the stars.
After him, Mu Bingmei looked at Wang Lin's departing figure and bit her lower lip. There was no more complexity in her eyes, only confusion. After a long time, she lowered her head. Wang Lin's words lingered in her ears for a long time.
"Although she is not my lover, she is the mother of my son, Wang Lin …" Mu Bingmei raised her beautiful head. The confusion in her eyes disappeared and was replaced with determination. She turned into a blue phoenix and chased after Wang Lin.
In the distance, Shimizu's origin soul returned. He opened his eyes and looked at the woman in pink, who was watching Wang Lin disappear. He let out a sigh and slowly spoke.
"You and he have known each other for a long time, right …"
The woman in pink pondered for a moment. Her gaze fell on Shimizu and she gently nodded.
"His life has been miserable and he has been alone to this day. If you want to accompany him, then don't hesitate … In a person's life, once you hesitate, you might lose something. Don't be like me back then …" There was a flash of reminiscence in Shimizu's eyes.
The woman in pink lowered her head. After a long time, she softly asked, "You … Why did you save me?"
Shimizu pondered for a long time before revealing a bitter expression. He shook his head and didn't say anything. There were some things he couldn't say. If he could say them, he would have said them back then when he recognized her as his daughter. However, he didn't know how to express them.
After waiting for a long time, the woman in pink bowed toward Shimizu. Her eyes were complicated. She didn't understand. She let out a sigh and turned to chase after Wang Lin.
Off in the distance, Qing Lin rose to his feet, looked up at the starry sky, and closed his eyes.
"Perhaps he knows some of the truth … Just like what Teacher told me back then … Back then, I couldn't believe it and could only choose to forget to deceive myself … He is stronger than me. He didn't choose to deceive himself and chose to face it."
As Mu Bingmei and the woman in pink flew away, a third ray of light flew out from a planet that hadn't collapsed.
There was a woman inside that ray of light. Her name was Xi Zifeng.
After this war, there were less than 50,000 Inner Realm cultivators left. Since the first battle at the Cloud Sea 97 years ago, out of the nearly 500,000 Inner Realm cultivators, more than 90% had died in the past 97 years.
What remained was the full power of the Inner Realm cultivators.
The death toll in this war that had lasted for nearly 100 years had never been so tragic.
There weren't many third step cultivators in the Inner Realm, and now even more had died. Those that survived were all injured.
Without enough Joss Flames, even their recovery was extremely slow. It was likely they wouldn't be able to reach their peak again in their lifetime.
After this war, there were only 19 planets left in the Luo Tian star system. These 19 planets became places for the 50,000 cultivators to heal.
This place became the new cultivation world of the Inner Realm!
Under the protection of Situ Nan and company, everyone chose to sit down on these 19 planets to heal. There were cultivators that were good at alchemy that endured their injuries and went to the other three star systems to find herbs. They were going to refine pills to help others recover faster.
Everything seemed to calm down and the tens of thousands of cultivators began to recover. However, they didn't relax, as this war was not over.
At this moment, the fourth ray of light flew out from a planet toward where Wang Lin disappeared. There was also a woman inside the ray of light. This woman was the Arcane Void cultivator from the Summoned River, the woman in purple!
Her origin was mysterious, and aside from a few people in the Inner Realm, no one else knew her identity.
However, her actions in this war had won everyone's respect.
30 years ago, her little sister had died in battle.
Since then, she, who had always been silent, hadn't said a word.
The vitality of the Inner Realm calmed down and silently passed these three years.
Wang Lin was tired as he pushed the wheel formed by the three essences toward the Cloud Sea. The gap in the Cloud Sea was the gap in the Realm Sealing Formation. It was the biggest hidden danger for the Inner Realm during these three years.
If he wanted the Inner Realm to have these last three years to recover, not only would he have to seal the gap, but Wang Lin would have to guard it by himself for more than 1,000 days and nights.
In truth, he didn't have to do this, he could have deceived himself and found a strange place to live out his life alone. However, he couldn't and he didn't want to.
As he moved forward, howls echoed among the stars. This was the sound of the wheel formed by the three essences breaking through space. The light in Wang Lin's eyes covered up the exhaustion on his face as he pushed the wheel forward.
It didn't take long for him to arrive at the border of the Cloud Sea. He took a step and moved like a ray of light.
There was no longer any fog in the Cloud Sea, so it was no longer blurry but extremely clear. The smell of blood filled the air and collapsed rocks floated in the air. It looked like a ruin.
Wang Lin pushed the three great wheels through the ruins of the Cloud Sea. The battlefield of the first battle gradually appeared before him. This was one of the few areas in the Cloud Sea where there was no fog. However, as Wang Lin closed in, a gust of wind spread out from the wheel.
As this gust of wind swept by, the fog outside the gap in the Cloud Sea rapidly moved and scattered. It didn't take long for the originally dense fog before Wang Lin to completely dissipate, revealing the 10,000 foot gap.
This gap was like a scar that had existed inside the Realm Sealing Formation. After nearly 100 years, it still hadn't healed completely. The Inner Realm cultivators had tried to repair it, but they all left in disappointment. This gap could no longer be repaired because the Realm Sealing Formation that sealed the Inner and Outer Realms was on the verge of collapse.
It was unknown who created the Realm Sealing Formation. However, after countless years, under the repeated attacks of the destructive power, it became weak as if it was on the verge of death.
Standing before the gap, Wang Lin silently pondered. He looked at the Realm Sealing Formation and scanned it with his divine sense. He could feel the existence of the treasure spirits, but even their auras were dim and showed signs of dissipating as the Realm Sealing Formation weakened.
"This formation is dead …" Wang Lin let out a sigh. He turned around and looked behind him. A ray of purple light carrying the aura of a third step cultivator closed in.
This purple light was the last person to walk out but the first to catch up to Wang Lin, the female cultivator from the Summoned River!
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