The third trial was not the real Nirvana World, but a spatial rift connected to the Nirvana World. It was just that the inside of the rift was larger.
Wang Lin slowly walked forward in the third trial. Wherever he went, he would point at the air with his hands. Every time he pointed, a wandering soul would appear and be devoured.
It had been a long time since he had this feeling of devouring. If he thought about it carefully, it had been dozens of years since he left the foreign battleground.
Even so, when he returned from the foreign battleground, the majesty of the laws of the world was still vivid in his mind.
The devil Xu Liguo and the second devil followed behind him. They were like cicadas in winter, not daring to breathe loudly. They watched as their ancestors, who were countless times more powerful than them, fell into his mouth without any resistance. They felt like they were in his shoes.
Although Wang Lin's powerful divine sense had been compressed into a strand of Ji Realm divine sense, he was still a fragrant soul. As a result, he was the master of wandering souls.
As Wang Lin walked, he spread out his divine sense. Since this was the Nirvana World, there would naturally be other soul devourers besides wandering souls.
Wang Lin wasn't sure if fragrant souls could devour each other. He only knew that soul devourers would not attack each other unless absolutely necessary. Instead, they would use a symbiotic method to solve all problems.
After flying for a long time, Wang Lin had devoured a lot of wandering souls, but he still didn't see any soul devourers coming to contact him. He thought for a moment, and his eyes flashed. He suddenly stopped and stretched out his hands. Immediately, a few floating rocks gathered around him.
Soon, the rocks collided with each other, forming a large stone mountain. Wang Lin jumped up and stood on top of the stone mountain. He waved his right hand, and a blue ice flame immediately appeared in his palm.
Wang Lin's eyes flashed, and he pressed his right hand on the stone mountain. Immediately, the ice flame moved and merged with the stone mountain. The originally scattered stone mountain with a large number of cracks was immediately surrounded by blue crystal light. Waves of cold air rippled in all directions. Soon, all the cracks on the stone mountain were blocked by blue ice crystals, and they were firmly glued together.
Wang Lin retracted his right hand, and the blue ice flame immediately returned to his body. Wang Lin took a deep breath, and his Divine Sense Eye flickered continuously. His right hand quickly moved in front of him, and a circle of afterimages immediately appeared. He patted it with his right hand, and the circle of afterimages immediately imprinted itself on the stone mountain.
The instant the illusionary circles merged with the stone mountain, the stone mountain flashed with a dazzling light, but it quickly dimmed. Wang Lin calmed his Qi and focused his mind. His right hand moved again and again, and one illusionary circle after another appeared before him and merged with the stone mountain.
Very soon, the stone mountain had completely turned into a small mountain of restrictions.
Wang Lin muttered to himself for a bit. Then he took a step forward, and his body slowly merged with the stone mountain. Finally, his figure completely disappeared.
He sat cross-legged inside the stone mountain, and his right hand once again drew an illusionary circle, and he pressed it against the stone mountain's inner wall.
The entire mountain trembled, and then began to shrink rapidly until it was the same size as the other rocks in the area. Only then did it stop. Looking at it closely, there was nothing special about it. It looked exactly the same as the other rocks that floated around it.
Wang Lin's body was inside the stone mountain, and after leaving a trace of his Ji Realm Divine Sense in his body, his Ji Realm Divine Sense suddenly flew out and formed an illusory body outside of the stone mountain.
The body formed by Wang Lin's Ji Realm Divine Sense moved forward and silently disappeared. After his Ji Realm Divine Sense left his body, it was no longer restricted by his body, and it spread out in all directions. A layer of ripples quickly spread out from Wang Lin's Ji Realm Divine Sense. The surrounding wandering souls all revealed respectful and fearful expressions.
Shortly after, the wandering souls seemed to have received an order and immediately disappeared, flying in all directions. As Wang Lin's Ji Realm Divine Sense spread out, more and more wandering souls sensed Wang Lin's existence. They revealed expressions of submission and flew in all directions.
Wang Lin's Ji Realm Divine Sense left his body and immediately transformed back into a fragrant soul. His speed was extremely fast, and wherever he went, all the wandering souls would be extremely respectful to him.
Gradually, Wang Lin sensed a powerful Ji Realm Divine Sense in the distance. This Ji Realm Divine Sense was clearly a fragrant soul, but it was currently in a very strange state, as if it was sleeping.
The moment he sensed it, the powerful Ji Realm Divine Sense didn't react at all. Wang Lin pondered for a bit and ignored the soul devourer. Instead, he continued to spread out his Ji Realm Divine Sense, controlling even more wandering souls to serve him.
At this moment, somewhere in the third trial, Duanmu Ji stood on top of a huge stone mountain with a bitter expression. Beside him was the cold-faced Wang Qingyue.
Duanmu Ji and Wang Qingyue walked through the tunnel in the void, and the two of them entered the first trial, the metal element land.
Using Wang Qingyue's five-element escape technique, the two of them passed through the first trial and passed through the restriction mountain.
Speaking of the Restrictive Mountain, Duanmu Ji had obviously shocked everyone who knew him!
A thousand years ago, he obtained a magic treasure from the Treasure Pagoda Pavilion. This magic treasure was a cracked jade slip. According to his analysis, this jade slip only had one use left.
Later, after much research, he found out that the use of this item was to break all restrictions. As a result, Duanmu Ji's originally dead heart to enter the Ji Realm Divine Sense was revived.
He knew that his cultivation base was lower than that of the others, and that he had relied on luck and caution to survive. He was a person who knew his own limits, and had originally planned to never return to this place again. However, after learning about the use of the jade slip, he couldn't help but feel his heart thump.
Even so, he was still very cautious and hesitated. After all, he didn't think he could pass the first trial unless he learned the five-element escape technique.
Duanmu Ji pondered for a long time before giving up on the idea of learning the five-element escape technique. If he did, he would waste a lot of time here, and even if he learned it, he might not be able to pass the first trial. After all, the first trial not only required him to master the five-element escape technique, but there was also a large number of creatures attacking.
The scene he had experienced in the glacial lands all those years ago was still vivid in his mind.
So Duanmu found his good friend, Wang Qingyue, and asked him to go with him.
Wang Qingyue was proficient in the Five Elements Escape Technique. After hearing Duanmu Ji say that the first trial of the mysterious place required the Five Elements Escape Technique, he decided to give it a try. After all, if what Duanmu Ji said was true, then it would be quite a temptation for him.
Furthermore, in order to convince him, Duanmu Ji even took out a jade scroll. After Wang Qingyue saw the jade scroll, he immediately recognized that it was an ancient artifact that had disappeared from this world. The doubt in his heart also disappeared.
However, he was cautious and didn't immediately agree. He said that he would make a decision on the day the trial opened.
Duanmu Ji didn't mind. He made up his mind that if Wang Qingyue didn't go, he would sell the jade to Six Desire Devil Lord in exchange for some treasures.
However, he still had to prepare what he needed to prepare. If Wang Qingyue went, then the first and second trials wouldn't be a problem. Only the third trial would be the key.
After all, thousands of years ago, they were defeated here. They relied on the inheritance to open up a passage to escape.
If there were only one or two strange creatures in the third trial, he wouldn't be afraid. Even if there were eight or ten of them, he wouldn't be worried if he was careful.
Even if there were 80 or 100 of them, with his cultivation, he could safely pass. However, if there were more of them, then even if he was at the Soul Formation stage, he wouldn't be able to do anything.
These creatures were very strange. They could ignore most techniques, and only the true fire in his body could make them retreat a bit. However, if there were too many of them, then he wouldn't be able to take care of them all. If they pounced on him, then his spiritual energy would be devoured. If there were too many of them, then the only result would be death.
As a result, he spent a lot of time looking for treasures that could resist and attack the divine sense. Unfortunately, these treasures were too rare. Although he found a few, he still wasn't confident he could pass the third trial.
It wasn't until he heard someone in Nan Dou City that someone knew how to use the death curse technique that he suddenly had an idea. He had heard of the death curse technique before. It was a vicious technique that specialized in attacking the divine sense. At that time, his heart skipped a beat. If he had the help of this person and his own treasures, then he might really be able to pass the third trial.
That was why he began to chase and search. After catching Wang Lin, they arrived at the Land of the Ancient God. Originally, everything was calm. As long as everyone worked together, the first three trials wouldn't be a problem. Especially after Six Desire Devil Lord prepared a candidate for the third trial. Duanmu Ji was certain that as long as they didn't fight amongst themselves, entering the Land of the Ancient God was only a matter of time.
After all, even though the Land of the Ancient God had four stages, the inheritance item that they had obtained clearly stated that the fourth stage was actually a teleportation formation and the destination was the Ancient God's corpse.
This transfer array would send everyone to a different location of the Ancient God's corpse based on the amount of time they took to pass the first three trials. The shorter the time, the better the location. It was even possible to directly teleport them to the Ancient God's meridian.
Once they entered the meridian, not only would there be spirit beads condensed from dried orbs, but there would also be the residue of many pills. According to the inheritance item, there were Soul Transformation Pills among these residue.
To the Ancient God, they were residue, but to them, they were real Soul Transformation Pills!
Unfortunately, his plan was ruined by the giant dragon in the tunnel. Everyone scattered, especially when Wang Lin rushed into the mouth of the dragon and the red dragon appeared. This series of events caught Duanmu Ji off guard. In this crisis, he could only give up on searching for Wang Lin and quickly leave with Wang Qingyue.
In fact, he was the fastest person to pass the first and second trials and successfully enter the third trial. However, in the third trial, his face was filled with bitterness.
Without Wang Lin's death spell, he could only rely on the magic treasures he had collected over the past thousand years. Although it was enough to temporarily protect his life, if he wanted to enter the depths of the trial and find the entrance to the fourth trial, it would be impossible.
As a result, although he and Wang Qingyue were the first people to enter the third trial, they were blocked outside and unable to enter.
Six Desire Devil Lord was also in the third trial. He was flying around, looking for the exit to the fourth trial. Along the way, whenever he encountered a wandering soul, he would immediately wave the body of the young man in his hand. Every time he waved his hand, a dark blue light would flash from the young man's body. Then, all the wandering souls would give up on Six Desire Devil Lord without hesitation and rush toward the young man.
However, after entering the body, the wandering souls would immediately disappear without a trace. From the outside, it was impossible to see any changes to the body.
Along the way, Six Desire Devil Lord relied on this method to avoid any danger. At most, he encountered thousands of wandering souls at the same time. However, as long as the body in his hand flashed with a dark blue light, all the wandering souls would immediately rush toward him.
He looked at the corpse in his hand and a cold smile appeared on his face. Even though he had been tricked by that junior in the second trial and was struck by lightning during the trial, causing his cultivation to permanently drop to Soul Formation Early Stage, with the help of this magic treasure he had prepared for countless years, he would definitely be able to enter the fourth trial!
Thinking about this, he felt a surge of heat in his heart and his eyes revealed a hint of fanaticism. Compared to entering the body of the Ancient God and obtaining a Soul Transformation Pill, a drop in cultivation wasn't that big of a deal. Once he obtained the Soul Transformation Pill, he would be able to become a Soul Transformation expert. At that time, let alone the Sea of Devils, as long as he didn't provoke the country of Rosefinch, he would be able to do as he pleased.
Thinking about this, he sped up and began to search around. The inheritance of the Land of the Ancient God was in his hand. In fact, this item was originally obtained by his master, which was why he asked several people to help him explore the Land of the Ancient God.
His master died in the third trial. Before he died, he gave this inheritance to Six Desire Devil Lord. Originally, his master wanted to use this to open a passage and escape. Unfortunately, at the most crucial moment, he was targeted by a creature that was clearly different from the creatures here and died.
Six Desire Devil Lord witnessed the death of his master. In his terror, he took the inheritance and quickly escaped through the passage.
At this moment, there was another person in the third trial. This person was Ancient Emperor. He was sitting cross legged on a rock with four small flags spinning around him. Above his head was a palm-sized pagoda that emitted bursts of harmonious light.
In the void outside the light of the pagoda, the figures of Wandering Souls could be seen. If one were to look closely, they would see countless Wandering Souls looming in and out of existence. All of them were staring greedily at the Ancient Emperor in the pagoda.
However, none of the wandering souls were willing to enter the range of the pagoda's light.
Ancient Emperor's face was bitter. When he left the second trial, he was chased down by a bolt of purple lightning. He risked his life treasure to survive, but his cultivation level dropped to the late stage of Nascent Soul.
After entering the third trial, he didn't dare to go too deep. He only sat on a rock outside and cultivated, hoping to recover his cultivation level to the Spirit Severing stage. Otherwise, with his Nascent Soul cultivation level, he would have been able to protect himself in the first and second trials, but this extremely dangerous third trial would be impossible for him to survive.
However, what made him bitter was that the third trial's transfer whirlpool was completely motionless. It was a random transfer. Ancient Emperor's luck was bad. After he was transferred, he was trapped in the middle of the third trial. If he hadn't taken out the pagoda the moment he appeared, he would have been surrounded by countless wandering souls.
At this moment, he had no other choice but to maintain the light of the pagoda. He was completely trapped here.
Thinking back to everything that happened along the way, Ji Emperor's face was filled with hatred. He believed that all of this was caused by that mysterious person. His hatred for that person was monstrous.
However, he still had some doubts about the mysterious person's identity. According to his analysis, aside from the kid named Wang Lin, it shouldn't be anyone else. However, he didn't believe that he would be reduced to this state by a Core Formation junior.
As for Wang Lin, his divine sense spread out and gradually scanned the entire third trial. Aside from him, there was only one soul devourer.
As for the number of wandering souls, there weren't as many as in the foreign battleground. It was just that this place wasn't too big, so there were more wandering souls.
In addition, Wang Lin also found the entrance to the fourth trial. The entrance wasn't in the center of this place, but rather to the northwest.
Around the entrance, there were the most wandering souls, almost a quarter of them.
At the same time, the wandering souls that were subdued by his pressure used a special method to send him a message. They followed Wang Lin's instructions and found Six Desire Devil Lord and Ancient Emperor.
What surprised Wang Lin the most was that the wandering souls had also found Duanmu Ji and Wang Qingyue.
Wang Lin pondered a little, then his divine sense moved toward Ancient Emperor's location. According to the message sent by the wandering souls, Ancient Emperor was the one with the lowest cultivation level. He was also trapped here and couldn't leave.
Not long after, under the guidance of the wandering souls, Wang Lin's divine sense appeared outside the pagoda's light. He looked at Ancient Emperor, who had a bitter expression, and silently pondered.
As Wang Lin devoured the wandering souls here, his divine sense gradually grew. Although it wasn't at its original level, its quality was far superior. After all, his divine sense wasn't ordinary; it was the Ji Realm divine sense.
As soon as he arrived, Ancient Emperor's eyes flashed coldly. He looked at a place in front of him. It was a dark void, but he could clearly feel that there was a divine sense that was clearly different from the other strange creatures.
The moment this divine sense appeared, the surrounding strange divine sense creatures immediately scattered. Occasionally, they would reveal a respectful and fearful expression.
Seeing this, Ancient Emperor's heart skipped a beat. He immediately swallowed a pill to ensure that he had enough spirit energy to maintain the pagoda's light.
Wang Lin looked at Ancient Emperor inside the pagoda's light. His divine sense spread out and ten wandering souls flew out. Although their faces were filled with fear, they still rushed toward the pagoda's light. The moment they entered the pagoda's light, a strong resistance appeared. The ten wandering souls couldn't even enter five feet before their bodies gave off green smoke and they had to retreat.
But the pagoda's light was slightly dimmer.
Wang Lin's divine sense spread out again. This time, all the wandering souls in the surroundings, more than ten thousand in number, gathered in all directions and stared at the pagoda's light.
Ji Di's heart skipped a beat and he cursed in his heart. He formed a seal with both hands and shot several rays of spiritual light at the pagoda. Every time he shot a ray, his face became weaker. After the last ray of spiritual light, his face was ashen and his cultivation level dropped to mid stage of Nascent Soul.
At this time, all the wandering souls in the surroundings began to attack. The pagoda's light flickered a few times, and all the wandering souls that rushed into it immediately gave off green smoke. They couldn't go any further. At most, they could only go ten feet in, but they were still quite a distance away from Ancient Emperor.
The Ancient Emperor smiled bitterly. He had already done his best. There were too many wandering souls, and he couldn't fight them. Even his seniors had been devoured by them, let alone him. Especially now that his cultivation had been greatly damaged, it wouldn't be long before he ran out of spiritual power. He wouldn't be able to sustain the pagoda's light, and the spiritual consciousness creatures would pounce on him.
From start to finish, Wang Lin didn't take the initiative to go forward. He knew the difference between them. If they were outside, the Ancient Emperor would probably only need a finger to destroy him. But here, he was a soul devourer, and could control the wandering souls. As such, the relationship between them was reversed.
Of course, if he went forward directly, he wouldn't be a match for Ancient Emperor. Even though he was a fragrant soul, he was still too weak.
But fragrant souls' specialty was to devour wandering souls, and wandering souls' specialty was to devour all life in the Spiritual Realm. Even if the Ancient Emperor's cultivation was high, if there were too many wandering souls, he wouldn't be able to resist.
It has to be said that if even one wandering soul appeared in the Spiritual Realm, it could cause a catastrophe. Of course, it had to be a complete wandering soul, which was not something that a devil like Xu Liguo could compare to.
The third trial of the Land of the Ancient God was a death trial. Very few people were able to pass it. The Land of the Ancient God had existed for countless years, and this wasn't the first time Six Desire Devil Lord's teacher had tried. However, like all the other people before him, he was stopped at the third trial.
The wandering souls in the Nirvana Realm weren't easy to destroy, and there were many of them. Even if they were exhausted, as long as the fragrant soul was still there, they could be revived.
It could be said that this was a cycle, a dead end.
The reason why Wang Lin was able to be like a fish in water here was all because of the special encounter he had in the foreign battleground's spatial crack.
If he didn't have his body destroyed by Teng Huayuan, if Situ Nan wasn't willing to sacrifice his Nascent Soul to keep his soul from being destroyed, if he didn't enter the foreign battleground's spatial crack, if he didn't wake up and devour wandering souls to strengthen himself, eventually becoming a fragrant soul … If one of these things went wrong, then even if Wang Lin was in the third trial, he wouldn't be able to have the status he had now.
The wandering souls that everyone's expression changed were food in Wang Lin's eyes. Similarly, without this food, Wang Lin was just a slightly smart Core Formation junior in the eyes of Ancient Emperor and the others. Any one of them could easily destroy him if they didn't have all these restrictions.
However, things in this world were often unexpected. Ants, under special circumstances, could also kill an elephant. Although straw was light, it could still crush a camel. All of this couldn't be described with the word 'reasonable'.
It could only be said that the affairs of the world were unpredictable.
It was just like how Hunchback Meng, who had died in the first trial, suddenly appeared in the vortex of the third trial. It was also like how someone as powerful as the Ancient God Tu Si died. None of this could be described with the word "reasonable." From the third trial onward, the Land of the Ancient God became confusing and strange.