The illusory Dong Lin Sect seemed to reflect beautiful colors under the morning sun. While it shrouded the sect, it caused the reflection outside the Dong Lin Temple to shrink.
The people of the Dong Lin Sect silently cultivated in the morning as if they were absorbing the power of the heavens and earth to cultivate.
The entire Dong Lin Sect was like a bubble blown by a mortal child. It gave off a bright light, but at the same time, it was so fragile, as if it could shatter with just a touch.
The more beautiful something was, the more illusory it was.
In the illusory back mountain of the Dong Lin Sect, birds sang and flowers bloomed. The cries of small beasts echoed in the morning. There was an extremely grand altar here.
This altar was like a tower, about 10,000 feet wide, and it was also 1,000 feet tall. It was made of green stone, and under the sunlight, it gave off an indistinguishable coldness.
Above the altar was a platform that was a thousand feet wide. At the center of the platform was a small pool. The pool was slightly dry, but there was still a thin layer of water. When the wind blew past, it would cause ripples.
There were some plants floating on the surface of the water.
Wang Lin stood outside the pool and looked at it with confusion in his eyes.
Liu Jinbiao was behind Wang Lin, and his eyes looked around. However, if one looked closely at his eyes, they would see fear in his eyes.
"This damned place is definitely not what I'm seeing right now. Who knows, maybe I'm stepping on a skeleton … This pool of water looks clear, but who knows, it's actually smelly and filled with a large number of corpses …" The more Liu Jinbiao thought about it, the more terrifying he felt this place was.
He wasn't afraid of corpses, but of the unknown.
In his fear of the unknown, he didn't notice the confusion in Wang Lin's eyes becoming stronger and stronger. Wang Lin looked at the pool on the altar and pondered for a very, very long time.
"Why is it like this …" Wang Lin closed his eyes and recalled the Dong Lin Sect and the Dong Lin Pool he saw in the illusion in the cave world!
"Why is this Dong Lin Pool … completely different from the illusion created by the Seven-Colored Celestial Sovereign's memories?!"
"The Dong Lin Pool in Seven-Colored's memory is also here, but there is no altar, only a large pool. However, this place is like this … Which one is real and which one is fake …" Wang Lin suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes revealed a strange light as he looked around with the power to break through all barriers.
What he was looking at now was completely different than before. His gaze swept over the altar, and the altar began to rot and crack. Large amounts of dried up blood could be seen on the surface of the altar.
Under his gaze, this place was surrounded by an aura of death. When his gaze landed on the pool of water, his expression softened slightly. The pool of water hadn't changed.
Apart from the pond water, everything else in the surroundings had changed.
"This should be the Dong Lin Sect, the real Dong Lin Pool … The altar has existed for a very long time, but if so, why is it different from the Dong Lin Pool in the Seven-Colored Celestial Sovereign's memories … Or if this place hasn't changed, then the one that has changed is the Seven-Colored Celestial Sovereign!" Wang Lin silently pondered.
This wasn't the first time he had stepped into the Dong Lin Sect on the Immortal Astral Continent. It was as if there was an extra layer of fog that surrounded his mind. This caused Wang Lin to hesitate about his own understanding of the cave world.
"Have I really mastered everything about the cave world … Tian Yunzi's aura, the stone tablet with the dao scripture … And the Seven-Colored Celestial Sovereign's false memories … What kind of secret is hidden here!?
"This Dong Lin Sect is definitely not an ordinary place. This sect produced Grand Empyrean Dong Lin, but how did he die? Not even his body could be found … Who destroyed the entire Dong Lin Sect … Was it the Tian Yunzi?
"Was it the Seven-Colored Celestial Sovereign? Or was it someone with a deep connection to the cave world that I've always ignored …" Wang Lin silently pondered.
Looking at the Dong Lin Pool for a long time, Wang Lin took a deep breath and stepped forward. He looked down at the surface of the pool, and there was a reflection under the sun. This allowed Wang Lin to see himself inside the Dong Lin Pool.
The moment he saw himself, looking at his white-haired, white-robed self, Wang Lin's body trembled. It was as if lightning had rumbled in his mind, and he vaguely thought of something.
"There is one thing that is very strange. I once had some speculations … About my Heaven Defying Bead. Why didn't the Seven-Colored Celestial Sovereign notice when he took it away from Grand Empyrean Dao Yi and my teacher … Why did Blue Dream and company, as well as the Seven-Colored Celestial Sovereign, notice that I have the Heaven Defying Bead … But on the Immortal Astral Continent, no one noticed it … Why didn't even my teacher, Xuan Luo, notice it when he went to the cave world? Perhaps he saw it but didn't say anything?
"If that is the case, then I have also met Grand Empyrean Dao Yi. Why didn't he say or steal it … Compared to this, I believe they didn't notice it!
"What is the Heaven Defying Bead? Who made the Heaven Defying Bead compass? What is its use … Why can the people in the cave world see that I have it, but not on the Immortal Astral Continent … I remember when I absorbed the scorpion soul, it said white bead … White bead … Does that mean there is a black bead?
"What the hell is inside!?
"If I can connect this to the destruction of the Dong Lin Sect, perhaps I'll understand what kind of shocking secret is hidden in the cave world!!" Wang Lin's expression changed as he looked around.
"In truth, I have another method. Perhaps I can find out what happened to the Dong Lin Sect and who destroyed it … However, even the Grand Empyreans couldn't find out. Even the Imperial Teacher was confused for three days and lost his memory. I … Can I …"
Wang Lin hesitated for a moment, but his eyes were filled with decisiveness. This matter was not just about the Dong Lin Sect, it was also related to him. After all, Wang Lin came from the cave world and he had the Heaven Defying Bead.
Wang Lin originally thought he had lifted the curtain, but he didn't expect that he had only lifted a corner and his eyes would still be covered. What he needed to do now was to clearly pry open the invisible hand that was covering his eyes and reveal a gap that would allow him to see the world!
After taking a deep breath, Wang Lin sat down beside the pool. He didn't look at the Dong Lin Pool but at the Dong Lin Temple in the distance. His eyes were filled with mist and his aura seemed to disappear. He was immersed in a strange state.
Liu Jinbiao was beside him and suddenly turned around. In his perception, Wang Lin seemed to have disappeared. However, when he looked back, although he could see Wang Lin, he felt like Wang Lin's existence was out of place. It was as if this world rejected Wang Lin, like fire and water.
"With my body, fuse with this place … With my soul, fuse with the void … With my soul, spread the heavens, and with my dream, dream of the passage of time …" Wang Lin's dream dao had fused with Flowing Time to create an unfathomable power. It would allow him to return to the past and see what had happened in the cave world!
Wang Lin didn't know if others could use this spell, but out of all the people he had met, only he could use it, and he needed to borrow the power of the Great Soul Sect's Ghostly Sail!
While Wang Lin was immersed in the dream dao, he silently raised his right hand and waved. The Ghostly Sail appeared and began to rotate around Wang Lin.
A dream of 1,000 years … In Wang Lin's dream, time reversed. 1,000 years, 1,000 years, 1,000 years … Even he didn't know how much time had passed. The Dong Lin Sect was still the Dong Lin Sect … The mountains were still the same, the water was still clear, and countless disciples of the Dong Lin Sect were absorbing origin energy on the same morning. The entire Dong Lin Sect was shrouded in a hazy mist.
Everything was calm and peaceful … Inside the Dong Lin Sect, the sound of dao lectures came from the main hall. Many disciples were listening.
Off in the distance, beams of light could be seen flying back and forth between the various mountains, as well as numerous red-crowned cranes …. On the ground, small animals were being kept in captivity, neighing happily. A beautiful woman was smiling as she fed medicinal pills to the animals.
Even further away, in the herb garden of the Dong Lin Sect, several disciples were taking care of the herbs according to their teacher's orders.
There were also Dong Lin Sect disciples on the stone steps of the mountain. When they met each other, they would respectfully greet their senior brothers. At the foot of the mountain, several outer sect disciples were holding buckets of water and laughing. They wiped their sweat and walked as if they were flying.
The peaceful Dong Lin Sect gave Wang Lin a similar feeling under the morning sun. It was like a bubble that gave off a bright light … The sky suddenly darkened. This didn't attract anyone's attention, but just at this moment, the disciples holding buckets of water trembled and fell to the ground.
On the stairs, the disciples who had respectfully handed over their anchors to each other let out shrill screams. Their bodies were badly mutilated and turned into wreckage … In the sky, in the herb garden, the woman who was feeding the little beasts, and the voice preaching the Dao, all of them turned into shrill screams at this moment.
The entire Dong Lin Sect was like a bubble, but at this moment, a hand touched this bubble, causing this beautiful bubble to shatter... and at the same time, all living beings inside the bubble died!
As the people of the Dong Lin Sect died, a blurry figure appeared under the sun. That figure had its back to the light and was dark, making it impossible to see it clearly … It was like a dream. Wang Lin raised his head in the dream to see the appearance of that figure, but he only saw a blur. Before he could see it clearly, intense pain came from his mind. This pain was something he had never experienced in his life, and it surpassed everything else!
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