The green-robed old man's eyes were filled with panic and he retreated a few steps before everyone. His face was blue and his heart was filled with anger. He was sure that Wang Lin wouldn't dare to attack here. After retreating three steps, the green-robed old man pointed at Wang Lin and shouted.
"You …"
Just as the green-robed old man spoke, Wang Lin arrived before him. Wang Lin grabbed the green-robed old man's clothes and threw him out. The green-robed old man let out a cry as if he had been slapped by an invisible palm. He was knocked back hundreds of thousands of feet.
"Wang Lin greets the Celestial Emperor!"
Before the Celestial Dao Temple, Wang Lin clasped his hands and bowed. After all, this was the imperial palace and the Celestial Emperor was a Grand Empyrean, so he had to show some respect.
The gazes of the tens of thousands of cultivators gathered on Wang Lin. There were also tens of thousands of black-armored soldiers. They all silently stared at Wang Lin.
Among the cultivators, aside from the Li Mansion, the other three looked at Wang Lin with different gazes. In particular, the three family heads looked at Wang Lin with complicated and helpless gazes.
After Wang Lin clasped his hands, the surroundings were completely silent. After a long time, a calm voice came from the Celestial Dao Temple.
"You pushed away my title conferring official. How are we supposed to proceed with the title ceremony?"
As he spoke, the closed door of the Celestial Dao Temple silently opened, revealing the interior of the Celestial Dao Temple. In the depths of the temple, there was a staircase with a giant dragon throne on it. The dragon throne looked like it was formed by a real dragon, and its head was raised in the air. Its eyes were filled with vigor as it looked at Wang Lin, who was standing outside the temple.
A middle-aged man wearing a crown and a royal robe sat on the dragon throne. The man supported his chin with one hand, and his body was slightly tilted. He looked dignified without being angry.
Beside this man stood a young man wearing a coarse robe. This young man had fair skin and a pair of slender eyes. He held two purple beads in his hand, and he kept spinning them in his palm. There was a smile on his face, and his gaze was gentle as he looked at Wang Lin.
But that one glance caused the blood in Wang Lin's body to stop flowing. It was as if that one glance caused him to fall into a trance, as if he were seeing a lifetime of memories flash by in the blink of an eye.
His mind shook, but he quickly recovered. His pupils constricted as he looked at the young man in the coarse robe.
A hint of surprise flashed in the young man's eyes as he smiled and nodded at Wang Lin.
"Imperial Advisor, Shang Xuandao!"
This name appeared in Wang Lin's mind the moment he met the young man's gaze. Although he had never met this person before, to be able to make him feel like he had entered reincarnation, it was likely the Imperial Advisor!
As for the Celestial Emperor sitting on the dragon throne, he looked exactly the same as the one Wang Lin saw in the Empyrean Trial. However, he was even more majestic and powerful than before. It was as if the world was a part of him as he sat there.
Everything in the world had to kneel before his gaze.
The Celestial Emperor slowly said, "Forget it. You are the number one Ascendant Empyrean, and that slave was disrespectful to you. I won't make it difficult for you. Xuandao, go preside over the title ceremony."
"Yes." The young man in the coarse robe bowed slightly and walked toward the door.
"It really is him!" Wang Lin's expression became serious.
When he passed by Wang Lin, the young man in the coarse robe smiled and nodded at Wang Lin. Then he looked at the tens of thousands of cultivators outside the square.
"I'll preside over the title ceremony. Next, we'll use the blood sacrifice to open the celestial dao!" As the Imperial Advisor spoke, he raised his right hand and pointed at the sky.
With this, a ray of red light flew into the sky. At the same time, earth-shattering roars came from 99 corners of the palace. These roars were like the screams of fierce beasts before they died.
Shortly after, 99 pillars of blood shot into the sky from the palace. From where Wang Lin stood, he could clearly see that there were 99 different beast souls inside the 99 pillars of blood!
"Blood sacrifice to the celestials, killing 99 beasts, and using their blood to open the ethereal dao …" Wang Lin calmly watched all of this.
The 99 pillars of blood rushed into the sky, causing the entire sky to turn blood red. It was as if a door to a mysterious world had been opened. Outside the door was a void, and it was impossible to tell where it was.
The beast souls within the blood pillars let out soundless roars as they shot into the void and disappeared. The entire imperial palace was deathly silent!
At that instant, this place was not the only place that fell into dead silence. All the Progenitors of the sects and clans in the land of the Immortals who saw this through the Rune in the palace stared at the sky above the palace!
"In addition to breaking through the nine doors and accepting challenges, there is another ceremony in the title ceremony, which is to open the celestial dao. A blood sacrifice is used to attract foreign spirits. There are strong and weak foreign spirits, and the Celestial Emperor will kill them. Their blood will spill over the earth and their souls will be refined into treasures for the person to be titled!"
Wang Lin was very clear about the title ceremony, so he was not surprised. He looked up at the sky.
"I wonder what kind of foreign spirit this White-Haired Ascendant Empyrean will attract!"
"Back then, during the blood sacrifice, Ascendant Empyrean Ming Dao attracted a sword-shaped spirit. The Celestial Emperor killed it and turned it into a sword. Rumor has it that this sword is extremely powerful!"
"This all depends on luck. I wonder how this Wang Lin's luck is!"
The surrounding cultivators all looked up with bright eyes and began to speculate in their hearts.
In the blood-colored sky, at this moment, within the pitch-black void within the huge vortex, a ferocious beast that looked like a lion flashed out. This lion-like ferocious beast's eyes were bloodshot, and its neck was a bloody mess. As it roared, golden blood dripped down from its neck.
It seemed to be fleeing in the nothingness that led to some unknown place, but it was sucked in by the vortex that suddenly appeared, causing its body to be forcefully pulled over and suddenly appear in the vortex.
Its appearance immediately caused the tens of thousands of cultivators below to exclaim!
"Heavenly Lion Beast!!"
"This is the Heavenly Lion Beast left behind by the Celestial Ancestor!!"
"Rumor has it that the Heavenly Lion Continent was formed by a Heavenly Lion Beast Emperor. This beast doesn't have any golden fur on its head, so it's not a beast emperor. However, it looks like an adult war lion!"
As the exclamations echoed, the Imperial Teacher Shang Xuandao remained calm. It was as if he had already expected this Heavenly Lion Beast to appear.
"The seal left by the Celestial Ancestor can't allow foreign spirits that are too powerful to enter. If this Heavenly Lion Beast wasn't injured, it would be difficult for it to appear … This Wang Lin's luck is pretty good!" As the Imperial Teacher pondered, a heaven-shaking roar came from the sky.
This roar shocked the mind and was enough to make mortals collapse. Even cultivators with low cultivation levels would tremble as if they had encountered their natural enemy.
It was the Heavenly Lion II. The Heavenly Lion Beast with its neck injured charged out of the vortex and appeared on the celestial continent. Its eyes were filled with confusion; it was clear that it was unfamiliar with this place. However, that confusion instantly disappeared and was replaced with terror. It quickly retreated as if it wanted to escape from the vortex!
But just at this moment, the Celestial Emperor's cold voice entered Wang Lin's ears.
"Heavenly Lion Beast …" At the same time this voice appeared, the Celestial Emperor on the Dragon Throne of the Celestial Dao Palace raised his other hand and waved it out.
With that, a five-colored tongue of flame magically appeared, shooting out of the main hall toward the Heavenly Lion, carrying with it a monstrous wave of heat.
In the blink of an eye, under Wang Lin's gaze, the five-colored flame turned into a five-colored sea of fire that surrounded the injured Heavenly Lion Beast. Miserable screams echoed across the world, followed by a violent rumble. A large amount of hot, oily blood exploded from the sky and scattered across the entire palace.
All the surrounding cultivators saw this and were shaken. It was unknown who was the first to kneel, but in the blink of an eye, all the cultivators knelt toward the Celestial Dao Palace.
"Celestial Emperor's might!"
"Celestial Emperor's might!"
The voices formed by the tens of thousands of people were like thunder that echoed in the palace. The power of the Celestial Emperor was displayed to the cultivators of the Celestial Clan in this way!
Wang Lin silently pondered. He could also kill the injured Heavenly Lion Beast, but he couldn't do it as casually as the Celestial Emperor. He would need to use the soul armor and even use some of his avatar's power.
"Grand Empyrean …" Wang Lin's expression was calm, and he didn't reveal any of his thoughts.
At this moment, the sea of fire in the sky dissipated, revealing a strand of white hair. The appearance of this white hair caused Imperial Teacher Shang Xuandao's eyes to narrow.
Not only him, but the Celestial Emperor on the dragon throne also raised his head and stared at the white hair. His eyes revealed a hint of surprise!
"White hair that even my Extreme Fire Dao can't burn … This thing …"
Wang Lin stood there, and his eyes revealed a strange light. The white hair gave him a very familiar feeling, but this feeling only flashed by like it was an illusion.
Without hesitation, Wang Lin's body flickered and he charged into the sky!
There was also the Celestial Emperor inside the Celestial Dao Palace. His right hand reached toward the void and a giant five-colored flame hand appeared out of thin air. It reached toward the white hair!
With Wang Lin's speed, he couldn't compare to the Celestial Emperor. However, the five-colored flame hand appeared next to the white hair and grabbed it.
However, just at this moment, the five-colored flame hand trembled and was penetrated by the hair. This scene was seen by everyone. Wang Lin didn't hesitate to appear next to the hair and grab it!
"Thank you, Celestial Emperor, for giving me this treasure!" Wang Lin turned toward the Celestial Dao Palace and bowed!
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