Putting down the invitation jade in his hand, Wang Lin no longer thought about this matter. After all, compared to the Ancient Dao Emperor's coronation ceremony, his cultivation was more important.
"The Metal Essence True Body should be formed in the next few days. At that time, the Five Elements will form a true body and fuse into one. At that time, I will be able to verify whether or not my previous guesses and calculations are correct."
Wang Lin's eyes were filled with hesitation. He was a bit worried. If his cultivation level was still at the late stage of Void Tribulant after the five-element true body was complete, then his speculation would fail.
Once he failed, Wang Lin would have to give up on forming his other essences. He would have to comprehend the fourth ethereal essence after life and death, karma, and true and false.
However, this ethereal essence was a blur, and it depended entirely on luck and comprehension. Perhaps he could gain something in a few years, or it could take thousands of years and he still wouldn't have a clue.
This caused Wang Lin to hesitate as he looked at the ball of light surrounded by the golden fog. He gradually revealed a look of anticipation.
After a long time, Wang Lin let out a sigh and withdrew his gaze from the golden fog. He had already done his best. Whether or not his cultivation level could increase, he would have the answer in a few days.
Wang Lin opened his eyes slightly and pondered a bit. Then he waved his sleeve and a formation appeared on the ground. This formation slowly rotated, but there was no sound coming from it. From the outside, there was no light coming from it.
He got up and stepped into the formation. Wang Lin's figure disappeared.
Below the formation, about 100,000 feet below the wooden house, there was a giant cave. This cave hadn't appeared for long; it was formed on the fifth day of Wang Lin's closed door cultivation.
This cave was thousands of feet wide and was shrouded in black and white light. At the center of the light floated a giant black and white sun!
Although it was only an outline, it was Wang Lin's Grand Empyrean sun!
Under the Grand Empyrean sun was a head 100 feet tall. It had no ears and a deep crack on its forehead. This was the head of the Celestial Ancestor!
Wang Lin had placed countless restrictions around the cave. With his current cultivation level, these restrictions were extremely powerful. Forget Empyrean Exalts, not even Ascendant Empyreans could sense them.
Even Grand Empyreans would find it difficult to notice if they didn't look carefully. This was because the power that formed this restriction was the fusion between the celestial and ancient powers inside Wang Lin's body!
He had extracted a bit of it and fused it with the restrictive spells in the area, which was why it was so powerful.
Wang Lin's figure appeared next to the Celestial Ancestor's head. Wang Lin's expression was calm. He had created this place to nourish his Grand Empyrean sun. According to his analysis, if his Grand Empyrean sun could completely melt the Celestial Ancestor's head, then his sun would be complete.
Wang Lin sat down before the Celestial Ancestor's head and spat out a strand of green gas. The green gas went into the head and entered its orifices. The Celestial Ancestor's head trembled and released a large amount of golden light. However, the golden light was immediately absorbed by the Grand Empyrean sun and turned into black and white light to nourish the sun.
During these three months of time, the Grand Empyrean sun had been absorbing the Celestial Ancestor's head. However, how could it be so easy to refine? It was very difficult to completely fuse with the Grand Empyrean sun.
A moment later, Wang Lin opened his eyes and raised his right hand. A dark, golden light spread out from his palm. Inside the light was a weak soul with its eyes closed. Wang Lin held the soul in his hand. Although he looked calm, his pupils shrank and became serious.
The weak soul was the Celestial Emperor Lian Daozhen!!
The Celestial Emperor, whose soul had been captured by Wang Lin, was in a miserable state. He would occasionally tremble in Wang Lin's hand. He wanted to open his eyes, but he seemed to have no strength. However, there was a shocking celestial spiritual energy around his body. The celestial spiritual energy gave off a pressure that could be immediately recognized as the pressure of a Grand Empyrean!
However, although the pressure belonged to a Grand Empyrean, the celestial spiritual energy from the soul was not pure. It was extremely mixed and gave off a sense of defeat. It was as if the soul was enduring great pain with its eyes closed.
"What a powerful curse …" Wang Lin muttered to himself. Wang Lin had been constantly sealing the Celestial Emperor's soul. Even with his cultivation and the Celestial Emperor's soul, he still couldn't get rid of the curse. However, he was able to maintain a balance so the soul wouldn't dissipate.
"I originally planned to use the pressure of this soul to fuse with the celestial and ancient power in my body, but it looks like there's no need. However, this soul is still the Celestial Emperor, so it will be of great use to me." Wang Lin pondered and looked at his Grand Empyrean sun.
"Unfortunately, the curse is too strong … If I could get rid of it, perhaps I could fuse his soul with my Grand Empyrean sun. With his soul as a guide, I should be able to devour the Celestial Ancestor's head …" Wang Lin rubbed his chin. After pondering for a moment, his eyes lit up. His left hand formed a seal and he pointed at the Celestial Emperor's soul in his right hand.
The moment his finger landed, the Celestial Emperor's soul trembled. It opened its mouth and let out a silent roar. The restrictions around the cave immediately began to flash.
Wang Lin's expression was very serious as his left hand pointed at the head of the Celestial Emperor's soul. After a long time, he slowly raised his hand and a sliver of grey gas was extracted from the Celestial Emperor's soul. It turned into a long thread and was slowly pulled out by Wang Lin.
When his left hand was completely raised, the grey thread wrapped around the tip of Wang Lin's left hand and turned into a ghost-like shadow. It opened its mouth and charged at Wang Lin's finger.
However, just as it was about to devour, Wang Lin's eyes narrowed and his pupils turned silver. The silver light landed on the ghost-like shadow and the shadow trembled in fear. Its body shrank by more than half and was grabbed by Wang Lin's left hand.
The grey gas disappeared.
Some sweat appeared on Wang Lin's forehead. The silver light in his eyes dissipated and he revealed a bitter smile.
"The temporary fusion of the celestial and ancient souls can dispel the curse … But with my current cultivation level, I can't last too long. I can't dispel all the curse at once …" Wang Lin looked at the Celestial Emperor's soul in his right hand. A sliver of the curse had been extracted, but now it had regenerated.
With a sigh, Wang Lin waved his right hand and put away the Celestial Emperor's soul. He sat there and pondered for a long time before letting out a sigh.
"It looks like I'll have to wait until my cultivation level is higher and the fusion time is longer. Only when I can display more power can I dispel the curse and fuse it with my Grand Empyrean sun.
"This spell is strange, and the Celestial Emperor's identity is special. It's not convenient to ask Teacher Xuan Luo for help."
Unless it was absolutely necessary, Wang Lin was used to not letting anyone know some of his secrets.
After putting away the Celestial Emperor's soul, Wang Lin waved his right hand and a jade appeared. This jade was given to him by Prince Ji Du, and it contained the power of the Ancient Ancestor's finger.
Wang Lin had studied this jade before, but he couldn't understand it. There seemed to be a barrier that prevented him from seeing it clearly, so he could only use it as a one-time spell.
However, now that he had fused with the drop of soul blood, there were some fragmented memories in his mind. He could feel their existence, but he couldn't look at them. This was obviously because he didn't have much soul blood.
Holding the jade, Wang Lin looked at it. There was a blurry figure inside the jade. This figure seemed to exist in a similarly blurry world. As the figure moved, the world shattered and disappeared.
It was a very simple illusion, but because it was blurry, it was very difficult to comprehend.
Wang Lin had looked at it several times before, and it had always been the same. However, he wasn't discouraged at all. He closed his eyes and pondered for a long time before he suddenly opened them. Silver light appeared in his eyes once more!
The silver light occupied his eyes and revealed a cold and ruthless gaze. Wang Lin looked at the jade in his hand once more. The moment his gaze fell, a blurry figure appeared inside the jade.
However, the moment this blurry figure appeared, a few pieces of the memories that Wang Lin couldn't look through but could feel after fusing with the soul blood appeared in Wang Lin's mind. They suddenly connected together and appeared in Wang Lin's mind.
It was a man wearing a grey robe. He had long hair and his face was that of the statue in the Ancient Dao imperial city, Ji Zu!
His left hand was behind his back as he floated in the sky. He raised his head to look at the sky, and his expression was filled with contempt and disdain. He seemed to be extremely arrogant. In the sky where he was looking at, there was a group of black dots whistling through the air. When they got closer, those black dots were actually a group of strange ferocious beasts.
These fierce beasts had the heads of humans but the bodies of lions. However, they only had two limbs. Their hind limbs and tail seemed to have transformed into fish tails.
As they flew, they let out harsh roars. The beast at the front was clearly very strong. It gave off an aura close to that of a Grand Empyrean but still a bit weaker.
However, the grey-robed man still looked at them with contempt. He raised his right hand and pointed forward.
When that finger landed, the world trembled, and the area of one hundred thousand lis where the ferocious beasts were seemed to have been split apart, and the top and bottom parts of the area seemed to have been pressed down!
Thunderous rumbles echoed, and all the fierce beasts that had been separated from the world were crushed by the pressure.
With a bang, cracks appeared on the jade in Wang Lin's hand and it split in half. It fell from Wang Lin's hand and turned to dust the moment it touched the ground.
Wang Lin became sober and the silver light in his eyes dissipated. However, his eyes shined brightly.
"What a powerful finger from the Ancient Ancestor...