The storm in the Ancient Dao imperial city. Xuan Luo's disciple Wang Lin had charged into the palace and used his life to repay the kindness. He had killed the Ancient Dao Emperor before everyone, and not even Divine Emperor Ye Wei could stop Wang Lin from leaving.
This matter gradually spread across the Ancient clan as the people of the other two clans left. Anyone who was qualified to know about this matter knew about it.
This matter should have been even more shocking, but it slowly dissipated because of something even more shocking. The early opening of the Tai Ji God Realm had caused an uproar across the entire Ancient clan and even the entire Immortal Astral Continent.
The vast sea between the Ancient clan and the Immortals had now turned into a gigantic pit. It was boundless and gave off a rotten stench. At the center of the sea, the sea that had been erected vertically rotated and let out loud rumbles without end.
Inside the rotating sea, the door formed by the nine pillars was looming. This attracted the attention of most of the powerful people on the Immortal Astral Continent. Many people came with their own spells, but after observing, they all silently left.
Jiu Ti had personally come, but the sea was rotating like a storm. Even with his cultivation level, he couldn't go too deep. Not to mention that the looming door hadn't opened yet. However, with his cultivation level and Hai Zi's divination, he vaguely calculated that it would take nearly 500 years for the Immemorial God Realm to truly open.
Moreover, the opening this time would be the first time that it had ever been opened in its entirety!
Dao Yi, Wu Feng, and the Grand Empyreans from the Ancient clan, including Xuan Luo, all arrived. They all stopped outside the storm and silently observed for a long time before silently leaving.
However, at the same time, a message from Mount Gu Dao entered the minds of the three clans' Grand Empyreans and the royal family. The message was very simple. It was to tell everyone to stop observing the Immemorial God Realm. It would open in 500 years and for the three royal families and their respective Grand Empyreans to prepare for the next 500 years.
Mount Gu Dao didn't care about the death of the Ancient Dao Emperor at all. This strange phenomenon made the people that wanted to hunt down Wang Lin and ask Grand Empyrean Gu Dao to act become silent and no longer mention this matter.
Similar to the Ancient clan, in the celestial clan, Mount Emperor and the celestial palace sent out an imperial edict telling the world that the Immemorial God Realm would open in 500 years. They wanted all the sects in the 72 continents to train their powerful cultivators. The Empyrean Exalts and Ascendant Empyreans were all very excited. The Immemorial God Realm was like a fish leaping through the dragon's gate. Once they obtained a great fortune, they could reach the heavens in one step and become a Grand Empyrean!
Due to the appearance of the Immemorial God Realm, the Immemorial God Realm set off a storm on the Immemorial God Realm. However, due to the 500 year time limit, everyone endured. Undercurrents spread like the calm before the storm.
Regardless of whether it was Xian Ji or Xian Ji, anyone who felt that they had the qualifications to enter the Primeval God Boundary could sense the pressure from the surroundings and the movements of the various continents. They faintly knew that a grand event would take place when the Primeval God Boundary opened in five hundred years.
However, this matter would likely cause the Immemorial God Realm, which hadn't had a war in a long time, to erupt again!!
The Ancient clan was preparing … The celestial clan was the same!
500 years, only 500 years!!
For mortals, low level cultivators, and the members of the three clans, 500 years might be a long time. However, for those powerful cultivators, 500 years was only the blink of an eye.
Just as the Immemorial God Realm was about to start a war on the Immemorial God Realm, in a country bordering the 12 countries of the Ancient Dao and the Ancient Shi, it was raining heavily. The rain was not heavy, but it continued to fall, forming a curtain of rain that would last for a long time.
In the rain, aside from the Ancient Dao cities that were still bustling, the outside world was quiet. The rain fell on the leaves and formed small rivers on the ground.
The sky was dark and hazy, but far off in the distance, on a mountain peak that wasn't very tall, there was a young man dressed in white. He held an oil paper umbrella, and beside him stood a woman. The woman was very beautiful, and she stood together with the young man, also looking ahead.
"This is the story between you and the soul fragment named Wan Er inside me …" the woman said softly as she withdrew her gaze from the rain and turned to look at the man in white beside her.
It was this man who had charged into the Ancient Dao palace and killed the Ancient Dao Emperor. He had walked out by himself, and no one had dared to stop him. He had brought her here.
She didn't know where he was going, but along the way, his gentleness and consideration made her feel warmth from the depths of her heart.
Along the way, the man told her a story. It was a long story. They had met by chance, and he had said, "I'll take you to kill."
With, "Even if the heavens want you to die, I'll take you back!!"
This sentence was the end, leaving behind thousands of years of sorrow and longing.
Wang Lin looked at the woman before him with a gentle gaze and nodded.
The woman silently pondered. She could feel the gentleness in his eyes. He wasn't looking at her, but at the soul fragment inside her. She silently looked at the rain in the distance, and after a long time, she softly spoke.
"Where are we going?"
"To the place where we first met." Wang Lin held Song Zhi, who had merged with Li Muwan's soul fragment, as he walked into the distance.
Along the way, he didn't move at full speed because he had to take care of Song Zhi's weak body and unstable soul. Nearly a year had passed since he had killed the Ancient Dao Emperor.
During this year, Wang Lin hadn't encountered any pursuit from Mount Gu Dao, and the Ancient Dao Clan wouldn't talk about this matter. Along the way, Wang Lin brought the woman to the edge of the Ancient Dao Clan's territory.
After this place was Shi Ji's territory.
"The place where we first met … Was it Blackstone City …" The woman was in Wang Lin's arm, and a few strands of her hair were blown by the wind. A few strands fell on Wang Lin's face and tangled with Wang Lin's white hair.
Wang Lin didn't speak and gradually disappeared into the rain with the woman.
Several months later, Wang Lin and Song Zhi walked out of the Dao Ji Clan and arrived in the Ancient Shi. After returning, Song Zhi's mood was no longer low. She looked at the Ancient Shi and vaguely found it familiar.
However, she spoke less and less. When facing Wang Lin, she was mostly silent, and her heart was very complicated. During this time, Wang Lin would occasionally send a warm aura into her body. She didn't know what this aura was, but she could feel that the fused soul in her body was showing signs of separating.
"He's separating the soul of the woman named Wan 'er from inside of me …. Perhaps when that soul is completely separated, I'll die …. But to be able to see my home one last time before I die, to see Aunt Chang and Dong Mei, is good enough." Song Zhi's heart was filled with bitterness, and he grew even more silent.
She was very afraid, but she was powerless.
Wang Lin saw all of this, but he didn't explain anything. They got closer and closer to Blackstone City.
Several more months passed.
"Will we be able to reach Blackstone City tomorrow?"
When the sky darkened and the sun disappeared, on a barren mountain, Song Zhi looked into the distance and softly asked the man beside him.
Just now, Wang Lin had told her that she would be able to return to her hometown, Blackstone City, tomorrow.
Wang Lin nodded.
Song Zhi silently pondered for a bit and revealed a smile. She sighed and turned to look at Wang Lin. She looked at the person who had accompanied her for more than a year. Although he looked young, his face was filled with vicissitudes of life. "Wan Er is very happy … I hope you and her will be happy for a lifetime."
At noon the next day, Blackstone City could be faintly seen in the distance. When Song Zhi saw the city made of black boulders, she felt the aura of her hometown.
Less than half a kilometer away from the city, Wang Lin stopped. Song Zhi looked at Wang Lin and softly asked, "Can I touch your face …?"
Wang Lin looked at the woman in front of him for a long time and gently nodded.
Song Zhi smiled, and a blush suddenly appeared on her face. She raised her hands and caressed Wang Lin's ordinary face. After a while, she leaned her head against Wang Lin's chest. It was as if she could hear Wang Lin's heartbeat.
The sound of his heartbeat caused her to close her eyes.
Wang Lin lowered his head and raised his right hand to stroke the woman's hair. There was a delicate fragrance that entered Wang Lin's nose. The two of them hugged each other like this until time passed.
When the sun in the distance began to emit a faint red glow and the sky darkened, Song Zhi raised her head and left Wang Lin's chest.
"If I die, please …"
"You won't die."
Wang Lin calmly looked at the woman. As he spoke, his right hand pointed between the woman's eyebrows. Song Zhi's vision became blurry and she slowly fell to the side as if she had fallen asleep.
An hour later, when she regained consciousness, her eyes were filled with confusion. She looked around silently, rubbing her head and frowning. After a long moment passed, she seemed to remember something.
At this moment, most of the sun had set and the sky darkened. Song Zhi stood up and immediately saw a jade pendant on her neck that emitted warmth.
She could sense that the discarnate soul that belonged to Wan 'er inside of her was gone. She was still Song Zhi, and had not been harmed in the slightest. However, her heart was filled with melancholy. A complicated look appeared in her eyes as she looked around at the empty surroundings. After a while, she turned and walked back toward Blackrock City.
That was her hometown.