Wang Lin looked at Li Muwan in the coffin, saw her eyelashes tremble, and saw the sparkling tears. His expression was gentle as he wiped away the tears for Li Muwan. The tears hung on his finger and did not fall. They glittered like crystals.
He brought the tears to his mouth and sucked them. They were very bitter and astringent, but when they melted in his heart, there was a hint of sweetness.
It was an indescribable taste. Wang Lin looked at Li Muwan for a very, very long time. He didn't care about the passage of time. He looked at Li Muwan's delicate face for an eternity … Until one day, Wang Lin's heart slowly calmed down. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, they were filled with determination and determination.
Wang Lin bent down and touched Li Muwan's pale lips with his face. He seemed to be murmuring something in the woman's ear that only he could hear.
After a while, Wang Lin waved his right sleeve, and the coffin in which Li Muwan was turned into a beam of light that disappeared without a trace. Wang Lin was the only one left in the secret chamber, sitting there quietly.
Not far away from him was an oil lamp on the wall. It was very mysterious. If there was no external force, it could burn for thousands of years without being extinguished. At that moment, it flickered and emitted a light that flickered between brightness and darkness.
This caused Wang Lin's back to appear and disappear in and out of view.
Wang Lin made a grasping motion with his left hand as he sat there cross-legged. Immediately, a golden light flashed, and the soul of the Celestial Emperor appeared in his hand. The soul's eyes were closed, and even though it was surrounded by golden light, there was a strong sense of defeat in it.
Looking at this soul, Wang Lin hesitated a bit, but he clenched his teeth and spat out a mouthful of green fire. This green fire was his soul fire, and after it surrounded the Celestial Emperor's soul, it rushed over.
"Whether or not this soul can be used by me will depend on whether or not I can expel the power of the spell. This process will be very slow …"
Wang Lin looked at the soul of the Celestial Emperor surrounded by the soul flame. After a long time, he withdrew his gaze and closed his eyes. He slowly began to cultivate. His breathing was thin and almost imperceptible, and he remained motionless.
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, three years had passed.
During these three years of time, no one came to disturb Wang Lin. He didn't move at all inside the secret chamber and was immersed in time. His cultivation and ancient power flowed perfectly inside his body. However, the sliver of celestial and ancient power that had formed on Mount Gu Dao hadn't even completed one cycle. At this moment, it had only completed a very small portion of it.
The soul of the Celestial Emperor that was being refined by the soul flame didn't change much, but the defeat in the soul had dimmed a bit.
Wang Lin didn't think about anything that happened outside. The secret chamber he was in was guarded by many guards, and no one was allowed to enter.
During these three years, Prince Ji Du didn't leave but stayed in the palace. Occasionally, some people would come from outside and talk with him. Then they would leave with excitement and respect.
During these three years, Prince Ji Du would come to Wang Lin's secret chamber every morning regardless of the important matter. He would look at the secret chamber with a fanatical gaze for half an hour before respectfully leaving.
On this day three years later, Wang Lin opened his eyes for the first time while he was in closed door cultivation. The moment he opened his eyes, two rays of bright light flashed in his eyes.
Overlapping shadows immediately appeared around his body. The five-element true body stood up from Wang Lin's body, walked to the surface, and sat down.
The five-element true body contained the complete five-element essences. They were all condensed into a true body, and when they fused into one, the five elements were complete. This was the manifestation of Wang Lin's extremely powerful essences.
This was almost the limit, unless he went one step further and made the five-element true body become a true god!!
After the five-element true body sat down, it closed its eyes and immersed itself in cultivation with Wang Lin's main body.
Time passed, and another three years went by.
This was already the sixth year of Wang Lin's closed door cultivation. Overlapping shadows once again appeared around his body, and an aura of slaughter surrounded him. Wang Lin's Slaughter Thunder true body walked out from Wang Lin's main body. His black hair fluttered in the wind as he sat down cross-legged in another direction.
At this moment, the scene inside the secret room was very strange. The three identical Wang Lins were sitting in a triangle and all of them were cultivating while guarding each other's eyes.
As for the Celestial Emperor's soul, after six years of refinement, the decay of the soul was even slower. Perhaps one day, when the decay completely stopped, Wang Lin would be able to slowly refine it.
Time passed without a trace. Another three years passed. On the ninth year of Wang Lin's closed door cultivation, an overlapping shadow appeared around Wang Lin's main body for the third time. This shadow wasn't able to condense into a true body yet. After it appeared, it turned into a blurry ball of light that floated out of Wang Lin's body and stopped 10 feet behind him.
Wang Lin opened his eyes and looked at his three essence bodies. During these nine years, Wang Lin had pushed his cultivation and the power of luck to the peak. At the same time, his three essence bodies had reached their respective peaks.
The current him was confident that he wouldn't be at a disadvantage against Grand Empyrean Dao Yi at his peak. He even vaguely felt that he could suppress Dao Yi!
"Among the Grand Empyreans, Dao Yi of the celestial clan is the weakest. With my current cultivation and combat power, although I can't compare to Jiu Ti, I'm close to Wu Feng … Even in the Ancient Shi, Grand Empyrean Song Tian, whose strength is similar to Xuan Luo's, I have the power of one rank, but the outcome is unknown.
"And this is under the premise that I haven't used my strongest avatar."
Wang Lin's expression was calm and he pondered. A moment later, he looked at the Celestial Emperor's soul that was being refined by his soul fire.
"Using my soul fire to burn it does have some effect, but it takes a long time. I don't know when it will be completed." After refining the Celestial Emperor's soul, Wang Lin withdrew his gaze.
"I don't need to consider the five-element true body for now. After it was completed in the Ancient Dao imperial city, it allowed my cultivation level to reach the Void Tribulant stage. This shows that my speculation and analysis were correct!
"If I want to increase my cultivation level, the next step is this slaughter Thunder true body …" Wang Lin's gaze fell on the slaughter Thunder true body, and his eyes revealed a strange light.
"This true body is what I need. Teacher … He took me to many places in the Ancient clan and obtained enough things …" Wang Lin let out a sigh as his gaze moved from the slaughter essence true body to the direction of the Ancient Dao clan. It was as if his gaze could penetrate the walls of the secret chamber and see the old man who was no longer young.
After a long time, Wang Lin withdrew his gaze. He had chosen to go into closed door cultivation because he was prepared to not come out until his cultivation level increased. He had to increase his cultivation level. Not only did he have to have the power to defeat Grand Empyrean Song Tian, but he also had to have enough power that he wouldn't have to fear the Ancient Dao in the Ancient clan.
Only then would he be confident that Grand Empyrean Song Tian would choose Ji Du as the emperor and allow him to enter the ancestral temple.
Most importantly, in the Immemorial God Realm, he would have the power to break through all the fog and the unknown purpose of the Ancient Dao Imperial Teacher.
"Grand Empyrean Jidao's attitude is very strange … He didn't come looking for me because of the Ancient Dao, but only my own strength is the key to solving all problems. I can't leave my life and death in the hands of another." Wang Lin looked at his slaughter Huo Ting true body with bright eyes.
His path of cultivation was completely different from that of others. It was a path that he had explored himself, a path that only he, Huang Ji, could guide him. Step by step, he would see how far Huang Ji could go.
"This slaughter Thunder true body is formed by a special essence. The Thunder essence has already become an essence true body, but the other essences are only at completion.
"Slaughter, Absolute Extinction, Absolute Beginning, Restriction …" Wang Lin muttered as he raised his right hand and pointed at the slaughter Thunder true body. With one point, the slaughter Thunder true body trembled and slowly split before Wang Lin.
The true form was instantly surrounded by lightning. As arcs of lightning swam about, they separated into four balls of fog. The moment one of the balls of fog appeared, the chamber instantly became cold, and a crazed murderous intent filled the area.
This was the slaughter essence.
There was also a cloud of fog that contained countless mysterious runes. As the fog moved, more and more runes appeared. This was the restriction essence.
As for the remaining two clouds of fog, one had a bright glow and the other was completely black. They were Absolute Beginning and Absolute Extinction.
"Only when these four essences form an essence true body and fuse together will my slaughter Thunder true body reach completion. Then my cultivation will take another step from peak Void Tribulant!!
"This step may be Empyrean Exalt or Ascendant Empyrean, but it is also possible that it will be neither. Instead, it will be an unknown realm … Perhaps it will be the Grand Empyrean realm!"
Wang Lin's eyes were filled with anticipation. According to his understanding, the so-called Empyrean Exalt and Ascendant Empyrean Exalt were merely peak Void Tribulant cultivators. It was too difficult to take that step to become a Grand Empyrean, so they were divided.
In truth, whether it was an Empyrean Exalt or an Ascendant Empyrean, they were all peak Void Tribulant cultivators.
Wang Lin's eyes lit up. After pondering a bit, he raised his right hand and waved at the ceiling of the secret chamber. With this wave, a strange change occurred to the ceiling of the secret chamber.
It turned into the sky.
Blue sky, white clouds, clear sky, but there was no sun.
Wang Lin didn't hesitate to grab the absolute beginning essence and throw it at the canopy. The essence flew into the canopy and gave off a bright light like the sun!
Wang Lin looked up at the ceiling that had turned into the sky. Under his gaze, the sky began to rotate. This rotation caused the law of the world to change. It was as if an entire day had passed. The absolute beginning essence that had turned into the sun gradually disappeared.