The moment Li Yuan turned his head around, the red flames on the stone statue were completely absorbed by it. More and more cracks appeared on the statue, and rays of red light shot out from the cracks. These rays of red light contained the smell of blood, which was obviously Ge Hong's blood from before.
The red light seemed to contain a powerful aura, and as it spread out, it gathered on the scroll that was spread out. However, there were also many cracks appearing in the eyes of the stone statue at that moment. When the red light seeped out, it looked like an illusion from afar.
It was as if … this celestial statue was crying tears of blood … "Am … Am I wrong …" Li Yuan muttered to himself as he stared at the statue in a daze. His eyes were filled with confusion.
Wang Lin's eyes were cold. Li Yuan himself was not scary; he was only a cultivator at the peak of the Ascendant stage, so it was easy for Wang Lin to fight him. However, there was an extremely powerful aura inside Li Yuan's body, and that aura came from the slave seal!
It was because of this aura that Li Yuan gave off a mysterious feeling.
Wang Lin dreaded this aura very much. The first time he noticed this aura was when Li Yuan spoke his karma with the stone statue. Li Yuan's body twitched and became soaked in sweat in a short moment. However, the meaning of this aura was very different in Wang Lin's eyes.
At that time, he only remembered it in his heart. It wasn't until Ge Hong's gaze fell on the statue before she died that a thought flashed through Wang Lin's mind and he immediately understood.
The Ge family was the descendant of the celestial!
As for the Li family, perhaps they were truly innocent. Due to the carelessness of their ancestor, the entire family declined and became slaves for generations. They contributed their lifespan and cultivation to slowly restore the immortal celestial soul.
The Li family might have really wanted to resist, but it was clear that they failed every time. That was until the ancestor of the Li family from tens of thousands of years ago. That person gave the Li family hope, but after tens of thousands of years of accumulation, while the slave seal nourished its master, the hidden slave soul also awakened. That was how the peerless talent of the Li family came into being.
Thus, on the surface, the Li family's slave seal was broken, but in reality, it was to resurrect its master.
Wang Lin really thought that the failure was due to a change in the Ge family. However, in the end, when he analyzed why Li Yuan had to find him, he had a different guess.
The other party should have been well-prepared and shouldn't have calculated that they would encounter him after entering the Thunder Celestial Realm. However, after Wang Lin saw the statue and understood the karma between the Li family and the Ge family, he suddenly understood.
This was because Li Yuan saw him use the Karma Whip in his battle against the Illusory Yin cultivator. This was why Li Yuan had chosen him.
The Karma Whip lashed at karma!
Tens of thousands of years ago, the failure of his first reincarnation was not because of him, the ritual implement, or the Ge Family. It was because of the Celestial statue's unwillingness. He was unwilling to resurrect in this way, to resurrect his sealed soul at the cost of severing his bloodline. This was the result.
The failure of the first reincarnation tens of thousands of years ago wasn't because of him, the treasure, or the Ge family. It was because the celestial statue wasn't willing. It didn't want to use this method to resurrect its sealed soul at the cost of severing its bloodline. This was the karma.
The karma was the resurrection of the celestial statue, and the karma was the unwillingness to resist.
How could the soul of a celestial be so simple? If the Karma Whip lashed at it, even Wang Lin himself would be trapped, and his life or death would be unknown.
If he hadn't appeared, then Li Yuan would have had a way to resurrect the celestial. However, even he didn't know if he would succeed or not. This was why Li Yuan said he was 70% confident, and with the Karma Whip, he was 90% confident.
Wang Lin boldly speculated that Li Yuan's bag of holding might have a treasure similar to the karma domain treasure!
This also explained why the Ge family had used various methods to keep the three treasures after their failure tens of thousands of years ago. They also didn't hide this news at all. Instead, they told everyone about it.
Their goal was to wait for the second reincarnation of the Li family's slave imprint.
This was why Li Yuan's trip to the Ge family went so smoothly. However, when Wang Lin thought about how Li Yuan had treated Ge Hong, he felt like Li Yuan was a completely different person.
Combined with the change that occurred when Li Yuan spoke the karma domain, he confirmed his speculation that the real Li Yuan's soul hadn't died and still existed.
To be more accurate, there was only one soul inside Li Yuan's body. However, there were two thoughts inside this soul. One was the real Li Yuan and the other was the remnant soul inside the slave imprint.
Due to the conflict between them, the Li family's restriction wasn't able to display its full power. This was why every time Li Yuan used a restriction, it would collapse. The 18 Plum Blossom Restriction was like this, and the Annihilation Restriction was also like this.
After understanding all of this, Wang Lin silently stared at the confused Li Yuan from inside the mountain and river.
He felt that Li Yuan was a bit pitiful.
He was a loyal servant who would do anything to bring his master back to life!
It was just like the scene in the stone statue. When his master died, the servant stood on the tip of the sword, and when he looked back, his eyes were filled with sorrow and confusion.
The master of the sword hilt was no longer there. It was as if he was the only one left standing on the tip of the sword … Countless years of waiting, two reincarnations as a sacrifice, but in the end, he still couldn't escape karma.
Li Yuan stared at the stone statue and knelt on the ground.
"Master … I … Was I really wrong …?"
At this moment, more and more cracks appeared on the stone statue, and as they densely packed together, the red light on the statue became even more intense. The blood-red light under the statue's eyes also became even more intense, and when they gathered together, they looked like real tears of blood.
"Why aren't you willing to wake up … I just want the sword hilt to no longer be empty. Master will always be able to stand on it, and I will stand at the tip of the sword, fighting for you …" Li Yuan muttered to himself, his eyes filled with sorrow.
Wang Lin stood in the mountain and silently looked at the scene before him. There was no hatred between him and Li Yuan. At this moment, he let out a sigh and put away the Whip of Karma.
"Due to his extreme stubbornness, he became deeply lost. After his first failure tens of thousands of years ago, his faith was already unstable. Now that he has failed a second time, his broken faith has already collapsed."
More and more cracks appeared on the stone statue. Even the stone sword and the stone statue at the tip of the sword cracked. Bursts of red light came out from within. From a distance, it looked like half the sky was illuminated by the light, making it look like a sea of red light.
The red light from the stone statue was very strong. In the end, the light from the stone statue slowly extended and was absorbed by the scroll floating in front of it.
In the beginning, not much red light was absorbed by the scroll. However, as it continued to absorb, more and more red light came out from the stone statue and entered the scroll.
In the end, the red light seemed to merge into one and rapidly poured into the scroll painting. The glaring red light flickered continuously. This strange scene caused the lifeless eyes of Li Yuan, who was kneeling on the ground, to suddenly explode with a bright glow of excitement.
"Master …"
More and more red light came out. Without any leakage, it was all absorbed into the scroll. Gradually, the red light in the cracks of the stone statue dimmed, as if all of it was being released.
Finally, when the last red light flew out from the stone statue and entered the scroll, the entire stone statue suddenly trembled, as if it had lost its soul. It no longer moved and became very ordinary.
After absorbing all of the red light, the scroll emitted a dazzling light. At the corner of the scroll, a red flame slowly rose, causing the edges of the scroll to start burning.
Not just one edge, but all the edges of the scroll started burning at the same time. Green smoke came out from the scroll and flew into the sky, not dissipating.
Li Yuan looked at this scene and the excitement in his eyes became even stronger.
Wang Lin's eyes narrowed as he carefully looked at the scroll.
The burning scroll slowly spread from the edges to the center. At this moment, the celestial standing on the sword seemed to have a soul, flickering in and out of the burning scroll.
In the end, it spread to the entire scroll and submerged everything in the flames. The scroll turned into a pile of dust and was blown by the wind, falling down the mountain.
The green smoke from the burning scroll did not dissipate in the wind. Instead, it floated in the air and vaguely seemed to turn into the shape of a person.
This person was extremely blurry and his appearance could not be seen clearly. However, Wang Lin could clearly see that the green smoke had turned into the shape of a sword under his feet, and the place he was standing on was the sword hilt.
Next to the sword hilt was a wisp of smoke that slowly swayed, making it hard to tell if it was the sword tassel … or the green smoke … The person standing on the sword hilt turned sideways as he rose into the air. He raised his right hand and gently beckoned at Li Yuan on the ground.
Li Yuan, who was kneeling on the ground, trembled and a complicated mark appeared on his forehead. This was the slave mark. The mark flickered and left Li Yuan's forehead. It turned into a remnant soul that chased after the sword and landed on the tip of the sword formed by the green smoke.
The green smoke fluttered and soared into the horizon, disappearing into the distance.
All of this was like an illusion, as if it didn't exist, as if it was just a dream made of green smoke.
Wang Lin's expression was a bit confused as he looked at the statue that had lost its spirit. His gaze fell on the seal on the statue's right hand, and his vision blurred … It was still the ancient Celestial World, the celestial sword that had risen into the sky, and the two people standing on the sword hilt and tip. However, what was different was the voice the celestial on the sword hilt had sent into his mind when he died.
"I'm dead, my soul is extinguished …"
The stone statue collapsed into countless pieces of rubble and became a pile of debris … Was the celestial already dead and everything was just a dream of the servant's soul … Or was everything really as Wang Lin had guessed … There were even some questions that Wang Lin couldn't fully explain … There was no answer … It was as if everything formed by the green smoke was real and illusory.
Wang Lin thought he had obtained the result and knew everything, but when he saw the green smoke, he was confused, as if everything was fake.
Perhaps only the servant's soul was real and the only person who knew all the answers.
From this day onward, there was an extra sword formed by green smoke in the Thunder Celestial Realm. There was always a figure standing on the tip of the sword, as if it was eternal … "Where is this place …" A weak voice came from Li Yuan's mouth. He looked around in a daze before his gaze fell on Wang Lin.