Chapter 482: Rushing to Aid the Star Ring Realm

In the endless Starry Sky, a generation of Bai Ze quietly perished.

The Immortal Soul merged into the Sword of All Beings.

Lin Chuan could clearly feel that the Sword of All Beings was undergoing an astonishing transformation.

"Not easy."

The Sword of All Beings' transformation is not only linked to Bai Ze's final sacrifice, but also because it just devoured a strand of Black Mist's primordial breath.

For the Sword of All Beings, this is a great tonic.

Logically, it already possesses a divine artifact that absolutely suppresses Black Mist, yet Lin Chuan still dares not be careless.

Perhaps the Black Mist has also changed.

A pit lies buried, waiting for him to step into it.

"Daoist Friend Lin Chuan."

At that moment, a voice sounded beside his ear.

Looking at another stretch of Starry Sky, Lin Chuan saw the area guarded by the Nine Immortals, also the outermost layer where Black Mist's source resides.

"May I ask, all Immortals, what summons me?"

Lin Chuan's disturbance in the realm of living beings was so great that even the Immortal Realm strongmen stationed in the Star Ring Realm were aware.

"Daoist Friend Lin Chuan, could you come over for a chat?"

The Nine Immortals did not adopt a lofty attitude; they also addressed Lin Chuan as 'Daoist Friend,' which shows their recognition of him.

Lin Chuan walked toward that stretch of Starry Sky.

Amid the hazy stardust, nine vague and majestic figures sat, motionless.

The Nine Immortals guard the outside of the Star Ring Realm; there must be no slip whatsoever. For countless years, Lin Chuan could sense that the aura of some of them has become somewhat withered.

It is estimated that they will fall soon.

Fortunately, there are several Immortal aspirants who have attained the extreme realm, such as the likes of Chang Haoge, who can inherit the Immortal seat and keep this flesh-and-blood Great Wall from collapsing.

"Daoist Friend Lin Chuan, have you deduced a method to eradicate Black Mist?" one Immortal asked.

"Hmm."

Lin Chuan nodded.

"Forgive our forwardness in asking, may we be taught this method? Or could you inform the two great realms of living beings' extreme Immortal aspirants?" the Immortal asked again.

Lin Chuan shook his head, "No."

The Immortal, unwilling, asked, "Why?"

Lin Chuan said seriously, "It's not that I hoard it; the conditions of this method are too harsh. Only I can succeed; for others, the path leads to certain death."

If it could be made public, he would not keep it hidden.

"What a pity."

The Immortal did not press further, and believed Lin Chuan's words; having reached their own realm, they no longer cared about past grudges of the realms of living beings.

They only seek a glimmer of hope for the myriad beings of heaven and earth.

They would not think Lin Chuan is lying; they merely sigh that a single person's strength is too feeble— even Lin Chuan's method to eradicate Black Mist's source is still too insignificant.

The true Black Mist is the fear that hangs over all beings, which no single force can counter.

Lin Chuan departed.

He returned to the Myriad Symbol Pavilion on Mortal Earth.

Bai Ze's matter is settled; there is nothing further to trouble him.

But the real game only officially begins now.

When Lin Chuan returned, Ye Xue had already left, and Sangyu still slept at the deepest layer of the Demon Abyss; the two personalities were gradually merging, about to transform.

Xiao Qingmei and Yun Zhi Yi were busy with the Cloud Kingdom's fortunes.

Jiao Jiao's intention was clear, waiting on Tushan for a final promise.

Lin Chuan sank into the dream cultivation space.

【After the Sword of All Beings evolves into its complete form, your second True Body's cultivation of the Sword Path also progresses a thousand miles a day.】

【You continuously break realms, and the strength of your second True Body rises like floodwaters.】

【In just three hundred years, the soul of your second True Body has been honed to the pinnacle of the True God Realm, only one step away from attaining the Immortal aspirant.】

【But this is still not the limit of the Sword of All Beings.】

【For the Sword of All Beings to fully reveal its edge, it must be on the battlefield of Black Mist.】

【You begin cultivating the Nether Reincarnation Path.】

【This is the path you excel at, but lacking treasure assistance, you spent five hundred years to hone your True Body's soul to the pinnacle of the True God Realm.】

【The Mediation of Creation method cultivated by your third True Body is the most difficult path.】

【Your insights on this path are minute, and progress is extremely slow.】

【It took a full thousand years, yet you still cannot bring the third True Body's soul to the pinnacle of the True God Realm.】

【You realize that you should go out for a walk.】

Leaving the dream cultivation space, Lin Chuan's eyes blossomed with divine radiance.

A walk?

The world is vast, but there is only one place he can go: the Star Ring Realm.

"Lü Ya, I'll take you to a place you like."

These years, other bonds have been occupied with their own pursuits and cultivation, and have sensed the approaching crisis.

Lü Ya still immerses herself in simple joy every day.

Staying by his side, she is cheerful all day.

"The place I like?"

Lü Ya was startled; she herself didn't even know where the place she liked was.

She felt that as long as she was by the young master's side, any place would be fine; she liked them all.

Lin Chuan smiled, "The place you've been to is still within the Divine Cocoon."

"I understand!"

Lü Ya recalled that there was a group of things she despised there, but those things were delicious, especially while in the Divine Cocoon, worth savoring.

"Let's go."

The two flew toward the Star Ring Realm.

……

Star Ring Realm defenses.

Tushan Hongyi gazed at the endless stream of shadow beings charging forward, her expression exceedingly heavy.

"My life is nearing its end."

"I fear I cannot hold on much longer; I must send a message back to Tushan and dispatch another Wang Immortal to guard it."

"What a pity, I haven't done enough."

Tushan Hongyi thought her Calamity too great.

Even after freeing herself from the torment of the demon soul and atoning to the clan in Tushan, she still couldn't get past it in her heart.

She felt she owed Tushan far too much.

If possible, she hoped to guard here for a hundred thousand years to cleanse her Calamity.

"Kill!"

Tushan Hongyi manifested her true form, a massive red nine‑tailed entity that encompassed that stretch of sky, sweeping away countless shadows, sealing them, and sending them into the Living Being Purification Grand Array.

But the shadows were too many; they were slain batch after batch, endless.

Countless living beings have spent their whole lives here.

If not for the invasion of Black Mist, they could have cultivated properly at their peak, perhaps forging a different path to Immortality,

Then, encountering Black Mist again, the outcome would also differ.

But fate gave them no time.

After sending the message back to Tushan, Tushan Hongyi cast a glance at the living world behind her and, without hesitation, charged deeper into the battlefield.

She had no intention of returning; that place was where she would be buried best.

"Kill! Press onward."

After an unknown amount of time, Tushan Hongyi felt she had reached the end; her vision began to blur, that was the turbulence of the Divine Soul.

Her life was about to end here.

Behind her, a powerful Wang Immortal aura rose.

This made the dying Tushan Hongyi's frail body shiver, "Is it him? He's come! His aura is stronger than before."

Just as the thought arose, a streak of light fell like a meteor, striking the Black Mist battlefield.