[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-can-travel-between-two-worlds":3,"chapter-i-can-travel-between-two-worlds-i-can-travel-between-two-worlds-chapter-399":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Can Travel between Two Worlds",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1084435,1411,"Chapter 399 - 112: Lin Chen’s Mortal Heart","i-can-travel-between-two-worlds-chapter-399",399,"\u003Cp>\"Oh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen smiled and looked at the black-clothed guardian in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the guardian had his back to Emperor Yan, his expression unseen by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lin Chen could see clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guardian’s eyes were filled with fear and avoidance when he looked at Lin Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Half-step Nascent Soul, your cultivation is also not easy... Why join the Demon Path?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen asked softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this voice, the guardian shivered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hastily transmitting his voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I dare not... Senior, I was also forced. I was originally a Golden Core Loose Cultivator from Cyan Stone Town...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guardian’s pleading voice kept coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s nothing more than such wicked deeds not being his true nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was forced into helplessness...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this, Lin Chen naturally sniffed at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Yan was a Golden Core Cultivator; earlier he couldn’t see the depth of Lin Chen, only knowing Lin Chen was stronger than him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the guardian saw it more clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was half-step Nascent Soul but could not achieve what Lin Chen had just done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that the person before him was truly a Nascent Soul Cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To kill him might be but a thought away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen glanced at the guardian indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magical Power mottled, True Essence weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three Nascent Soul Gates, only passed the Magic Power Barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Divine Soul Barrier not yet crossed, unable to emerge Nascent Soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a half-step Nascent Soul, killing him indeed required little effort from Lin Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lin Chen did not rush to act; instead, he looked at Emperor Yan again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, for merely thirty-six Blood Pills, you abandoned the ten thousand under your rule?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Yan evidently didn’t know what happened yet; he glanced at the guardian, then thought of the current might of the Demon Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just the right chance to show loyalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he gritted his teeth and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph, mere mortals, are they not ants?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Becoming nourishment for cultivators like us is their honor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing this, Lin Chen’s eyes showed no more trace of pity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flick of his finger, a strand of True Essence pierced Emperor Yan’s forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Magical Robe on Emperor Yan flashed with guardian brilliance, instantly broken by Lin Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next second, Emperor Yan died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A ruler of a nation, a Golden Core Cultivator living hundreds of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erased in the blink of an eye, leaving cultivators in the great hall in peril.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Taoist Friend Yan...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen looked at the cultivators in the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He came here not for explanations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just to kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he heard and saw nothing, Lin Chen might ignore it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, being in the situation, witnessing it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he disregard it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mortals are not livestock, nor bugs to be crushed at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He came from among mortals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having achieved cultivation now, yet cannot forget the path he came from, that is his original intention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen raised his eyes and looked at the other cultivators before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True Essence turned into threads, slaughtering all Golden Core Cultivators of the Yanlai Royal Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guardian witnessed it all, shivering again, yet dared not protest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Patriarch Meng observed the guardian’s expression, hurriedly pleaded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior, spare me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was the Patriarch of a Cultivation Family in Yanlai City, always friendly, making many friends... It really was the coercion of Emperor Yan...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen looked at the pleading Patriarch Meng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not unfamiliar with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over many years in the past, he had cooperated with Patriarch Meng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But over twenty years had passed in a blink, mortals changed, and cultivators changed too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, the Cai Family betrayed the Righteous Alliance, leading to their extermination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it seems the Meng Family was on that path too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen spoke calmly and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Patriarch of Xiao Family, did you lure and harm him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing the question, Patriarch Meng was stunned, his eyes showed astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, he only felt his vision flip, seeing his headless lower body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Patriarch Meng, dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, Lin Chen killed more than ten Golden Core Cultivators in the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving only the guardian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior, spare me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am half-step Nascent Soul, willing to follow you, be at your service!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guardian knew, with his ability, escaping from Lin Chen was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he could only plead vehemently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am willing to enter a Soul Contract with you, serve you for life...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen did not reply, merely took out the Demon-slaying Blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing a half-step Nascent Soul, it’s easier with a magical treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guardian’s eyes were filled with despair, but he also summoned his magical treasure, wanting to struggle desperately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Blade flashed by...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, Lin Chen walked out of the Yanlai City Imperial Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked up towards the distant horizon, a Spiritual Boat flying toward the southwest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, many Demon Sect agents, the royal family, and Meng Family cultivators prepared to block in Yanlai City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a wave, Lin Chen summoned a Sword Box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty-six Flying Swords unsheathed, slicing through the sky over Yanlai City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, when the Spiritual Boat had moved far away, Lin Chen stopped and looked at the Royal Plaza before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen raised his hand, surging Nascent Soul True Essence bombarded toward the array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the array, the enormous formation was destroyed accordingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red light vanished without a trace, and within the array, all surviving cultivators unanimously lifted their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their eyes, there still flickered a look of confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the array, there was no sky, only the crimson brightness that forced them into endless battles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, as the red curtain fades, they saw the real world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen saw from these cultivators’ expressions astonishment, relief, realization...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought for a moment, then transmitted a voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are free.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This voice wrapped in True Essence, entered the ears of all the cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their eyes, simultaneously flashed a bewildered look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a month of daily slaughter, countless cultivators and mortals’ deaths seemed to have left them numb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are free... Run, escape from this city, escape from the Yanlai Realm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Lin Chen finished speaking, he transformed into a streak of light and turned to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was long after Lin Chen had left that these cultivators seemed to finally react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nightmare of this half-month had ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They desperately fled this plaza, running towards their homes, towards the city outskirts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen left Yanlai City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He came to Guangyuan Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once-thriving Guangyuan Auction had long been relocated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen took a stroll around the town, only to see a few old, weak, sick, and disabled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This marketplace town that once gathered thousands of cultivators also perished as a result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The major shops had long closed, occasionally showing signs of towns being looted, left with mortals exhausted from fleeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivators, who can travel a thousand miles a day, escape with their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what about mortals? They have nowhere to escape...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention the scattered Tribulation Cultivators everywhere, the Demon Sect army that might be encountered at any time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even just a thousand miles away, ordinary mortals would take half a month to traverse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the elements, encountering beasts and plagues, it’s another dead end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Yanlai City to Guangyuan Town, just a few thousand short miles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen saw countless city’s destruction, grown accustomed to corpses scattered everywhere...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, on the thousands of miles between Yanlai City and Guangyuan Town, there were countless villages and mortal citizens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tribulation Cultivators were occasionally encountered, thieves were even less common.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, banditry could be seen everywhere, refugees migrating south and west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the wilderness, alongside official roads, dead bodies abandoned from starvation could be found everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Demon Sect, after all, hasn’t attacked Guangyuan Town directly. It’s merely spreading rumors, how did it come to this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen silently thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This, is what is called an Immortal?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cultivators and mortals... how are they different from demons?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cultivators wield power, thus can regard mortals as straw and ants... and decide their lives at will?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And mortals, even though they want to resist, have no power to resist at all...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he walked this path, Lin Chen encountered many things and pondered many questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If cultivators, if Immortals were merely aloof, not stained by mortal dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be the best thing for mortals...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because mortals wouldn’t be harmed, they wouldn’t be disturbed by cultivators breaking their order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the current situation, it leaves mortals as mere nourishment for cultivators, even becoming resources to provide for them...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cultivation Realm, over countless millennia, has always been this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mortals respect Immortals, Immortals see mortals as ants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But has this always been right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen is not from Qing State, although now he is a top-tier cultivator in Qing State.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he has a Mortal Heart, he is willing to stand up for the mortal citizens of Qing State.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So then? Mortals wanting to change this current situation, they can only seek cultivation...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But those with cultivation talent, merely one in ten or two; among those one or two, those who achieve success in their path are fewer than one in a hundred...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even among thousands of mortals, one Foundation Establishment Cultivator might emerge... But what they achieve in the end is merely another evil dragon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Lin Chen’s heart was in turmoil; for the first time, he questioned the path he was cultivating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power itself is not wrong; is it the people who are wrong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So... Can it be that the world’s mortals could all wield power?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could all the citizens of Qing State have the power to resist cultivators?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If so... what is there to fear from the Demon Sect?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Lin Chen planted a seed in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thought began to take root in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, it may not be the time yet... But that day will eventually come.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen did not linger long, then flew all the way towards the southeast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the foot of Changchun Mountain, in the marketplace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen entered a shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shopkeeper was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator Lin Chen had never seen before, with white hair and beard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Taoist friend, do you want to buy some pills?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing Lin Chen, the shopkeeper approached diligently and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Taoist friend looks unfamiliar, are you newly arrived here at Changchun Mountain fleeing from hardship?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Taoist friend came just in time, our shop’s pills are recently on sale, all sold at forty percent off...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen glanced around the shop, didn’t rush to buy but asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Taoist friend, I see most shops in this marketplace are closed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve heard the Demon Sect has already invaded the Yanlai Realm... Why doesn’t Taoist friend flee?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing Lin Chen’s words, the shopkeeper smiled while dusting the shop and replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Flee? Where could one flee to?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh... That Nether Realm’s power is vast, their territory spans tens of thousands of miles.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if one escaped the Yanlai Realm... Heading west, tens of thousands of miles, where countless scattered Tribulation Cultivators await...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not to mention Foundation Establishment Cultivators, even those of Golden Core mastery might not survive the journey...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen listened, then became silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The road west extends for tens of thousands of miles, reaching the Human Path City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Golden Core Cultivators have a hard time completing the journey, let alone Foundation Establishment Cultivators...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone mortals?\u003C\u002Fp>",1936,"2026-06-03T10:50:41.490Z",1,"novelbin.me","82c200dc5d96f8e17cd62de388aeb5cfb76fb9821fb22b3dd0e53774f43c2ef1","i-can-travel-between-two-worlds-chapter-400","i-can-travel-between-two-worlds-chapter-398",422,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-can-travel-between-two-worlds-cover.jpg"]