Chapter 26: Ling Cang's Decision

**Chapter 26: Ling Cang's Decision**

### **First Act: Immortal Sect Edict · Desperate Decision**

Above the ruins of the Sacred Hall, Ling Cang's white hair was soaked in Virtual Number black blood. He knelt halfway on the ground, Ling Yue's Burial Fire Divine Veins in his arms flickering, and Lin Jin's bronze frost hair was already covered in corrosive patterns—the Virtual Number poison was devouring the last vitality of this mother and son.

"In the end... do we have to go to this step?"

A bronze talisman appeared in Ling Cang's trembling palm, the four characters "Immortal Sect Decree" carved on its surface. This was a life-saving talisman left by his father, Ling Wuji, before ascending to the Immortal Realm; it could summon one of his clones to the lower realm, at the cost of burning up the caster's three souls and seven spirits.

Ten thousand years ago, when Ling Yue stole the coffin and rebelled, he didn't use it;

Five thousand years ago, when the Sacred Hall besieged the Burial Coffin Clan, he didn't use it;

And now, to save his closest blood relatives, this talisman stained with the cracks between father and daughter finally had to see the light.

"Dad, you scolded me for being soft-hearted back then..." Ling Cang bit the tip of his tongue, spraying essence blood onto the talisman fragments, "Today, let me show you what is meant by a kinship that cannot be severed!"

#### **Activation · Immortal World Gate Opens**

The moment the talisman exploded, nine celestial thunders split the chaos. White jade heavenly stairs rose from the ruins, and what flowed on the stairs was not Burial Fire, but the "Pure Void Qi" unique to the Immortal World. Ling Cang's physical body carbonized and peeled off in the celestial thunder, leaving only a wisp of his life soul supporting the talisman fragments, roaring as he completed the final summoning:

"Respectfully invite the Immortal Sect Leader—Ling Wuji, to descend to the world!"

### **Second Act: Immortal Trace Appears · Grandfather and Grandson Meet**

At the end of the heavenly stairs, a phantom stepped on the clouds and arrived.

The person wore plain white Daoist robes, with a withered branch stuck in his hair bun, his brows and eyes seven parts similar to Ling Cang, but revealing an indifference that transcended the ten thousand worlds. He flicked his finger lightly, and Ling Cang's life soul, which was about to dissipate, was sealed into a section of peach wood—

"Rebellious son, you have a day when you beg me." Ling Wuji's voice was like cold springs hitting stones.

The Immortal Sect Leader's gaze swept over Lin Jin, and the Virtual Number poison in the latter's body actually curled up like it had met its natural enemy. Ling Yue's remnant soul sensed the bloodline pressure, and the Burial Fire Divine Veins automatically protected their master, but were extinguished inch by inch under the immortal might.

"Pure Void Body, Burial Fire Vein, Virtual Number Soul... interesting."

Ling Wuji's fingertips pointed at Lin Jin's brow, and the Immortal Sect's secret technique "Dust Cleansing Art" roared into his consciousness, "Mixed and impure, should be washed."

#### **Immortal Sect Secrets**

- **Pure Void Qi**: The supreme energy of the Immortal World, capable of cleansing all impurities in the heavens.

- **Dust Cleansing Art**: The core secret technique of the Immortal Sect, capable of stripping away bloodline impurities, at the cost of losing all cultivation.

- **Ling Wuji**: Proved the Immortal Emperor position with the Heartless Dao, viewing emotions as a shackle to cultivation, and personally severed the causality with Ling Cang back then.

### **Third Act: Washing Meridians and Severing Poison · Grandfather and Grandson Game**

A monstrous wave surged in Lin Jin's consciousness.

The Pure Void Qi turned into billions of silver needles, piercing the bronze giant python condensed from Virtual Number poison. The giant python roared and spat out corrosive poisonous mist, but was refined into black pills by the silver needles, falling into the Dantian and turning into dead silence.

"Grandfather... stop!" Lin Jin's dragon crystal right eye shed blood and tears, "If the balance between Virtual Number poison and Burial Fire is broken... my mother will also die!"

Ling Wuji, however, formed a sword with his fingers and slashed toward the Burial Coffin Clan totem on Lin Jin's spine: "Dirty bloodline, better not to have it."

"Dad! No!" Ling Cang's life soul screamed in the peach wood, "Jin'er is A-Yue's last..."

The sword light had not yet fallen when a change occurred—

Ling Yue's remnant soul suddenly ignited itself, and the Burial Fire Divine Veins turned into chains to entangle the immortal sword: "Old stubborn of the Immortal World... don't you dare touch my son!"

### **Fourth Act: Conflict Between Immortal and Mortal · Burial Fire Burns the Sky**

Ling Wuji's indifferent gaze finally fluctuated.

He stared at his daughter's burning soul, his immortal robes fluttering without wind: "To save this bastard seed, you don't even want a chance at reincarnation?"

"When you killed my mother with your own hands to prove the Heartless Dao..." Ling Yue's Burial Fire condensed into her mother's face while she was alive. "Did you ever think about how hurtful the words 'bastard seed' are?"

The Immortal World gate shook violently, and the Pure Void Qi and Burial Fire collided into a chaotic vortex. Ling Cang's peach wood life soul took the opportunity to explode, the fragments piercing into Ling Wuji's phantom: "Dad! If you still recognize me as your son... save them!"

#### **Immortal Sect Forbidden Technique · Grafting Flowers onto Trees**

Ling Wuji's phantom suddenly blurred, and three thousand Pure Void roots stretched out from under his immortal robes, piercing into Lin Jin and Ling Yue's bodies. The Immortal World's supreme "Transmigration Art" was forcibly operated—

The Virtual Number poison was extracted by the roots and injected into Ling Cang's remaining life soul;

The Burial Fire Divine Veins were stripped from Ling Yue and fed back into Lin Jin's dragon clan origin;

And Ling Wuji's phantom gradually became transparent, as the price of the Immortal Sect talisman finally had to be borne by someone.

"Remember, you owe the Immortal Sect a debt of causality."

Before completely dissipating, Ling Wuji struck a section of peach wood branch into Lin Jin's Dantian, "Repay the debt to the Upper Realm within a hundred years... otherwise..."

### **Fifth Act: New Undercurrents · Price Manifests**

The ruins of the Sacred Hall returned to dead silence.

Lin Jin's white hair returned to its frost color, and Ling Yue's soul temporarily resided in the peach wood branch. And Ling Cang's life soul merged with the Virtual Number poison, turning into a mass of wriggling bronze flesh, sealed deep in the earth veins by the Pure Void roots.

"Your grandfather's phantom... can only suppress the Virtual Number poison for three years."

Ling Yue's phantom gently stroked her son's cheek, "If you can't ascend to the Immortal World to obtain the 'Pure Void Source Seed' in three years, your father's remnant soul and your grandfather... will all be completely devoured by the Virtual Number poison."

On the edge of the ruins, the figures of the Supervision Hall remnants appeared, and the "Respectfully welcome the new master" blood letters in their hands had not yet dried. In the center of the mechanical Buddha's brow, flickered the faint light of the Immortal Sect's Pure Void Qi... ===== CHAPTER 27 =====