Chapter 30

**Chapter 30: I Am Xuansu's Master**

###**Act I: Embers of the Return to Ruins · A Wisp of Wine Fragrance Breaks the Silence**

The silver-white Burial Fire was still burning above the Return to Ruins, and Lin Jin's mysterious robes were soaked in the Ancestral Dragon's black blood. Ao Tian's dragon halberd was broken into three pieces, the remnants of the Immortal Sect were crawling on the ground, and even the Chaos Sea of clouds had stagnated into dead gray. At this moment when all things held their breath—

A wisp of wine fragrance pierced through the void.

"Tsk tsk, this dragon blood paired with star remains is excellent for brewing 'Return to Ruins Drunkenness'."

A slovenly old man sat out of thin air on the Ancestral Dragon's skull, his bare feet dangling, a gourd hanging from his waist carved with the two characters "Chaos". He tilted his head to drink, and where the wine spilled, the frozen time and space rippled—Ao Lie, who was nailed to the star remains, suddenly sneezed, and the Pure Void Qi chains shattered into slag!

"You... who are you?!" Ao Tian's pupils shrank, his dragon claws trembling involuntarily. In the history books of the Immortal Realm, only one person used a chaos gourd as a vessel—

**"Xiaoyaozi"**, Xuansu's master, a legendary existence who once suppressed the seven emperors of the Immortal Sect with half a pot of wine!

####**Escaping the Play · Gourd Hides the Heavens**

The old man flipped down, his drunken eyes sweeping over everyone: "Don't kneel, don't kneel, the old man just came to beg for a mouthful of dragon blood wine!"

He grabbed casually, and the Ancestral Dragon blood on Ao Tian's broken halberd condensed into wine beads, emitting a dragon roar as they fell into the gourd. Lin Jin's Coffin Keeper Seal suddenly burned hot, and the silver-white Burial Fire surged toward the old man uncontrollably—

"Yo, the little Coffin Keeper has quite a temper!" The old man flicked his finger lightly, and the Burial Fire transformed into butterflies dancing around him. "Much more interesting than your master Xuansu back then!"

###**Act II: Resurrection Like a Play · Reversing Yin and Yang with a Flick of a Finger**

Ling Yue's remnant soul in the peach wood branch flickered, and Xiaoyaozi squinted and leaned in: "This little girl's soul is as shattered as dumpling filling, it's a wonder you could sew it into a peach charm."

He took off the gourd stopper and poured out a drop of turbid wine: "Come, feed your mother a mouthful of 'Reincarnation Brew'."

While Lin Jin hesitated, the wine had already pierced through time and space, seeping into Ling Yue's remnant soul. Instantly, the silver-white Burial Fire surged, and the star remains of the Return to Ruins gathered into a body—

**Ling Yue was reborn**, her ink-black hair entwined with Chaos Qi, and what jumped at her fingertips was actually Xiaoyaozi's wine fire!

"Master?!" the resurrected Ling Yue blurted out, and the immortals were shocked. It turned out that the person who enlightened Lin Xuansu one hundred thousand years ago was this drunkard!

###**Act III: Teasing Dragons and Playing with Immortals · Laughing to Break the Eternal Game**

Ao Tian took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, his dragon claws wrapped in Immortal Sect secret techniques grabbing at Xiaoyaozi's back: "No matter who you are, those who hinder my Dragon Clan's great cause..."

"Noisy." The old man backhanded the gourd at the dragon head.

A chaos vortex sprayed from the gourd's mouth, actually swallowing Ao Tian into it. Everyone heard a muffled sound coming from inside the gourd: "This dragon is well-marinated, perfect for soaking in wine!"

The remnants of the Immortal Sect were scared out of their wits, burning Pure Void Qi like it was worthless to escape. Xiaoyaozi, however, sat in the void with his legs crossed, pulling out the dying soul of Ling Cang as if picking his ear: "Yo, there's still a half-dead, foolish father here?"

####**Causal Wine Thread · Father and Daughter Reunion**

He pulled out a hair, soaked it in wine to make a thread, and sewed Ling Cang's soul into Ling Yue's brow: "Girl, I'll give you a father as an accessory!"

A chaos light wheel erupted around Ling Yue, and the life soul eroded by the Immortal Sect's curse seal was instantly restored. She stared blankly at the Burial Fire and Pure Void Qi flowing in her palms—the two were actually merging like water and milk in Xiaoyaozi's wine aura!

###**Act IV: Nameless Dao Revealed · Lin Surname Shocks the Heavens**

"Why did the senior intervene?" Lin Jin's mysterious robes fluttered without wind, his Coffin Keeper Seal locking onto the old man.

Xiaoyaozi threw the gourd drunkenly: "For that half-piece of peach wood at your waist—the 'Lin' character that Xuansu begged me to carve back then, is it still there?"

Lin Jin suddenly remembered that after Ling Yue was reborn, there was indeed an extra peach wood charm at her waist, and the carving was from the same source as the "Chaos" characters on the old man's gourd!

"Where is there any deep planning?" The old man suddenly withdrew his laughter, his gaze piercing through the ages. "I took Xuansu as a disciple because the way she stole wine was crazy enough; I saved you two because I found this peach wood carving pleasing to the eye."

He turned and stepped through the void, his singing voice dispersing the fog of the Return to Ruins:

**"Guarding the coffin is not as good as guarding the wine fragrance, how can the Burial Fire compare to burying absurdity—Little Lin, you are more interesting than your master, don't die early!"**

###**Finale: Chaos Brand · The Heavens Tremble**

Where Xiaoyaozi disappeared, a wine stain was forever branded on the Return to Ruins.

In front of the Immortal Sect's Heaven Observation Mirror, the teacup in Ling Wuji's hand exploded—the wine stain in the mirror actually transformed into eight ancient chaos seal characters:

**"Those who touch Little Lin will be drunkenly slaughtered across three thousand realms."**

And the reborn Ling Yue stroked the peach wood charm, smiling through tears: "Master is still the same... even when saving people, he has to pretend to be passing by."

Lin Jin's Coffin Keeper Seal quietly transformed, a wisp of wine fragrance mixing into the silver-white Burial Fire. Far away, the remnants of the Supervision Hall looked at the chaos wine stain and silently changed the "Dragon-Slaying Order" to "Avoid Lin Decree"...