Chapter 501: Three-Origin Will, Awakening of the True Self

"Wait, Xiao Yuan!" Lin Xuan said hurriedly, "Tell me the exact location of Hunyuan Valley. If the situation changes, I need to know how to find you all."

Xiao Yuan said hurriedly: "Hunyuan Valley is located in the northwest of Zhongzhou, in the deepest part of the Lingmai Mountains, where there is a place called the 'Yin-Yang Convergence Point'... that is the entrance..."

Before the words had faded, the light of the Fate Compass fragment gradually dimmed, and Xiao Yuan's image disappeared completely. Lin Xuan gripped the fragment tightly, his heart filled with worry. The situation in the outside world was so complex, yet he was trapped in the cave dwelling, unable to participate directly.

"I must speed up my cultivation progress." Lin Xuan made a secret resolution and turned to look at the technique on the stone wall, "Master the Taiji Three-Origin Resonance Method, take Muerxiu to the Wangchuan Realm as soon as possible, and then return to the outside world."

Just as Lin Xuan was preparing to throw himself back into cultivation, Muerxiu, who had been sleeping, suddenly let out a low moan and slowly opened his eyes: "Lin... Xuan..."

"You're awake?" Lin Xuan walked over hurriedly.

Muerxiu nodded weakly, his eyes already clear: "I... had a very long dream... I dreamed of the ancient truth... and... the true identity of Helian Chen..."

Lin Xuan's heart jolted: "The true identity of Helian Chen? Who exactly is he?"

Muerxiu raised his hand with difficulty, signaling Lin Xuan to come closer, then whispered weakly into his ear. Lin Xuan's complexion grew uglier with each of Muerxiu's words, and finally, he was so shocked he could barely speak.

"This... how is that possible?" Lin Xuan could not believe what he had heard.

Muerxiu gave a bitter smile: "I didn't want to believe it either... but this is the truth... I saw it with my own eyes... he can... change his appearance..."

Before Muerxiu's words had finished, the cave dwelling suddenly shook violently, and a loud boom came from afar, as if some barrier had been forcibly broken. Lin Xuan stood up alertly, his perception extending outward.

"Someone has forcibly opened an entrance to the cave dwelling!" Lin Xuan's expression was grave, "Impossible, besides those with the bloodline of Taijizi, who could open the Array here?"

Muerxiu struggled to sit up: "Helian Chen... he found another way..."

Lin Xuan made a quick decision: "We must head to the Wangchuan Realm immediately! No matter who the opponent is, before you have recovered, we are no match for them."

Deep within the cave dwelling, the light of the massive Taiji Pattern flowed, illuminating the entire space. Lin Xuan sat cross-legged in the center of the pattern, focusing all his attention on cultivating the "Taiji Three-Origin Resonance Method" recorded on the stone wall.

For seven days, he had barely rested, completely immersed in the cultivation of this profound technique. And at this moment, his cultivation had entered a critical stage—Three-Origin Returning to One, Taiji Eternal.

With a slight explosion of Qi, Lin Xuan's body slowly lifted off the ground, hovering in the center of the Taiji Pattern. His body was surrounded by three-colored light rings: ice blue representing the Primordial Cold, fiery red representing the Hun Dun Flame, and silver white representing the power of Lun Hui. The three types of energy flowed according to specific trajectories, intertwining with each other to form an unprecedented state of balance.

Lin Xuan's consciousness sank deep into his body, feeling the subtle connections between the three forces. He gradually realized: the Primordial Cold represented space, containing infinite possibilities; the Hun Dun Flame represented time, containing eternal change; and the power of Lun Hui was the medium connecting the two, allowing space-time to gain order within the cycle.

"So that's it... the three great root forces are not simply opposing, but the three dimensions that constitute the universe..." Lin Xuan realized in his heart, "What Taijizi attempted to fuse was actually the perfect unity of time and space!"

With this realization, the speed of the three-colored light rings accelerated sharply, and Lin Xuan felt his spirit breaking through some kind of shackle, about to reach a brand-new realm. However, at this critical moment, a powerful backlash suddenly struck, as if something did not want him to delve deeper.

Lin Xuan's consciousness was pulled into a peculiar mental space. There were no physical objects here, only the endless Void, and in this Void stood three figures with vastly different appearances.

On the left was a cold-faced, deep-aura cultivator in blue robes; his eyes seemed to contain an endless starry sky, and the cold air radiating from his body was enough to freeze everything. Lin Xuan immediately understood that this was the original will of the Primordial Cold.

On the right was a wild, uninhibited red-robed man full of destructive desire; his hair danced like flames, and every movement carried endless heat and destructive power. This was clearly the original will of the Hun Dun Flame.

In the middle stood a silver-robed old man with a blurred face who flickered in and out of existence; his presence seemed unstable, sometimes clear and sometimes illusory, as if wandering between existence and non-existence. This was the original will of the power of Lun Hui.

"Reincarnation of Taijizi, you have already gone too far." The blue-robed cultivator said coldly, his voice like an echo from the deepest part of the universe.

The red-robed man gave a disdainful snort: "A mortal, attempting to control the root forces, truly ridiculous."

The silver-robed old man's voice was the most ethereal: "All things have order, and Lun Hui is endless. Your attempt has broken the balance that has existed since time immemorial."

Facing the three great wills, Lin Xuan felt not the slightest fear: "I am Lin Xuan, and also the reincarnation of Taijizi. My path is the pursuit of true balance."

"Balance?" The three original wills questioned almost simultaneously.

The blue-robed cultivator stepped forward: "To have balance, there must be a primary and a secondary. Choose my Primordial Cold as the lead, and I can grant you the supreme divine ability to control space."

The red-robed man was not to be outdone: "The Hun Dun Flame is the most powerful force! Choose me as the lead, and you will master the great power to manipulate time."

The silver-robed old man sighed lightly: "The power of Lun Hui connects the past and the future; choose me, and you will obtain the eternity that transcends life and death."

Lin Xuan understood that this was a test on the level of the soul. If he yielded to any one side, he would lose the true Balance Path and repeat the mistakes Taijizi made back then.

Just as Lin Xuan was thinking of a countermeasure, Muerxiu in another part of the cave dwelling suddenly let out a shrill wail, the sound eerily entering this mental space. The chaotic power within Muerxiu's body actually resonated with Lin Xuan's mental test, making the situation even more complex.

The three original wills looked toward the direction of the sound simultaneously, a trace of vigilance flashing in their eyes.

"That interferer again..." The silver-robed old man muttered to himself.

"He will never give up on destroying the balance..." The red-robed man gritted his teeth.

The blue-robed cultivator turned to Lin Xuan: "Do you understand now? The Third Party is trying to interfere with your cultivation, with the goal of preventing you from mastering the true Three-Origin Power. Choose one side, and at least you can retain part of the power."

Lin Xuan fell into deep thought. Muerxiu's abnormal reaction, the interference of the Third Party—all of this pointed to a much more complex situation. Suddenly, the guidance left by Xueyu Xianren and the past-life memories of Taijizi flashed through his mind.