The Prodigies War

The Ancient Immortal Forbidden Zone was mysterious and full of perils.

However, Lin Xun’s following journey was relatively calm in contrast.

He was alone, traveling through mountains and rivers, and he also encountered quite a few menacing and bizarre regions on the way.

However, he was no longer as nervous as he had been initially.

What he had experienced in the past days had long since allowed him to familiarize himself and understand the general situation in the Ancient Immortal Forbidden Zone. He could now often avoid fatal ordeals without any danger.

The evening approached as the big sun fell into the twilight, radiating a brimming purple glow that dyed layer after layer of clouds into a beautiful picture.

This kind of purple sunset glow was extremely rare. It bathed everything from mountains to rivers in a divine, pure aura.

Walking in it, Lin Xun felt an indescribable stillness from within.

“Purple qi is coming from the east, shining its auspicious light on every corner and feeding it to all things. When cultivating here, one can clearly perceive the traces of the great dao that can barely be sensed in the outside world…”

Lin Xun walked in light steps with his hands on his back. As he was basked in the sunset glow and breathing in and out the pure aura of the great dao permeating the air, he became enveloped in a layer of ethereal mist.

Walking was also a kind of meditation just as sitting was. Whether one talked or remained silent, moved or stayed static, one achieved Zen so long as one could experience peace and stability.

At the moment, as Lin Xu’s qi and vitality circulated in him, he was in tune with heaven and earth, and resonated with all existences. It was like he had melted into one with this world.

This kind of feeling was refreshing and comfortable to the extreme, as if he was floating with the wind in an ascent to immortality.

“Wisely switching between training and relaxing is the right way to cultivate. While this world holds great dangers, it also holds great scenery. If you rush the journey, you will miss the beauties along the road.”

Lin Xun's body and mind were pleasantly tranquil, which was a reflection of a full spirit and energized qi.

The other day, in a battle of life and death with Kong Zhao’s group, he had chased them a long way before he had been able to wipe out so many strong enemies, only for it to be quickly followed by a fight with Huangfu Shaonong’s entourage.

Those successive fights had left his mind constantly tense, and he hadn’t dared to let down his guard once.

Now, on the contrary, his mind was empty, his body was relaxed, and his aura was languid. He was trekking through the mountains and crossing the rivers with a carefree demeanor, so what he saw, experienced, and felt was naturally different.

Heaven and earth held great scenery, they just didn’t call attention to it. The seasons came and went according to explicit laws, they just didn’t discuss it.

Walking alone in this unknown world, Lin Xun understood better and better the truth in the saying, ‘The great dao has no name and therefore is omnipresent.’

Along this journey, his aura became increasingly nimble and ethereal. He seemed to have become a ray of light, assimilating into the terrains and harmonizing with all beings within. His body and mind entered a deep level of enlightenment.

His insights from past cultivation swirled like a wave in him before transforming into a part of his cultivation.

A black python was coiled above an ancient tree. It had turquoise pupils, dragon scales on its head, and countless dao rune patterns on its huge body. It emitted an aura ferocious enough to cause despair to even quasi-Emperors.

When Lin Xun passed by the depths of the ancient forest, he only looked up and swept a glance at the black python before continuing on his way.

The creature lazily lay in its territory the whole time, completely unaware that someone had just passed right under its nose.

Only after a long time did it notice something. It looked over at the spot where Lin Xun had disappeared with a hint of doubt.

By this time, Lin Xun had long since left this ancient forest.

His body and mind were still immersed in a state of enlightenment where he forgot himself and experienced the wonders of creation.

Where was the road?

Under the feet.

Where was the great dao?

Everywhere!

The body and mind had their own senses. Everything was dao. Walking or staying still, it was all cultivation!

After an unknown time had passed, Lin Xun had arrived at a wilderness when he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Like many other places in this world, this wilderness was extremely bizarre. Each grass was colorful and several feet tall, having plump stems and leaves. Walking among them was like walking in a colorful ocean.

The second Lin Xun had come to a halt, a sword light shot out from a ghostly blue grass.

It was indistinct, formless, and incredibly fast like a flash of light. The most frightening thing was that it had never raised a single energy fluctuation.

When this sword light arrived a foot in front of Lin Xun, however, it was steadily clamped by two fingers.

Bang!

The sword light directly exploded into a rain of sparks.

At the same time, Lin Xun vanished into thin air.

In the place where he had originally stood, a wisp of blade light, a smudge of spear shadow, and a sharp spike had soundlessly appeared in a flash before disappearing just as quickly.

Even though he had blocked the oncoming sword light, if his reaction had been slightly slower just now, then he would still have been struck by that ambushing set of attacks from behind!

However, Lin Xun appeared calm from beginning to end. The moment he had avoided this treacherous and vicious siege was the moment he had attacked without hesitation.

Buzz!

Dense Taixuan sword qi swept out and spread in all directions. In the blink of an eye, they shred the huge bush of grass nearby, which was several dozen feet tall, to fine dust.

This also exposed the four figures who had been hiding in it.

There were three men and one woman, all of whom possessed obscure and bizarre auras. Wielding a sword, a blade, a spear, and a short dagger respectively, they resembled supreme assassins of darkness.

Anyone else wouldn’t be able to recognize their identities, but Lin Xun was too familiar with their breaths.

Without even having to think about it, he concluded that these four were disciples of Holy Illumination Ancient Sect, just like Wu Huang!

Rumble~

Facing the expanding ocean of Taixuan sword qi, the four opponents were constantly fighting back and resolving it with impressive skills.

Compared to the core disciples of Primordial and Heaven and Earth Dao Courts, they weren’t any inferior. In fact, they seemed to be even stronger!

Unfortunately, they were still not strong enough for Lin Xun.

Without any nonsense or mercy, he started an onslaught.

Swish!

He disappeared in a flash before reappearing the next second before one of the men. Then, he pressed out his palm, and a crushing force of destruction shattered the attack the latter was executing as well as his defensive layer.

Bang!

The man was smacked and went flying. His body burst in the air, splashing a rain of blood.

“Go!” shouted the sword-wielding man who then fled in a different direction from the other two.

In this instant, Lin Xun deployed a Heavenly Yuan Slash, Omni-Finger, and Heavenshaking Punch all at once.

Poof!

Twenty-three thousand feet away, the sword wielder let out an unwilling scream as his body got split in half.

In the other two directions, one person experienced their heart being pierced through by a chaotic finger force, while the other was blown to pieces by an abyss-like, all-devouring fist force.

In the whole process of mere seconds, the four Holy Illumination Ancient Sect disciples had been exterminated on sight!

Such a gory scene could horrify the whole world.

Lin Xun appeared unperturbed the entire time. He found one thing a little strange, though. Is this…the power of the perfect Supreme Saint-King Stage?

Yes, Lin Xun had broken through and achieved perfection in the Supreme Saint-King Stage. It had happened during his solitary walk through this world, while he had been comprehending the mysteries of the great dao contained in the thousands of existences!

This had also elevated his battle prowess to a terrifying state completely different from before.

Cultivation was the root of the great dao.

When Lin Xun had been at the advanced level of the Supreme Saint-King Stage, he had been able to annihilate Kong Zhao and his entire group, let alone now.

Of the four disciples of Holy Illumination Ancient Sect that he had just destroyed in a flash, each could be considered a peerless expert in the generation, and they were all much more powerful than Holy Imperial Apostles such as Wu Huang.

However, in front of Lin Xun, they had been as powerless as farm animals!

After looting the spoils, Lin Xun resumed on his way.

The only thing he regretted was that the ambush had interrupted his state of mind. He was no longer able to immerse himself in that indescribable enlightenment and perceive the great beauties in the scenery of the Ancient Immortal Forbidden Zone.

However, he did not remain idle along the way, and began to silently study the wonders of the Great Faded Lightning Scripture.

Created by Emperor Faded Lightning, this supreme dao scripture was profound, subtle, and difficult as it contained the highest mysteries of the lightning dao.

It also recorded his experiences and insights on his cultivation path, which could be considered invaluable.

With Lin Xun’s current cultivation level, it was not too difficult for him to start comprehending this scripture.

Several hours later.

Rumble!

With a single thought in his mind, a thunderstorm resounded inside Lin Xun. His five visceras and six bowels boomed, seemingly covered by interwoven bolts. His crystalline bones also vibrated with divine sounds.

He felt no pain but instead was very comfortable as both his spirit and physical body were being simultaneously combed through and cleansed. His hidden potential even awakened under the impact of the rhythmic vibration, then thrived, and started tempering his entirety.

This was the Great Thunder Refinement Art, which used the abstract echos of thunder to refine one’s qi, and vibrate the internal organs and skin membranes, all in order to achieve the purpose of cleansing the body and tempering the cultivation.

The benefits didn’t stop there. With an average cultivation method, it was difficult to touch the root of one's own dao, but it was a different story with the Great Thunder Refinement Art. Since this art used thunder to generate impacts, it allowed the cultivator to resonate with their body from inside out and trigger their potential. It was something most miraculous.

Lin Xun soon realized the true wonders of the Great Thunder Refinement Art. This was not a method of refining the qi, body, or spirit, but rather a means of purifying and tempering one’s cultivation, thus making one’s dao more coalesced, stable, and pure!

On the path of great dao, the most worrying thing was a feeble foundation and shaky cultivation. At the same time, the injuries suffered in battle having a possibility of turning into hidden damage was also a cause of concern.

However, one no longer needed to worry about all that with the Great Thunder Refinement Art. Lin Xun couldn’t help but marvel at this, and was more and more aware of what an extraordinary figure Emperor Faded Lightning was.

Aside from the Great Thunder Refinement Art, the Great Faded Lightning Scripture also recorded various battle techniques such as the Total Annihilation Lightning Seal, the Sky-Rider Five Bolts, the Demon Suppressing Lightning Prison, the Small Astral Thunder Deity, the Great Faded Five Element Thunder, so on and so forth.

Each art had its own divine capability and unfathomable power!

The more Lin Xun studied it, the more startled he became. He couldn't help lamenting that the dao of lightning truly deserved its fame as the most rigid and overbearing way of destruction under the heavens.

It was pro-killing and execution, it transmuted life and death, and performed nirvana!

Lin Xun suddenly had a strange idea:

“When I’m certified as an Emperor, perhaps each of my five dao bodies can study and master an Emperor-grade scripture. Then, their knowledge and insights can all be integrated into my own, original dao. In this way, not only does it save me time and energy, but it also won’t affect the cultivation path that I’m seeking…”