You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

The opponent has an advantage in realm, but he has an advantage in foundation. It's just that his martial arts expertise is lacking considerably, which led to such a situation.

However, the gap between him and the Heavenly Demon Ancestor is not as terrifying as imagined.

"Divine Heart?"

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor said coldly, "If this Martial Arts True Body condenses a Divine Heart, at most three swords would be enough to take your life."

Although the Martial Arts True Body matches the strength of the true body, it is ultimately a clone, sharing one consciousness with the true body, and not a Second Primordial Spirit.

The emphasis of Divine Heart lies in the word 'heart.' He can only allow his true body to condense a Divine Heart, while the Martial Arts True Body is just refining a Divine Body with Divine Master level divine power.

In terms of strength, the Martial Arts True Body has only about ten percent of the true body's power.

"Then I am relieved."

The injuries on Lin Yue's body surface slowly recover as he chuckles lowly, gripping the Divine Artifact Battle Saber, "Seems like you don't have the capability to kill me now."

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor slightly narrowed his eyes.

Indeed, while he is stronger than Lin Yue in martial arts expertise, the advantage is limited, barely bruising Lin Yue.

But what he couldn't understand the most is that Lin Yue was evidently stalling.

So, what was the delay for?

His true body will arrive in the Demon Country soon. The Second Prince is trapped in Jingzhou and can't help, and he has calculated that Xiahong Feng has encountered a great tribulation decades ago and still hasn't proven the Dao. Who can help Lin Yue now?

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor always felt something was off.

He took a deep breath, immediately transmitting Divine Thought to Xiahou Shou and the Wood Demon Ancestor, "Attack together, quickly kill him, and reclaim the Ultimate Divine Artifact of the Old Master!"

In the next moment—

"Boom!"

Branches of the World Tree splinter into hundreds, forming giant hands, converging from all directions, simultaneously stirring the void, concentrating layers of void pressure entirely on Lin Yue.

Xiahou Shou then vigorously affects the time Lin Yue is in, trying to slow his movements as much as possible.

He excels at Time Freeze and has high expertise in spatial manipulation as well.

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor is most adept at the application of time flow changes, combined with the path of destruction of all things, with his martial arts expertise reaching the peak of the ultimate realm look throughout the Ancient Times, ranked among the best of the Son of God!

The dim light shone upon Lin Yue, vigorously slowing the time he was in. Even though the chaos formed by the Ultimate Path mitigates time's impact, his movements became a bit sluggish, and the glimmer of his saber slowed considerably.

Had it been only the Wood Demon Ancestor and Xiahou Shou, Lin Yue wouldn't be in much danger, just moving slower.

However, now he also faces the terrifying Heavenly Demon Ancestor!

Even without external influences, he is completely disadvantaged against the Heavenly Demon Ancestor, let alone with the Wood Demon Ancestor and Xiahou Shou's dual influence on void and time!

"Die."

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor's figure seemed to step into the gap of time and space, where the flow of time changed rapidly, following the movement of his form, sometimes quick to the point of being blurred, sometimes slow to near stillness.

This sudden variant in time flow, paired with the Heavenly Demon Ancestor's unfathomable movement technique, made his figure walking in the void become exponentially bizarre.

"Whew!"

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor strikes again, the sword light moving in the gap of time, sometimes vague, sometimes clear.

"Can't keep up..."

Lin Yue's Ultimate Path can also easily influence time. If it were normal times, he could just barely resolve the Heavenly Demon Ancestor's Sword Dao, but now, under the influence, trying to keep up with the Heavenly Demon Ancestor was impossible.

In an instant, his saber light collided nine times with the Heavenly Demon Ancestor's sword light, unleashing an astonishing tremor.

Only his Ultimate Path could do the best in every situation with minimal influence. Otherwise, another person wouldn't be able to block even a single sword.

But...

Blocking nine swords was his limit.

"Die!"

The exquisite sword lights seemed to gather into an immense momentum, narrowly avoiding his saber light with great risk, finally penetrating his Primordial Spirit with one sword.

Under this terrifying sword light, the hazy white glow and battle attire on Lin Yue's body barely diminished a portion of the power.

Even the spiritual body formed by the Ultimate Path couldn't block the direct stab of such power-infused sword light.

"Swish!"

The sword light suddenly swept and burst forth, and Lin Yue's Primordial Spirit was severely injured, causing the inner heaven and earth operation to stall instantly.

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor followed up with three swords, extinguishing Lin Yue's Primordial Spirit.

The Divine Soul dissipated along with it.

Lin Yue's eyes suddenly dimmed completely, vitality extinguished, and his spiritual body dispersed.

"Boom!"

In this instant, the world plunged into a near-static pause.

In the void, points of light continuously appeared, then started to gather at an astounding speed towards a focal point.

In a moment, life and death reversed.

In a split second, Lin Yue's spiritual body was reborn and reassembled!

The world returned to normal.

"Died again..."

Lin Yue's figure transformed into a stream of light and retreated violently, his eyes slightly cold, "How much have I forgotten?"

This was the third resurrection, presumably losing three-ninths of his memory, yet the memories he most instinctively wished not to forget were still intact.

At the same time, a wisp of illusory feather flew out from his palm, merging into his brow, instantly surging memories emerged.

Memories restored as before.

"Forgot quite a lot indeed..."

Lin Yue took a deep breath, "If I die to the ninth time, I'll forget everything, even if there's a Heart Feather to preserve memory, I can't recall how to activate the Heart Feather to restore memory..."

The Heart Feather was used by the Second Prince to compensate for the flaw of Nine Deaths Without Self.

But it also depends on him remembering the Heart Feather and consciously activating it.

If everything is forgotten, with a blank mind, then it's hopeless.

However...

"Last time during life and death reversal, it felt somewhat familiar."

Lin Yue recalled the state during the life and death reversal just now, "This life and death reversal is engaging Divine power surpassing heaven and earth, why does that feeling of surpassing heaven and earth resemble... transcending heaven and earth?"

After passing the Tribulation of Daoist, he also attempted to transcend heaven and earth once, but the world's bondage was too great, he barely managed partial transcendence before being pulled back by the world.

But, it was like a fish barely leaping out of water by flapping its tail, he sensed the state of transcending heaven and earth slightly.

To condense Divine Heart, reliance on the transcending state is necessary.

Only a part of the transcending state is like seeing flowers in the fog, making the condensing of Divine Heart very difficult.

Yet, during the life and death reversal just now, he felt the state above heaven and earth was remarkably clear for a moment!

"Transcending..."

Lin Yue strenuously recalled that feeling of surpassing heaven and earth, trying to circulate the Taichu Divine Power within to condense Divine Heart, but quickly realized: "Condensing Divine Heart is still far off, just this fleeting moment of transcendence..."

"Oh?"

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor surveyed Lin Yue, "Resurrected yet again? Could it be the authority metamorphosed into divine skill by the Reincarnation Godmaster... Nine Deaths Without Self?"

He originally was unaware of many ancient secrets.

But Xiahou Shou's main body brought out numerous ancient treasures and secrets from the Old Day's Lord, especially regarding the existence of the Divine Emperor; he naturally couldn't be ignorant.

The innate divine skills awakened by Great Yong's various princes and princesses are essentially the authority of the Reincarnation Godmaster descending upon the world, as the divine skills are fundamentally simplified versions of divine authority.

Reversing life and death is one of the most crucial authorities of the Reincarnation Godmaster, in this authority, the Reincarnation Godmaster is far stronger than other divines.

Yet ultimately, the life in this world has limits, nine being the pinnacle; this authority of reversing life and death, once converted into divine skill, allows at most nine resurrections, and the divine skill is at most only useful at the Saint Level.

Once proving and transcending, even the divine skill becomes useless.

"The saber in your hand, should be the Lifebound Divine Artifact transformed from the Divine Artifact Infinite Starry Sky."

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor suddenly sneered, "Even if there's Heavenly Craft Creation Dew to transform it into a Lifebound Divine Artifact, it must completely recognize its master; Infinite Starry Sky utterly recognizing a master requires death in battle, yet you already possessed this Lifebound Divine Artifact before being slain by the Death Announce Spirit and resurrected..."

He squinted, "Seems you've already died three times."

Lin Yue's expression remained calm.

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor's ability to deduce this was not surprising.

After all, even the Temple Spirit of the Divine Palace in Xiahong's imperial palace knew this artifact's complete recognition required death in battle, this Divine Artifact Infinite Starry Sky likely had some reputation in Ancient Times.

If Xiahou Shou had met the Old Day's Lord, it would be normal for him to know some secrets of Ancient Times.

"Six times left."

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor hovered in the sky, indifferent, "After six more reversals of life and death, you will likewise face a dead end."