Chapter 2165: Traversing the Spirit Sea Alone into the Heaven Ascension

Spirit Sea World.

A bonfire burned in an old, run down temple amidst the mountains.

A young shabbily-dressed scholar was seated on the ground, fully focused on the book in his hand. His concentrated expression gave off a strong sense of determination.

The young scholar was called Lan Yuqing. Born in a poor family, his parents had used nearly all of their family savings to provide him with an education.

At present, he was making a trek through the mountains to reach the capital and take the imperial exam.

A gust of wind blew open the doors of the rundown temple with a loud bang.

Immediately after, a sinister shadow squeezed through, and transformed into a fanged, ghastly, green-faced creature which was enveloped in smoke.

Lan Yuqing was terrified. His first thought, however, wasn’t about his own life, but what would happen to his elderly parents if he died...

Wind loudly rattled the temple as the ghost-like creature’s scarlet-red tongue darted toward Lan Yuqing’s neck.

It’s over.

Lan Yuqing couldn't help but close his eyes as sorrow swallowed his heart. His frugal parents had painstakingly raised him, but he was now going to die in this run down temple before he could repay them...the heavens were so unfair!

His throat tightened. The tongue constricted around his neck, causing his vision to fade away as he lost consciousness.

The fanged green-faced ghost couldn't help but laugh, feeling that the scholar was pathetic for being scared unconscious...

Just as its scarlet tongue was about to roll Lan Yuqing into its mouth, his eyes suddenly snapped open.

Pupils as deep as a bottomless abyss were revealed. It was a sight which would make anyone’s heart tremble uncontrollably.

The fanged, green-faced ghost was taken aback.

Lan Yuqing spat out a single word, "Scram!"

The long scarlet tongue wrapped around his neck immediately began to shatter inch by inch.

Although it was in pain, the ghost hurriedly tried to evade but was still struck by the terrifying sound wave and erased without a trace.

Lan Yuqing muttered to himself, "What an ill-fated scholar..."

His aura surged as he spoke. In an instant, he transformed into a supreme cultivator at the perfect Spirit Dipper Stage!

The one who had awakened in Lan Yuqing's body was naturally Lin Xun.

He rose to his feet, pushed open the run down temple doors, gazed into the pitch-black darkness of the night, and thundered, "How dare you evil spirits disturb my lucid dreaming, ignorant fools!"

A series of horrifying screams and wails soon followed before silence quickly returned.

This land was originally a giant grave haunted by all sorts of ghosts and evil spirits, which no one had dared to approach for a hundred years.

Tonight, however, all of them were killed by Lin Xun’s voice!

Of course, Lin Xun only did so as a form of retaliation for Lan Yuqing.

He had absorbed Lan Yuqing's memories and very much approved of this young scholar from a poor background.

He practiced filial piety, had good morals, and most importantly, still had ambition despite his humble background.

Lin Xun couldn’t bear to watch such a person meet an unfortunate end.

"At least you no longer have to suffer after meeting me..."

On that day, Lin Xun plunged into the cycle of reincarnation, entered Spirit Sea World, and travelled the land as Lan Yuqing.

……

In this world, there was a sea called the Spirit Sea, which was regarded as the holy land in the hearts of all Spirit Sea experts under the heavens.

It was rumored that a peerless blessing existed in the deepest depths of this sea. However, almost nobody has been able to enter since ancient times.

A year later.

Lan Yuqing suddenly awakened on the shore of the Spirit Sea.

He blankly stared into space for a long time before he finally discovered a book in his arms. The book recorded everything he had done over the past year.

While its contents felt unfamiliar, they somehow also felt all too familiar.

Long ago, Lan Yuqing had read a magical story called ‘A Vanished Dream.’

However, he never imagined that such a thing would happen to him!

"No matter who you are, I, Lan Yuqing, will never forget this new lease of life you’ve given me. If the opportunity comes in the future, I will do everything I can to repay you!"

After a long time, Lan Yuqing stood up and bowed towards the Spirit Sea.

By this time, Lin Xun had already left Spirit Sea World.

Over the past year, he had observed nature and immersed himself in the dao as he travelled the world. In the end, his cultivation successfully reached the perfect Spirit Sea Stage.

Next, he entered the Spirit Sea. On the river of time, he defeated one opponent after another, and ultimately proved his cultivation, achieving invincibility among the Spirit Sea Stage in all of time itself!

Before leaving, he recorded down his experiences over the past year and left them for Lan Yuqing.

After all, good people should naturally be rewarded.

……

Heaven Ascension World.

Lin Xun awoke in the body of a rich young master.

The body’s original owner was an ignorant, incompetent, and frivolous young man named Liang Xiao, who usually frequented brothels.

He was the perfect example of a useless rich young master.

The only silver lining was that the young master didn’t commit any evil acts and was a dashing young master in the eyes of the brothel ladies.

Unfortunately, he was a complete wastrel in the eyes of his parents and relatives, who brought nothing but disgrace and disappointment.

Liang Xiao wasn’t concerned about such matters, and Lin Xun naturally didn't care either.

On the same day he awakened, Lin Xun planned to leave and travel the world in preparation for reconstructing his Heaven Ascension Stage cultivation.

After learning that Liang Xiao was planning to go travelling, no one in the manor took him seriously, nor cared, nor came to send him off.

It was because all of his relatives and friends felt that someone like him definitely wouldn’t be able to endure the hardships of the outside world, and it would not be long before he returned with his tail between his legs.

To everyone's surprise, half a year passed after Young Master Liang Xiao departed...

In an instant, the entire place fell into a panic.

The old lord and the rest of the clan mobilized all of their forces to search for Liang Xiao, lest he had encountered a mishap, which had stopped him from returning.

Unfortunately, there were no leads no matter how much they searched.

Overnight, the old lord's hair turned white, and Liang Xiao's mother cried herself hoarse...

An air of depression settled over the entire manor due to their young master’s disappearance.

Although everyone was disappointed in Liang Xiao, he was still family, after all. How could they not worry when there was no news from him until now?

Even the brothel ladies couldn’t help but recall the good memories they had with him and felt saddened when they heard the news of his disappearance.

In late autumn, nine months after the young master left, a sudden catastrophe befell the manor.

The emperor ordered the execution of the entire clan!

It was due to a simple reason: some of the court members suspected that Liang Xiao's father was secretly working together with the empire’s external enemies, which caused the emperor to grow suspicious and view Liang Xiao's father as a traitor.

Although there was only suspicion and no conclusive evidence...

By the time Lin Xun heard the news, it was already a month after the entire Liang Clan had been massacred.

After a brief silence, he changed his route.

While the destruction of the Liang Clan had nothing to do with him, it could not be denied that he was currently occupying Liang Xiao’s body.

Hence, Lin Xun couldn’t ignore this matter.

When he returned to the Liang Clan’s manor, he was greeted by its destroyed ruins. All of the clan’s former glory and wealth had been scorched from the earth.

Lin Xun stood there alone and inwardly sighed.

"The Liang Clan’s survivor has appeared!"

"Is that him?"

"It’s him!"

"We’ve finally found him, attack!"

Amidst a series of shouts, figure after figure pulsing with powerful, murderous auras appeared in the distance.

Lin Xun turned around. His gaze swept over the experts as he muttered to himself, "I will take revenge for you."

In the next moment, he reached out and clenched his fist.

Invisible sword qi condensed with a buzzing noise as a tidal wave of sword cries rippled across the nine heavens.

When the sword qi rose, heaven and earth dimmed, and the clouds in all directions shattered to pieces.

When the sword qi fell, blood erupted like fireworks, blooming one after another to create a poignant picture of red.

On that day, the Liang Clan’s young master slaughtered thirty-nine imperial cultivators upon his return and began his advance north, leaving behind a road of blood.

The news shook the entire world and captured everyone’s attention.

Half a month later.

The heavily guarded capital was enveloped in a stifling atmosphere.

Countless experts had been mobilized to defend the capital. Just the Heaven Ascension cultivators alone numbered in the hundreds!

The reason for all of these arrangements was a single individual eight thousand miles away: the unstoppable Liang Clan’s young master who had cut down everything in his path.

Everyone knew that he was here for revenge!

On this day, the current emperor sneered and said, "Who would dare to take my head in this world that belongs to me?"

On that same day, the Liang Clan’s young master appeared outside the capital. Although he was alone, he didn’t hide that he was here to face the entire city!

A quarter of an hour later.

The ten perfect Heaven Ascension experts stationed at the city gates were killed along with countless others. The city gates had fallen.

An incense stick of time later.

The Liang Clan’s young master mowed down sixteen great armies, leaving a road of corpses and blood in his wake.

Two hours later.

The imperial palace descended into chaos as countless figures wailed, shrieked, and fled in a panic.

When the Liang Clan’s young master exited the imperial palace, he was holding a head whose eyes were still wide in anger and disbelief.

It was the head of the emperor!

This was the same emperor who had claimed two hours prior that no one in the world could take his head.

On that day, the entire world was shaken and countless people were left utterly dumbfounded.

The Liang Clan’s young master’s fame rose like the sun and shone upon the world.

……

"I have taken revenge for you. Don’t disappoint your departed loved ones anymore in the future..."

In the ruins of the Liang Clan’s manor, Lin Xun put down the old emperor’s head. He was silent for a moment before he turned to leave.

Half a month later, Lin Xun entered Heaven Ascension Utopia.

Like True Martial Mountain, Spirit Dipper Lake, and the Spirit Sea, this place was also enveloped by this world’s law power!