Chapter 2380 Origin of All Dao

”Young Master... Is it really you?” a shaky voice broke the silence.

It came from Lin Zhong, who had taken great care of Lin Xun when the latter first entered Mind Cleansing Peak.

After so many years, Lin Xun was no longer that young man.

Lin Zhong's temples had grayed along with the hardships of time. Trembling, he rushed two steps forward, then hesitated as if afraid to be too abrupt.

Lin Xun took the initiative to go up and wrapped his arms around Lin Zhong's shoulders. “Uncle Zhong, I'm back!”

Lin Zhong nodded fiercely as excitement took over him, “It's good, it’s good that you’re back...”

Meanwhile, the others in the hall were also experiencing a surge of sentiments.

Zhao Tailai, Zhao Xingye, Lin Huaiyuan...which of them hadn’t been one to watch Lin Xun rise to power back then? Now that they finally saw him again after decades, they were beside themselves with all the emotions in their heart.

“Chirp!” a crisp cry rang out as a ball of fire shot toward Lin Xun. The creature’s small, plump body displayed an amazing furriness as it squeezed itself between Lin Xun and Lin Zhong and rubbed against Lin Xun’s chest.

The little guy was naturally Jiujiu.

It was also the first little friend that Lin Xun had picked up on his way from Feiyun Village to the Ziyao Empire.

After so long no see, Jiujiu was even rounder than before. With a light pinch, it would spew out wisps of radiant golden flame.

“Grandpa, is he...our clan head? The one who has influence over the entire capital?” asked a healthy-looking teenager curiously.

He was standing next to Lin Xuefeng who, according to seniority, was Lin Xun's older cousin.

Bam!

Lin Xuefeng slapped the teenager on his head and scolded, “He’s your great-uncle!”

Their interaction startled Lin Xun. Looking around to see the many teenagers of the Lin Clan staring at him with curious expressions, he was secretly dazed.

It turned out that Ye Xiaoqi wasn’t the only one who had become a grandfather. During Lin Xun’s long absence, his clansmen had been opening branches and scattering leaves, producing one batch of juniors after another.

“This is quite some big change...” lamented Lin Xun.

“While you're still the same, Young Master.” Lin Zhong grinned, “Come and meet our juniors.”

With that, he began to introduce the youngsters one by one.

Among them, some addressed Lin Xun as ‘Uncle’ while some as ‘great-uncle,’ all of which went to show that he was now an elder.

After the introduction, Zhao Tailai walked over and said, “As the son-in-law handpicked by my older brother, how can you not get familiarized with the Zhaos? Come, come, come, let me introduce them to you.”

After these being introduced one by one as well, Lin Xun had also grasped a thorough understanding of the current situation.

During his absence, the Lin Clan had become much more prosperous and powerful without going through any ups and downs. Even when the recovery of aeth qi concentrations had abruptly begun, the clansmen had gone with the members of the royal family to hide in Green Lotus Secret Realm, thus suffering no casualties.

Knowing this completely put Lin Xun at ease.

However, he keenly noticed that while everyone was all warm, enthusiastic, and smiling in front of him, they more or less revealed a kind of awe.

Lin Xun only needed to think for a moment to understand the reason.

Although he had retracted his aura to the point of perfection, all those years of traveling worlds, battling, and killing had refined an invisible temperament about him.

Like how a tiger, even when it was lying lazily, still struck fear into all the other animals.

This was not something that he could change.

On this day, Lin Xun set up a banquet on Mind Cleansing Peak, which he had invited all his relatives and his friends from the royal family, Qinglu Academy, Rune Master Association, Golden Jade Hall... Everyone gathered, eating, drinking, and mingling. The atmosphere was lively.

In the next several days, Lin Xun stayed at Mind Cleansing Peak and spent happy time with his friends and family, not paying any attention to the changes in the outside world.

For him, reunions like this would only become fewer and fewer in the future, which was why they were so precious.

Ten days later.

Lin Xun decided to found his own sect and named it ‘New Genesis.’

It was taken from the saying ‘When a genesis begins, everything renews.’

Lin Zhong, Spirit Vulture, Lin Huaiyuan, Shi Yu, Zhao Xingye, Zhao Tailai, along with a group of other senior figures, would serve as the sect elders, each having their own duties.

The first generation of disciples, on the other hand, were selected from the Lin Clan, the royal family, Qinglu Academy, the Rune Master Association, and Golden Jade Hall.

The sect had different departments such as Martial Arts, Justice and Punishment, Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Runes, Literature, Beast Care, and so on.

Other than that, there were trivial details that Lin Xun delegated to the others.

Meanwhile, he organized all the scriptures and jade slips that recorded arts and techniques that he had collected during his cultivation journey. With the exception of legacies from the Fangchun Mountain lineage, he categorized, revised, and put them in the Literature Department to be used as the legacies of New Genesis.

In addition, Lin Xun took out the treasures collected during his journey through worlds and, except the ones that he could use, set them up as the cultivation resources for the sect.

After having all these matters done, Lin Xun could finally relax.

It was easy to establish a dao lineage, for one only needed to pick a cultivation paradise and recruit disciples.

However, creating a lineage that would last forever wasn’t something accomplishable in a short time. It required solidification and practical training.

There wasn't a single lineage that relied on just one person to survive.

The only thing Lin Xun could do was use his best efforts to lay an unshakable foundation for New Genesis. In the future, the sect itself would have to pass on the torch from generation to generation.

......

A month later.

The news of Lin Xun's founding New Genesis Sect spread to the Forbidden City, becoming a sensation the second it did and grabbing the attention of cultivators all over the world.

“Quick! To the Forbidden City!”

“This move of Emperor Lord Lin will definitely change the power structure of the world. I’m afraid his New Genesis Sect will become the overlord of All Dao Realm!”

“If one can join New Genesis Sect now, they are pretty much among the founding generation! Even the people around them will be able to ride on their success!”

𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Every part of the world was in an uproar because of this.

In a city, a man and a woman were in the process of getting married. After learning of this news, they didn’t even finish the ceremony as they packed their belongings and ran toward the Forbidden City.

At the same time, masses of cultivators were also setting off overnight to hurry to the Forbidden City. Some wanted to join New Genesis Sect themselves, while the others wanted it for their children.

The spectacular hubbub left many people dumbfounded.

When the news reached the far-away Spirit Burial Sea, it caused a stir in the Monster-Beast Battle Alliance as well.

Many sea beings were tempted. They thus quietly traveled to the All Dao Realm, intending to take the risk to enter the Forbidden City. If they were able to join New Genesis Sect....

Then that would naturally be the best outcome!

After all, New Genesis Sect didn't have a rule of not accepting beings from the various races of Spirit Burial Sea as disciples.

Overall, the establishment of New Genesis Sect was certainly a major event that the lower plane could not ignore.

Everyone was clear about the significance of it; it could affect the entire pattern of the whole world!

......

Lin Xun was unaware of everything happening outside. After finalizing the affairs of New Genesis Sect, he left the other trivial matters to Lin Zhong and the others.

His five dao bodies remained on Mind Cleansing Peak as guards, while he himself once again entered Green Lotus Secret Realm.

This time, it only took him fewer than ten days to arrive at the Origin World where Chess Man had once been.

The heavens and earth were barren, with only an old, bare tree rooted in it.

Not far from this old tree was a portal that resembled the void, and what it led to was the place of origin of all Heavenly Dao!

Swish!

Lin Xun rushed into the portal without delay.

In an instant, a chaotic world filled his field of vision. It was impossible to know how far and wide it stretched. All kinds of dao powers poured in torrents and rumbled like a flood. Beautiful and colorful dao hazes swept wantonly like boiling waves of bubbles.

Entering this world, it felt as though one was in the midst of the galactic chaos when a universe first formed!

Lin Xun was instantly astounded.

This was the place where all Heavenly Dao originated from?

There was nothing but inexplicable chaos in which all daos were born together. They released the most primitive auras into the atmosphere, boundless and rich.

Boom!

A terrifying law power suddenly appeared and oppressed Lin Xun from all directions. He instinctively operated his cultivation and barely managed to resist this force.

Calmly perceiving this, Lin Xun assessed, “This kind of law power is born from chaos, and it’s distinctly more powerful than the power of the Phoenix Flame of Order and the Nirvana of Transcendence...

“It’s on the level of the taboo law power wielded by Heavenly Emperor Shi.

“Luckily, the law power isn’t using its true destructive ability, or else I might not be able to fight back with just my own cultivation.”

Lin Xun realized that Chess Man's reminder at the time was absolutely correct.

Although the law power of the birthplace of all Heavenly Dao was horrifyingly strong, it would only pose a pressure on the intruders and not a fatal calamity.

This meant that one could cultivate here as long as they were able resist this pressure!

Very quickly, Lin Xun noticed that the dao power in this place was indeed spreading and bleeding out. This was enabling the current recovery of aeth qi concentrations in the lower plane.

However, he calculated that it would take at least a few hundred years for the origin power of all Heavenly Dao here to be completely released.

After a careful observation to make sure that there were no other dangers here, Lin Xun began to fathom the principles in the origin of all Heavenly Dao.

In less than a second, he was deep in the sensation that both his body and mind were immersed in the womb of the almighty dao. Every breath he took, everything his spirit sense perceived, and every inch of skin were feeling all kinds of dao essences. They were majestic, boundless, and grandiose...

When Lin Xun opened his eyes a long time later, they were filled with shock.

If one stayed in here, not to mention cultivators, but even a stone or a piece of rotten wood would be infiltrated and branded with the enigmas of origin dao, thereby turning into a dao stone or divine wood.

It was just too inconceivable!

However, when Lin Xun tried collecting a bit of origin power, a sudden change occurred.