Chapter 2499 Jade Disk of Fortune

Xiang Xiaoyuan and Yue Duqiu were more tense than ever before. They hadn’t lost their composure like this in years. Their hearts seemed caught in their throats. They couldn’t breathe, couldn’t speak, suffocated by sheer anxiety.

At first, neither had held out much hope for Lin Xun. After all, the ninety-nine stone steps were littered with terrifying corpses, and each one would awaken with astonishing powers.

They had even been prepared to unleash their own trump cards at any moment to rescue Lin Xun.

However, Lin Xun’s performance had completely surpassed their expectations, or rather, it shattered them time and time again!

Before Lin Xun reached the 36th level, they already thought it was a miracle and were stunned by his strength. Then, as Lin Xun surged ahead, as if leaving others far behind like dust, their hearts and minds were pulled along with him. They were shocked again and again, unable to stay composed.

At this point, they were sweating with nerves, consumed by worry. Multiple times, they were on the verge of activating their trump cards to rescue him. However when Lin Xun fought his way up to the 90th level...

What they felt was a kind of shock and disbelief they had never felt before, as if their very understanding of reality had been overturned and their imaginations shattered.

Miracles were miracles precisely because they were unreal. However, when a miracle became real, it shook one to the core.

Now, watching Lin Xun fight his way to the 99th level, his body soaked in blood, Xiang Xiaoyuan and Yue Duqiu were left with only one feeling—Stunned!

Watching Lin Xun’s clones collapse one after another, watching his blood-soaked body fight with everything he had, watching him charge forward without a single step of retreat... Inexplicable emotions surged in their hearts, like a stormy sea churning and crashing.

Through blood and death, he had never once looked back!

That willpower, that fearless spirit, that stance of treating life and death like passing clouds, was like a lightning bolt tearing through the minds, etching a mark that would never fade.

Even now, they couldn’t relax.

After all, Lin Xun was now facing his most terrifying opponent.

......

That white robe was whiter than snow, and that aura was like that of an immortal.

On the 99th level, although the man in white stood alone, his power was so terrifying and boundless that it was impossible to fathom!

In front of the palace hall, the snow-white jade disk shimmered with obscure and mysterious dao light. It glowed quietly, exuding a serene confidence, as if it wasn’t the least bit concerned, or perhaps it had absolute faith in the man in white.

Lin Xun was severely wounded. His face was deathly pale, almost transparent, and blood streamed endlessly from his battered body.

As he looked at the man in white, a chilling realization struck him. Even if he went all out, he wouldn’t be able to shake him in the slightest. The opponent was simply too powerful!

He was so powerful that it completely shattered Lin Xun’s understanding of strength. He couldn’t even be sure whether the man was at the Immortal Realm

Because he couldn’t see through him at all.

Standing before him was like being an ant looking up at a true god!

Meanwhile, facing Lin Xun who had reached the 99th step, the man in white responded with nothing more than a flick of his fingers.

A simple and casual gesture.

Like brushing away an ant.

This was undoubtedly an act of disdain!

Yet in that very moment, Xiang Xiaoyuan and Yue Duqiu felt a stabbing pain deep in their souls. Their senses shattered, their vision disappeared and the world around them vanished. Then, they saw nothing but a vast whiteness.

Furthermore, after that moment passed, Lin Xun’s figure was nowhere to be seen on the 99th step!

Instead, the man in white stood there stunned, staring blankly at his outstretched fingers. Then, he turned to look and saw Lin Xun already standing before the white jade palace hall.

Unbelievable.

This was a shock so deep that it left only silence.

Bang!

The man in white’s power faded away, and his body sank into silence and stillness, collapsing into a seated position, exactly the way he had fallen during the last epoch.

At that moment, Lin Xun thought he heard a long sigh. Unfortunately, he couldn’t be sure if it was real or just this imagination.

This was because his injuries were far too severe and his senses had already begun to blur.

Just to reach the 99th step, he had forcibly activated the divine ability Time Stopping despite his grave condition. As a result, it felt as if all his cultivation had been burned away.

Buzz—

Not far away, the snow-white jade disk suddenly let out a low hum, as if startled. Then, it turned into a streak of white light and vanished into the white jade palace hall.

“Taiyi Immortal Sect...”

Lin Xun looked up at the plaque above the hall, took a deep breath, pulled out several bottles of rare and precious elixirs. Without hesitation, he swallowed them all. Then, he walked straight into the hall.

......

When Xiang Xiaoyuan and Yue Duqiu came to their senses, Lin Xun was no longer on the 99th step.

Only the man in white remained, sitting silently as before. The ninety-nine steps had returned to stillness. Corpses were strewn across the stone stairs as if nothing had ever happened.

“Could Brother Lin have...” Yue Duqiu’s expression changed drastically.

Xiang Xiaoyuan cut him off. “Impossible, don’t you see? That mysterious jade disk vanished too? I suspect that in the final moment, Brother Lin used some hidden technique to pass the final step and enter the Great Taiyi Hall!”

After a pause, she added softly, “Let’s wait here. If Brother Lin is alive, he will definitely return.”

Yue Duqiu nodded.

......

Great Taiyi Hall.

Ethereal mist filled the air and an eerie stillness pervaded the surroundings. The ground was paved with a strange black stone, weathered and mottled by the passage of time.

As Lin Xun passed a stone pillar, he noticed a series of mysterious dao diagrams engraved upon its surface. They appeared to be cultivation guidance charts, but they were all incomplete and blurry.

After studying them carefully, he was able to roughly discern that each diagram corresponded to a distinct cultivation realm.

It was a cultivation system that belonged to the previous epoch.

The name of each realm was deep and filled with profound mystery: Purple Mansion, Yellow Court, Yin Yang Golden Core, Nirvana, True Nether Transformation, Tribulation-Ascended Earth Immortal...

Higher up, there appeared to be an advanced immortal dao system, with realms such as Heavenly Immortal Realm, the Mythic Immortal Realm, the Great Luo Golden Immortal, the Saint Immortal...

Unfortunately, the cultivation guidance charts shown in these diagrams had long since been fragmented and lost to time. Lin Xun could only glean surface meanings from the names, and had no way to uncover the true secrets of each realm.

“The last epoch was called the Immortal Martial Epoch. What they pursued back then must have been the ultimate mysteries connected to the way of immortality. It turns out that the immortals of legend really did exist, only they belonged to a bygone age...”

Lin Xun took one last glance before pressing onward.

He was searching for any trace of the mysterious jade disk and remained on constant alert at all times. Who knew what hidden dangers might still be lurking in this strange and ancient place?

Before long, Lin Xun suddenly heard a faint conversation from deep within the mist.

As he moved forward, the world abruptly shifted, the scenery transformed, radiant lights surged from all directions, and chaos churned. All of a sudden, it felt like he had stepped into an entirely different world!

It was a grand and ancient training hall, veiled in ethereal mist, where celestial birds soared and auspicious beasts flickered in and out of sight. A group of cultivators in feathered robes sat cross-legged in the hall.

At the head of the hall sat a man with an extraordinary bearing, his entire body shrouded in a haze of immortal mist. Atop his head glowed the totem of an immortal sword, radiating a power that seemed capable of shaking the heavens.

This was a scene preserved from the last epoch!

Lin Xun’s heart trembled. He realized he had stepped into an incredible illusion, as if he had traveled through time itself and returned to an era long past.

“The catastrophe has arrived, and even our Taiyi Immortal Sect cannot remain uninvolved. From this day forth, I shall wield the Taiyi Sword to suppress the Demon Sealing Well and offer my life to seize a sliver of hope amidst the calamity. I only hope...that our Taiyi Immortal Sect survives the turning of the epochs...” The man with the extraordinary appearance spoke, his gaze firm and resolute, as if he was preparing for his final farewell.

“Sect Leader!”

The cultivators in the hall cried out in unison, their faces dark and heavy with grief.

“No one can defy the turning of an epoch. No great sect or force can withstand its tide. This life...is fated to be swallowed and erased by the catastrophe of the epoch...” The man known as Sect Leader spoke with sorrow in his eyes.

Then he called out, “Wei Mingzi, step forward and take control of the Jade Disk of Fortune.”

A man stepped out, barefoot, long-hair draped over his shoulders, and clad in a Daoist robe woven with green feathers. His bearing was imposing and his demeanor dignified and peerless.

Lin Xun’s heart trembled.

It’s him! The man who almost took over my body back in the Hundred Battles Secret Realm!

“Sect Leader.” Wei Mingzi stepped forward, his expression filled with grief.

“With your talent and cultivation, you should’ve led the Taiyi Immortal Sect long ago. But the epoch’s fall came too suddenly and unexpectedly...” The sect leader sighed deeply, then waved his sleeve.

Buzz!

A snow-white jade disk emerged, glowing with brilliance like it was polished from the most beautiful and purest jade under heaven, radiating boundless immortal light.

“This Jade Disk of Fortune was handed down by our sect’s founder. It bears the most profound and unfathomable secrets of the immortal dao laws. Keep it safe. If our Taiyi Immortal Sect survives this calamity, then I hope...that under your care, it may continue to be passed down like an unbroken flame and endure for eternity,” solemnly instructed the sect leader.

𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

“Yes!” Wei Mingzi solemnly received the Jade Disk of Fortune that was emitting immortal light.

Boom!

At that moment, the scene abruptly faded. However, Lin Xun could react, another illusion took over.

It was a desolate ruin. Everything was withered and broken. A wild, maniacal laughter echoed through the heavens like thunder.

“The Taiyi Immortal Sect is finished! Finished—”

Wei Mingzi stood among the rubble, his face twisted, laughing like a madman.

“Sect Leader, Sect Leader...you didn’t give me the Jade Disk of Fortune until the epoch had already begun to collapse. And you expected me to be grateful?

“You’re all dead...hahaha...it’s better that you’re dead! I, Wei Mingzi, am the only one who survived the fall of the epoch! From now on, I’ll never have to bow to anyone again!

“One day, I’ll rebuild the Taiyi Immortal Sect, but it will be a supreme sect that belongs only to me!”

His frenzied roar resounded with unrestrained joy, as if all the bitterness and resentment buried deep in his heart had finally erupted.

Lin Xun was shaken.

Wei Mingzi has gone completely mad. If the sect leader saw him now, how disappointed and furious would he be?

At this moment, a majestic and supreme figure suddenly appeared above the ruins.

Wei Mingzi, in mid-laughter, froze.

When Lin Xun saw that imposing silhouette, his eyes widened in disbelief.