Chapter 2616 Law Jade Talisman

Smoke and dust whirled as the torrent of destruction gradually dispersed. Panting heavily, Lin Xun took a moment to steady himself before grabbing a handful of elixirs and pills and swallowed them without hesitation,

This battle had not only been intensely fierce and perilous, but he had also consecutively activated two innate powers, Time Stopping and Gate of Exile, leaving his strength nearly depleted. His body was riddled with wounds, some of them gruesome and deep, and bloody blade marks crisscrossed his flesh. He was soaked in blood and looked utterly tragic.

Despite that, he laughed, a surge of indescribable joy welling up within him. This was the first time in his entire cultivation journey that he had slain a Heavenly Longevity Immortal who was at peak condition!

After calming his breathing, Lin Xun quietly reflected on the battle. He realized the flaws in his performance. The most glaring was his immature control over the Gate of Exile. If he had mastered it more fully, he wouldn’t have needed to activate the extinguishing law flame to land the final fatal blow.

“With my current cultivation, I can only maintain the Gate of Exile for three breaths at most. It’s not long, but if I can seize every second of that moment, I’ll be able to suppress Immortals into the Abyss of Nothingness directly, instead of letting someone like Luo Yunshan escape at the last moment like that...” Lin Xun said thoughtfully.

When Lin Xun had first entered the initial Supreme Emperor Ancestor Stage, he could only sustain the Gate of Elixir for a single breath. Now that he had reached the pinnacle of the Supreme Emperor Ancestor Stage, he could hold it for two breaths longer.

Those three breaths might seem fleeting, but in the hands of someone like him, it was enough to crush an Immortal!

“The next time I face an enemy of this level...I won’t be so passive...”

Lin Xun took a deep breath, his eyes sharp and full of dominance. This battle had profound significance for him because it made him keenly aware of the gap between his strength and that of Immortals.

However, as long as he recognized the gap, he would one day be able to bridge and even surpass them!

𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Once he had recovered a bit, he began sorting through the spoils. As a core Immortal figure of the Luo Clan, Luo Yunshan naturally carried extraordinary treasures. Among them were three weapons imbued with immortal matter.

In addition, there were divine materials and elixirs for cultivation, each far exceeding the value of Emperor-grade items. However, one item in particular caught Lin Xun’s attention: A mysterious jade talisman.

It was pale violet, etched with countless intricate lightning laws as fine as strands of hair. Its aura was obscure and terrifying. With just one glance , Lin Xun recognized it as a secret treasure imbued with law power! It had to contain the eighth grade Earth Rank lightning law wielded by the Luo Clan!

This kind of talisman was forged by Immortal figures of the Luo Clan and could only be awakened and wielded through the Luo Clan’s bloodline power. Even if an outsider obtained this jade talisman, they wouldn’t be able to unleash its power.

“No...my mother Luo Qingxun was from the Luo Clan, and I carry the blood of the Omega Lord in my veins. If that’s the case, then I should be able to control the law power within this jade talisman...”

A thought stirred in his heart, and he tried to probe the pale violet jade talisman with his spirit sense.

Suddenly, a thunderous roar erupted in his mind as endless violet lightning surged like coiled serpents, radiating a terrifying aura that threatened to destroy the heavens and earth.

Lin Xun sensed the blood in his body begin to churn, resonating in a unique way with the law power sealed within the jade talisman. It felt as though, with just a single thought, he could unleash its might.

“It worked!”

Lin Xun didn’t probe further. He withdrew his spirit sense and carefully stowed the Law Jade Talisman. This treasure could be regarded as a true trump card!

“It’s a pity...the Blade of Light and Shadow contains the power of time and was also a treasure left behind by the Omega Lord...” Lin Xun couldn’t help but feel a pang of regret as he thought of the Blade of Light and Shadow that had been suppressed into the Abyss of Nothingness by the Gate of Exile.

Though he now had the strength to activate the Gate of Exile, there was almost no hope of retrieving any treasure suppressed in the Abyss of Nothingness. The Gate of Exile only remained open for the span of three breaths, which was far too short to locate and retrieve the blade.

It would be no different from searching for a needle in a haystack.

“Perhaps when I reach the Immortal level and can sustain the Gate of Exile for longer, I’ll be able to retrieve it.”

Lin Xun had a hunch that as his cultivation advanced, the duration for which he could maintain the Gate of Exile would grow as well! After a moment, he withdrew the grand array and soared into the skies.

The mountains and rivers once shrouded by the grand array were now in complete ruin, with signs of collapse and destruction everywhere. As this place was not far from Fengwu City, it wasn’t long before passing cultivators took notice, and when the news reached the city, it caused a great commotion.

“Immortals clashed here!” Before long, someone came to this conclusion. They all gasped in shock and began speculating wildly. Yet no one could figure out exactly what had happened. There were simply too few clues left on the battlefield.

Even so, the disturbance drew widespread attention. No one knew who had fought there, but the lingering aura of Immortals on the battlefield was impossible to hide.

Later, even the experts who had been lying in wait near the boundary star road were alarmed. One after another, they rushed to investigate, all suspecting that the battle might be related to Lin Xun who hadn’t appeared for many years.

Unfortunately, even the powerhouses from the Immortal Imperial Clans were unable to uncover any clues from the ruins of the battlefield.

Fengwu Academy was the closest to the site. When Leng Qingxue and Nie Qingrong received the news, they also rushed over. Unlike the others, the moment they saw the battlefield, the same thought surfaced in both their minds—Could this have been Lin Xun’s doing?

If that was true, wouldn’t it mean he had been lying low near Fengwu Academy all this time? If their guess was right, then from the moment they entered Fengwu Academy, he had likely been silently watching over and protecting them all along!

In the end, Leng Qingxue and Nie Qingrong exchanged a look, subtle emotions stirring in their hearts.

On the same day of Luo Yunshan’s death, Lin Xun left Fengwu City without delay. He knew this place would soon become a center of trouble and draw too much attention. It was no longer suitable for staying in hiding.

......

The sun rose and the moon set; time slipped by in the blink of an eye. By the sixth year since Lin Xun came to Fifth Heaven Domain, fewer than ten percent of the experts who had once been lying in ambush near the boundary star road remained.

Lin Xun had yet to appear, and it was clear that he intended to continue dragging things out. This wore down many cultivators’ patience. Unable to endure the fruitless waiting, they departed one after another.

Eventually, even the few experts still lingering at the boundary star road dispersed, not because they were unwilling to wait but because they had realized a harsh truth: There were no Immortals among them.

With their strength, even if Lin Xun were to suddenly appear, they wouldn’t stand a chance. In that case, why continue staying? It would be nothing short of throwing their lives away! As news of their retreat spread, it stirred a great uproar across the Fifth Heaven Domain.

“Six years have passed, and Lin Xun actually wore down an entire assassination plot!” Many people clicked their tongues in disbelief and sighed in amazement.

Looking back, the many Immortal Imperial Clans had come in full force, joining hands in a grand scheme, determined to exhaust every possible means to kill him in the Fifth Heaven Domain. Who would have imagined that Lin Xun, without even showing his face, could dissolve such a monstrous assassination plot as if it never existed?

“If it were anyone else, they would have died a thousand times over. Only Menace Lin could have pulled off such a unique escape!”

“The Immortal Imperial Clans returned in defeat, utterly humiliated. After all, Menace Lin was alone, yet they couldn’t touch him. If word gets out, it’ll be a huge blow to their prestige.”

“Where is Menace Lin now?”

“If even the Immortal Imperial Clans can’t find him, who in the world possibly could?”

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Conversations like these echoed throughout the territories of the Fifth Heaven Domain. Indeed, compared to the past, Lin Xun no longer stirred up as much bloodshed in the Fifth Heaven Domain, nor did he act with the same unrestrained boldness as before.

However, he survived an ambush orchestrated by multiple Immortal Imperial Clans. This fact was enough to shake the heavens and astonish the world!

On a vast, endless azure sea, Lin Xun lay languidly on a small boat, drifting with the current. His eyes were half-closed, his mind and body relaxed. Not long ago, he had learned of the retreat at the boundary star road. The Immortal Imperial Clan elites had all withdrawn.

Despite that, he remained in no hurry to act. Part of him was cautious as it could all be a trap. The other part was simply because he wasn’t in a rush.

Since leaving Fengwu City, he had been focused on two things. The first was thoroughly perfecting the profound mysteries of the Supreme Emperor Ancestor Stage that were lacking in the Great Dao Furnace Art. The second was contemplating and delving into the mysteries of the immortal path.

Now, he had reached the pinnacle of the Supreme Emperor Ancestor Stage, standing at the edge of transcending the Emperor Realm and stepping into the realm of true immortality. Unfortunately, that final threshold was unimaginably high!

Moreover, Lin Xun had a strong premonition that no amount of cultivation, no matter how long, even over thousands of years, would be enough to reach the threshold of immortality through effort alone. To attain the immortal dao, the key lay in a single word: enlightenment.

Only after an immense period of accumulation and tempering could one hope to break through. It required the comprehension of profound truths and mysteries of the immortal path. That moment of enlightenment might come during cultivation, in a sudden flash of understanding, or during a moment of quiet contemplation.

It was something that could neither be predicted nor forced!

“Well, if I can’t comprehend the mysteries of the immortal path in the Fifth Heaven Domain, I might as well leave.”

That day, lying on the drifting boat, Lin Xun suddenly opened his eyes, stood, and looked up at the sky.

Shua!

Then he soared into the sky, robes fluttering like mist in the wind. It was as if he was ascending to immortality, vanishing in the blink of an eye. This day marked the twelfth year since he had entered the Eternal True Realm.

On this day, only five years remained until the Origin Sect Ancestral Court would begin recruiting disciples.