Chapter 2782 A Different Epoch Civilization

After exiting the Wuxuan Forbidden Land, Lin Xun remained quiet. He had just been bombarded with a ton of mind boggling information that was both thrilling and elicited even more questions in his mind.

Of note, he hadn't expected that the Origin Sect’s most mysterious and low-key pavilion master, the pavilion master of the Origin Emptiness Pavilion, would be Taixuan. In addition, the secrets of the Eternity Coffin were still incredibly cryptic. The connection between the person within and Xia Zhi made her background even more confusing.

The Fortune Dominion that Taixuan had described had also left him stunned. Apparently, many epochal ruins were scattered within, each representing a complete cultivation civilization, and they were each inhabited by Divine Clans.

This was incredible! Of course, it also made Lin Xun worry about his parents who were trapped within. Now, he finally understood why Xuan Feiling had taken him to meet Taixuan.

If it weren't for Taixuan, how could he have known that the Fortune Dominion contained so many ruins of previous eras? How could he possibly find out the secrets and mysteries within the Eternity Coffin?

As they traveled, Xuan Feiling asked, "Are you really not planning to stay any longer? With your current level of cultivation, you're already qualified to seek a deacon position."

"No, it won't be too late to seek promotion after returning from the Fortune Dominion." Lin Xun shook his head. Xuan Feiling nodded, saying nothing more. The two of them passed directly through the ancient teleportation array.

"Next, I'll take you away." As they left Origin World, Xuan Feiling waved his sleeves.

Boom!

The heavens and the earth shook, and the two of them instantly vanished. A moment later, on the summit of a lonely, steep mountain, Xuan Feiling and Lin Xun appeared out of thin air.

"The Fortune Dominion is treacherous and unpredictable. This jade pendant contains my Will Dharma Form. Take it. If you encounter a dangerous situation, you can use it first. As for the token Taixuan gave you, do not use it unless your life is at stake,” explained Xuan Feiling as he handed a black jade pendant to Lin Xun, refusing to take it back.[1]

Lin Xun felt a warm feeling welling up in his heart. While he had countless enemies in this world, there were also many who cared for him and treated him well.

Xuan Feiling instructed, "Go! Act now, while no one has noticed us."

Lin Xun nodded and took out a wooden hairpin.

Clang!

As his spirit sense operated the item, a sword burst out from the hairpin. It was two feet three inches long. The blade was plain and unadorned, while the hilt itself was faint and translucent, casting flashes of brilliant, multicolored light. It was like a fleeting stream of radiance in a dream.

The Fortune Sword! This sword was the key to the Fortune Dominion. Only by using all of his strength to activate would it lead him there.

"Take care, Senior." Lin Xun bowed, then took a deep breath and channeled all his cultivation into the sword.

Buzz!

Instantly, a stunning arc of sword light, resembling a rainbow, shot out, soaring into the sky. A dazzling and magnificent tide of spacetime surged across the heavens and earth. All this lasted only a moment before vanishing. Now there was no trace of Lin Xun anywhere.

Xuan Feiling exclaimed, "What a sword! It has even refined spacetime coordinates. No wonder those old dogs of the Eighth Heaven Domain were so jealous and greedy back then!”

He naturally knew how much effort the Ten Immortal Giants of the Eighth Heaven Domain had put into searching for the treasures left behind by Luo Tongtian, such as the Eternity Coffin and the Fortune Sword.

After waiting silently for a moment, he felt completely at ease. Nothing unexpected had happened. However, just as he was about to leave, a ripple appeared in the distant void, followed by a terrifying aura.

Xuan Feiling sneered inwardly.

Those old bastards from the Eighth Heaven Domain still refuse to give up... Too bad you are all a step too late.

Shaking his head, he suddenly howled loudly, "What brings you here, Fellow Daoists?"

The sound echoed through the nine heavens and ten earths. From the far distance, an old voice rang out, "Deputy Pavilion Master Xuan, what are you doing here?"

"To send someone off," Xuan Feiling responded with a smile.

The cold voice echoed, "Where's the person?"

"Of course they’re gone." Xuan Feiling smiled broadly. "If you wish to stay here, then please do so. But I won't be accompanying you any longer."

With that, he laughed heartily and strolled away. As soon as he vanished, figures with terrifying auras appeared one after another on the mountaintop, sensing the surroundings. Each of these figures possessed the aura of a Transcendent being! After a moment, their expressions darkened. They were unable to sense or capture a single useful clue.

"This Xuan Feiling must know where

that

guy went. Why don't we go and interrogate him for a bit?"

"Unless we can actually capture him, he's definitely not going to reveal a single hint to us."

"Capture? Old Monster Xuan has been in the Transcendence Realm for tens of thousands of years. It's said he's already reached great perfection at this stage. He's arrogant and ruthless. Even if we all attack together, successfully capturing him won't be easy."

"Damnit! Sooner or later, we'll have to settle this with Old Monster Xuan!"

"Let's go. We don’t stand a chance of capturing that remnant of Fangchun Mountain this time, but there will be other opportunities. No matter where he went, he'll eventually return to the Origin Sect, right?"

"Let's go."

As they chatted, these terrifying figures vanished into thin air. Not a trace remained. It was as if everything that had just happened was an illusion. Xuan Feiling stood beneath the sky, silently sensing the situation for a long moment before he chuckled silently.

The reason he had taken Lin Xun away from the Origin Sect was that the law power within the Origin Sect would detect Lin Xun's presence and traces. This would be enough to alert his enemies to Lin Xun's whereabouts.

However, things were different in the outside world. Without the help of the law power within the Origin Sect, no one would know where he had gone this time.

...

Lin Xun's vision was hazy. It felt as if he was being dragged through a spacetime tunnel. The dazzling, vibrant band of light twisted and shifted, and the terrifying power of the shifting force left him completely unable to resist. He could only tightly grasp the Fortune Sword in his hand.

An unknown amount of time had passed. Suddenly—

Boom!

A violent tremor occurred, and Lin Xun felt a sharp pain before his eyes. Then, the forces surrounding him lightened, and he fell uncontrollably downward. Following that, as his cultivation flowed around him, he regained control and came to a steady halt in the air.

The first thing that came into view was a vast, azure sun hanging high in the heavens, shimmering with a magnificent icy hue. The light it emanated was also bone-chillingly cold, eerie, and unearthly.

The earth was blanketed in ice and snow, and the vast mountains and rivers were clad in a blanket of white. Flakes of snow fluttered down like goose feathers, resembling shattered jade. This was a vast, majestic world of ice and snow, and the very air he breathed in was tinged with a chill that had the sharp edge of a blade.

Swish!

Lin Xun landed on the thick white snow. As his spiritual sense spread, he roughly determined that he was deep in a sparsely populated mountain range.

"The laws of this world are so strange..."

An odd expression surfaced on Lin Xun's face. Anyone who had ever set foot in the No-Law, Against Heavens stage, which was the sixth realm of the Emperor Stage, no matter what unfamiliar world or universe they visited, would immediately adapt to its laws and forces.

In other words, the laws and forces of heaven and earth could no longer hinder the path of a cultivator who had reached that level. Lin Xun, now a late stage Heavenly Longevity Immortal, naturally didn't have to care about such things.

However, at this moment, in this world of ice and snow, he sensed a strong aura of repulsion and suppression emanating from the heavens and earth. It was as if the world itself viewed him as a foreign alien and resisted his arrival.

Could this be a separate world, a so-called ruins of an epoch?

Lin Xun pondered this issue. Repulsion and rejection were bound to occur between civilizations of different epochs. This kind of repulsion and rejection, when manifested in cultivators, would present problems similar to the one he was currently facing.

He had come from the Spirit Martial Epoch, whereas this place was most likely from another era. Otherwise, he would never have been subjected to such invisible forces of repulsion and suppression.

Sure enough, as Lin Xun operated his cultivation and restrained his aura, the repulsive and suppressive aura of heaven and earth instantly disappeared. After standing silently for a moment, he stored the Fortune Sword away and hung the fiery red jade engraved with the character ‘Chen’ around his waist.

He decided to leave this place, seek out a place with living creatures, and discover exactly where he was.

Just as he set off, Lin Xun uttered a muffled groan and froze. There was something wrong with the laws of this world! When his aura was contained everything was fine, but as soon as he activated his cultivation, the world seemed to suppress him, exerting a terrifying, oppressive force.

Even with his cultivation level, he couldn't resist! Furthermore, he had a strong premonition that if he persisted in activating it, he would most likely be annihilated by the power of the laws that enveloped this world!

He stopped immediately, standing in the falling snow, his expression uncertain. If he couldn't use his cultivation, wouldn't that mean that in this strange world, he would be no different from an ordinary mortal?

Taking a deep breath, Lin Xun tried again. He slowly channeled his dao, releasing the aura of the Emperor Stage. Unfortunately, he soon nearly coughed up blood from the agony. Swaying, he quickly restrained his aura. Even cultivation at the Emperor Stage wouldn't work as it would also be subjected to fatal suppression!

Undeterred, Lin Xun continued trying.

The Quasi-Emperor Stage...

No.

The Saint Stage...no!

When Lin Xun released the aura of a nine tribulation Longevity King, the terrifying pressure of heaven and earth finally diminished considerably.

According to his deduction, at this rate, even if he suppressed his dao to an initial Longevity King, he would only be able maintain it for about half an hour. Once that time had passed, he was doomed to be unable to withstand the pressure of the laws of heaven and earth.

Lin Xun was speechless after he came to this conclusion and was filled with doubt and astonishment.

An epochal relic represents a complete cultivation civilization system. Does this mean that only by using the cultivation system of this civilization can one escape the suppression and rejection of the laws of heaven and earth?

Lin Xun pondered this question. Having once possessed the Immortal power inherited from the previous epoch, he was well aware that different epochs and eras gave rise to different cultivation systems.

For example, in the previous epoch, the cultivation realms were divided into Purple Mansion, Yellow Court, Yin-Yang Golden Core, Nirvana, True Nether Transformation, Tribulation-Ascended Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal Realm, etc.[2]

Therefore, if the current place he was at was a completely different and complete cultivation civilization, then its cultivation system would inevitably be different. Furthermore, cultivation systems were often derived from deducing the laws of heaven and earth.

For example, the cultivation system of the previous epoch was derived from the immortal laws within the laws of heaven and earth through countless years of contemplation and deliberation by countless cultivators. Thinking of this, Lin Xun suddenly came up with a good solution to his predicament.

1. Of note, the words used for Will Dharma Form are different from what Taixuan used to describe the willpower that his token contained. ☜

2. See Chapter 2499 for when this was first described. ☜