That night, Lin Xun single-handedly slaughtered four half-step kings in a row and then drifted away. He seemed to have achieved an overwhelming victory, but in truth, he was completely drained.

Furthermore, before he could restore his physical strength, two old monsters of the king stage, Gou Yangba and Gou Yangtong, were hunting for him, and he had to flee for his life.

The Grand Universe Ark was being pushed to its extreme. Fortunately, this damaged saint treasure was a top-tier item for escape despite the tremendous amount of aeth essence it consumed.

It helped Lin Xun avoid countless fatal situations and gave him a new lease of life.

However, even if he was very lucky to escape and survived up until now, he had sustained severe injuries. His qi was rushing in a disorderly manner around his body, showing faint signs of collapsing.

That was the terrifying power of old monsters in the king stage. Even if they couldn’t kill Lin Xun for now, their every move dealt great damage to Lin Xun.

Lin Xun would have died already if he wasn’t under the protection of the Grand Universe Ark.

At that moment, Lin Xun looked very tragic with blood trickling down the corners of his lips. His face was deathly pale and marred with blood and dust, and his skin had cracked in several parts.

He was only still standing because he had the Gold Essence Jade Liquid.

Shua!

The Grand Universe Ark flew at tremendous speed across the boundless sky. Lin Xun was also doing everything he could and dared not let his guard down for a second.

Ever since he began his cultivation journey, he had never been in such a miserable state. His flesh was mangled and almost falling off his body.

Boom!

Another terrifying wave of energy swept towards him.

Although he steered the Grand Universe Ark as soon as he could to dodge the attack, he was still affected by the shock waves. The treasure ship produced a deafening roar as if struck by a sacred mountain.

He violently coughed up another mouthful of blood. He was dripping with blood and an unknown number of bones had been shattered in his body. He saw everything darken before him, and he almost fainted.

He picked up the bottle of Gold Essence Jade Liquid and poured it all over him. Then, gritting his teeth like he had gone mad, he manipulated the Grand Universe Ark with all his strength, raising the speed once again.

From being hunted down last night till now, it had been over ten hours. But he did not know how far he had traveled.

However, he knew that he couldn’t hang on much longer!

“Fight!”

He tried his best to maintain consciousness. Without caring about the injuries all over his body, he circulated his strength to its limit.

Boom!

The heaven ascension cave rumbled in his body, the simple dao platform buzzed violently, gushing out beams of splendid light, and his aura soared in power.

However, his skin cracked inch by inch, and his injuries deepened. But he had no time to care about that.

If he didn’t change things, then it wouldn’t be long before he collapsed.

If that happened, then the enemy wouldn’t need to do anything and it would be over for him.

Billowing dreamy mist spread outwards from his body, enveloping the entire Grand Universe Ark.

Suanni Qi!

……

Huh?

Gou Yangba’s pupils shrank. His spirit sense had suddenly lost track of the aura of the Grand Universe Ark.

It was as though it had evaporated into thin air.

“What happened?” Gou Yangtong was also caught off guard.

𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Shua!

A second later, the two old monsters appeared in the area where the Grand Universe Ark vanished and investigated it carefully.

But they found nothing.

Their faces darkened.

Since last night, they had been chasing after Lin Xun, but they still hadn’t succeeded. They couldn’t help but feel embarrassed.

As experts of the king stage, they could effortlessly slaughter half-step kings, let alone get rid of a teenager at the Heaven Ascension Stage.

However, they failed to capture Lin Xun even after joining hands. How would the other people think of them if word got out?

As Life Death Stage Kings, it was already quite shameful for them to join hands to kill Lin Xun. But the current situation was even more embarrassing and infuriating for them.

“We can conclude that the kid’s treasure ship is a saint treasure!” Gou Yangtong’s eyes gleamed with amazement and greed.

“That’s not the only treasure on him. After we kill him, we should equally divide his fortune.” Gou Yangba drew a deep breath, and his expression became serious. “But our priority now is to quickly locate the kid. We can’t let him escape!”

Swoosh!

The two old monsters launched into action once again.

……

Meanwhile, Lin Xun seemed to be burning himself. His aura might be strong and soaring in power, but his physical condition was only getting worse.

Originally, after comprehending the Dao Meaning of Water, he planned to make preparations to break through into the Cyclic Derivation Stage.

The sudden chase ruined his arrangements, disrupted his plan, and even brought him to the brink of death!

Thud!

A quarter of an hour later, he couldn’t hold on any longer. He reluctantly withdrew the Grand Universe Ark and dived down from the air. He staggered into the depths of a cave and lay down with a thud.

He desperately forced himself to stay awake and healed his injuries.

Even so, his consciousness became blurry and fuzzy. The battle had drained him completely. His foundation had been exhausted, and his body was riddled with wounds. He was like a flickering flame on the verge of extinguishing.

“I can’t sleep, Xia Zhi and Toady are still cultivating in the Nameless Pagoda.”

“There’s also Xia Xiaochong….”

“And I still need to get revenge on Yun Qingbai...”

“I still need to seek the dao…”

“Also on Mind Cleansing Peak…everyone is waiting for me to return….”

“And…”

Lin Xun murmured, reminding himself again and again to stay awake.

He knew that once he closed his eyes, he very likely would never wake up again.

So he mustn’t sleep!

“But so what if I don’t sleep? Given my current state, it’s impossible to recover any time soon. The two old dogs will catch up to me soon, and then I will be doomed. There doesn’t seem like anything I could do to change this fate…”

“No!”

“I must live!”

“If Mister Lu knew that I had resigned to my fate, would he regret saving me back then?”

“If the cunning old fox Zhao Tailai knew that I had surrendered, would he laugh at me for wasting my time going all the way to the Blood Kill Battlefield?”

“Yes, I have been through life and death on the Blood Kill Battlefield. I understand the importance of surviving so how can I give up so easily?”

“What’s more, if I die, how can I slaughter all the black nightmare dogs in the world?”

“I must live!”

“No matter what!”

Enduring the agonizing pain all over his body, he forced himself to his feet. His eyes were bloodshot and bursting with unprecedented determination.

Things will inevitably change when they reach their extreme!

He suddenly remembered that there were some magical and mysterious items on him.

The refining gourd contained a drop of blood from the heart of a great sage in ancient times, and it contained some kind of dao truth inheritance.

But that had little use for his present situation.

He also had the Luohou secret treasure which was said to belong to the Luohou Monster-Beast King in ancient times and it contained the mysterious Jade Pearl Treasure Map.

But that was also useless to him right now.

The Gold Essence Jade Liquid might be able to revive the dead, but it could only heal Lin Xun’s severe injuries and couldn’t help him resolve his situation of being hunted.

The ego fragment that he found in the depths of the Spirit Burial Sea Mound was imbued with the thoughts of an influential figure in ancient times, but it could only be used for cultivation.

God-Devourer Insects?

No!

They were only larvae with limited combat power and couldn’t possibly fend off old monsters of the king stage.

The Nameless Pagoda?

No.

The No-Nonsense Bow?

No.

……

In the past few years, Lin Xun had traveled all over the world and collected many miraculous treasures. But they were all of little use in resolving his crisis.

In the end, his attention was drawn to the Omega Door in his mind-sea!

Back when he was in the Deva Secret Realm, he had encountered a rare, world-shattering lightning tribulation.

After surviving the tribulation, he was left with an extremely terrifying dao injury and was almost killed trying to defend against the attacks of all kinds of people.

It was the Dao Slashing Art that he obtained from the Omega Door that helped him treat the dao injury tribulation power in his body and recover his strength.

More importantly, he still remembered how the Omega Door helped him teleport from the Ziyao Empire to the Ancient Wasteland Domain!

“When I left the Omega Door last time, the mysterious voice said that I need to grasp Dao Meaning power when I challenge the next level…”

“To resolve my immediate crisis, maybe I can give it a try!” He gritted his teeth, concentrated his breath, and used his spirit sense to perceive the Omega Door.

Buzz!

The familiar scene reappeared before his eyes. A straight azure cloud path stretched endlessly across the empty, vast and boundless world.

At the end of the path stood a mysterious door that towered into the sky. It stood proudly as if it had not been opened for countless years.

However, when Lin Xun saw it he no longer had the feeling of revisiting an old haunt.

A familiar cryptic wave of energy silently scanned Lin Xun’s body. Immediately, the clear and ice-cold voice resounded, “Dao Seeker, the sixth level of the Great Azure Cloud Path is called Spirit Control. Do you want to challenge it now?”

Lin Xun drew a deep breath before he answered. “Let’s begin!”

Whether he succeeded or failed depended on this, and he was willing to give it a try.

Even if there is only a slim hope of success, there is still hope and not despair!

But…

If this level is called Spirit Control then will it be related to the cultivation of the primordial spirit?

If that’s the case then I might be able to abandon my physical body and only retain a wisp of primordial spirit until I escape from danger and then reconstruct my body.

Lin Xun had heard about cultivators freeing their spirit from the restriction of the body, allowing their primordial spirit to escape from their shells and roam between the heavens and the earth. But this method was too dangerous, and the slightest carelessness could lead to the obliteration of the spirit.

However, regardless of how dangerous it was, Lin Xun was willing to give it a try because it was still better than waiting for the enemies to come to kill him.

Unexpectedly, he waited a long time, but the challenge didn’t start.

Could it be that I am not qualified to challenge the sixth level because I am too heavily wounded?

He scrunched his brows.

At that moment, the ice-cold voice sounded again, except that it said something unrelated to the challenge.

Lin Xun thought he heard it wrong!