The myth begins with the Lotus Lantern

Chapter 181 Tenth Life
But in the end, Ding Lin still came out on the better side.

Taurus Star Lord simply followed his usual fighting instincts and delivered a follow-up strike, while Ding Lin's lightning strike was premeditated. He was better prepared than Taurus Star Lord. As the starlight rained down, Ding Lin quickly withdrew a bolt of lightning that was about to be unleashed from his lightning talisman and used it to surround himself, blocking most of the starlight.

With the piece of lightning-struck wood as a shield and the healing power of the remaining leaves from the Lotus Lantern, Ding Lin could still withstand the damage caused by simply using a bolt of lightning to protect his body.

Even so, a small portion of the starlight still pierced through the lightning and penetrated his magic power, causing his cheeks to twitch in pain, his whole body to go numb, and him to collapse to the ground, unable to get up for a moment.

If Ding Lin was in such a state, then the Taurus Star Lord was in an even worse situation. He practically swallowed all three bolts of lightning completely, and the combined power of the three bolts was barely enough to be considered as reaching the realm of immortals.

The lightning struck Taurus Star Lord from mid-air and brought him to the ground. By the time the lightning dissipated, the wheat field was completely destroyed.

There was a large crater in the ground, and Taurus Star Lord lay in the crater, his whole body blackened, half of his horn broken off, several bones exposed on his body, and half of his cheek was also messed up, with half-cooked flesh and blood hanging on his face, still connected to the meridians. When the lightning blocked the light, there was already a fragrance that could be smelled, and now it was even more obvious, and the aroma was overflowing. What a delicious roasted whole cow.

Taurus Star Lord lay motionless on the ground, also frozen in place by lightning.

A brief lull appeared in the situation on the field.

Regardless, the Taurus Star Lord's barrier was still formed. Ding Lin could sense that the Magpie Fairy and her group were trapped in the small mountain village and had not had time to escape.

On the ground, the cowherd lying nearby was also affected. Even with his stubborn will to hold on, his last bit of life still dissipated. Filled with resentment, a wisp of his true spirit flew out from the top of his head, ready to return to the underworld and be reincarnated.

"Certainly!"

The Taurus Star Lord spoke, his body unable to move, but the words he uttered still possessed immense power. A point of starlight gathered, intercepting the Cowherd's true spirit and forcefully dragging it back into his physical body.

Ding Lin watched coldly without intervening, but in reality, alarm bells were ringing in his heart. Even in this situation, the Taurus Star Lord could still make a move. He had personally experienced the power of the starlight just now. He barely managed to gather his demonic energy, gripped the thunder talisman tightly, and held back his attack.

Then, he forced himself to get up.

"Brother Jin."

The five fairies had arrived at his side long before the collision ended.

"go!"

Ding Lin whispered. The reason he didn't take the opportunity to attack Taurus Star Lord again was because he also had the intention to retreat. Fighting was not the purpose of this trip; saving people was. At this moment, Taurus Star Lord was temporarily tied up by Cowherd, which was also a great opportunity for him to leave.

A gust of wind swept through.

Ding Lin led the five fairies toward the small mountain village.

……

"boom!"

A tremendous explosion rang out, and a point of golden light spread out. The demonic wind crashed into it, like ice and snow meeting the first rays of the sun. Despite its best efforts to resist, it was still unable to escape the melting of the ice and snow. The demonic energy dissipated completely, revealing the enormous true form of the Magpie Immortal.

Under the moonlight, a huge black shadow shrouded the mountain village. The magpie fairy carried the Weaver Girl in its beak, held a girl in one claw, and controlled a boy with the other.

Under the golden light, everything seemed to stand still, and no one in the mountain village noticed such a commotion.

Apart from the three people—the Magpie Fairy, the Demon, and the Other Two—everyone seemed to be in another world.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a fiery red blade of energy slashed down, striking the barrier and causing the golden light to tremble.
Ding Lin and the Five Fairies rushed over. He didn't care that his first strike hadn't been successful. He had already roughly tested the barrier's resistance with this strike. Thunder raged, purple lightning surged, and two more bolts of lightning followed. Golden light and lightning clashed and merged, creating a violent reaction that burned out a hole about half a zhang in size.

brush!
Without Ding Lin's command, the Magpie Fairy flapped its wings and took flight again. In an instant, its body shrank, transforming from a demonic form into a human. A gust of demonic wind swept around Ding Lin, enveloping the five fairies and the Weaver Girl and her child. The three of them—one person and four demons—rushed out of the barrier. The Magpie Fairy did not look back. The moment it left its sister, it transformed back into its demonic form. The five fairies rode on its back, with the boy in its mouth and the Weaver Girl and the baby girl on its left and right sides with its two claws.

"boom!"

Another bolt of lightning shot out.

The holes burned into the golden light screen suddenly expanded.

Ding Lin withdrew his demonic energy, his figure flashed, and he passed through the void in the blink of an eye. The barrier naturally closed the moment he passed through. Looking up, the figure of the Magpie Fairy in front of him had become only a small dot. Ding Lin's forward movement remained unchanged, and his figure changed inch by inch, suddenly transforming into his true form as a dragon. Clouds followed him, and with just a few simple tail flicks, he caught up with the Magpie Fairy. The Magpie Fairy felt his body lighten and consciously withdrew from his demonic form, transforming back into human form. Ding Lin used the clouds to drag the one man and four demons, rapidly flying towards a farther distance, covering a thousand miles in an instant.

……

Taurus Star Lord rose from the pit, seemingly unaware of Ding Lin and his group's movements. His gaze was fixed on the sliver of starlight that was dragging Cowherd's spirit back into his body. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and stand up. The stiffness in his body finally subsided. Taurus Star Lord reached out and wiped his hand, and a layer of fine golden light sprinkled down, covering Cowherd's body and preventing his spirit from escaping.

But this is only a temporary measure.

The Golden Bull Star Lord approached the Cowherd. Moonlight streamed down as he scrutinized the dark, sallow face. A flicker of pain crossed his eyes. A magical light flashed in his hand as he produced an exquisite jade bottle. He removed the stopper, releasing a fragrant aroma. The roasted wheat seeds in the scorched earth around them miraculously returned to their green color, sprouting new shoots that grew rapidly, quickly transforming into golden wheat stalks, their heavy ears bending the stalks. He poured out a small, fingernail-sized, green pill from the bottle, its surface adorned with three golden rings, and placed it into the Cowherd's mouth. The pain on his face deepened.

If the Five Fairy Maidens or the Weaver Girl were here, they would surely recognize the origin of this pill.

The cloud pattern has evolved three times; this is a three-cycle golden pill.

It can only have originated from the Tushita Palace.

Such a pill would be extremely precious even to the Taurus Star Lord.

"Your true spirit has left your body, and your three souls have all scattered. There is no way to save you. Even if I forcibly retain your true spirit with star power and consume a third-stage golden pill, it will not be enough to save you. I can only make you a living dead."

"However, this is enough. You have reincarnated nine times, and this is your tenth. The souls of mortals merge at the tenth. This life is the one in which you are most similar to your past life. Although the past cannot be retrieved, I still cannot let go of my obsession. This is the only way I can console my past life. I cannot let you enter reincarnation again, otherwise you will be even less like the past, and all my efforts will have been in vain."

(End of this chapter)